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There has been a lack of buzz in the West Inides and USA for the ongoing T20 World Cup. Due to the high pricing of the tickets, the stadiums have been partially empty and isolated. However, India head coach Rahul Dravid is hopeful to see the fans turn up for their group games. India will play three of their four group games in New York against Ireland, Pakistan and USA, while their last league game against Canada will be held in Florida. “It’s slightly different and exciting to have a World Cup coming to a new country, and a new…
India legend Sunil Gavaskar feels Virat Kohli should open alongside skipper Rohit Sharma in India’s T20 World Cup game against Ireland on Wednesday with Yashasvi Jaiswal dropping down to the number three position. There has been a lot of debate around Kohli’s batting position in the T20 World Cup. Kohli has been India’s designated number three batter in the white-ball format for a long time. He heads to the marquee event on the back of an excellent IPL season. “Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to open the batting along with Yashasvi Jaiswal at three,” Gavaskar said on ‘Star Sports while…
A three-year-old video of Australia captain Pat Cummins talking about Virat Kohli’s fanatic fanbase in India has resurfaced online. In proof of what is arguably one of the most passionate yet aggressive fanbases in cricket, Cummins spoke about how one gets “absolutely hounded” by Indian media and fans. Speaking on The Grade Cricketer podcast, Cummins mentioned an anecdote about when he had tweeted hoping Kohli wouldn’t score a hundred; and was then flooded with replies when Kohli scored one against Australia six months later. “Indian media…,” jokes Cummins, “if you live on social media at all, you get absolutely hounded.”…
The Congress will speak to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu — both erstwhile allies — to explore options for government formation, senior leaders of the party said today. INDIA bloc ally Uddhav Thackeray was the first to go public, saying the Congress intends to talk to both leaders. Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid was more circumspect. “We will work towards getting all alliance partners and other to form a stable government,” he said. The possibility opens up due to the narrow gap between the projected numbers of the NDA and the INDIA bloc.…
Miley Cyrus, the pop sensation known for her eclectic style and powerful vocals, recently shared her candid thoughts about her Grammy success, shedding light on the journey that led her to finally feel “taken seriously” at the prestigious awards ceremony.In her recent interview obtained by Variety, Cyrus expressed her surprise at receiving her first-ever Grammy for her hit single ‘Flowers,’ stating, “No shade, but I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and this is my first time actually being taken seriously at the Grammys?”Despite a prolific career spanning two decades and eight studio albums, Cyrus felt a sense of validation…
Mayawati, the four-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and a Dalit powerhouse, is unlikely to open account in Uttar Pradesh in this Lok Sabha Election. Her Bahujan Samaj Party, which contested 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, is not ahead in a single one — a circumstance that could not have been imagined in the heady ’90s. Back then, the firebrand Dalit leader, who along with mentor Kanshi Ram, had come with the famous “Tilak Tarazu aur Talwar” slogan, was courted by the BJP. The 68-year-old had been Chief Minister of UP in 1995, 1997, 2002 and 2007 and was also…
Raebareli or Wayanad? Rahul Gandhi faces the classic Hamletian dilemma. Having won both seats, he now has to choose between Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. The answer, he says, will have to be taken. But the Congress leader was not ready to commit to it just yet. “I can’t stay in two seats but I haven’t decided which one I will give up,” said Mr Gandhi, 53, with a copy of a Constitution placed before the mic. In 2019, Mr Gandhi had lost to BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi. The leader, who undertook Bharat Jodo yatras, returned to UP in 2024.…
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has seen off a forceful challenge by the BJP for majority control of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats and offered cautious support to the INDIA bloc, which today chucked an outsized spanner in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘abki baar, 400 paar’ plans. The amicable reference to the INDIA group – of which her Trinamool is still (formally) a member, despite January’s acrimonious end to seat-share talks with the Congress – is an echo of remarks from last month, when she spoke of “outside support” if the opposition bloc were to win the poll. “I…
One was arrested eight months back and spent two months in jail in a corruption case probed by his arch-rival’s administration, the other was written off by many after the latest of his many flip-flops. The two have now emerged as kingmakers in this Lok Sabha election that have not given an absolute majority to the BJP. These two leaders are Bihar Chief Minister and JDU chief Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu. Nearly 12 hours into the counting, TDP has won 16 seats on its own as the NDA dominated Andhra Pradesh with 21 wins…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed towards a third consecutive term with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leading in 292 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats. But the ruling alliance’s margin was narrower than what the exit polls had predicted. The opposition INDIA alliance mounted a fierce challenge and are ahead on 233 seats, falling just 39 seats short of the halfway mark needed to form the government. YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, who had made a series of videos urging voters to excercise their franchise, called the result a victory of the common man. “Never underestimate the power of a common…