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Shahid Kapoor makes shocking revelations about 2019 hit movie Kabir Singh
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SBP says decrease comes due to external debt payments; Pakistan has an import cover of less than 1.12 months
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Britney Spears' mother Lynne Spears wrote, 'Let me come to you! I love you!'
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Prince Andrew failed to deliver 'fulsome apology' in 2019 interview: 'Astonishing'
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Noah Schnapp cannot forget meeting his celebrity crush
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Pakistan?s foreign exchange reserves fall to lowest level since Nov 2019
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Harvey Weinstein claims millions in compensation for 2019 car accident
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Country?s reserves decline by $178m on a week-on-week basis to stand at $16.376b
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During the 2019 World Cup in England, Indian cricket fans were saluting the former Indian captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for wearing the Para Special Forces' 'Balidaan' insignia on his gloves. The symbol reflects the 'Balidaan' or 'Sacrifice' that Para SF hopefuls make in order to become a part of one of the Indian Army's finest units after years and years of training in extremely difficult circumstances. This man shows his love for the nation and army. A Regimental Dragger(BALIDAN) of Indian Army Para Special Force on MS Dhoni Gloves. #IndianArmy #Balidan pic.twitter.com/P5haUEyQcy — Sachin Joraviya (@SachinJoraviya) June 5, 2019 Despite the fact that the emblem is more of a reward than a badge, as it is only given to a member of the para regiment after they have served for one year in the country's most dangerous areas as active servicemen, Dhoni was given the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel of the unit by then-Indian President Pratibha Patil in 2011. Dhoni also completed a two-week training programme with the Para SF in 2015, which included his maiden para jump. Lt Col (Hony) Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 106 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army (Para) (Airborne) The balidan, a validation of, 'Who Dares Wins'. MS Dhoni Wicket Keeping gloves. Having,#BalidanBadge pic.twitter.com/gIgp21GNN8 — Girish Bharadwaj (@Girishvhp) June 6, 2019 So when Dhoni wore the 'Balidaan' emblem on his gloves without making a huge issue about it, he did so solely to express his gratitude and affection for the courageous warriors of the Indian Defence Forces, with no political objective in mind. However, within a couple of days after the issue became of international importance, the International Cricket Council (ICC) ordered the BCCI to make Dhoni get rid of the special gloves and wear the ones that were without any such logos. “I would have wanted MS Dhoni to wear the insignia in the World Cup...” says #VinodRai and explains why it was not possible in Backstage With Boria. #BWB Special Promo.@AgeasFederal @msdhoni Full Interview Coming Soon! pic.twitter.com/BiKwquVwUw — Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 9, 2022 Talking about the incident on the Backstage of Boria, the former BCCI head Vinod Rai shared why did the Indian cricket board agree to ICC’s demands, even though Dhoni’s gesture did not support any political agenda. “I also feel that it was a small insignia and that he (Dhoni) should be entitled to wearing it. If you recall, in the beginning, we (the BCCI) backed him. But unfortunately, there were 11 pages of ICC rules which went to the details about what the players can wear and not wear and the gloves were also included in those 11 pages. Once, there is a ruling or a regulation, I don’t want the team to be going against that regulation,” Rai said. “Everybody wants to play the game the way the ICC wants to conduct it. We are a part of the entire (organisaiton) and that’s how we persuaded them to stay away from it,” he added. Not too long before this incident, the ICC had allowed the Men in Blue to wear camouflage caps to show their condolences towards the loss of lives of our brave soldiers during the infamous Pulwama terror attack that took place on Valentine's Day, 2019. View the full article
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The final of the 2019 ODI World Cup is still etched in the memories of the cricket lovers across the globe for different reasons. © Twitter/Cricket World Cup Many of us remember it not because we saw England – the place where cricket was born – lift their maiden 50-over World Cup trophy but because of all the drama and the controversy that deprived the Blackcaps the world championship title. What a moment for England, the 2019 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup champions! WATCH: Celebrations, tears of joy, victory lap and more in this exclusive unseen footage pic.twitter.com/fy7qFI7vz5 — ICC (@ICC) July 14, 2020 Apart from the English supporters, billions of cricket fans, spread across the length and breadth of the planet, were aggrieved when New Zealand players had to settle down with the runners-up medals around their necks at the Lord’s despite scoring the same number of runs as their counterparts – first in the regulation play and then in the Super Over. It all happened because the ICC were too naive while framing the rules and regulations for the tournament. The world governing body’s shortsightedness is what made them assume that one Super Over would be enough to determine the winner and they approved of a weird tie-breaker rule. © Twitter/IPL The reason why we have brought up this issue once again is