Shah Rukh Khan wants Mithali Raj to coach Indian men's cricket team one day

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January 3, 2018

New Delhi, Jan 3: Stepping outside the usual reality TV and entertainment fare that rules modern-day television schedules, TED in collaboration with Star Network has come forth with a new show, TED Talks India Nayi Soch. The show is basically to reflect the social aspect of life and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is its host. Launched on December 10, the show is expected to be lit by various celebrities and one such that attended on January 1 is Mithali Raj.

TED is an internationally acclaimed TV show where a lot of Indian speakers have been present, but now the show is available in Hindi in India itself. In fact, as per BARC report, the first episode of had got a brilliant aggregate reach of 42.4 million.

On January 1, the first day of 2018, Indian women's team skipper Mithali served as one of the guests to the show. During the interaction, the Bollywood superstar praised the player and said, "I want to see you as the coach of the men's cricket team one day."

And in reply, Mithali said, "I always want to give my best."

Shah Rukh had also asked him about his book-reading habit prior to a match, a picture of which had gone viral on the internet during the ICC Women's World Cup.

"When you are on the field, and everyone is looking up to you and the entire team to bring back the trophy, (then) it is not just about the game. So, it is necessary for us to stay focussed... and we all have our own ways to ensure we give our best on the field," Mithali explained on the episode that will be aired on January 7.

"I read books to get rid of pressure during a match. It does help me to keep calm and encourage a good performance," she added.

Mithali is the first Indian skipper (across men and women) to lead her side to two World Cup finals - 2005 and then in 2017. She is also the highest run-getter of all time in ODI format and is the only batsman to cross the 1000-run mark in World Cup games.

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January 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Sunday became the third-fastest batsman to register 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

He achieved the feat in the ongoing third ODI against Australia here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Only Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have achieved the feat faster than Rohit.

Sharma brought up the milestone in the first over of the Indian innings as he clipped Mitchell Starc away for a single.

With this, the right-handed batsman has become just the sixth Indian to achieve the milestone.

Apart from Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Sachin Tendulkar have more than 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

Overall, 20 batsmen have more than 9,000 ODI runs to their name.

In the match between India and Australia, the former won the toss and elected to bat first.

Steve Smith played a knock of 131 runs to propel Australia to 286/9 in the allotted fifty overs.

 

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January 12,2020

New Delhi, Jan 12: Flamboyant India all-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Saturday pulled out of the India A team's tour of New Zealand after he failed mandatory fitness tests in Mumbai.

The selectors had picked him in the squad without testing him in the Ranji games.

Tamil Nadu captain Vijay Shankar has been drafted into the India A team and he has already boarded the flight to New Zealand where they will play two 50-over warm-up games, three List A games and two four-day 'Tests' against the home A team.

It has been learnt that Pandya failed a couple of mandatory fitness tests and his scores were well below the permissible range suggesting that he is far from being fit for international cricket. In this situation, pulling him out of the India A squad was expected.

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May 30,2020

New Delhi, May 30: Former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand will be finally reaching India late on Saturday after being stuck in Germany for over three months due to the travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Yes.. Anand will be returning today," the chess maestro's wife Aruna told PTI on Saturday morning. Anand, who boarded an Air India flight (AI-120) from Frankfurt on Friday night will reach Bengaluru via Delhi.

He is expected to reach Bengaluru at 1.15 pm. The five-time world champion will undergo 14 days quarantine as per rules laid down by the Karnataka government.

"He will complete quarantine procedures and come to Chennai as per protocol," Aruna Anand said. The flights from Germany are only scheduled to land only in Delhi and Bengaluru.

The chess ace was in Germany to play in the Bundesliga chess league and was to return to India, but was forced to stay put after the COVID-19 outbreak disrupted sporting schedules across the globe, apart from restricting movement.

He was staying near Frankfurt and was doing online commentary for the Candidates tournament which was called off mid-way due to the pandemic and led the Indian team in the Online Nations Cup early this month.

Anand had been in touch with his family in Chennai on a regular basis via video calls and kept himself busy with chess-related work.

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