Harmanpreet to play for Trent Rockets; Pakistan stars Babar Azam, Rizwan remain unsold
London (PTI): India women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur will play for Trent Rockets while her deputy Smriti Mandhana will turn out for Southern Brave in this year's The Hundred cricket tournament. In contrast, top players in the Pakistan men’s team, captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, went unsold.
While Harmanpreet was signed by Trent Rockets at The Hundred draft held on Thursday, Mandhana was retained by Southern Brave. A total of 64 positions -- men and women -- were filled up in Thursday's The Hundred Draft.
The women's draft was held for the first time. Among big names among men, Pakistanis Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf were picked up by Welsh Fire.
Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard and New Zealand left-arm pacer Trent Boult also were unsold.
The 2023 edition of The Hundred will begin on August 1, with Trent Rockets taking on Southern Brave in the men's and women's competition respectively.
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RSS volunteers' mission is to shape a person into better human being: Bhagwat
Nagpur (PTI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said the work of RSS 'swayamsevaks' or volunteers is to shape a person into a better human being.
He was speaking at a program organised by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) here on the occasion of birth anniversary of Yashwantrao Kelkar, a former RSS and ABVP leader.
ABVP and all the organisations affiliated to the RSS work on the basis of an ideology inspired by patriotism, said Bhagwat.
"We all work on the basis of an ideology....It is the rise of India. Patriotism is our inspiration," he said.
The work of RSS volunteers is to shape a person into a better human being, Bhagwat said.
Yashwantrao Kelkar was an inspiration for him and all swayamsevaks, he added.
