Cheerleaders will seduce the crowd: Thackeray

Hitting out at authorities for using cheerleaders in the cricket field to 'seduce' the crowd, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday said that the sanctity of cricket has been lost as the......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

The rise and fall of Dattajirao Gaekwad revealed

Dattaji Rao Gaekwad: The Man who matched Hazare stroke for stroke IMAGE: Dattajirao Gaekwad with his son Anshuman Gaekwad. Photograph: Anshuman Gaekwad/Instagram An accidental Indian captain......

BCCI Awards: Meet The Winners!

Farokh Engineer, the swashbuckling wicket-keeper of the 1960s and early 1970s, and Ravi Shastri, who was the first Indian to win an Audi car as player of the tournament in the 1985 Benson and......

PIX: Shastri, Engineer honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award

'They showed me the path to play the sport.' IMAGE: Ravi Shastri receives the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award from BCCI president Roger Binny and secretary Jay Shah at the BCCI Awards in......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......