Ajinkya Rahane likely to be India's new Test captain following WTC Final loss: Reports
Mumbai: After India's resounding 209-run defeat against Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, speculations are rife that Ajinkya Rahane will be appointed as the next Test captain for the Indian cricket team. According to reports in the Times of India, the national selectors are contemplating giving India's regular captain, Rohit Sharma, some rest during the upcoming West Indies tour.
The Times of India report suggests that Rohit Sharma might be rested either for the Test matches or the eight-match white-ball series, which includes three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and five Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). The final decision regarding Rohit's participation will be made after consultations with the player himself.
In the event that Rohit Sharma is indeed rested, Ajinkya Rahane is believed to be the frontrunner to take over the Test captaincy. Rahane made a remarkable comeback to the national team during the WTC final, where he displayed solid batting performances. The 35-year-old batsman scored 89 and 46 in the two innings of the final, contributing significantly to India's unsuccessful campaign. Moreover, he reached a significant milestone of completing 5000 runs in Test cricket, becoming the 13th Indian to achieve this feat.
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Woman beaten up, forced to wear garland of shoes in Tripura for extramarital affair
Agartala (PTI) A woman was beaten up by a group of villagers in Tripura's Dhalai district for her alleged involvement in an extramarital affair, police said on Sunday.
The woman, a mother of two sons, was dragged out of her house at Harerkhola village under Kamalpur police on Saturday morning and beaten up by the group, a police officer said.
The villagers also forced the woman to wear a garland of shoes.
"After being informed, a police team rushed to the spot and recovered the woman lying on the road. Later, she was taken to the district hospital at Ambassa, where she underwent a CT scan. She is out of danger," the officer said.
A case has been registered at Kamalpur police station against some persons on Saturday, and an investigation is underway, he said.
One person has been arrested in connection with the case so far, the officer said.
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Tripura Commission for Women (TCW) chairperson Jharna Debbarma on Sunday strongly condemned the incident and said police have already registered a specific case into the incident and arrested one accused person.
"We strongly condemn the torture and humiliation of the woman. People don't have the right to take the law into their own hands. I urge the police to take lawful action against those who are involved in the incident," she said.
Debbarma added, "We will send a team to Kamalpur to meet the victim tomorrow as the TCW has a role to play in such cases. The TCW will try to ensure justice for the woman."
