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While the Indians will once again walk into this game as the favourites, the ruling out of star batter, Smriti Mandhana could have an adverse effect of them come Wednesday. Here are a few tips to help you pick your Dream11 team. Squads to choose from: India: Mithali Raj, Punam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Priya Punia, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Jhulan Goswami, Mansi Joshi, Ekta Bisht and Rajeshwari Gaekwad....

With a hard-fought victory in the second T20, New Zealand exacted revenge upon the Indians and would be eyeing a white-wash on Sunday. Apart from Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues, none of the other Indian women have shown up with the bat and with an in-form Suzie Bates and the Seddon Park pitch looming large, they have their task cut-out. Squads to choose from: New Zealand Women: Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Amy Satterthwaite (c), Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk), Katie Martin, Hayley Jensen, Amelia Kerr, Hannah Rowe, Leigh Kasperek, Lea Tahuhu, Frances Mackay, Rosemary Mair, Caitlin Gurrey, Maddy Green....

In case you didn’t know… On August 15, 2018, PWInsider revealed that Justin Credible had been arrested. Credible found himself locked up after violating a protective order. Authorities took him into custody on Tuesday, August 14, and held him on a $7,500 bond. It’s unknown what exactly Credible did to violate a protective order, but he and his wife have been involved in domestic disputes in the past. Credible has since been released on bail and did his best to explain to his fans what went down prior to his arrest....

“India has always been always mentioned as the ‘Sleeping Giant’. But from what I have seen here I am sure that India is now the passionate giant of football,” Infantino said at a media interaction here. “India are the world champions of passion. All of this is due to the work which is being done by the All India Football Federation (AIFF),” he said, according to an AIFF release....

The Indians, after winning the opening game by 77 runs, suffered back-to-back defeats in the remaining two matches that the Windies, captained ably by Kieran Powell, clinched with a measure of comfort. In both the defeats, the Indian batsmen faltered while chasing while their bowling and fielding remained largely unimpressive, allowing the Windies to put up totals of 279 and 312. Under the circumstances, Powell’s Caribbean outfit will be high on confidence for Saturday’s T20 bash while it remains to be seen how well the Indians would have recovered from the series loss....

The day was filled with action with sports like shooting, badminton, canoe sprint, taekwondo and shot put on display at the Tokyo Games. India has medal hopes in shooting, shot put and taekwondo, but none of the athletes managed to finish in the top 3. How did India fare on day 9 of the Tokyo Paralympics? The day was full of action with as many as 12 Indian athletes in action across multiple disciplines throughout the day....

Tal’s family immigrated to Israel in the 1960s when he was 16. “There are lot of Indian origin youngsters playing for the Israeli national cricket team and also in the Israeli league. Most of them have grown up following Indian cricketing legends and closely watch India play,” Tal told PTI. “In the past there has been some effort to work out some sort of a training programme for our cricketers with the help of BCCI....

As I write this piece from the very center of Tel Aviv, the streets are nearly deserted, the bars and clubs are dark, as are the coffee shops. On most days (depending on the weather) planes destined for Ben Gurion Airport fly directly over the city on final approach. One often sees a convoy of planes lining the skies. But these days, hours pass between the arrival of one plane and the next at an airport that handled 25 million passengers last year....

It has been 14 years since then. That young boy has lived up to the promises he showed that day. In this long injury-marred journey, he has made several strong comebacks and carried the mantle of being the Indian pace spearhead since Srinath’s retirement. As Zaheer dismissed Jacques Kallis in December to grab his 300th wicket, one wondered if he could have achieved a lot more. As his career draws to twilight, there is no one in this country who has taken over the reins from him....

That is, if you’ve been lucky enough (and smart enough) to live the life Schlesinger has. He’s known just about everybody, and done monumental work: “The Age of Jackson,” “The Age of Roosevelt,” “A Thousand Days,” “Robert Kennedy and His Times.” Schlesinger’s story is intertwined with the drama of the century, from a “twilight year” he spent in England between Munich and Hitler’s invasion of Poland to the cold war and Camelot, where he was a special assistant to JFK....

