Mohinder Amarnath

Kabir Khan is set to enthrall all cricket fans with ’83, which will trace the Indian cricket team’s journey of winning the World Cup over three decades ago. ETimes has exclusively learnt that Mohinder Amarnath, who was the vice captain of the winning team, will be a part of the sports entertainer. However, he will not be essaying himself in ’83, but will be seen playing the role of his father Lala Amarnath.

Vicky Kaushal was considered for cricketer Mohinder Amarnath's role in Kabir Khan's 83. ETimes has learnt that the Raazi actor did audition for the role, and director Kabir Khan was very keen on him playing the role.

Ranveer Singh and team is preparing for their upcoming film 83 in Dharamshala. Ranveer Singh and the whole squad is getting trained under legends themselves as Balvinder Singh Sandhu and Mohinder Amarnath share their guidance to the team.

The BCCI decided to extend its one-time benefit scheme to four former Test cricketers, including Mohinder Amarnath, during their Working Committee meeting.

The BCCI's 83rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday and putting in place a new national selection committee is top on the agenda.

Recalling the playing days of his legendary father Lala Amarnath, former Indian batsman Mohinder Amarnath asserted that independent India's first cricket captain was his idol but he was fascinated by Chandu Borde.

Mohinder Amarnath was bestowed with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI at the Cricket Club of India lawns on Sunday.

Mohinder Amarnath, celebrating his 74th birthday today, was instrumental in India's historic 1983 World Cup win. Known for his critical performances and bold statements against the selection process, including calling selectors 'a bunch of jokers,' he exposed the politics within Indian cricket during the late 1980s. Despite controversies, he is highly respected for his contributions.

Actor Saqib Saleem, who plays the role of former Indian cricketer Mohinder Amarnath in Kabir Khan directorial '83', has left for London to shoot the first schedule of the film.

To go against the popular vote is generally viewed as irreverent in the corridors of the Indian cricket board where loyalties are well rewarded and dissenters sidelined.

Mohinder Amarnath and in-form opener Gautam Gambhir hogged the limelight at the annual awards function of the Cricket Board held tonight.

The resilient Mohinder Amarnath has worn many hats both during and after his playing career, but being an establishment man wasn't counted among his virtues.

Before Mohinder Amarnath replaced Yashpal Sharma as the north zone selector last year, another Delhi cricketer Chetan Chauhan came close to becoming a selector.

Amarnath joined the committee last year amid indications that he would take over from Srikkanth as the chairman when his tenure comes to an end in September this year.

The terrific hundreds by Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope in the West Indies' victory against India in the first ODI in Chennai evoked memories of former batting greats Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes for former Indian batsman Mohinder Amarnath.

The actor will play a pivotal part in Kabir Khan's sports drama featuring Ranveer Singh

India might have lost the inaugural ICC World Test Championship (WTC) but former all-rounder Mohinder Amarnath feels skipper Virat Kohli has done a "fantastic job" and it is important for the side that he continues to lead the squad.

Mohinder Amarnath, who played 69 Tests and 85 ODIs for India, played a pivotal role in India’s maiden World Cup victory in 1983. He was the Man of the Match in both the semifinal and the final. In the semifinal against hosts England on June 22, 1983, Amarnath took two wickets, before scoring 46 very crucial runs in the Indian run chase, as India won the match by 6 wickets.

Fans are waiting for Kabir Khan's '83' starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone with bathed breathe. The makers after treating the fans with the uncanny look of Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev are now sharing first look posters of the other pivotal characters who are set to play the Indian cricket team in the sports drama.

For Saqib Saleem, who recently came on-board Kabir Khan’s '83' to play Mohinder Amarnath to Ranveer Singh’s Kapil Dev, the role is like a dream come true.

Gavaskar is least excited at the selection of Duncan Fletcher as India's coach and said someone like Mohinder Amarnath would have been a better choice.

Ranveer Singh and his boys in white were on cloud nine as they trained with cricket legends Mohinder ‘Jimmy’ Amarnath and Balwinder Singh Sandhu for the ‘83’ biopic.

Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav's maiden Twenty20 international five-wicket haul was instrumental in India's eight-wicket victory over England at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

In the past five years, India have won just one of their six Test series outside of Asia, against a struggling West Indies. Their overall Test record in England is uninspiring -- six wins from 57 matches and three series victories -- 1971, 1986 and 2007.

The concern over the fitness of premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continued for the touring Indian team ahead of the fourth Test on Wednesday.

After setting the World Cup on fire with five centuries, Rohit made his first appearance as a Test opener in the home series against South Africa and aggregated a whopping 529 runs in three Tests, with a highest of 212 and average of 132.25. In the second T20I of the ongoing series against Bangladesh, he once again again played a match-winning knock to help India draw level in the series.

India might have begun their tour of South Africa on a losing note but there are few positives that have emerged from their performance in Cape Town.

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday called the 1983 World Cup win as the 'landscape' changing moment for the game of cricket in the country. India on Thursday celebrated the completion of the 37 years of the maiden World Cup triumph under the leadership of Kapil Dev.

The City of Joy is firmly in the grip of a pink fever and tickets for the first four days of the match at the iconic Eden Gardens have already been sold out. City landmarks are being illuminated in pink to mark the occasion, and a ball-shaped pink blimp hovers over the 67,000-capacity stadium. Former India cricketer Mohinder Amarnath said it was baffling that the Indian set-up had resisted hosting day-night Test matches.

Former Indian batsman Mohinder Amarnath termed the T20I series between India and New Zealand as exciting, even though India lost the decider by four runs to concede the series 1-2 to New Zealand.