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Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra interacted with the Indian team ahead of their final against England.

offers prayers at his father's grave after returning from Australia 🙏🤲

'Dada' at a photoshoot. Sourav Ganguly Official

enjoys his cheat meal - everyone's favourite Vada Pav in Mumbai.

and are having a great time during their holiday.

2011
When R Ashwin was caught short trying to take a second run off the final ball of the Mumbai Test, it was only the second time a Test had been drawn with the scores level. Though a draw had looked likely right from day one, when West Indies lost only two wickets on a flat pitch, things changed dramatically on the final day: by tea India needed 94 at under five an over, and even after the departures of VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni, they looked on course to complete the 3-0 whitewash. With two overs to go they needed six when Ishant Sharma lost his leg stump. In walked the nervous No. 10, debutant Varun Aaron, to face the last over with India needing three. He got a single off the fourth ball, but Ashwin, who had scored a century in the first innings, only managed an inside edge onto his pad off the fifth, and though he smashed the final ball to long-on, two runs were never on the cards

1982
Birth of one of the finest women cricketers. Jhulan Goswami was at one point the fastest bowler in the women's game, generating as much as 120kph, and helped India to their first series victory over England in 2006. Her career-defining performance came in the second Test in Taunton, when she bagged 10 for 78. She was named the ICC Women's Player of Year in 2007 - a year no Indian male player bagged any individual award. A year later, Goswami took over the captaincy from Mithali Raj and held it till 2011. In 2017, shortly before playing her fourth World Cup, Goswami went past Cathryn Fitzpatrick to become the leading wicket-taker in ODIs. Goswami retired from T20Is a year later, shortly before the World T20 in West Indies.

1943
Birth of an early developer. Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan was officially the youngest Test player (15 years and 124 days, against West Indies in Lahore in 1958-59) and the youngest Test centurion (17 years and 82 days, against India in Delhi in 1960-61) at the time. With a batting average just shy of 40 and a bowling average under 30, Mushtaq was in the top bracket as an allrounder: a wristy batsman and a mischievous legspinner. His finest hour came in the victory over West Indies in Trinidad in 1976-77, when he produced the ultimate captain's display, adding 121 and 56 to figures of 5 for 28 and 3 for 69. Three of his brothers and his nephew also played Test cricket for Pakistan. Mushtaq represented Northants with distinction between 1966 and 1977

Happy birthday to New Zealand opening batsman Jeet Raval!