Friday, February 20, 2026

What are some epic photos from Indian Cricket?

 I'll try to maintain a chronological order

  • Debut of Legends at Lord's- Ganguly and Dravid (1996)
  • Sachin's century after his father's death (1999 WC)
  • When Anil Kumble bowled despite a broken jaw (2002 vs Windies)
  • The epic Kolkata test (2001 vs Aussies)
  • Sourav Ganguly's T-Shirt revenge: Full on Dadagiri (2002 Natwest)
  • Adelaide Test: One man Standing- When Dravid roared (2003)
  • Sehwag scored 1st triple century (2004 vs Pakistan)
  • T-20 triumph: Who will forget those six 6s (2007)
  • When Dhoni asked Ganguly to captain the team- one last time (2008)
  • Sachin: 1st man to get a double century in ODI (2010 vs South Africa)
  • WC Quarter-Final: When Yuvraj roared like a lion (2011 vs Aussies)
  • WC final: A dive which defines Gambhir’s character | What a knock! (2011)
  • WC winners: That final six!! MS Dhoni (2011) | Legend’s epic saga of glory

  • When our heros retired
  • Kumble, the first one to go (2008)
  • Followed by the Prince of Kolkata (2008)
  • The Wall too went behind the curtains (2012)
  • When the 4th innings specialist hung up his boots (2012)
  • The ultimate moment (2013)
  • Love him or hate him, he's the most succesful test skipper for India: When MS Dhoni retired from the whites (2014)
  • India's best left-arm pacer ever, the workhorse and WC'11 joint highest wicket-taker: When Zaheer Khan called it a day (2015)
  • One of the most flamboyant openers in world cricket and a true match winner: When Virender Sehwag walked into sunset (2015)

Life after the golden Era:

  • Targets to Chase: Call Virat (The new generation superstar)
  • T20 WC’16 Semis: It’s not just about glory, some defeats make you stronger than wins; When Virat Kohli gave it all, but India still couldn’t cross the line.

Image Source: All images are courtsey of Google, what else!