Batting star Shubman Gill was on Saturday handed India’s Test leadership to steer through a “massive transition” phase starting with next month’s tour of England that will be nothing short of a trial by fire for the relatively inexperienced 18-member squad announced. At 25 years of age, Gill will be India’s fifth youngest…
File photo of Virat Kohli© AFP Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli stunned everyone by announcing his retirement from Test cricket. Kohli, who is considered to be one of the best batters in modern cricket, retired from the longest format of the sport as India’s successful captain. Overall, he was the fourth…
As debate and discussion over the choice of India’s next Test captain continues, legendary former India spinner R Ashwin has made his feelings clear about the matter. Ashwin, who retired from all forms of cricket at the end of 2024, has spoken about the captaincy race, which has opened up following the retirement…
Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill have been the two pillars for GT in IPL 2025© BCCI/SPORTZPICS With Rohit Sharma announcing his retirement from Test cricket and Virat Kohli communicating the same intent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), one or two spots in the team for the longest format…
Flamboyant keeper-batter Rishabh Pant, in all likelihood, will be India’s new vice-captain in Tests with talented batter Shubman Gill set to take charge of the national team in the traditional format. The choice of vice-captain seems to be a straight forward one as Pant is one of India’ finest Test batters in overseas…
Virat Kohli wanted Test captaincy but his request was rejected by the BCCI.© AFP Reports of Virat Kohli quitting Test cricket have been doing rounds on social media. On Saturday, it was reported by the Times of India (TOI) that Kohli informed BCCI about his wish to retire from the longest format of…
