Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has lashed out at current Men in Green skipper Babar Azam and has questioned his decision-making ability following their defeat in the second T20I of the ongoing three-match series against England. England's limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan scored an explosive half-century as the hosts chased down a record target of 196 to beat Pakistan by five wickets at the Old Trafford on Sunday.
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Nitish Rana says he has become better at embracing failures while overcoming his fear of facing express pace bowling by listening to renowned motivational speaker Mike Horn's lectures.
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In the last couple of days a lot has been said by CSK on Suresh Raina's departure from IPL 2020, but the latter is yet to respond on any of those allegations. In an explosive revelation, N Srinivasan said that Raina is going to repent his decision of going back to India, even before the tournament has started.
AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Chris Morris, arrived in the UAE on August 22 and then quarantined himself for six days. After returning three negative COVID-19 tests, he joined the RCB nets.
Samsung Galaxy M51 is in line for India launch (probably next week) but the South Korean conglomerate has quietly ousted the phone in Germany. The Galaxy M51 boasts off 46MP quad-cameras, Snapdragon 730 SoC, and a MASSIVE 7,000 mAh battery. Samsung Galaxy M51 Price, Availability The Samsung Galaxy M51 price in Germany is set 360 […]
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The chinaman feels that the Kolkata-based franchise can win their third IPL title this year if they can strike a good combination.
India has a world beating fast bowling unit today comprising of the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav. Such talent and pedigree has seldom been seen in India’s cricketing industry. India had traditionally always lacked the culture of fast bowling and fast bowling heroes, though, throughout its cricketing history there have been individual war-horses.
In a game dominated by the bowlers, the part-timers of Zouks had the final laugh at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Tarouba, as they managed to defend a paltry score of 92 on Sunday.
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After Suresh Raina left UAE citing personal reasons, CSK owner N Srinivasan has bashed the stylish left-hander for his rash decision. IPL 2020 is supposed to start on September 19, and Srinivasan has said that Raina will regret his decision and would want to come back.
According to reports, with Covid-19 positive case found in CSK camp, it will most likely be RCB, who will play IPL 2020 opener against MI.
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IPL 2020 come under threat as 13 members of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad have tested positive for coronavirus. Batsman Suresh Raina has also pulled out of the tournament citing personal reasons. The BCCI issued a release and confirmed the news about the infected members without sharing their names.Yesterday, the world reacted with shock and sadness after learning that Chadwick Boseman had passed away. The Black Panther, Da 5 Bloods and 42 star had been battling cancer for four years in private, which is an amazing feat given that throughout his fight, he made no less than 7 films, several of which required him to be in top physical form.
Since his death, tons of tributes have poured in from colleagues, friends, co-stars and even those who never worked with him but knew what a special person he was, and the kind and beautiful words being spoken about Boseman are a testament to the respect he commanded beyond just being an actor.
One of the more touching tributes to have emerged this weekend is from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, who penned a lengthy, emotional letter that you can read in full below, with the filmmaker noting that “because [Chadwick] was a caretaker, a leader, and a man of faith, dignity and pride, he shielded his collaborators from his suffering. He lived a beautiful life. And he made great art.”
Before sharing my thoughts on the passing of the great Chadwick Boseman, I first offer my condolences to his family who meant so very much to him. To his wife, Simone, especially.
I inherited Marvel and the Russo Brothers’ casting choice of T’Challa. It is something that I will forever be grateful for. The first time I saw Chad’s performance as T’Challa, it was in an unfinished cut of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. I was deciding whether or not directing BLACK PANTHER was the right choice for me. I’ll never forget, sitting in an editorial suite on the Disney Lot and watching his scenes. His first with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, then, with the South African cinema titan, John Kani as T’Challa’s father, King T’Chaka. It was at that moment I knew I wanted to make this movie. After Scarlett’s character leaves them, Chad and John began conversing in a language I had never heard before. It sounded familiar, full of the same clicks and smacks that young black children would make in the States. The same clicks that we would often be chided for being disrespectful or improper. But, it had a musicality to it that felt ancient, powerful, and African.
