News about Sunil Gavaskar

TOP SPIN: Remember the date: Monday, September 30 could be the day cricket changed for ever. All it took was 34.4 overs on the fourth afternoon of the second Test at Kanpur, in which time India scored 285 for nine against Bangladesh, unleashing the full shock and awe of their batting arsenal. At 8.22 runs an over, it was Test cricket's quickest innings (minimum: 50 balls), and comes as England fly to Pakistan - the scene, two years ago, of their own epoch-defining 506 for four on the first day of the series at Rawalpindi. The runs that day came at a rate of 6.75, which England upped to 7.36 in their second innings as the Bazball revolution achieved its first overseas scalp. Afterwards, we could hardly move at the back of the media centre for all the England batsmen signing their name on the honours board.

India has been strongly chastised for switching the pitches before their World Cup semi-final victory, but cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar believes those critics are "morons." On Wednesday, the host nation defeated New Zealand to reserve their spot in the final and move a step closer to winning their third ODI World Cup title.

PATEL AT THE WANKHEDE STADIUM, MUMBAI: It took something truly brave from Glenn Maxwell to deny Afghanistan another prominent scalp and advance Australia to the World Cup semi-finals. Mumbai's legendary maidans and the historic Wankhede Stadium would have hosted many special innings, not least from its legendary sons like Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar. Well, it has never seen an innings as bizarre as this one. Maxwell's double hundred was both laudatory and ridiculous.

Major League Cricket has announced a deal with CBS Sports to air games from the American league's inaugural season. On opening night of the season, the Texas Super Kings took on the LA Knight Riders, and the league's stars will be on television in the United States shortly. Starting from July 17, when the Texas Super Kings take on MI New York, all CBS Sports programming will be broadcast live on CBS Sports.

Allan Border (left) has made two things abundant since he announced that he has Parkinson's disease - he'll remain a commentator, but there is no chance of reaching a ton. For this summer, Fox Sports announced that the highly respected Border will remain part of the network's broadcasting staff. He will be on deck for Australia's match against Pakistan and the West Indies, with cricket legends like Ian Healy (right) rallying around the highly respected caller.