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Ramayana trailer imagined by AI, featuring Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Janhvi Kapoor, Keerthy Suresh; fans bowled over. Watch

Ramayana trailer imagined by AI, featuring Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Janhvi Kapoor, Keerthy Suresh; fans bowled over. Watch

Anticipation is high for the trailer of Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Part 1, which will be released on July 24. The film starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash will be released in theatres this Diwali. However, it looks like fans couldn’t wait for the trailer to drop, so they created an AI-generated trailer featuring Tollywood stars instead. Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Keerthy Suresh and Janhvi Kapoor in the AI-generated Ramayana. (Pic credit: Sanatani Siddhanta) Tollywood stars in AI-generated Ramayana trailer Created by the YouTube page Sanatani Siddhanta, the AI-generated Ramayana: The Beginning trailer sees Mahesh Babu as Rama, Keerthy Suresh as Sita, Jr NTR as Ravana and Janhvi Kapoor as Mandodari. The 1-minute-15-second fan-made trailer shows Mahesh as Rama, feeling brokenhearted about the abduction of Keerthy’s Sita, who is also pining for him. Even as Janhvi’s Mandodari seems moved by the situation, Jr NTR’s Ravana can be seen setting his hand on fire to pray to Lord Shiva. Fans, who came across the video, began re-posting it on other platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) …

Smriti Mandhana shines with 83 as India bowled out for 285

Smriti Mandhana shines with 83 as India bowled out for 285

3 min readJul 10, 2026 11:47 PM IST At 189/3 after 44 overs, India appeared to have seized control of the opening day of the one-off Test at Lord’s. But a brief stoppage after Harmanpreet Kaur required treatment on her left arm disrupted India’s rhythm, offering England a chance to reset. The hosts capitalised immediately. Issy Wong, who had already broken the 64-run stand between Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues before lunch, claimed the wicket England desperately needed four balls after play resumed, dismissing Smriti Mandhana for 83. From a position where they looked set to dominate, India lost their last six wickets for 96 runs, handing England a route back into the contest. Mandhana was the architect of India’s recovery after early setbacks, producing an innings that blended her trademark fluency with patience. After Shafali Verma and Yastika Bhatia fell cheaply to leave India at 24/2, the left-hander assumed responsibility alongside Rodrigues. She countered England’s early movement by punishing anything overpitched and pulling confidently whenever the seamers dropped short. Crisp drives through cover, authoritative …

Why India started their innings with 5/0 before a ball was bowled in Chepauk ODI

Why India started their innings with 5/0 before a ball was bowled in Chepauk ODI

2 min readJun 20, 2026 05:46 PM IST The Indian innings began with 5/0 on the board, even before openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal had faced a single delivery in the second innings of the third ODI against Afghanistan at Chepauk on Sunday. This unusual start came after India were awarded five penalty runs following a mistake by Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi in the first innings. Shahidi, whose rearguard effort took Afghanistan to a respectable total, was penalised for running on the restricted area of the pitch. It was the last delivery of the 40th over when Shahidi breached the restricted area for the second time. On-field umpires Chris Gaffaney and Rohan Pandit noted the infringement, disallowed the single he had taken, and handed five penalty runs to India. What does the rule say? Under Law 41.14 of the MCC Laws of Cricket, batters are penalised if they run on the “protected area”, a 5-foot by 2-foot zone in the centre of the pitch. The batting side receives one official warning for a first …

The cobbler’s son who bowled to India

The cobbler’s son who bowled to India

5 min readMullanpurJun 6, 2026 11:16 AM IST On the eve of India’s Test against Afghanistan, as Shubman Gill and his teammates wrapped up their last practice session at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium in Mullanpur, Ramesh Kumar gathered his kit bag. He had spent the week bowling to Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the nets. Now he was preparing to board a bus back to Jalalabad, near the India-Pakistan border, where his father Mangu Ram works as a cobbler and his mother Narmo Devi sells bangles and make-up products in the surrounding villages. “Meri layi sabto vadi gal hai ki main Indian team nu nets ch ball pat,” he says. It’s the biggest thing of my life that I bowled to the Indian team in the nets. He is 27 years old and he means it without embarrassment. Kumar grew up in Jalalabad playing tennis ball cricket, which in Punjab means tournaments almost every day, a day rate, a bus journey. “Lage Phage siga, (It was hit and try)”he says …

Suryansh Shedge on why Yuzvendra Chahal bowled only 1 over in GT-PBKS game: ‘That was the intention’ | Cricket News

Suryansh Shedge on why Yuzvendra Chahal bowled only 1 over in GT-PBKS game: ‘That was the intention’ | Cricket News

2 min readMay 4, 2026 08:46 AM IST Punjab Kings (PBKS) suffered their second straight defeat in IPL 2026, going down to Gujarat Titans by four wickets in Ahmedabad on Sunday. One of the talking points from the match was the limited of use for Yuzvendra Chahal, who bowled only one over and conceded 13 runs. Suryansh Shedge, who made his maiden IPL fifty on Sunday, said PBKS opted to rely more on pace than spin, with the 7.5m length and two-paced surface at the Narendra Modi Stadium making strokeplay difficult. “I think it all depended on the situation. We went into the game thinking we have to bowl more fast bowlers because that seven-and-a-half metre length was difficult to play. I think it was a bit two-paced because of the grass and the black soil. So I think that was the intention,” he said in the post-match press conference. “Sometimes it was sticking, sometimes it was skidding through. So I think our bowling coach, just before the powerplay got over, he sent out a …

