Even though he was high in spirits, Kambli moved out of hospital as he appeared physically weak as he posed for photographs along with the hospital staff. He also played a short game of cricket.

Shailesh Thakur, the director of Akruti Hospital, stated during Kambli’s hospitalisation that he had even made a call to former Indian captain Kapil Dev whose teammates also offered their hand to help the Mumbai cricketer.

“Hi Kapil paaji how are you,” Kambli said emotionally.

“I will come and see you. You are looking good, you have coloured your beard. Don’t rush. If you need to stay (in the hospital) for a few more days, please don’t rush. Tell the doctors it is fine if there is a need to stay on for two more days,” Kapil said.

“Take care. When you will better and come out, I will come to meet you. Look after yourself, love you,” Kapil added.

“Thank you Shailesh, (for) you are looking after him. He is looking good, look after him,” Kapil said as he thanked Shailesh.

“I have been a fan of Kambli sir all my life and it was tough to see him struggling because of his health issues. We brought him to our hospital and we will also take care of his medical expenses and hospitalisation in the future,” Thakur told PTI.

Vinod Kambli had been fine in his recovery as he made significant progress after he got hospitalised. People were willing for him to recover at a decent pace, to which he came up to their expectations.

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“The Men’s Selection Committee has named all-rounder Tanush Kotian as an addition to India’s squad for the fourth and fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The off-spinner from Mumbai has played 33 first-class matches, taking 101 wickets at an average of 25.70. In addition to his bowling achievements, Kotian has three five-wicket hauls and has scored two centuries and 13 half-centuries,” said BCCI in their official statement

“He was part of the India A squad and participated in the second first-class game against Australia A at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Kotian played a pivotal role in Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy 2023-24 triumph. He was awarded the Player of the Tournament for his outstanding all-round performance, which included 502 runs at an average of 41.83 and 29 wickets at an average of 16.96,” the statement further added.

Kotian’s bowling style is frequently compared to Ravichandran Ashwin. He bowls with speed, constantly delivering between 85km/h and 90km/h, while adding bounce and turn. He is a great addition to the team because of his ability as well as his talent for breaking partnerships.

Kotian used to play gully cricket during his beginning days in the busy lanes of Vikhroli, Mumbaito develop his abilities. His career has had a great influence by his father, a former semi-professional cricket player who is now a coach as well.

India’s squad for the fourth and fifth Test
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Tanush Kotian

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The video clip of Hardik Pandya is going viral on social media, where he is spotted telling the security people to not use force against the fans who broke through security to enter the field. This incident happened when the security staff of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was pushing the fans out of the stadium.

Hardik Pandya was inside the ground and gave a shout to the guards. The fans who were present in the stands and witnessed the incident started roaring for the MI skipper.

Two fans running wild to hug Hardik Pandya during the SMAT clash between Baroda and Mumbai. #BARvsMUM pic.twitter.com/oA0uFSps8m

— Aakash Sivasubramaniam (@aakashs26) December 13, 2024

Coming to the match, the campaign for Baroda has come to an end in SMAT as they have lost their clash against Mumbai in the semi-finals by six wickets. Hardik Pandya was one of the best performers for the team failed to score numbers in their do-or-die clash. He just played six balls and scored five runs.

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The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has already announced the 17-member squad for the ongoing tournament. As far as it goes for Suryakumar, he has been added to the team under Shreyas Iyer or the ongoing event. Suryakumar had earlier played one game in the last moment of Ranji Trophy against Maharashtra, and even scored seven runs in the first inning.

According to Times of India, the star batter has been added to the Mumbai squad for the upcoming fixture of Tuesday, December 3. It is, however, going to be that the Indian skipper will be playing under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer.

“He has informed us that he is willing to play the last T20 game and MCA has added his name. He will be flying on Monday,” said a source in the MCA.

The star Indian batter had recently led India in the four match T20I series against South Africa, where the Men In Blue registered a 3-1 series victory against the Proteas.

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Since the team lost by 25 runs, India faced an embarrassing 0-3 defeat at home ground for the first time ever on home grounds.

Tom shared his views as he was flowing with joy, and stated that the players played with aggression with both the bat and the ball.

