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DHARAMSALA: Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored centuries to bolster India’s lead to 255-run on Day 2 of the final Test of the five-match series against England.

Resuming India’s overnight score of 135/1, Rohit and Gill banked on the opening day’s momentum and dominated England’s bowling attack.

The duo batted at a brisk rate and added a further 140 runs to their second-wicket partnership with both scoring brisk centuries.

England finally had a moment to cherish when their skipper Ben Stokes struck on his first ball since his knee surgery last year to dismiss his Indian counterpart Sharma with a delivery that seamed off the pitch to rattle the batter’s off stump in the second over after lunch.

Rohit Sharma scored 103 off 162 deliveries with the help of 13 boundaries and three sixes.

Experienced pacer James Anderson strengthened England’s comeback in the next over as he got one to nip back in and bowled another centurion Gill to move one shy of becoming the third bowler to take 700 Test wickets, after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and the late Australian great Shane Warne (708).

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Shubman Gill scored 110 off 150 deliveries, smashing 12 boundaries and five sixes.

Following the fall of the long-standing partnership, Sarfaraz Khan and debutant Devdutt Padikkal kept India in control with important half-centuries.

Sarfaraz scored a brisk 56 off 60 while Padikkal made 65 before both fell victim to Shoaib Bashir.

Their dismissals sparked a middle-order collapse as India lost regular wickets to slip to 428/8.

But a stubborn partnership between Kuldeep Yadav (27) and Jasprit Bumrah (19) denied England a chance to sweep off India’s tail.

The duo had added 45 runs to their ninth-wicket partnership and led India to 473/8 when the stumps were called.

Shoaib Bashir was the pick of the bowlers for England, picking up four wickets while Tom Hartley bagged two.

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DUBAI: India’s top-order batters Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Shubman Gill reached their career-best positions in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Test Batting Rankings.

India defeated England by five wickets in the fourth Test to attain an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series, resulting in their players rising in the ICC Test Batting Rankings.

Jaiswal scored a half-century in the first innings followed by 37 runs in the second innings to gain three spots to reach 12th position, while Gill rose four places to reach 31st after scoring a half-century in the second innings.

England’s Zak Crawley also reached his career-best rankings as he gained 10 places to reach the 17th spot after registering scores of 42 and 60 in the fourth Test against India.

His team-mate Joe Root scored his 31st Test century and clinched third position in the ICC Test Batting Rankings.

New Zealand’s Kane Williamson leads the Test batting rankings with 893 rating points, followed by Australia’s Steve Smith at second spot with 818 points.

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Root also made a leap of three places to reach the fourth position with 282 points in the ICC Test All-Rounder Rankings, meanwhile, India’s Ravindra Jadeja stands at the top with 449 rating points.

In the ICC Test Bowling Rankings, Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav jumped 10 spots to reach the 32nd spot courtesy of his 4-22 in the second innings of the fourth Test against England.

Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood gained six places to claim the seventh position in the ICC T20 Bowling Rankings after his team whitewashed New Zealand in the T20I series.

Meanwhile, New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson claimed five wickets in the series and consequently jumped 20 spots to reach 29th position.

Australian batters also made notable gains in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings as captain Mitchell Marsh jumped two places to 15th, Travis Head jumped 18 places to 19th and Tim David gained six spots to reach 22nd.

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West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has predicted that young Indian batter Shubman Gill can break his records of highest individual scores in Test and first-class cricket.

Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket, scoring an unbeaten 400 against England in 2004.

Moreover, Lara also scored an unbeaten 501 playing for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994, which stands as the highest individual score in first-class cricket.

Lara’s records have been undisputed for years as nobody has come closer to breaking them since then, however, he believes Shubman Gill can break both of his records.

“Shubman Gill can break both my records. Gill is the most talented batter in this new generation,” said Lara during an interview in India.

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“He will rule the world cricket in the coming years. If he [Gill] plays County cricket then he can break my 501*. In Test cricket, he can surely go past 400.”

Lara also shed light on the fact that cricket has evolved over the last few years and courtesy of quick scoring rates any batting record can be broken.

“Cricket has changed a lot, especially batting. Batters play t20 leagues across the globe. The scoring rate has gone up. So you will keep seeing big scores. Shubman will score big, mark my words,” he added.

Brian Lara further praised Shubman Gill over his big match potential and backed him to win ICC tournaments for India in future.

