Stackumbrella

"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! ...

The flaks involving Internet's favourite meme queen Anushka Sharma and Indian Cricket go way back! Almost ever since she started dating Virat Kohli! *Damn wifey, you made for some spicy fiascos* Via: Naidunia Now, She has once again turned heads by her recent charade, where 'the usually calm' Anushka had given it back in style, to Farokh Engineer, over his 'baseless' allegations of her receiving preferential treatments by Indian Cricket authorities. *Rolling eyes* Via: The Indian Express And you ask why am I worried about the future of Indian Cricket? *Resting Bitch face* Anyway, you need to know the whole story before taking sides (read judge)! *Come on, you judgemental-meme-lovers* So this story has action, drama, thrill, spices and everything a shitty Bollywood movie has! I wonder someday someone is going to buy copyrights of all Anushka Sharma's controversies involving Indian Cricket and make a movie on them! *Wink* Okay without further ad...

On Sunday Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) R M Lodha opined that sports bodies should refrain from taking political calls as their function is to run the sport. In an exclusive telephonic communication with ANI, Lodha said, “Unless government snaps all sports activities with Pakistan, sports bodies should not take a political call. The government will have to take a political call, sports bodies’ function is to run the sport.” The Committee of Administrators (CoA), which controls the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said the sporting community should isolate Pak for supporting terrorism and make it the “apartheid of international cricket,” just as South Africa was excluded in world games due to its policy of apartheid COA chairman Vinod Rai told to reporters  “Want to make Pakistan the apartheid of international cricket and will seek all member nations’ support to make sure it happens and this matter will officially be tabled in the ICC chief executives me...