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You are a fighter, Indian team sends message for Rishabh Pant | Watch
“I know you know how to get out of such situations. It’s a challenge and you will bounce back, you’ve done this before. Hope to see you soon,” said Rahul Dravid.

The Indian cricket team has wished wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant a speedy recovery, as they send a video for the 25-year-old. Other players in the team, including coach Rahul Dravid and captain Hardik Pandya, have sent messages to Pant ahead of the 3-match T20 series against Sri Lanka.
BCCI shared a video on social media on Tuesday, January 3. In this, the head coach and team members called Rishabh Pant as a fighter and asked him to get well soon. For the unversed, Rishabh Pant had a massive accident in Roorkee, Uttarakhand on Friday, December 30. His car collided with the dividers at the Dehradun-Delhi Highway. After this Pant is admitted to Max hospital in Dehradun and has sustained a fracture in his knee.
There are stitches on his forehead and there is also an injury in his hand and back. After this accident, the Indian wicket keeper batsman will have to stay away from professional cricket for a long time. It is believed that Pant will take at least six months to recover completely and get back to the ground.
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Team India sends a special message
The video begins with Head coach Rahul Dravid hoping Rishabh is on his way to recovery. He then added that he had the opportunity to work with Pant in the last one year. During this, the 25-year-old has played many memorable innings in Indian Test history, that too in difficult conditions. “I know you know how to get out of such situations. It’s a challenge and you will bounce back, you’ve done this before. Hope to see you soon,” added Rahul Dravid.
Later Hardik Pandya, who is currently leading Team India in IND vs SL T20 Series featured in the video. He firstly wished Rishabh a speedy recovery. And said that Pant is a fighter and things are not always the same. “You will break every door and make a comeback. Whole team and the country is with you,” said Pandya.
What did Suryakumar Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ishan Kishan said?
Suryakumar Yadav said, “I am praying for your speedy recovery. I know how things are now. We are missing you here. Praying for your return as soon as possible. You are a fighter.” At the same time, Yuzvendra Chahal also wished Pant a speedy recovery. He asked the Indian wicket keeper-batsman to get well soon and come back. “Let’s hit fours and sixes together soon,” said Yuzi Chahal.
Later Ishan Kishan featured in the video and said that they are all missing Pant in the Indian team. Ishan also wished him a speedy recovery too. “I know you are a fighter and will come back stronger than before,” said Kishan. Shubman Gill also added, I am wishing you a speedy recovery on behalf of the entire team. We all know the kind of person you are. You are a fighter and will be back soon.”
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IND vs AUS: Sanju Samson to replace Shreyas Iyer in ODI series against Australia
Iyer complaint of back injury ahead of the Ahmedabad Test day 3.

The Indian team has suffered a setback before the series of three ODIs to be played between India and Australia. If the report is to be believed, Shreyas Iyer will not be a part of the ODI series against Australia. The BCCI issued a statement on Monday saying that the medical team is monitoring Shreyas’s injury.
If Shreyas is ruled out of the ODI series against Australia, then Rajat Patidar or Rahul Tripathi will be included in the team, or BCCI could opt for Sanju Samson.
If media reports are to be believed, on the other hand, the way Axar Patel got a chance in place of Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel also capitalized on that opportunity. Similarly, in place of Shreyas Iyer batsman Sanju Samson might come to the fore.
For the unversed, Iyer complaint of back injury ahead of the Ahmedabad Test day 3. The batsman could not even run properly hence, Team India was one batsman short during the first innings.
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On the other hand, Sanju Samson ODI Carrier includes 330 runs in 10 innings of 11 matches, including two half-centuries. Moreover, in the absence of Rohit Sharma in the first match of the ODI series, Hardik Pandya will take over the responsibility of captaincy only in the first ODI against Australia.
India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test Series by 2-1 and lifted the trophy. Men In Blue have also qualified for the World Test Championship’s final. Now in the absence of Rohit Sharma, in the first ODI, Hardik Pandya would like to start the ODI series with a win for the Indian team under his captaincy.
Indian Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat, Washington Sundar and Suryakumar Yadav.
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Virat Kohli shakes a leg with Norwegian dance group Quick Style | Watch
Virat Kohli played a marathon inning of 186 off 364 balls in the last Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Ahmedabad.

Virat Kohli met members of Norwegian dance group Quick Style in Mumbai on Tuesday. He was seen grooving to the song Ishq by Stereo Nation with the Quick Style group. The cricketer also shared a picture with the members of the dance crew.
During the shoot, Kohli made a reel with the group. In it, a member of Quick Style picks up a cricket bat, not knowing what to do with it. Dressed in a white T-shirt and black jeans, Kohli enters the scene and does the steps while holding the bat. The dance crew follows them.
Watch the video here:
For the unversed, Norway’s dance crew is famous for quick style dance on Bollywood songs. Quick Style danced to the songs Kala Chashma and Saddi Galli at his own partner’s wedding a few months back. Its video too went viral on social media. After this the popularity of the dance crew has increased vigorously. The dance group keeps uploading dance videos on Indian and Pakistani songs on social media.
When the former Indian skipper met the dance group, he had also shared a photo with them on social media. It caption read, “Guess who I met in Mumbai.”
However, this is not for the first time that Kohli was spotted dancing. Indian players had played Holi fiercely in Ahmedabad before the fourth test. During this, Virat Kohli also danced with Shubman Gill in the team bus. Kohli also did the hook step of Shahrukh Khan’s movie Pathan song in Nagpur in the first Test against Australia.
On the sport front, Virat Kohli played a marathon inning of 186 off 364 balls in the last Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Ahmedabad. He batted for 520 minutes and scored the 28th century of his Test career, which came after 1205 days. Including all three formats, Virat has now 75 international centuries.
The last Test between Australia and India was drawn, but India have now reached the final of the WTC Yano World Test Championship. India will compete against Australia on June 7 at The Oval Ground in London, the capital of England.
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Sapna Gill moves Bombay High Court in Prithvi Shaw assault case, demands cancellation of FIR
Sapna Gill alleged that Shaw was in collusion with influential people and the allegations leveled against her were false.

The case of Prithvi Shaw and social media influencer Sapna Gill still remains in the headlines. According to reports, Sapna Gill has now approached the Bombay High Court for allegedly assaulting the Indian cricketer and his friends outside Hotel Sahara Star in Santacruz, Mumbai.
Sapna Gill alleged that Shaw was in collusion with influential people and the allegations leveled against her were false. Sapna Gill also alleged that she was falsely implicated in the present FIR by the complainant, a friend of Shaw. She said that the law was misused at Shaw’s direction to fulfill his personal vendetta and harass and entrap Gill and promote his ajenda.
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Her plea has sought a direction to the police not to register a case against him. Her plea has also sought initiation of action against the investigating officer and senior police inspector of Oshiwara police station.
Mumbai’s Oshiwara police station had registered an FIR against Gill and others in February this year for allegedly abusing and assaulting Shaw and damaging his car. Following the alleged assault by Gill and his friends, Gill was accused of threatening Shaw with a false complaint and demanded ₹50,000 to withdraw.
Significantly, Gill was booked for rioting, extortion and criminal intimidation under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the FIR. She was arrested on February 17 and was kept in custody till Gill was granted bail by a Mumbai court on February 20.
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