London-based NRI journalist Mihir Bose has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award this week by the Asian Cricket Awards in a ceremony at Lord’s Ground. Bose, a writer and broadcaster who was born in Kolkata, was commended for his contribution to cricket journalism. His achievements include writing acclaimed books like ‘The Spirit of the Game’ and ‘A History of Indian Cricket’. Mihir also became the BBC’s first sports editor and wrote for all the leading British newspapers including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times and London Evening Standard.

Did You Know?

• Cricket is a 165 years old sport in India, it was first played in India in 1848.
• Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively..
• On 12th January 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai.
• England’s Wilfred Rhodes took 4,204 wickets in First Class cricket.
• In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls.
• Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and he scored 8463 Test runs.
• Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs.
• Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore is World’s First Solar powered Cricket Stadium.