Pioneering figure of Women’s Cricket in India, Diana Edulji created history by becoming the first Indian woman to be inducted into the prestigious ICC (International Cricket Council) Hall of Fame. Following a voting process conducted among existing Hall of Famers, media representatives and senior executives from FICA and the ICC, Diana Edulji was among the […]
Binaisha M. Surti Every great achievement is the result of dedication, hard work, sacrifice and faith. 50 long years… this indeed is one of the greatest stories of women’s cricket in India. Walking down memory lane and revisiting history… officially women’s cricket in India started when Mahendra Kumar Sharma, Founder Secretary registered the Women’s […]
Reminiscing our rich history, Parsis were the earliest community in India to take up cricket, playing this game since 1840. The first Parsi Club – ‘The Oriental Cricket Club’ – was founded in 1848. Later, in February 1885, a group of eminent Parsis met at Bombay’s Ripon Club to discuss the setting up of a […]
The Supreme Court recently appointed our dynamic cricket diva, Diana Eduljee, as part of the four member Interim Panel of Administrators to supervise the affairs of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The former Indian captain of the women’s cricket team, Diana Eduljee has also been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri […]
PT: Take us through your formative years – was cricket always on the cards? Diana: Cricket was never on the cards! In fact, it was always basketball and table tennis in school as well as in college. I stayed at the Railway Colony-Badhwar Park in Colaba, where every weekend we would play tennis ball cricket. […]