Times Of India
Indian Express
Mid-Day
Rediff
DNA
ZeeNews
The Hindu
Pankaj Advani ties the knot with celeb make-up artist Saniya Shadadpuri. See photos
A champion cueist of the green baize, and a Padma Bhushan and Khel Ratna Award recipient, Pankaj Advani is now bracing his red carpet walk down the aisle alongside his confidante and renowned celebrity make-up artist, Saniya Shadadpuri.
The Bengaluru-based cueist, widely regarded as one of the world’s best, made his international debut in 1999 and soon became the first to achieve the feat of a ‘Grand Double’ at the IBSF World Billiards Championships in 2003. Recently having won his 23rd World title, Pankaj Advani has now brought home a world trophy every consecutive year since 2014.
In 2019, Advani completed a career grand slam in cue sports by becoming the only player to have won the Asian and World Championships in all formats of Billiards and Snooker. The ace cueist has been at it ever since he bagged his first big win, back in 2003, as a fresh-faced 18-year-old picking up the IBSF World Snooker Championship trophy.
Now championing his love life with Saniya, Adva..
Jose Mourinho: We respect all cups
IND vs AUS: Glenn McGrath's message to Navdeep Saini - Just enjoy it, mate
3rd Test: 'Get T Natarajan and be happy,' says Adam Gilchrist to Team India
It's a tough period: Christian Pulisic after Chelsea's EPL defeat to Man City
EPL: Arteta delighted with Arsenal's splendid 4-0 win over West Brom
IND vs AUS: 'No breach of protocol'
A fanboy moment on spotting Indian cricketers at a Melbourne restaurant has landed Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma, openers Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and pacer Navdeep Saini in trouble.
The fan's viral video of the cricketers sitting in the restaurant and then his description of his experience on Twitter, where he described hugging Pant, taking selfies with the players and then footing their bill of AUD 118 [R6,500 approximately] was enough to send the BCCI and Cricket Australia into action.
Though the BCCI earlier rubbished launching any probe into the incident, Cricket Australia in a statement, confirmed a joint investigation.
The above screengrab shows Indian players at a Melbourne restaurant
While the alleged bio-secure bubble breach is under investigation, it is understood that the Indian cricketers do not think they have violated any protocol.
As per Cricket Australia's reported bubble rule, eating in an indoor restaurant is not permissible. The..
IND vs AUS: Matthew Wade finds spin duo Ashwin-Jadeja too tough
Australia's opening batsman Matthew Wade, who was dismissed by India's spin duo of off-spinner R Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja in the last Test at Melbourne, admitted on Sunday that tackling them is a huge challenge.
"They [Ashwin and Jadeja] are a tough spin duo to crack, very consistent and have bowled terrifically well, especially in Melbourne. Probably, they got more spin and bounce, more than what we expected in the first innings. That was a little bit of a shocker, but we expected that to come into play," Wade said at a virtual press conference from Melbourne. The third Test at Sydney starts on Thursday.
Useful Wade
Wade, 33, who scored 111 runs in the two Tests of this season's Border-Gavaskar Trophy, is confident that Steven Smith, who managed to score just 10 runs in his last two Tests, will come to the rescue of the hosts in the remaining two games.
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja celebrates taking the wicket of Australian opener Matthew Wade during Day Three ..
IND vs AUS: He's all about the team
EPL: Red Devils join Reds on top