Former India left-arm spinner Dhiraj Parsana, who served as curator in Ahmedabad for 36 years (1982-2018) says that an ideal pitch is one where you don't give anything to anyone for free and ensure that both batsmen and bowlers earn their runs and wickets, respectively.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh said that he had a culture shock when he came to Mumbai for the first time.
Harbhajan Singh is the third highest wicket taker in Tests for India, a landmark that Ashwin is poised to cross.
A new avatar: India offspinner Harbhajan Singh revealed the teaser of his upcoming trilingual movie 'Friendship' which is set for a summer release.
India's thumping ten-wicket win within two days in the Pink Ball Day and Night Test at Motera has led to the division of the cricketing world into two halves - one the usual India bashers who have been joined by some former players from Australia and England, the biased Western media and self apologetic Indians and the other which comprises of the likes of Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavaskar and other legends like Sir Vivian Richards.
Big guns Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane went full throttle at the nets as the Indian cricket on Monday trained in earnest for the upcoming fourth and final Test against England. The fourth Test starts in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Dhiraj Parsana, former India left-arm spinner and the long-time curator at the Motera stadium here, remembers a young Axar Patel as someone who had a beautiful high-arm action when the youngster would visit Motera for camps and age-group cricket tournaments.