End of an era: Last member of India’s first Test win, CD Gopinath, dies at 96 | Cricket News – The Times of India
[ad_1] CHENNAI: “The crowd applauded us for 15 minutes at a stretch after the Test match was over. I still remember that moment,” CD Gopinath told TOI a few years ago, recalling India’s historic first Test win at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Madras (then). It was 1952, India had beaten England in the fifth […]
‘I thought of jumping from moving car’: Sivaramakrishnan on how racism scars led to depression | Cricket News – The Times of India
[ad_1] Former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has opened up about a period when he “didn’t want to see himself in the mirror” and felt he “was going to die”, describing a breakdown during his time as a commentator that he links to years of racism and colour-based remarks.Sivaramakrishnan, who played 25 international matches for India […]
Harbhajan Singh reflects on historic 2001 Eden Gardens Test: ‘I was born in Punjab, but made in Kolkata’ | Cricket News – The Times of India
[ad_1] File Pic: Harbhajan Singh during the Eden Gardens Test in 2001. The other day I was having a chat with Matthew Hayden in Goa. I asked him, “Why did you play that shot in the first innings at Eden Gardens?” It was in the second session on Day 1, he was batting on 97, […]