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IPL 2025 | Gill’s Titans tussle with Shreyas’ Kings
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IPL 2025 | Gill’s Titans tussle with Shreyas’ Kings

Gujarat Titans Captain Shubman Gill during the press conference at Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of its IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings will be hoping for a fresh beginning when they take on each other in an Indian Premier League fixture at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Tuesday.GT will want to ensure that its star-studded bowling line-up, comprising Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj and Rashid Khan, lives up to the expectations. Shreyas Iyer & Co., on the other hand, will focus on playing ‘brave cricket’. Having enjoyed success as a captain in the past, albeit for different teams, it wi...
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GT vs PBKS: Shreyas Iyer aims to build on captaincy credentials as Punjab Kings open against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025
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GT vs PBKS: Shreyas Iyer aims to build on captaincy credentials as Punjab Kings open against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025

Skipper Shreyas Iyer will lean on his captaincy credentials as he looks to turn around the fortunes of perennial underperformers Punjab Kings in this IPL, opening the season with a clash against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). Iyer enjoyed huge success leading Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title last year, four years after guiding Delhi Capitals to the 2020 IPL final, and now faces the challenge of ending Punjab's 18-year-long wait for their maiden IPL title. The Punjab team reached the semifinals in 2018 and made it to the final once in 2014, but despite numerous squad changes and leadership shifts, they have failed to break into the top 5 in the last four editions, even after rebranding to Punjab Kings from Kings XI Punjab. However, with Iyer at the helm, Punj...
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Shubman Gill: ‘Gujarat Titans have played the most consistent cricket over the last 3 years’
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Shubman Gill: ‘Gujarat Titans have played the most consistent cricket over the last 3 years’

“We have played the most consistent cricket and the wins speak for themselves. I don’t think we need to change anything and we will continue playing the way we have been doing over the last 3 years,” said a confident Shubman Gill, Captain of the Gujarat Titans IPL, just a week before their first match against Kings XI Punjab. “If you look at our record for the last 3 years we have had the highest percentage of wins. If we can continue with that it is going to be another great season for us,” he added. However, on a question regarding the low run rate of the team during powerplays in the 2024 edition of IPL, and the plan for this year, Gill said, “The plan is always to make maximum runs during the powerplay. Our performance wasn’t good last year whether in powerplay or after that. We couldn...
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‘I even have a photo with Sachin Sir and Glenn Maxwell…was throwing balls to them during their practice’: Shubman Gill recalls
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‘I even have a photo with Sachin Sir and Glenn Maxwell…was throwing balls to them during their practice’: Shubman Gill recalls

Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill would recall how Sachin Tendulkar had inspired him to be a cricketer and how his father Lakhwinder Singh was Sachin’s biggest fan. The 25-year-old would also narrate how he had taken a photo with Sachin and Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell in the early years of the Indian Premier League when they came to practice at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium which is on the outskirts of Chandigarh. “I remember attending three to four matches with my father at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula. In the second or third year of the IPL, Mumbai Indians came there for practice. I was around nine or ten years old at the time. I even have a photo with Sachin Sir and Glenn Maxwell. I was throwing balls to them during their practice,” Gill said speaking on JioHotstar show Sup...
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Champions Trophy final, Rohit Sharma-Shubman Gill: The Hitman-Iceman combo gives India edge over opponents
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Champions Trophy final, Rohit Sharma-Shubman Gill: The Hitman-Iceman combo gives India edge over opponents

Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill during the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 final match against New Zealand, in Dubai. | Photo Credit: ANI Rohit Sharma exposed all his stumps and biffed New Zealand pacer Nathan Smith over the cow corner for a 92 meter six in the sixth over of the Champions Trophy final in Dubai. Eight overs later, Gill broke the shackles, launching Rachin Ravindra over long-on for a six through a little shimmy and an effortless swing of the bat. Both shots fetched maximum results. But Rohit's shot exemplified his desire to dominate the bowlers regardless of the situation or the merit of the ball, while Gill’s was a reflection of his willingness to wait for his chances. This is how they operate....
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Shubman Gill nominated for ICC Player of the Month for February
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Shubman Gill nominated for ICC Player of the Month for February

Shubman Gill in action during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal between India and Australia, in Dubai, UAE, on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Riding on his superb performance in the ODI series against England last month, ace India top-order batter Shubman Gill has been nominated along with Australia's Steve Smith and New Zealand's Glenn Phillips for the ICC 'Player of the Month' for February.Gill, who is currently in Dubai with the Indian team for the ongoing Champions Trophy, scored 406 runs, averaging 101.50 at a strike-rate of 94.19 in the five ODIs that he had played in February.Gill hit a purple patch in the three-match series against England, scoring 87 (in Nagpur), 60 (in Cuttack), and 112 (in Ahmed...
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Champions Trophy: How Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma are the faces of India’s risk management
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Champions Trophy: How Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma are the faces of India’s risk management

As pitches in Dubai seem to be getting slower with each outing, all eyes are on the Indian spinners. However, for India to go the distance a lot is riding on the batting unit, which so far has adapted exceptionally to the sort of tracks that have been their biggest undoing in recent times. With a century each to Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli, they have two in-form batsmen in the top three to go with Rohit Sharma to provide rapid starts. In the middle overs where they need to be flexible with their approach against spinners, they have a solid middle-order which includes an enforcer in Shreyas Iyer and two busy players in Axar Patel and KL Rahul before the finishing job is handed over to Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja. This is as good a top 8 as a team could get in these conditions where b...
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IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy: Five key pointers that signified the gulf in class between the teams
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IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy: Five key pointers that signified the gulf in class between the teams

