ICC Match Referee For Eng-SL ODIs Tests Covid-positive

ICC match referee Phil Whitticase -- who officiated in the three-match T20I series between England and Sri Lanka which concluded on June 26 with the hosts winning 3-0 -- has tested positive for Covid-19. ....

 

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Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian Team Arrives In Colombo For Sri Lanka Series

The Indian limited-overs squad, comprising 20 players and five nets bowlers, arrived in Colombo for the Sri Lanka series.....

 

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Amitabh Kant Gets Another 1-yr Extension As NITI Aayog CEO

The central government has extended for another one year the tenure of Amitabh Kant, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) till June 2022 -- third extension since he took charge of the public policy think tank in 2016. ....

 

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World’s Third Largest Cricket Stadium To Come Up In Jaipur

The stage is all set for the construction of world's third largest cricket stadium in the Pink City as the Jaipur Development Authority has allotted land to Rajasthan Cricket Association. ....

 

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He Is A Different Sort Of Captain: KL Rahul On Virat Kohli

Indian batsman KL Rahul has said that skipper Virat Kohli is a "different sort of captain" who gives his 200 per cent on the field. ....

 

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Youth Thrashed, Forced To Drink Urine In Odisha

In an act of extreme brutality, a man in Odisha's Balangir district was brutally assaulted and forced to drink urine and eat human feces by a group of villagers over suspicion of sorcery.....

 

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Eoin Morgan's Shoes Unbelievably Big To Fill: Ben Stokes

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has said that filling Eoin Morgan's shoes for the ODI series against Pakistan will be "unbelievably big to fill". Stokes was announced as the captain for the three ODIs against Pakistan after the first-choice squad reported seven Covid-19 cases and is now in self-isolation. ....

 

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PM Modi To Gift Projects Worth Over Rs 400 Cr To Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to gift 65 new projects worth Rs 421.54 crore to the people of Varanasi, which is his parliamentary constituency, on his next visit to the holy city. ....

 

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Sri Lanka Batting Coach Grant Flower Tests Positive For Covid-19

Sri Lanka were dealt a blow ahead of the ODI series against India, that begins on July 13, when their batting coach Grant Flower tested positive for Covid-19. ....

 

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Ben Stokes-led Second-string England Side Humiliate Pakistan In 1st ODI

A second-string England cricket team beat Pakistan by nine wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series on Thursday.....

 

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