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Time of India
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Rohit Sharma to be removed as India's Test captain: Report
GIF89a����!�,D; 5 5 Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Back 0.25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x 5 5 / Skip Ads by Live Events Rohit Sharma is set to be removed as India's Test captain ahead of the five-Test tour to England in June, reported Indian Indian team will kickstart the next World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a new leader whose first responsibility will be to lead the team in the five-match Test series against England starting from June per the report, the selection panel, led by Ajit Agarkar has decided to move past the 38-year-old. It further states that the move is not made through a desire for transition or moving past senior players but due to concerns over Rohit's performances in the there is no clarity on Sharma's selection in the squad as a player. The report states that the opener will remain part of the team's plans in ODI decision comes as the selection committee does not want another Australia-like situation where the batter opted out of the fifth Test after a poor run of form. He scored just 31 runs in six innings on the tour Downunder. With Sharma not being captain, it will allow the team to drop him from the playing XI during the series if he fails to find 2023-25 cycle was the first time India failed to qualify for the WTC final, which will be played between South Africa and Australia next month. The two-time runners-up were on course for a third final before the Rohit-led team were whitewashed at home by New Zealand before being beaten 3-1 in the Boreder-Gavaskar was made the Indian Test captain in 2022 after Virat Kohli resigned from the role. The Mumbai-based batter led the team in 24 matches in which he won 12 and lost nine with three is unclear who will replace Sharma for the top job. While Jasprit Bumrah has been the vice-captain for a while, his fitness issues have put his escalation to captaincy in doubt. Shubman Gill has been the vice-captain in averages 40.57 from 67 Tests. That drops to 31.01 in Tests outside India. He averages 24.38 in Australia and 16.63 in South Africa but the average jumps to 44.66 in England, where India play next. As an opener, he averages nearly the same (44.54) in Tests in Rohit still the ODI captain, the move to move past him in Test cricket means that India will have a different captain in each format as Suryakumar Yadav is leading the national team in T20Is.


Time of India
21-04-2025
- General
- Time of India
Pope Francis dead: How will the new pope be elected? Is there a voting? Here's all about the papal conclave
Following the passing of Pope Francis on April 21st, the Catholic Church has entered a period of mourning and preparation for the selection of a new leader. Key procedures include confirmation of the Pope's death by the camerlengo, the breaking of the Ring of the Fisherman, and the commencement of the Novendial period. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Pope's Death Confirmation Process What Happens to the Pope's Ring? What Is the Novendial Period? What Is Sede Vacante? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads What Is the Papal Conclave? FAQs With the death of 266th pope named Pope Francis at 7:35 a.m. on Easter Monday , April 21, some traditional customs start as the Church enters its somber period of mourning and preparation to choose a new head. The passing of a pope triggers the Interregnum, the intervening period between two papacies, as per Indian to the report, the camerlengo, the cardinal who serves as treasurer of the Church, confirms the Pope's death. In a ritualistic gesture, the camerlengo shouts the Pope's baptismal name three times, for a response. If no answer is heard, he formally declares the Pope dead. A recent revision to the liturgical books has altered this tradition a bit, instead of confirming the death in the Pope's bedroom, it now occurs in a chapel, as per Indian the death of the Pope is confirmed, the Ring of the Fisherman , the signet ring of the Pope, is broken off, according to the report. The ring carries the stamp of his papacy and and breaking of the ring denotes the end of his reign. The apartment of the Pope is then sealed and locked, a sign of ending one chapter and starting another, as per Indian camerlengo then notifies the College of Cardinals of the death of the Pope, and the Church goes into a nine-day period of mourning known as 'Novendial', reported Indian Catholic Church then moves into a period called Sede Vacante, or "the seat is vacant," as per the report. During this period, the College of Cardinals takes charge of leading the Church until the election of a new Pope, as per Indian the span of 15 days to 20 days, cardinals from around the globe below the age of 80 will meet at the Vatican for the 'papal conclave', a closed and secretive process to appoint the new Pope, as per the report. The cardinals are kept in the Sistine Chapel and then through a number of rounds, they will cast their votes, according to Indian Express. A candidate needs to get a two-thirds majority vote to be elected. If none of them obtain sufficient votes in a round, black smoke emerges from the chimney of the chapel. While, a white smoke, on the other hand, indicates that there is a newly elected Pope, as per Indian the election of the new Pope, a College of Cardinals' representative will step out onto St. Peter's Basilica main balcony to reveal the news to the waiting crowd of faithful: "Habemus papam", meaning "We have a Pope." The new Pope, who chooses a name that usually honours a saint or a predecessor, then delivers his first address to the public from the balcony, reported Indian under the age of 80 are eligible to participate in the Papal Conclave, as per the smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney is to indicate that a new Pope has been elected, according to Indian Express.