India skipper Rohit Sharma‘s struggle for runs has continued in Australia, and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar believes that Rohit may decide to step down as captain if runs continue to elude him in the last two matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Melbourne and Sydney. Speaking on ABC Sport, Gavaskar said Rohit won’t…
NEW DELHI: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar expressed his frustration with Mohammed Siraj after he engaged in a mix-up with Ravindra Jadeja during Day 4 of the third Test match against Australia in Brisbane on Tuesday.The incident unfolded in the 62nd over when Jadeja took a single off the fourth ball, giving Siraj the strike. It appeared…
NEW DELHI: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar voiced his anger over the shot selection of Shubman Gill in the first innings of the third Test in Brisbane on Monday. The former India captain urged Gill to ‘leave your image in the dressing room’ and put the fancy shots in his ‘back pocket’.Gill chased a delivery outside off…
Sunil Gavaskar. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India legend Sunil Gavaskar launched a scathing attack on Australian media for targeting India pacer Mohammed Siraj after his fiery send-off to Travis Head in the pink-ball Adelaide Test last week.The incident unfolded when Head, after a blistering 140, was dismissed by Siraj, who directed a…
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. (AFP Photo) Sunil Gavaskar, a former Indian cricketer, highlighted Jasprit Bumrah‘s significant contribution to India’s pace attack. He discussed how other pacers, especially Mohammed Siraj, could help reduce Bumrah’s workload.The first two World Test Championship matches between India and Australia were split. India won the first match in Perth by…
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…
Sunil Gavaskar (Getty Images) Forty-three years ago on this day, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar began a Test innings that went into the history books for the 708 minutes, which comes to energy-sapping 11.8 hours, he spent on the crease to score 172 runs in Bangalore.The knock against England in the second Test of the 1981…
Virat Kohli‘s return-to-form hundred in Perth followed another low-scoring effort (7 and 11) in Adelaide, bringing his inconsistency of late back in the frame. Still, though, records keep following the batting legend, with another one coming up for him in the third Test against Australia, beginning at the Gabba on December 14. When Virat Kohli…
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,…
KL Rahul and Rahul Dravid (Image credit: AFP) NEW DELHI: The debate over Captain Rohit Sharma‘s batting position for the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia in Brisbane has sparked discussions on social media. After missing the Perth Test due to his second child’s birth, Rohit opted to bat at No. 6…
