On this day in 1971: India win its first-ever Test series on English soil
The date of August 24, 2023 marks 52 years of a historic feat that saw the Indian Cricket team tame the British cricket lions in their own den.
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The date of August 24, 2023 marks 52 years of a historic feat that saw the Indian Cricket team tame the British cricket lions in their own den.
March 8, 2021 I am a 70s kid, or like to at least believe I am one. The 70s were India and Indira Gandhi’s decade of socialism and the emergency, which meant that we had to learn to live with both state power and economic scarcity. We didn’t have 24 x7 breaking news thankfully: it was the age of black and white tv and Doordarshan, of Chaya Geet on Thursdays, Phool Khile Hai Gulshan Gulshan with the ever smiling Tabassum on Fridays and a much awaited old Hindi movie on Sundays. It was a period when we were content if our parents bought us a packet of Chiclets and the o...
How Jaisimha almost helped India pull-off its first ever win abroad By News Desk| Updated: 28th January 2021 11:06 am IST By A. Joseph Antony Hyderabad: Until recently, the Covid-19 clouds of uncertainty had hung heavy over the last cricket test match at Brisbane (Australia), now okayed to start on Friday. Over half a century ago, a flamboyant Hyderabadi’s (cricketer) inclusion in the national team was a certainty for the tour Down Under. His exclusion however left him so disillusioned that he gave away his cricket kit, even penning a poignant note on his bat before handing it over. ...