India Wins Ahmedabad Test But The Feat Is Still Incomplete

India defeated England in the 3rd test of the 4-test match series at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. And it is a big feat for India as it is now closer to reaching the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord’s.

What next for Indian cricket team?

After winning the third-test match of thumping victory of 10-wickets, India is gearing up for a crucial fourth-test match starting 4th March at the same place. While England has lost its contention the final of WTC, it can spoil India’s chance to play the final, if it wins the fourth-test match.

India Wins Ahmedabad Test

The fourth-test match is crucial for black caps, if they want to pay the final. They have to win the match or at the best, draw the match in order to prevent Australia from getting a lead over them. The points tally gives the real reason for Indian team to fear losing the fourth-test and the final.

What are the points of India, England and Australia?

One of the three teams will reach the ICC WTC final and play with New Zealand. But England is out of the contention and it won’t make a comeback even, if, it wins the fourth-test against India. But Australia could get a lead, if India loses its fourth-test.

India stands on points tally with 71 points and England is down to 64.1 points. But Australia with 69.2 points is closer to India. If India loses the fourth-test, it will lose the battle to Australia. The final match will be played in June at Lords.

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A Goalless Draw Takes United To Europa League Last 16

Manchester United had to contend with a goalless draw against Real Sociedad at Old Trafford on Thursday. But it couldn’t prevent the Man U team from progressing to the Europa League round of 16.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s knew that his team would reach the next level as they were leading 4-0 from the first leg of the league. Also, he was confident of the players like Bruno Fernandes and Anthony Martial.

Missing goals

Manchester United

Real Sociedad missed the first goal opportunity in the 13th minute when they were awarded with a penalty kick for a clumsy challenge from Daniel James of the United. But captain Mikel Oyarzabal sent the ball too wide of the goal.

It was United’s turn to score a goal on the 24th minute when Bruno Fernandes spotted the Sociedad goalkeeper Alex Remiro off his line and tried to send the ball into the net but the shot was crushed at the crossbar.

In 36th minute, Remiro provided James an opportunity to score a goal when he saved a lofted from Fernandes but James failed with his headed effort.

Man U got another opportunity to score a goal in 63rd minute when a firm headed goal by their substitute Axel Tuanzebe was ruled out of VAR. It resulted from Victor Lindelof had fouling Job Bautista.

Manchester United introduced Shola Shoretire

United-To-Europa-League

The Red Devils launched their youngest player, Shola, in the 76th minute. At 17, Shola is the youngest player of United to play in a European game. Solskjaer said that Shola had got some skills and attributes and that he could become a good player.

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RIL Is The Top Share Today

A handful of stocks to watch on Thursday. Investors can consider the offer of buying 0.82 million standard cubic meters per day of gas by Reliance Industries Ltd. Produced at Sohagpur coal-bed methane block (west) in Madhya Pradesh, the gas is available at a minimum $6 cost at the present price of oil.

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Indiabulls Real Estate: The merger of NAM Estates Pvt Ltd and Embassy One Commercial Property Developments Pvt Ltd into Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) has been approved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Prime Focus: Unhappy over the price of open offer by Prime Focus promoters, its shareholders that include Reliance Media Works Financial Services have moved the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) to solve the dispute.

Affle India: Affle Holdings Pte Ltd sold 3 lakh shares worth over ₹161 crore under an open market transaction.

Affle India stock

Nureca: The company is making its debut after getting a huge response on Wednesday. Nureca Limited was subscribed 39.93 times on the last day of subscription.

lndo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd: The company directors are mulling over an expansion plan of ₹640 crore in the company and its wholly owned unit lndorama Yarns Pvt. Ltd. The plan is to add value by adding balancing equipment. Also, it wants to diversify business into either pet chips or specialty yarns.

Artefact Projects Ltd: The company allotted 2,00,000 equity shares of Rs10/- each to non-promoters at a price of ₹32/- per share. It includes a premium of ₹22 for each share.

