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Shafali Verma was on Tuesday dropped from India's 16-member women's team for the three-match ODI series in Australia in December after a string of poor performances in the past year. The BCCI selectors seem to have once again lost patience with the 20-year-old right-handed batter, whose recent ODI form has been disappointing. Shafali has scored just 108 runs in six matches this year with 33 being the highest. She was dropped in December last year from the team midway during the home ODI series against Australia on the basis of her poor run, before making a comeback against South Africa in June this year in Bengaluru. In fact, the youngster, rated as the next big thing in Indian women's cricket when she broke into the team in 2021, has not scored a ODI half century since making an unbeaten 71 against Sri Lanka in Pallekele in July 2022. Her next highest score was a 49 against the same opponent in the same series.

Travis Head on Monday backed Virat Kohli to «have his moments in the series» as the Indian superstar continued to dominate talks in the run-up to the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting here on Friday. Kohli's ordinary returns with the bat this year in Test cricket notwithstanding, the 36-year-old has been the cynosure of all eyes since the Indian team landed in Australia last week. Head threw his support behind the Indian batting mainstay, who managed a mere 93 runs across three Tests against New Zealand at a forgettable average of 15.50 in his last assignment at home just before the tour of Australia. «No doubt, we will go through all their players, cannot wait to start well against them. Virat's going to have his moments in this series, hopefully not too many of them,» Head told the media at the Optus Stadium after Australia's training session.

Kusal Mendis hit a patient 74 not out as Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by three wickets under the DLS method with six balls remaining in the rain-hit second ODI. Sri Lanka took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with the final game also at Pallekele on Tuesday. Sri Lanka won the first one-day international by 45 runs — also by DLS — after rain disrupted that game at Dambulla. It was Sri Lanka's fifth ODI series win at home in 2024 after it had beaten Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, India and West Indies. Sri Lanka couldn't qualify for next year's Champions Trophy after finishing ninth at last year's 50-over World Cup in India, but has since then lost just one ODI series in Bangladesh while winning five at home. «It is really tough for batters to score runs here,» Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka said. «This is just another series. As a team, we are moving towards a big goal and we have to achieve that, this is a process.»

RCEP) continues to be justified, according to a recent report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI). The study highlights that participation in the trade bloc could exacerbate India's trade deficits, particularly with China, and pose challenges to domestic industries, especially small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). India opted out of RCEP in 2019, citing concerns over trade imbalances and the potential harm to local industries. The RCEP, a comprehensive free trade agreement, includes the 10 ASEAN countries and six trade partners—China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and India (which chose not to join). Together, these countries account for 30% of global GDP and nearly half the world’s population. Key Findings

Australia and on the other side are India, wounded after a rare series loss at home after 12 years, that too a 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand. Here is a description of what could be expected at each venue based on last six seasons, which have witnessed two big series wins by India and another home Test loss for Australia to West Indies in a thriller at Brisbane this year. -Optus Stadium, Perth

Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh have been blessed with a baby boy. Several users posted congratulatory messages, with one post reading, «Ritika and Rohit Sharma have welcomed a baby boy! Congratulations to the happy couple!» Another post shared, «Jr Hitman has arrived.» The couple, already parents to a daughter who will turn six on December 30, received warm wishes from fans across platforms. Despite the flood of posts on social media, there was no official announcement from either Rohit Sharma or his social media accounts.

KL Rahul is aiming to use the upcoming IPL as a platform to secure his return to the Indian T20I side. The 32-year-old Indian cricketer, who is keen to remain an all-format player, is also in contention to open the innings in the first Test against Australia of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Perth if skipper Rohit Sharma opts to sit out. However, KL Rahul suffered an elbow injury during a practice match at the WACA ground on Friday, raising concerns about his availability for the first Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia starting November 22. Also Read: Virat Kohli undergoes scan, KL Rahul suffers blow

Netflix’s Arcane returns with its Season 2, which resumes the ongoing story of power struggles, personal turmoil and alliances in the League of Legends universe.

Venue : Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Sri Lanka squad - Avishka Fernando, Janith Liyanage, Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Charith Asalanka, Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis, Nishan Madushka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Jeffrey Vandersay, Maheesh Theekshana, Mohamed Shiraz New Zealand squad - Henry Nicholls, Mark Chapman, Tim Robinson, Will Young, Dean Foxcroft, Glenn Phillips, Josh Clarkson, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Mitchell Hay, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Zakary Foulkes Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Match Details 1st ODI of New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, 2024 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand to be held at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla at 02:30 PM.

Border Gavaskar Trophy. So far this year, both Kohli and Rohit have struggled to find their best form, attracting scrutiny following India's recent 0-3 series loss against New Zealand. Rohit has accumulated 588 runs from 11 matches this year, averaging 29.40 with two centuries and two fifties. Meanwhile, Kohli has managed just 250 runs from six matches (12 innings), averaging 22.72 with just one half-century.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Washington Sundar was preferred over Kuldeep Yadav in the test match India recently played against New Zealand at Pune. The social media erupted: Who is the better spinner? Why is India playing Washington ahead of Kuldeep? Are they so worried about their batting already? (Washington is a much better batter than Kuldeep and India had been bowled out for 46 in an innings in the test match before this match.) Even the legendary Sunil Gavaskar was critical of this decision while commentating on the test match.

Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: India head coach Gautam Gambhir will address the media before departing to Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024. Gambhirt is likley to be grilled by the media for team India's performance in the recently concluded 3 match Test series against New Zealand.

Federal Reserve speakers this week, while the yuan nursed a hangover from Beijing's latest underwhelming stimulus package. Highlighting the weak background in China, data out over the weekend showed consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in four months in October while producer price deflation deepened.

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a top official at a government think tank said on Thursday, years after the country decided to walk out of the China-backed Asian trade bloc.

Australia will clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 against India as the visitors will find taking 20 wickets in a Test as their «biggest challenge» in absence of Mohammed Shami. Australia are keen on ending their barren run in the Border-Gavaskar with India winning each of the four series since 2014-15, including the historic triumphs Down Under in 2018-19 and 2020-21.

Samir Arora, Founder, Helios Capital, questions what is a bull run? If one can make 12-15%, is that a bull run or is it a normal run? Because bull run normally means we are growing more than the earnings and getting re-rated. Those days are over for now. We are no longer in a situation where if the earning growth is 12%, the market will go up 18% or 20% like it has done in the past. That kind of bull run, it is not. Since nothing is happening in the market, let us talk about things like cricket which are better than this boring market. Samir Arora: Losing 3-0 in cricket to New Zealand, makes it look worse than what is happening in the market. Our market does not stand out and moving away from here, we will end up talking about something even worse.

Arcane Season 2 Part 1 on November 9, 2024. The last episode will be available on November 23, 2024.

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain shared the second place, granting their citizens visa-free access to 192 countries, as per the latest rankings. The United States ranked 8th, giving its citizens visa-free entry to 186 countries.