The Indian team is going through one of its worst injury crises in recent times. The likes of Jasprit Bumrah and B Sai Sudharsan were ruled out for the 2-match Test series against Sri Lanka, while there's no confirmation on the return of Washington Sundar for the second match. The BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) has also had to face heat for releasing unfit players for the national team, especially Bumrah. However, former India batter S Badrinath doesn't think the blame lies with the CoE and its head VVS Laxman . For Badrinath, the majority of the blame should go to head coach Gautam Gambhir , captain Shubman Gill and selectors, whose eagerness to draft Bumrah and others into the team led to this situation. "I don't know who made the decision. CoE will not make the selection, right? They will just say he is in this state and can play these matches and his body is in this state. But I think the captain, coach, and selectors are taking the decision. CoE only pass...
During an over two-hour call, US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed that the war in Ukraine "needs to end with a lasting peace", the White House said on Tuesday. Reaffirming that the two countries will move closer under the Trump administration, the two leaders "also stressed the need for improved bilateral relations between the United States and Russia". "The blood and treasure that both Ukraine and Russia have been spending in this war would be better spent on the needs of their people. This conflict should never have started and should have been ended long ago with sincere and good faith peace efforts," a White House readout said. Outlining the contours of a possible pause in the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump and Putin agreed that "the movement to peace" will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire as well as technical negotiations on the implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea,...