In my meeting after watching the film, I asked Nate Moore, one of the producers of the film, about the language. “Did you guys make it up?” Nate replied, “that’s Xhosa, John Kani’s native language. He and Chad decided to do the scene like that on set, and we rolled with it.” I thought to myself. “He just learned lines in another language, that day?” I couldn’t conceive how difficult that must have been, and even though I hadn’t met Chad, I was already in awe of his capacity as actor.
I learned later that there was much conversation over how T’Challa would sound in the film. The decision to have Xhosa be the official language of Wakanda was solidified by Chad, a native of South Carolina, because he was able to learn his lines in Xhosa, there on the spot. He also advocated for his character to speak with an African accent, so that he could present T’Challa to audiences as an African king, whose dialect had not been conquered by the West.
I finally met Chad in person in early 2016, once I signed onto the film. He snuck past journalists that were congregated for a press junket I was doing for CREED, and met with me in the green room. We talked about our lives, my time playing football in college, and his time at Howard studying to be a director, about our collective vision for T’Challa and Wakanda. We spoke about the irony of how his former Howard classmate Ta-Nehisi Coates was writing T’Challa’s current arc with Marvel Comics. And how Chad knew Howard student Prince Jones, who’s murder by a police officer inspired Coates’ memoir Between The World and Me.
I noticed then that Chad was an anomaly. He was calm. Assured. Constantly studying. But also kind, comforting, had the warmest laugh in the world, and eyes that seen much beyond his years, but could still sparkle like a child seeing something for the first time.
That was the first of many conversations. He was a special person. We would often speak about heritage and what it means to be African. When preparing for the film, he would ponder every decision, every choice, not just for how it would reflect on himself, but how those choices could reverberate. “They not ready for this, what we are doing…” “This is Star Wars, this is Lord of the Rings, but for us… and bigger!” He would say this to me while we were struggling to finish a dramatic scene, stretching into double overtime. Or while he was covered in body paint, doing his own stunts. Or crashing into frigid water, and foam landing pads. I would nod and smile, but I didn’t believe him. I had no idea if the film would work. I wasn’t sure I knew what I was doing. But I look back and realize that Chad knew something we all didn’t. He was playing the long game. All while putting in the work. And work he did.
He would come to auditions for supporting roles, which is not common for lead actors in big budget movies. He was there for several M’Baku auditions. In Winston Duke’s, he turned a chemistry read into a wrestling match. Winston broke his bracelet. In Letitia Wright’s audition for Shuri, she pierced his royal poise with her signature humor, and would bring about a smile to T’Challa’s face that was 100% Chad.
While filming the movie, we would meet at the office or at my rental home in Atlanta, to discuss lines and different ways to add depth to each scene. We talked costumes, military practices. He said to me “Wakandans have to dance during the coronations. If they just stand there with spears, what separates them from Romans?” In early drafts of the script. Eric Killmonger’s character would ask T’Challa to be buried in Wakanda. Chad challenged that and asked, what if Killmonger asked to be buried somewhere else?
Chad deeply valued his privacy, and I wasn’t privy to the details of his illness. After his family released their statement, I realized that he was living with his illness the entire time I knew him. Because he was a caretaker, a leader, and a man of faith, dignity and pride, he shielded his collaborators from his suffering. He lived a beautiful life. And he made great art. Day after day, year after year. That was who he was. He was an epic firework display. I will tell stories about being there for some of the brilliant sparks till the end of my days. What an incredible mark he’s left for us.
I haven’t grieved a loss this acute before. I spent the last year preparing, imagining and writing words for him to say, that we weren’t destined to see. It leaves me broken knowing that I won’t be able to watch another close-up of him in the monitor again or walk up to him and ask for another take.
It hurts more to know that we can’t have another conversation, or facetime, or text message exchange. He would send vegetarian recipes and eating regimens for my family and me to follow during the pandemic. He would check in on me and my loved ones, even as he dealt with the scourge of cancer.
