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“This is a second-string Indian team and their coming here is an insult on our cricket”: Former Sri Lankan captain

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Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga has slammed his country’s cricket board for hosting a second-string Indian team for a limited-overs tour comprising three ODIs and as many T20Is to be played from July 13 on their shores. According to Ranatunga, it is an ‘insult’ to Sri Lankan cricket.

Team India led by opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and under the coaching of NCA head Rahul Dravid, featuring six uncapped players, five of whom received maiden call-ups to the Indian side will be taking on the island nation in the white-ball tour. BCCI announced a second-string side since most of the first-choice players Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah among others are in England, who will face the England side in five-match Test series starting August 4.

Talking to reporters at his residence, Ranatunga said, “This is a second-string Indian team and their coming here is an insult on our cricket. I blame the current administration for agreeing to play with them due to television marketing needs.

“India sent their best team to England and sent a weaker side to play here. I blame our board for that,” he added.

Sri Lanka cricket team, on the other hand, are on a downward spiral of their own as they lost the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh and have lost all five games they have played against England in England – three T20Is and two ODIs, with one to go.

As for India, they had their first training session ahead of the series, on Friday after they completed their 3-day mandatory quarantine in Colombo.

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

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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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