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Hockey’s Jadoogar – Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand popularly known as hockey’s jadoogar. Dhyan Chand was born on 29th August, 1905 at Allahabad. His father was in the British Indian army. Memorable incident He started playing Hockey with his friends who used to themselves make Hockey sticks from tree branches and balls from ragged clothes. At the age of 14 years […]
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Sports in India
Athletics Athletics is also known as track and field athletics. It is a collection of sports events that involve jumping, running and throwing. In 1896, athletics was first introduced in the Olympic Games and in 1928 women were first allowed to participate in track and field events. Sprints, middle distance events, long distance events, hurdles, […]
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Cricket is undoubtedly the most popular sport in the Indian subcontinent and every young boy aspires to enjoy the respect and honour commanded by a great cricketer. But getting successful in carving out a career in cricket is thought to be an uphill task, given the tough competition one has to face in order to […]
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International Cricket Council (ICC)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, all white countries renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989 and new rules adopted to permit the […]
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Records of Indian Cricketer and their Achievements
Achievement Achiever First Cricket tournament The Bombay Triangular which Later became the Bombay Quadrangular (1912-1936) First Cricket Club in India Oriental Cricket Club,1848 First Cricket Test Match Against England at Lord’s June 25, 1932 First ODI Match Against England at Leeds July 13, 1974 First T20 Match Against South Africa 1st December 2006 First Test […]
