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…
India’s Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) Wanderers, 2013: All eyes were on the Indian dressing room as Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay were battling it out against Dale Steyn and Co. This was the first Test after Sachin Tendulkar had retired and the talk in the leadup had been all about his replacement at…
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Australia have dropped Marnus Labuschagne for the first Test against West Indies, while Steve Smith will miss the opener due to a finger injury from the World Test Championship final against South Africa, announced chair of selectors George Bailey in Sydney on June 20, 2025.Labuschagne, who opened against South…
Team Washington Freedom (Photo: Sportzpics) “Hi, I am interested in this job” was a short response from a small-town boy in Satara, Maharashtra, to a Facebook post calling for applicants eager to marry their love for sport with the emerging world of social media. Sumeet Rajpal, once a struggling student who flunked multiple board exams…
Joe Root, Jasprit Bumrah, Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill England and India are set to clash in a five-match Test series starting Friday at Headingley, with Ben Stokes leading England against India’s new captain Shubman Gill, as India seeks their first Test series victory in England in 18 years. The series marks the beginning of…
Sachin Tendulkar (left) and James Anderson pose for pictures with the new Anderson-Tendulkar trophy. (Pic Credit: Gareth Copley – ECB). One of cricket’s most storied rivalries has been given a historic new identity. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have jointly announced the launch…
