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Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya recently melted hearts with a touching gesture for his son, Agastya. Known for his bold fashion sense and dynamic personality, Hardik shared a picture on social media showcasing a custom necklace with deep personal significance. The post received an outpouring of love from fans on Instagram who praised his emotional connection with his child. The necklace features a locket of the animal Panda which also symbolises Hardik’s nickname, and a pendant with the letter «A,» a heartfelt tribute to Agastya. This thoughtful piece of jewellery reflects Hardik's unwavering love for his son, earning admiration from fans worldwide. The Instagram post depicted him wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of black sunglasses and he accessorised himself with the special necklace. The caption read, “Stepping out.” One fan described the gesture as a reflection of Hardik's strength and love, while another admired the symbolic chain, calling it a representation of self-respect and deep affection for his son. Fans praised the cricketer for inspiring them with his actions and life lessons, hailing him as a true legend.

Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh have revealed the name of their newborn son in a rather unique way. The couple, who welcomed their second child in November this year, shared the heartwarming news with their fans through social media. Ritika shared a picture on her Instagram story, which showed a personalized family ornament ahead of Christmas and holiday season. It has four figures, each labeled with a family member’s name. The names “Ro (Rohit Sharma),” “Rits (Ritika Sajdeh),” “Sammy (Samaira),” and “Ahaan” were displayed, with “Ahaan” being the name of their newborn son. The name Ahaan, which is of Sanskrit origin, means «dawn» or «beginning,» symbolizing a new chapter in the couple's life.

Venue : Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Sri Lanka Under-19 squad - Kavija Gamage, Pulindu Perera, Vimath Dinsara, Dulnith Sigera, Geethika De Silva, Lakvin Abeysinghe, Praveen Maneesha, Ramiru Perera, Vihas Thewmika, Viran Chamuditha, Sharujan Shanmuganathan, Tanuja Rajapakse, Mathulan Kugathas, Newton Ranjithkumar, Yenula Dewthusa Afghanistan Under-19 squad - Barkat Ibrahimzai, Ezatullah Barikzai, Faisal Shinozada, Uzairullah Niazai, Fahim Khewawal, Nazifullah Amiri, Nooristani Omarzai, Rohullah Arab, Hamza Khan, Mahboob Khan, Abdul Aziz, AM Ghazanfar, Hafeez Zadran, Khatir Stanikzai, Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, Salam Khan Ahmadzai, Wahidullah Zadran Sri Lanka Under-19 vs Afghanistan Under-19 Match Details Match 6 of ACC Men's U19 Asia Cup, 2024 between Sri Lanka Under-19 and Afghanistan Under-19 to be held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah at 10:30 AM.

Venue : Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Gujarat squad - Aarya Desai, Ripal Patel, Saurav Chauhan, Umang Kumar, Axar Patel, Chintan Gaja, Dhrushant Soni, Hemang Patel, Smit Patel, Abhishek Desai, Urvil Patel, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Jayveer Parmar, Priyajitsing Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Tejas Patel, Vishal Jayswal Sikkim squad - Anwesh Sharma, Karn Kaushal, Nilesh Lamichaney, Pankaj Rawat, Pranesh Chettri, Roshan Kumar Prasad, Saurav Prasad, Ankur Malik, Palzor Tamang, Parth Palawat, Robin Limboo, Tarun Sharma, Arun Chettri, Ashish Thapa, Bhim Luitel, Lee Yong Lepcha, Md Saptulla, Rahul Tamang, Ronit More Gujarat vs Sikkim Match Details Match 77 of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2024 between Gujarat and Sikkim to be held at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore at 11:00 AM.

Venue : Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Bangladesh Under-19 squad - Debasish Sarkar, Mohammad Shihab James, Zawad Abrar, Azizul Hakim Tamim, Rifat Beg, Rizan Hossan, Shahriar Ajmir, Yeasir Arafat, Farid Faysal, Md Ashrafuzzaman, Al Fahad, Iqbal Hasan Emon, Kalam Aleen, Maruf Mridha, Md Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Saad Razin, Samiun Basir Ratul, Sanjid Mojumder Nepal Under-19 squad - Arjun Kumal, Mayan Yadav, Naren Bhatta, Aakash Tripathi, Abhishek Tiwari, Naren Saud, Roshan Bishwakarma, Santosh Yadav, Yuvraj Khatri, Dilsad Ali, Uttam Rangu Magar, Aprajit Poudel, Bipin Mahato, Dayanand Mandal, Hemant Dhami, Rajesh Yadav, Ranjit Kumar, Unish Singh Bangladesh Under-19 vs Nepal Under-19 Match Details Match 5 of ACC Men's U19 Asia Cup, 2024 between Bangladesh Under-19 and Nepal Under-19 to be held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai at 10:30 AM.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian Premier League (IPL) triennial auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 24-25 November had as much game strategy as you see on the cricket field. When the dust settled, 10 teams emerged with strengths as well as weaknesses, setting up a well-contested IPL 2025.

