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https://ift.tt/auZRG59 While the Pakistan U19 team was being knocked out of the World Cup in Bulawayo, the Pakistan government announced via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle that it would participate in the T20 World Cup but boycott the match against India on February 15. The ICC has not offered an immediate reaction to this incident. It is expected that the ICC will issue an official response once they receive a formal notification from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Strong repercussions are anticipated. ‘Pakistan Team Should Be Kicked Out' In a post on the government's official X account, it was stated: "The Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan grants approval to the Pakistan Cricket Team to participate in the ICC World T20 2026, however, the Pakistan Cricket Team shall not take the field in the match scheduled on 15th February 2026 against India." Reacting sharply to this, former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan told NDTV: "Pakistan has tro...

https://ift.tt/aVFwWkE India on Friday moved swiftly to reject any suggestion of impropriety after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name surfaced in a reference contained in newly released United States Justice Department files linked to financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "We have seen reports of an email message from the so-called Epstein files that has a reference to the Prime Minister and his visit to Israel," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. "Beyond the fact of the Prime Minister's official visit to Israel in July 2017, the rest of the allusions in the email are little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal, which deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt." PM Modi's visit to Israel in July 2017 marked the first time an Indian Prime Minister set foot in the country since India and Israel established full diplomatic relations in 1992. The comment came hours after the US Department of Justice released a vast ne...

https://ift.tt/MDIiaCG Is Sanju Samson 's fate sealed regarding his T20 World Cup chances? After Saturday's India vs New Zealand fifth T20I, the signs look almost clear. In a match where every top-five batter scored over 25, Samson cut a sorry figure with a six-ball 6 at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. To make matters worse for him, fellow wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan slammed a 43-ball 103 (10x6s, 6x4s). Then came an intriguing change by Gautam Gambhir and Co. While Samson was named the wicketkeeper in the team sheet, Ishan Kishan was given the gloves when New Zealand came out to bat. That move made many wonder whether it was signal enough that Kishan would be the wicketkeeper for India's opening T20 World Cup game against the USA on February 7. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar and ex-India opener Aakash Chopra felt that Ishan Kishan will come in place of Sanju Samson in the XI once Tilak Varma returns as well. A scintillating, six-fi...

https://ift.tt/2ZeKHow A popular Sanju Samson blitz eluded the legion of fans, but their dejection was washed away by centurion Ishan Kishan 's sensational shot-making as India posted a massive 271 for five against New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Kishan (103 off 43 balls, 6x4, 10x6), who struck his maiden hundred in the format, and skipper Suryakumar Yadav (63 off 30 balls, 4x4, 6x6) treated the Kiwi bowlers with utter disdain during their 137-run third-wicket stand, which came in just over 10 overs. In the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, India have slammed 69 sixes - the most by a team in a bilateral series. They broke the record previously held by England (64) against West Indies in 2023. A total of 23 sixes were hit in the innings, and this is the joint-most sixes conceded by a Test-playing nation in T20Is, besides 23 by South Africa, that too against India in 2024. Team India continued their record-shattering run in T20...

https://ift.tt/PZHpygM Sunetra Ajit Pawar was sworn in today as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Taking the mantle under the shadow of a personal and political tragedy, her appointment follows the death of her husband and former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash earlier this week. His death left a massive void in the state's leadership. "The untimely passing of Dada has cast a mountain of grief not only over my personal life but over the heart of Maharashtra. However, the devotion to duty, the strength of struggle, and the honest commitment to the people that he gave me are my true foundations," she said in her first statement after taking the oath. The transition marks a pivotal moment in Maharashtra's political history, as Sunetra Pawar vows to transform her grief into a mission for the state's progress. "I Carry Forward This Legacy With Loyalty" Clad in a white saree, Sunetra Pawar took the oat...

https://ift.tt/59KRdnp President Donald Trump's years-long crusade to dislodge Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro, a mission he finally accomplished this month, was billed as a way to thwart drug trafficking, check migration and revive Venezuela's oil industry. But behind the president's preoccupation with the South American nation is also the story of lifelong personal and business relationships with Venezuelan elites in New York and Miami. From this tiny privileged class whom he got to know as a military academy student and jet-setting businessman, Trump would have absorbed memories of a country where petrodollars built a clutch of glittering fortunes not unlike his own, according to people familiar with his social interactions. That was before the 1990s rise of socialist icon Hugo Chavez, who seized on Venezuela's vast inequality and corruption to drive one of Latin America's wealthiest economies onto a path of ruin. Maduro - and then US sanctions - made it wor...

https://ift.tt/YyiUARm Pakistan will face India in an important Super Six match at the U-19 World Cup in Zimbabwe. The proceedings of that match will decide the fourth semi-finalist of the mega event featuring future top stars. Afghanistan and England joined Australia as the latest entrants into the semi-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup on Friday, following impressive performances in their Super Six clashes. An unbeaten England became the first team from Group 2 to reach the final four, with Sunday's marquee clash between India and Pakistan serving as a virtual knockout match. Pakistan suffered an injury setback ahead of the match, with wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Shayan being ruled out due to an injury, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Friday. "Pakistan U19 wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Shayan has been ruled out of the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup after being struck on the nose by a ball while wicketkeeping to a fast bowler during a scenario-based pr...