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Green Card Holders Can Again Apply For Job In US

US President Joe Biden took a big decision of revoking a ban over green card holders preventing their entry into the US. The ban was imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump citing unemployment as a reason.

What was the visa ban?

Las year, then president of US, Donald Trump, imposed a ban on green card applications saying that the ban was needed to protect the US workers that were already facing difficulties in business and employment due to pandemic induced lockdown. The ban was imposed up to March 31 but Biden administration revoked it before its expiry.

Trump’s ban was blocked by judiciary

US President Joe Biden took a big decision of revoking

A federal judge in California blocked the ban imposed by Trump in October ruling while listening to the plight of hundreds of thousands of US businesses that took the policy matter to court. A California-based immigration attorney working for people subject, Curtis Morrison, said that Biden administration would have to deal with a huge number of applications that had been allowed to pile during pandemic time.

The lawyer further said that the process of clearing those applications could take many years. He said that Trump was responsible for creating this backlog as he broke the immigration system completely.

Biden gave reason for lifting the ban

Biden rejected the excuse given by Trump to impose a ban over green card holders. The Democrat president said that ban was preventing families from reuniting and that businesses were suffering due to the ban. It is to be noted that Biden had vowed to do away with many of his predecessor’s policies.

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What Are Real Madrid Fans Rejoicing About?

It is a big day for Real Madrid. The Merengues won the match with Atlanta and with this win, they kicked off their round of 16 win. But this victory has bigger meanings for Real Madrid. With this victory, they got the opportunity to play in 100 UEFA Champions League knockout round fixtures. Also, it became the first team to reach this stage.

Real Madrid makes history

Real Madrid makes history

It has been 25 years since Raúl González led Real Madrid to the victory against Juventus that was the title winners at that time. It was a narrow first-leg victory for Real Madrid in their first outing in the latter stages of the league that had been revamped by then.

Real Madrid earned a unique distinction of winning the group stages in all of 25 of their UEFA Champions League campaigns. Also, they are the first and the only club to reach this stage with 50 knockout wins. Their close competitor Bayern are just one win away after their victory at Lazio. Real Madrid is also the 13-times European champion and now they have become the first clubs to play a century of knockout fixtures.

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Why Should India Bat First In Motera Stadium?

India will play its third test against England at Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad. India is playing 4-test series with England. The first two matches of the series were played in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. India lost the first test but won the second match with 317 runs.

Motera Stadium

It is a newly built stadium and it is the first match of the stadium. It will be a day-night match played with a pink ball. The stadium has a capacity of over 110,000 audiences.

How is the pitch at Motera Stadium?

The pitch is expected to help fast bowlers as the match will be played with a pink ball and curators leave much grass on the pitch to maintain shine of the ball. Also, dew could play a crucial role in giving speed to ball. Since it is a day-night match, dew is expected to be on the pitch late in the evening. Curators have cleaned the pitch a day before the match.

How is the environment in Ahmedabad?

The match will start at 2:30 PM but then the temperature could be around 33-34 degree celsius. But it could drop to 27 degree by 10 PM. According to experts, the temperature change in late evening will bring a change in the match a well.

First batting advantage

Considering the pitch and the environment, India could have first batting advantage. Since India is considering playing with five pacers including Umesh Yadav that replaced Shardul Thakur, India will certainly have first batting advantage.

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Samsung Single Door Refrigerator With Digital Panel

Samsung has launched a new single-door refrigerator with latest digital features. It is Samsung Digi Touch Cool 5in1 and it comes with a control panel that allows controlling temperature and other functions of the refrigerator without opening the fridge.

Highlights of new Samsung single door refrigerator

• Touch panel to check internal functions
• Power Cool from outside
• Change temperature settings from the panel,
• Eco Mode
• Blackout Notifications
• E-Defrost
• 10 Year Warranty

Samsung single door refrigerator features

Available in Delight, Blossom, Marble White and Twirl colors, this refrigerator saves power. But convenience is the biggest advantage of this fridge. You won’t have to open the machine to check cooling. The outside panel provided on the top part of the refrigerator will show everything.

