Pujara has returned from the West Indies a stronger, more confident and more determined batsman
Hardly does an Indian win go without Ashwin contributing with the ball. And sometimes with the bat as well.
Walker, who could be tirelessly hostile and enthusiastic, was quite a character
Hanif became a national hero and turned cricket in Pakistan from the preserve of the educated elite into the mass sport
‘I am a man of emergencies, I need to be on the move, to be where the suffering is,’ Edhi told the BBC after the US immigration confiscated his passport in 2008.
Organised quizzing had seldom been conducted in India until O’Brien held an open formal quiz competition in a small church hall in Calcutta in 1967.
His father was a hard taskmaster, and would wake Amjad up at 4 am for the pre-dawn riyaz of the raag Bhairon.
Courage of convictions, forthright views and guts to express them fearlessly
A rigorous teetotaler, he never allowed pressure to get the better of him
Ali was forceful, frightening and fearless, a rebel with a cause.
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