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Australia look like a huge mountain to climb: Sunil Gavaskar after India's whitewash against New Zealand

Nov 05, 2024, at 07:45 pm

In about three weeks since facing a whitewash against New Zealand at home, India will be up against the mighty Australians for a five-match away Test series commencing later this month.

MS Dhoni signs Sunil Gavaskar's shirt on request after CSK-KKR IPL clash

May 15, 2023, at 07:33 pm

Chennai/IBNS: India's cricket icon and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is speculated to be playing his last Indian Premier League (IPL) season, took a lap of honour post match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday.

Rohit Sharma should take break from IPL to keep himself fit for WTC final: Sunil Gavaskar

May 07, 2023, at 07:27 am

The rivalry week in the IPL 2023 kick-started on Saturday with one of the 'Greatest Rivalries' of IPL as MS Dhoni's CSK hosted Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians at the Chepauk Stadium.

Hardik Pandya not trying to impose his personality on his team: Sunil Gavaskar

Apr 29, 2023, at 08:34 pm

Kolkata/UNI: In the first doubleheader on Super Saturday in IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders face Gujarat Titans while Delhi Capitals will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the evening encounter.

Fans of every IPL team want to see runs come out of Virat Kohli's bat: Sunil Gavaskar

Apr 15, 2023, at 07:53 pm

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 will witness two mouth-watering contests as Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Delhi Capitals while Lucknow Super Giants host Punjab Kings at home.

T20 World Cup: Sunil Gavaskar says Rishabh Pant can bat at number six followed by Dinesh Karthik

Oct 20, 2022, at 07:18 pm

India will take on arch-rival Pakistan in their tournament opener of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on Oct 23.

'What message did he want? Encouragement?': Sunil Gavaskar slams Virat Kohli over sole Dhoni text comment

Sep 06, 2022, at 05:29 pm

India's star batsman Virat Kohli's recalling that it was only his immediate predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni who had texted him after he quit Test captaincy has not gone down well with cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar.

Saw the same with Gavaskar-Kapil Dev and Ganguly-Tendulkar: Arun Dhumal on Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma debate

Aug 05, 2022, at 09:22 pm

The fans of two great cricketers, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, are often found busy in online rivalry proving their points on who has an edge over the other.

Sunil Gavaskar backs out-of-form Virat Kohli, says 'no one talks about Rohit Sharma, others'

Jul 12, 2022, at 04:54 pm

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has come out in support of India's star batsman Virat Kohli whose form has remained under the scanner for quite some time now.

Tilak Varma has good cricketing head, could be all-format India batter: Sunil Gavaskar

May 17, 2022, at 07:07 pm

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar seconded Mumbai Indians' skipper Rohit Sharma's opinion that young Tilak Varma could be an all-format batter for India.

With KKR middle-order clicking, captain Shreyas Iyer can bat freely now: Sunil Gavaskar

May 14, 2022, at 06:51 pm

Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar reckons Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer can now bat freely as the middle order batters have started making contributions in IPL 2022.

Shivam Dube doing well batting higher in the order for CSK: Sunil Gavaskar

May 12, 2022, at 11:06 pm

Chennai Super Kings' young India all-rounder Shivam Dube has been garnering a lot of praise for hitting big sixes whenever he's sent in to bat higher in the batting order in IPL 2022.

Like Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya transforming into fine cricketer after becoming captain: Sunil Gavaskar

Apr 30, 2022, at 07:34 pm

Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar states Gujarat Titans' skipper Hardik Pandya reminds him of Rohit Sharma when he was first made the captain of Mumbai Indians.

There is nothing agricultural about KL Rahul's batting: Sunil Gavaskar

Apr 29, 2022, at 08:09 pm

Lucknow Super Giants' captain KL Rahul's free-flowing batting in the IPL 2022 has put former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar in awe.

Positive atmosphere in Delhi Capitals' change room helped David Warner to give his best in IPL: Gavaskar

Apr 28, 2022, at 08:07 pm

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar reckons change of franchise is doing a world of good to Delhi Capitals star opener David Warner in the IPL.

IPL 2022: Ravi Shastri believes Punjab Kings' Arshdeep Singh is bowling exceedingly well

Apr 27, 2022, at 10:35 pm

Kolkata/UNI: The world has witnessed several performances from youngsters in this year's IPL 2022.

Dinesh Karthik changing complexion of game with explosive batting: Sunil Gavaskar

Apr 19, 2022, at 07:48 pm

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar believes Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik is capable of changing the complexion of the game in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 with his batting exploits.

Virat Kohli from 2016 season may comeback with RCB captaincy change: Sunil Gavaskar

Mar 26, 2022, at 08:44 pm

Mumbai: As Punjab Kings take on Faf-led Royal Challengers Bangalore at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy on Mar 27, the spotlight will be on Virat Kohli who relinquished captaincy after last year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

Sunil Gavaskar regrets his ill-timed comment on late Shane Warne

Mar 08, 2022, at 05:16 pm

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, who was in the eye of a storm of netizens for evaluating the performance of former Australian cricketer Shane Warne who passed away last week, on Tuesday regretted his comment which he felt was ill-timed.

Shreyas Iyer makes Test debut in Kanpur, receives India cap from Sunil Gavaskar

Nov 25, 2021, at 04:31 pm

Kanpur/UNI: Shreyas Iyer made his Test debut in the first Test against New Zealand and received the India cap from cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar  at Green Park Stadium here on Thursday.

Shoaib Akhtar 'chilling' with 'best of the best' including Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev

Oct 18, 2021, at 06:04 pm

Dubai/IBNS: Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar shared some pictures from the T20 World Cup tour in Dubai with some of the cricket legends on Twitter.

Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar defends India batsmen after 36-all out in Adelaide, says Aussie pacers were just too good

Dec 20, 2020, at 04:28 am

Adelaide/UNI: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels it's unfair to blame the Indian batsmen for their poor batting display and said that Australian pacers were just too good on the third day of the Day/Night Test, here on Saturday.

No pressure on Ajinkya Rahane as a captain, says Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar

Dec 14, 2020, at 09:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar feels that there is no pressure on Ajinkya Rahane, who is expected to lead India in the last three Tests against Australia in Virat Kohli’s absence.

Your message distasteful: Anushka Sharma slams Sunil Gavaskar for dragging her while criticising Virat Kohli

Sep 25, 2020, at 09:07 pm

Dubai/IBNS: Indian actor Anushka Sharma on Friday slammed cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar who has dragged the name of the first lady of Indian cricket while criticising Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli.

Maybe Kohli wanted to praise Sourav Ganguly as he is BCCI chief: Sunil Gavaskar

Nov 25, 2019, at 03:31 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar took a dig at Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli for saying it was Sourav Ganguly who started the team's winning culture.

Virat Kohli can be the best Indian captain: Sunil Gavaskar

Jan 06, 2019, at 03:21 pm

Mumbai, Jan 6 (IBNS): Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday said Virat Kohli had the capability to become the best captain India has ever had.

Virat Kohli will shatter all records if he plays till 40: Sunil Gavaskar

Nov 04, 2018, at 10:17 pm

Mumbai, Nov 4 (IBNS): Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar feels that Indian skipper Virat Kohli can shatter all records if he continues to play the game till the age of 40.

Sunil Gavaskar unimpressed with Virat Kohli's captaincy

Sep 04, 2018, at 05:20 pm

New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): It seems that former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is not much impressed by the captaincy skills of skipper Virat Kohli specially after the Indian team suffered another Test series loss against England.