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CLOSE-IN: 'Impact'- A new meaning in cricket dictionary (IANS column) The game of Cricket is on a path to modernize. Change, as one says, is inevitable and cricket is going through this phase too. The ease of following the game being played in the far corners of the world and at home as well, has brought about a gigantic leap in its popularity. Cricket has never had such an enormous and variable audience and therefore, quite rightly so, a plethora of ideas and innovations are cropping up to make the game even more interesting. The famous marketing line ...
CLOSE-IN: 'Impact'- A new meaning in cricket dictionary (IANS column)
CLOSE-IN: 'Impact'- A new meaning in cricket dictionary (IANS column)
Source: IANS
7/04/2023 12:15:52 PM
This too shall pass. Stay strong: Babar Azam`s message to Virat Kohli  Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has come out in support of the embattled Virat Kohli, whose lean patch with the bat has extended for more than two years, saying this phase too shall pass and he will come out stronger. Recently, legendary cricketers such as Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar have been critical of Kohli's performance, with the former saying he should be dropped from the side and the latter indicating that some senior players are getting preferential treatment by being allowe...
This too shall pass. Stay strong: Babar Azam`s message to Virat Kohli
This too shall pass. Stay strong: Babar Azam`s message to Virat Kohli
Source: IANS
15/07/2022 11:40:14 AM
If Ashwin can be dropped from Test side, then Kohli can also be dropped: Kapil Dev Since November 2019, Virat Kohli hasn't scored a century in international cricket and has been in a lean patch across all formats. Now, legendary all-rounder and 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev feels that when ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin can be dropped, then Kohli could be dropped as well from the Indian team. With players like Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in the mix, it is getting tougher for Kohli to own a place in the playing eleven,...
If Ashwin can be dropped from Test side, then Kohli can also be dropped: Kapil Dev
If Ashwin can be dropped from Test side, then Kohli can also be dropped: Kapil Dev
Source: IANS
9/07/2022 3:22:14 PM
It did not change our life overnight, says Kapil Dev on his team's 1983 World Cup triumph India's first title in the Cricket World Cup which came on June 25 39 years ago has changed the face of Indian cricket but for the players, the change was not instant but only came about around 10 years later, says the captain of the team and legendary cricketer Kapil Dev. "It was not like the World Cup win changed our lives overnight. The next few months and next few years were all about the next match, the next series. It was only after 10 years that we started getting appreciat...
It did not change our life overnight, says Kapil Dev on his team's 1983 World Cup triumph
It did not change our life overnight, says Kapil Dev on his team's 1983 World Cup triumph
Source: IANS
26/06/2022 12:45:59 PM
Play sports for the love of it, Kapil Dev urges kids in New York India's first world-cup winning cricket captain Kapil Dev urged kids to play sports for the love of it, and community leaders to think in terms of delivering cricket pitches so that more people could take up the game in New York and other places in the United States. New York State passed a law earlier this year amending the existing framework to include "the promotion and expansion of cricket in the state of New York to the jurisdiction of the state athletic commission." T...
Play sports for the love of it, Kapil Dev urges kids in New York
Play sports for the love of it, Kapil Dev urges kids in New York
Source: IANS
19/05/2022 3:04:01 PM
Cricket legend Kapil Dev says Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar best Kapil Dev, India's first World Cup-winning cricket captain, brackets Sunil Gavaskar and West Indies legend Vivian Richards as the greatest batsmen he bowled to. "Apart from Sunil Gavaskar, because I played alongside him a lot and ghar ki murgi daal baraabar, without doubt Richards," he said. Kapil did not translate the daal and murgi idiom for the benefit of his invited audience at the Indian mission on Tuesday. He was implying that 'we don't often covet our own ...
Cricket legend Kapil Dev says Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar best
Cricket legend Kapil Dev says Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar best
Source: IANS
18/05/2022 3:52:38 PM
Many happy returns of the day, Kapil paaji: Sachin Tendulkar Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar extended birthday greetings to 'Haryana Hurricane' Kapil Dev, who turned 63 on Thursday. Kapil was born in 1959 in Chandigarh. He played domestic cricket for Haryana before making it to the national team. Taking to Twitter, Sachin shared a throwback picture of himself with Kapil. "Many happy returns of the day, Kapil paaji. Wish you the best of health and a great year ahead," Sachin tweeted with the picture. The Board of Control for...
Many happy returns of the day, Kapil paaji: Sachin Tendulkar
Many happy returns of the day, Kapil paaji: Sachin Tendulkar
Source: IANS
7/01/2022 10:57:49 AM
Ranveer Singh: Bowling like Kapil Dev was most difficult aspect of '83' character development Actor Ranveer Singh, who will be seen playing legendary Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev in the upcoming sports drama '83', has talked about getting into the skin of the character. Ranveer revealed that bowling like the star cricketer was the most difficult aspect of his character development. Ranveer said: "Bowling like Kapil Dev was the most difficult aspect of the character development. He has a very unique bowling action and his bio-mechanics are very unique to him. My ...
Ranveer Singh: Bowling like Kapil Dev was most difficult aspect of '83' character development
Ranveer Singh: Bowling like Kapil Dev was most difficult aspect of '83' character development
Source: IANS
20/12/2021 4:20:43 PM
Eject big names, bring in youngsters: Kapil Dev tells BCCI Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev has said that he would be proud if India qualifies on the basis of its performance, and not wait for the outcome of other matches to make the grade at the ICC T20 World Cup, underway in the UAE. The Virat Kohli-led India have been soundly beaten in both their 'Super 12' Group 2 matches so far and even if they win the remaining three games, starting with match against Afghanistan on November 4, their qualification for the semifinals would be subject t...
Eject big names, bring in youngsters: Kapil Dev tells BCCI
Eject big names, bring in youngsters: Kapil Dev tells BCCI
Source: IANS
3/11/2021 4:22:10 PM
4th Test: Yadav sixth Indian pacer to get to 150 Test wickets  Umesh Yadav on Friday became the sixth Indian pace bowler to get to 150 Test wickets. Yadav picked the wicket of nightwatchman Craig Overton to get to 150 wickets. He also took the wicket of Dawid Malan later. He had removed Joe Root during the first day's play on Thursday evening. Kapil Dev (434), Ishant Sharma (311), Zaheer Khan (311), Javagal Srinath (236) and Mohammed Shami (195) are the five other Indian pacers who have taken more than 150 wickets. Yadav, who made his ...
4th Test: Yadav sixth Indian pacer to get to 150 Test wickets
4th Test: Yadav sixth Indian pacer to get to 150 Test wickets
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 5:52:44 PM
Sad to see bowlers today get tired after four overs: Kapil Former India captain Kapil Dev, who was known to bowl a lot in the nets, has criticised the current generation of bowlers for complaining about workload and "getting tired after bowling only four overs". "Cricket today is very basic. You either have to bat or bowl. In our time, we had to do everything. So cricket today has changed," said Kapil in an interaction with India Today. "Sometimes it saddens me to see a player getting tired after bowling just four overs...
Sad to see bowlers today get tired after four overs: Kapil
Sad to see bowlers today get tired after four overs: Kapil
Source: IANS
1/07/2021 3:44:28 PM