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Chart Beat: For Bharat Forge, non-auto segments to keep the ball rolling So far, so good, although this strong narrative ends here. While Bharat Forge’s consolidated FY24 Ebitda margin expanded 250 basis points (bps) year-on-year to 16.3%, this needs to be analysed closely by bifurcating the numbers into standalone and subsidiaries. The standalone business continues to chug along with 20% CAGR in sales and Ebitda during FY22 to FY24.

Reed Sheppard arrived at the University of Kentucky last season as a decent shooter. Both his parents had played basketball for the Wildcats, meaning he’d been schooled in the nuances of swishing a basketball through an 18-inch hoop since his first attempts on a kiddie rim. But when Sheppard hears his name called early in the NBA draft on Wednesday night, it won’t be because he’s a decent shooter.

cricket fans have reacted to the apparent ball-tampering allegations.“Didn't expect this statement from inzamam ul haq... Indian players have always given him respect and love..

Rohit Sharma following his outstanding performance in the T20 World Cup.Rohit smashed eight sixes in the match and broke multiple records, including setting a new record for the most sixes by an Indian in a T20 World Cup innings. Additionally, he became the first player worldwide to hit 200 sixes in T20 cricket.Also Read: Hilarious reaction of Pakistani cricket fan on Rohit Sharma's blistering 92 run knock: 'hum to 14 balls pitch ko…'“If there is one player whose game I would have to buy a ticket to watch, it would be Rohit Sharma.

Pakistan captain Inzamam ul Haq raised bizarre allegations of ball-tampering against Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh, who delivered a match-winning performance of 3/37 during the ICC T20 World Cup Super Eights clash against Australia, questioning how was he able to reverse-swing the ball in the 16th over while defending the target. During the ongoing T20 WC, Arshdeep is the joint-highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 15 scalps in six games at an average of 11.86 and an economy rate of 7.41. His best figures are 4/9 and he is tied for most wickets in the competition with Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi. During a talk show on a Pakistan news channel, the clips of which have went viral on social media, Inzamam said, «Arshdeep Singh, when he was bowling the 15th (16th) over, the ball was reversing. is it too early (for reverse swing) with a relatively new ball? This means the ball was ready for reverse swing by the 12th or the 13th over, Umpires should keep their eyes open (to spot) these things,» said Inzamam during a talk show.

T20 World Cup semifinal, according to former all-rounder Paul Collingwood, who feels that the 'Men in Blue' are unlikely to lose the grudge match against the defending champions. India and England are set to clash on Thursday in a repeat of the 2021 last four stage match in Adelaide which Jos Buttler and his men won by 10 wickets. «Honestly, I can't see India losing this time. England will need something extraordinary to beat them,» Collingwood said on Star Sports Press Room. Jasprit Bumrah has been in sensational form with teams including the likes of former champions Australia and Pakistan struggling to score against him. Collingwood reckons the pacer's four overs would decide the complexion of the game.

Reliance Retail has started the pilot of immediate delivery of groceries and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) products in certain areas of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai where orders will be fulfilled within an hour, a senior industry executive told ET. The group's fast-delivery service has been integrated into the Jiomart mobile application as a 'hyperlocal delivery' option. Reliance will try to reduce the delivery time to 30-45 minutes as more stores get linked into the system and the operation expands into other markets, the executive said. According to industry executives, Reliance's shortest delivery time for orders of daily necessities placed online is about 12 hours. Some orders can even take up to three days. An email query sent to Reliance Retail remained unanswered as of press time.

«Speciality chemical is a very different ball game. I mean, it has been struggling and there are intermittent signs of it reviving, but still it is very difficult as China is dumping and the competition across the globe is huge,» says Samit Vartak, SageOne Investment Advisors. For a lot of sectors we are at the peak of optimism, they are baking in the best in terms of order inflows, etc. A couple of places where there is still sort of a lack of belief or a bit of disbelief are those like IT, FMCG, chemicals, etc. Are you saying that perhaps it is time to bet on the underperformers? Samit Vartak: I am looking at companies where I am expecting close to 25% kind of earnings growth. A lot of companies in the IT sector or FMCG will never give you that, even half of that, so they are never really part of my portfolio.

AFG vs Ban T20 World Cup: In a setback to Australia, Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals of the T20 world cup by beating Bangladesh. In the crucial Super Eights T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan, Bangladesh lost by 8 runs while chasing a target of 116 before rain halted play. Bangladesh's run chase was hit by an early setback as Afghan pacers Naveen Ul Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi dismissed the top three Bangladesh batsmen at 31/3 in 3.3 overs. Earlier, Bangladesh's bowlers held Afghanistan to 115/5. Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain spearheaded the Bangladeshi bowling attack with impressive figures of three for 26. The Afghan top order struggled to gain momentum, unable to effectively counter Bangladesh's varied bowling strategies after opting to bat first. Despite a promising opening partnership of 59 runs in 10.4 overs, Afghanistan's progress stalled. Rahmanullah Gurbaz top-scored with 43 runs off 55 balls, reflecting the team's difficulty in accelerating the scoring rate.

