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Former India cricketer Salil Ankola is undergoing treatment for severe depression near Pune. Ankola, who debuted in the iconic 1989 Karachi Test alongside Sachin Tendulkar, had a career interrupted by injuries and a tumor. After transitioning to acting, he returned to cricket administration before facing emotional struggles following his mother's death.

Paras Mhambrey has joined the Mumbai Indians as their new bowling coach, adding significant experience to the team. Mhambrey previously served as India's bowling coach and played a key role in guiding the Indian bowlers to success in recent World Cups, earning praise from players like Mohammed Shami.

Having coached various state teams in domestic cricket, the Mumbai Indians in the IPL, India's Under-19 team in the U-19 World Cup, Paras Mhambrey is now geared up to take on the biggest coaching assignment of his career - that of being Team India's bowling coach. With Bharat Arun having performed that role exceedingly well for the past four years, the Mumbaikar has big shoes to fill.

Ramakant Achrekar was a passionate lover of cricket who allowed kids to blossom without interference. His aim was to give them many opportunities.

The inaugural Chappell foundation charity dinner event at the Sydney Cricket Ground on May 24 will have an autographed bat of the 2007 World T20 winning Indian team up for auction.

Goa were held 1-1 by Services in their opening match of the final round National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy in Ludhiana on Monday.

Delhi boy and cricketer Shelly Shaurya, picked by the Gujarat IPL team but not in the playing XI so far, says that just sharing a dressing room with the likes of Irfan Pathan and Brendon McCullum is a learning experience.

The Mumbai Cricket Association on Friday roped in former pacer Bunty Mahadik as the bowling coach for the forthcoming season. Mahadik made his debut for Mumbai under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar in 1992-93 and then played under the captaincy of Ravi Shastri.

Yet in spite of the put-on sleaze and Americanisms, the Gold Coast is also typically Australian, and that makes it the perfect family-friendly getaway.

Australian pacer Scott Boland etched his name in Test cricket history, achieving the best bowling average since 1915. During the West Indies Test, his figures of 3-34 set his average at 17.33. Australia's pace attack dominated, securing a first-innings lead. Boland's crucial wickets included dismissing top-scorer John Campbell.

There's more to the recently-retired Mumbai leggie Sairaj Bahutule than his 630 wickets and 6176 runs in first-class cricket.

MUMBAI: For someone who bowled the slower delivery with immense guile, Venkatesh Prasad speaks at a rapid pace.

Dav Whatmore took a look at the premises and the facilities available at the NCA before settling down for a lengthy chat with NCA administrative manager Col. Nair.

Even Jeff Thomson had to pay homage to a few. Nitin Naik tells us who were cricket's original quick guns

On the morning of January 5, the first day of the Test match in Cape Town, Ishant Sharma woke up with a severe headache, bordering on the feverish. In a couple of hours, he was expected to buckle-up for the game scheduled 10.30 am local time. Things just did not fall in place.

VADODARA/AHMEDABAD: With cricket World Cup round the corner, can you afford to be unaware of Herschelle Gibbs' One-Day average? Or, the fastest ball that Shoaib Akhtar has bowled?

Pakistan play England for the first time since 2005, with the home Test series starting Thursday.

The long awaited inclusion of Mumbai boy Ajinkya Rahane in the Indian team for the ODIs against England seems to have boosted the morale of the aspiring cricketers in the city.

MUMBAI: One sportsman who can empathise with hockey star Jugraj Singh, laid low by a crash injury is Sairaj Bahutule, the Indian Test cricketer, currently training with the Indian probables at the camp at Bangalore camp.

Just before the start of the second Test, during a senior team-management meeting, Chandu Borde suddenly blurted, 'That Salim is a good bat, man.'

Former India fast bowler Salil Ankola, who played one Test and 20 ODIs in the 80s and 90s, on Wednesday was named by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) as the new Mumbai chief selector for the forthcoming curtailed domestic season.

True test for England lies in their ability to defend the Ashes title in Australia, which is altogether a trickier business and a rare feat achieved only on four occasions by the Poms since the controversial Bodyline series of 1932-33, feels former English cricketers.

It was Balwinder Sandhu who gave India the breakthrough in the 1983 WC by inducing Gorden Greenidge to shoulder arms a delivery that cut back and knocked his stumps.

Amir's performance in the tournament was evident enough of the level of skill that cricket had missed in the past five years.

A look at those athletes, coaches and sports personalities we lost in 2015.