India head coach Gautam Gambhir praised Shubman Gill and emphasised the need to back young players after the 25-year-old’s century laid the foundation for India to beat England by 142 runs in the third One-Day International in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Gill headed to the white-ball series on the back of a suboptimal tour to Australia … Read more
For a side insisting on revamping its batting playbook, India was served a timely reminder that convention can still be a batter’s ally, even if to navigate through a phase, as Shubman Gill’s century (112, 102b, 14×4, 3×6) got the side a 142-run win and a series sweep in the third One-Day International against England … Read more
The series was in the bag. A boisterous crowd at the Wankhede Stadium was behind the team’s back. It perhaps resulted in a fitting trigger for Abhishek Sharma who single-handedly blew England away with a blitzkrieg that shattered a plethora of records and set a crushing defeat to help India end the T20I season on … Read more
England started the match on a high – with Saqib Mahmood scalping three India batters in his first over – second of the match – also a maiden. England also finished the innings on a high, with India losing three wickets in the last over. For most of the 17 overs in between, however, the … Read more