“Gill didn’t score a century (in the World Cup) but he has centuries in all formats, has smashed a double hundred in ODIs and has also played many match-winnings in the IPL. I’m sure he will win many ICC tournaments in the future.”

Shubman Gill amassed 354 runs in nine games during the recent ICC World Cup 2023 at an average of 44.25 with four half-centuries.

Overall, Gill has scored 2271 runs in 44 ODI matches at an astonishing average of 61.37 and strike rate of 103.46.

Meanwhile, in Test cricket, he has scored 966 runs in 33 innings at an average of 32.20 with two centuries.

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DUBAI: Star Indian batter Virat Kohli claimed the third position and is now in striking distance from top-ranked fellow Indian batter Shubman Gill and second-ranked Pakistani batter Babar Azam in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s ODI Batting Rankings.

Virat Kohli jumped one place to third, earning the reward for his record-breaking performance during the ICC World Cup 2023.

He scored 765 runs during the mega-event, setting the record for most runs in a single edition of the World Cup, a record previously held by Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.

Kohli scored three centuries during the ICC World Cup 2023 and became the first batter to score 50 centuries in ODI cricket, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s 49 centuries.

The third-ranked Virat Kohli has closed the gap with top-ranked Shubman Gill to only 35 rating points with 791 rating points, while Gill has 826 rating points, holding on to a close lead over Babar Azam who has 824 rating points.

The top three batters in the ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings are followed by Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who also jumped one place to fourth with 769 ratings, owing to his scintillating during the ICC World Cup 2023.

Sharma scored 597 runs during the tournament at an average of 54.27 and ended as the second-leading run-scorer in the tournament only behind fellow-batter Virat Kohli.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were instrumental to India’s dominant performance during the ICC World Cup 2023, where they remained undefeated until the final, losing to champions Australia.

Quinton de Kock dropped two places to fifth as a result of Indian batters gaining a spot each. Meanwhile, New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell jumped five spots to sixth with 752 rating points after scoring 552 runs at the ICC World Cup 2023.

Australia’s opening batter Travis Head jumped 28 places to reach the 15th position, courtesy of his brilliant performances during the mega-event.

Head scored 329 runs in six innings, including a century in the final against India after missing out on earlier games due to an injury.

South African spinner Keshav Maharaj held on to his position at the top of the ICC ODI Bowling rankings, while the Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood jumped four places to claim the second spot.

Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah remained firm in third and fourth positions respectively, however, their fellow Indian bowler Kuldeep Yadav dropped one spot to equal sixth position with Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan.

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DUBAI: South Africa’s left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj overtook Indian pace bowler Mohammed Siraj to claim the top spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings.

Maharaj is the fourth bowler to claim the coveted top spot in the ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings during the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023, exhibiting the fierce competition between the bowlers which has made it difficult to hold on to the position.

Keshav Maharaj was placed at second position in last week’s ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings, he then picked up seven wickets in three games, extending his wickets tally to 14 during ICC World Cup 2023.

He is averaging 24.71 in the tournament with a good economy rate of 4.37.

Meanwhile, Mohammed Siraj is only three rating points behind Keshav Maharaj, having picked six wickets in the last three games for India.

Siraj has picked up a total of 12 wickets in 10 games during the ICC World Cup 2023 at 28.83.

India’s top-order batter Shubman Gill is sitting comfortably at the top of ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings, followed by Babar Azam, who held on to the position for two years before being dethroned last week.

South Africa’s Quinton de Kock swapped places with Virat Kohli to claim the third spot, followed by Kohli and Indian captain Rohit Sharma at the fourth and fifth positions respectively.

Indian batters Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul also made substantial gains after scoring centuries against the Netherlands last week, with the former jumping five spots to equal 13th alongside Pakistan’s opening batter Fakhar Zaman while KL Rahul jumped to 17th from 24th.

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DUBAI: Indian opening batter Shubman Gill has replaced Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam, ending his more than two-year reign at the top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s ODI Batting Rankings.

Shubman Gill became the fourth Indian player to become the No. 1 ODI batter after Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, on the back of his solid performance in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023.

Meanwhile, Babar Azam has scored 282 runs from eight outings in the mega event and lost six rating points, hence slipping to the second position for the first time after occupying the top spot for more than two years.

Shubman Gill has accumulated a total of 219 runs from six innings at the tournament including a 92 against Sri Lanka.

