Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh clarified on Saturday that he had asked the Punjab government to withdraw nomination for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award as he was not eligible.
3TC Solidarity Cup 2020 LIVE Score | Solid start by Kingfishers Reeza Hendricks and Janneman Malan. After a sedate first over from Dwaine Pretorius that yielded just five runs, the duo have picked up the pace and are 40/0 in 4 overs
England vs West Indies Live Score, Eng v WI 2020 2nd Test at Old Trafford Manchster: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has termed the handling of Joe Denly as "atrocious", saying he is an attacking batsman and asking him to curb his natural game and then dropping him after his failure in the first Test is "truly abysmal". The 34-year-old Denly, who has played 15 Tests for England, was dropped from the ongoing second Test against the West Indies after scoring 18 and 29 in the two innings respectively in the series opener at Southampton.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes says star pacer Jofra Archer needs full support of his teammates following his bio-secure protocol breach which led to his drop.
Batting great Rahul Dravid says legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev's advice helped him to explore options after his retirement before eventually taking up the c.
Former captain and CSA Director of Cricket Graeme Smith will take the knee along with players and staff in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement du.
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Watch India fielding coach R Sridhar take up the quiz on Laws of Cricket.
Talented India batter Smriti Mandhana on Saturday, turned 24, and wishes poured in for the opener from fans and as well fellow players.
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On Friday evening, Twitter issued its first full blog post about what happened after the biggest security lapse in the company’s history, one that led to attackers getting hold of some of the highest profile Twitter accounts in the world — including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Kanye West, Michael Bloomberg, and more.
The bad news: Twitter has now revealed that the attackers may indeed have downloaded the private direct messages (DMs) of up to 8 individuals while conducting their Bitcoin scam, and were able to see “personal information” including phone numbers and email addresses for every account they targeted.
That’s because Twitter has...
Illustration by Alex Castro
On Friday evening, Twitter issued its first full blog post about what happened after the biggest security lapse in the company’s history, one that led to attackers getting hold of some of the highest profile Twitter accounts in the world — including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Kanye West, Michael Bloomberg, and more.
The bad news: Twitter has now revealed that the attackers may indeed have downloaded the private direct messages (DMs) of up to 8 individuals while conducting their Bitcoin scam, and were able to see “personal information” including phone numbers and email addresses for every account they targeted.
That’s because Twitter has...
England cricket great Ian Botham is to be made a Lord by Boris Johnson as a reward for his support of Brexit, according to a report in The Times.
India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal brutally trolled teammate Rohit Sharma, after the latter congratulated Real Madrid for winning their 34th La Liga title.New Netflix action movie The Old Guard continues to ride a wave of success. It’s only been out for a week, but the Charlize Theron flick is already hitting several benchmarks. It topped Netflix’s Top 10 chart after only 48 hours and now the streaming platform is reporting that it’s on track to be seen by 72 million accounts in its first four weeks of release.
Of course, take any announcement by a successful company with a grain of salt. Netflix is notoriously secretive about sharing ratings figures and when they do, we don’t have much context for the numbers. Having said that, there are a few other notable Netflix movies to compare The Old Guard to. The Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston comedy Murder Mystery was seen by 31 million accounts in its first two days of release, for instance. Not bad considering that Sandler’s theatrical prowess has taken a hit in recent memory.
Netflix’s top 10 films are as follows in millions of households:
Extraction – 99M, director Sam Hargrave
Bird Box – 89M, dir. Susanne Bier
Spenser Confidential – 85M, dir. Peter Berg
6 Underground – 83M, dir. Michael Bay
Murder Mystery – 83M, dir. Kyle Newacheck
The Old Guard – 72M, dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood – projected
The Irishman – 64M, dir. Martin Scorsese
Triple Frontier– 63M, dir. J.C. Chandor
The Wrong Missy – 59M, dir. Tyler Spindel
The Platform – 56M, dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
If you’re looking for even more numbers, know that another streaming sensation, Bird Box, was watched by 45 million global accounts in its first seven days. In the U.S., that number was 26 million for the first week. And then, of course, there’s the much hyped Will Smith fantasy cop thriller, Bright, which was seen by 11 million in its first three days. If it had come out during a pandemic, perhaps it would have done a little better.
But in the case of The Old Guard, all the news is good news. A sequel is already in development and fans are loving the characters as much as the set pieces, which are also impressive. An uptick in streaming views and subscriptions was inevitable given our current situation, of course, but nevertheless, Netflix has to feel good moving forward because between this and Extraction, the streaming giant is officially in the franchise business now.
