Opening the innings alongside Prabhsimran Singh, Gill was dismissed early, caught behind after scoring just 4 runs off 8 ballsz
LSG retained key players such as Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, and Ayush Badoni while adding big names like Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, and David Miller.
Raina expressed confidence that India and New Zealand would make it to the final four of the Champions Trophy, with Afghanistan also having a strong chance due to their spin prowess
KL Rahul had captained LSG in their first three IPL seasons, guiding the franchise to playoffs in the initial two years but falling short of a final spot.
Multiple regular members of the Indian Test team are expected to join their respective domestic teams for the upcoming rounds of the Ranji Trophy
Indian spin legend R Ashwin feels Rishabh Pant will score a century in every game if the maverick India wicketkeeper-batter is able to curb his extravagance and impetuosity as he has got "one of the best defences" in world cricket. Hailing Pant's ability to singlehandedly turn a match on its head, Ashwin said a lot of his shots are high-risk, something that is not allowing him to realise his full potential. Pant scored the second-fastest Test fifty by an Indian during the fifth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Sydney recently, after a hard-fought 40 in the first innings of the same game. "We have to tell him properly what he has to do if he has to bat solid or bat with intent. He hasn't scored a lot of runs, but he didn't play like someone without runs. He has a lot of time on his hands. Rishabh Pant is yet to realise his fullest potential," said Ashwin on his Youtube channel. "He has all the shots -- reverse sweep, slog sweep, everything -- but the problem
With this win, Australia joins an elite list of teams to have simultaneously held series titles against all nine opponents, excluding Afghanistan and Ireland.
Aussie head coach also said the team wasn't shocked by Pant's explosive turn in the second innings, where he quickly changed gears
Coming on to bat on what is a difficult track for batter in Sydney, Pant had his intent clear from the very first ball as he got off the mark with a six against Scott Boland.
Rishabh Pant was the top scorer for the Indian side in the first innings of the Sydney Test
If Gambhir pulls the trigger, it will evoke memories of the 1984 tour of England when cricketing legend Kapil Dev faced a similar reprimand for his reckless stroke play
According to a report in The Indian Express, coach Gautam Gambhir questioned the players for not playing according to the situation and instead doing their own thing in the name of 'natural game'
While many conjectured that money was the main reason why DC let Rishabh go, Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal explained how and why the decision to let Rishabh Pant go was made.
Having bought former LSG skipper KL Rahul at a bargain fee of ₹14 crore provided them with a reliable option for the leadership role.
Brand experts think that the people (brand management consultants Anant Arora and Indranil Blah) who are managing Pant will definitely hike his price
Following Pant closely, is his Indian teammate Shreyas Iyer who was bought for Rs 26.75 Crore in the auction by the Punjab Kings who came in with a hefty purse with them.
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Robin Uthappa listed his top five buys as Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri was uncertain about the cricketing future of Rishabh Pant when he visited him at the hospital a few days after that horrific car accident, and termed the wicketkeeper batter's recovery a "miracle." Pant made a comeback to white ball cricket during the IPL before returning to red-ball cricket through the Duleep Trophy and he was also part of India's recent home Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand. "Honestly, if you had seen him you would not have given him a hope in hell to play cricket again," Shastri was quoted as saying by news.com.au. "I will never forget it. He was in terrible shape. I went to see him in hospital a month after he was injured. He was battered and bruised, scarred all over. "He had a massive operation and had stitches all over the place. From there to simply recover and play cricket was a miracle. To then go on and play in a World Cup-winning team and be a part of the Test team is a truly remarkable achievement," he ...