Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak on Monday said he has not received confirmation on whether Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya have cleared their fitness tests ahead of the ODI series against Afghanistan, but added that he has heard both players are doing well.Rohit and Hardik have been named in India’s squad...
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Several Indian workers killed in Dubai after minibus hits truck
Representative image Several Indian workers were killed and other injured in Dubai on Monday after a minibus collided with a truck. The incident happened when the truck stopped in the middle of the road, according to the authorities.The Indian Consulate in Dubai gave condolences in a post on X. “Deeply saddened by the tragic road...
Another mutiny brewing? TMC turmoil reaches Parliament – what we know so far
NEW DELHI: Over a month after facing a drubbing in the West Bengal polls, Trinamool Congress appears to be experiencing a second wave of mutiny, with several party MPs reportedly submitting a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to support the BJP-led NDA.This comes days after Mamata Banerjee lost control over...
Indian-American surges into LA Mayoral runoff spot, tiggers Trump tirade
TOI correspondent from Washington: Five days after polls closed in Los Angeles, Indian-American progressive Nithya Raman has staged a late surge to overtake Republican-backed celebrity candidate Spencer Pratt and move into second place in the race for mayor of America’s second-largest city, setting up what increasingly looks like a November runoff against incumbent Mayor Karen...
Explained: Why India-Afghanistan Test ended with only nine wickets down
Photo/Agencies India completed their biggest victory in Test cricket on Monday, defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in the one-off Test in Mullanpur.After declaring their first innings at 564/8 on Day 2, India bowled Afghanistan out for 152 and enforced the follow-on. The visitors then folded for 112 in their second innings during...
Good news for fans: Earlier start times for Sooryavanshi’s likely debut series
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian cricket fans will not have to stay up as late to watch the men’s team’s upcoming T20I series in England. In a move aimed at boosting television viewership in India, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has revised the start times for three floodlit T20Is during India’s...
Alexander Zverev’s French Open win shows that SRK was right in Om Shanti Om
Shah Rukh Khan, Alexander Zverev. (AI generated image) If Shah Rukh Khan fans were being objective, a hard ask given they are SRK fans and think Pathaan was a great movie, they would admit that Om Shanti Om was the last time King Khan was on top of his game. The movie was both a...
Centre cuts subsidised LPG cylinders for Ujjwala beneficiaries from 9 to 4
The Centre on Monday reduced the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders available annually to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from nine to four aligning the support with average household consumption levels, a senior government official said. Under the flagship scheme launched in May 2016, beneficiaries were initially entitled to 12 subsidised...
‘Meetings may soon be held in a car’: BJP mocks shrinking INDIA bloc
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday took a swipe at the INDIA bloc after its meeting in Delhi, claiming that the opposition alliance has lost public support and credibility.Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Sambit Patra mocked the shrinking scale of INDIA bloc meetings after parties like DMK and AAP left the alliance, saying...
Manav SutharManav Suthar joins Rohit and Shreyas, becomes only the 9th Indian to … joins Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer, becomes only the 9th Indian to …
Manav Suthar (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Manav Suthar’s journey from dreaming about playing Test cricket for India to winning the Player of the Match award on debut could not have been scripted any better. The 23-year-old left-arm spinner from Rajasthan donned the baggy blue for the first time, becoming India’s 319th men’s Test cricketer, and...
