Maxwell also lauded the Afghan spinners for keeping things tight.
'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen.'
More than 17,000 Indians, mostly students, were evacuated from the war-hit Ukraine under the mission.
In an offline chat, mind/life coach, NLP trainer and Mental Health Guru Anu Krishna encourages Rediff.com readers to talk about their problems and offers solutions.
On paper, it is difficult to imagine how Bangladesh will even be able to compete in a format which has been their weakest till date.
Rahul added that initially, India were looking to chase a target in the vicinity of 280-300 runs as it was a good batting track. He gave credit to the home team bowlers for dismissing Sri Lanka for 215 in 39.4 overs.
Steve Smith says Australia is better off training on its own rather than playing tour games on "irrelevant" Indian pitches ahead of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series next month.
Australia missed the services of leg-spinner Adam Zampa against Sri Lanka, who is down with COVID.
Is it a Halloween party or ramp show? Spectators worldwide are confused looking at fans assembled at the FIFA World Cup. Rediff.com brings you some fashion trends at the tournament in Brazil.
A re-energised Delhi Daredevils would look for their third win in a row when they face table leaders Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League in New Delhi, on Saturday.
Kohli found support from the Pakistani star batter, who indicated that an athlete has to be really strong to overcome failures.
China's Zhu Lin, who outlasted Venus Williams 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a rain-hit match that ran two hours and 23 minutes.
IMAGES from all the action on Day 7 of the US Open played at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday.
Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former Celtic coach Ange Postecoglou as their new manager on a four-year contract.
Rohit Sharma gave a huge compliment to India's spin-bowling pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja
Comfort and chemistry go hand in hand, so Tabu's versatile vigour and Devgn's brooding intensity has regularly complemented their working styles in solidarity and conflict.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
MSK Prasad advised the team to take the final call depending on the conditions at that time.
"I'm just devastated obviously," Kyrgios told reporters
Serbian Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray at the Miami Open on Wednesday, sending the Briton packing in the first round with his first hardcourt win of the season.
Kyrgios was hailed for the brilliance of his tennis in the opening set but panned for his erratic behaviour
IMAGES from Day 4 of the WTC Final played between Australia and India at The Oval in London on Saturday.
The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Everyone's feeling festive.
'The Kerala Story is no longer just another film, it's become a movement.'
'I was amazed at how tasty it was.' 'They did a good job with millets and lentils, which Mr Modi liked.'
'India has a lot of potential, not just in commercial aspects, but also in hiring of people and sourcing of products.'
This, Byju, was the time to apply the business lens, treat your company as a business, run your company as a business. Instead, you splurged, observes Suveen Sinha.
More trouble seems to be brewing for Silvio Berlusconi, with documents emerging that the embattled Italian prime minister paid nearly 2.5 million pounds in cash to dozens of women invited to his infamous 'bunga bunga' parties.
Seeing the cut on the phone cam, his pretty face damaged, the Portuguese forward's expression said it all.
Unfazed by Yeddyurappa's unceremonious exit, the BJP on Thursday fielded its senior leader S Suresh Kumar, a fifth term MLA, for the post of the Speaker whose election will precede the trust vote.
Poland's Iga Swiatek continued her terrific run with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Petra Kvitova on Wednesday to reach the Miami Open semi-finals, while Norway's Casper Ruud upset men's second seed Alexander Zverev in their quarter-final clash.
Novak Djokovic kept his bid alive for Grand Slam No. 23 as he entered the semifinals of the French Open.
Singapore-born Tim David is a towering finishing batsman but might be more remarkable for being the only player in the Australian squad without a state or national contract.
Swiatek made the most of Kasatkina's string of unforced errors, peppering court Philippe Chatrier with winners.
'It is about finding ways to score runs and contribute to the side in as many games as I can.'
'This whole story is going to become extremely murky and that discovering who is an agent of the Indian government is not necessarily a simple matter.' 'And that if Trudeau was to name (the person) who he thinks is the connection with the Indian government, that the Indian government will be sure to have some deniability and will be able to say he had nothing to do with us.'
Australia's T20 wicketkeeper Mathew Wade also spoke in favour of Tim David. He said that no doubt he will play for the Australian side and has the potential to be anything.
Yogeshwar asked all the wrestlers to approach IOA and lodge their protest against such unfair decision.
