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Wills Trophy
The Wills One-Day Trophy (named after sponsor Wills of ITC Limited), commonly referred to as the Wills Trophy, was an Indian List A cricket tournament organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Established in the 1977–78 season, it was played to find the best limited overs side of the domestic season as only the Ranji Trophy had inter-zonal finals. The annual tournament was played between seven sides, the five zonal winners and two composite teams, Wills XI (named after the title sponsor) and Indian Board President XI. Till the 1992–93 season, the team finishing first in each Zone of the Ranji Trophy qualified to play this tournament. Since the 1993–94 season, the team finishing first in each Zone of the Ranji One-Day Trophy qualified to play this tournament. Tournament History Teams Summary See also * Cricket in India * NKP Salve Challenger Trophy * Deodhar Trophy * Vijay Hazare Trophy The Vijay Hazare Trophy, (officially known as Mastercard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Of Control For Cricket In India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world and is part of the ''Big Three'' of international cricket, along with Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board. The board was formed in and is a consortium of List of members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, state cricket associations. The state associations select their own representatives who in turn elect the BCCI president. R. E. Grant Govan, Grant Govan was the first BCCI president and Anthony De Mello was its first secretary. It joined the International Cricket Council, Imperial Cricket Conference in the year 1926. The BCCI is an autonomous, private organisation and does not fall under the purview of the National Sports Federation of India. The government of India has minimal regulation on BCCI. As such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yograj Singh
Yograj Singh (; born 25 March 1958) is an Indian actor and the former cricketer who played one Test and six One Day Internationals for India as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His debut Test was at Wellington against New Zealand which India lost by 62 runs. After his career was ended by injury, he entered Punjabi cinema and Hindi cinema. His son Yuvraj Singh was a member of the Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2019. Yograj hails from the village of Kanech, right next to Doraha, in Ludhiana District of Punjab. He has worked in Bollywood movies like ''Teen Thay Bhai'', '' Singh is Bling'' and ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag''. Personal life Singh married Shabnam Kaur, but later divorced her. Their elder son Yuvraj Singh is a former Indian cricketer. His another son is Zoravar Singh. In 2011, His son Yuvraj was diagnosed with cancer and recovered from it. Yograj's behaviour was harsh towards his son Yuvraj, during his childhood. He divorced his wife Shabnam. After his divorce, his so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra Cricket Team
The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic cricket team that represents Maharashtra state in domestic cricket of India. It is govern by Maharashtra Cricket Association. It plays its home matches at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. As of 3 October 2022, Maharashtra have won Ranji trophy 2 times and remained runner up 3 times, won Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 1 time, remained runner up 1 time. In Vijay Hazare trophy it has been winner in West zone in 1994-95. It is one of three teams based in Maharashtra, the others being Mumbai cricket team and the Vidarbha cricket team. History Maharashtra was one of the 15 teams that competed in the first Ranji Trophy tournament in 1934–35, when, captained by D. B. Deodhar, it lost its inaugural match narrowly to Bombay. It has competed ever since, winning twice and finishing runners-up three times. Maharashtra won two consecutive Ranji trophies in 1939-40 and 1940-41 defeating United Province and Madras cricket team in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madan Lal
Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma (; born 20 March 1951) is a former Indian cricketer (1974–1987) and Indian national cricket coach. He was a member of the 1983 Cricket World Cup winning India squad. Playing career Madan Lal enjoyed outstanding all-round success at first-class level scoring 10,204 runs (av 42.87), including 22 hundreds, also capturing 625 wickets (av 25.50). He had a side-on bowling action. He played 39 Test matches for India, scoring 1,042 runs at an average of 22.65, taking 71 wickets at 40.08 and holding 15 catches. He was a fairly competent lower order batsman, often extricating the Indian team from tricky situations which earned him the nickname, ''Maddad Lal'' by grateful Indian fans. He made 67 One Day Internationals appearances and was also a member of the 1983 World Cup final winning team where he teamed up with Kapil Dev, Balwinder Sandhu, Roger Binny, Mohinder Amarnath and Kirti Azad to contain and destroy the opposition. In the 1983 world cup finale K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maninder Singh (cricketer)
Maninder Singh (born 13 June 1965) is a former Indian cricket player and a cricket commentator. Singh has represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. With his slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered as an heir to Bishan Singh Bedi, who then held the record as India's leading spinner in terms of wickets. Maninder Singh retired prematurely due to personal reasons. Singh holds the Test record for the most Tests in a complete career without aggregating 100 runs. Career Maninder Singh began his career playing against Pakistan at Karachi, in December 1982. His last match was against Zimbabwe in May 1993. He was regarded as an heir apparent of the legendary Bishan Singh Bedi, and at the height of his career, he was reputed to possess a huge variety in his arsenal. He is often credited to have bowled an over, in which each of the six balls would be different from the previous one juggling with flight, length and spin. His international career was ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Sippy
