India s first Test win at Lord s on June 10, 1986, is a great moment in Indian Test history, with Dilip Vengsarkar scoring a century and Kapil Dev grabbing four wickets to secure a 47-run victory. It was India s second-ever 2-0 series win against a strong rival overseas, and Vengsarkar became the first foreign batter to score three Test centuries at Lord s. India have won only nine times in 67 Tests in England, with three of them at Lord s. | Latest News India
Amit Roy | | Published 23.01.21, 01:59 AM
Wisden 2021 will be a collector’s item. For a cool assessment of the just concluded India-Australia series, I turned to Lawrence Booth, editor of
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. “The 2021 edition comes out in early April,” he tells me. “I am still editing it.” He will be grateful that the “thrilling” India-Australia series has provided him with so much drama in a year notoriously short of first-class cricket. The cricketers’ bible, rich in statistics and match reports, is now brought out by Bloomsbury
Wisden 2020 cost £55. Still, I suspect the 2021 edition will become a collector’s item for Indians to be bequeathed as a family heirloom to be savoured by generations. I still have an evocative photograph that I took of the late Dicky Rutnagur, doyen of cricket writers, with shelves packed with past
Thursday, 14 January 2021
In the sport s corridors of power, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wields tremendous influence.
So much so that its provisional backing of a campaign for the sport’s Olympic inclusion at Los Angeles 2028 is considered essential for the bid to have any chance of success.
On the field, India are box office and this weekend millions will follow their Test series decider against Australia in Brisbane.
India bounced back to level the series after a humbling defeat in the first Test, when they were bowled out for 36, their lowest total in test history.
It is a resilience that Indian cricket did not always display, particularly away from home.