This day in 1993, 12 bombs supplied by Dawood Ibrahim exploded in Mumbai killing 257 and injuring 1408. Dawood escaped but his accomplice Yakub Memon was caught and sentenced to death for aiding & abetting the terror attack.
These were the scenes from his funeral held in Mumbai.
If India wins the next ODI World Cup, he might demand abolishing the World Cup altogether and insist that only bilateral Test matches are ‘real’ cricket.
The issue isn’t the format, the real issue is India’s dominance.
Suryakumar Yadav said, “I apologised to Axar Patel after dropping him for SA match. I told him I made a mistake and I’m sorry, but it was a call for the team. It was a hard conversation. He took it in his stride, and we talked it through the next day”. (Express Sports).
Suryakumar Yadav on Dropping Axar Patel in the Super 8 match. [Devendra Pandey]
"He was very angry and he should have been. He’s an experienced player, he leads a franchise. He should be angry. I apologised. I told him I made a mistake and I’m sorry but it was a call for the team. It was a hard conversation. He took it in his stride and we talked it through the next day".