Market Updates Today: A day after the market crash following the Budget's provision to hike Securities Transaction Tax (STT), the domestic equity market on Monday reclaimed much of its lost territory. After opening nearly flat, the NSE Nifty rose to the day's high
Airtel Free Subscription: The service was introduced as a special, short-term benefit to enhance Airtel's prepaid plans and give users a taste of premium AI capabilities. Airtel Free Subscription: Bharti Airtel has quietly pulled the plug on one of its most popular digital perks
When it comes to women's empowerment, everyday stories often leave the strongest impact. Recently, a Hyderabad-based man shared an inspiring story after meeting a single mother working as an Uber driver in the city. Suresh Kochattil, who works as a journalist, shared his experience on Facebook
Zoom Security Issues: The US-based video conferencing app Zoom has classified this flaw as “Critical”, giving it a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10, which makes it one of the most dangerous software vulnerabilities. Zoom Security Issues: If you often use Zoom for work meetings
In a significant hardening of its diplomatic and strategic posture, India has categorically rejected the authority of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague regarding the long-standing Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) dispute. As hearings continue in the Netherlands
Digital labour platforms – like fast food delivery and cab hailing services – are having a dramatic impact on people's labour rights and working conditions around the world. In western countries like the UK and the US, their rise has intensified a process of labour casualisation already
Oppo K14x India Launch: The upcoming model will succeed the Oppo K13x 5G, which was launched in June last year at a starting price of Rs. 11,999 for the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage variant. Oppo K14x India Launch: Chinese smartphone brand Oppo has announced that the Oppo K14x will officially launch
England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler etched his name deeper into the record books on Sunday, reaching a major milestone during England's second T20I against Sri Lanka in the ongoing three-match series. England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler etched his name deeper into the record books on Sunday
'Born to play international cricket' - how Bethell came of age
What's that? A glimmer amid the wreckage?
Joe Root's long-awaited centuries in Australia were special but we knew he was good.
The Melbourne win was something but that was a dead rubber.
In scoring his first Test century on day four of the fifth Ashes Test, a sensational 142 not out that kept England alive for another day, Jacob Bethell provided the moment England fans can cling to when this Ashes defeat is all said and done, whether 4-1, 3-1 or 3-2.
There is a future. And it comes from an elegant left-hander with a flash of peroxide.
"I've seen some hundreds but I don't think I've seen many better debut hundreds than that," said former England captain Sir Alastair Cook.
Bethell's century, which took the tourists to 302-8 and a lead of 119, makes the 22-year-old the seventh youngest man to score a Test hundred for England against Australia.
Having come in during the first over, he strolled to the nineties but 29 balls passed with Bethell a hit away from a century.
Harry Brook, England's vice-captain, wafted and waved at Mitchell Starc bouncers at the other end. Bethell's dad, Graham, took deep breaths in the stands.
It was the man that mattered most who appeared the calmest of all.
Bethell had, of course, been here before.
In November 2024, he reached 96 against New Zealand in his second Test, only to nick behind off Tim Southee.
His response afterwards, that it would have been "flair" to "smack that through the covers" hinted at Bethell's freer side - the one that had him pictured doing the YMCA during England's ill-fated mid-Ashes trip to Noosa.
This hundred showed all of his maturity that is so highly regarded by England - and what persuaded them to make him their youngest captain on last year's white-ball tour of Ireland.
"He played in a way that Test cricket has been played for many generations," said former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special. "You respect the ball and have good technique.
"It was a technical masterclass. A masterclass in composure and calmness.
"The strokeplay, when he got a chance to score, he didn't try to overhit it. We have seen a batting masterclass from someone who let the ball come.
He didn't hit the ball in the air that often. It was a throwback.
Though the landmark came with a flick for four over mid-wicket off Beau Webster's spin, Bethell's first ton was moulded in a style from the old school.
While defending the danger area around his stumps, he timed back-foot punches rather than slashing cuts and clipped from his pads to keep the score moving.
A glorious on-drive off Michael Neser was the highlight and a dismissive pull off Cameron Green through mid-wicket a statement.
"I had two shots and a half," said Cook, famed for his cuts, pulls and clips, on TNT Sports.
"Four shots would help anyone be world-class. He has guts and determination.
"There were some really tough balls but he has a nice solid technique down the ground.
Clip, pull, drive and cut. A classic number three innings.
Bethell said afterwards his ability to bat long, something England have been craving, was formed by being small as a child and his back-foot shots.
