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KL Rahul carried on from where he left off at Nottingham and batted right through the day, returning unconquered on 127 off 248 balls. He caressed 12 fours and one six during his top-class knock. The standout feature of KL Rahul’s innings was the classy off-drives he played, looking elegant as ever. However, it was with a cut off Mark Wood through third man for four that KL Rahul brought up three figures....

Stuart Broad sustained the injury during a warm-up session ahead of the second Test at Lord’s. He and the other England bowlers either had just a few days of practice behind them or match-time in The Hundred and T20 Blast before the series. This was in sharp contrast to India’s month-long training, which included a practice match as well. Broad wrote in his column for the Daily Mail on Sunday:...

Ravi Shastri said on Thursday that he didn’t encounter anything like that as the taalmel (co-ordination) between the two was always good. The 59-year-old asserted that if he had found any friction, he would have addressed it on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s faces. Ravi Shastri told Times Now: Unverified media sources had claimed there were some disagreements between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma over the functioning of the team, soon after India’s semi-final loss to New Zealand in the World Cup....

Taking to his official social media handles on Saturday, Kohli wrote that “Everything has to come to a halt at some stage, and for me as Test captain of India, it’s now.” The 33-year-old’s decision to resign as Test captain brings an end to his reign as leader in Indian cricket. He had earlier resigned from the T20I captaincy, after which he was sacked as the one-day skipper. Kohli finishes his stint as India’s most successful Test captain....

It is a crucial series for the Men in Maroon as they need points in the Super League table. Meanwhile, India will play their first ODI series with Rohit Sharma as full-time captain. The home side will be keen to try out some new combinations, having already qualified for the Cricket World Cup 2023. Before the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League series between India and West Indies begins, here’s a look at their head-to-head stats in the 50-over format....

Squads to choose from: India Women: Mithali Raj (c), Punam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Tanya Bhatia (wk), Mona Meshram, Ekta Bist, Mansi Joshi, Dayalan Hemlatha, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey. NZ Women: Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Amy Satterthwaite (C), Lauren Down, Katie Perkins, Amelia Kerr, Bernadine Bezuidenhout (WK), Maddy Green, Hannah Rowe, Leigh Kasperek, Anna Peterson, Lea Tahuhu, Hannah Rowe and Holly Huddlestone....

Both the outfits reached the eastern metropolis from Kanpur via Lucknow. India lead the three-Test series 1-0, courtesy a 197-run win over the Kiwis in Kanpur. The Kiwis will miss spinner Mark Craig as he is injured. He has been replaced with Jeetan Patel. –IANS dm/ssp/sam/vt 0 votes

India, to be led by Maharastra’s stylish top-order batsman Vijay Zol, along with Australia, are the most successful side having won the tournament thrice. Mohammad Kaif inspired India to the title in 2000 in Sri Lanka while Virat Kohli led from the front in Malaysia when India regained the title in 2008. The Indian colts won the title again in 2012 in Australia. Pakistan, however, remain the only country to have won the tournament back-to-back....

Germany, the Confederations Cup champions, have leapfrogged Brazil and Argentina to top the FIFA rankings, while the best mover among all the member associations is Andorra, who jumped 57 places to 129th. Namibia have been the worst movers, having dropped 62 places to 156th. The context After breaking into the FIFA top 100 in May, the Blue Tigers had maintained their top 100 standing in June despite not playing any matches during the month of May....

Gold Coast, Apr 6 (PTI) There was no stopping the Indian weightlifting juggernaut with Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather adding a gold and bronze to the team’s tally, while the shuttlers and boxers continued to be unbeaten on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. If Mirabai Chanu was the toast of the nation yesterday, it was the turn of Sanjita Chanu to hog the limelight today, claiming a gold and a Games’ snatch record in the 53kg category....

The pope’s visit comes amid simmering tensions between the U.S. and Iranian-backed groups operating in Iraq. The nation has seen recent violence, including a rocket attack on an American airbase on Wednesday. Francis is the first reigning pontiff ever to visit Iraq and gave a speech at the presidential palace in Baghdad where he appeared with President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. “I come as a penitent, asking forgiveness of heaven and my brothers and sisters for so much destruction and cruelty....

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that ballots can arrive as late as November 6 and still be counted—as long as the ballot isn’t postmarked after the November 3 election. The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by 4.3 points in Pennsylvania. Recent polls show Biden’s lead widening in the state, with the most recent Fox News poll indicating 51 percent for the Democratic presidential nominee compared to Trump’s 44 percent....

Last summer, Joseph Wambaugh, crime writer and former cop, told the Los Angeles Times that females excel at police work. “The very best cops are the ones who can get people to talk to them. That’s what detective work is,” he said. “Women are eminently better qualified at that.” The protagonist of his ninth novel is a woman, but forget what Wambaugh told the Times. In his world, blue is still a color better suited to boys than to girls....

Wii software sales were down 6%, from 204 million to 191 million sold, as well as DS software down 23%, from 197 million to 157 million. Top Wii titles include Wii Sports Resort at 16.4 million sold, Wii Fit Plus at 12.65 million, Super Mario Bros. Wii at 14.7 million. Predictions for the current year foresee a further decline for the Wii, with an estimated 18 million units being sold....

MOSCOW, POST-1924:Like his father before him, Prof.Ilya Borisovich Zbarskyspent 18 years tending to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s embalmed body. Two or three times a week we would wash the body with a special solution to remove mold and blemishes, and once a year we would immerse the body in a special chemical bath … After his death his brain had been removed and sent to a special laboratory set up to look for signs of genius....

If you’re a reporter covering a presidential campaign, never expect the Friday before a long holiday weekend to be a quiet one. Not only did John McCain unveil his medical records today—a small group of a pool reporters got to review the actual documents, while NEWSWEEK and several other print outlets got the pool report and links to a summary provided by his doctors—but the campaign has finally released Cindy McCain’s tax returns....

In Overwatch 2, shields have become a fair bit less common. Not only has Overwatch 2 reworked Orisa to remove her shield, but each team only has one Tank - meaning that, at most, Widowmaker will only have one Tank’s shield to get rid of. Whether it’s Reinhardt and Sigma’s walls or a Winston bubble, breaking these down should not be too difficult of a task. This is a huge deal, as it allows her to focus more on hitting low health characters since they will have far less protection from the Tanks on their team....

Arie van ’t Riet, based in the Netherlands, worked as a medical physicist and was involved in teaching radiation safety in hospital, where students would practice X-raying flowers. One day in 2007, the opportunity to acquire an X-ray machine arose. Riet told Newsweek: “There was no room anymore for the dermatologist’s old X-ray machine. It would be destroyed. Then I was allowed to take it.” X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, professor at Wuerzburg University in Germany, Iowa State University explains....

Saurabh Kumar will play the role of Ravindra Jadeja in the India ‘A’ side during their three four-day matches against South Africa. He is expected to contribute with both bat and ball throughout the series on South African soil. Saurabh Kumar has represented the Punjab Kings and Rising Pune Supergiant in previous editions of the Indian Premier League. He will look to bag an IPL contract during the 2022 auctions with excellent performances for India ‘A’ and Uttar Pradesh this season....

He made this observation while answering fan questions in a video shared on his YouTube channel. Aakash Chopra stated that the Rohit Sharma injury fiasco could have definitely been handled better when asked about the same. He also demanded greater transparency from the BCCI in such situations: The reputed commentator observed that the Indian fans are not direct stakeholders when it comes to franchise cricket. He added that even Sunil Gavaskar has a similar opinion on the subject....