Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur and Nitish Kumar Reddy during a nets session at Headingly. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: In a twist to India’s selection strategy, Shardul Thakur was named in the playing XI for the first Test against England at Headingley, raising eyebrows over the team’s sudden pivot from recent choices. Just a few months…
Sai Sudharsan (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Hype met heartbreak for Sai Sudharsan on Friday as the highly-rated youngster endured a nightmare start to his Test career, falling for a duck in his debut innings against England in the first Test of the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy series at Headingley.Live Score: India vs England, 1st Test Day 1The…
Team India at Headingley (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Emotions ran high in the Nair household on Friday as Karun Nair marked his return to the Indian Test team after an eight-year hiatus. Live Score: India vs England, 1st TestThe occasion was made even more poignant by a heartfelt social media post from his wife,…
Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and Sai Sudarshan There’s something about June 20 that seems to script destiny in Indian Test cricket. On this very day in 1996, two future legends — Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly began their Test journeys at Lord’s. In 2011, it was Virat Kohli who made his long-awaited Test…
R Ashwin (L) with his family. (Instagram) India’s Test cricket team is undergoing a transition as they prepare to face England in a five-match series at Headingley, Leeds, marking the first time since 2011 that the team will play without celebrated stalwarts Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, and Ravichandran Ashwin. Under the…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Cricket legends Matthew Hayden and Graeme Smith predict India will face significant challenges in the upcoming five-match Test series against England starting Friday at Headingley, citing the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as a major loss of experience for the touring side. The series will see Shubman Gill…
Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja during a nets session at Headingley (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) India begins a new era in Test cricket without stalwarts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravichandran Ashwin as they prepare for their series opener against England at Headingley on Friday. The young squad, led by newly appointed captain Shubman…
India’s Test cricket team enters a new era as 25-year-old Shubman Gill takes charge as captain for the first time in the five-match series against England starting Friday at Headingley. This transition comes after the retirement of veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from Test cricket, marking a significant generational shift in Indian cricket’s longest…
India captain Shubman Gill during a nets session at Headingley on June 18, 2025 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) The sun’s been beating down on the west Yorkshire city of Leeds for the last few days. The temperature’s higher than it normally is during this time of the year. And, of course,…
Italy’s Jannik Sinner (David Inderlied/dpa via AP) Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan defeated defending champion Jannik Sinner in the second round of the Halle grass tournament. The world number one suffered a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 loss to the 45th-ranked Bublik, marking his first defeat to a player outside the top 20 since summer 2023.Sinner had previously…
