Sandhya Agarwal, India's run machine {image-sandhya.jpg thatscricket.oneindia.in}To get a name can happen but to a few; it is one of the few things that cannot be bought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted and is at last unwittingly, bestowed. Talents of the highest order, as are calculated to command universal admiration, exist as commonly as "rare gems". Of all the possessions of this life, fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust, the great name still lives. And the name of Sandhya Agarwal, the ace batsman of India, will forever be...
Sandhya Agarwal, India's run machine As was the case with most of us, Sandhya also was a victim of bad administration by the Women's Cricket Association of India. From 1986 to 1991, there were no International matches and Indian players lost that opportunity to perform when age was in their favour and...
'Sharmila heads my list of all time spinners' {image-sharmila.jpg thatscricket.oneindia.in}In the pages of the doomsday book are continuously recorded illustrious names; but as often as new names are written, the old names disappear. Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced. To this elite group ...
'Sharmila heads my list of all time spinners' Sharmila was the favourite amongst the Kiwis when they toured India in 1976 and when we toured that country in 1976-77. The entire Indian team and most of the New Zealand players had learnt a Bengali song from her and this was invariably one item of any programme we had to...