– Pakistan were off to a decent start, but lost two wickets just before the end of the first Powerplay. Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel immediately went into a shell. On the other hand, India, despite losing Rohit Sharma relatively early, didn’t hit the brakes too hard. Between overs 11-20, Pakistan scored just 27 runs and faced 36 dots (60%) while India scored 45 runs and played 25 dots (41.7%) – While Pakistan were able to gradually build in the middle overs, India triggered a collapse soon after. Set batters Rizwan and Shakeel were dismissed in back-to-back overs, just after the second drinks break. Pakistan went from 151/2 in the 34th over to 200/7 in the 43rd over. India, after Rohit’s cameo, had two match-defining partnerships that never allowed Pakistan a footing in the game. – Axa...
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Shubman Gill deserves to be the No. 1 ranked batsman in the world: Ricky Ponting
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Shubman Gill deserves to be the No. 1 ranked batsman in the world: Ricky Ponting

Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has said India’s sensational batter Shubman Gill surely deserves to be at the top of ICC ODI batting rankings. On Wednesday, Gill dethroned Pakistan’s Babar Azam from the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings. In the latest rankings list, Gill has 796 rating points while Babar has 773. India skipper Rohit Sharma is ranked third with 761 points. South Africa’s Henrich Klaasen and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell at fourth and fifth respectively. Gill’s dominance in ODIs has been highly praised and he lived up to the expectations in India’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh where he scored a a match-winning century (101*). It was also his fourth successive 50+ score, making him one of the most persistent batters. Story continues below this ad ...
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Ricky Ponting terms Shubman Gill as a ‘very driven’ person
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Ricky Ponting terms Shubman Gill as a ‘very driven’ person

India’s Shubman Gill plays a shot during the match against Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting termed opener Shubman Gill who understands his path and marked him as the future captain of India.Gill, currently the ODI vice-captain, is in red-hot form in 50-over format and made a bright beginning to the ongoing Champions Trophy with a hundred in India’s six-wicket win over Bangladesh.“We've had a chance to catch up over the last couple of years, particularly around the IPL season. I like his demeanour. He seems like a very driven guy who wants to be the best that he poss...
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Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, and spinners star as India beat Bangladesh in spin-friendly conditions
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Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, and spinners star as India beat Bangladesh in spin-friendly conditions

It was the start that India needed to kick off their Champions Trophy campaign. Despite having all the arsenal that makes them a formidable white-ball outfit, there were a few doubts coming into the tournament especially against a spin-heavy attack. And through the course of their six-wicket win against Bangladesh, India went about ticking all the boxes, showing their blueprint could after all be foolproof in these conditions in Dubai where other teams are likely to struggle to get used to the nature of the surfaces. More importantly, in the afternoon Mohammed Shami rediscovered his rhythm and their spin formula showed it would work wonders in these slow conditions, more so if they get a chance to bowl first. In the evening, a fluent Shubman Gill scored his second successive century in as ...
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Shubman Gill hits 7th ODI hundred vs England in Ahmedabad, becomes fastest batter to complete 2500 runs
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Shubman Gill hits 7th ODI hundred vs England in Ahmedabad, becomes fastest batter to complete 2500 runs

India vice-captain Shubman Gill smashed his seventh ODI hundred in the third match against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Opening the batting, Gill reached his hundred off 95 balls after England put the hosts into bat. FOLLOW: IND vs ENG 3rd ODI Live Score The 25-year-old Gill also became the quickest batter to reach 2500 ODI runs during his milestone 50th match in the format, overtaking South Africa’s Hashim Amla who got to the milestone previously in 51 innings. Batting in his 131st innings across formats, Gill also reached 5,000 international runs during the knock. Story continues below this ad Following scores of 87 and 60 in the first two matches of the series, Gill also rose to the second spot in the latest ICC ODI batting rankings ...
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Shubman Gill says there’s no ‘toxic competition’ between him and Abhishek Sharma
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Shubman Gill says there’s no ‘toxic competition’ between him and Abhishek Sharma

India’s vice-captain Shubman Gill says there is no “toxic competition” between him and his childhood friend Abhishek Sharma.Abhishek smashed the second-fastest T20I hundred for India on Sunday, reaching the mark in only 37 balls against England in the fifth match at the Wankhede Stadium. When asked about the growing competition in the top order between him, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhishek, Gill said: “Abhishek is a childhood friend of mine. Jaiswal is also a friend, I don’t think there is any toxic competition between us.” Story continues below this ad “Obviously if you are playing for the country you want to perform in every match, and not think that ‘I wish this guy doesn’t perform’. You are playing for the country and for the team and whosoever performs you congratulate t...
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I sometimes lose focus… says Shubman Gill after his major Ranji comeback
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I sometimes lose focus… says Shubman Gill after his major Ranji comeback

Punjab’s captain Shubman Gill celebrates his century on the third day of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Karnataka and Punjab, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India batter Shubman Gill on Saturday (January 26, 2025) conceded that he has, of late, developed a tendency to lose focus after getting 25-30 runs in red-ball cricket, evidence of which was seen in a couple of his dismissals during the five-match Test series in Australia.Gill identified this as an area of concern soon after making a fine second-inning hundred for Punjab on the third day of their Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka here. His 102-run knock, though, went in vain as Karnataka ha...
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