Harsha Bhogle: Tendulkar leads a balanced outfit (14 Aug 1996)

Aug 14, 1996: Just under seven years ago, in a dimly lit, crummy room at the Gymkhana Cricket Ground in Secunderabad, Raj Singh Dungarpur, then chairman of the national selection committee, had made the announcement that stunned a whole nation of cricket

Cricket coaching course opens new avenues (13 Aug 1996)

Aug 13, 1996: The Level II diploma coaching course conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka for coaches, brought out the cold truth, how far Sri Lanka has fallen behind in cricket coaching

Uneasy lies the head wears the captain's crown (13 Aug 1996)

Aug 13, 1996: India, somehow, never appears able to achieve a smooth transition of cricketing power

Elmo Rodrigopulle: Azhar has set his final field (13 Aug 1996)

Aug 13, 1996: Mohammed Azharuddin the Indian captain has set his final field and the Indian selectors have asked him to step down and installed the young Sachin Tendulkar as their new captain for the tour of Sri Lanka for the four-nation Singer world

Sachin Tendulkar - A Factfile (12 Aug 1996)

Aug 12, 1996: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, born in Bombay on April 24, 1973, became the second youngest Indian cricket captain when he ended the six-year tenure of Mohammad Azharuddin last weekend

My first concern is the country: Tendulkar (12 Aug 1996)

Aug 12, 1996: Sachin Tendulkar was named captain, and leg-spinner Anil Kumble was named vice-captain of the Indian cricket team by the five member selection committee which met in Calcutta on Saturday evening

Crowd trouble may cost Yorkshire (12 Aug 1996)

Aug 12, 1996: Officials of the Test and County Cricket Board indicated that they would wait for Yorkshire`s official report on the crowd trouble that marred Friday`s play during the second Test between England and Pakistan at Headingley, before

Tendulkar's comments on the new team (11 Aug 1996)

Aug 11, 1996: Sachin Tendulkar is confident that Mohammad Azharuddin`s presence will cause no problem in the team as he was a disciplined person

Gangadhar: India should not copy the Sri Lankans (11 Aug 1996)

Aug 11, 1996: So, the four wise men and their `little` chief from Karnataka, Gundappa Vishwanath, think Mohammad Azharuddin, former Indian captain, did not need a break from the game

Azhar, Kambli in touring party for Singer, Sahara Cup (11 Aug 1996)

Aug 11, 1996: Sacked Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin was retained in the Indian team, Vinod Kambli got a recall and Karnataka medium pacer David Johnson was inducted for the one-day series in Sri Lanka and Canada

Prem Panicker: Life goes on - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (11 Aug 1996)

Aug 11, 1996: "Hello

Tendulkar is the new Indian captain (10 Aug 1996)

Aug 10, 1996: At 23 years and 109 days of age, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar takes over as captain of the Indian cricket team

Tendulkar will lead India to Sri Lanka (10 Aug 1996)

Aug 10, 1996: CALCUTTA, Friday (Reuter) - Indian cricket selectors on Friday named 23-year-old batting star Sachin Tendulkar as the national team`s new captain, replacing Mohammad Azharuddin who had captained the team since 1989

Tendulkar to captain India (10 Aug 1996)

Aug 10, 1996: SACHIN TENDULKAR yesterday was named captain of India, replacing Mohammad Azharuddin

CM Jenkins: Emburey named as assistant to Lloyd (10 Aug 1996)

Aug 10, 1996: IT IS a little early to be talking of heirs-apparent to an England coach who has only just been appointed, but the announcement yesterday that John Emburey will be David Lloyd`s assistant coach on England`s twin tour of Zimbabwe and New Zealand

Dalmiya: Sidhu`s walk-out an emotional over-reaction (10 Aug 1996)

Aug 10, 1996: Having first allowed the horse to bolt, Board of Cricket Control for India secretary Jagmohan Dalmiya on Friday locked the stable door when he publicly revealed the tenor of the report submitted by the three-member enquiry committee that

New logo to mark World Cup success (9 Aug 1996)

Aug 9, 1996: To celebrate and commemorate Sri Lanka`s World Cup success the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka is marketing a beautiful and significant new logo in addition to various promotional items which would be of use or as a souvenir to

Zimbabwe on first official tour of Sri Lanka (8 Aug 1996)

Aug 8, 1996: Stylish left-hand batsman Alastair Campbell will lead a 15-member Zimbabwe team on their first official cricket tour of Sri Lanka starting later this month

Asgiriya likely venue for first Test with Zimbabwe (8 Aug 1996)

Aug 8, 1996: The Sri Lanka Cricket Board hierarchy is to meet once again to finalise the venue for the first-ever cricket Test against Zimbabwe to be played in Sri Lanka

Australia yet to be paid $147,000 from World Cup (8 Aug 1996)

Aug 8, 1996: Australia came away from the World Cup more empty-handed than was first realised