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Current Indian Test team under Kohli India's best ever: Sunil Gavaskar

Under Kohli, India reached the top of ICC Test rankings and the team is currently at number one spot in the World Test Championship standings

Former India opener, UP minister Chetan Chauhan succumbs to Covid-19

Due to kidney related ailments, his health deteriorated and he was shifted to Medanta hospital in Gurugram

Covid-19: Former India opener Chetan Chauhan critical, on life support

His condition did not improve and after other complications developed, he was shifted to Medanta hospital in Gurugram

Gavaskar's 10k Test runs of that era equal to today's 15k runs: Inzamam

Inzamam-ul-haq has lavished praise on Sunil Gavaskar, saying the Indian batsman achieved an incredible feat by scoring 10,000 runs in Test cricket as scoring runs during that period was not that easy

India celebrates 37th anniversary of 1983 WC; here's what cricketers said

There is no pressure on the current Indian team, in my opinion, they are doing well, it's not like that you need to win a World Cup to be called a good team, says Kapil Dev

Rajinder Goel: The 'Smiling Assassin' who didn't have rub of green

During 1974-75 series vs Windies, Goel was picked for a Test match. Gavaskar in his book had recollected that Goel bought new pair of boots, kits for Test match only to find himself as the 12th man

Gary Kristen recalls how he got Team India coach's job in seven minutes

Kirsten said he went for interview on the invitation of Gavaskar, who was part of the coach selection panel, and ended up with the job after being offered his predecessor Greg Chappell's contract

IPL in October looks difficult, can be held in Lanka in September: Gavaskar

After the announcement by the Australian government, there seems to be a possibility of conducting a World T20 in October, says Sunil Gavaskar

Don't think it is safe to play cricket until October: Sunil Gavaskar

Gavaskar said \while the Test series between England and West Indies next month in a bio-secure environment will be a good indicator

On this day 34 years ago, India registered first-ever Test win at Lord's

Till date, India has managed to win just two Tests at the Lord's Cricket Ground

India's team of 1985 could trouble Virat's side in limited-overs: Shastri

Shastri was the key man back in 1985 when the team under Sunil Gavaskar won the World Championship of Cricket

Closed-door IPL the last resort, live sports unlikely before Sept: Gavaskar

The way things are going we might not be able to see any live sport for maybe 4-5 months, says former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar

On this day in 1984, India led by Gavaskar lifted its first Asia Cup title

India defeated Pakistan by 54 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium to win the tournament

Gavaskar questions Dhoni's absence in Team India since ICC World Cup 2019

Speaking after giving the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial lecture, Gavaskar said that he can't speak on Dhoni's fitness

Team India need to work on their fielding for T20 World Cup: Sunil Gavaskar

I think fielding is the most important thing and if team save runs, then opposition come under pressure, says Sunil Gavaskar

Suni Gavaskar unhappy with fans breaching security during matches in India

A fan dodged the stadium security and came close to Rohit Sharma, who was standing at the slips on the third day of the match.

Ashwin exclusion: Rahane defends move after Gavaskar's 'astonishment'

Ajinkya Rahane defended the team management's hard call as he felt that combination warranted Ravindra Jadeja as the single spinner and Hanuma Vihari as the sixth batsman

Respectfully disagree with Gavaskar's view on selectors, Kohli: Manjrekar

Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has "respectfully disagreed" with Sunil Gavaskar's critical observations on India captain Virat Kohli and the selection committee, saying integrity is "a far more important quality" than stature for a selector. In his syndicated column, batting great Gavaskar had questioned the process of continuing with Kohli as the captain of the side without a review meeting, which is the norm, and called those part of the MSK Prasad-led selection panel "appearing to be lame ducks" and lacking in stature to work with the team management. Entering the World Cup as one of the overwhelming favourites, India's campaign ended in the semifinals with a loss to New Zealand. India, though, won seven of their nine matches in the mega event, and Manjrekar, now a commentator, also pointed to that stat. "Respectfully disagree with Gavaskar Sir with his views on Indian selectors & Virat being retained as capt. No, Ind did not put in a 'much below par WC performance', ...

India lose by boycotting Pakistan in WC, urge Imran to act: Gavaskar

India are scheduled to play Pakistan on June 16 during the World Cup

'One-state, one-vote' may dilute standard of Ranji: Sunil Gavaskar

Maharashtra and Gujarat have four and three cricket associations respectively as permanent members