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India's latest batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal advanced towards a top-10 spot in the ICC rankings for Test batters by climbing three spots to 12th while his compatriot Dhruv Jurel leapfrogged 31 places to 69th on Wednesday. Jaiswal, who started the series in 69th position, continues his ascent to the top after scores of 73 and 37 in the fourth match of India's ICC World Test Championship series against England in Ranchi. Player of the Match Jurel's scores of 90 and 39 has jumped a whopping 31 places while former England captain Joe Root is back in the top three. Root, a formerly top-ranked batter, struck an unbeaten 122 in the first innings in Ranchi to move up two places to third position. He also moved up three spots to fourth among all-rounders.

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Wednesday told Byju’s to respond to two separate insolvency petitions filed against the troubled edtech firm by US lenders and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In the first matter, the Bengaluru bench of NCLT provided Byju’s parent Think & Learn three weeks from now to file its objections to a petition filed by Glas Trust Company LLC, the administrative agent appointed by a group of lenders that had extended a $1.2-billion term loan B to its US subsidiary Alpha Inc to collect the debt under the guarantee agreement.

reported. This move aims to place greater value on traditional cricket formats. This trend has raised concerns about the future of Test cricket in India.

₹9,362.35 crore. Mint explains the circumstances behind the various legal cases Byju’s is battling. On 22 February, a consortium of four Byju’s investors—Prosus NV, General Atlantic, Sofina, and Peak XV Partners, with support from Tiger Global and Owl Ventures—moved the Bengaluru bench of the NCLT against the edtech firm’s rights issue.

A post shared by Hanuma vihari (@viharigh) ACA stated that it had received a complaint from the junior player about Vihari at that time. “It has come to our attention that Mr Vihari personally verbally abuse a specific player during the Bengal Ranji game in front of everyone. The affected player filed an official compliant with the ACA," the release said.

Akaay on February 15. India have remained test cricket's most tourist-unfriendly destination for over a decade and even England's gung-ho 'Bazball' approach could not change that reality on Monday. India's five-wicket victory on a spiteful track in Ranchi was not really a cakewalk, thanks to England's never-say-die spin attack.

IND vs ENG 4th Test: Wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant innings to lead India to the series victory against England at Ranchi. Veteran Indian players seemed very impressed with his performance and even credited the same to his Army background. Former Indian batter Suresh Raina said that Dhruv Jurel's "fearless attitude" on the field comes from his Army upbringing.

Hardik Pandya is set to make a comeback to competitive cricket in the DY Patil T20 tournament, commencing today (February 26). Leading the Reliance team, the Mumbai Indians skipper will commence their campaign against Bharat Petroleum. 

AT&T says it will give affected customers $5 each to compensate for last week’s network outage

Women's Premier League (WPL) is expected to generate up to ₹125 crore in sponsorship revenues for the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) and the five teams, sports marketing experts told ET. The BCCI could generate upwards of ₹50 crore from central sponsorships, including Tata Sons, Sintex, Ceat, Dream11, and Amul, while the five WPL franchises are anticipated to earn ₹50-₹65 crore from team sponsorships, they said. Experts suggest that team sponsorship revenue could potentially be higher since some teams are doing better than others. «The WPL sponsorship revenue between BCCI and WPL franchises is likely to be over ₹100 crore and might even touch ₹125 crore,» a senior official at a leading sports marketing firm said on condition of anonymity.

Reliance Industries and the Walt Disney Company have signed a binding agreement to merge Viacom18 and Star India, with the deal expected to be announced early this week, people privy to the development told ET. The deal, which has been in the works for over four months, will create India's largest media empire, spanning TV broadcasting, streaming, movies and sports. The two media companies generated revenue of ₹25,000 crore between them in FY23. «The merger deal has finally been signed after months of negotiations. The announcement will happen early this week. It was expected to happen late last week,» a top executive told ET on the condition of anonymity. According to another person, Reliance may own 61% of the proposed combined company, with Disney holding 33% and Bodhi Tree Systems having the remaining 6%.