“Very very ecstatic. Looking back at the start of the series and to be in this position, boys have done a very good job and to finally to do it here in Mumbai, we were challenged with bat and ball. Very happy,” Latham said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“Just being able to adapt to each ground. There is no one way of doing things – the seamers did the job in Bangalore, different guys stood up at different times. More contributions we were looking for,” he said

“Last week it was Mitch (Mitchell), this time it was Ajaz (Patel). We wanted to come here and try and fire a few shots. Tried to be aggressive with the bat, be proactive and with the ball, keep it simple,” he added.

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Recent reports have come out claiming that Ivan Rodrigues held unlawful religious activities in the club premises, which has led to criticism and objections coming in from a lot of club members.

Officers from Khar Gymkhana gave confirmation about Ivan Rodrigues violating the club rules as he conducted religious practices in the premise. One official revealed that Ivan had organized 35 events in the club’s presidential hall in the span of a year and a half.

Responding to all the ongoing mess and various reports, Ivan provided some clarification. He state that the facilities at the Khar Gymkhana were used by them for prayer meetings on various occasions.
He also stated that these meetings were held with the knowledge of the officials, and were open for anyone to attend.

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Guys seriously let’s do some homework before publishing news

— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) October 23, 2024

The report claimed that a Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) source stated that Iyer will not travel to Agartala for the next match of Mumbai, which will begin October 26. Also, MCA will not announce any replacement for Iyer in the squad for the ficture.

Shreyas had earlier mentioned that after breaking the three-figures in Test cricket he had to listen to his body irrespective of what people have to say about it.

“No matter whatever people think outside, I have to listen to my body because I know the amount of threshold I’ve carried over the last few years and based on that I’ll be taking the right decision and I hope that my team will also back (me),” Shreyas stated.

“Obviously I was feeling a bit down with my injuries, but now getting a century after a very long time, it’s a great feeling overall. I am absolutely keen for a comeback, but, yeah, as we say, control the controllables,” he said.

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“He has been given a break. The selectors and the coach have had a discussion with him and have briefed him about areas to work on, including fitness,” said Abhay Hadap, the secretary of Mumbai Cricket Association.

Prithvi Shaw managed to score 139 runs in 6 innings for Mumbai in this season, with a contribution of 76 runs in the Irani Cup. His fitness is being closely examined since he recovered from a knee injury earlier this year.

Taking this to consideration, Mumbai selectors have taken in Akhil Herwadkar who played his last game for the team in November 2018. Akhil will be playing at the opening spot along with Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

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“Coming back after a very long time, obviously I was feeling a bit down with my injuries, but now getting a century after a very long time, it’s a great feeling,” said Iyer according to ESPNCricinfo.

“I am absolutely keen for a [Test] comeback but yeah, as we say, control the controllables and my job is to keep performing and keep participating as much as possible and also see with that my body is in best shape. So I’ll take the best decision possible according to that,” he added.

Shreyas missed the last two Tests of the England series due to issues in his back which returned several months after surgery. He has said a lot of times that he talked about this issue while playing the longer format.

“See, I had addressed my feeling during the longer format and things didn’t go my way,” he said, implying that he was willing to put it behind him. “But I’ve also addressed it in the previous interviews I’ve given and I’m in a good space right now. I’m doing what I’m meant to do, that is training and playing matches consistently and I feel that all the matches I’ve played right now in the past have helped me gain that fitness level as well, along with my training,” he concluded.

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CM of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, stated that Tata’s remains will be kept in the lawns of South Mumbai’s National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) from 10AM to 4PM for the public to pay their respects.

#WATCH | Former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar leaves from the residence of industrialist Ratan Tata in Mumbai's Colaba pic.twitter.com/D24TfK3WLv

— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2024

#WATCH | Mumbai | Former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar arrives at Colaba residence of industrialist Ratan Tata to pay his last respects pic.twitter.com/xwpaDqHfO4

— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2024

Legendary former Indian cricketer Sachin went to his social media to pay tribute to Ratan Tata, as he wrote a heartfelt message for the senior industrialist pouring his feelings out all at once.

In his life, and demise, Mr Ratan Tata has moved the nation.

I was fortunate to spend time with him, but millions, who have never met him, feel the same grief that I feel today. Such is his impact.

From his love for animals to philanthropy, he showed that true progress can… pic.twitter.com/SBc7cdWbGe

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 10, 2024

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