Sunil Gavaskar expressed his frustration after India lost the series 1-3 to Australia and failed to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Gavaskar, speaking to the host broadcaster, criticized the Indian team's performance and repeated his earlier disapproval of Rishabh Pant's reckless shot selection in a crucial match situation.
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has expressed concerns over the arrangements at the Maha Kumbh event and accused the BJP government of not doing enough to find nearly 1,000 missing Hindus. He also criticized the handling of the gathering by the Uttar Pradesh officials and questioned the allocation of funds for the event.
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