Madhav Apte

Indian cricketer Sarfaraz Khan achieved a rare feat in the Bengaluru Test against New Zealand by scoring both a duck and a 150-plus score in the same match. After a duck in the first innings, he struck a remarkable 150 in the second, joining an elite list alongside Madhav Apte and Nayan Mongia.

Hosts CCI Kids Academy registered a thrilling win over Achivers Cricket Academy in the inaugural league match of the 1st Madhav Apte Cup under-15 girls cricket tournament.

The most revered 'nana mama' of Mumbai's cricket fraternity and the actual 'nana mama' (maternal uncle) of cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar had turned 90 on September 1.

"Hello, this is Madhav Apte, did you call?" his soft voice would always whisper when he would return the call that he had unintentionally missed.

Madhav Apte was an aberration in Indian cricket in the true sense of the term. The right-handed opener, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Mumbai on Monday, averaged nearly 50 in Test cricket in seven games but didn't go as far as one would have expected.

Manohar Hardikar was described as a captain "who knew his players much better than the players themselves knew of their ability" .

Former Test openers Madhav Apte and Nari Contractor on Tuesday recalled CK Nayudu's contribution to the game in India on his 122nd birth anniversary.

You probably haven’t heard of a left-arm spinner Freddy Sidhwa, though Brendon McCullum is unlikely to forget him anytime soon.

Even as the cricket board is looking to finalise Indian team's coach, former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that the team required a mentor rather than a coach.

"It is a great feeling to come back to CCI. When it comes to Raj Bhai I really don't know where to start because I get confused, we had that kind of relationship, he has guided me all the way," Tendulkar said.

Wadekar has criticised the tendency of some players who report sick and miss Tests before recovering magically in time when lucrative T20 games.

The passing away of cricket statistician and historian Anandji Dossa recently brought together a handful of faithfuls at the Cricket Club of India to remember the genius who has left behind a rich heritage behind.

Former India opening batsman, Madhav Apte, has advised young Mumbai cricketers to take inspiration from the yesteryear players under whose names they would be playing at the 26th under-19 Sportstar Trophy that got underway on Wednesday.

Amit Dani won the top honours in the revived Vijay Merchant single-wicket cricket competition, organised by the PJ Hindu Gymkhana after 24 years.

Young Zoroastrian Azad Maidan Centre defeated Kalyan Centre on the basis of the first innings lead on the second day of their quarterfinal match of the 26th Late Ajit Naik Memorial U-14 selection trials cricket tournament at the Worli SC ground on Tuesday.

Badminton ace Nandu Natekar has been inducted into the Legends Club, founded by the late Cricket Club of India president Raj Singh Dungarpur, as the first non-cricketer, along with 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev.

How many of us will travel to another country every week for our passion? Every Saturday evening, a man would call the captain of a club from Kuala Lumpur. "Is the sky clear? Is it likely to rain tomorrow?"

Union Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar was on Wednesday felicitated for becoming ICC president.

"Yaar, ek bar toh jeetne de' (let us win at least once), Kapil requested to me in the toilet.' I said, 'Kapil, you've already won the Ranji Trophy. We have to chase down 355, and have lost three wickets for 34 already.' 'Nahin yaar, jab tak tu hai, keh nahin sakte (we can't say anything till you're there in the middle)'," said former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar.