Ashok Mankad

Mumbai Ranji skipper repeated a common saying about the team, "It does not need to be led.'' He was speaking after receiving the inaugural Ashok Mankad captaincy.

BCCI President Sharad Pawar expressed shock at the sudden demise of former Test player Ashok Mankad in Mumbai and said he would be missed by the entire cricket fraternity.

The 2008-09 Ceat Cricket Rating domestic awards on Tuesday night had a poignant touch when the late Ashok Mankad was posthumously conferred with CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award.

After appointing ex-Mumbai players Ashok Mankad and Paras Mhambrey over last four years, BCA has now approached Mumbai coach Praveen Amre with an offer to join as a Ranji coach.

Former Test cricketer Ashok Mankad, son of one of India's greatest Test all-rounder Vinoo, played in 22 Tests between 1969 and 1978 and scored 991 runs with an average of 25.41.

Former Test player Ashok Mankad died in his sleep at his Worli residence in Mumbai.

India's relationship with fast bowling has always been at best, uncomfortable. It is as if we are too scared of speed.

There are and have always been many in Bombay who dream of making it big in cricket. Some are able to and some don't.

Former Ranji cricketer Atul Mankad, one of the three sons of legendary all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, passed away at a civic hospital on Monday.

The series was turning out to be pretty much a disaster for him. The 1971 England cold did not seem to quite suit him, nor did the field conditions.

Former Tamil Nadu captain and wicketkeeper batsman PK Belliappa passed away due to age-related illness in Bengaluru on Wednesday. He was 79 and is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

As a schoolboy, Nagdev had created a record by scoring an unbeaten 427 runs in 1963-64 for his school Hindi Vidya Bhavan. That record was broken after 47 years when Sarfraz Khan scored 439.

Chandrakant Pandit scored 8209 runs in 138 first-class matches but he could score only 171 runs in 5 Tests which included Tied Test in Chennai vs Oz.

Long before Sachin Tendulkar became a name that needed no introduction, a loquacious raconteur from west Yorkshire knew him as the simple teenager, who once messed up his own kitchen while trying his hands at washing clothes.

Meet Maharashtra's chief curator Pandurang Salgoancar, who looks very much part of his tribe as he moves around labouredly, the fleshy waistline pushing out his sky-blue shirt.

Mumbai have done most things right in their must-win Ranji Trophy game against Saurashtra over the first two days at the Wankhede Stadium here. But they still have a mountain to climb if they are to pull off an outright victory, something that has eluded them since the start of the season.

GSFC University has appointed Dr Nikhil Zaveri as its provost (vice-chancellor).

Apart from RBI governor, deputy governors and the two government nominees, the central board currently has industrialists such as Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran and Sun Pharma MD Dilip Sanghvi on its board, with economist Ashok Gulati providing inputs on the agricultre sector.

A visibly moved Kapil Dev said at Ashok Mankad's funeral at Shivaji Park: "Sixty-one is not an age to die. I think Ashok wanted to contribute to the game but didn't find any takers."

Will the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) pick up an outsider as Ranji coach or will it go for a local ex-cricketer? Ten former players are in fray for the coach's post that fell vacant after Mukesh Narula quit a couple of months ago.