In African cultures we often refer to loved ones that have passed on as ancestors. Sometimes you are genetically related. Sometimes you are not. I had the privilege of directing scenes of Chad’s character, T’Challa, communicating with the ancestors of Wakanda. We were in Atlanta, in an abandoned warehouse, with bluescreens, and massive movie lights, but Chad’s performance made it feel real. I think it was because from the time that I met him, the ancestors spoke through him. It’s no secret to me now how he was able to skillfully portray some of our most notable ones. I had no doubt that he would live on and continue to bless us with more. But it is with a heavy heart and a sense of deep gratitude to have ever been in his presence, that I have to reckon with the fact that Chad is an ancestor now. And I know that he will watch over us, until we meet again.
– Ryan Coogler
As mentioned above, Coogler is far from the only one to share kind and emotional words about Chadwick Boseman this weekend, but this is certainly a very, very touching letter and one that really shows the type of person that the Black Panther star was and how deeply he touched so many different people throughout his career and life.
Indeed, he was a tremendously talented individual but also an incredible man, one who was so much more than just an actor and these past few days have really highlighted that fact. And no doubt, the tributes will continue to pour in this coming week as more and more people process the news and begin to grieve for Chadwick Boseman.
This evening, SpaceX launched another rocket from Florida, but this vehicle took a very different kind of path than most flights from the East Coast. Rather than head eastward after launch as most Florida missions do, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket headed south after liftoff, skirting over Florida’s southeast coast and heading over Cuba.
That’s because this mission was headed to what is known as a polar orbit — a path that runs mostly north-to-south over the Earth’s poles. It’s a type of mission you don’t normally see taking place from Florida. In fact, this will be the first time since 1969 that a rocket taking off from Florida heads southward.
Up until now, most polar launches in the US have taken place from the southern coast of California....
This evening, SpaceX launched another rocket from Florida, but this vehicle took a very different kind of path than most flights from the East Coast. Rather than head eastward after launch as most Florida missions do, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket headed south after liftoff, skirting over Florida’s southeast coast and heading over Cuba.
That’s because this mission was headed to what is known as a polar orbit — a path that runs mostly north-to-south over the Earth’s poles. It’s a type of mission you don’t normally see taking place from Florida. In fact, this will be the first time since 1969 that a rocket taking off from Florida heads southward.
Up until now, most polar launches in the US have taken place from the southern coast of California....
We’re just days away from Mulan debuting exclusively on Disney Plus, and the latest in the Mouse House’s long line of live-action remakes of their animated classics has gone from being one of the most highly-anticipated movies of the year guaranteed to do massive business at the box office to becoming one of the most hotly-debated, after it was pulled from theaters entirely and sent straight to the studio’s in-house streaming service for a one-off fee.
Some fans were thrilled that they were able to see Mulan from the comfort of their own home without having to risk a trip to their local multiplex, while others were annoyed at being asked to pay $30 to see a movie on a service that they already pay a monthly subscription fee for. Theater owners were furious, and you can completely understand why, with an industry still in the embryonic stages of reopening losing out on the lucrative revenue stream that comes with one of the biggest titles of 2020.
Customers who use Disney Plus Premier Access to purchase Mulan will own Niki Caro’s epic for as long as they subscribe to the service, and the movie’s pre-order page on the app has revealed that it will be added to the content library for free exactly three months after it debuts next Friday, which is a relatively short window for a $200m action-packed adventure.
Let’s not kid ourselves and deny the fact that as soon as Mulan lands on Disney Plus, it’ll instantly become one of the most heavily-pirated movies in history as fans desperately try to avoid paying the $30 fee, and by the time those three months are up and it becomes free to watch anyone willing to shell out the extra cash to see it will have already done so long before then anyway.
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Tesla is pushing a software update that will let its vehicles’ Autopilot system detect speed limit signs using their cameras, Elektrek reported. When the camera detects a speed limit sign, it will be displayed on the driver visualization in the car and used to set a speed limit warning, according to the software release notes.
The latest software update also adds to its traffic light and stop sign control features, and will sound a chime when your Tesla is sitting at a stoplight that turns green. It’s only intended as a notification so it’s up to the driver to decide whether and when to actually move the car forward.