Denver needs its elite pass-rushing outside linebacker to pressure Newton often off the edge to have a chance. Once he gets there — and can show off his other moves — one shouldn’t be surprised if the rest of the Broncos’ defense follows suit. “It hypes us up,” inside linebacker Brandon Marshall said. “When we see him get to the quarterback and dance, especially when we’re at home and the crowd goes crazy, it’s amazing....

In a post on Reddit, a user called Bowen_Art wanted to showcase their passion for Titanfall and Overwatch by reimagining them as part of the same game. A drawing titled “Titanwatch” the artist uploaded took the armored tank Reinhardt and the teleporting flanker Tracer from Overwatch and reworked them to look like a Titan and Pilot from the Titanfall series. The results of the transformation are quite astounding with the creator increasing the size of Reinhardt to match the scale of a hulking Titan....

In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, players begin their adventure by emerging from a cave and exploring an open region known as the Great Plateau. This area serves as an introduction to the game’s mechanics, allowing players to visit a few shrines and fight numerous enemies as they master the abilities they will use throughout their quest’s remainder. The most memorable destination within that region is the Temple of Time, which also is one of the most breathtaking locations in Breath of the Wild overall....

He made this observation while responding to viewer questions in a video shared on his Facebook page. Aakash Chopra was asked whether Shubman Gill or KL Rahul should replace Virat Kohli in the second Test match. He responded that the Karnataka batsman could even play the first Test as an opener instead of Prithvi Shaw. The reputed commentator added that Shubman Gill should get preference over KL Rahul when it comes to a middle-order spot....

Rohit Sharma joined the Indian squad a few days ago, having completed his quarantine. At a virtual press conference, Nathan Lyon said that Rohit Sharma looks set to make it to the Indian playing XI for Sydney, but he is curious to know whom he would replace. Lyon added: Rohit Sharma has been named the vice-captain for the last two Tests against Australia, taking over from Cheteshwar Pujara. He is either likely to open the innings in place of the struggling Mayank Agarwal or could bat in the middle-order, replacing Hanuma Vihari....

Skipper Virat Kohli played a fantastic knock of 85 runs and during his 61-ball inning, the right-handed batsman joined Sachin Tendulkar in a premier group of batsmen. Virat Kohli became just the second Indian batsman to aggregate 3,000 international runs in Australian conditions. Only Sachin Tendulkar had accomplished this feat among Indian batsmen before the current skipper. Tendulkar ended his career with 3,300 runs in Australia. Talking about Virat Kohli’s performances in Australia across formats, he has scored 1,274 Test runs, 1,327 ODI runs and 451 T20I runs, aggregating 3,052 international runs....

The move comes after the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) confirmed that a fan who attended the Boxing Day Test on Day 2 has tested positive for COVID-19. The authorities, however, clarified that the spectator was not infected with the virus at the time of attending the match but tested positive afterwards. Earlier, the NSW government capped the crowd capacity for the Sydney Test at 10,000 per day (25 percent capacity)....

Australia won the toss at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and opted to bat first. The visitors got off to a great start as Mohammed Siraj dismissed David Warner with Australia at 6 runs. But just when Team India looked to take advantage of the momentum gained, Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne began consolidating Australia’s innings. The duo got their eye in and began to put the bad balls away. Both were positive in their footwork and didn’t let the Indian bowlers settle to a particular line and length....

T Natarajan was one of the emerging stars of India’s successful tour Down Under. He made his Test debut at the Gabba and picked up three crucial wickets. Moreover, T Natarajan was the highest wicket-taker in the T20I series that precluded the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Talking to The Times of India, T Natarajan said because of the rest, he will able to spend time with his family. Chennai will host Joe Root’s England on February 5 and February 13, respectively....