The winner of maximum World Titles, Pankaj Advani does it again
17 World Champion title; starting from 2003 till 2017, Pankaj Advani won almost all that came in his way. He is the winner of maximum number of world titles in any sport by an Indian. As he beat Mike Russell of England in IBSF World Billiards Champion in Doha, he became the proud owner of 17 World Titles in...
13th Day of December
1901 Sydney Barnes, the England right-arm medium pace bowler who is considered by many to be the greatest bowler of the 20th century, took 5 for 65 on debut against Australia at the Sydney. 1966 Clive Lloyd, the captain of the invincible West Indies side, made his Test debut against India in Bombay. Lloyd was only 22 at that time. He scored...
12th Day of December
1925 Dattu Phadkar, a reliable player in the Indian squad during the 1940s and 50s, was born on this day. Dattu was an attacking lower-middle-order batsman and indefatigable swing bowler. 1981 Yuvraj Singh, the dashing all-rounder whose let hand bat and ball created some major havoc in cricket history, was born on this day. The Indian made a dynamic ODI debut against...
11th Day of December
1929 Subhash Gupte, one of the finest leg-spinners of his time, was born on this day. The master of Googly, Gupte made a slow start, but his Test career really took off in the West Indies in 1952-53, when he took 50 wickets at an average of 23.64. Gupte had a better average overseas (28.57) than he did at home...
10th Day of December
1886 Major William Booth, one of Test cricket's few casualties of war, was born on this day. The good-looking and handsome Englishman played 2 Tests for England. In his first-class career, Booth played 144 games for Yorkshire and scored 4,213 runs with an average of 22.65 and obtained 556 wickets for 18.89 runs each. He fell in action in 1st...
A tigress is always a tigress- ‘Magnificient’ Mary proves her point
“I am really happy the way this Championship has panned out. I would like to dedicate this victory to all those who have supported me even though the world had written me off.” Yes, Mary Kom has done it again. She is the Asian Boxing Champion for the fifth time. And she has proved why she is one of the...
India to implement Athletes Biological Passport, almost 9 years later WADA approved it
Finally it is time for India to implement the Athletes Biological Passport (ABP) as the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has decided to launch the programme in December 2017. The decision has come at a time when India is accused as one of the leading dope offenders in the world. The ABPs is to be introduced for elite sportspersons,...
6th Day of December
1914 Cyril Washbrook, who still holds the record of the highest opening partnership for England, was born on his day. The man from Lancashire recorded the opening partnership of 359 with Len Hutton in Johannesburg in 1948-49 against South Africa. 1968 Zoe Goss, a genuine woman fast bowler, was born on this day. The Aussie played in four World Cups and won...
Indian eves crowned Asia’s best; beat China in the final of Hockey Asia Cup
Indian women's hockey team beat China 5-4 in the final of 2017 Women's Asia Cup in Kakamigahara, Japan via penalty shoot-out. The win came just after some days their male counterparts won the title in Bangladesh. It is a rare double for India in the continental competitions. South Korea are the only other team to achieve this feat. They...
5th Day of December
1964 Ken Barrington became the first man to score hundreds against six different Test-playing countries during that time. Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh were still not Test-playing nation at that time. The Englishman made 148 not out against South Africa in Durban on this day and achieved this feat. 1985 Shikhar Dhawan, the fastest Test centurion on debut, was born on this...