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Watching his name being linked to Virat Kohli’s captaincy resignation, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has finally broken his silence on the matter and described it as “fake news”.

A couple of days ago, some of the media houses published a report claiming that the off-spinner was 'not happy' with Virat Kohli and had reached out to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah) with a complaint about the skipper.  

The report further added that Ashwin had raised concerns about insecurity within the team. 

Instead of getting angry over these serious allegations, Ashwin took a unique approach to get his message across.  

Virat Kohli's captaincy has been the talk of the town in the cricketing fraternity for quite some time. Under him, India remains a potent force across formats and have excelled in bilateral series. While they have also performed well in ICC events, the 32-year-old hasn't led India to a major title ever since he took over as the full-time captain in early 2017.

Nonetheless, Kohli's captaincy has been under the scanner following India's ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final loss to New Zealand, in mid-2021. While India came back strongly in the preceding England Tests, with a 2-1 unassailable lead in the five Tests before the series came to an abrupt end, there are reports doing the rounds that some senior Indian cricketers have complained about Kohli to the BCCI.

The sword of first Indian woman fencer to qualify for Olympics Bhavani Devi is now in e-auction of gifts and mementos received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of Culture on Tuesday (September 28) informed. Bhavani Devi when she became the first Indian woman fencer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

"It was a momentous day for Bhavani Devi when she became the first Indian woman fencer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. She made history by winning her first match at the Tokyo Olympics. It was a big achievement in itself as no Indian female fencer had reached that level. Though she crashed out of the medal race in the next match, it was enough to lift India`s hopes and aspirations," read the release by the Ministry.

The full name of Bhavani Devi, who hails from Tamil Nadu, is Chadalavada Ananda Sundhararaman Bhavani Devi. She started her sports career in 2003 but had no interest in fencing.

It was a clash of superstars on Sunday evening with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) facing the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Both the teams had lost their previous two matches and needed to put their best effort in the middle. RCB did just that to thump MI by 54 runs and bring their campaign on track.

With this being a crucial game, tempers flared on occasions but after the match, it was all smiles as the players from both the sides were seen chatting to each other. However, the moment when the RCB skipper Virat Kohli went over to check on his counterpart MI skipper Rohit Sharma was the best one.

In an surprisingly one-sided match, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) crush defending champions Mumbai Indians by 54 runs to get back to winning ways. Glenn Maxwell super all round show (56 off 37 balls & 2/23), super bowling by Hat-trick man Harshal Patel (4/17) & Yuzvendra Chahal (3/11) handed RCB one of the most comprehensive victory against the MI.

RCB now has 12 points from 10 matches and is at 3rd place in the IPL Points table, while MI has slipped down to 7th position with 8 points from 10 matches.