Prithvi Shaw‘s career has taken a sharp nosedive in recent years. 2024/25 saw the talented opener dropped from Mumbai’s domestic teams, and he also went unsold in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. However, despite all the downs, Shaw has revealed that legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar still has the faith that he can bounce back. He stated that after his own father, it is Tendulkar who has been a strong support system for him, revealing that he also shares a great bond with Tendulkar’s son, Arjun.

Sachin Tendulkar Met Prithvi Shaw 2 Months Ago, Gave Reality-Check: “Get Back On Track…”

Prithvi Shaw has revealed that legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar continues to have faith that he can bounce back.

• NDTV Sports Desk
• Updated: June 26, 2025 05:13 pm IST

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Sachin Tendulkar and Prithvi Shaw.© BCCI

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• Prithvi Shaw was dropped from Mumbai’s domestic teams and went unsold in IPL 2025 auction
• Sachin Tendulkar remains a strong supporter and mentor to Shaw during his career struggles
• “Sachin sir has trust. ‘Get back on track. Everything is still possible,’ he said,” according to Shaw

Prithvi Shaw‘s career has taken a sharp nosedive in recent years. 2024/25 saw the talented opener dropped from Mumbai’s domestic teams, and he also went unsold in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. However, despite all the downs, Shaw has revealed that legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar still has the faith that he can bounce back. He stated that after his own father, it is Tendulkar who has been a strong support system for him, revealing that he also shares a great bond with Tendulkar’s son, Arjun.

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“My biggest support system is my father, but after him, he (Tendulkar) knows a lot. Arjun and I have been friends since we were eight or nine years old. Sir also used to be there. He has seen,” Shaw said in an interview with News24.

“Hardly two months ago, he was practising at MIG for the (International) Masters League. I was also there. At such a time, you need a mentor who gives a spark,” Shaw stated.

Shaw revealed that Tendulkar continues to give him words of advice and retains the belief that he can bounce back from his struggles.

“He still believes in me. ‘Prithvi, I have belief and I will continue to believe.’ He has seen me. He has trust. ‘Get back on track. Everything is still possible.’ That belief is very precious to me. Just like my father and a few friends believe,” Shaw spoke about Tendulkar.

Meanwhile, Shaw on Monday ended his ties with home team Mumbai after being granted a No Objection Certificate by the MCA to sign up with a new domestic side for his “growth and development as a cricketer”. Shaw has been out of reckoning from the red ball set-up for some time but has played white ball cricket. However, his off-field disciplinary issues have grabbed more air time than his on-field performances. The Mumbai Cricket Association confirmed receiving Shaw’s request and has given its approval to it.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir confirmed that the management won’t budge from the three-match utilisation of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah despite enduring a five-wicket setback in the series opener against England at Headingley. During the announcement of India’s squad for the Test tour of England, chief selector Ajit Agarkar confirmed Bumrah was advised not to contest in consecutive Tests as part of his workload management. The precaution around Bumrah’s usage stems from a stress reaction in the back during the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney in January.The management decided to cash in Bumrah’s services for the opening Test, and the 31-year-old, classified as the current “world best”, notched up his 12th five-wicket haul for India away from home, tying with the legendary Kapil Dev. He played a starring role and returned with figures of 5/83 in the first innings.

Bumrah’s magic faded in the second innings as he chased the shadows of his past self. During India’s failed attempt to defend a 371-run target, Bumrah went wicketless as India succumbed to its fate and surrendered a five-wicket defeat.

With India trailing 0-1 in the series, Gambhir shrugged off suggestions about deploying Bumrah in more than three Tests, stating that managing his workload is more “important.”

India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah unarguably stands the tallest of all players in his category in modern cricket. Be it T20 cricket or Tests, Bumrah’s execution, precision, and tenacity make him a nightmare for every batter in the game. While there’s no denying that world-class tag that Bumrah has or the respect he gets around the world, former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin doesn’t think the seamer gets the same respect that Indian cricket fans honoured the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma with.In a video on his YouTube channel, Ashwin was asked if Bumrah is a player every team in the world would want to have. Ashwin didn’t directly respond to the question but beautifully narrated how highly he rates the pacer.

