Vinoo Mankad: Latest Articles

India vs New Zealand: Past encounters in Mumbai
Suvajit Mustafi October 21, 2017 4:26 PM IST
A fact may surprise you that both sides have never played an ODI against each other at this venue.
‘Ambidextrous’ XI 1: Right-handed batsmen, left-handed bowlers
Abhishek Mukherjee September 14, 2017 9:40 PM IST
Here is a list of those who batted right-handed hand and bowled left-arm.
Ernie Toshack’s 5 for 2 bowls India out for 58
Abhishek Mukherjee December 2, 2016 12:31 PM IST
The day Black Prince routed the hapless Indians on a Brisbane 'sticky'.
MCC's 'Mankading' laws: Then and now
Paulami Chakraborty July 13, 2016 7:01 PM IST
Mankading amassed after its name a lot of accusations in regard to the 'Spirit of Cricket', which differentiates it with the other conventional types of
Indian captaincy, a farcical musical chairs – six captains in seven Tests!
Abhishek Mukherjee July 3, 2016 6:30 PM IST
Polly Umrigar. Ghulam Ahmed. Vinoo Mankad. Hemu Adhikari. Datta Gaekwad. Pankaj Roy.
Hiralal Gaekwad: the man who lost out to Mankad
Abhishek Mukherjee June 9, 2016 12:08 AM IST
Hiralal Gaekwad played a solitary Test in his entire career due to being outraced by Vinoo Mankad.
Towel Day: Remembering Douglas Adams
Abhishek Mukherjee May 9, 2016 10:59 PM IST
May 25 is Towel Day, that time of the year when fans pay homage to Douglas Adams — a man who combined cricket and science
Vinoo Mankad: In the galaxy of the world’s greatest all-rounders
Arunabha Sengupta April 9, 2016 11:06 PM IST
Vinoo Mankad was one of the greatest all-rounders ever produced by India, and could easily walk into the World XI in his prime.
Dream Team: A Test XI of all-rounders
Shiamak Unwalla February 23, 2016 8:00 AM IST
Creating a dream Test XI of all-rounders presents an interesting headache.
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.
India's first-ever Test match victory
Arunabha Sengupta February 9, 2016 7:27 PM IST
When India made history by beating England by an innings and 8 runs.
Five instances of Mankading in Test cricket
Abhishek Mukherjee February 3, 2016 12:22 PM IST
The term was coined when Vinoo Mankad ran out Bill Brown.
Vinoo Mankad etches his name in cricketing dictionary
Arunabha Sengupta December 7, 2015 8:26 PM IST
How did the term Mankading originate?
Pankaj — Bengal’s Forgotten Cricket Legend: A Review
Abhishek Mukherjee December 3, 2015 7:23 PM IST
Pankaj is a good attempt that one would expect other Indian cricket historians to follow.
Test all-rounders who featured among top three run-getters and wicket-takers in a calendar year
Bharath Seervi September 29, 2015 5:30 AM IST
Only 14 cricketers have featured among the top 3 run-getters and wicket-takers in the same calendar year in Test cricket.