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TopicAnshuman Gaekwad

Topic: Anshuman Gaekwad

Reliable, resilient, resolute—Aunshuman Gaekwad was a dynamic cricketer. He shone as coach

Teammates described Gaekwad as a 'mood‑uplifter', a friendly, jolly presence in the dressing room who was always available for guidance.

Royalty by blood, Anshuman Gaekwad exuded class, elegance on and off cricket ground

Baroda great was a proud man & he carried it on his sleeve, says ex-India cricketer Kiran More. 'He always maintained his dignity; he always interacted with people with adab.'

Before The Wall, there was The Great Wall. Anshuman Gaekwad, the gutsy cricketer, no-nonsense coach

Renowned for his defensive batting, Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for India between 1975 and 1987. As many as 22 of the Tests were against the dominant West Indies.

Another BCCI farce: All CAC members resign over ‘conflict’, but decisions not under review

Kapil Dev, Shanta Rangaswamy & Anshuman Gaekwad, who chose head coaches for India men’s & women’s teams, have resigned over conflict of interest complaints.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.