Champions Trophy schedule and will reconvene on Saturday after Pakistan once again rejected the 'Hybrid' model of hosting the event. The meeting was brief after Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi made it clear that the 'hybrid' model won't be acceptable despite India's firm refusal to travel to his country owing to a lack of government clearance.

Shahid Afridi has extended his support to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not accepting the hybrid model for next year's Champions Trophy, scheduled to be played in Pakistan. The veteran all-rounder has blamed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for 'intertwining politics with sports' and called for ICC to 'uphold fairness and assert their authority'. The ICC Board meeting is set to take place on Friday to decide the schedule of the marquee tournament. The BCCI has told ICC that the Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the tournament due to the Indian government's disallowance. However, the PCB is reluctant to host the entire tournament in Pakistan, leaving the future of the Champions Trophy uncertain. Afridi added that Pakistan have travelled to India five times since the Mumbai terror attacks that deteriorated the relations of the neighbouring countries.

On the second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Christchurch, Root fell for a duck, dismissed by debutant Nathan Smith, who also claimed the wicket of Jacob Bethell in the same over. England's solid start of 43/1 quickly deteriorated to 45/3. This was Root's 13th career duck in Test cricket and his eighth in the World Test Championship (WTC), the most by any batter in the competition's history alongside Rory Burns, Kusal Mendis, Jason Holder, and Zak Crawley. Root now surpasses Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who each have seven ducks in the WTC.

Venue : Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Sri Lanka Under-19 squad - Kavija Gamage, Pulindu Perera, Tanuja Rajapakse, Vimath Dinsara, Dulnith Sigera, Geethika De Silva, Lakvin Abeysinghe, Newton Ranjithkumar, Ramiru Perera, Vihas Thewmika, Viran Chamuditha, Sharujan Shanmuganathan, Mathulan Kugathas, Praveen Maneesha, Yenula Dewthusa Nepal Under-19 squad - Aakash Tripathi, Arjun Kamal, Bipin Mahato, Mayan Yadav, Naren Bhatta, Abhishek Tiwari, Naren Saud, Roshan Bishwakarma, Santosh Yadav, Yuvraj Khatri, Dilsad Ali, Uttam Rangu Magar, Aprajit Poudel, Dayanand Mandal, Hemant Dhami, Rajesh Yadav, Ranjit Kumar, Unish Singh Sri Lanka Under-19 vs Nepal Under-19 Match Details Match 2 of Men's Under-19 Asia Cup, 2024 between Sri Lanka Under-19 and Nepal Under-19 to be held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah at 10:30 AM.

Venue : Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Bangladesh Under-19 squad - Debasish Sarkar, Mohammad Shihab James, Zawad Abrar, Azizul Hakim Tamim, Rifat Beg, Rizan Hossan, Shahriar Ajmir, Yeasir Arafat, Farid Faysal, Md Ashrafuzzaman, Al Fahad, Iqbal Hasan Emon, Kalam Aleen, Maruf Mridha, Md Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Saad Razin, Samiun Basir Ratul, Sanjid Mojumder Afghanistan Under-19 squad - Barkat Ibrahimzai, Ezatullah Barikzai, Faisal Shinozada, Uzairullah Niazai, Fahim Khewawal, Nazifullah Amiri, Nooristani Omarzai, Rohullah Arab, Hamza Khan, Mahboob Khan, Abdul Aziz, AM Ghazanfar, Hafeez Zadran, Khatir Stanikzai, Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, Salam Khan Ahmadzai, Wahidullah Zadran Bangladesh Under-19 vs Afghanistan Under-19 Match Details Match 1 of Men's Under-19 Asia Cup, 2024 between Bangladesh Under-19 and Afghanistan Under-19 to be held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai at 10:30 AM.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) announced their 22-player squad for the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) following this week's auction. However, the team's captaincy remains undecided. While there's no official announcement, speculation points towards Virat Kohli, RCB's former long-term captain, returning to the leadership role. Kohli stepped down after the 2021 season. Former RCB player AB de Villiers hinted at Kohli's potential return on his YouTube channel. “I don't think it has been confirmed yet, but he will be the captain, I think, looking at the squad,” de Villiers said. Other potential captaincy candidates within the squad include Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Krunal Pandya. Kumar has served as interim captain for Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Pandya captains Baroda in domestic cricket. Neither has led a full IPL season.

Anthony Albanese on Thursday hosted a reception for the travelling Indian cricket team ahead of its two-two-day pink ball practice match against PM's XI here from November 30. The game will take place the Manuka Oval serving as good preparation for the day-night Test in Adelaide from December 6. India recorded their biggest win on Australia soil when they hammered the hosts by 295 runs in the opening game of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth. Following the protocol, India skipper Rohit Sharma introduced all his teammates to Albanese, who praised heroes of the first Test including Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli.

