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England announced the squad for the second Test against India, starting from July 2 at Edgbaston, with pacer Jofra Archer included in the team.

Former England skipper Nasser Hussain shared his thoughts on the inclusion of right-arm seamer Jofra Archer for the second Test, where he believed that the Three Lions have played a “gamble worth taking” by including him in the line-up. England announced the squad for the second Test against India, starting from July 2 at Edgbaston, with pacer Jofra Archer included in the team after over four years. England is leading the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar trophy 1-0 following a five-wicket win at Leeds.

Speaking on Archer’s inclusion, Nasser Hussain said, as quoted by Sky Sports, “Firstly you have to say it’s good news for Archer and England in that Jof must have been through so much with those [elbow and back injuries], the rehab, the pain, the mental torment of continually getting injured and making comebacks, so it’s great to see him back in the squad, he hasn’t played a Test match for four years. Fundamentally, if you’re an England fan, you should be pleased to see Jofra Archer back in a red ball squad.”

Further, the 57-year-old said that playing the spearhead in the second Test would be a “risk too much this week” as he believes the bowler’s body is not fully fit.

The 30-year-old right-arm quick returning to the England Test since February 2021 will be looking to add to his 13 Test caps at Edgbaston next week, as per an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) release. Archer has 42 wickets at an average of 31.04, with the best figures of 6/45.

WI vs AUS Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Alex Carey’s quickfire knock has allowed Australia to stretch their lead over West Indies in Barbados.

Alex Carey’s quickfire knock has allowed Australia to stretch their lead over West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. Carey, who is batting a slot down, inflicted more damage on West Indies after Travis Head (61) and Beau Webster (63) batted with caution in the morning session. The visitors began their innings trailing the Caribbean outfit by 10 runs from the first innings. West Indies did well to bowl Australia out for 180, but could only take a slender 10-run advantage heading into the second innings. 

Max Verstappen declined to comment on the speculation when asked in a news conference on Thursday.

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff on Friday suggested he was interested in signing Max Verstappen to partner George Russell in a potentially explosive driver line-up for the 2026 season. During a series of interviews, it emerged that he had made contract with the four-time world champion and that this had affected contract talks with Russell who has been in outstanding form this year. Russell told Sky Sports F1 that it was entirely “normal that conversations with the likes of Verstappen are ongoing”, adding that a team that aims to win the championship has to go for the best drivers, engineers and pit-crews to succeed. 

India faced a shocking five-wicket defeat against England in the first Test of the five-match series on Tuesday in Leeds.

India faced a shocking five-wicket defeat against England in the first Test of the five-match series on Tuesday in Leeds. Chasing a target of 371, England did not face much hiccups as Ben Duckett smashed 149 runs and helped the hosts take 1-0 lead in the series. It was a horrific outing for India as despite scoring five individual centuries in the match, Shubman Gill and co ended up on the losing side. India’s new era in Test cricket, under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, began on a forgettable note as former England skipper and Ravi Shastri brought out some issues in the young skipper’s leadership.

Speaking on Sky Sports with Ravi Shastri, Nasser pointed out that Gill lacked the on-field aura like Virat Kohli.

“I thought I saw someone just finding his way, honestly. You’ve got to be very careful in the first Test match, the people he’s taken over from, Kohli, and then Rohit Sharma. I thought he didn’t quite have that on-field aura as the names I mentioned there. You look down on those two previous names, and you immediately see who was in charge of India,” said Nasser on Sky Sports.

“I looked down from the press box, the commentary position, there were a lot of captains; it was a bit captaincy by committee, which can happen in your early days as a leader because you’re still senior players like Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul want to try and help you out as much as possible. I thought he followed the ball a lot. I thought he was reactive as opposed to proactive,” he added

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to feature in the 2nd Test against England, starting July 2 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Before Team India’s departure to England, head coach Gautam Gambhir had confirmed that Bumrah will only play three of the five Tests, citing workload issues. With India 0-1 down in the five-match series, following the loss in Leeds earlier this week, Bumrah’s likely absence in Birmingham could significantly impact their chances of making a comeback in the series.

However, former India opener Aakash Chopra has questioned Gambhir for the lack of secrecy surrounding Bumrah’s workload. Chopra feels that Gambhir and management could have kept England guessing about Bumrah’s availability.

“Bumrah said he will play three matches only, and I am thinking whether it was required to publicise it. Why was it not kept a secret? We don’t announce our team as well. So why was it necessary to reiterate it repeatedly before the start of the tour that he would play three matches only? Let them guess. You play whichever Tests you wish,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

An attempt was made to derail the Kalindi Express by placing the LPG cylinder on the tracks

The train hit the cylinder before coming to a screeching halt on Sunday morning. Due to being hit by the train, the cylinder was thrown away from the tracks, they said.

