NCP chief Sharad Pawar along with former Indian player Nari Contractor at the condolence meeting for former Indian cricket captain Ajit Wadekar, in Mumbai. Also seen are MCA CoA Ju...
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Friends and family members pay tribute to the mortal remains of former Indian cricketer Ajit Wadekar during his funeral procession, in Mumbai.
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Former Indian captains Ajit Wadekar, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Nari Contractor during the Legends Club felicitations function at CCI, in Mumbai.
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A Spinner’s Best Friend
For the win against England in ’71, his nimble hands were instrumental. For B.S. Chandrashekhar (r), his close-in fielding was invaluable. Launching ...
The downslide of the Indian team started with the unsavoury manner in which Sourav Ganguly was ousted. Still, there are no excuses for our poor display in South Africa.
The only Indian skipper to return victorious from the Caribbean since 1971, Wadekar feels the current Indian unit has it in them to replicate the feat.
Is cricket now being played in courts and political battlefields? No, say the former Indian captain Ajit Wadekar and the BCCI vice-president Kamal Morarka. Telecasting rights furore? Oh, that just shows how transparent the system is...
Commenting on the Indians' fear of failure, the former skipper says 'I think they are more concerned about the short memory and notorious behaviour of our fans than the partisan Pakistan crowd'
The former India captain and manager says the focus of board officials on filling the BCCI's coffers has only contributed to the problems dogging Indian cricket.
Nobody really knows how he manages to be so quick off the pitch. Adding to the deception that his diminutive figure offers, his run up too is slow. But mysteriously the ball goes like a bullet.
He remained dignified at all times. One of his lesser known milestones was that in 1967 he ended a 17-year long drought, the longest, of Ranji Trophy triple centuries, with a superb 323 in semi-final against Mysore