Sachin has been sent by God to play cricket: Nayan Mongia

Shane Warne congratulates Tendulkar after his blistering knock against Australia on April 24, 1998. [ AFP] Shane Warne congratulates Tendulkar after his blistering knock against Australia on April 24, 1998.[ AFP] It has been 15 years since Sachin ...

Photo: Reuters Like most Indians, I have followed cricket since I began to walk. It's difficult to exactly say why we like the game of cricket more than football or even our national game, hockey . Maybe it had something to do with the way the ...

The ICC Champions Trophy is the only crown missing from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's cabinet. He captained India in the 2009-10 edition of the 50-over tournament but India failed miserably and were unable to qualify for the semi-finals. India's ...

Corruption has not limited itself to cricket alone. There have been scandals in football, tennis, badminton, snooker, and in years gone, baseball. In boxing, fixed fights have been known to be rife. The thing with cricket, though, as last week's ...

Thirteen years ago, Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar was marking his time as the joint director of the Economic Offences Wing in the CBI. The year was 2000 and Kumar was yet to attain fame or infamy, although one can safely say that his relationship ...

, the then Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police, KK Paul, announced that his men had proof that the captain of the South Africa cricket team, HansieCronje and three teammates, including opener Herschelle Gibbs, fixed matches in a series played in ...

THIS cricket-loving nation will perhaps take a few days to come out of the shock of learning that Sreesanth and other players cheated them and were bowling overs in a way that could help bookies and gangsters make millions by calibrating bets. How ...

If his passion and motivation levels are any yardstick, Sachin Tendulkar is not worried with all the talks of poor form and retirement around him. In spite of playing 24 years of almost non-stop international cricket, Tendulkar says he is the same ...

The Supreme Court's verdict to shift the pride of Gujarat, the Gir lions, to Madhya Pradesh has taken many by surprise. While some are concerned about the fact that Gujarat stands to lose the only abode for the royal Asiatic lions, others are ...