An attempt was made to derail the Kalindi Express by placing the LPG cylinder on the tracks. Soon after receiving information about the incident around 8.20 am on Sunday, senior officials rushed to the site and launched an investigation into the matter, police said.

The forensics team was also called in and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) is also investigating the matter, they said.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chandra said the loco pilot saw that the LPG cylinder was placed on the tracks and applied the emergency brakes.

A man killed his mother after she refused to transfer their house in his name. He was engaged to a girl whose family wanted the house in his name if they were to get married

A man allegedly stabbed his mother to death while she was sleeping in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The man wanted to transfer the house’s ownership from his mother’s to his name in order to marry a girl he has been seeing, the police said.

Pramila Singh, 55, lived with her son Raja Singh, 28, who earned his living as a farmer.

“Raja is in a relationship with a girl from the village. Their marriage was fixed a few days ago,” police officer Mahesh Kumar said.

“The girl’s family put a condition for the marriage that Raja should have the house in his name. His mother, however, did not want to transfer the house ownership to her son,” Mr Kumar said.

Raja came to his sister Preetu’s house at 9.45 am on Wednesday and went to the room where his mother was sleeping. Once inside, he stabbed her several times with a knife, the police said.

Preetu came running on hearing Pramila’s scream, and found her mother bleeding on the floor, the police said. She called the police immediately.

Kanpur Building Fire: According to police, neighbours first noticed huge flames and thick smoke emanating from the building on Sunday night and alerted fire station and police.

A 45-year-old man and his wife died in a massive fire that broke out at a five-storey building in Chamanganj area of Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, police said on Monday.

Huge flames engulfed the entire building located in the Prem Nagar area. The five-storey structure houses a shoe manufacturing factory on its first and second floors, they said.

The police said that seeing the intensity of the blaze the couple’s three daughters — Sara (15), Simra (12), and Inaya (7) — are also feared dead.

The bodies of Mohammad Danish and his wife Nazneen Saba (42)

According to police, neighbours first noticed huge flames and thick smoke emanating from the building on Sunday night and alerted fire station and police.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (Seesmau) Manjay Singh said an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the fire.

“While the exact reason remains unclear, initial suspicions point towards a possible short circuit or faults in the internal wiring, potentially originating from the floors where the shoe factory was operating,” the ACP said.

Kanpur murder: The accused tried to wash off the blood stains in the house and on the murder weapon; however, a forensic analysis spilled the beans.

The gruesome murder of a man in Kanpur has revealed multiple layers of conspiracy, an extramarital affair, and a modus operandi that matches partly with the Meerut killing that had sent shock

Dharmendra Pasi, a resident of Laxmankheda village, was killed by his wife Reena and nephew Satish, who were in an sleeping pills in Dharmendra’s food. After he fainted, she smashed his head with a heavy door frame. During the murder, only the victim’s 75-year-old hearing-impaired mother was present in the house.

The conspiracy came to the fore as the cops went through the accused’s call details and the forensic investigation. The police initially rounded up three suspects. But their focus shifted towards the family after they found blood stains inside their house, including the courtyard and the bathroom.

While the body was found outside the house, the blood stains inside sparked suspicion. With the help of a forensic team and sniffer dogs, the police confirmed that the murder was committed inside the house.

To save themselves, Reena and Satish had named three other men before the cops, trying to frame them in what would appear as a family feud. But the police saw through their lies.

Reena and Satish’s call details revealed they spoke over the phone for long hours. Obscene photographs were also recovered from their phones. When interrogated, Reena confessed she had an affair with her nephew. Her husband already had a whiff of their relationship, she told the cops.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Mahesh Kumar said that two weeks before the murder, the victim had a fight with some people. Based on this, two people were arrested for his killing.

“But further probe revealed an affair between the victim’s wife and nephew. The victim had come to know about their relationship and had fought over it with his wife. After that, it emerged that they had conspired to kill him,” said Mr Kumar.

Some students claimed the teacher told them it was a cow’s brain. However, police said the animal species is yet to be confirmed.

A case has been filed against a government school teacher in Vikarabad district after she allegedly brought an animal brain to class to explain its anatomy,

A case under the Cow Slaughter Act has been registered against the science teacher, who allegedly showed the brain to Class 10 students on June 24.

Police said the case was registered following a complaint by the school’s Headmaster.

The incident triggered protests by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and other groups, who accused the teacher of “hurting religious sentiments”. They submitted a memorandum to education department officials demanding action.

The teacher was suspended based on a preliminary report by education officials, pending a detailed inquiry.

The Mandal Education Officer (MEO) visited the school as part of the inquiry, an official said.