Virat Kohli (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Virat Kohli is on the verge of achieving another significant milestone in Australia. He needs 25 more runs in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy to reach 1500 Test runs in the country. This would make him only the second Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar, to reach this landmark.Kohli currently has…
NEW DELHI: The India-Australia rivalry brings no dull moment for the cricket fans, as the sledging and verbal volleys between the players on the ground add a spark to it. But what is seen on the field is not off it, as star Aussie batter Steve Smith opens up about his camaraderie with Virat Kohli.Smith…
NEW DELHI: Former Australia cricketer Greg Chappell, who formerly coached India, thinks Jasprit Bumrah combines the finest qualities of the great pacers Andy Roberts and Dennis Lillee.Bumrah is currently the only player preventing Australia from winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he said.“I have always said that Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts were the most complete fast…
Team India (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: Four of India’s three innings so far in the two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia folded up for less than 200. If it wasn’t for Jasprit Bumrah‘s brilliance in Perth, the visitors could have been 2-nil down and staring down the barrel. But the series remains…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma‘s grace and Virat Kohli‘s class will confront the ultimate ‘Test’ on a fiery Gabba field, when India will play the third game of the Border-Gavaskar series on Saturday against an Australian squad keen to correct the record.Brisbane could determine…
Shubman Gill during a press conference at The Gabba on December 13, 2024 in Brisbane. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The last time India played a Test at the Gabba, Shubman Gill made 91 in the second innings as the Ajinkya Rahane-led team chased down a 328-run target with Rishabh Pant hitting an…
IN SEARCH OF OLD SELF: Watching Virat Kohli during practice at The Gabba on Thursday showed his eagerness to rediscover the poise and decisiveness of youth. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) The star batter, who has played just one Test in Brisbane without reward back in 2014, is fussing over his technique, putting in the…
Australia captain Pat Cummins, left, and Josh Hazlewood (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Josh Hazlewood returns to Australia’s XI for the third Test against India at the Gabba, regaining fitness after a side strain sidelined him during the Adelaide Test. Captain Pat Cummins announced Hazlewood’s inclusion, with Scott Boland making way despite his stellar five wickets…
NEW DELHI: The legendary Sunil Gavaskar has come up with a piece of advice for struggling Virat Kohli, whose weakness against deliveries outside the off-stump continues to trouble him in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Gavaskar advised Kohli to refrain from playing deliveries outside the off-stump until he settles in at the crease. He also highlighted that the…
NEW DELHI: Defeated in Perth, Australia fought back with a 10-wicket victory in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide against India to level the five-match series 1-1 in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Now with the third Test set to get underway at Gabba on Saturday, former Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar believes the momentum is with Australia,…
