‘Are you Usain Bolt?’ Zaheer recalls heated exchange with Ponting during 2010 Mohali Test
India vs Australia, 2010 (Photo: Screengrab) More than a decade after one of the most talked-about flashpoints in India vs Australia cricket, the former India pacer Zaheer Khan Finally revealed what he said Ricky Ponting Their intense encounter in the…
Tendulkar on Eden 2001: Laxman-Dravid magic and his ‘out of the box’ mantras
India pulled off one of Test cricket’s greatest comebacks at the Eden Gardens in 2001 (Image: X) Twenty-five years after India pulled off one of Test cricket’s greatest comebacks at the Eden Gardens in 2001, the legend Sachin Tendulkar Relive…
25 years of Eden Miracle: When Dravid, Laxman shocked Australia
Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman (AFP photo) There have been only four subsequent occasions when a team has won a Test match. That’s 4 out of about 2,500 tests in 149 years.However, when one talks about the third such example in the history of the…
‘Are you serious?’: Sachin’s reaction after BCCI selectors told him it was time to move on
Sachin Tendulkar (Getty Images) Arguably the greatest batsman of all time, Sachin Tendulkar Dominated world cricket for more than two decades. But even for a legend like his, 2012 proved to be one of the most challenging phases of his extraordinary…
25th Anniversary of Historic IND and AUS Testing in 2001: The Rebirth of the Garden of Eden
FILE PHOTO: Pictures from the historic India vs Australia Test match at Eden Gardens in 2001. Twenty-five years ago this week, few had any hope for Indian cricket. Scarred by the match-fixing scandal just a year ago and struggling to save face, they are…
‘I was born in Punjab but made in Kolkata’: Harbhajan on historic 2001 Eden Gardens Test
FILE PHOTO: Harbhajan Singh during the 2001 Test at the Eden Gardens. I was chatting with him a few days ago Matthew Hayden In Goa. I asked him, “Why did you hit that ball in the first innings at Eden Gardens?” It was in the second session of…