The Latest Breaking News from Shubman Gill

Ravi Shastri is backing Shubman Gill to partner skipper Rohit Sharma as opener in place of KL Rahul in the last two Tests of the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, which the hosts lead 2-0.

When a strong shot on the onside by KL Rahul bounced off forward short-leg Peter Handscomb’s leg to nestle into the hands of wicketkeeper Alex Carey during India’s fourth innings chase at the Kotla, you couldn’t help but feel a little sad for the Bengaluru boy. At a time when…

NAGPUR: Rohit Sharma, a bonafide white-ball legend, will face his biggest test as India's red-ball captain against a determined Australian side which would be hungry for revenge when the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar series starts here Thursday.

JOHANNESBURG: Former South African skipper Graeme Smith is quite impressed with the way Shubman Gill has made his presence felt in world cricket. The India youngster had recently hogged the limelight with an ODI double ton against New Zealand and T20 centuries against Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

It’s a series both India and Australia would have loved to go into with their best possible XIs. But that hasn’t been the case. Australia have been plagued by injuries to their champion pace duo of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. For India, the situation is a little different, with…

NEW DELHI: Preparing rank turners for the touring Australian team must be a good strategy by the Indian think tank but they are also aware of the fact that they might get the taste of their own medicine against the mighty Aussies.

NEW DELHI: Team India vice-captain KL Rahul reckons that you can never ever predict how the pitch will play but there is a "temptation" to play three spinners in the first Test against Australia, beginning on Thursday, specially when you are playing in India.

MUMBAI: There is a reason legendary former Australia skipper and ideas pioneer Ian Chappell’s voice is missed in cricket broadcasting, at least by Indian fans, who often get an unpalatable cocktail of hyperbole and cliche in the guise of commentary.

NEW DELHI: Former selectors and experts feel that the Indian team management should ask for sporting tracks against Australia in the upcoming four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which is scheduled to start from February 9 in Nagpur. They believed that current India batters are not equipped to handle quality spinners on rank…