Pant expects Gill to recharge tourists

PANT: Upbeat for the start of a new era

- By Gary Fitzgerald

RISHABH PANT insists India's Test life without big guns Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma can start with a bang as they prepare for the series opener at Headingley.

New captain Shubman Gill leads a fresh era for the tourists, who have lost their two biggest stars to retirement and were beaten by Australia last winter.