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Hindustan Times
13 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Shubman Gill's Lord's meltdown was no Virat Kohli swagger: Deserves a 'slap on the wrist' and a mirror
KL Rahul says he has seen this 'fired up' side previously. Abhay Sharma, who went on tour as India Under-19 coach to England nearly eight years ago when he was far from a household name, is impressed by his ability to remain untouched by dizzying success and numbing failure. England's Zak Crawley clashes with India's Shubman Gill(AFP) Shubman Gill has had an outstanding tour of England so far, but an as-yet unrevealed, and hardly flattering, side surfaced towards the tense final stages of Sunday's third day of the third Test at Lord's. When India were bowled out in their first innings for 387, leaving the first-innings scores tied, it left England with six tricky minutes – two overs – to see off before stumps. For any set of openers, that is absolutely a no-win, nothing-to-gain situation, so it wasn't surprising to see Zak Crawley, on strike to Jasprit Bumrah, dawdling between deliveries. Crawley, who has had a miserable tour with the bat, and Ben Duckett came to the middle late, trying to ensure that India only got one over of bowling as the England second innings began 90 seconds behind schedule. Then, the right-hander pulled out of his stance once, enraging Bumrah and leaving tensions simmering just beneath the surface. Off the fifth ball, Bumrah rapped Crawley on his right glove, prompting the batter to turn towards the dressing room and call for the physio. That's when Gill, manning the catching cordon behind the stumps, lost his shirt. Walking towards Crawley, India's captain could be clearly heard saying over the stump mic, 'Grow some f***ing balls', followed by a gesture that can't be decent in any forum. It was completely out of character because Gill is nothing if not a composed, controlled, well-mannered young man. It also didn't behove the captain of the team to act thus. Why Shubman Gill's Lord's reaction may haunt him later At the time of writing, Gill was yet to receive a summons from Richie Richardson, the former West Indian captain who is the ICC match referee. Maybe that will change. Perhaps Gill does deserve a slap on the wrist, maybe even a little more than that, for his uncharacteristic outburst. Or maybe his otherwise impeccable disciplinary record will come to his rescue. Either way, when Gill looks back on this episode with a calm head, he will admit to himself that he should have kept his emotions in better check, that there is no place for abuse of this nature on the cricket field. For now, this must be lumped in the one-off category, because there is no recorded evidence of a transgression of this sort from the 25-year-old. Sometimes, in the heat of the battle, one does get a little carried away and it is easy to see why India were riled by what clearly were delaying, stalling, time-wasting tactics by Crawley. Umpires Reiffel and Saikat ought to have been more proactive right from the start of the English second innings and sounded out a stern warning to Crawley but just because they didn't do so doesn't give Gill the license to mouth off at an accepted if somewhat underhanded tactic embraced by the England opener. India have had leaders of various hues in the recent past. Few have been more abrasive than Virat Kohli, who flipped the bird to the crowd on his first tour of Australia in 2011-12, or Sourav Ganguly, who thought nothing of whipping off his shirt and furiously waving it above his head when his team won the NatWest Trophy final against England in 2002, also at Lord's. But there have also been less visibly aggressive skippers including Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, whose amusing if unprintable one-liners were directed more towards his teammates than his opponents. Kohli has carried the reputation of being brash and aggressive from his Under-19 days – who can forget his animated reactions in the immediacy of his boys winning the World Cup final against South Africa in Kuala Lumpur in 2008 – but that's not a label that has been affixed to Gill. To infer that he has already drawn a leaf from the Kohli playbook will be premature and unfair. It's possible that even if he had not been the captain, Gill might not have taken kindly to Crawley's dawdle but as the head of the outfit, he is expected to set higher, better, more palatable standards. But lest one should forget, this is only Gill's third Test in charge and perhaps he deserves to be cut some slack. His outburst can't be condoned, but for now, it must be viewed as an isolated incident which shouldn't be used as clinching evidence that he has irreversibly gone from Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde.
