Picking dream XIs can be the trickiest task. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, not always the diplomat, would, however, like to leave it well alone. And who can blame him for that? This is not an exercis

New Delhi: Some former cricketers may have selected their best-ever Indian team recently, but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not favour such a practice, saying "one should respect every individual

Bangalore: Former New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee has voted Pakistan's Imran Khan as the best all-rounder of his era, calling him a complete package in the celebrated '80s quartet, which i

Born in Chandigarh, Kapil Dev was probably one of the finest all-rounders the world has seen and is truly the man behind India's success in the 1983 World Cup which had put India in the world map as

Chandigarh: Desh Prem Azad, a former coach of legendary cricketer Kapil Dev, died after a brief illness at a hospital in nearby Mohali, his family said.
Azad, who remained Kapil's coach in the early

He can walk into any Indian team on a given day but former captain Kapil Dev decided to keep himself "out" of the best-ever Indian ODI line-up which he feels should be led by another limited overs le

There is little to be gleaned from comparing erstwhile Captains such as MAK Pataudi, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar to the two present Indian Captains, M S Dhoni and Virat Kohli. In an era when India w

Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev today credited Ravindra Jadeja for the recent success of the Indian cricket team and termed the Saurashtra player the "most valued cricketer" presently.
"Since he (Jad

Bangalore: Thirty years ago, a team of no-hoppers led by a player who evoked sniggers from elitist cricket fans every time he spoke in English, created history. They overcame hot favorites West Indie

To say that the 1983 World Cup triumph spawned a whole new generation of cricket lovers in India would not be false. The moment Michael Holding was adjudged out off Mohinder Amarnath's bowling, it fe