International Cricket Council finds itself in a spot of bother as its all-powerful board meets on Friday to thrash out the long-awaited schedule of next year's Champions Trophy with an unyielding Pakistan refusing to consider the 'Hybrid' model of hosting the event despite India's refusal to play there. The meeting will be held virtually. India's decision not to send the team to Pakistan and the PCB's defiant stand in not acceding to the hybrid system have placed the future of the marquee event in balance. «At this point, the hybrid format is the best option. We hope that all the parties involved will take a wise call for the sake of the tournament. It's not good for the tournament to have it without India and Pakistan,» a source close to the development told PTI. The ICC members are trying to sell the point to the PCB that without the blue riband India vs Pakistan fixture, the Champions Trophy will lose all its sheen and, more importantly, there will be massive financial implications.

Lalit Modi, the visionary founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has disclosed that his abrupt exit from India in 2010 was triggered by life-threatening warnings from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Speaking on Raj Shamani’s Figuring Out podcast, Modi said: “I did leave the country when there was a death threat to me. There was no legal case to start with. Dawood Ibrahim made the threat to me first after IPL-1 because I was also anti-corruption. I didn’t allow any… I was a very strict anti-corruption commissioner.”

Venue : Bandra Kurla Complex Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai Manipur squad - Johnson Singh, Kangabam Priyojit, Soubam Rohit Singh, Chingakham Bidash, Lamabam Jotin Singh, Pheiroijam Singh, Rex Rajkumar, Sougrakpam Singh, Ahmed Shah, Al Bashid Muhammed, Ulenyai Khwairakpam, Bishworjit Konthoujam, L Kishan Singha, Lamabam Singh, Somorjit Salam Uttar Pradesh squad - Madhav Kaushik, Priyam Garg, Rinku Singh, Sameer Rizvi, Swastik Chikara, Karan Sharma, Nitish Rana, Shivam Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Aditya Sharma, Aryan Juyal, Aaqib Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Karthikeya Jaiswal, Mohsin Khan, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Vineet Panwar, Yash Dayal Manipur vs Uttar Pradesh Match Details Match 39 of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2024 between Manipur and Uttar Pradesh to be held at Bandra Kurla Complex Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai at 09:00 AM.

Venue : Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Ground C, Rajkot Bengal squad - Ranjot Khaira, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Sudip Chatterjee, Sudip Gharami, Kanishk Seth, Karan Lal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Abishek Porel, Agniv Pan, Shakir Gandhi, Ishan Porel, Mohammed Kaif, Mohammed Shami, Pradipta Pramanik, Prayas Barman, Saksham Chaudhary, Sayan Ghosh, Soumyadip Mandal, Suraj Jaiswal Mizoram squad - Agni Chopra, F Vanlalmuanzuala, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Lalhriatrenga, Naveen Gurung, Vikash Kumar, Bobby Zothansanga, Lalrinchhana, Lalrinfela, Mohit Jangra, Parvez Ahmed, Jehu Anderson, K Vanrotlinga, KC Cariappa, Lalhruai Ralte Bengal vs Mizoram Match Details Match 37 of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2024 between Bengal and Mizoram to be held at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Ground C, Rajkot at 09:00 AM.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest cricketer to be drafted into the Indian Premier League (IPL). Rajasthan Royals secured him for Rs 1.10 crore during the second day of the IPL mega auction. Suryavanshi, who hails from Motipur village near Samastipur town in Bihar, is currently in Dubai for the U-19 Asia Cup. His father, Sanjiv Suryavanshi, sold his farmland to support his son's cricketing dreams. “Woh ab sirf humra bituwa nahi pura Bihar ka bituwa hai (He is not just my son now but entire Bihar's son),” Sanjiv told PTI. He described the financial struggles: “Not just investment, it's big investment. Aapko kya bataye humne toh apna zameen tak bech diya. Abhi bhi halat pura sudhra nahi (I have sold my land. Financial issues are still there).” Sanjiv detailed his son's early talent and training: “My son has worked hard. At the age of 8 years, he excelled at U-16 district trials. I would take him for his cricket coaching to Samastipur and then take him back.” He also addressed concerns about Vaibhav's age: “When he was 8 and half years old he first appeared for BCCI bone test. He has already played India U-19. We don't fear anyone. He can again undergo age test.”

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made history at the IPL 2025 auction, being sold to Rajasthan Royals for a remarkable Rs 1.1 crore. The teenage sensation is now a crorepati, setting the stage for what could be a bright future in Indian cricket. Vaibhav made his first-class debut for Bihar at just 12 years and 284 days. He recently smashed a 62-ball 104 in a youth Test against Australia and is part of India’s U-19 squad for the ACC U-19 Asia Cup.

Manulife Financial Corp.’s chief executive Roy Gori, who surprised some investors with an earlier-than-expected retirement announcement this week, says he never wanted to stay in the job so long that people started wondering why he just wouldn’t leave.