because the richest cricket board in the world, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has introduced a somewhat similar rule for this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The IPL is the most popular T20 league in the world not because of the finances involved but the high quality of cricket it offers to the cricket aficionados all over the world. © Twitter/IPL Due to intense competition, every year we see so many games going to the wire, with the winner determined by the Super Over(s). However, the BCCI in its latest directive has told the franchises that in case a Super Over, or Super Overs is not completed within the given time frame during the playoffs, the team with higher position in the league phase will be declared as the winner. “If conditions do not permit a Super Over, or subsequent Super Overs within the time available to determine the winner as described, then the team which, at the end of the relevant regular season, finished in the higher position in the league table will be deemed the winner of the relevant play-off match,” the BCCI said in its communique to the franchises as reported by Cricbuzz. © Reuters As expected the decision was not well received by the supporters and they slammed the BCCI for trying to kill the fun with their arbitrary rules. Difference between the boundary rule and this shit: ZERO What a farce https://t.co/9Q1hJ3X1u2 — AV (@RangnickTime) March 14, 2022Sudhrna nahi hai matlab https://t.co/1Qtcl7sNY8 — Shine (@_offTheBackfoot) March 14, 2022Worst.... Not satisfied with this #IPL2022 https://t.co/qHWPsuJyuQ — Bharath Bacchan (@_Bharath_naidu) March 14, 2022Does not makes sense.. Why super overs can't be completed. 0% of happening this. As all the matches are in Maharashtra... No chance of rain during this time! — धर्मेंद्र यादव (@DM_Yadav) March 14, 2022What the hell...better will be a toss win.. — Suraj Menon (@SurajTweettss) March 14, 2022Wtf @IPL @BCCI https://t.co/QgfQepgMgy — Harsha Royal 𓅃 (@iHarshaRoyal) March 14, 2022Many shit rules coming for this IPL https://t.co/LMTWvLcolv — K A V I N (@Hitmankavin) March 14, 2022 We have seen teams finishing higher in the points table bottling in the knockout matches. It’s a clear indication that the finishing on top means nothing when it comes to the playoffs. Delhi Capitals finished on top of the eight-team ladder but were knocked out by fourth-placed Kolkata Knight Riders. Controlling conditions is not in BCCI’s hands but what they can do is allot a reserve day for the all the playoffs ties so that the winners are decided on the field of play not by some unfair tie-breaker rule. View the full article
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Paul McCartney announces 14-date US tour, first live shows since 2019
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The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Sourav Ganguly has found himself once again in troubled waters after he was blamed for ‘forcefully’ attending selection committee meetings when his role at the board has no say in who plays in the Indian squad and who doesn’t. Over the last few days, Ganguly has been trying to discredit all these allegations and wishing to portray himself as never being a part of the selection committee meetings. However, an old post from the official Twitter handle of the Indian cricket board has removed all doubts about whether or not Ganguly was present in such meetings. All smiles at the Senior Selection Committee meeting earlier this afternoon as the teams for the forthcoming T20I & Test series against Bangladesh were announced #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/BxA1S6Hc0Z — BCCI (@BCCI) October 24, 2019 In 2019, BCCI shared a picture from one such selection committee meeting with both Sourav Ganguly and BCCI secretary Jay Shah sitting in the centre of the room with the then-captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma sitting next to them. And in order to remove any and every doubt about whether or not the picture was taken during a selection committee meeting, all one needs to do is read the caption of the post which clearly states that it was a “Senior Selection Committee meeting” for the T20I and Test series that took place in November 2019. View this post on Instagram This isn’t the first time in the last couple of months that Ganguly has been caught trying to hide the truth during his tenure as the BCCI president. In December before Team India left for the South Africa tour, Kohli made a controversial statement about how nobody in the BCCI was against his willingness to step down as the T20I captain after the T20 World Cup 2021. Kohli’s statement came just days after Ganguly had addressed multiple media outlets and categorically said that he had asked Kohli to reconsider his decision and wanted him to continue as the leader of the squad in the shortest format of the game. Ever since the picture has gone viral, the fans of the Indian cricket team have hopped onto the post time and again talking about how Ganguly has been caught lying red-handed and may be influencing the selection committee ever since getting appointed as the president of the biggest cricket board of the world. Look what he said today.... Such a liar ....Liar detected,we have a clear culprit and a clear victim here . https://t.co/RZuYQdPXqw — Aryan (@Aryan91517546) February 4, 2022BCCI clearly written " Senior Selection Committee meeting ". Ganguly Ji said that the pic wasn't from a " Selection Committee meeting". Here comes the moment when All controversy solved. Liars detected. https://t.co/UczKA6dYJU pic.twitter.com/WOwJ0ZJ9v4 — Diwakar¹⁸ (@diwakarkumar47) February 4, 2022Clearly mentioned "selection meeting"?Daydreaming?https://t.co/QH3gWOM1zV — Arti (@arti_1111) February 4, 2022My bro @JayShah doesn't even meet requirements Yet he is in committee This is how shit our country rules and politics are That's fkn fact! It's ruining everything..from sports to education everything!!#sackjayshahandganguly https://t.co/VevCUV6dfJ pic.twitter.com/TNmEsPsTDS — Diveesh (@Diveeshpoli) February 1, 2022Noice Why ganguly present?? I have never heard Secretary and some politician allowed to be at selection ...Politics ruined ict https://t.co/ng6dynzpFd — 𝙑𝗞'𝘀 Unofficial PR ♡︎ (@admirerxvirat) February 1, 2022This is how they both started ruining Indian cricket https://t.co/25EHkDmC0Z — rohit (@TheHeelRohit) February 1, 2022 View the full article
