Ajinkya Rahane completes 5000 Test runs

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London ndia batter Ajinkya Rahane announced his comeback to Test cricket by completing 5000 runs on Friday, June 9. The 35-year-old achieved the feat on Day 3 of the WTC Final against Australia at The Oval.

Rahane raced to his milestone by scoring 69 runs in his 83rd Test match. Along the way, he also completed his 26th half-century. Ra-

AJINKYA RAHANE 13th INDIAN BATTER TO SURPASS THE 5000-RUN MARK IN TESTS hane was dropped from India’s Test side after an away series against South Africa in January 2022, missing the fol- lowing home series against Sri Lanka, the Birmingham Test against England and the BorderGavaskar Trophy 2023.

Ajinkya Rahane became the 13th Indian to surpass the 5000-run mark in the list of top Indian run getters. Rahane joined the likes of Kapil Dev (5248), Gundappa Viswanath (6080), Mohammad Azharuddin (6215), Dilip Vengsarkar (6868), Cheteshwar Pujara (7168*), Sourav Ganguly (7212), Virat Kohli (8430*), Virender Sehwag (8503), VVS Laxman (8781), Sunil Gavaskar (10122), Rahul Dravid (13265) and Sachin Tendulkar (15921).

Rahane stood tall amidst ruins as he achieved the feat on Day 3 of the WTC final. Rahane, who needed 69 runs, raced to the milestone in his 83rd Test match. He became the 13th Indian to surpass the 5000-run mark in Tests.

Agencies London WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has lost his latest attempt to fight extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, though he will renew his appeal next week.

Assange, 51, is wanted by US authorities on 18 charges relating to WikiLeaks’ release of vast troves of confiden- tial US military records and diplomatic cables.

Britain has given the go-ahead for his extradition and a judge at London’s High Court ruled this week that Assange had no legal grounds to challenge the decision, according to a court order published on Friday.

However, his wife Stella Assange said there will be a hearing next week at which Assange will again appeal against the decision to extradite him.

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Women can buy mobiles, money will be sent to their accounts: CM

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CM Ashok Gehlot was on tour of Babai village in Khetri wherein, he inaugurated & laid the foundation stone of development works.

Addressing the gathering, Gehlot said that the Rajasthan government has taken several steps to provide relief to the public from inflation. “We do not make false promises like BJP. We are moving forward for industry in Khetri.,” he said.

Addressing a public meet after inspecting inflation relief camp at Hod village in Sikar, CM said that in a democracy, the aim of the govt elected by the people is to serve the people. lief camp in Hod village of Khandela tehsil of Sikar on Friday.

The CM interacted with beneficiaries at MRC. He distributed Scooties to speciallyabled. Gehlot visited the Rajeevika & Gandhi Darshan exhibition.

State govt may transfer money to bank accounts of women for purchase of smartphones, says CM during his visit to MRC in Kotputli.

CM Ashok Gehlot during the Mehangai Rahat Camp held at Hod village in Khandela Tehsil of Sikar district on Friday. Also seen are Sukhjinder Randhawa, Shakuntala Rawat, GS Dotasra, Mahendra Gehlot, Sitaram Lamba, Rajendra Pareek, Virendra Singh, Qazi Nizamuddin, Amrrita Dhawan and others.

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CM Ashok Gehlot addresses during the Mehangai Rahat Camp and foundation laying ceremony of various development works at Babai village of Khetri Tehsil in Jhunjhunu dist on Friday. Also seen are Mamta Bhupesh, Brijendra Ola, SS Randhawa, GS Dotasra, MD Chopdar, Dr Jitendra Singh, Dr Rajkumar Sharma, Rita Chaudhary, JP Chandeliya and others.