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Harbhajan Singh Lauds India Pacers After Dominating Show vs Australia In Perth Test
Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh believes with a strong batting display in the second innings, India can stamp their authority against Australia with a victory in Perth and raise hopes of reaching the World Test Championship final next year. After a historic slump on home turf against New Zealand, India soared to new heights in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series opener. With Jasprit Bumrah at the helm for the opening Test, India fought hard to restrict Australia to 104 after folding on 150 in the first innings.
After the exploits with the ball allowed India to take a vital 46-run lead, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul ensured India got off to a flyer in their second turn.
Harbhajan feels if the visitors bat well in the second innings, the outcome of the opening Test will fall in India’s favour.
“We have got an important lead. India has played really well under the captaincy of Jasprit Bumrah, bowling has been very good. If we bat well in the second innings, we can win the first Test against Australia,” Harbhajan told ANI.
Bumrah spearheaded the pace attack, featuring experienced Mohammed Siraj and debutant Harshit Rana. The trio used the bounce to their advantage and generated some movement from the surface to cut short Australia’s wings.
The Indian stand-in skipper picked his 11th Test five-wicket haul while Siraj and Rana chipped in with two and three scalps, respectively.
Harbhajan lauded the efforts of the pace attack and expressed a hope of making the cut for the WTC final if India stepped out of Perth with a victory.
“If India win the first Test match, then the hopes of reaching the World Test Championship final will be high. Bumrah and other bowlers have bowled very well,” he concluded.
In the second innings, Jaiswal and Rahul have hardly allowed Australia to create an opening, even with their star-studded bowling unit.
By effortlessly negating the first 20 overs, the opening duo have put India in a comfortable position by piling up 75 runs without a loss of wicket.
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Mikel Arteta Grapples With Arsenal’s Defensive Injury Crisis Ahead Of Monaco Game
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Mikel Arteta praised his Arsenal team for how they have coped with a punishing defensive injury crisis as he prepares his men to face Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Gunners are seventh in the new-look Champions League format after three wins in five matches — one place above the Ligue 1 team. But Arteta, whose men are also third in the Premier League, is juggling a lengthy injury list. Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori, who both missed Sunday’s draw at Fulham, were absent from Tuesday’s training session, along with Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jurrien Timber and Thomas Partey. Right-backs Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are still absent with knee injuries.
“We have to manage a lot of the players, so they’re probably not going to be fit for tomorrow and are a doubt,” Arteta said at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
“I still have 24 hours to make those decisions and hopefully the right ones…. In the ideal scenario, we have to be in charge to make those decisions because it’s forcing us to make it for the wrong reasons, but as well, we need to accept the reality and move forwards.”
Arsenal stumbled at the start of last month but won four straight games in all competitions before Sunday’s 1-1 draw.
But the Spaniard said he was happy with how his men were coping in the absence of a settled back line.
“The good news is that the team still reacts and plays in the way that we want and becomes so dominant, and we want to do that regardless of who plays and I think that belief is within the team and it’s really positive,” he said.
Arteta said there was an opportunity for defender Kieran Tierney to return — the 27-year-old Scotland international has yet to feature this season.
“He is ready and he’s training really well and he’s going to have an opportunity for sure with the way the team is looking at the moment,” he said.
“It’s for that reason and because he’s earned it as well with the way he’s behaved and the way he’s been with us.”
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Two Plead Guilty In Formula One Legend Michael Schumacher Blackmail Plot
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A father and son pleaded guilty in a German court Tuesday over a plot to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacher by threatening to release images of the Formula One legend. The men from Wuppertal in western Germany made the admission at the opening of their trial in the city, a court spokeswoman said. The men, identified only as Yilmaz T. and Daniel L., allegedly threatened to release private photos and videos of Schumacher and demanded 15 million euros ($15.7 million) from his family. These purportedly included images of the seven-time Formula One champion before and after a 2013 skiing accident, which left him with a serious brain injury.
Schumacher, 55, has not been seen in public since.
A third man, who is accused of supplying the photos to the other two defendants, also went on trial for his alleged part in the plot but made no admission of guilt.
The man, identified as Markus F. from the western German town of Wuelfrath, worked as a security guard at the Schumacher family residence in Switzerland until 2021.
Prosecutors accuse the suspect of selling images of Schumacher, acquired during his work, to the father and son for a “five-figure” sum.
According to prosecutors, Yilmaz T. rang an employee of the Schumacher family several times in June this year to demand money.
The employee demanded proof of the images, which was delivered from a new email address, said to have been set up by the suspected blackmailer’s son.
The court has scheduled a total of five hearings until mid-February.
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Ex-RCB Fast Bowler Handed Major Punishment By ICC For ‘Abusing Fourth Umpire’
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West Indies bowler Alzarri Joseph has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct by using offensive language in an exchange with a match official, during the first ODI match against Bangladesh, which the hosts won by five wickets. Joseph was found to have breached Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “the use of an audible obscenity.” In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Joseph’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period, the ICC informed in a statement on Tuesday, minutes ahead of the start of the second ODI.
The incident occurred on Sunday before the start of play when Joseph used offensive and abusive language in an exchange with the fourth umpire after the umpire had asked Joseph to refrain from stepping onto the pitch with his spikes on.
Joseph admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
On-field umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Leslie Reifer, third umpire Asif Yaqoob and fourth umpire Gregory Brathwaite levelled the charge.
Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.
Joseph went on to claim 2-67 and with Romario Shepherd, who claimed 3-51, helped West Indies restrict Bangladesh 294/6, propped up by skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz (74), Tanzid Hasan (60), Mahmudullah (50 not out) and Jaker Ali (48).
West Indies rode on an 80-ball 113 by Sherfane Rutherford and an 86 by skipper Shai Hope to reach 295/5 with 14 balls to spare.
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