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Kevin Pietersen, one of the finest players to have played for England, isn’t someone who gets many points as a leader by former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir. In a scathing analysis of Pietersen’s captaincy credentials, Gambhir called him ‘worse than any other leader’ , while also putting the same stamp on former South Africa star AB de Villiers. As Gambhir’s comments took social media by storm, even Pietersen came across the verdict from the Kolkata Knight Riders mentor. To the surprise of many, the retired England batter took the comment rather sportingly. “When they themselves did captaincy [were captains], what…
The IPL 2024 Playoffs race now has five teams vying for two available slots. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have already sealed two spots. That leaves five teams – Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, SunRisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, and Lucknow Super Giants – fighting for the remaining two spots. Barring SRH, all the other teams have only one match remaining. It means that net run-rates will most probably come in to play to decide the final spot for the IPL 2024 playoffs. According to IPL 2024’s official broadcasters Star Sports, SunRisers Hyderabad have 87.3 percent chance to qualify.…
Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre has had legions of admirers, among fans and celebrities, over the years. The star, currently promoting the new season of her web series The Broken News Season, reflected on a rumoured proposal from Pakistan cricket icon Shoaib Akhtar that was widely reported in the 90s. For context, Shoaib Akhtar is reported to have made a light-hearted comment about proposing marriage to Sonali Bendre. He joked that if she refused his proposal, he would resort to kidnapping her, reports claimed. When recently asked about this during a conversation with Shubhankar Mishra, Sonali Bendre responded by expressing her disbelief that…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took the centre and Uttarakhand government to task – asking searching questions over a lack of funding and the diversion of guards to election duties – as the state struggles to contain hundreds of active wildfires and deal with damage worth lakhs of rupees to more than 1,100 hectares caused by over 1,000 fire reported since November. Slamming the “sorry state of affairs”, which includes the state reportedly being granted only Rs 3.15 crore – against a demand of Rs 10 crore – to deal with the fires, the court also hauled up the centre…
The first track from Mr & Mrs Mahi is out now. The track titled Dekhha Tenu is a spin on the evergreen track Say Shava Shava from Karan Johar’s 2001 film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…. The video features the film’s lead pair Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao’s pitch-perfect love story (pun intended). The video begins with Janhvi Kapoor dressed as a bride, walking down the aisle. Rajkummar Rao can’t help but be smitten by Janhvi. Their love story then transitions from pheres to pitch. Both Janhvi and Rajkummar Rao, big time cricket fans, watch a match together. The video ends…
King Charles on Tuesday unveiled his first official portrait since his coronation last year in May, and it has received varied responses, with some drawing comparisons to the “archdemon of hell”. Painted by artist Jonathan Yeo, the portrait shows His Majesty bathed in a pool of crimson, with a single monarch butterfly perched on his shoulder. According to the palace, the portrait, standing over 6 feet tall, was painted over three years and shows the King wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards, a regimental role he assumed in 1975. The portrait was posted to the Royal Family’s official Instagram page. This dramatic painting, dominated by shades of…
Get ready for another thrilling season of Only Murders In The Building as the makers recently dropped the first teaser of Season 4. The series is all set to premiere on August 27. In the teaser, the OG trio – Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) – are faced with a new mystery that takes them on a wild journey to Los Angeles. Hollywood studio is eager to adapt their podcast into a movie, propelling them into the glitzy world of showbiz while they grapple with solving the murder of Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch), Charles’ former…
A 20-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Karnataka’s Hubbali, reportedly after she rejected the advances of a neighbour. Anjali Ambigera was sleeping early this morning when 21-year-old Girish Sawant entered her home and allegedly stabbed her repeatedly with a knife. Sawant is now on the run and police are looking for him. Girish, it is learnt, had been pestering Anjali to start a relationship with him, but she had refused. This triggered the attack. Cops visited the victim’s home and recovered her body. Heart-rending visuals show her relatives wailing as the body is taken away for autopsy. Hubbali-Dharwad police…
Get ready, folks. Kartik Aaryan just dropped the first poster of his highly anticipated film Chandu Champion on social media. The poster features Kartik Aaryan running on the field, drenched in sweat. The caption on the poster read, “The man who refused to surrender.” The film will hit theatres on June 14 this year. Captioning the post on Instagram, Kartik Aaryan wrote, “Champion Aa Raha Hai…(Champion is coming). Super excited and proud to share the first poster of the most challenging and special film of my career. Chandu Champion in theatres on 14 June.” Take a look at the poster…
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s mother Madhavi Raje Scindia died this morning at AIIMS, Delhi, a source said. She died at 9:28 am and had been on ventilator for the last few days, the source told Press Trust of India. She was undergoing treatment at the premier hospital for the last three months and suffered from pneumonia along with sepsis, the source told news agency Press Trust of India. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Original Source