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Cheslie Kryst?s death: Beauty pageants ?devastated? by suicide of Miss USA 2019
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Federal Board of Revenue releases its Tax Directories of Parliamentarians for the tax year 2019
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The 2021-22 Ashes series has been a humbling experience for Joe Root and the England cricket team as the Australians roll over them with a more-than-comfortable lead of 3-0 and may even continue the domination in the two more matches that are scheduled to take place in the new year. In what is one of the most embarrassing losses to be incurred by the Englishmen, Root and Co were defeated by an innings and 14 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after they collapsed for 68 runs while coming in to bat the second time. Aussie bowler Scott Boland’s 6/7 statistics in the second innings also suggested the absolute carnage England had to go through to lose the match and the series in a highly humiliating manner. The fans of the Indian cricket team would normally not have made a lot of fuss about England losing the match but did so, purely because of one man, and one man only. 92 all out India ... Can’t believe any team would get bowled out for under a 100 these days !!!!!! — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 31, 2019 Former England captain Michael Vaughan’s old tweet about India getting dismissed for 92 while playing against New Zealand in an ODI match has resurfaced. In the social media post, Vaughan had expressed his surprise at how could a team get dismissed for less than 100 runs in modern-day cricket. See the irony? The same tweet is now being used to get back at the former cricketer: 68 all out England Cricket ... Can’t believe any team would get bowled out for under a 70 these days !!!!!! Ab bol na m. C. pic.twitter.com/BEhwzO1ojZ — Sunil Kumar Meena (@Sunil_Meena_18) December 28, 2021What happened Mr. So called cricketer @ECB_cricket @englandcricket all out 68 today — CA. Shailesh Prajapati (@ShaelBjpIndiaCA) December 28, 202168 all out England... Can’t believe any team would get bowled out for under a 70 these days !!!!!! — Prakash Shamal (@PrakashShamal1) December 28, 202168 all out England... Can’t believe, Do you remember? Time will keep moving @MichaelVaughan https://t.co/n0DM5bJ2BL — Vinaya (@ItsVK77) December 28, 2021You beloved all out on 68, lower than India, Yes we all out on 36 but still won the series 2-1 but @ECB_cricket is 3-0 — ProfessorHell85 (@professorhell85) December 28, 2021To be fair though, the Indian cricket team also managed to achieve the undesirable feat not too long ago when the entire squad got bundled up for a mere 36 runs while playing against the Australians at Adelaide back in 2020. Having said that, the fact that the team, in the absence of Virat Kohli, went on to win that same series while defeating the hosts at their so-called ‘Gabba Fortress’ was a thing of absolute beauty. @TheBarmyArmy tonight:#TheAshes pic.twitter.com/dNxZtJ2veP — The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) December 28, 2021 It also must be clarified that ever since Vaughan published that tweet, things haven’t gone well for English cricket as they have been dismissed on more than one occasion for less than 100 runs across different formats of the game, including being all out for 81 runs against India in February 2021 against India. View the full article
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Queen 'sidelined' Prince Harry, Meghan Markle with 2019 Christmas Speech
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Kate Middleton dons 2019 Pakistan tour dress in recent appearance
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Kate Middleton wore the same dress but styled it a bit differently in her recent appearance -
Ever since Ravi Shastri has stepped down as the head coach of the Indian cricket team, he has been firing on all cylinders and venting out his frustrations with the BCCI, the selection committee and all the bureaucratic BS that he had to go through in the seven years of his life. In a recent interview with The Times of India, Shastri opened up about yet another episode during which he was absolutely bamboozled by the selection committee who had decided to pick not one, not two, but three wicket-keepers in the Indian cricket squad at the time of the 2019 World Cup. Agarwal has three professional wickets at 72.33 so at least @RayuduAmbati can put away his 3D glasses now. He will only need normal glasses to read the document we have prepared for him. Come join us Ambati. We love the Rayudu things. #BANvIND #INDvBAN #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/L6XAefKWHw — Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) July 1, 2019 Explaining the fact that as the head coach of the squad, he only had the option of creating the best case scenario with the team he would get from the selectors and that he was never the one to meddle with their jobs, Shastri expressed how he was completely against the idea of having Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik, all in the same squad. Shastri also