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IPL 2025 | "Rishabh Pant is an intelligent cricketer": Gavaskar
Rishabh Pant's debut for LSG didn't go his way. After posting a target of 210 runs against DC, LSG dominated the initial phase of the second innings. Later, Ashutosh Sharma snatched the win from the Pant-led side by smashing an unbeaten 66 runs
25 March,2025 04:07 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Bat sessions, reap runs later
Early in my career, I learnt that the best way not to get distracted by landmarks was to not look at the scoreboard; Sachin Baby must have been left wondering about his shot
16 March,2025 08:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
CT win post Test series loss in Oz speaks volumes of talent in Indian cricket
Very seldom has a team depended on one individual like the Indians depended on Jasprit Bumrah in Australia and his absence from the bowling attack to defend the small target set by India tilted the scales Australia’s way and they won the final Test and with it the series
16 March,2025 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar’s tribute to Abid Ali
As a new ball bowler, he has the unique record of getting a wicket with the first ball of a Test match twice if memory serves me right
13 March,2025 07:40 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
It felt like 1983 all over again!
Rohit Sharma’s Champions Trophy-winning Indian team possessed the same fire and passion that Kapil Dev’s world champions had, and just like Sunil Gavaskar offered his timely advice then, Virat Kohli did the same here
12 March,2025 08:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Balvinder Singh Sandhu
WATCH: Gavaskar breaks into impromptu dance on live TV after India lift CT title
Star Sports presenter Jatin Sapru, witnessing the jubilant scene, couldn’t help but ask, “Who’s going to stop Sunny ji today?”
10 March,2025 04:23 PM IST | Dubai | mid-day online correspondent
Why Champions Trophy win could be sweeter
India have a chance to clinch the title in Dubai one day before the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Championship of Cricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where Sunil Gavaskar’s men beat Javed Miandad’s Pakistan in the final and Ravi Shastri was given an Audi car for being Champion of Champions
09 March,2025 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
"That’s nonsense. Absolute nonsense": Gillespie lambasts Gavaskar's comments
Pakistan lost their Champions Trophy games to New Zealand and India as they bowed out as hosts of the competition
08 March,2025 08:13 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
"As a batter, are you happy with scoring 25-30 runs?": Gavaskar questions Rohit
In ODI cricket, the Indian skipper has embraced an aggressive approach to give India quick starts, but this has often resulted in early dismissals
08 March,2025 08:08 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Gavaskar comes in defence of Rohit after politician's body-shaming criticism
Opening about the instance where Rohit Sharma faced unnecessary criticism from a politician, Sunil Gavaskar reminded about how Mumbai's Sarfaraz Khan also faced body shaming, but it didn't affect his performance
04 March,2025 05:22 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent