Author: DB Bureau
Former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis shared his thoughts on Thursday following Gautam Gambhir’s selection as the next Indian Cricket Team’s head coach. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Tuesday announced that former cricketer Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the Indian men’s cricket team’s new head coach. “It’s great to see Gautam getting into the coaching side of things. He’s got a really good cricket brain. He’ll bring some fire and loves playing the game aggressively. I think he’ll bring that added touch, and the guys will certainly learn a lot from…
Two competing stars – the story and the lead actor Akshay Kumar – jostle for domination in Sarfira, Sudha Kongara’s remake of her own National Award-winning Soorarai Pottru. The trouble is that they pull in different directions to the detriment of a film that is also undone a tad by a singular lack of nuance. The fictionalized biopic of Air Deccan founder G.R. Gopinath never manages to ascend to cruising altitude in its dramatization of the birth pangs of a low-cost airline launched at the turn of the millennium. Worse, Sarfira abounds in passages that drown in puddles of mush.…
About 52,000 years ago, the skinned hide of a Siberian woolly mammoth was exposed to conditions so frigid that it spontaneously freeze-dried, locking its DNA fragments into place. In a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists reported using this remarkable sample to reconstruct the animal’s genome in three dimensions — a breakthrough that could yield important new insights about extinct species and even boost efforts to bring them back to life. Until now, ancient DNA specimens have only been found in short, scrambled fragments, severely limiting the amount of information researchers could extract. “Now we show that, at…
Gautam Gambhir was appointed the new Indian cricket team head coach following the end of Rahul Dravid’s tenure after the T20 World Cup 2024 triumph. Gambhir will start from the upcoming T20I and ODI series against Sri Lanka with the new head coach all set to recruit a completely new support staff for the national side. Former Pakistan cricket team skipper Shahid Afridi said that it was a huge opportunity for Gambhir and praised him for ‘talking positively’ and his ‘straightforward’ approach to the sport. “I think it’s a big opportunity, and we need to see how he makes the…
Tarot card reader Munisha Khatwani, after her exit from Bigg Boss OTT 3, has shared her thoughts on the fight between Armaan Malik and Vishal Pandey. In an interview with ETimes, Munisha said, “I am against violence like everyone else. Slapping, thappad, hinsa, or otherwise, is unacceptable under any circumstances, which is why Bigg Boss punished Armaan by nominating him for the entire season. However, if we consider this from a husband and wife perspective and remain unbiased, I think my husband might have reacted similarly in that situation. If such comments were made about me, it’s possible he would have also lost his…
In yet another gaffe amid concerns over his re-election bid, US President Joe Biden today mistakenly introduced Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as his Russian rival Vladimir Putin. “And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” he said, referring to Zelensky while speaking on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Washington. Zelensky looked nonplussed, then was seen shaking his head and smiling to himself. Biden, 81, then quickly corrected himself and said, “President Putin, you’re going to beat President Putin, President…
England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday joined the company of West Indies great Garry Sobers and South Africa’s legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis to become the third player and first England player to secure a double of 6,000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets in Test cricket. Stokes accomplished this feat against West Indies in the first Test of the three-match series at Lord’s. Dismissing batter Kirk McKenzie in his first over, Stokes got his 200th Test wicket. In 103 Tests, he has taken 200 wickets so far. Also with the bat, he has scored 6,320 runs at an average of 35.30, with…
After appointing Gautam Gambhir as head coach of the Indian team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is now lining up its option to decide the remaining support staff. Over the past few days, several names have been linked to the bowling coach position, including Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji and R Vinay Kumar. While a final decision has yet to be made, Cricbuzz has now reported that Gambhir has asked the BCCI to also consider former South Africa Morne Morkel for the job. The report also claimed that BCCI has already held talks with Morkel, who played…
TV star Hina Khan, who is battling breast cancer, has been documenting her health journey – one post at a time. The actress, on Thursday night, shared an extensive thankyou note for her fans on social media. The actress began her note with these words, “Hey everyone, Firstly, I’m so lucky to have received so much love from all of you, and honestly, I have no idea what I did to deserve it. Your kindness truly makes my heart overflow with emotions. From the entertainment business to journalists, sports stars to teachers, corporate folks to doctors, homemakers – people from…
Following the T20I retirements of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja, the Indian cricket team has already began its hunt to replace the important pillars of Indian cricket. Kohli, Rohit and Jadeja have been part of the Indian set up across formats for more than a decade. However, the trio won’t be available in the shortest formats of the game after bidding adieu after the T20 World Cup final last month. While finding replacements for Kohli and Rohit may be an improbable task, the void left by Jadeja could be an even bigger headache for India, considering that the veteran…