KL Rahul or Rishabh Pant – tough call for Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir

Shamik Chakrabarty in Colombo KL Rahul went first into one of the nets. Rishabh Pant went…

Kohli sweats it out at the nets, engages in lengthy chat with Gambhir

Shamik Chakrabarty in Colombo For a long period, Virat Kohli batted at the nets, first taking…

Gambhir’s opening act: Specialists, not bits and pieces

Shamik Chakrabarty at Pallekele The template remains the same — going gung-ho from the outset —…

First day first show for Gambhir and SKY, as Dravid sends special message

Shamik Chakrabarty in Pallekele Wanindu Hasaranga overlooks the Colombo-Kandy highway from a billboard.  That was a…

Vice-captaincy doesn’t change anything for Shubman Gill the batsman

As the Hyderabad-Colombo flight started its descent, the mind raced back to 2005. About two decades…

Gambhir bells ‘workload’ cat

Last year, in a hard-hitting column, Sunil Gavaskar had called out the Indian players who skipped…

Gambhir’s winning mentality could be the key to successful transition

Many moons ago, when Gautam Gambhir was an active international player, this correspondent had an interaction…

Gambhir backs Rohit and Kohli to play until 2027 World Cup

Never mind Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli hanging up their T20I boots. The two greats still…

‘Harsh on Hardik, but SKY is Rohit Sharma by default’

Less than a month ago, Hardik Pandya was on top of the world. He had a…

Gautam Gambhir has strong opinions, says Andy Flower, backs him to be successful as India coach

Flower, the former Zimbabwe captain and the current Royal Challengers Bengaluru coach, knows a thing or…