Category: Sports

Z is for (Z)aheer Abbas the Pakistani who was the nemesis of the Indian spinners during the eighties - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Today I am going to bring you the tale of a cricketer who was a simply superlative batsman of...

Y is for (Y)uzvendra Singh Chahal who plays cricket now and used to play chess in the past - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Throughout this series, I have been bringing you tales of sportspersons who are talented in one particular field of...

X is for the professional Spanish footballer (X)avier Hernandez Creus - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019The letter X is indeed a tough call for most of us taking part in the A to Z blogging challenge. Well, things were not any different...

W is for Bob (W)oolmer the player cum coach whose death is still a big mystery - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019 Image Courtesy: Wikipedia.orgI have regaled you with the stories of a lot of sportspersons in this A to Z challenge. But...

V is for Srinivasaraghavan (V)enkatraghavan the off-spinner from the famed spin-quartet of India - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Cricket is a game that almost holds a status akin to religion in India. And India is a country that has not been known...

U is for Robin (U)thappa a great cricketer who did not live up to his true potential - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Image Courtesy: Wikipedia.orgFor the letter 'U', I initially thought of writing about the star of the track and field Usain...

T is for a few lesser-known facts about the little master Sachin (T)endulkar - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Image Courtesy: Wikipedia.orgI don't think there would be too many people who are not familiar with the name of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. I have...

S is for (S)hoaib Akhtar the Rawalpindi Express who sent shivers down batsmen's spine - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Image Courtesy: Wikipedia.orgFor the letter 'S', I had numerous choices. In fact, starting from Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova to Sunil Gavaskar and...

R is for Cristiano (R)onaldo the football genius from Portugal - #BlogchatterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Image Courtesy: Wikipedia.org For the letter 'R,' I had to choose between two renowned sportspersons, one from tennis and the other from football. These were (R)oger Federer the...

Q is for (Q)uniton De Kock an up and coming wicketkeeper-batsman from South Africa - #BlogchaterAtoZ #AtoZChallenge 2019Image Courtesy: Wikipedia.orgSo we finally arrive at one of the toughest letters of the A to Z challenge, 'Q'. To be honest, it...