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‘Really excited to play under Pant’s captaincy’: Australian star Steve Smith

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Australian batting superstar Steve Smith, after being with the Rajasthan Royals for five years will start his new journey in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Delhi Capitals in the new season of the lucrative tournament. Smith, who led Rajasthan Royals in the last season was released by the franchise ahead of this year’s auction and was picked by Delhi for INR 2.2 crore.

After getting picked, Smith was one of the frontrunners to become the new captain of the side for this year’s IPL after the regular skipper Shreyas Iyer was ruled out due to an injury in the left shoulder, which required surgery and would take him a couple of months, at least to recover. The Capitals, however, handed the captaincy to the 23-year old wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant as part of a collective decision of the team management, coach Ricky Ponting and the owners of the franchise.

Smith, who is still undergoing the mandatory 7-day quarantine as part of the SOPs for the IPL has opened up for the first time on playing under Rishabh Pant and working alongside him to get the Delhi Capitals to their first title.

During a question and answer session with the fans on Instagram, Smith was asked about his views on Pant being the captain, he said, “I am excited to see Rishabh as captain. I think he is an incredible player as we’ve seen over the last few months. He’s taken his game to a new level.

“I think captaincy will suit him really well. Excited to work underneath him and hopefully we can have a successful season,” Smith added.

Smith, whose quarantine will end on April 9, was excited to join the last year’s runners-up, Delhi Capitals this year and working with coach Ponting and skipper Pant and said that they have got a good squad and hoped that they can go one step further than the last season.

Delhi will open their 2021 campaign against the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 10 in Mumbai.

 

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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