Ashwin slams Hardik Pandya for giving Krish Bhagat the death overs against CSK: ‘If you bowled the 2024 T20 World Cup final over…’ | Cricket News

Ashwin slams Hardik Pandya for giving Krish Bhagat the death overs against CSK: ‘If you bowled the 2024 T20 World Cup final over…’ | Cricket News

3 min readApr 24, 2026 11:58 AM IST Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has criticised Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya for handing the ball to rookie pacer Krish Bhagat to bowl the end overs during the IPL 2026 clash against Chennai Super Kings. Bhagat bowled the 16th and 20th over of the innings, where he conceded a combined 31 runs and ensured the CSK ended their innings on a high. The pacer was introduced in the attack, despite Pandya himself having two overs under his belt. “With Hardik Pandya, I don’t have any personal relationship with him, but I always feel that he is a box office player. It is easy to say things about Hardik Pandya now, but today, when he gave Krish Bhagat the final over, I admit that Pandya went for 38 runs in two overs. But if a player can bowl the final over of the 2024 T20 World Cup against David Miller, you can bowl this too, right?” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel. “Krish Bhagat does not have …

Mo Bobat on why Romario Shepherd bowled last over for RCB against DC | Cricket News

Mo Bobat on why Romario Shepherd bowled last over for RCB against DC | Cricket News

3 min readApr 18, 2026 10:20 PM IST The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) suffered their first home loss of IPL 2026, losing a last-over thriller to Delhi Capitals on Saturday. Romario Shepherd was entrusted with defending 15 runs in the last over, but could not execute as David Miller smashed him for two sixes and a four to close out the match. RCB Director of Cricket, Mo Bobat, said that the likes of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar had to be bowled earlier than usual for the side to stay in the game, which eventually led to Shepherd bowling the last over. “There comes a point in a game where you feel like you’re behind the game. So, to get yourself back in that game or maybe even get ahead of the game, you have to use your champion bowlers,” Bobat said in the post-match press conference. “So, we felt that we had to bowl both Hazlewood and Bhuvi when we did, to try and make it as difficult as possible later in the game. …

‘Has he bowled a spell like 8/15?’: Alastair Cook questions Jasprit Bumrah’s match-winning spells in Test cricket after T20 World Cup win | Cricket News

‘Has he bowled a spell like 8/15?’: Alastair Cook questions Jasprit Bumrah’s match-winning spells in Test cricket after T20 World Cup win | Cricket News

3 min readMar 12, 2026 06:33 PM IST Former England captain Alastair Cook has questioned Jasprit Bumrah’s ability to run through sides and bowl spells like Stuart Broad’s 8/15 in the 2015 Ashes Test against Australia. The 40-year-old heaped praise on the Indian pacer, referring to him as the ‘best all-format bowler going around’, but raised doubts over whether he could take wickets and be economical at the same time. “Is he the best in terms of match-winning spells in Test cricket? Without a shadow of a doubt, he is the best all-format bowler around, I think. I mean, you can safely say that. But has he, like, in a Test match bowled a spell like an 8/15, or is he not that kind of bowler?” Cook said on the ‘Stick to Cricket’ podcast. Bumrah’s best bowling figures in Test cricket came in 2019, when he took 6/27 in Jamaica, which also included a hat-trick. Overall, he has 16 five-wicket hauls in Tests, but has yet to record a 10-wicket haul, with 9/86 being his …

‘Shoot the man who gave that gameplan’ — Pakistan bowled out for 114, Bangladesh win by 8 wickets in 15 overs | Cricket News

‘Shoot the man who gave that gameplan’ — Pakistan bowled out for 114, Bangladesh win by 8 wickets in 15 overs | Cricket News

3 min readMar 12, 2026 12:03 PM IST Bangladesh beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the first ODI, bowling out the visitors for 114 in 30.4 overs before chasing the target in just 15 overs. Basit Ali did not spare the team management. “First, shoot the man who told them to score a minimum of 60 runs in the ten powerplay overs,” he said. “He never played cricket on a ground. He just hands over a piece of paper. Did he not see what conditions are like here? Did he not know that even India have lost in Bangladesh?” Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal said he was left embarrassed by the performance. “It felt like one team was international and the other was a club side playing a practice match before a World Cup,” he said. “I called Basit and couldn’t find words to describe what kind of cricket we were playing.” He did not stop there. “I swear to God, batting like this doesn’t even happen in club cricket. Club cricketers don’t play this …

‘They bowled the short ball to him a lot recently…’

‘They bowled the short ball to him a lot recently…’

5 min readMar 4, 2026 05:59 PM IST Former England cricketer turned commentator Nick Knight gives his view on how England will target Sanju Samson, Harry Brook’s captaincy and the roles of Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer. Excerpts Powerful batting line-ups and Wankhede. How do you think the game will play out? From an Indian perspective, the Powerplay is going to be crucial — that’s going to be a fascinating matchup with Jofra Archer and the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan. Watching India in the tournament so far, on the rare occasion when they’ve got off to a flying start, it’s kind of settled the nerves of the middle order. The middle order, at times, has looked a little anxious, a little lacking in composure when the top order hasn’t fired. So it’s important they get off to a flying start. Archer is going to be absolutely crucial. Over a year ago, he got smashed by Abhishek on this ground and he will have learned some lessons from that. He was …