“I have praised him a lot. But the word you said will not come out of my mouth. But the point is, he is fabulous. That’s all I want to leave. He was born in this world. All these things become a soap opera. I am not one of those drama artists. I don’t want to market anyone. But he is a fabulous cricketer,” Ashwin said.

“I really wish that we go that route (In giving Bumrah the same respect as Tendulkar and Kohli). I am still saying that as much as we do for Rohit Sharma, or Virat Kohli, or Sachin Tendulkar, we don’t do the same for Jassi. Definitely more than what a bowler usually has. He’s got a lot of respect. He’s got a lot of fans. A lot of people love him. I am his number one fan. Maybe his wife could be number one, competing for it. I am his number one fan,” Ashwin further said.

New Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso warned his team’s stars including Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe on Wednesday that they must all pitch in defensively. Last season under Carlo Ancelotti Los Blancos failed to win a major trophy and the Italian was at times exasperated with his forward line’s unwillingness to work hard enough for the sake of the team as a whole. “What I am certain of is that we need and want everyone to defend — the 11 players on the pitch have to be involved defensively,” Alonso told a news conference ahead of Madrid’s Club World Cup clash against RB Salzburg.
“They have to get close together, they have to know how we want to press, and without that, things will be very complicated.

“Vini, Jude (Bellingham), Fede (Valverde), Kylian, those up front, the defence has to push forward too.”

Ancelotti said last season that he was not concerned if Mbappe pressed or not and wanted the striker to focus on goalscoring.

The 26-year-old netted 43 goals across all competitions in his first season at the Santiago Bernabeu after his move from Paris Saint-Germain.

Real Madrid face Austrian side Salzburg in Philadelphia on Thursday, looking to seal top spot in their final Group H match, but will be without Mbappe.

“Not Test Class”: Sunil Gavaskar Gives Shubman Gill’s India Blunt Reality Check After Defeat

Ben Duckett hit the most defining century of his career, exposing an out-of-depth Indian attack as England comfortably chased down a tricky target of 371.

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• Updated: June 25, 2025 07:35 am IST

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• Shubman Gill’s first Test as India captain ended in a 5-wicket loss to England.
• Though 5 Indian players scored centuries, the team’s efforts in the field were quite ordinary.
• Sunil Gavaskar criticised India’s fielding, saying it wasn’t “Test class”.

Shubman Gill‘s initiation as Indian cricket team Test captain began with a reality check as the side lost the first Test of a five-match series against England by 5 wickets on Tuesday. Despite as many as five players slamming tons, India could not get over the line on the final day. The lower order failed, multiple catches were dropped, bowlers could not scalp wickets at regular intervals on the final as India conceded a 1-0 lead to England.

Yes, Individual performances are good, we want those big runs from our top six, seven which we got in this Test match. But at the end of the day you go out there to win a Test match.

“Unfortunately that wasn’t the result. So we take it on the chin and move forward,” he added.India had a frustrating final day in the first Test as Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett made a mockery of a 371-run chase. Both openers stayed unbeaten as Shubman Gill-led India stared at the possibility of a loss even after five players scored centuries. Ben Duckett scored a ton in 121 balls as he became the first England opening batter to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test since Alastair Cook (109* vs Bangladesh in Mirpur, 2010). Chances were hard to come by. One such came in the 39th over off Mohammed Siraj. He delivered a short ball as Duckett top-edged but Jaiswal, running in from deep backward square-leg, made a mess and dropped. 
India had a frustrating final day in the first Test as Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett made a mockery of a 371-run chase. Both openers stayed unbeaten as Shubman Gill-led India stared at the possibility of a loss even after five players scored centuries. Ben Duckett scored a ton in 121 balls as he became the first England opening batter to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test since Alastair Cook (109* vs Bangladesh in Mirpur, 2010). Chances were hard to come by. One such came in the 39th over off Mohammed Siraj. He delivered a short ball as Duckett top-edged but Jaiswal, running in from deep backward square-leg, made a mess and dropped. 

