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Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma believes that resuming the bilateral series between India and Pakistan will be a huge boost to Test cricket. India and Pakistan have not played each other in a bilateral series for around a decade due to political tensions and as a result, their matches in international competitions are one of the much-anticipated contests for all cricket fans. During an episode of the “Club Prairie Fire” podcast, former England captain Michael Vaughan asked Rohit – “Don’t you think India playing Pakistan regularly will be fantastic for Test cricket?” Rohit had a clear reply – “I totally believe…

Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah produced a brilliant delivery to dismiss Rilee Rossouw during the IPL 2024 match against Punjab Kings on Thursday. During the second over of the PBKS innings, Bumrah came up with an absolute screamer as his in-swinging delivery left the stumps in a heap. The delivery was full and the late swing completely outfoxed Rossouw who could not save himself from losing his stumps. Two balls later, Bumrah struck once again for MI as he was able to make Sam Curran play down the leg-side and Ishan Kishan completed a brilliant catch to hand him…

The chasm between the richest and poorest candidates in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls is an eye-watering Rs 716 crore. What makes the disparity even worse is that the gap is basically the declared assets of the richest candidate because the poorest has stated that their net worth is just Rs 320. The Association for Democratic Reforms has analysed 1,618 of the 1,625 candidates in the running on Friday and 10 of those have declared their assets as zero. The analysis has shown that 450 candidates, or 28% of the total, are crorepatis and have assets worth…

A total of 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories are going to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha election today. These include all the 39 seats in politically significant Tamil Nadu and several in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra. Here are some of the prominent leaders contesting in this phase: Nitin Gadkari (BJP): Nagpur The country’s longest serving minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari is eyeing a hat-trick from Nagpur, which sent him to Lok Sabha in 2014 and 2019. Mr Gadkari’s work in expanding India’s road connectivity has drawn praise even…

The Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat will see a high-stakes battle, with Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai facing DMK leader Ganapathy P Rajkumar and AIADMK’s Singai Ramachandran. The candidature of its Tamil Nadu state president shows the BJP is pressing hard to increase its presence in south India. Union Minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari is eyeing a third straight victory from Maharashtra’s Nagpur seat. The seat will see a contest between Mr Gadkari and Congress candidate Vikas Thakre, who is at present the Nagpur West MLA. Jitin Prasada, who quit Congress in 2021, is among the key candidates of…

Punjab Kings batter Ashutosh Sharma slammed a sensational 28-ball-61 but it ended up in the losing effort during the IPL 2024 match against Mumbai Indians on Thursday. It was a valiant effort from the 25-year-old who has shown glimpses of brilliance in the competition this year and his knock took PBKS extremely close to victory despite losing four wickets early. His knock comprised of 2 fours and 7 sixes at an impressive strike rate of 217.86 which took his tournament tally to 156 runs in 4 matches. This was the not first time that he played an explosive knock as he…

The first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election – a 44-day, seven-phase democratic exercise to elect a new government – begins this morning with over 16.63 crore voters, including 35.67 lakh first-timers, heading to 1.87 lakh polling booths set up in 102 seats across 21 states and union territories. Voting will run from 8 AM to 6 PM, with a 60-minute window for voters who reach polling stations before the cut-off time and are in queue when the booths close. The results will be out on June 4. The 2024 election is largely expected to be a NDA vs…

The Lok Sabha election begins today with a scintillating first phase that would see voting in 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories. Among the contestants are ministers, senior leaders and multiple winners out to defend their territory. There are issues at stake also, including tribal rights, and Article 370. Here are the Top 10 contests that would grab eyeballs: Bikaner, Rajasthan Rajasthan’s Bikaner, once a Congress stronghold, has become a BJP bastion since 2004. Tomorrow, the sitting MP, the BJP’s Arjun Ram Meghwal will contest against Congress’s Govind Ram Meghwal for the fourth time. This is a fight…

The first phase of polls will be held on all seats of Tamil Nadu (39), Rajasthan (12), Uttar Pradesh (8), Madhya Pradesh (6), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1) and Lakshadweep (1). Besides, there will be five seats each in Assam and Maharashtra, four in Bihar, three in West Bengal, two seats in Manipur, and one seat each in Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chhattisgarh. Four states — Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh — will also pick new assemblies along with the Lok Sabha.…

A slew of celebs attended the special screening of MAMI Select, a collection of films shot on iPhone, in Mumbai on Thursday. Newly engaged couple Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth were also spotted on the red carpet of the event. Notably, this is the couple’s first appearance together ever since they exchanged rings. In pictures from the event, Aditi and Siddharth can be seen holding hands as they posed for the cameras and flashed their brightest smiles. For the event, Aditi wore a black trouser and paired it with matching off-shoulder top. On the other hand, Siddharth looked dapper in…