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India staged a winning comeback against Australia in the recently concluded T20I series. After losing the first game, Rohit Sharma’s men won the next two matches to emerge victorious in the series. India’s next opponent, South Africa, who have never lost a T20I series in India. Rohit Sharma will be without the services of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya, both of whom have been rested for the rubber. The Proteas come to this contest with good confidence after defeating England in their last series....

Chahal returned figures of 3/20 in his four-over spell as Team India won the third T20I of the five-match series by 48 runs. The leg-spinner conceded 75 runs while picking up just one wicket in the 6.1 overs he bowled in the first two games. While reflecting on India’s bowling effort in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra was all praise for the Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner, saying:...

Pandya has been an integral member of the Indian limited-overs side over the last few years. However, he has been laid low due to persistent back issues and is not part of the Indian squad for the three ODIs against the Proteas. Aakash Chopra reflected on the challenges before Team India in a video shared on his YouTube channel. He said the following about Pandya being missing in action:...

The game will get underway at 10:00 pm IST instead of the original time of 8:00 pm IST. The organizers had to delay the start due to the late arrival of cricketers’ luggage. Confirming this in a statement, CWI said: The West Indies board also expressed their regret to all the stakeholders for the inconvenience caused. The statement added: The visitors currently lead the five-match series 1-0 after a convincing victory by 68 runs in the first game....

The teams were divided into two groups (A and B). Team India were placed in Group A with Pakistan and Hong Kong. Rohit Sharma and co. got off to a flying start, beating arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday. The Men in Blue confirmed their Super 4 berth with a 40-run win over Hong Kong. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan were in Group B. The Afghans stunned the Islanders in the curtain raiser, beating them by eight wickets....

Assistant GM John Weisbrod also was let go. Brian Burke, the team's president of hockey operations, will serve as acting general manager. Burke said the moves were needed to get the franchise back on track toward a championship. "I wouldn't have come here if that wasn't the ultimate goal," he said. "I have to look at the steps that have been taken and figure out what's the best way for us to get on that path....

PlayStation Move support in video games can work, but it can also feel gimmicky and tacked on. Levine’s comment states that adding motion controller support for the next BioShock game would take gamers out of the experience and would feel very out of place. Inclusion of any motion controller compatibility should be a decision made at the outset of development. In the case of BioShock: Infinite, it wasn’t planned and attempting to force it in near completion of the title would feel wrong (because it is)....

Le Petit Robert de la Langue Française added the term “iel” to its online dictionary in October. The pronoun is an amalgamation of the French pronouns “il” (he) and “elle” (she) and has seen an increase in usage among the nation’s non-binary population. Although quietly added last month, it has become the center of a nationwide debate. One such dissenter of “iel” is Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, who wrote on Twitter that “inclusive writing is not the future of the French language....

Servicemen from five tank brigades of the 36th army, which is part of Russia’s Eastern Military District garrisoned in the Buryatia republic’s capital of Ulan-Ude, refused to take part in the war in Ukraine and were dismissed as a result, the assessment said. In a Telegram post on Wednesday, the Ukrainian defense ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence said a “catastrophic shortage” of Russian personnel had forced commanders to reduce rehabilitation times in hospitals for injured soldiers....

Of 1,623 adults living in Russia asked between May 22 and 24, 28 percent said they would be willing to take to the streets over living standards, up from 24 percent who said they would in a similar poll in February. In fresh surveys from the Levada Polling Agency, people in the nation were also questioned over their trust in politicians. Asked to rank which public figures they trusted most in an open ended survey question, 25 percent put Putin top....

He made this observation on the Sony Sports network during a discussion about T Natarajan’s stupendous spell for India in the second T20I against Australia. Virender Sehwag started by stating that India could have a very good pace attack at the T20 World Cup if T Natarajan continues to perform the way he is doing at the moment. While observing that any bowler could have a bad day in the shortest format of the game, the former Indian opener highlighted that T Natarajan has shown the ability to bowl his variations accurately....

