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Australian legend Ricky Pointing congratulates Shreyas Iyer for his debut: Check it out here

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Legendary Australia batter and Delhi Capitals head coach congratulated Shreyas Iyer on Thursday after the India batter made his Test debut in the first of a 2-match series against New Zealand in Kanpur. Iyer got his maiden Test cap from former India captain Sunil Gavaskar who was at the Green Park Stadium earlier in the day.

Shreyas Iyer became India’s 303rd Test cricketer and the first since Yuvraj Singh in 2003 to make his Test debut against New Zealand. The 26-year-old received the Test cap from Sunil Gavaskar who addressed the team huddle on Thursday morning in Kanpur.

As Sunil Gavaskar pointed out during the T20I series, India, under Rahul Dravid’s coaching tenure, have brought back the tradition of having former cricketers give out India caps to debutants. While Ajit Agarkar handed the T20I cap to Harshal Patel last week, Iyer got his Test cap from legendary Gavaskar.

Taking to social media, Ricky Ponting said it is a well-deserved break into the Test team for Shreyas Iyer, who made his India debut as early as 2017.

“Having seen all the work you’ve put in over the last few years, very well deserved and only the beginning for you mate. Proud of you Shreyas Iyer,” Ponting said.

Notably, Ponting has been working with Iyer at Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Iyer was captain when Delhi reached their maiden final in IPL 2020.

The 26-year-old, who plays for Mumbai, has a terrific first-class record — 4592 runs in 54 matches at an average of 52.18. Iyer has hit 12 first-class hundreds with his best score being 202 not out.

Suryakumar Yadav was added as a replacement to KL Rahul and it was expected that the Mumbai Indians batter would also be in contention for the middle-order spot but the opportunity has gone to Iyer, who was picked as part of the original squad for the 2-Test series.

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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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