Alan Nanik Sippy (born 7 February 1962) is a former Indian cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Bombay between 1984 and 1991. He was Sachin Tendulkar's first batting partner in first-class cricket. He is now a businessman in India. Career A left-handed batsman and occasional slow left-arm spin bowler, Sippy was the outstanding batsman in the 50-over Wills Trophy in 1985–86, scoring 55, 51 and then 90 in the final, which Bombay won by one wicket. The highest of his five first-class centuries was 138 for Bombay against Baroda in the 1989–90 Ranji Trophy. Sippy was in the Bombay team when Sachin Tendulkar made his first-class debut at the age of 15 in the Ranji Trophy match between Bombay and Gujarat in December 1988. Sippy, batting at number three, added 159 for the second wicket with Lalchand Rajput before Rajput was run out for 99, bringing Tendulkar to the wicket. Sippy and Tendulkar then added 155 before Sippy was out for 127, and Tendulkar went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padam Shastri (''Pikud Darom'')
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Ranjit Khanwilkar
Ranjit Khanvilkar (30 August 1960 – 8 July 1988) was an Indian cricketer who played for Karnataka and Railways as an All-rounder. He died in a train derailment while still an active player. Career Khanvilkar was one of the most promising players of Indian domestic cricket. He was one of the six centurions in the final of Ranji Trophy between Delhi versus Karnataka, where Delhi chased Karnataka's total of 705 to win the trophy on first innings lead to make 707/8. In 1983 Ranji trophy final, his knock of 32 helped to gain first innings lead over Bombay helped Karnataka to win the trophy. Death His career was cut short when a Bangalore – Kanyakumari Island Express train derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near Perinadu, Kollam, Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharad Rao (cricketer)
Sharad Rao (21 March 1957 – 2 September 2017) was an Indian cricketer. He played in ten first-class and three List A matches from 1980/81 to 1985/86, including the final of the 1980–81 Ranji Trophy. See also * List of Mumbai cricketers *List of Karnataka cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Karnataka cricket team (formerly called Mysore cricket team). Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the i ... References External links * 1957 births 2017 deaths Indian cricketers Mumbai cricketers Karnataka cricketers Place of birth missing {{India-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Binny
Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (born 19 July 1955) is an Indian former international cricketer who is the 36th and incumbent president of Board of Control for Cricket in India. He was the president of Karnataka State Cricket Association from 2019 to 2022. Binny won the 1983 Cricket World Cup and the 1985 World Championship of Cricket, being India's highest wicket taker in both tournaments. He was also the head coach of the Indian U-19 team that won the 2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and has served as a national selector. He has also worked as a developmental officer in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Family and background Binny is the first Anglo-Indian of Scottish origin who played cricket for team India. His son, Stuart Binny, followed his footsteps, having played state cricket for Karnataka cricket team, and international cricket for the India national cricket team. Playing career Roger Binny is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka Cricket Team
Karnataka cricket team represents the Indian state of Karnataka in domestic cricket competitions. It has traditionally been one of the strongest teams in the domestic circuit and has produced many of Indian cricket team's iconic players. It was known as Mysore cricket team before the state of Mysore was officially renamed as Karnataka in 1973. It has won the Ranji Trophy eight times and has come second six times (including two runner-up positions for the earlier Mysore team). The team's home ground is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. There was a major push in cricketing infrastructure in 2010s and as of now, grounds in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Hubballi are constantly used in Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy & Karnataka Premier League Competition history Karnataka has produced some of the best cricketers from the southern part of India. There was a time during late 90s when 8 out of 11 players were from Karnataka and from 1996 to 2001 there were about 4–5 players from the Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Prabhakar
Manoj Prabhakar (born 15 April 1963) is a former Indian cricketer and Coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and has also opened the innings sometimes for the Indian cricket team until his retirement in 1996. Prabhakar took 96 wickets in Test cricket, 157 wickets in One Day Internationals, and over 385 first class wickets playing for Delhi. He has also played for Durham. Prabhakar would always be remembered for his bowling which was his strongest suit; using slower balls, out swingers and opening the bowling for Indian cricket team. He was also a useful lower-order batsman and a defensive opener. Manoj Prabhakar is having a world record of playing most matches as Opening Batsman cum Opening Bowler in both Test and ODI Matches. Career As a Player Prabhakar quite regularly opened Indian batting order and the bowling, he was one of the few players to do so consistently at international level. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
