Mohammad Shami also revealed that skipper Virat Kohli leaves it on his pacers to decide which one of them gets to bowl with the new ball.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the biggest tax reform since Independence.
Communist Party of India MP Gurudas Dasgupta said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday that Twenty20, the 'tabloid version' of cricket, had reduced the game to 'gambling'. Apparently referring to the ongoing IPL, Dasgupta said this version of cricket was being played only for money. He claimed that Rs 4,000 crore was being spent on the series, and asked the government to find the source of the funds. He questioned whether 'gambling and betting' should be allowed in the game.
After a three-and-a-half-hour meeting, which was stormy at times, the Congress Working Committee, the party's highest policy making body, authorised incumbent chief Sonia Gandhi to schedule the internal elections after the conclusion of assembly polls in five states due to be held in April-May.
The statement comes in the midst of countrywide protests against the new citizenship law.
"On Wednesday, I managed to speak to her on the phone and mind you, I was the first politician to do so. She told me that her movements were restricted and she was not allowed to move out," CPI leader Somnath Dasgupta told reporters.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam sought response from CBI on the petition filed by Civil society members including former Cabinet Secretary T S R Subramanian and ex-Naval chief Admiral L Ramdas seeking probe by the agency in the alleged 'collusion between RIL and the political establishment'.
Students who have received admission to foreign universities are struggling with unexpected delays, additional living costs and scarcity of vaccine supplies.
With a very severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal likely to trigger surge of tidal waves up to six feet high and a high-speed gale in coastal Orissa, the state government has begun evacuation of people from sea-side villages in six districts.
Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in elections.
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Senior CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta said the gap between the Left and United progressive Alliance was widening.
Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran was replying to the charges made by the parliamentarian Gurudas Dasgupta and Common Cause, a public interest organisation
CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta has urged Finance Minister P Chidambaram to curb inflation.
'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone and yet, be tongue-in-cheek.'
Leaking of official secrets of military operations is treason and those involved in it must be punished, the Congress said on Wednesday on the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and demanded that the prime minister must come clean.
It added this wasn't aimed at benefiting Reliance Industries Ltd alone.
With just ten days for the ICC Cricket World Cup to kickstart, it's not only the Indian team that has to pull up its socks, but also the satellite rights holder Sony Entertainment Television.
RIL counsel said the government had lured RIL to explore, develop and produce gas in the KG basin, before saying the gas produced was a natural resource of the nation, and imposing unviable price control.
The hits and flops of the week.
The Indian Premier League broadcaster is toying with the idea of introducing "virtual commentary" in this year's T20 league after being emboldened by its successful recent experiment in an exhibition match. For a live game at Centurion Park in South Africa on Sunday, Irfan Pathan was doing commentary from his Baroda home, Deep Dasgupta from Kolkata and Sanjay Manjrekar from his Mumbai residence.
Ganguly, who is expected to join the West Bengal team midway, has not yet reached the coal township.
Indian cricket has celebrated the emergence of a potent fast bowling unit but it is high time that the establishment focuses on producing quality Test spinners, especially off-break bowlers, stated former players. Ravichandran Ashwin (365 wickets in 71 Tests) has been an impact bowler in home conditions but the current team management hasn't exactly put complete faith in Tamil Nadu tweaker's abilities in overseas conditions.
'It was brutal, barbaric and organised gangster-ism of the Haryana police force. It was sheer savagery,' says CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta.
India's banking sector, dominated by more than two-dozen state-run lenders, has been hobbled by its highest bad-loan ratio.
Arundhuti Dasgupta maps a trail from the southernmost tip to its suburbs.
Strongly refuting allegations of favouring Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday said the proposed revision in natural gas price will apply to all companies including state-owned ONGC.
The practice of charging for ancillary services on domestic flights is likely to grow as competition soars.
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