Australia skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bat in the first One-day International against India, here Saturday. The hosts have handed debut to Jason Behrendorff. India won the preceding four-match Test series 2-1.
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India captain Virat Kohli Friday said he is not too stressed about the possibility of a ban on all-rounder Hardik Pandya for his ‘inappropriate’ comments on women as the side has a ready replacement in Ravindra Jadeja.
Prajnesh is only third Indian in five years to feature in the men’s singles main draw of a Grand Slam, the other being Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri.
Rahul was unlikely to get a go owing to both his poor form and the presence of a well-settled opening pair in Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. The bigger question though is regarding Pandya’s absence, for the all-rounder provides crucial balance to the ODI side with his ability to bowl 10 overs as well as bat in the middle order.
Bengaluru skipper Kidambi Srikanth recorded his sixth win in as many matches and Sai Praneeth contributed as well to help Bengaluru dethrone the Mumbai Rockets from the third spot as the league stage came to an end.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a cyberstalker to 24 years in jail for blackmailing 200 lady doctors and nurses through their social media accounts – the maximum punishment awarded to a convict in the offence related to social media crimes in the country’s history.
A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for circulating photoshopped images of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other politicians, including former Indian premier Manmohan Singh, amid criticism that her government is using tough Internet laws to silence dissent.
Talks between Donald Trump and the Democrats to end a partial government shutdown have collapsed after the President stormed out of the White House meeting as the Opposition leaders refused to allocate $ 5.7 billion funding for his controversial US-Mexico border wall.
The Tamilnadu Fisheries Department with the help of the Indian Coast Guard today seized around 80 banned fishing nets from fishermen here, officials said.