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India vs. Sri Lanka T20 Series: Sri Lanka Sets 129 Run Target; Delhi Capitals Names Jemimah Rodrigues Captain; and More Top News

Visakhapatnam, India – In the second T20 International match of the five-match series between India and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team has set a target of 129 runs for Team India. India won the toss and elected to bowl first. Sri Lanka scored 128 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. In the first T20 match of the series, played in Visakhapatnam on December 21st, India defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets.

Delhi Capitals Appoints Rodrigues as Captain: Delhi Capitals has announced Jemimah Rodrigues as their captain for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 season. The team highlighted Rodrigues’ key role since the WPL’s inception. The 25-year-old recently played a crucial role in India’s historic ICC Women’s World Cup win.

In other news:
* A court in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, rejected the state government’s petition to withdraw cases against all accused in the 2015 Dadri lynching case.
* Renowned Hindi poet and author Vinod Kumar Shukla, a recipient of the Jnanpith Award, has passed away.
* Indian cricketer Deepti Sharma has achieved the number one position in the ICC Women’s T20 International Bowling Rankings.
* The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other Hindu organizations protested outside the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata against the killing of a Hindu man in Bangladesh.
* New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters has criticized the recently announced India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling it “neither free nor fair.”
* Canada has condemned Israel’s decision to approve 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.
* BJP criticizes Rahul Gandhi for his statements made in Germany regarding Indian institutions.

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