‘I’m very possessive about Shreyas,' says sister Shresta

India’s T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer’s sister Shresta is very close to her brother and believes that any prospective bride for him will have to first seek her nod of approval.

“I’m very possessive about my brother. I want the right girl for him. Obviously, he will choose the girl, but he will take my opinion, and I’ll let him know if she is or isn’t the right partner for him, because only a girl can understand another girl,” Shresta, a choreographer and social media influencer, said on a recent episode of the Unscrolled podcast. umafrika.club

Shresta, who was recently eliminated from a TV reality show after being called an “entitled brat,” added that she has already warned Shreyas about certain girls in the past. “I’m good at gauging people’s intentions, and I’ve kept them [selfish girls] away from his life and mine,” she said.

Meanwhile, Shreyas has endured a rocky start to his India captaincy tenure, losing six of seven T20Is (two vs Ireland and four vs England, with one being rained out). He’ll be hoping to answer his critics with the bat in the three-match ODI series, which began in Birmingham on Tuesday.

Atlanta (Georgia) [US], July 15 (ANI): Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni brushed aside criticism of his side’s performances at the FIFA World Cup 2026, insisting the defending champions have earned their place in the semi-finals and are fully focused on overcoming England to reach another final, reported ESPN.

Argentina will take on England in a blockbuster last-four clash in Atlanta on Wednesday (local time), with the winners advancing to face Spain in the World Cup final at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 19.

Speaking ahead of the contest, Scaloni defended his team’s displays after questions were raised over Argentina’s performances despite a perfect record of six wins from six matches.

“The team isn’t playing as bad as people say. We must have done something right to reach this stage," Scaloni said, according to ESPN.

The World Cup-winning coach praised his players for maintaining Argentina’s remarkable run of success over the past few years.

“I’m grateful to the players. They’ve led us to three titles and now another semifinal. We’re just one step away, and we’re going to give it our all to get there."

Argentina topped Group J with victories over Algeria, Austria and Jordan before overcoming Cape Verde, Egypt and Switzerland in the knockout rounds. While the defending champions needed extra time to beat both Cape Verde and Switzerland, they also staged a dramatic comeback from 2-0 down to defeat Egypt in the Round of 16.

Scaloni admitted that the style of play is secondary at this stage of the competition, with results taking precedence.

“Honestly, I don’t dwell on whether we’re in the exact way I wanted to play," Scaloni said, as per ESPN. “Because a month-and-a-half ago, I would have jumped at the chance to be in a World Cup semifinal, getting there however possible."

He added, “It doesn’t matter to me. So, the state we’re in doesn’t matter. I have no complaints. Whether we’re tired or not, it makes no difference. We’re in a World Cup semifinal. Now, I’m incredibly excited; we all are happy. We look at the condition we’re in, and we’re ready to play the match."

Wednesday’s encounter will mark Argentina’s fourth consecutive World Cup semi-final appearance, following runs to the last four in 2014, 2018 and their triumphant campaign in Qatar in 2022. Scaloni’s side has also captured back-to-back Copa America titles in 2021 and 2024.

The match also revives one of football’s fiercest rivalries, but Scaloni insisted political history, including the 1982 Falklands War, has no place in the sporting contest.

“The reality is that this is a football match. I can’t mix things up, especially out of respect for what happened so many years ago," Scaloni said.

He continued, “It was a very sad period in our history, and there isn’t much we can do about it, that’s the reality."

“It is a football match. There’s no getting around that. Things are happening elsewhere in the world, and we criticise the existence of war, so for me to start saying this is anything more than a football match… it seems crazy to me. We certainly remember those people, of course. But it is a football match; we shouldn’t confuse the two," he concluded.

England, meanwhile, reached the semi-finals after coming from behind to beat Norway 2-1 after extra time in the quarter-finals. Thomas Tuchel’s side are seeking their first World Cup final since their 1966 triumph, while Argentina will look to extend their 12-match winning streak at the World Cup and move one step closer to successfully defending their title. (ANI)

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Trisha Ghosal, Birmingham

Every time Jasprit Bumrah pulls on the blue jersey, there is an expectation that something special is about to happen. It is an expectation built not on reputation alone, but on years of delivering when the stakes have been at their highest. Yet, strangely, discussions around Bumrah have often focused less on what he has done for India and more on the matches he has missed. Every injury has sparked debates over workload management. Every carefully planned return has invited questions about his commitment. And every single time, Bumrah has answered in the only way he knows—by taking the ball and changing games.

