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On Wednesday, PM Modi thanked Neeraj's mother, Saroj Devi, in a letter for the delectable cuisine that has been sent over to him during an event with the Prime Minister of Jamaica. The PM is also often heard mentioning that the choorma resembled the cooking done by his own mother.

There is also uncapped leg-spinner Jafer Chohan, who played 23 T20s but is still without a List A outing. Other uncapped names include John Turner and Dan Mousley. Though both were in the Australia series, they did not get a game.

On Thursday, PM Modi invited Paris Olympic-bound athletes to his residence where he had a chat with them. During such a chat, while speaking with Neeraj, PM asked the javelin thrower to bring homemade 'churma' for him, prepared by his mother.

"I have been (out) there enough to trust my judgments on what I do," Rohit told BCCI.TV after India completed a 2-0 sweep of Bangladesh. Rohit said he has an open door for suggestions but the onus is completely on him. "The decisions that I take on the field, I then go by it.". Of course, there are guys around me who are open to giving suggestions but, at the end of the day, I trust my mind and my judgment and that's all that matters when you are playing," the 'Hit Man' maintained.

Bumrah edges past his teammate and the leg-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to take pole position for only the second time after taking six scalps as India claim dominant seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Kanpur to complete the series 2-0.

Notably, it was India's 18th consecutive Test series win at home since 2013. In the extended morning session, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah played a key role as Bangladesh were bundled out for 233, setting a 95-run target for India to win the match and clean sweep the series.

In the seven-wicket win, India upped its point percentage to as high as 74.24 percent, and a loss dragged Bangladesh down to the seventh spot with 34.38 percent points, behind South Africa and New Zealand. They are placed fifth and sixth, respectively.

Babar took to X to announce he was resigning from the post in ODIs and T20Is, adding that he had informed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the team management of his decision in September.

Babar has resigned for the second time in less than 12 months as the skipper of the Pakistan team. The last time he quit was back in November 2023, when he resigned from all three formats. This time around, he called it a day from limited-overs cricket. Pakistan's Test cricket is not in the best of shape either. Shan Masood has tasted defeats in all five Tests as skipper since taking over from Babar last year.

India, after bowling out Bangladesh in the second innings for 146 runs, thanks to three-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah, reached a victory target of 95 runs in 17.2 overs, with Jaiswal and Kohli scoring 51 and unbeaten 29 runs respectively.