India head coach Gautam Gambhir seemed in no mood to laud individual brilliance like the twin hundreds by Rishabh Pant when asked about the positives from the opening Test loss to England, saying that everything boils down to results which his team could not achieve. Hardly the one to mince his words or hide his disappointments, Gambhir offered a rather combative response to a question on how it felt watching vice captain Pant’s sensational knocks that ultimately could not tilt the game for IndiaThere are three more centuries as well. Those are big positives as well. Thank you,” was his one-line answer to a pointed question on Pant.

When pressed further on the overall positives, Gambhir said, “I would have liked if you said there was a hundred from Yashasvi (Jaiswal), hundred from Shubman (Gill) on debut as captain.

“(There was a) hundred from KL (Rahul) and two centuries from Rishabh, so five centuries in a Test match is a great start to be honest. And hopefully the question could have been better,” he added.

However, the coach said individual performances count for little if the end result is a loss. India went down by five wickets despite setting England a stiff target of 371.

Former Indian cricket team batter Aakash Chopra questioned the decision to not keep Jasprit Bumrah‘s availability for the Test series against England a ‘secret’. Following India’s loss against England in the first Test match in Leeds, Chopra said that the Indian team management should not have revealed the fact that Bumrah will not be playing all five Test matches in the series. Ahead of the series, head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar made it clear that Bumrah will be playing three Test matches and four if the required.
Bumrah said he will play three matches only, and I am thinking whether it was required to publicize it. Why was it not kept a secret? We don’t announce our team as well. So why was it necessary to reiterate it repeatedly before the start of the tour that he would play three matches only? Let them guess. You play whichever Tests you wish,” he said on YouTube.

Chopra further explained that the knowledge of Bumrah not playing all the matches can help England in preparing pitches accordingly.

“You have played one, and you know you can play only two of the remaining four matches, which is not a good thing. If you play the second as well, you will play one of three. So, suddenly, the opposition gets into a great frame of mind that Bumrah, your biggest strength, is also not there. You can prepare pitches accordingly,” he observed

Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar has called out sports websites and individual accounts for attributing fake quotes against his name over the past few months. Gavaskar, who is currently in England as part of the broadcast team for India’s ongoing Test series, took to social media and blasted the culprits responsible for the same. The 75-year-old also urged everyone to fact-check quotes before sharing them on any platform.Over the last few months, it’s come to my notice that a lot of sports websites and individual accounts have been attributing comments and quotes to me which I have never made. I request everybody to verify, fact-check and not to believe everything that they read. Particularly coming from some of these individual accounts and sports websites. God bless you all,Recently, Gavaskar urged the Indian team management to play star pacer Jasprit Bumrah in all five Tests against England. However, head coach Gautam Gambhir quickly turned down the suggestion, claiming they were more concerned about his workload.

“I think for us, managing his workload is more important because there’s a lot of cricket going forward, and we know what he brings to the table as well. So, before he came to the tour, it was already decided that he was going to play three Test matches. But let’s see how his body turns out,” Gambhir told reporters in the post-match press conference.

Paris:

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were “genuinely effective” but the “worst-case scenario” would be if Tehran now exits the global non-proliferation treaty.

“The worst would be that the consequence of this is Iran’s exit from the Non-Proliferation Treaty and therefore, ultimately, a drift and a collective weakening,” Macron told journalists after an EU summit in Brussels.

Macron said that in a bid to maintain the treaty — that is meant to limit the spread of nuclear weapons — he would speak in the coming days to the five members of the United Nations Security Council. 

Those talks already kicked off with a call with President Donald Trump on Thursday in which Macron said he informed his US counterparts of contacts Paris had with Tehran in “the last few days and hours”. 

“Our hope is that there will be a real convergence of views,” Macron said, adding that the aim was “that there should be no resumption” of nuclear buildup by Iran. 

Iran ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) in 1970, committing it to declare its nuclear material to the International Atomic Energy Agency