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Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) Virat Kohli has revealed that the wicket on which he achieved his 49th ODI century, scoring 101* off 121 deliveries batting against South Africa at Eden Gardens, was a tricky one to bat on. Kohli’s handy century came in 119 balls and comprised 10 boundaries. Kohli scored his 49th hundred in only his 289th ODI, needing 173 matches fewer than the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who got there in his 463rd match.The 34-year-old batter also racked up his 79th hundred for India and is now 21 short of Tendulkar’s world record of 100 centuries.“It was a wicket…

The 21-year-old led Maharashtra’s 1-2 finish on the podium with an aggregate time of 1:14.06s with her statement Sanjana Joshi taking the silver after last edition’s gold medallist Pragyna Mohan of Gujarat, who had finished second, was disqualified for taking external help to set up her broken cycle pedal.This was Mohite’s fourth gold medal of the National Games. She had completed a hat-trick of medals in Modern Pentathlon, winning the Biathle women, Biathle team and Biathle mixed relay last week.“This gold is special for me since I finished second last time and had worked hard for the last 12 months…

Stating that the regional parties alone can safeguard the interests of states, he claimed that the coming era belongs to the regional parties.Addressing election rallies in Kothagudem and Khammam, he asked the people if they would accept the “slavery of Delhi” by voting for the Congress and the BJP. He remarked that both the national parties will not have any love for the people of Telangana.KCR, as Rao is popularly known, said that neither the Congress nor the BJP held the flag of Telangana or led the movement for Telangana state. “When we fought for Telangana, they insulted us, opened…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday claimed that Bhupesh Baghel was paid Rs 508 crore by the promoters of Mahadev Online Book promoters.Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Sudhanshu Tiwari questioned: “Why a case of foreign money is always linked with the Congress party?”He further asked the Congress to come clear on the reports of money transactions to Gulf countries.Saying that “corruption has many fathers but the money is orphan”, Tiwari attacked the Congress on charges by the Enforcement Directorate against CM Baghel in the betting app case.”You must have seen the reports of claims by a person sitting in…

Baisoya (66-68-71-67), lying overnight second and three off the lead, produced three birdies and an eagle in round four to end up with a tournament total of 16-under 272.The 28-year-old Baisoya, who bagged his second career title and also his second of the season, walked away with the winning cheque worth INR 22,50,000, which moved him up from third to second position in the TATA Steel PGTI Ranking.The pro from the Delhi Golf Club now has season’s earnings of INR 63,46,666. On the PGTI Ranking, Baisoya trails close friend Om Prakash (Leader) by nearly INR 21 lakh.Chandigarh’s Abhijit Singh Chadha…

Furthermore, now that the Indian Cricket Team is fighting against the South African Team in the World Cup Match, it is the prime time to laze about on the sofa and eat.With a half finished burger in his hands and looking all dashing, the ‘Bhediya’ actor posted two pictures of himself bare-chested. On his Instagram, sharing the two pictures he wrote: “Sunday= cheat meals“A lot of hardwork went into earning this burger. Match dekho burger khaoo”.So despite his chiselled physique and his on-point fitness regime, the actor has points in his life where he just unplugs paying no heed to…

The trailer reveals a new side to the series, as this time it isn’t just focused on Jai but rather the villains he faces both legally and ‘illegally’. At this point, the trailer pretty much confirms that the series is very much a masala style vigilante thriller.But the violence in the series is more than what was expected because instead of the typical fashionable gangster like violence, the mob is much more grounded and rather than guns they use cleavers and knives to stab people to death.While Jai on the one hand is focusing on breaking the labels, there is…

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ridiculed such claims as “amusing”, RT reported.”We have only one Putin!” Peskov said at the ‘Russia’ exhibition that opened in Moscow on Saturday.He said that many ridiculous, absurd, and amusing things appear in various news outlets and on social media, naming the rumors about the Russian President’s alleged body doubles as examples, RT reported.The Kremlin spokesman joked that “experts” on the internet are now wondering how many doppelgangers Putin has and which ones they are seeing each day.The Kremlin already laid to rest the rumors about Putin’s doppelgangers last week after the UK’s Mirror newspaper reported…

In the national capital, the Anand Vihar station continued to be in “severe” category with PM 2.5 at 411 and PM 10 at 410, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). At Bawana, the PM 2.5 reached 411 under “severe” category while PM 10 was at 366 under “very poor” category. The CO was recorded at 78, under “satisfactory” category.The station at Dwarka sector 8 recorded PM 10 at 499 and PM 2.5 at 402, or “severe”, while CO was at 108, or “moderate” category, and NO2 was at 92, under “satisfactory” category. The air quality at the IGI…

Kohli scored a record-equaling 49th ODI century against South Africa in the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 at Eden Gardens on Sunday.Kohli scored an unbeaten 101 off 121 balls, hitting 10 boundaries. The former India captain went level with Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries on his 35th birthday.”Well played Virat. It took me 365 days to go from 49 to 50 earlier this year. I hope you go from 49 to 50 and break my record in the next few days. Congratulations!!,” Tendulkar posted on Instagram.Kohli scored his 49th hundred in only his 289th ODI, needing 173…