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2nd Test, Day 1: This is a team management call, says Umesh on Kuldeep omission for second Test
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Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar termed the decision to leave Kuldeep out of Dhaka Test as "unbelievable", after stand-in captain KL Rahul said it was a hard decision to leave the spinner out of second Test. One wonders over the impact of such utterly surprising non-inclusions over Kuldeep's confidence, especially after producing match-winning performances.
Australian, English cricketers to be available for full IPL 2023: Report
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According to a Cricbuzz report, the development is a big relief for the IPL teams, who were predicting limited or conditional no-objection certificate (NOC) for the players from England and Australia because of the Ashes series -- the traditional and oldest cricket rivalry between the two teams.
Paris 2024: Men now eligible to compete in artistic swimming at Olympics
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As per World Aquatics, the IOC approved male participation in the artistic swimming team event, with a maximum of two male competitors per team. While artistic swimming has been on the Olympic programme since 1984, until now it has always been a female-only sport.
New FIFA world rankings see Morocco climb to 11th spot
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The Atlas Lions were eliminated by France 2-0 in the semifinals at the World Cup before losing 2-1 to Croatia in the third-place playoff, ending their journey with a memorable fourth place as the first ever African side to reach the World Cup semifinals. Morocco is now the highest-ranked team in Africa, ahead of Senegal (19th), Tunisia (30th), Cameroon (33rd) and Nigeria (35th), reports Xinhua news agency.
IPL auction: I think the most expensive player is going to be between Ben Stokes and Sam Curran, feels Ranveer Singh
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Joining in on the excitement is serial entertainer and Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh who can't contain his excitement about the biggest gala in T20 cricket. Ranveer, who is an ardent lover of all things sport is a long time IPL fan and had some interesting thoughts about this year's IPL 2023 Auction.
Nikhat, Manju Rani ease into quarters at 6th Elite Women's National Boxing
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The reigning world champion Nikhat, representing Telangana, thrashed Meghalaya's Eva Waynie Marbaniang in the 50kg pre-quarterfinals bout, whereas Railways Sports Promotion Board's (RSPB) Manju Rani also produced an equally dominating performance to defeat Uttarakhand's Kavita comprehensively in the 48kg Last-16 contest.
Ian Bishop, Tom Moody, Aaron Finch, Simon Katich, Irfan Pathan to be part of Star Sports' IPL Auction panel
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The network will broadcast the IPL 2023 player auction in five languages -- English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Bishop, Moody, Finch and Katich, all of whom have been present in the IPL in broadcast, playing and coaching situations, will be present for the English feed along with Mayanti Langer.Pathan, the former India left-arm pacer who had played for six IPL teams in his playing career,will be giving his views on auction strategies and player recruitment in the Hindi feed alongside Aakash Chopra, and Amol Mazumdar with Jatin Sapru for company.
2nd Test, Day 1: Ashwin, Unadkat, Umesh strike for India despite Mominul Haque's half-century
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It was a session in which the batters like Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das got starts. But neither of them couldn't last long for a big score, as India made strikes at regular intervals, with Jaydev Unadkat looking impressive in just his second Test with his accuracy and ability to challenge Bangladesh batters with seam and extra bounce.
Debacle against England brought premature end to Ramiz Raja's tenure as PCB Chairman as Najam Sethi takes over
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England stormed to a historic clean sweep in Pakistan already clinched the three-match Test series after winning the first two matches. The third Test is currently going on in Karachi. This brought about a premature end to his three-year tenure.According to reports in the local media, Pakistan Prime Minster Shehbaz Sherif, also the board's patron, appointed Sethi as the new chairman of the PCB. The PCB's constitution permits the Prime Minister to nominate candidates for the post of chairman.
2nd Test, Day 1: Unadkat returns to Test cricket after 118 matches, gets record of most Tests missed by an Indian player
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As a teenager, Unadkat made his Test debut against South Africa at Centurion on December 16, 2010, and didn't get to play any longer format matches for India. In that Test match, he ended with figures of zero wickets for 101 as India lost by an innings and 25 runs.
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