Virat Kohli and Sunil Gavaskar. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former India batting icon Sunil Gavaskar drew a comparison between the period when tennis greats Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic were without titles with Virat Kohli‘s struggles before the former captain struck a magnificent hundred in the first Test in Perth in the Border-Gavaskar…
Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrating his century in Perth (Photo Source: X) Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal headlined India’s record 295-run win in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Perth. If Bumrah started the turnaround with this five-wicket spell, Jaiswal took over with his big century to bat Australia out of the game. Hailing…
ICONS, GENERATIONS APART: Jasprit Bumrah bowls in the Perth Test and Kapil Dev in action in Sydney, 1986 The numbers at this stage of his career would suggest so, but nothing would have been possible without the great Kapil Dev, the fast-bowling flagbearer who played lone ranger…The other day, as Jasprit Bumrah was wreaking havoc…
Shubman Gill. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: India’s No 3 batter Shubman Gill, who sustained a finger injury while fielding in the slips during match simulation in the build-up to the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth which India won by 295 runs on Monday, is “doubtful” for the second Test too, TOI has learnt.Gill…
NEW DELHI: The incredible Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was brought up in penury, claims that he now uses the knowledge he has garnered from those trying times as fuel to win both on and off the field. With a brilliant century in the opening Test match against Australia, Jaiswal made an impression on his class and…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir looks on during an India Test Squad training session at Optus Stadium in Perth. (Getty Images) Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has flown back home from Australia due to a ‘personal emergency.’ However, Gambhir will re-join the team in Australia ahead of the pink-ball Test that starts on December…
He had words of praise for the younger members and reverence for captain Rohit Sharma and batting talisman Virat Kohli. The smile on Jasprit Bumrah‘s face as he addressed the media in Perth was almost as big, if not bigger, than India’s victory margin of 295 runs.Fittingly named Player of the Match, Bumrah had said…
The one-sided match has left the cricketing fraternity in Australia reeling. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: ‘Perth-etic Humiliation’ and ‘Monster Loss’ were the titles used by the Australian media on Monday to describe up their team’s 295-run thumping to India in the first Test match. The one-sided match has left the cricketing fraternity…
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after taking the wicket of Travis Head (Photo Source: X) India’s massive 295-run victory in Perth after being bowled out for just 150 in their first innings is being celebrated as one of the best Test victories on the Australian soil, as stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah started a turnaround before Yashasvi Jaiswal…
Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah turned the Perth Test on its head with his five-wicket spell on the opening day, after Indian batters fell like a pack of cards to begin the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) on the wrong foot. India’s first innings was wrapped up by Australia for just 150, after…
