Vijay Hazare: Latest Articles

The H’s: Supreme openers, masterly middle-order, brilliant bowlers
Arunabha Sengupta June 21, 2017 8:00 AM IST
The letter ‘H’ has been the hallmark of some of the supreme opening batsmen the game has ever seen.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2016-17, Semi-finals, Baroda vs Tamil Nadu: Likely XI for both teams
CricketCountry Staff March 16, 2017 9:34 AM IST
Tamil Nadu will now face a stern test against Baroda in the first semi-final at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on March 16 to decide
Indian all-time ethnic XIs part IV: Christians
Gulu Ezekiel October 15, 2016 10:42 AM IST
Making a Christian XI was not easy. In fact, it made me look up the limited-overs sides as well. Some of the men selected here
Vijay Hazare: First great middle-order batsman of India
Arunabha Sengupta March 10, 2016 11:59 AM IST
Vijay Hazare was India's first world-class middle order batsman. He led India to their first Test win. He scored two hundreds in an Adelaide Test
T20 XI of Indian Test cricketers
Abhishek Mukherjee February 19, 2016 4:37 PM IST
A look at the Indian Test heroes of the yesteryears who would have dominated T20s.
1948-49: Time-wasting by West Indies and an umpiring howler deny India her maiden Test win
Abhishek Mukherjee February 9, 2016 11:58 AM IST
When Lala Amarnath, Vijay Hazare, Rusi Modi, and Dattu Phadkar dared. And Bapu Joshi goofed up.
When Vijay Hazare scored an epic 309 out of a total of 387!
Arunabha Sengupta December 5, 2015 10:42 PM IST
Vijay Merchant set an Indian record of 250 in the match. Vijay Hazare emulated him with the first triple-hundred by an Indian. He added a
Cricketing rifts – 4: India in the 1940s – Merchant-Hazare and Amarnath-De Mello
Arunabha Sengupta September 2, 2014 1:15 AM IST
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have
India vs England magic moments: Part 4 of 16
Arunabha Sengupta July 6, 2014 6:03 PM IST
Fred Trueman jolted India on his Test debut at Headingley in 1952.
Chandu Borde falls hit wicket, four short of a hundred in each innings of a Test against dreaded West Indies pace attack
Arunabha Sengupta June 30, 2014 5:16 PM IST
On February 11, 1959 Chandu Borde was stopped just four runs short of two hundreds in the same Test match against the West Indies. Arunabha
Flashback: The highs & lows in India
Karthikayan Thyagaraja June 2, 2014 1:11 PM IST
Indians have fond memories of the SCG, which has seen some remarkable performances
List of 300s by Indians in First-Class cricket
Bharath Seervi March 30, 2014 12:37 AM IST
Here is a complete list of all the 300s scored by Indians in First-Class cricket.