Rashid Khan was seen brewing in anger and threw his bat at his partner Karim Janat for not taking the second run.Internet users have responded to this incident, with some suggesting he should improve his anger management skills, while others expressed support for his response.“With great power comes great responsibilities. He must learn to control his anger."“Rashid Khan should have controlled his anger... Threw the bat at his partner."Some other said, “He literally scored 19 of 10 when others can’t play run a ball.

South Africa qualified for the semifinals of the T20 World Cup with a three-wicket win via the Duckworth Lewis method over hosts West Indies in a rain-truncated Super Eights match here. Put in to bat, West Indies rode on Roston Chase's 52 off 42 balls to post 135 for 8. In reply, South Africa were 15/2 in two overs when rain stopped play. The match was truncated by three overs with South Africa being set with a revised target of 123 in 17 overs.

South Africa left-arm seamer Tabraiz Shamsi's magnificent bowling performance of 3/27 restricted West Indies to 135/8 in 20 overs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Monday. Proteas skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and opted to bowl first in an all-important Super 8 clash. The winner of this game will qualify for the semifinals of the ongoing marquee event. Batters Kyle Mayers and Shai Hope came out in the middle to open the innings for the hosts.

PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Games don’t get much sillier than Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, the latest version of Sega’s most adorable franchise. The premise is simple enough: You control a monkey in a ball, and you zip around 3D mazes while collecting fruit and other goodies. You can compete against up to 15 other simians in a variety of multiplayer games like “Ba-Boom!” — an explosive version of hot potato. Or you can take on adventure mode, with more than 200 levels that you can explore solo or with up to three friends. Peel out Tuesday, June 25, on Nintendo Switch, as per an AP report.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's inconsistent form in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 has been under criticism.Despite India being unbeaten in all six matches played in the tournament, Kohli and Rohit have failed to show their batting prowess.In the last Super Eight match – played with Bangladesh on Saturday – Kohli scored 37 off 28 balls, while Rohit scored a quickfire 11-ball 23.During the post-match chat, legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar compared Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's dismissals.

T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final qualification scenario: Are India through to semi-finals after AUS vs AFG clash?Notably, Pandya was adjudged the man of the match on Saturday for his exceptional performances with bat and ball. Asked to bat on 108/4, Pandya guided the Men in Blue to 196 in their 20 overs, hitting a 27-ball half-century in the process. With the ball, Pandya took the first wicket of the match, dismissing Litton Das in the 5th over.In an interaction with Cricbuzz, Sehwag while also embracing why he was critical of Pandya in the future stated, “And we miss this Hardik Pandya.

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Hardik Pandya produced an all-round show while Kuldeep Yadav foxed Bangladesh batters with his guile as India all but assured themselves of a semifinals berth through a dominant 50-run victory in their second Super 8 game of the T20 World Cup here on Saturday. Star batter Virat Kohli (37 off 28) found much-needed rhythm before Shivam Dube (34 off 24) and Hardik (50 not out off 27) pushed India to 196 for five, the highest total at this venue so far. Bangladesh could never really challenge India in the steep run-chase and ended up with 146/8 in 20 overs, their second straight loss in the Super 8s. India will meet their match in Australia, the two unbeaten teams so far, in their final Super 8 fixture in St Lucia on Monday.

Fornite update patch notes are available for download. Gamers will have OG map, new reload game mode, Pirates of the Caribbean collab in the 30.20 update to Chapter 5 Season 3. This update includes new weapons, and other key items, as per a report on Dexerto. Fortnite update v30.20 is being released on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 1 AM (PT), and 3 AM (ET). There are a number of skins available for gamers. These skins include — «Pirates of the Caribbean» skins, 'Wolverine' skin among others, Dexerto reported.

India were able to tame varied challenges thrown at them by South Africa so far, and they will be eager to take the series to its fitting conclusion of a 3-0 margin during the third and final ODI in Bengaluru on Sunday. Currently, the margin stands 2-0 in favour of India but that insuperable position has not come without its own trials by fire. In the first match, the Indian batters had to come back from a perilous 99 for five before making a 260-plus total. The home side bowlers defended the target well too.

Rovman Powell won the toss and asked the USA to bat first at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. The USA suffered an early setback when opener Steven Taylor was sent back by Andre Russell in the second over of the match.From there, Andreis Gous (29) and Nitish Kumar (20) stabilised the innings for a while with a 48-run partnership.

Gautam Gambhir urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to scrape away the two new-ball rule in white-ball cricket as he feels it is unfair to the finger-spinners. The rule was implemented by the ICC in October 2011 in the ODI format. The new stipulation helps the ball retain its shine and reduces reverse swing as well as the chances of seeing a finger-spinner make an impact. Gambhir didn't hold back while discussing the drawbacks of the rule, which leads to a disadvantage to the finger-spinners as it is unfair to them.