Day: March 26, 2021

Tamilnadu’s daily Covid-19 infections crossed 1,900-mark today. The State today registered 1,971 new cases, and the total number of inflections has touched 8,75,190 lakh.

Newcomers Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav have capitalised on the opportunities to deserve a place in India’s T20 World Cup squad later this year, said former India batsman VVS Laxman. 

Holders France got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a disappointing start with a 1-1 draw at home to Ukraine on Wednesday (March 24) while Turkey pulled off an impressive 4-2 win at home to the Netherlands, powered by a Burak Yilmaz hat-trick.

Portugal produced a rusty display in their opening World Cup qualifier at home to Azerbaijan on Wednesday but still made a winning start with a 1-0 victory in Turin.

Chennai Super Kings travel to Mumbai on Thursday to continue with their preparations for the 2021 Indian Premier League season and will be based there for a month. 

The torch relay for this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games began its 121-day journey after a low-key opening ceremony at Japan’s northeastern Fukushima prefecture here on Thursday.

India opener Shikhar Dhawan, who hit a match-winning 98 in the first ODI against England here on Tuesday after warming the bench for the major part of the T20I series, said that international cricket is all about pressure and added that he knows how to handle it.

Actress Samantha Akkineni has been roped in by Nestlé to promote its new Munch Fruit O Nuts.

Asuran winning National award has brought joy for director Vetrimaran. He aays, ‘I did not expect an award for the film but knew Dhanush would bag it.