Former cricketers Bapu Nadkarni, Farokh Engineer and the late Eknath Solkar will be felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India at it's annual awards function.

Former cricketers Chandu Borde and Bapu Nadkarni expressed surprise over V V S Laxman's decision to draw curtains on his brilliant career after being picked for the home Test series against New Zealand.

Former Test cricketers Chandu Borde and Bapu Nadkarni on Saturday, welcomed the Cricket Board's decision to make a one-time payment from the proceeds of the cash-rich Indian Premier League to the players who had retired prior to 2003-04.

Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena says Indian off-spinner Ravi Ashwin's controversial "Mankad" dismissal of Lahiru Thirimanne in Brisbane flouted the spirit of the game.

Slamming the Indian squad, especially its star-studded batting line-up for its dismal show in Australia, former Test all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni on Sunday said it was time the under-performing duo of VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid be replaced.

Former England skipper Mike Brearley feels that the constant talk around his 100th international century has made Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar jittery.

Pakistanis on Friday, paid tribute to former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who died in New Delhi aged 70.

Former left-arm spinner and handy lower order batsman Bapu Nadkarni said that former India skipper Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who died due to a lung infection in Delhi on Thursday, was "a much misunderstood man" during his playing days because of his aloofness.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who overcame an impaired eye to become a visionary and pioneering captain of the Indian Test team, has died in Delhi at the age of 70.

Former India all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni described Sachin Tendulkar as an all-time great cricketer.