NDTV
16 minutes ago
- NDTV
PSG And Chelsea Set For Club World Cup Final Showdown
The curtain comes down on the first edition of FIFA's expanded Club World Cup when reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain face Chelsea in Sunday's final at the MetLife Stadium, with Donald Trump among those set to be in attendance. It is the kind of glamour match-up that FIFA president Gianni Infantino would have been hoping for to wrap up the tournament, which on Saturday he labelled as marking the start of "the golden era of club football". Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca acknowledged ahead of the game that PSG are "probably in this moment the best team in the world", and the French side are hoping to cap off the most remarkable of seasons by completing a stunning clean sweep of trophies. PSG won a French league and cup double before claiming the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history with a record-breaking 5-0 victory over Inter Milan in the final at the end of May. Luis Enrique's side have carried that form over into the Club World Cup, putting four goals past Atletico Madrid in the group stage and four more past Lionel Messi's Inter Miami before defeating Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals. They then produced a masterclass in a 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid in the semi-finals on Wednesday. "It has been a fantastic season and for us it is very important that we end it in the best possible manner," Luis Enrique said as he spoke to reporters on Friday. It would be a shock if Chelsea claimed the trophy against a PSG side led by Ballon d'Or candidate Ousmane Dembele. However, the Stamford Bridge side came to the United States fresh from finishing fourth in the Premier League and winning the UEFA Conference League. "They are one of the hottest teams in the world at the moment but this is the final, a one-off game," said Chelsea's Reece James. "Everyone has them down as strong favourites but I have been in many finals before where we have been favourites and we have not come out on top. "That doesn't mean too much to me and I don't really care that everyone is bigging up the opposition." Chelsea were hoping that midfield lynchpin Moises Caicedo would recover in time from a twisted ankle picked up in the semi-final victory over Fluminense on Tuesday. Heat and huge prize money The match will be played at the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, with the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop. The home of NFL sides the New York Giants and New York Jets will also be the venue for the 2026 World Cup final. It goes ahead at 3:00 pm local time (1900 GMT) amid ongoing concerns about the impact of high temperatures during the tournament, with Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez warning on Friday that playing in the middle of the afternoon was "very dangerous". There are also concerns about the long-term impact on players of the match calendar -- the final will be the 65th game for PSG since their season began last August, and the 64th for Chelsea. However, the financial rewards for all teams involved at the Club World Cup are enormous, and especially for the finalists. Chelsea and PSG are assured to go home with over $100 million in prize money, with the definitive amount to become clear after the final -- that money will be particularly welcome for Chelsea after they were recently fined by UEFA for breaching financial rules. Infantino, meanwhile, was in buoyant mood as he spoke to media at Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday. "We created something new, something which is here to stay, something which is changing the landscape of club football," he said of the 32-team tournament, the next edition of which is set to take place in 2029. "It is already the most successful club competition in the world." (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
NDTV
16 minutes ago
- NDTV
Lionel Messi At The Double Again To Lift Inter Miami To MLS Win Over Nashville
Lionel Messi continued his historic Major League Soccer scoring run Saturday, netting two goals for the fifth game in a row to lift Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over Nashville. Just days after he became the first player to score multiple goals in four straight MLS matches, Messi did it again as Miami continued their climb up the Eastern Conference standings after their league hiatus for the Club World Cup. Messi, the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner, opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a trademark left-foot free-kick, which found the only gap in Nashville's defensive wall to go past goalkeeper Joe Willis. Miami dominated in the first half but, just four minutes after half-time, Hany Mukhtar's header pulled Nashville level. Messi grabbed the winner in the 62nd minute when he capitalized on a bad mistake from Willis, who misjudged a pass to tee up the Argentine for the strike. The two goals -- on the heels of his two in a 2-1 win over New England on Wednesday -- took Messi's total to 16 in 16 appearances this season, tied with Nashville's Sam Surridge, who was unable to add to his tally of 16 on Saturday. "There are not many words. It's incredible what he keeps doing, breaking records now every three days, not even every weekend," Miami coach Javier Mascherano said. "He is the standard-bearer of our team that shows us the way to compete. He is the leader. "It's a blessing for me to accompany this stage of his career." Miami were playing their third match since returning to MLS action in the wake of a month-long Club World Cup campaign that ended when they were eliminated in the last 16 by Paris Saint-Germain. With 38 points from 19 matches, they are in fifth place in the East, five points behind leaders Philadelphia with three games in hand. Philadelphia went top with a 2-0 victory over New York Red Bulls, Indiana Vassilev and Bruno Damiani delivering the goals. Cincinnati slipped to second in the East on 42 points after falling 4-2 to Columbus. Nashville and Columbus both have 41 points. Miami's jam-packed schedule continues Wednesday against Cincinnati, with the New York Red Bulls coming up next weekend. Mascherano knows he will have to find time to give the 38-year-old Messi some rest. "At some point we are going to have to find a space to give him some rest, we are going to talk about it day by day," he said. "He is feeling good and when we think it is time to give him some rest, we will do it." (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
