The two sides experienced contrasting fortunes in their respective tournament opener.
The Kartarpur corridor was an excellent opportunity for the Congress to seize centre-stage in Sikh religious affairs. After all, the Akalis never achieved this in their years in power, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra made the cut, but London Games bronze winner Gagan Narang failed to qualify in the 10-metre air rifle event for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
Modi flagged off the first batch of pilgrims led by Akal Takhat Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib through the corridor, which was thrown open days ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev on November 12.
Here's the full list of players sold on Day 1:
Sreesanth, who was not shortlisted in IPL 2021 auction's final list, returned figures of five for 65 in his first List A game in more than eight years.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between RCB and Punjab Kings in Navi Mumbai, on Sunday
Jammu and Kashmir made it to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy despite suffering a two-wicket defeat at the hands of Haryana in their final Group C match in Jammu on Saturday. In the quarter-finals to be played from February 20 to 24, Saurashtra will be up against Andhra, Karnataka will face Jammu and Kashmir, Bengal will take on Odisha and Gujarat will square off against Goa.
As coach Ricky Ponting pointed out, he would expect a better "on his feet" thinking from the young captain.
'This is evidently pure vendetta politics and may even end up helping the Akalis in the elections'
RR will have to get their combination right as only four foreigners can make the playing XI.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Friday.
Rimple and Harpreet, the designers for the lead cast of Padmavati, tell Rediff.com's Archana Masih that it will be quite a task to replicate the fragile and elaborate costumes.
It will not be an easy task for a struggling Punjab side to stand up to the challenge thrown by a RCB team
Celebrating the poet-saint's legacy in our times.
A round-up of results from the matches played at the Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 cricket tournament across the country.
Punjab Kings buried Royal Challengers Bangalore under a deluge of runs as they kept their play-off hopes alive with a thumping 54-run victory, riding on superb half-centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone.
Punjab Kings head coach Anil Kumble admitted that his team losing IPL games narrowly has become a pattern and the two-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals was certainly a difficult pill to swallow.
KXIP's chances of a top four finish took a serious hit after Rajasthan Royals handed them a seven-wicket loss,
KXIP got its campaign back on track with three consecutive wins -- over mighty Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore and the KL Rahul-led side would be hoping to carry the winning momentum forward to break into top four.
A desperate Sunrisers Hyderabad would seek inspiration from skipper David Warner to arrest any further slide when they take on Punjab Kings in an IPL match, in Chennai, on Wednesday.
A win for Mumbai Indians will virtually seal them a spot in the play-offs while a loss for KXIP could send them out of contention.
Kings XI run into a RCB squad which has grown in confidence by leaps and bounds since their last meeting.
Top firms get GST notices on credit claims on Friday; replies sought within hours.
A round-up of the opening day's actions of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
A summary of Friday's action in Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
It has been a dramatic turnaround for the KL Rahul-led side after a string a losses earlier in the tournament.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings, in Dubai, on Tuesday.
While the number of operational airports in the country will rise to 131, other smaller towns too are seeing a surge in connectivity.
It's aimed at new-age sectors like e-commerce and other startups so that they can spend less time in their recruitment processes
KL Rahul and Co would like forget the unsavoury incident and focus on the task ahead.
After Central defender Harpreet Singh headed the first one in the 37th minute, two goals in two minutes immediately after resumption took the issue beyond Yemen's reach.
Aarohi Pandit, the world's first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean solo in a light sport aircraft (LSA), is all set to re-enact on 15th of this month India's first commercial flight flown by the legendry J R D Tata in 1932.
Sreesanth, who was part of the triumphant Indian squads in the 2007 World T20 and the 2011 World Cup, was earlier named in one of the squads for a local T20 tournament to be conducted by Kerala Cricket Association in Alappuzha from December 17.
A summary of Thursday's action in Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Images from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
A summary of the final day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Last season, Punjab finished 6th, narrowly missing on the playoffs.
KKR are gradually emerging as a strong contender for a third IPL title
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