Overall, Indian players gained substantial rewards in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Rankings, owing to India’s undefeated run in the ICC World Cup 2023.

India’s star batter Virat Kohli jumped three places to reach the fourth spot, with a difference of a mere one rating point from South African Quinton de Kock, who is ranked third.

Kohli is currently the second-highest run-getter in the ICC World Cup 2023 with 543 runs from eight innings, only behind De Kock, who has scored 550 runs in as many innings with four centuries.

India’s Shreyas Iyer also made a big leap of 17 places to reach 18th position after amassing 293 runs from eight innings, while Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman jumped three spots to 11th and Afghanistan’s opener Ibrahim Zadran reached 12th after jumping six spots.

Shubman Gill’s opening partner and India’s captain Rohit Sharma is placed at the sixth spot with 739 rating points.

On the other hand, the Indian bowlers also earned a place in the top ten of the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings, after wreaking havoc throughout the ICC World Cup 2023.

Pace bowler Mohammed Siraj regained his top spot in the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings after jumping two spots, whereas fellow pacer Mohammed Shami climbed seven spots to tenth, after picking 16 wickets in four games in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav and Jaspirt Bumrah gained three places to reach the fourth and eighth positions respectively.

Pakistan’s pace bowler, Shaheen Afridi, who became the number one ODI bowler last week, lost his place and slipped four places down to fifth position, equalling Australia’s Josh Hazlewood with 658 rating points.

Australia’s Adam Zampa, who is currently the second leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 20 wickets jumped six places to reach third position, whereas, the leading wicket-taker Sri Lanka’s Dilshan Madushanka climbed 31 places to 45th.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan continues to lead the ICC ODI All-Rounder Rankings, however, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell gained two spots to sixth after his match-winning double-hundred against Afghanistan yesterday

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DUBAI: Indian opening batter Shubman Gill earned the reward for scintillating performances in the Asia Cup 2023 campaign and ODI series against Australia as he claimed the ICC Player of the Month award for September 2023.

Shubman Gill edged his teammate Mohammed Siraj and England opener Dawid Malan to win the prestigious award for the second time on the back of 480 ODI runs at an average of 80 last month. He previously won the ICC Player of the Month award for January this year.

Gill topped the runs chart in the Asia Cup 2023 with 302 runs in six matches at 75.50. He scored one century against Bangladesh and two half-centuries, including 52-ball 58 against Pakistan in the Super 4 clash.

He continued his brilliant form in the first two matches of the home ODI series against Australia, amassing a total of 178 runs with a fifty and a century.

His impressive run of form also rocketed to the second position in the ICC ODI batting rankings and he is only 5 rating points behind Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam. Shubman Gill has 830 rating points, while Babar Azam is sitting on top with 835 rating points.

Notably, Gill did not feature in India’s first two games due to an illness and his participation in the high-octane clash against arch-rivals Pakistan is still in the air.

India started their ICC World Cup campaign with a thumping six-wicket victory over Australia, thanks to Virat Kohli and KL Rahul’s anchoring half-centuries.

Meanwhile, in their second match, Jasprit Bumrah returned with figures of 4-39 before Rohit Sharma scored a quickfire century to guide their team to a thumping victory over Afghanistan.

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India batsman Shubman Gill has not recovered from dengue fever and will miss his team’s second ICC World Cup 2023 match against Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

Gill sat out the hosts’ six-wicket victory against Australia in Chennai on Sunday and will stay back in the southern Indian city “under the supervision of the medical team”.

“Team India batter Shubman Gill will not be travelling with the team to Delhi on 9th October 2023,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.

Rohit Sharma’s India will face Afghanistan at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.

The team will then leave for Ahmedabad for the hotly-anticipated fixture against arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday.

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul then scored anchoring half-centuries in a tense run-chase to guide India to a six-wicket victory over Australia in their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign opener.

The hosts had a dismal start to their pursuit as they lost three batters with just two runs on the board as Shubman Gill’s replacement Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer all fell for a duck.

Kohli and Rahul soaked in the pressure and put India in command with a magnificent 165-run partnership which lasted when Kohli fired his pull shot straight to Marnus Labuschagne at mid-wicket in the 38th over.

Star batter Virat Kohli fell short of his well-deserved century as he scored 85. His 116-ball knock featured six boundaries.

