Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has flown back to Australia and will rejoin the squad on Tuesday ahead of the second Test at Adelaide Oval, starting December 6. Gambhir had briefly returned home for ‘personal reasons’ following India’s victory in the first Test in…
Rohit Sharma (Photo credit: X) NEW DELHI: Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels skipper Rohit Sharma will bat in the top-order in the second day-night Test against Australia that starts from December 6 in Adelaide. Harbhajan sees Rohit either opening or playing at number three, dismissing the idea of 37-year-old coming lower down the order…
Shubman Gill (Photo credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: A fit-again Shubman Gill struck a stylish half-century easing concerns over his thumb injury while skipper Rohit Sharma batted at No.4 and fell cheaply, leaving questions over his position and form for the second Test as India eased past Australia Prime Minister’s XI in the pink-ball warm-up in…
Rohit Sharma was happy with India’s preparations for the Adelaide Test against Australia. On Sunday, December 1, India defeated the Prime Minister’s XI by six wickets at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. But Rohit also rued the fact that one of the two days in their warm-up fixture was washed off due to rain. Not…
India batter Shubman Gill, who missed the Perth Test against Australia due to a thumb fracture, has returned to training with the Indian Test squad ahead of the crucial Day-Night Test in Adelaide. A video shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) showcased Gill engaging in a lively fielding drill alongside…
Ravi Shastri reckoned that Jasprit Bumrah laid the foundation for India in the Perth Test with devastating spells that put Australia under pressure in the series opener of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Bumrah became the Player of the Match after India took a 1-0 lead in the series with a thumping 295-run win at the Optus…
India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has provided the backstory behind his celebration after scoring an incredible hundred during the Perth Test win over Australia. Jaiswal scored a sensational 161 runs in the second innings of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and had brought up his hundred in an unorthodox fashion. The 22-year-old played an…
Jasprit Bumrah is arguably the greatest fast bowler of the modern era. Even those who previously doubted his brilliance would have reconsidered after witnessing his tormenting of Australian batters on a lively Perth Stadium pitch during the opening Test of the much-discussed Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Over three days, Bumrah dismantled the aura surrounding the reigning world…
An ideal end to the day for India, and for two days in a row, they couldn’t have asked for a better day at the office. Dominating first with the bat and then with the ball, the tourists have heaped misery on Australia. By the close of play on the ‘Moving Day’, the Test has moved well…
India pacer Harshit Rana credited captain Jasprit Bumrah and star batter Virat Kohli for their constant guidance during the ongoing Perth Test against Australia, which proved instrumental in his impressive debut performance. The 22-year-old, handed his debut alongside all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy in the high-stakes Border Gavaskar Trophy opener, made a significant impact with a…