Shami ruled out of SA Tests, Deepak Chahar withdraws from ODI series
Mumbai (PTI): Senior pacer Mohammed Shami was on Saturday ruled out of India's two-match Test series against South Africa, the BCCI announced.
Shami was included in the Test squad subject to his fitness but he was not cleared by the board's medical team for the series.
Pace-bowling all-rounder Deepak Chahar was also withdrawn from the ODI squad.
"Chahar has informed the BCCI that he will not be available for the upcoming ODI series due to a family medical emergency.
"The Men's Selection Committee has named (pacer) Akash Deep as his replacement," the BCCI statement read.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah calls Pahalgam attack 'intelligence failure'
Bengaluru, Apr 23 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the Pahalgam terror attack was a "planned one" and claimed that it happened due to the Central government's "intelligence failure".
He also said he had asked the team of officials dispatched to Jammu and Kashmir to hire a special plane to bring back tourists from Karnataka stranded there.
"I feel this attack was a planned one. Whoever has done it, I condemn it. Terror attacks should not happen. Whichever caste or religion they are from, it is still the taking of a life. This is a major terror attack, which the Karnataka government strongly condemns," Siddaramaiah told reporters here.
“I feel there is an intelligence failure of the Centre. In the past also the Pulwama terror attack had happened,” he claimed.
He said he would not agree to any compromise on security and safety, and stressed that terrorists should be neutralised.
He reiterated his strong condemnation of the Pahalgam attack, in which two tourists from Karnataka were among those killed.
"Already, I have sent a team of officials to Kashmir, including Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad. I have instructed them to hire a plane and bring the tourists safely back to the state. I had also asked them to bring the bodies of the two slain tourists in the same plane, but the Government of India has made arrangements to dispatch the bodies to the respective states," Siddaramaiah said.
The terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday claimed the lives of 26 people, largely tourists.
ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರ ಮೇಲೆ ನಡೆದಿರುವ ಉಗ್ರರ ದಾಳಿಯನ್ನು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಖಂಡಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ ರಾವ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಭರತ್ ಭೂಷಣ್ ಎಂಬುವರು ಮೃತಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಇನ್ನಿತರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ತಂಡವನ್ನು ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಕ್ಕೆ ರವಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೇ, ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಿರುವ… pic.twitter.com/KuRmMStw9X
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