Available in 198 and 225 liter variants, Samsung will start selling the new single door refrigerator from February 23. And it is a great choice for small families.

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Chelsea Won Atletico With 1-0 Score But Lost Two Players

Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid with a narrow 1-0 margin in a close contest but at the same time, Chelsea paid a huge price for this win. The only goal came in the 68th minute when Olivier Giroud shot the ball on the net with an overhead strike.

What went wrong for Atletico Madrid?

ATM were leading in La Liga until February when they lost their form. Before Chelsea, they had faced defeat at home from Levante. The lost the match to Levante with 2-0 score. Prior to this game, ATM drew two of the three previous games.

On Tuesday, ATM couldn’t even manage a single shot on target. It seemed they played with little interest or dedication. The Chelsea team looked little bothered about the ATM attack. But Atleti keeper Jan Oblak was confident that his team would get into form before the second leg of the league.

Chelsea Won

What price did Chelsea pay for the win?

Chelsea will play the next match without Mount and Jorginho as both the players were shown yellow cards and have to pay for their card accumulation. But Thomas Tuchel is quite hopeful of the next leg that will start on March 17.

Olivier Giroud was also in trouble when he was declared offside during the overhead strike but was relieved after a quick video review of the shot. He said that he didn’t know whether he was offside. Thomas Tuchel described is team’s performance as dominating. He said that his side never let Atleti consume space.

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Pakistani Aircraft Carrying Imran Khan Will Fly Over Indian Airspace On February 23

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will fly over India on his February 23. India has granted permission to Imran Khan’s aircraft to travel through Indian airspace on its journey to Sri Lanka. Imran Khan will go on a maiden visit to Sri Lanka on the said date.

Pakistan denied Indian aircraft carrying PM Modi?

Countries allow VVIP aircrafts to fly through their airspace under normal conditions but Pakistan did just the opposite in 2019 when an Indian aircraft with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on-board asked for permission to fly from Pakistan’s airspace.

PM Modi was on a visit to Saudi Arabia and the US when his aircraft sought permission to fly over Pakistan airspace but Pakistan denied permission citing human right violations in Jammu and Kashmir as the reason.

What is VVIP flight protocol?

Under normal conditions, no country denies permission to use its airspace for VVIP flights. But Pakistan’s denial to Indian aircraft was seen as an aberration. And India took this matter to International Civil Aviation Organisation. But India didn’t do this to Pakistan when the latter asked for permission to fly its VVIP aircraft.

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Credit For Juventus Winning Crotone Goes To Ronaldo

Juventus beat Crotone with 3-0 home win in a spectacular show of football especially by Cristiano Ronaldo who just missed his hat-trick in the match. Juventus now stands third in the standings in Serie A.

It was the first win in four matches in all competitions for Juventus. It got 45 points that catapulted the team to the third place from the sixth position. Now it is only 8 points behind the leader Inter Milan.

Ronaldo proved his worth in the team

Juventus Winning Crotone Goes To Ronaldo

In the starting, Juventus looked sluggish until Ronaldo charged to meet an Alex Sandro cross that he turned into a goal in the 38th minute to the game. And it was so sudden that Crotone even couldn’t understand what happened. It was a bullet-header straight into the goal.

A hungry Ronaldo looked unstoppable when he again charged for another bullet header in 45th minute, when he turned a failed header of Aaron Ramsey into a goal. At that time, he looked like showing his team how to play football. It was his second goal in the match and 18th in the league. He’s one goal ahead of Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku.

Ronaldo’s achievement

Ronaldo’s achievement

While the 36-year-old Portugal forward couldn’t complete his hat-trick, but he became the second player to score more sides after Zlatan Ibrahimovic since 2000. Crotone was the 78th different team in the Europe’s top five leagues Ronaldo scored against. The third goal was scored by Weston McKennie in the 66th minute. It was his fourth goal in Serie A series.

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