Rohit Sharma is yet to hit a Test hundred in Australia. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: When Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl against Australia in the third Test at the Gabba in Brisbane of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he became the second Indian captain to do so after Sourav Ganguly.Sourav Ganguly had…
File Pic: Rohit Sharma of India talks to his players. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field against Australia in the third Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. With the series locked at 1-1, the match…
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…
Team India’s Test cricket performance has taken a nosedive. After a hot start to 2024, they’ve stumbled badly. Four losses in their last five matches, including a 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand at home, have dropped them to third in the World Test Championship standings. Poor batting and inconsistent bowling are the main culprits. Let’s…
Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma (AFP Photo) Shubman Gill is ready to face the challenging Australian pace attack at the Gabba in the third Test starting Saturday. The bouncy pitch is known to be tough for touring batters.Gill’s Test career began at the Gabba nearly four years ago during the deciding fourth match of the…
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…
Rohit Sharma. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The experiment of Rohit Sharma batting at No.6 failed miserably in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide as the India captain returned with scores of 3 and 6.Australia bounced back to win the Adelaide Test by 10 wickets and level the five-match series 1-1 in the ongoing…
Rohit Sharma will be feeling a lot of pressure both as a captain and as a batter when he leads the Indian team in the third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) against Australia in Brisbane, beginning December 14.India captain has had a torrid time of late, not marshalling his troops like he used…
