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Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Amit Shah asserts Pak Occupied Kashmir as Integral Part of India, says 'PoK is ours...'

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"Like Winning World Cup...": Ex-Star Warns India Of What Awaits in SA

Team India will be chasing history as they take on South Africa in a two-match Test series, starting later this month. India have never won a Test series in the Rainbow nation, and lost 1-2 during their last visit to South Africa in 2021/22. India had won the first game of the series, but lost back-to-back to conceded the series, following which Virat Kohli had relinquished his Test captaincy. Former India pacer S Sreesanth feels 'winning a Test series in South Africa is like winning the World Cup'.

"I would love to see India winning the Test series. It will be like winning the World Cup because winning against South Africa in South Africa is not going to be easy but as the Star Sports ad says, 'Mazaa ayeega'," Sreesanth told Firstpost in an interview.

When asked about the India's X-factor for the upcoming Test series, Sreesanth, who claimed 87 wickets in 27 Tests, picked star batters Virat Kohli and KL Rahul to play a crucial role for the team.

"Virat Kohli. Virat loves to keep proving, rather than to anybody but to himself. I think he's that cricketer who actually plays with that pride and he takes that pride in a very good way, not in an egoistic way. So pride for me, and for Virat also I'm sure it's like personal responsibility in delivering excellence. So, I will go with Virat and KL Rahul," he added.

Amid uncertainity over captain Rohit Sharma's future in white-ball cricket, Sreesanth pointed out the qualities that help the aggressive opener stand out as a leader.

"He's a street-smart cricketer and he's somebody more like Dhoni bhai who doesn't just get off the scene straight away. Even if the bowling's not that great, even if the fielding's not that great he makes sure he backs up the fielders, he backs up the fielders. It's a great trend. Even in the World Cup, the players who were not playing he was going to them asking for suggestions. Yes he's the captain but he's been there as their brother and been there as their best friend. So it's very important. So I think that's one of the best qualities a captain can have," concluded Sreesanth, who played 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and 7 T20Is during his career.

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Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Not in race to become CM, feel blessed to have worked with PM Modi: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Mandhana Bats For Multi-City Format In WPL To Bring New Audience

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) women's team captain and Indian women's cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has shared her perspectives on the potential impact of a multi-city format for the Women's Premier League (WPL). She was speaking at the RCB Innovation Lab's Leaders Meet India in Bengaluru. Reflecting on the success of the WPL, Smriti Mandhana expressed enthusiasm for the prospect of adopting a multi-city format at the first-of-its-kind summit that brought together influential leaders from various industries to delve into the future of sports. "It would be great to have WPL in the multi-city format. I think that might be the next step and I am sure the people right here would look into it and make it happen. As an RCB fan, I would love to play in Chinnaswamy where people are chanting 'RCB RCB' and just to be in that environment. That is something which is one step ahead for us that it (multi-city format) can reach to places where women's cricket hasn't reached and to get new audience going into women's cricket," Mandhana said, according to a RCB release.

The 27-year-old feels the Innovation Lab's Leaders Meet India was a platform to understand how different business people look at sports as a platform to generate digital numbers and feels the event should happen more often to interact with other sports icons and business top brass.

Ahead of the WPL auction, she also talked about the preparations for the tournament.

"A lot of thoughts have gone into what kind of combinations we need in terms of releases or retention. So we are really looking forward to the WPL auctions and hopefully, we get the players who we are looking forward to getting," she added.

Speaking on the growth of women's sports in India, Mandhana highlighted the remarkable achievements of women athletes in recent years.

"Women in India are doing amazing stuff in the last five to 10 years not only in women's cricket but in women's sport in general. If you see the last Olympics or Commonwealth or Asian Games, the kind of medals women's athletes have gone and got for the country is a big inspiration for a lot of smaller city girls out there to pursue their passion. I think women's sports, in general, should be treated separately and by doing that they can definitely sell a lot of things in terms of the ticketing or the digital rights."

Asked about the areas women's cricket needs in terms of further investment or further focus to keep propelling forward, Mandhana suggested focusing on the grassroots level.

"The only thing that we could invest in is the grassroots level of women's sport in general because a lot of interest is developed with the Indian Women's team or the WPL tournament. Invest more so that we get a lot more cricketers women cricketers," she remarked.

Drawing inspiration from women athletes in international sports, Mandhana revealed her admiration for Alex Morgan in women's FIFA and acknowledged Serena Williams' monumental achievements in tennis as her source of motivation.

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