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IPL Slapgate's 1st Video in 17 Years
17 years after it happened, the first-ever video of the infamous IPL slapgate has surfaced. On former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke's YouTube channel, Beyond23 Cricket Podcast, IPL founder and first chairman Lalit Modi released the raw, unseen footage of the incident that took place in 2008 after the match between the Mumbai Indians and the Kings XI Punjab."The game was over, cameras were shut off. One of my security cameras was on. It caught the incident between Sreesanth and Bhajji (Harbhajan), and Bhajji just gives him a back-hander. Here's the video," said Modi, before showing the footage of the actual incident.
Roger Binny Steps Down
Roger Binny stepped down as BCCI president on Friday, with vice-president Rajeev Shukla taking over as interim chief until elections are held in September. Here’s the catch - Binny turned 70 this July, and under Lodha Committee recommendations, anyone who reaches that age is immediately ineligible to continue.
However, the National Sports Bill has raised this limit to 75. The issue? The Bill will still take 4–5 months to come into effect, which leaves Binny’s eligibility to contest the elections hanging in uncertainty.
Neeraj Chopra’s Off Day
India’s javelin superstar Neeraj Chopra had what could be called a slightly “off day” at the Diamond League final in Zurich. And by “off day,” it still meant finishing second with a best throw of 85.01m.
Neeraj won the Diamond League trophy in 2022, but for the past three years, he has finished runner-up. That said, since his historic gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he has never finished outside the top two in any competition. If consistency had a face, it would be Neeraj’s.
Bradman’s Baggy Green Sells for a Fortune
A slice of cricketing history went under the hammer—Sir Don Bradman’s cap from the 1946–47 Ashes series was sold for over AU$400,000, which is more than ₹2.5 crore in Indian currency.The baggy green was acquired by the Canberra museum with the federal government contributing half the cost. Even more fascinating? This cap is one of only 11 of Bradman’s baggy greens known to exist.
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