Gill, Rahul, Pant and the irrepressible Yashasvi Jaiswal will now have a chance to script the next glorious chapter in Indian cricket.
'It's unfair to disrupt the balance of the team just to accommodate a big-name player who is out of form.'
Captain Rohit Sharma was seething in anger following his run out in the first T20 International against Afghanistan.
Mumbai were bowled out for 181 in their second innings, setting J&K 243 runs to win the season-opening match.
Captain Rohit Sharma and middle-order batter Ravindra Jadeja smashed defiant hundreds to drag India out of the doldrums and into a comfortable 326 for five on the opening day of the third Test against England on Thursday.
Stokes took his first five-wicket haul for eight years in India's first innings, an impressive feat given his recent injury issues.
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'I wouldn't bowl to him (Gill) in England, that's for sure.'
Shubman Gill's aggressive behaviour during the Lord's Test came as a surprise to many, including former Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
Moved by the youngster's stories and the emotions surrounding it, Rohit said he was "lost in their debuts".
Pant also matched India's veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane, who was the last vice-captain to smash a century in each innings, doing so against South Africa in New Delhi, in 2015.
India captain Rohit Sharma is confident that his team will bounce back from the eight-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the first Test in Bengaluru.
The trio of Prasidh Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj managed just four runs between them in the two innings of the first Test against England in Headingley.
Stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma, on Sunday, said his side wanted to bat in tough conditions as part of their preparation for the upcoming World Cup and hence chose to take first strike in the fifth ODI in Wellington.
Ayush Mhatre's dazzling start to his IPL journey continued in his first home game for Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
M S Dhoni, known for his sharp judgment and high success rate with DRS, missed it completely. To CSK's dismay, ball-tracking showed there was no inside edge and the ball would have smashed into the leg-stump.
Rohit remarked that Jadeja rarely bowls this many no-balls in the IPL.
Test skipper Shubman Gill was on Thursday named captain of the North Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy, beginning August 28, less than three weeks after he led a young Indian side to a thrilling 2-2 draw against England in a gruelling five-Test series.
'Most of the batters performed. I would say that is a very good sign going forward. Apart from this you have got three quality batters who are not even part of the squad -- Shreyas (Iyer), Sarfaraz (Khan) and (Devdutt) Padikkal.'
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke believes Rohit Sharma has earned the right to walk away from Test cricket on his own terms.
Ahead of the first Test against England, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has started sweating it out in the nets.
Rohit is a tough cookie and the genial exterior concealed his real feelings as he said that playing under Pandya is no different from playing under any other captain.
But they seemed to learn nothing from their past mistakes.
Questions are mounting on when the 37-year-old India captain will finally call time on his Test career.
One of the factors that contributed to the downfall of the Indian team was the shambolic batting display throughout the series. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and Ravindra Jadeja thoroughly underperformed.
Gill, 25, was appointed captain in May following the retirement of two great Indian batsmen and leaders in Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
'Rohit is undoubtedly skilled, yet a surge in aggression is essential.'
India take on Pakistan in their upcoming match in the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Skipper Rohit Sharma chose not to place batters under the cosh for the series defeat against New Zealand
Virat Kohli's innings was abruptly cut short at a mere 11 runs off 14 balls.
The defeat against Mumbai Indians was the 45th home loss for Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to equal RCB's record.
Jasprit Bumrah emerged as the lone bright spot with a record haul of 32 wickets.
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'Upsetting the balance by moving Kohli down the order wouldn't be ideal, especially if they make frequent changes at the top.'
Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his meteoric rise in international cricket with yet another outstanding overseas tour
He has taken nine five-wicket hauls in SENA conditions.
'It was a bit of a slow start. We're clicking nicely as a partnership together.'
'Who'll tell him that the bigger problems lie elsewhere?'
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