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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is as calm and unruffled a sportsman on the field as he is self-effacing off it. But 'brute strength', 'murderous form' and 'a man possessed' were some of the phrases that came to mind when, on 5 April 2005 in Vishakapatnam, he exploded onto international consciousness by becoming the first regular Indian keeper to score a one-day century. Captain Cool is the story of M.S.Dhoni, Indian cricket's poster boy; it is ...
In the twenty years that he has been in the public eye, Sachin Tendulkar has been explosive on the cricket field and just as reticent off it. He was barely fifteen years old when the first wrote his name into record books with a stupendous 664-run partnership with his childhood friend Vinod Kambli. A few months later, he struck his first century in first class cricket. At seventeen he became the second youngest man to make a hundered in international cricket, and ...
'Maharaj to his family,"Lord Snooty to his county mates in Lancashire and "Dada to his team, 29-year-old Sourav Ganguly has in the past few years rewritten the rules of captaincy for the Indian team. Unlike several of his predecessors, he is seen as an impartial, non-parochial captain, forever pushing his players to perform better. Off the field, his interactions with the media and his fans (and detractors) have been uncompromisingly honest and have ...
Icons from the World of Sports contains the stories of the brightest stars of Indian sports who are still playing today: Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest batsmen in the world. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, the duo who took Indian tennis to new heights. Dhanraj Pillay, who gave hockey a new appeal. Pullela Gopichand, who overcame grave physical odds to become India’s badminton champion. Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat, the shooter who has ...
In the thirteen years that he has been in the public eye, Sachin Tendulkar has been explosive on the cricket field and just as reticent off it. He was barely fifteen years old when he first wrote his name into the record books with a stupendous 664-run partnership with his childhood friend Vinod Kambli. A few months later, he struck his first century in first-class cricket. At seventeen he became the second youngest man to make a hundred in ...