Meanwhile, KL Rahul held his ground firm and carried his bat all the way through to guide India to a hard-fought victory to launch their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign with a victory.

He also fell just shy of his century, scoring an unbeaten 97 in 115 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries and two sixes.

Josh Hazlewood led the bowling attack for Australia with 3/38 in his nine overs while Mitchell Starck had a wicket to his name.

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DUBAI: Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam retained his position at the top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s ODI Batting Rankings, while Indian batter Shubman Gill further closed the gap.

Babar Azam will enter the ICC World Cup 2023 as the number-one ODI batter after Shubman Gill rested for India’s final clash of their ODI series against Australia.

However, both the batters will battle for the top spot throughout the World Cup as Gill (847) is just 10 rating points behind Azam (857), while third-ranked Rassie van der Dussen is way behind with 743 points.

Shubman Gill continued his brilliant form in the first two matches of the ODI series against Australia, amassing a total of 178 runs for the series during the opening two contests. Prior to that, he topped the runs chart in the Asia Cup 2023 with 302 runs in six matches at 75.50.

Meanwhile, Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj maintains a narrow lead at the top of the ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings with 680 rating points over Australian Josh Hazlewood (669), followed by Afghanistan’s spin bowling duo Mujeeb Ur Rahman (657) and Rashid Khan (655).

Mohammad Siraj rocketed to the summit of bowler’s rankings after he wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup with figures of 6-21. He was the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 10 wickets, behind Matheesha Pathirana’s tally of 11 wickets.

India’s Mohammed Shami has improved his position by nine spots and is now ranked joint 25th with Jofra Archer. Similarly, Australian seamer Sean Abbott has moved up by 14 places and is now joint 45th in the rankings.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman jumped five spots and is currently at 23rd after bagging five wickets in the ODI series against New Zealand.

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Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill hit attacking centuries to help India thrash Australia by 99 runs in a rain-hit ODI on Sunday to clinch the series 2-0.

Iyer (105) and Gill (104) put on a dominant second-wicket stand of 200 to lay the foundations for India’s 399-5 after being invited to bat in Indore.

Stand-in-skipper KL Rahul’s 52 and an unbeaten 72 by T20 sensation Suryakumar Yadav contributed to the mammoth total and the bowlers then combined to hand India an unbeatable lead in the three-match series.

The matches are a tune-up for the World Cup in India starting October 5.

Captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli will return for the final ODI in Rajkot on Wednesday and the team will have to make some tough calls in picking the starting XI.

“It (selection) is the headache of the coach and Rohit…whoever gets picked has a job to do,” said stand-in skipper Rahul.

“Sitting out can be hard after scoring a lot of runs but everyone has been through that.”

Chasing a DLS revised target of 317 in 33 overs after rain interrupted play in the chase, Australia were bowled out for 217 in 28.2 overs.

Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each.

Australia have lost five ODI matches in a row but skipper Steve Smith remained hopeful of a quick turnaround.

“We have lost quite a few (matches) in a row, in South Africa and here. We need to sort out a few things,” said Smith.

“We have a few days now, we are working towards the World Cup, both the teams are. Hopefully, we’ll turn it around in the last game.”

Indian batsmen set up victory after a flying start and Iyer, 28, put doubts over his fitness to rest, hitting his third one-day century before being caught.

Iyer hit 11 fours and three sixes in his 90-ball knock and was named man of the match.

The 24-year-old Gill, who hit 74 off 63 balls at Mohali in the first game, raced to his sixth ODI century and fifth this year with a single off Sean Abbott.

Gill’s knock ended when he was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey off Cameron Green. He hit six fours and four sixes in his 97-ball innings.

Ishan Kishan was dismissed for 31 before Rahul and Yadav propped up the innings with fluent knocks.

Green took two wickets but gave away 103 runs off his 10 overs.

In reply, Australia lost two wickets for just nine runs and were 56-2 when rain interrupted play for over an hour and the tourists resumed with a new target.

David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne attempted to rebuild in their stand of 80 but the wheels came off the chase after their departure.

Ashwin broke the stand and then struck twice in one over to send back the left-handed Warner and Josh Inglis.

Green attempted to hit back but was run out before Abbott led an unexpected charge with his 36-ball 54.

Number eight Abbott put on a ninth-wicket stand of 77 with Josh Hazlewood, who made 23.

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