shared that he would have preferred somebody like Ambati Rayudu or Shreyas Iyer on the squad who could have looked after their batting woes at the number four spot, which has proven to be the Achilles’ heel for the Men in Blue in the past. Ravi Shastri terms Rishabh Pant, Ambati Rayudu's exclusion from #WorldCup2019 squad as unfortunate READ: https://t.co/hgUj7R4E4v pic.twitter.com/ZbE7r0IKpI — CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) April 18, 2019 To be fair, back when the news of Rayudu getting snubbed from the team was first made the headlines, Shastri openly spoke about the batter’s brilliance and had maintained the fact that he played absolutely no part in selecting the 15-man squad ahead of the quadrennial tournament. Regardless of this clear flaw in the BCCI selectors’ plan in retrospect, the Indian cricket team under the leadership of Virat Kohli and the mentorship of Ravi Shastri did exceedingly well during the group stage of the World Cup in England and were the only squad in the entire tournament to have lost just one match heading into the knockout stage. The two captains embrace after a semi-final thriller #CWC19 | #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/MEqaQFTfQx — ICC (@ICC) July 10, 2019 However, an 18-run defeat at the hands of Kane Williamson and the New Zealand side in the semi-finals brought their dreams of winning a third World Cup to a heartbreaking end. In the same interview, Shastri also spoke about how certain members of the BCCI were completely against him being crowned the head coach of the Indian cricket team ahead of both his tenures. View the full article
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First confirmed outbreak of dengue fever was recorded in Pakistan in 1994
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Kate Middleton, Prince William dress-up to attend Royal Variety Performance
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Angelina Jolie rocked a giraffe onesie at this Halloween party in 2019
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In the last couple of months,Virat Kohli has made some startling announcements that will change the course of Indian cricket in a big way in the years to come. Not only did the batter announce resigning from his post as the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore after IPL 2021, but he also confirmed that he will give up his Team India captaincy in T20Is after the T20 World Cup 2021. And while these announcements came as a sudden shock to a lot of people all over the world, it was something that the skipper had been thinking about over a long period of time and had even discussed with those close to him, including the former South African skipper, RCB teammate and one of his best friends, AB de Villiers. Virat Kohli to step down from RCB captaincy after #IPL2021 “This will be my last IPL as captain of RCB. I’ll continue to be an RCB player till I play my last IPL game. I thank all the RCB fans for believing in me and supporting me.”: Virat Kohli#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/QSIdCT8QQM — Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) September 19, 2021 Feeling the pressure of commanding over too many things, Kohli said that he wanted to create a peaceful environment during the IPL and calmly move away from his current position as captain to focus on his performance as a batter. Ahead of his match against Delhi Capitals, Kohli explained his thought process about stepping down in a conversation with cricket analysts at Star Sports. View this post on Instagram "About this decision, I had spoken to AB in 2019. It's not new. With the IPL, I was always in a space where I wanted to create a peaceful environment. We had this discussion and then I thought we will give it one more year. A restructuring of the management happened and things were much better in 2020. I felt a little more relaxed in that stage," Virat Kohli said. Ever since assuming the position of the top guy as RCB in 2013, Kohli has managed to lead the franchise into the playoffs a total of four times (including IPL 2021) and has made it to the finals just once in 2016. The Bengaluru squad has never lifted the IPL championship, despite having some of the most aggressive batters and bet coaches in the history of modern cricket on their side. Virat Kohli and Ab De Villiers' celebration when RCB Won the match against DC on the last ball. #RCBvDC pic.twitter.com/hyN1tgsR4Y — CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) October 8, 2021 Having said that, the ongoing season of the Indian T20 league has seen RCB show a lot of promise. They have a unique mix of young talent and with the experience of some of the finest long-hitters, T20 cricket has seen. They have dominating bowling attack. And they have a skipper who is taken a lot of pressure off himself by announcing his resignation after this season. Will this be the winning combination that RCB have been looking for over the last 14 years? We shall soon find out as the IPL playoffs begin from Sunday with MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings taking on Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals in Dubai, followed by the contest between RCB and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday. View the full article
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BTS' last face-to-face concert was held in Seoul in 2019
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Jennifer Hudson defends 2019 film 'Cats': 'People will see it differently'
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Babar Azam scores more runs than Virat Kohli in T20Is since 2019
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Azam has scored 1,004 runs in T20Is since 2019, with a highest score of 122 runs and 10 half-centuries