India skipper Rohit Sharma on Saturday confirmed his availability for Mumbai’s next round Ranji Trophy clash against Jammu & Kashmir, starting January 23 at the BKC Ground in Mumbai.
Athiya Shetty shares heartwarming moments with husband KL Rahul as they await their baby’s arrival in 2025, celebrating New Year with sweet photos.
After his failure to replicate the success of Perth in Adelaide, there were growing calls of dropping K L Rahul back to No.6, but the Karnataka right-hander continued to enjoy the backing of the team management, and walked out as the opener at the Gabba.
India’s Test stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara has voiced his support for KL Rahul to retain his place at the top of the order, even suggesting that Rohit Sharma could move down to No.3 to accommodate him for the day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval, starting December 6.
Putting behind the batting blues of the opening day, India came back strongly to gain firm control over the Perth Test against Australia with openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and K L Rahul taking the first-innings lead of 46 - earned through a Jasprit Bumrah fifer - and stretched it past 200 by the end of the second day’s play at the Optus Stadium on Saturday.
KL Rahul said that though his side fell 10 runs short with the bat, their bowling made up for it and no dew made the match fair for both the teams.
The rumours around their wedding were going on for quite some time now, but the couple was busy with their work. They shared photos from the wedding ceremony in matching posts on social media.
In the last four years, even though the couple never admitted to being in a relationship, they often dropped enough hints by sharing their pictures together on social media and being seen together at many events.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the governing body of the sport in India, tweeted, "509 intl. matches 24,208 intl. runs 48 intl. centuries Here's wishing Rahul Dravid - former #TeamIndia captain and present Head Coach of India (Men's team) - a very Happy Birthday."
"If Rishabh would have been there, he could have made a huge impact. But now, let's wait and see what the future holds for us," said Pandya.
