Baloo Gupte

India lost out on an engineer but found a captain in Ajit Wadekar. All of this due to a bus ride which proved to be a boon for Indian cricket.

Former Mumbai leg-spinning allrounder Vishwanath Gangadhar Lele, known more as ‘Vishu’ Lele passed away on Sunday in Pune. He was 89. He was ailing for some time,” a source said. The Kalyan-born Lele played 33 first-class games between 1953-54 to 1968-69, in which picked up 92 wickets@27.

Former Mumbai wicketkeeper-batter Vijay 'Papa' Karkhanis, aged 86, passed away at his Borivali residence. A dashing batter and skilled wicketkeeper, he represented Mumbai in seven first-class matches and was a beloved figure at Shivaji Park Gymkhana.

Former Vidarbha cricketer TH Naidu has fond memories of Ajit Wadekar. The legendary cricketer passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. In shock after the news of Wadekar's demise, Naidu relived the day spent with the former India captain at Shivaji Park, the home of Mumbai cricket.

As 41-time champs play their 500th Ranji match, Milind Rege highlights why the domestic giants are such a dominant force

It made for lovely banter in Mumbai's club circuit and Whatsapp groups. Sunil Gavaskar, an India and Dadar Union (DU) legend giving the first Test cap in Kanpur to Shreyas Iyer, a product of Mumbai's most fertile cricketing stable, Shivaji Park Gymkhana (SPG), DU's fiercest club rival.

Budhi Kunderan was one of the best 11 cricketers in the country playing against Australia. He kept wickets for 148 overs in the Test match.

There were players who might have taken hundreds of wickets and scored thousands of runs, but they didn't have a godfather. Vishoo Lele was one of them.

"I held maximum catches in the slips off Jimmy's bowling. Even on a batting track, he would spin and turn the ball," former cricket Ajit Wadekar spoke about Jimmy Diwadkar.