The Indian selection committee’s decision to exclude Rinku Singh out of the T20 World Cup squad has drawn harsh criticism from former cricketer K Srikkanth, who called it rubbish and said that the KKR batsman was unfairly used as a target. Rinku was passed over for a birth in the starting lineup despite of the fact of having a remarkable strike rate of 176 in 15 games for India up until January 2024, which also included 2 half centuries.

Speaking on his Youtube Channel, Srikkanth said He is not at all happy. He said everybody should look into this matter. He added Rinku Singh has been spoken about all over the world. He said Singh had performed very well on every opportunity he had got. Srikkanth was amazed to see that Rinku Singh had been dropped. He said that in his opinion Rinku Singh should have been there even if it meant dropping Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Srikkanth said Rinku Singh has played match winning knocks in South Africa. He further remembered the game against Afghanistan in which Rohit Sharma scored a century. India at one point of time was at the score of 22 runs for the loss 4 wickets.

The Indian team ended up reaching a total score of 212. Srikkanth pointed out Rinku Singh’s contribution during the match and said Rinku Singh played a crucial knock. Srikkanth termed the selection process as being rubbish and said Rinku Singh had been made a scape goat.

The announcement of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2024 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India has sparked discussions and debates due to the absence of many players who were labeled deserving for the 15 member line up. Many players like KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Rinku Singh who have performed incredibly well were not included in the squad.

Kartrina Kaif, who never hesitates to attempt new things, as seen by her success as an entrepreneur and her talent as an actor. Recently, a video of Katrina speaking in French that was created by AI has appeared online, has gone viral. Some fans are shocked and think it’s true, others have expressed worry about how frightening deep fakes are getting.

The video is from 2019, when Katrina and Salman Khan went to Mumbai to celebrate the release of Bina Kak’s book, Silent Sentinels of Ranthambhore.

The video was posted from Katrina Kaif’s Instagram fan page with the caption, saying, back in 2019, Bina Kak ji’s book launch (Silent Sentinels of Ranthambhore) was attended by both Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. Salman and Katrina have a close relationship with her thanks to their Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya film.

In that film, Bina Kak portrayed Salman’s mother. The caption gave a disclaimer that said, the French voiceover is AI generated but the speech didn’t been morphed or twisted , exact same as her original speech. Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, which is directed by David Dhawan, The film which was released in 2005, also stars Sushmita Sen, Arshad Warsi and Rajpal Yadav in key roles.

Many people who were reacting to the video missed the caption and assumed it was real. The reality of it surprised some who verified that artificial intelligence was used in creating that video. A user said, deepfakes are getting scary. Another said, AI is the best but it is not safe. A third user said, he almost fell for this edited video. The AI-generated video fooled some others, who said, she’s so supremely talented unlike any other actor!

Meanwhile, on work front, Katrina Kaif was last seen in Merry Christmas co-starring Vijay Sethupathi. This film marks the first joint venture of Katrina and Vijay. Based on the French novel Le Monte-charge (Bird in a Cage), Sriram Raghavan directed the film. The film is currently streaming on Netflix.

Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets in a low-scoring match on Tuesday. LSG chased down the target of 145 runs in 19.2 overs thanks to Marcus Stoinis who scored 62 runs off 45 deliveries. Nicholas Pooran hit the winning runs for his team when things went astray for Lucknow Super Giants in the death overs.

Nehal Wadhera scored 46 runs, while Tim David played the supporting role with an unbeaten 32 runs as Mumbai Indians posted 144 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants. Mohsin Khan picked up 2 wickets as LSG bowlers hunted in a pack to restrict Mumbai Indians. Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first against Mumbai Indians at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.

The Lucknow Super Giants climbed to the 3rd position after their 6^th win in 10 games. The Lucknow Super Giants made a cautious start to their chase after Nuwan Thushara picked up the wicket of sub Arshin Kulkarni for a duck on his IPL debut. Stoinis hit back-to-back boundaries off Gerald Coetzee, who conceded 15 runs in his first over itself. K L Rahul slammed 28 runs off 22 deliveries and joined the party, hitting three 4s and a 6 to take 20 runs off Thushara. Stoinis then hit Bumrah over longoff as Lucknow Super Giants reached 52 in the powerplay.

Stoinis turned up with the bat to raise his second fifty, he has also hit a century – of the season with hours left for the Australian selectors to announce the T20 team on Wednesday. Afghanistan spinner Mohammad Nabi picked up his wicket after his 45-ball knock which included 7 fours and 2 sixes. Lucknow lost 2 more wickets to raise Mumbai’s hopes of a turnaround, but Nicholas Pooran brought the team home as he hit the winning runs in the final over.