Deepak Chahar claimed that he was defrauded by food delivery platform Zomato. While sharing a screenshot of his recent order, Deepak Chahar said that the order was showing delivered on the mobile application, but he never received food. When the pacer raised the issue with customer service, they denied believing him and accused Deepak Chahar of lying.

Rohit Sharma is one of those cricketers who never really minces their words, especially on the field. Every now and then, stump-mic catches the words which are spoken by him; sometimes they evoke humour and also catch the attention of everyone. On the third day of the ongoing Ranchi Test against England, Rohit Sharma was at his very best when he scolded teammate Sarfaraz Khan for ignoring personal safety. Khan was fielding at silly point, which is very close to the batsman and considered a risky position as the fielder doesn't get much time to react to a shot. Over the years, it has become imperative for players to wear helmets for safety while standing in this risky position. It all happened when Rohit Sharma called Sarfaraz from the deep to field at the silly mid-off position. The enthusiastic young man immediately took the position without wearing the helment, but Rohit inervened in time. Sarafaraz's silly act earned the ire of his captain, as he quickly walked to him and warned him about the grave mistake that could prove costly. «Oye, hero nahi banne ka,» Rohit said in a saracastic tone. Since being shared, the short clip on the incident has gone viral, and even the Delhi Police have also used it to spread awareness on the importance of wearing a helmet while driving.

Insidesport reported. During the meeting, there was a proposal put to shorten the 50-over matches to 40-overs as the latter was attracting less audiences, the report added. The proposal paper claimed that the matches should be played in a 40-over format in an attempt to revive interest among cricket enthusiasts in the ODI format.

India vs England Live Score Updates, 4th Test Day 3: England scored 353 in their first turn to bat. Joe Root made 122 runs without getting out. Robinson was next, with 58 runs.

Hindustan Times report, The Election Commission is expected to announce the dates of the Lok Sabha elections somewhere after 13 March and currently, the teams in EC are on their state visits in order to review poll preparedness. On Saturday, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held the core group meeting of five states at the party headquarters in New Delhi. The meeting was led by party National President JP Nadda in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah and Organisation General Secretary BL Santosh.

India were under the pump. After allowing England to get to 353 on a dicey pitch in Ranchi, India were reduced to 219 for 7 and trailed by a whopping 134 runs when the second day’s play ended. From here on, this is England’s game to lose, with a 2-2 scoreline going into the final Test looking likely. The credit for England’s ascendancy in this Test is most unlikely. Shoaib Bashir, the tall — 6 ft 4 in — off-spinner was hardly a candidate to trouble India’s best. Before this tour, Bashir had played six first class matches taking 10 wickets and was hardly the sort to challenge India’s finest, brought up on wearing Ranji Trophy pitches against quality spinners.

India vs England 4th Test: Team India struggled against England's spin attack at Ranchi and was 219/7 at stumps on Day 2. Former Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said that India is losing its grip over the match and the series might go for a final showdown at Dharamshala. However, he also shared what India needs to make a comeback and said that the tail-end batters must add 80 more runs and then spinners must deliver in the second innings.

India vs England 4th Test: After a dominating run on Day 2 at Ranchi, England's star batter Joe Root expressed confidence in his team and is hoping to wrap up India's innings quickly on Day 3. Joe Root, who slammed his 31st Test century praised the wonderful spell of spinner Shoaib Bashir and said it's encouraging for England's cricket.

Sawai Man Singh Stadium here has been sealed by the Rajasthan Sports Council which claimed that the state cricket body did not fulfil its liabilities, including payment of dues. Rajasthan Cricket Association's (RCA) office and its academy were also sealed, along with the stadium. Rajasthan Sports Council secretary Sohan Ram Choudhary had served a notice to the RCA for handing over the property to the state council on Friday, but it did not happen. Since the handover did not happen, the state sports council went on to seal the properties owing to RCA's alleged failure of not being able to fulfil its conditions as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and non-payment of dues.