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It’s a rare ‘century’ that deserves a warm applause. On December 14, Russi Cooper, one of the oldest-living First-Class cricketers in India and certainly the oldest from Mumbai, will be celebrating his 100th birthday. After the passing away of Vasant Raiji in 2020, Cooper is now the only living Indian to have played in the… Continue reading Russi Cooper: Oldest Mumbai cricketer set to hit rare century

Emerging pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla opens up on representing Parsi community for India in cricket and answers of questions on Cricket in general.

Adille Sumariwalla replaces Narinder Dhruv Batra, who resigned last month citing personal reasons. The Indian Olympic Association has co-opted Adille Sumariwalla as the President of the association till fresh elections are held, on Saturday. In a letter addressed to the International Olympic Committee, Sumariwalla wrote, “ The erstwhile President of the IOA, Dr. Narinder Dhruv… Continue reading Adille Sumariwalla takes over as President of Indian Olympic Association

Trained in Pune, Huafrid Billimoria becomes the fastest athlete with a disability to finish Ironman 70.3 Para-athlete Huafrid Billimoria competes, completes and wins third place at Ironman 70.3 clocking in 7:07 hrs Held in Dubai, Billimoria also ended the race with a podium finish, bagging the third place By PuneMirror Bureau Triathlete, Huafrid Billimoria is… Continue reading Huafrid Billimoria becomes the fastest athlete with a disability to finish Ironman 70.3

It’s widely believed that Nagwaswalla was picked on account of being from Gujarat since Jay Shah has pushed for players from his backyard Players coming out of Gujarat have had it good over the last few years, and the ‘talented’ Arzan Nagwaswalla is the latest to benefit. And that he happens to be the first… Continue reading Meet Arzan Nagwaswalla, the first Parsi to represent the Indian cricket team in over 50 years

Farokh Engineer played his final Test for India in 1975 while Diana Edulji’s last game in the women’s team came in July 1993. Arzan Nagwaswalla in action for Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy.   –  VIJAY SONEJI Arzan Nagwaswalla was not even born when Farokh Engineer – the last Parsi cricketer to have featured in the… Continue reading Arzan Nagwaswalla, a Parsi in Team India after 28 years