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Cricket

2nd Test: India wait on Bumrah decision as they look to bounce back against England

Bumrah, currently the top-ranked Test bowler, would usually be a straightforward selection. However, the fast bowler is returning from a back injury and had earlier said he expected to play only three of the five Tests.

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Sports

Chennai win first Rugby Premier League title as Sevens debuts in India

The seven-a-side rugby matches in the RPL were played over four quarters of four minutes each, designed to highlight quick handling and speed over the physicality of the traditional 15-a-side version.

Azhar Mahmood
Cricket

Azhar Mahmood named interim red-ball head coach of Pakistan

Mahmood replaces Aaqib Javed, who was interim head coach for the Test series in South Africa in December-January and the home series against the West Indies.

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Contributed Post

When Croydon met Alexandra Palace: Protesting Indira’s Emergency from London

Shiva Naipaul’s 1976 column captured the absurdities and ironies of Indian diaspora protests during the Emergency—before history proved him wrong.

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Asia

Pakistan reports 45 deaths from flash floods and rain in monsoon onset

The highest number of deaths was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. There, 21 people were killed, including 10 children.

Air India flight crash
Editorial

Probing all angles in Air India crash, including sabotage: Minister

A team investigating the crash began extracting and analysing data from the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder to reconstruct the events leading to the crash.