"I only became able to hit boundaries and sixes when I was 15 or 16 so I got that ability to bat a long time when I was younger," he said.
He said his back-foot shots came because "growing up in Barbados I got a lot of chin music".
"I was a little bit nervous, but nowhere near as nervous as I was in New Zealand when I forgot to watch the ball and got out," he added.
Cook, the only England batter younger than Bethell to score an Ashes ton this century, said Bethell has "shown the future of England batting after Joe Root".
"In the media box there are a lot of very good Australian cricketers who haven't seen a lot of him and they are purring," he added.
In England, few young careers have been as regularly discussed as Bethell's.
An Under-19 international who moved to the UK from the Caribbean aged 12 for a cricket scholarship, he was plucked for his debut in New Zealand in 2024 despite being a batter without a professional century to his name.
Having broken that duck with a white-ball hundred against South Africa in September, he is now the fifth man to score his first first-class hundred in a Test for England.
"A lot of observers of the game knew he had it in him and you look at him and think that's a Test-match batter but without the experience, the first-class cricket, you never truly know," said former England bowler Steven Finn.
Today is the day we truly found out Jacob Bethell belongs on this stage.
Much of the discussion around Bethell intensified because he played so little last summer.
He has faced more balls in this innings than he did domestically in England last year, having missed the start of the season and the Test against Zimbabwe because of commitments at the Indian Premier League.
There is a world where Ollie Pope did not make his century against Zimbabwe, leaving Bethell to play the entire Test series against India before beginning this Ashes series as England's number three.
Instead, a tortured five from 31 balls in the fifth-Test defeat by India after months on the sidelines effectively sealed his fate.
Who knows how this series may have ended had England backed the Bethell-shaped feeling in their gut.
Pope, dropped after 125 runs across six innings in this series, had 16 innings against Australia and did not pass 50. Bethell has one of England's best hundreds down under in his second Ashes Test.
"He left the ball really well," said Cook. "A real classy innings.
Compare that to India when he looked like he didn't know how to score against high-class Indian bowling and he ran down the wicket.
He added: "There is not much to go wrong with that technique.
"It is so simple. There are not huge movements. I like players with trigger movements.
"He has played Bazball when he has played but there was zero of that today.
Today he will say 'I don't need to change my method. This is my method'.
Source: BBC
Related Posts: Stalin hails UGC’s equity regulations as long-overdue reform amid backlash Dhurandhar’s Rakesh Bedi Visits Gorakhnath Temple To Witness Centuries-Old Divya Jyoti How to watch Pakistan vs Australia 2nd T20I in India Suryakumar leaves behind Virat and Rohit Sharma to achieve special T20I feat Torres-like' Ekitike haunts long-term admirers Newcastle STT recalibration to encourage investors focus on long-term equity participation STT recalibration to encourage investors on long-term equity participation No freebies, only long-term support for poll-bound states in Budget 2026 South Western Railway to run Yeshwantpur-Madgaon special train for Maha Shivaratri Budget 2026-27 signals shift to ‘long-term vision’ from ‘short-term support’
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has dismissed the DMK's allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party is pressuring actor-turned-politician Vijay to join the NDA, asserting that the ruling party's anxiety itself shows how politically consequential he has become in Tamil Nadu
3 hours ago
Banerjee contended that ongoing SIR will lead to disenfranchisement of lakhs of voters and disrupt the level playing field for parties in elections. She urged the court to direct that polls be held on the basis of rolls prepared last year. New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee has petitioned Supreme Court
3 hours ago
MIAMI (AP) — An arbitrator has decided Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier should be receiving his $26.6 million salary for this season despite being on administrative leave while facing federal gambling-related charges, the National Basketball Players Association said Monday
3 hours ago
Delhi weather today: Delhi residents woke up to low visibility as dense fog enveloped the city on Tuesday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange and red alert for parts of Delhi. IMD in its nowcast warning valid till 9:33 AM stated: “Very Dense Fog very likely
3 hours ago
Twenty years after the original, The Devil Wears Prada 2 reunites Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt for a high-stakes fashion world comeback. Washington: Twenty years after 'The Devil Wears Prada' became a cultural touchstone, 20th Century Studios has released the first full trailer for
3 hours ago
The tax holiday announced for data centres in the budget is expected to increase demand for large industrial land parcels, accelerate data centre leasing and campus development, and draw long-term foreign capital into India's industrial and commercial real estate markets
3 hours ago
The developer of Notepad++ has reportedly noted that its software update mechanism was covertly hijacked for several months last year, with evidence suggesting the operation was carried out by a Chinese state sponsored threat group. According to Bleepingcomputer
3 hours ago
The UK on Monday sanctioned 10 individuals, including Iran's interior minister and police chiefs, for their roles in "recent brutality against protesters", the British foreign ministry said. "The Iranian people have shown extreme courage in the face of brutality and repression over recent weeks
