IND vs ENG: India have asked England to chase 399 in the second Test at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Shubman Gill scored a century in the second innings.

Shubman Gill registered his first international hundred in the last four months by smashing 104 off 147 as India's second innings collapsed on just 255 on Day 3, setting a dominant 399-run target for the visitors in Visakhapatnam.

Team India will need to sort out their batting issues in the second Test against England with a couple of players out of form and the likes of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja unavailable. Batting coach Vikram Rathour opened up on the two out-of-form players Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer.

Shubman Gill averages 21 while batting at No 3 and the chances may be getting lesser and lesser for the batter as India eye a series-levelling win against England in Vizag. Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has suggested a radical change for India in Vizag in terms of batting order.

Shubman Gill's form batting at number three has the point of discussion now after his twin failures in the first Test against England in Hyderabad. Meanwhile, former India head coach has come up with a massive statement related to Gill linking his fortune to Cheteshwar Pujara's in Test cricket.

Shubman Gill continues to struggle in red-ball cricket with another low-scoring knock against England in the ongoing first Test match in Hyderabad. Gill has scored only 189 runs in 9 Test innings played at no.3 role and is drawing flak from cricket fans and experts.

India's premier batter Virat Kohli scored 2048 runs in just 36 international innings in 2023 and also bagged the Player of the Tournament award at the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Kohli was India's leading run-getter in Tests in 2023 with 671 runs in eight matches.

It was a glitzy evening with who's who of Indian cricket present in Hyderabad as the BCCI hosted its annual NAMAN awards after a long gap of four years. The best performers from domestic cricket for men and women and international cricket were presented their awards from 2019-20 onwards

The BCCI Awards, NAMAN, are set to be held for the first time since 2020 on Tuesday, January 23. The winners from the years 2020-22 will also be presented their awards with the 2023 performances being the main event. Ravi Shastri and Shubman Gill will be two of the awards receivers.

IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma was dismissed for a duck on his T20I return as he was involved in a bizarre miscommunication with Shubman Gill. Rohit and Gill were caught at the same end before wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed the Indian captain.

It was a horror return for skipper Rohit Sharma to T20Is for India as he got run out that too for a duck in the series opener against Afghanistan in Mohali. Rohit was not happy with Shubman Gill not responding to his call for a run as both batters found themselves at the same end.

Captain Rohit Sharma spoke in detail about Shubman Gill's batting position and what he personally thinks about No.3 in Test cricket ahead of the second and final match against South Africa. Gill has struggled at No. 3 so far having scored just 120 runs in six innings.

Shubman Gill enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2023 with a record 2154 runs in 52 international innings with seven hundreds and 10 fifties. Gill also shone in IPL 2023 with a staggering 890 runs in 17 innings to grab the Orange Cap award.

India head coach confirmed that KL Rahul will don the wicketkeeping gloves in the first Test match against South Africa ahead of Ishan Kishan's replacement KS Bharat and also revealed extra bounce and seam at the SuperSport Park pitch suggesting the importance of pace bowlers.

Team India is set to face South Africa away from home in the two-match Test series starting from December 26. The team is currently playing an intra-squad practice game of three days in order to prepare for the red-ball contest. Meanwhile, here are the updates related to the game.

India's Shubman Gill is no more the top ranked batter in the One-Day Internationals as he missed the first two ODIs against South Africa in the ongoing series. Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam is back on top of the rankings after losing it during the World Cup.

Team India made three changes to their playing XI for the second T20I against South Africa from the last time they played against Australia in Bengaluru last week. South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first in Gqeberha in the second T20I in overcast conditions.

After thrashing Australia 4-1 at home, the Indian cricket team is set to kick off a multi-format South Africa tour with a three-match T20I series starting at Kingsmead, Durban on Sunday, December 10. South Africa have won the last two T20I games against India and will eye a positive start today.

Experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and star opener Shubman Gill were rested for the T20I series against Australia at home but the duo are included in the upcoming South Africa tour and are part of T20I and Test teams.

India TV Sports Wrap on December 6: The Indian women's cricket team will be back in action after more than two months as they take on England in a three-match T20 series while Brian Lara made a huge prediction. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on December 6.