Hiralal Gaikwad- Where are they now?
If there ever was a strategic implement and plan kind of relationship in the Holkar team, it was the one between Col C.K. Nayudu and his versatile 'bowling machine'; Hiralal Gaikwad. Batting sides collapsed like a pack of cards when faced with CK's tactics, executed to perfection by the left-handed Gaikwad - over...
Utility Man
All-rounders have perhaps the most demanding jobs in contemporary cricket. Unlike batsmen or bowlers, who have only to play their assigned roles, cricketers like Kapil Dev or Richard Hadlee etch a spectacular array of parts on the field. Meet Chandu Sarwate, one of the great all-rounders of years past. Truly a Player for all Seasons. Despite...
M.M. Jagdale – Where are they now?
Given the man's flair for vivid description,expressive gestures and photographic memory, it's sheer delight treading down the memory lane with Madansingh Madhavrao Jagdale. One of the pillars of the all-conquering Holkar tearn in the forties and the fifties. The doyen on Indian cricket. Ironically enough. he was baptised to the sport by His...
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The Reliance Carnival in Retrospect
From corporate boardrooms to street side vendors, from classrooms to living rooms and across the media – it was the case of a nation obsessed. ‘India Today’ the widely circulated fortnightly magazine commented ‘the Reliance Cup has sent the subcontinent into suspended animation … what else,...
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Amazing Grace
Had he played cricket in the present age, Syed Mushtaq Ali would probably have been the toast of the one-day game. His brilliant, unorthodox, stroke-play was tailor-made for instant cricket. Jitendra Muchhal profiles this fascinating sportsman and his encounters with Douglas Jardine, C. K. Nayudu and...