Narendra Hirwani

Sharma credits former India legspinner Narendra Hirwani for his resurrection.

Former India international and National Cricket Academy (NCA) spin coach Narendra Hirwani is set to work as a consultant with the country's women's team.

Little did Narendra Hirwani know that he would scalp 16 wickets (8-61 & 8-75) on his Test debut against Windies in Madras to help India level the series.

City girls Anushka Hirwani (15) and Princey Singh Rathore (15) are among the probables for basketball India team organised by School Games Federation of India.

Legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal is focussed on making good use of the one-month break post IPL to sharpen his skill sets at the National Cricket Academy under Narendra Hirwani before embarking on India's challenging tour of United Kingdom.

SHAJAPUR: Kamlesh Jaimini, father-in-law of former test cricketer Narendra Hirwani, was on Friday arrested along with two others in a dowry harrasment case.

Two years back when Narendra Hirwani visited Nagpur as Vidarbha’s spin consultant, he saw a tall spinner. After watching him for a while, Hirwani called him and said, “You have talent, if you work hard, you can do a good job for Vidarbha.”

Adjacent to the viewing gallery above the indoor nets, at photo No. 21: a portrait of Narendra Hirwani in his pomp, headband on, spectacles in place, ready to give it the tweak. The caption, alas, says, "Anil Kumble. A quick leg-spinner. Note the grip for the legbreak."

Amit Mishra's mentor, Narendra Hirwani is a happy man and the former India leg-spinner gives credit of Mishra's success to skipper Virat Kohli.

The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) elections have become a battle between the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress with Union Minister of State Jyotiraditya Scindia and state industries and IT minister Kailash Vijaywargiya pitted against each other for the President's post.

Spinner Radha Yadav on Saturday hailed the impact of bowling coach Narendra Hirwani after claiming a career-best 4/23 in India's seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Women's T20 World Cup .

The all-rounder is having a good run in T20 internationals

Wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson was on Thursday appointed captain of Board President's XI side in place of injured Naman Ojha for the two-day tour match against Sri Lanka from November 11-12.

Rahul Sharma attributed his five-wicket haul against West Indies 'A' in the T20 match to the tips he had received from Anil Kumble and Narendra Hirwani.

The BCCI on Wednesday announced that former India leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani, ex-India wicketkeeper Vijay Yadav and domestic cricket stalwart Sitanshu Kotak are now the bowling, fielding and batting coaches of the India A team for the tour of the West Indies and series against Sri Lanka at home.

On the 30th anniversary of Narendra Hirwani’s debut Test, in which he spun a deadly web around the West Indies in Chennai, TOI takes a trip down memory lane...

Narendra Hirwani hardly carried his kit bag during his international career. Unlike today, where the bowlers spend enough time in the nets, bowlers in the 1980s and early '90s would hardly get to do batting practice.

Ravindra Jadeja has forged a terrific partnership with R Ashwin and Amit Mishra, having taken 16 wickets in three Tests against the Proteas. There have been a couple of crucial cameos off his bat too, which have mattered a lot in these low-scoring contests.

Naman became ninth player from Madhya Pradesh to get a Test cap

Former India wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra and Abhay Sharma have applied for the post of the fielding coach of the Indian team. The last date for applying for the positions of support staff in the Indian team is November 4.