| KOTAK | India's batting coach who praised KL Rahul and Shubman Gill for their partnership.(last name) (5) |
| ABHISHEKNAYAR | Name the Indian national team batting coach who was dropped recently? (8,5) |
| EALHAM | New Zealand cricketer whose name is a combo of the names of two of India's batting greats. (6) |
| LAMELLA | Am in; left Ella with the gill for the underside of the agaric (7) |
| ELIA | English essayist who praised roast pork |
| VIRAL | Kohli gives up captaincy in Tests for Rahul at last, becomes an Internet sensation (5) |
| KAJOL | The Lead actress of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, called SRK's character Rahul a 'red flag'.(first name) (5) |
| SSDAS | Batting coach for the Indian women's team. (1,1,3) |
| SWING | Topic for a batting coach |
| RAHUL | KL ..... , India Test cricketer (5) |
| BAJAJ | Rahul ____, Indian businessman |
| STOKES | Player who is the captain of the England squad facing off against Shubman Gill-led Team India in the Test series.(Last Name) (6) |
| ENGLAND | Opposing team in the high-stakes five-match Test series for which Shubman Gill is leading Team India. (7) |
| ROOT | English cricketer who recently surpassed Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid in Test cricket runs. (Last name) (4) |
| TEST | Format of cricket match in which Shubman Gill stepped into the role of Team India's captain for a five-match series in England. (4) |
| RECORD | What Shubman Gill broke by scoring the most runs by an Indian captain in a single Test series. (6) |
| BOUCHER | Batting coach: Kallis; bowling coach: Langeveldt; head coach:? (7) |
| AMRE | Batting coach of Delhi for the 2021 IPL, this former Indian batsman is known for his century on Test debut against South Africa in 1992 |
| LAXMAN | Former Indian batting great who is the current SRH batting coach |
| LAU | Batting coach Charley, who wrote "The Art of Hitting .300" |