Maxwell launched four sixes and three fours in his 38-ball 59, and cleared the field with ease to leave India anxious. A full and straight ball from Jasprit Bumrah saw Maxwell’s stumps shattered, as the ‘Big Show’ made room but completely missed the ball. India heaved a sigh of relief and edged Australia by 13 runs. Earlier, Team India all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja featured in a sizzling 150-run stand for the sixth wicket to lift the visitors to 302 for 5, which proved beyond Australia’s reach on the day....

This game will be a Day-Night encounter and only four players from the Australian Test squad have been named in this 12-man Australia A side. Still, it will be an important dress rehearsal for Team India ahead of the all-important first Test at Adelaide, which is set to be played with the pink-ball too. Pink-ball practice game crucial for Team India Given Team India’s inexperience playing with the pink ball, it is likely that the Men in Blue will field an XI close to their full strength in this game....

KL Rahul has been in the form of his life this year as he has dominated opposition bowlers in white-ball cricket. The batsman had a memorable IPL 2020 in the United Arab Emirates and is currently one of India’s best-performing batsmen in the series against Australia. The Indian team management preferred Rishabh Pant as the next wicketkeeper, but an injury to Pant prompted the selectors to give KL Rahul a chance....

In the 43-year-old’s opinion, Ravindra Jadeja’s hamstring injury could have been the reason why the Australian camp was unhappy with the decision to allow Yuzvendra Chahal as a concussion substitute. During his appearance on Sports Today, Deep Dasgupta spoke at length about Ravindra Jadeja’s substitution. He believes that no team in the world would fake a head injury. Dasgupta added that an adrenaline rush could have been the reason why the Saurashtra-based all-rounder did not need a physiotherapist after Mitchell Starc’s delivery hit him on the helmet....

Smith also talked about a small change in his batting-grip which helped him fare better against the Indian bowlers. The 31-year-old seemed to finally get hold of some form in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, as he made a bustling 31 off 64 balls on Thursday. He joined hands with Marnus Labuschagne in the 35th over and raced to 20 runs in no time, before settling into his groove. Shane Warne in the commentary panel had spotted a newfound resolve in how hard Smith was patting his bat on the ground before every delivery....

Taking to Instagram following Rishabh Pant’s magnificent knock, Laxman praised the 23-year-old’s gutsy knock. Laxman wrote that athough the left-handed batsman missed out on a well-deserved Test hundred, he brought India back into the match with his aggressive innings. Coming out to bat following the dismissal of Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant decided to take on the Australian bowlers and play a high-risk game. It turned out to be his day for most part as the left-handed batsman smashed 12 fours and three sixes and looked set for a famous Test hundred....

Rishabh Pant and Cheteswar Pujara, however, raised Team India’s hopes of an unlikely victory. The duo featured in a century stand for the fourth wicket on a surface that is still pretty good to bat on. Rishabh Pant, who did not wicket-keep after getting hurt while batting in the first innings, came in with a positive intent. Cheteshwar Pujara, on the other hand, stuck to his tried and tested method of holding one end up....

Will Pucovski stayed down for a few seconds after his failed attempt to stop the ball. He got up and looked visibly in pain, with his teammates coming in to help him. The 22-year-old then left the field. The opener made a memorable debut as he played an assured knock of 62 in the first innings. Although some poor fielding from the Indian players helped his cause, Pucovski looked in control for most of his innings....

This Test was the only one in the 4-match series where England batsmen looked comfortable at the crease. On a track that offered negligible assistance to bowlers on the first two days, the visitors notched a mammoth 578, thanks to Joe Root’s double ton. The visitors won the Test by 227 runs to take a surprise lead in the series. During a media interaction on Friday, Ollie Pope recounted feeling apprehensive about the next three games after the Indian captain’s ’last flat wicket’ of the series warning....