1st Test: Gill hits career-best 147, Pant smashes 134 as India reach 454/7 against England

IANS | June 21, 2025 6:08 PM

Leeds, June 21 (IANS) Captain Shubman Gill’s career-best 147 and vice-captain Rishabh Pant’s astonishing 134 propelled India to 454/7 in 108.4 overs at lunch on day two of the first Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Headingley on Saturday. Resuming from 359/3, India had a session of two halves – 53/0 before the drinks break was taken. By then, Pant hit his seventh Test century and went past MS Dhoni (six) for the most Test centuries hit by an Indian wicketkeeper.

1st Test: Pant breaks 12-year-old Dhoni's record with century at Headingley

IANS | June 21, 2025 5:44 PM

Leeds, June 21 (IANS) Rishabh Pant shattered a significant Indian Test record on Saturday as he surpassed M.S. Dhoni to become the wicketkeeper with the most Test centuries for India during the first Test against England at Headingley.

JMD Kutch Riders emerge champions of Saurashtra Pro T20 League 2025

IANS | June 21, 2025 2:11 AM

Rajkot, June 21 (IANS) A grand and memorable conclusion to the tournament unfolded as the team that once appeared unlikely to reach the final emerged as the champions of the Saurashtra Pro T20 League 2025. Displaying remarkable resilience and determination, JMD Kutch Riders secured a comprehensive victory over Anmol Kings Halar on Friday, winning by 6 wickets with 15 balls remaining at the Niranjan Shah Stadium.

1st Test: Tendulkar, Ganguly's light banter on social media leaves fans in splits

IANS | June 21, 2025 1:17 AM

New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly engaged in light banter on social media as they were reminded of their dominant batting display in 2002 after India reached a commanding 359/3 on the opening day of the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Leeds on Friday.

1st Test: Gill, Jaiswal tons, Pant’s fifty headline India's utterly dominant day (ld)

IANS | June 21, 2025 12:12 AM

Leeds, June 21 (IANS) Under the sunny and cloudy skies at Headingley, two young batters of India’s new Test era dazzled with brilliant strokes to hit a century each and totally dominate England on Day One of the newly-constituted Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

1st Test: Gill, Jaiswal tons, Pant’s fifty headline India's dominant day in Leeds

IANS | June 20, 2025 11:46 PM

Leeds, June 20 (IANS) A scintillating century by Yashasvi Jaiswal was followed by a sublime hundred on the Test-captaincy debut for Shubman Gill, before Rishabh Pant’s typical pyrotechnics got him a rollicking fifty, as the trio ensured India had an absolutely dominating day in the first Test to kick-start the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Headingley on Friday.

MP League: Rewa Jaguars handed first defeat in 21-run loss against Lions

IANS | June 20, 2025 10:40 PM

Gwalior, June 20 (IANS) Jabalpur Royal Lions produced a commanding all-round performance to defeat Rewa Jaguars by 21 runs in Match 16 of the Madhya Pradesh League 2025 at the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium on Friday, ending Rewa’s unbeaten streak in the tournament.

1st Test: Mark Wood is optimistic about playing in fifth Test against India

IANS | June 20, 2025 9:25 PM

Leeds, June 20 (IANS) On the road to recovery from knee surgery, England’s tearaway quick Mark Wood said he is optimistic about returning to Test cricket against India in the fifth match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series at The Oval, scheduled to happen from July 31 to August 4.

'Doesn’t surprise me at all': Manjrekar lauds Jaiswal’s gritty hundred at Headingley

IANS | June 20, 2025 8:56 PM

New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Former India cricketer and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was full of praise for Yashasvi Jaiswal after the young opener produced a masterful century on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Headingley.

1st Test: Jaiswal’s hundred, Gill’s fifty propel India to a commanding 215/2 at tea

IANS | June 20, 2025 8:50 PM

Leeds, June 20 (IANS) Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed his first Test century on English soil, while Shubman Gill hit his first fifty as the Test captain and number four batter as the duo’s unbroken 123-run partnership for the third wicket propelled India to a commanding 215/2 in 51 overs at tea on Day One of the first Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series at Headingley on Friday.

Cricket

1st Test: Gill hits career-best 147, Pant smashes 134 as India reach 454/7 against England

1st Test: Pant breaks 12-year-old Dhoni's record with century at Headingley

JMD Kutch Riders emerge champions of Saurashtra Pro T20 League 2025

1st Test: Tendulkar, Ganguly's light banter on social media leaves fans in splits

1st Test: Gill, Jaiswal tons, Pant’s fifty headline India's utterly dominant day (ld)

1st Test: Gill, Jaiswal tons, Pant’s fifty headline India's dominant day in Leeds

MP League: Rewa Jaguars handed first defeat in 21-run loss against Lions

1st Test: Mark Wood is optimistic about playing in fifth Test against India

'Doesn’t surprise me at all': Manjrekar lauds Jaiswal’s gritty hundred at Headingley

1st Test: Jaiswal’s hundred, Gill’s fifty propel India to a commanding 215/2 at tea

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