Birmingham: Shubman Gill’s graceful maiden double hundred guided India to a massive 587 in their first innings before pacers struck to reduce England to 77/3 at the end of the second day of the second Test here on Thursday. England trail India by 510 runs with Joe Root (18) and Harry Brook (30) manning the…
Birmingham: After his magnificent double hundred against England, India skipper Shubman Gill on Thursday said he had stopped enjoying his batting in pursuit of runs, but going back to basics and making some technical changes helped him rediscover the joy in his craft. Gill struck 269 off 387 balls to become the first Indian and…
Edgbaston, Birmingham: Shubman Gill etched his name into the record books by scoring the highest individual score by an Indian captain in an overseas Test, surpassing Virat Kohli’s 200 against the West Indies in 2016. Gill achieved the milestone with a commanding double century against England at Edgbaston during the ongoing five-Test series. The 25-year-old,…
London: India’s Yuki Bhambri and his American partner Robert Galloway progressed to the second round of the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Romain Arneodo of Monaco and Manuel Guinard of France here on Wednesday. The 16th-seeded Indo-American pair defeated Arneodo and Guinard 7-6(8) 6-4 in a first-round match that lasted…
Birmingham: Shubman Gill batted with plenty of patience and resolve to complete his second successive hundred but India squandered the early advantage against England to settle for 310 for five at stumps on a shared day one of the second Test here on Wednesday. India adopted a measured approach with the bat after picking three…
Birmingham: Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return to the Indian playing XI against England in the third Test at Lord’s next week after sitting out of the second match in Birmingham, captain Shubman Gill said on Wednesday. Bumrah was rested from the second Test at Edgbaston, as part of his workload management, confirmed Gill. He…
Lausanne: A delegation, featuring IOA President P T Usha and Gujarat’s Minister of State for Sports Harsh Sanghavi, met officials of the International Olympic Committee here to “explore the opportunity and feasibility of India hosting a future edition of the Olympic Games”. The delegation was here despite new IOC President Kirsty Coventry declaring that the…
New Delhi: Indian wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat has given birth to a baby boy as she and her husband, Somvir Rathee, welcomed their first child in New Delhi on Tuesday, July 1. The 30-year-old was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Delhi on Monday and delivered the baby around 9 AM on Tuesday. The couple had…
New Delhi: Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson is increasingly seemed to be heading away from the pink of the Rajasthan Royals, as not just the Chennai Super Kings, whose rumours and reports have been running overtime, but a few other franchises are interested in the package the 30-year-old offers. As per a Cricbuzz report, Chennai Super…
Birmingham: A call on premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah playing the second Test will be taken in the next 24 hours but India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate is pretty sure that his team will take the field with two spinners at Edgbaston. There is a growing clamour to include wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the…
