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The retainership announced for October 2024-September 2025 has three players in Group A (Rs 50 lakh), four in Group B (Rs 30 lakh) and nine players in Group C (Rs 10 lakh)
Dhoni aka "Thala" is under flak for coming to bat at No 9 against RCB which had set a formidable target of 197
India has now lost one Test each to Australia, England and New Zealand at home in the last three years, it will be hard pressed to make the ICC World Test Championship final if it does not win the big points in Pune and Mumbai
It will be the first time in 33 years that the two countries will feature in a five-Test series
Los Angeles will offer three medals -- gold, silver and bronze -- to the winner of the Twenty20 competition
Congress has a long way to go before it becomes a natural alternative to BJP
BJP has the edge on BJD in Odisha’s Lok Sabha seats while the Assembly election is a closer contest than expected, reports