That, perhaps, is what separates him from many of his contemporaries.

Modern cricket demands that fast bowlers are managed carefully. With international cricket spread across three formats and lucrative franchise leagues occupying an increasingly significant place in the calendar, workload management is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Bumrah, whose unconventional bowling action places immense stress on his body, has been one of the biggest examples of that balancing act. The BCCI has consistently prioritised his long-term fitness over short-term availability, even if it has meant criticism from outside.

The criticism, however, rarely survives his performances.

As of today, Bumrah has taken more than 500 international wickets, an extraordinary achievement considering the number of injury setbacks he has overcome. In Test cricket alone, he has claimed over 230 wickets at an average below 20, numbers that place him among the most effective fast bowlers the format has ever witnessed. During the ongoing ODI series against England, he also became the third-fastest Indian to 150 ODI wickets in terms of balls bowled, while overtaking Ravindra Jadeja to become India’s leading wicket-taker in ODIs on English soil. Those are not merely milestones; they are evidence of sustained excellence across conditions and formats.

Statistics, though, tell only half the story.

Bumrah’s greatest quality has never been the volume of wickets he has collected but the moments in which he has collected them. Think back to India’s triumphant 2024 T20 World Cup campaign, where his spells consistently shifted the momentum of games. Think of his match-winning performances in Australia, England and South Africa, where Indian fast bowlers have historically been judged. Or even his return in the current England ODI series, coming on the back of a relatively lean IPL season, when many wondered whether he had rediscovered his rhythm. The answer arrived almost immediately, with pace and precision.

There is a reason opposition batters speak about Bumrah with such admiration. Sir Vivian Richards once famously remarked that he would rather face Dennis Lillee than Bumrah, an extraordinary compliment coming from one of the greatest batters the game has known. It is not simply Bumrah’s pace or his yorkers that make him exceptional. It is his unpredictability. A ball that seams away after three that have come in. A slower ball delivered with an identical action. A yorker executed under immense pressure. Even when wickets do not come immediately, he creates relentless uncertainty.

Perhaps that is why there always seems to be a different edge to Bumrah when he represents India. The intensity increases. The responsibility grows. So does his influence. Captains trust him with the first over, the last over and every difficult spell in between because, more often than not, he finds a way to deliver.

Critics will continue to count the matches Bumrah has missed. History, however, is far more likely to remember the matches he has won. Careers are not defined by availability alone; they are defined by impact. And few cricketers in modern cricket have had a greater impact in India’s colours than Jasprit Bumrah. Time and again, the blue jersey has brought out the very best in him and Indian cricket has been all the richer for it.

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The 2026 season of The Hundred is upon us right in the middle of the cricketing season in the United Kingdom. Today, we will be looking at the schedule for The Hundred Men’s 2026.

There have been five seasons of this competition, which offers a unique twist to limited-overs cricket. Instead of a 20-over game, common for franchise cricket, each team plays only 100 balls, in five or 10-ball spells.

For the past three seasons, the Oval Invincibles have been The Hundred Men’s champions, which brings us to the major change we will see this year.

With IPL franchises investing in the league, the Invincibles are now primarily owned by Reliance Industries, the Mumbai Indians’ owners. The team has thus been renamed MI London

Another team that has gone through a brand shift is the side formerly known as Manchester Originals. Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants, bought this team. So the Manchester side will now be called the Manchester Super Giants.

The third and final team change with IPL investments comes from the owners of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who bought out the Northern Superchargers and named them Sunrisers Leeds.

Men’s The Hundred 2026 Schedule

With all that addressed, we will now look at The Hundred 2026 schedule. Which team will play which, on what day, in what stadium, and at what time? Here is The Hundred Men’s Schedule for the 2026 season.

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