'There is a little bit of home advantage and you got to use your matches at home. It's your facility but in Hyderabad, I think it's fair conditions. At the end of the day, better team on the day wins the game. I must say I congratulate the ground staff for producing good tracks, it's just each and every time, we came up short.'
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
The best performance (barring Afghanistan game) was against Sri Lanka when 78 runs came off those nine overs.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue S Gurumurthy, on whose analysis of the Putri Group account the Bharatiya Janata Party had backed its president Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday made a flip flop when he declined to have given him a clean chit and later retracted his remarks
Hollywood's first big foray into Bollywood has received a bruising reception in India with websites that track box-office sales branding it a flop.
The hits and misses of the week.
Additional sessions judge A A Jadhav of the special court for cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is likely to pronounce the judgement on Friday, said special public prosecutor Prakash Suryawanshi.
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
The hits and misses of the week.
Now 40, Uma Thurman is recovering from the biggest flop in her career, Motherhood. Yet worry not, for this blonde stunner is no stranger to flops.
We look at Bollywood's half-yearly report card.
Andre Russell produced a superb showing with ball and bat, but it still wasn't enough to prevent the Kolkata Knight Riders from going down by eight runs against the Gujarat Titans.
Germany coach Hansi Flick will remain in his position despite his side's dismal performance at the World Cup.
The hits and misses of the week.
Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr were knocked of the Saudi Super Cup on Thursday after a 3-1 semi-final loss to Al Ittihad in Riyadh.
The dry spell at the box office continues.
We may not have seen a Mallika Sherawat movie in a while now, but she has given us some good films in her 13-year film career.
Salim-Javed became the first Hindi film writers who could be considered brands, and they are still boldface names, celebrities in their own right, chronicles Dinesh Raheja.
It will be hit by the Brahmastra storm though on Friday, but if the reports continue to be good around the film, a few shows may be reserved for it in the second week as well.
Shreyas Iyer did not take the field for the entire duration of Day 4 in the Ranji Trophy final on Wednesday.
'All through the making of Dil Daulat Aur Duniya, Rajesh Khanna never acknowledged me.' 'Dev Anand couldn't carry off a dhoti in Insaaniyat. He told me that he would never wear one again.' 'Shammi Kapoor and I began on an icy note during Raajkumar, but once the cold vibes thawed, we became the best of buddies.'
The box office report for the year so far ain't good.
It was the Delhi Capitals pace attack at their menacing best as they sent the Royals' batting line-up collapsing in the Powerplay to take control of the contest.
Some Twitter users have tagged Swaraj in their tweets complaining that the beach sandals with Gandhi's image were being sold on the Amazon US site.
Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh has demanded action against Anju Bobby George for her Olympics flop-show, saying the ace long jumper was underprepared going into the quadrennial extravaganza in Beijing.
2024 may have seen a few flops at the box office but there have been some hits as well.
A look at the big flops at the Bollywood box office.
A victory for India will be sweet revenge for their heartbreaking losses in the finals of the ODI World Cup and the World Test Championship last year.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Reid submitted his resignation to Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, a day after the conclusion of the World Cup in Bhubaneswar
India women's team head coach Ramesh Powar is hardly perturbed by the 13-run defeat against Pakistan in the Asia Cup as the team management's primary aim was to test the temperament of the younger lot in a pressure situation.
One of the reasons the film did not generate hyper interest was that it came a couple of decades after hugely successful films of the same type.
Film stars are beloved in our cinema-obsessed country. Stars are not only watched and worshipped on screen but also talked about with much fondness.
If there's one thing the full-of-beans star knows, it's how to stay happy, observes Dinesh Raheja.
