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Before Sachin, there was Anil Gurav. The coin was placed on his stumps first

April 01, 2026 12:38 pm

He was called the Viv Richards of Mumbai. He lent Tendulkar the bat that made a first century. Then a gangster brother, the police, and the bottle took everything. Gurav died on March 31 2026. This is his story.

'Go ask Viv Richards if he loved me': Neena Gupta answers if relationship with cricketer was real, why she never married him

February 17, 2026 12:51 pm

Mentioning that she has never felt that her relationship with Vivian Richards was "wrong," Neena Gupta said she still cherishes the time they spent together. They have a daughter Masaba together.

Tendulkar or Lara or Richards? Who does Mark Waugh pick as his greatest batsman and what was the best sledge against him?

January 17, 2026 1:42 pm

When Michael Vaughan asked him to pick the greatest batsman he had seen, Mark Waugh said, “Richards, Lara and Tendulkar are my top three. I don’t think I can pick one.”

'You imagine doing that to Viv Richards?': Michael Atherton reacts to Akash Deep's sending off of Ben Duckett

August 02, 2025 6:29 pm

Ravi Shastri and Michael Atherton shared their thoughts on the incident before the start of Day 3's play at the Oval on Sunday.

Brian Lara recalls first encounter with Sir Viv Richards: 'My bag came flying out the dressing room; spent the first 5 days of my Test career in the bathroom'

July 18, 2025 11:02 pm

The first meeting with Sir Vivian Richards wasn't very kind to Lara as he opened up on the experience on the Stick to Cricket podcast.

Babar Azam has to prove to the world that he is Viv Richards: Ramiz Raja's sky-high remarks on former Pakistan captain

October 30, 2024 11:47 am

The former PCB chief's comments come after Pakistan removed Babar from the Test squad midway through the Test series against England and went on to clinch their maiden home series win in red ball cricket in three years.

Masaba Gupta on her mother's solo pregnancy and being called a 'bast**d': How parents' emotions affect children's mental health

September 24, 2024 6:50 pm

“My father Viv Richards wasn’t around, and friends were around but it was not the same, everyone had their life,” Masaba revealed how her mother Neena was alone during pregnancy

'I thought he would kill me': Wasim Akram on when shirtless Viv Richards, bat in hand, came looking for him

December 01, 2023 4:10 pm

Wasim Akram also spoke about picking up cuss words after being sledged by Australian fans and about the time a shirtless legendary Viv Richards stood outside the dressing room with a bat in hand to 'kill' him.

‘If bouncers were attempted at this pace to Viv Richards or Greenidge, you would be ...' Michael Holding on Ashes Test

July 02, 2023 4:19 pm

Holding believes the bumper barrage isn’t intimidatory bowling, but a ‘bit boring’. But he doesn’t want the rules to be changed.

Neena Gupta recalls the first phone call she made to Viv Richards after learning about pregnancy: 'If you don't want this child...''

November 22, 2022 9:32 am

Actor Neena Gupta, who was recently seen in the film Uunchai, went down memory lane and recalled how she broke the news of her pregnancy to former partner Vivian Richards.

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