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"You didn't bowl badly, you just came up against the player who I think is the best batsman of spin bowling that I have seen!" Ian Chapel had said those words to Shane Warne when he became the victim of VVS Laksham's 'special spell'! VVS Lakshman was born on 1st November and so was the luck of India, 45 years ago! On his birthday, after rigorous research, we're going to share with you some unknown facts about him that you never knew! Via: Mysuru Today 1. VVS Laxman is the great-grandson of India’ s second president, Dr Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan, in whose honour Teacher's Day is celebrated in India! Via: News18.com 2. V V S Laxman’s full name is Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman. 3. Despite being the backbone of India’s middle order for 2 decades, he never got to play a Worldcup! Via: ICC Cricket 4. Not giving much trouble to bowlers in the beginning as well as in the ending, he started and ended his ODI career with a duck! ...

After raising his winning flag in the Indian youth team in the Under-19 World Cup title 2008, Virat Kohli has come a long way in the past years. Not only is he the captain of the Indian cricket team, but also he’s currently the best batsman in all three formats of the world. The road to success of Virat Kohli is imprinted on his body nine times. Each and every tattoo on Virat’s body has a special story to raise the curtains, to reveal something and signifies a turning phase the life of flamboyant Delhi batsman. Via: sportskeeda.com In the very first episode of National Geographic’s Mega Icons based on Virat Kohli, the Indian captain unveiled the secrets about all the tattoos on his body. The team of National Geographic spoke to various scientists and experts from the field of neurosurgery, development biology, brain-behavior research and intellectual science to describe the neurological and psychological concepts at work behind particular instances in Kohli’s life that ...

India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2018 Highlights: Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan hit centuries as India vanquished Pakistan in a one-sided match. Chasing a target of 238 runs, Rohit and Shikhar gave a flying start to the team as they put up an opening stand partnership of 210 runs within 34 overs to take the game away from the opponents. They were given this opportunity also because of Pakistan lacks in the field and dropped some catches early in the game. Rohit in the process completed 7,000 ODI runs and become the ninth Indian player to do so. While Shikhar Dhawan, on the other hand, scored his 15th ODI ton before he was run out. Via: tosshub.com Also Read: When Jadeja Put His Own, Rohit And Ajinkya Family’s Life In Danger? In this Asia Cup 2018, India nailed their biggest win in terms of wickets in one-day internationals . India skipper Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 111 off 119 balls as Rohit hit his 19th ODI century and chase the modest target with 63 balls...

Asia Cup 2018: All-round performance of India outclassed Pakistan by eight wickets in their group match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Elected to bat first, Pakistan’s innings was wrapped up for just 162 runs, kudos to the Indian bowlers who gripped the innings right from the start and didn’t allowed Pakistani Batsmen to make a comeback in the match as their score was only 25 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the powerplay of 10 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kedar Jadhav were the star bowlers as they shared 3 wickets each between them. Apart from them, the depth bowler, Jasprit Bumrah finished his bowling spell with two wickets. Via: india.com Also Read: Asia Cup 2018: India Just Survived To Beat Hong Kong By 26 Runs In reply, India made a decent start and then it was a bang inning of 50 plus runs from the bat of Hit-man and current Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma . It was the 35th ODI fifty for him in the Asia Cup 2018. A fine partnership held between R...

Asia Cup 2018, India Vs Hong Kong: The buzz about India’s recent performances has gone around its preparation for the big series. The BCCI had agreed to play back-to-back games, there was a lot to do with the fact that they were more likely to play a cooperative nation. But the match against Hong Kong was considered more of a practice to the Indians. A match that was meant to get an idea about the conditions of the pitch became a bitter lesson for the Indians. This 26-run win of India in the Asia Cup 2018 wasn’t an appropriate win or an ideal practice for Rohit Sharma’s team. Basically, it was a reality check just before the crucial clash against Pakistan. This extension in the workout may affect the players for the match on Wednesday. By the 20th over for the second innings, the tension was making a house in the Indian camp, when the 286-run target was only 156 runs away from Hong Kong with all 10 wickets in hand and 25 overs were in hand. Via: indianexpress.com Both the ...