Tag: Gautam Gambhir

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev and Gautam Gambhir have praised M.S. Dhoni’s decision of spending two months with the Indian Army, saying this move by the 38-year-old will inspire youth to serve the country. Dhoni has begun his two-month training with the Indian Army’s Parachute Regiment. On Wednesday, he joined the battalion, which […]

Former Indian cricketer and the current BJP MP from East Delhi, Gautam Gambhir has once again took a dig at former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi who termed the move of Indian government to revoke Article 370 as ‘unprovoked aggression and crimes against humanity’. Taking the matter to twitter, Afridi tweeted: “Kashmiris must be given their […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Modi government bringing in a new calculus in the Jammu and Kashmir post the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcating the State into two units – J&K and Ladakh, the paradigm move has left the neighbour shell-shocked, especially when the country was making a lot of song and dance over US President […]

New Delhi: The Sports fraternity has come together to condole the demise of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj, 67, passed away late on Tuesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. Her sudden demise led to an outpour of emotions on the social media as various sports personalities expressed shock and grief and recalled […]

New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir’s daughter turned showstopper recently at the Fascino Faces Kids Fashion Week, featuring the Autumn Winter’19 collections. Azeen sauntered the ramp in a ravishing Pooja Wang ensemble, which observed some stunning ruffles, veils and pastel pallets with a pompous set design. Taking to Twitter, Gambhir posted a picture with his daughter […]

Trinidad: Right-handed batsman Shubman Gill, who has not been included in the India squad for the ongoing India Tour of West Indies, has become the youngest to score a first-class double century for an Indian representative team. On Thursday, Gill — aged 19 years 334 days — scored a brilliant double century against West Indies […]

New Delhi: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir believes in the present era of T20 and ODIs, Test cricket should become more appealing to the new generation and must address some core issues. In order to add more excitement to the longest format of the game, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has already come out with […]

New Delhi: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels it would be wrong to mount pressure on young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and the team management should back him. Pant has been inducted in all the three formats of the game for Team India. While the 21-year-old has performed well in Tests, he has been found struggling […]

New Delhi: Out of favour Pakistan pacer Mohammad Irfan’s claims of ending the career of former India batsman Gautam Gambhir has not been received too kindly by the fans on Twitter. The left-arm seamer had said in an interview that he thought Gambhir’s international career ended because of a spell Irfan bowled to him in […]

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir is elated with the selection of Sanju Samson for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh and has asked the wicketkeeper-batsman to grab the “long overdue” opportunity with both hands. “This is well and truly through the gap by Sanju Samson!!! Congratulations on being picked in the T20I […]

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to 49 sports personalities including BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu, chess legend Viswanathan Anand and many others as he urged them to keep spreading awareness and extend their support for Coronavirus […]

New Delhi: With the fate of the IPL hanging in balance, the future of former skipper MS Dhoni has been the talk of the town since the cash-rich league was set to be the platform to decide if Dhoni will make a return to the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in Australia. However, […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: It’s said that ‘Human values should predominate in men’s thoughts and life has no meaning without these values…’ BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir proved to be an epitome that proves humanity does and can transcend all barriers. In an exemplary act during the nationwide COVID19 lockdown, Gambhir performed the last rites […]

Mumbai: The smiling face of daughter Samaira running into his arms coupled with the warmth sprayed around the house by wife Ritika would have greeted India’s modern-day cricketing great Rohit Sharma — lifting the pall of gloom around due to testing times — as the ‘Hitman’ turned 33 on Thursday. Wishes kept pouring in from […]

New Delhi: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels that Rohit Sharma has been able to make more impact in white-ball cricket compared to Virat Kohli despite Indian skipper’s staggering statistics in shorter formats. Gambhir, however, believes that Kohli will end up scoring more runs than Rohit. “… for me white-ball cricket is all about impact. […]