Former India head coach Ravi Shastri said a player of Shubman Gill’s quality must feature in India’s playing eleven in Tests, adding that how he fits in for the Sydney Test against Australia is the team’s call.
Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar on Thursday criticized Rohit Sharma-led India's team selection at the Boxing Day Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia and said that dropping batter Shubman Gill from playing eleven was "harsh".
After a recent horror run with the bat in the first innings of Test matches over the past three months, India will be keen to arrest the trend when they take on Australia in the third of the five-match Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane on Saturday.
Returning from a left thumb injury, Shubman Gill top-scored with 50 as India beat Prime Minister's XI by six wickets in the 50-over pink-ball warm-up game here at the Manuka Oval on Sunday.
India’s batting coach Abhishek Nayar, who kept a close eye on Gill’s return to the nets with the Indian team in Canberra, believes the batter looks ‘comfortable’ to return back in action.
It wasn’t an ideal homecoming for the Capitals as they failed to retain their two-match winning momentum and ended up being humiliated by the marauding SRH on Saturday.
Former champions GT have slipped to eighth position in the IPL points tally after an embarrassing defeat to Delhi Capitals in Ahmedabad, where they were bowled out for 89 to suffer their fourth defeat in seven matches.
The hosts currently stand at sixth on the points table whereas the Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals are at ninth. Both teams have played six matches each and out of them, GT have won three while DC have managed to win only two matches.
Rashid Khan's quick-fire of 24 runs after skipper Shubman Gill's half-century helped Gujarat Titans win the match by three wickets in a last-over thriller against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium
The Gujarat Titans have won two of their three matches in IPL 2024 so far, winning both in home conditions, and will look to extend their dominant run in their den.