3 hours ago
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters he had “nothing to do with" the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and claimed that newly released Justice Department files showed a conspiracy aimed at damaging him politically and costing him elections
3 hours ago
US President Donald Trump announced that he agreed to a trade deal with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where the US will lower tariffs on goods from India to 18% from 25%. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said India will reduce trade barriers to zero and will also stop buying Russian oil
3 hours ago
China has banned hidden door handles on electric vehicles (EVs), becoming the first country to outlaw the controversial designs that were first popularised by multi-billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla. It comes as EVs are facing scrutiny from safety watchdogs around the world after a spate of deadly
3 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead agreed to multiyear contract extensions to stay with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, extending their successful nine-year partnership. And with his long-term future assured
3 hours ago
Brussels would be "open‑minded" about discussing closer trade ties with the UK, including the possibility of working together on a customs union, the European Commissioner for finance has told the BBC. Valdis Dombrovskis said the bloc was "ready to engage" if the UK wanted to explore the move
3 hours ago
The announcement by US President Donald Trump to cut its reciprocal tariff on Indian goods to 18% marks a meaningful shift in India's export competitiveness. For several Indian export categories, the India-US trade deal is expected to provide a major relief
3 hours ago
Sometimes, even successful careers need a pause button. For R Madhavan, that pause lasted four years and it changed everything. The actor has now spoken openly about why he stepped away from films at the peak of his popularity, admitting that he no longer recognised himself in the work he was doing
3 hours ago
On the morning of January 21, a group of around 70 people stood in front of the Tanot Mata temple in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, roughly 30 km away from the India-Pakistan border. After praying at the temple, the group began to beat drums and set off on a long march along the roads of the Thar
3 hours ago
Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar topped Netflix Pakistan after its OTT release, despite the film being banned theatrically. Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar's theatrical release was banned in Pakistan. While the movie did amazing numbers at the box office
3 hours ago
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal walked out of a crucial meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner, citing feelings of disrespect and humiliation. She called for an immediate cessation of the ongoing special intensive revision process of electoral rolls
3 hours ago
United States President Donald Trump on Monday said that India and the US had agreed to a trade deal and that he was cutting the so-called reciprocal tariffs imposed on New Delhi to 18% from 25% with immediate effect. The announcement came after Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on
3 hours ago
A Lok Bhavan official in Itanagar said on Monday that towering at 22,831 feet above sea level, Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere and a formidable challenge even for seasoned mountaineers. This remarkable achievement marks yet another milestone in Yano's extraordinary
3 hours ago
ISRO plans another PSLV rocket launch in June. This follows two recent mission failures. Minister Jitendra Singh stated sabotage is not suspected. He assured that reasons for the failures were different. ISRO has set up committees to analyze the issues
3 hours ago
During the visit, Jaishankar will also meet senior members of the US administration. Details of those meetings were not disclosed yet. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in New York on Monday for a three-day official visit to the United States focused on cooperation in critical minerals
3 hours ago
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo has raised another $16 billion to help fuel its ambition for its fleet of self-driving cars to provide rides throughout the world while other deep-pocketed rival services backed by Tesla and Amazon try to catch up. The fundraising announced Monday values Waymo at $126 billion
3 hours ago
According to the police, they first considered giving Prachi up for adoption, but dropped the plan since it would not have solved the problem, she would still have been officially recorded as his child in the birth certificate. A 28-year-old man from Maharashtra allegedly murdered one of his three
3 hours ago
Step into any metro station and you expect order. There are yellow lines, recorded announcements and clear instructions. But one viral video from Chennai proves that civic sense often disappears the moment the train doors slide open. What should be a simple act of letting passengers exit first
3 hours ago
ET was the first to report that Jaishankar would be visiting the US in February. During the visit, the external affairs minister will also hold meetings with senior members of the US administration, according to the statement. NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar is visiting the United
3 hours ago
Defence Minister highlighted the deal as a major milestone in India-US relations, promoting stronger links and strategic collaboration. He also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on the agreement. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday lauded the India-US
3 hours ago