In April, Tesla rolled out a software update in beta for its newer cars to allow them to see and respond to stop signs...
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Tesla is pushing a software update that will let its vehicles’ Autopilot system detect speed limit signs using their cameras, Elektrek reported. When the camera detects a speed limit sign, it will be displayed on the driver visualization in the car and used to set a speed limit warning, according to the software release notes.
The latest software update also adds to its traffic light and stop sign control features, and will sound a chime when your Tesla is sitting at a stoplight that turns green. It’s only intended as a notification so it’s up to the driver to decide whether and when to actually move the car forward.
In April, Tesla rolled out a software update in beta for its newer cars to allow them to see and respond to stop signs...
Military officer Trilokchand Raina's mastery at making bombs in an ordnance factory was only getting him a measly salary of rupees ten thousand a month. Not enough to give wings to his son Suresh's cricketing dreams.
With two CSK players already in quarantine after testing positive for Corona Virus, the IPL officials find themselves in a developing crisis.
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Cloudflare was suffering an outage Sunday morning that appeared to be affecting multiple websites.
The outage began early Sunday, and according to Cloudflare’s status page, it was seeing “an increased level of HTTP 5xx class errors,” such as 522 and 503, which indicates an issue with the server. In a later update Cloudflare said it had “identified an issue with a transit provider” as the cause of the issue, and that it was working on a fix. The outage was affecting all data centers that use the transit provider.
Cloudflare is aware of network related issues caused by a third-party transit provider incident. We are working to mitigate the problem. Please follow the status page here: https://t.co/9DSYq0HIa7
— Cloudflare Help...
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Cloudflare was suffering an outage Sunday morning that appeared to be affecting multiple websites.
The outage began early Sunday, and according to Cloudflare’s status page, it was seeing “an increased level of HTTP 5xx class errors,” such as 522 and 503, which indicates an issue with the server. In a later update Cloudflare said it had “identified an issue with a transit provider” as the cause of the issue, and that it was working on a fix. The outage was affecting all data centers that use the transit provider.
Cloudflare is aware of network related issues caused by a third-party transit provider incident. We are working to mitigate the problem. Please follow the status page here: https://t.co/9DSYq0HIa7
— Cloudflare Help...
England vs Pakistan 2nd T20I at Manchester, Latest Updates: All Eyes on Weather after the first game was washed out. Eoin Morgan and Babar Azam would hope for a full game today.
England will face Pakistan in the 2nd T20I match of the three-match T20I series on Friday. The England vs Pakistan 2nd T20I match will be played at the Emirates Old, Manchester. The England vs Pakistan 2nd T20I will kick off at 6:45 pm.
England vs Pakistan 2020 2nd T20I at Old Trafford, Manchester, Weather Report and Pitch Report: get weather and pitch reports ahead of the second T20I
As far as Pakistan is concerned, Haider Ali, who had an impressive PSL, could be asked to sit out again. While Wahab Riaz might get his first game, perhaps in place of Mohammad Amir. Shaheen Shah Afridi will most likely retain his spot.
Mahmood, criticised within Pakistan for his England role, said his situation was no different from the one he often found himself in as an in-demand all-rounder.
Besides Kohli, spin trio of Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar and Shahbaz Nadeem and a few pacers also trained and Kohli was pleased with the way they went about their business in the first session.
After a washed out first T20I, England and Pakistan would look to start afresh and register a win in Manchester on Sunday. Ever since the start of the Test series, weather has played a huge role, with second and third Tests ending in draws due to rain. Same was the fate of the T20I as well. But the forecast for the second T20I looks far more promising.
When India toured England in 2014, James Anderson was Virat Kohli's nemesis with the right-arm pacer dismissing the India skipper on four occasions.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly led the team successfully for many years, and is credited for laying the foundations of a strong unit. Back in 2008, in the inaugural season of the IPL, Ganguly was roped in as the skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders, but the team's performance wasn't that great. In that season, the team finished a lowly sixth.
