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HIGHLIGHTS Hima Das has won 5 gold medals in the last 19 days in five different competitions in Europe. From India's President and Prime Minister to Bollywood and sports personalities, everybody congratulated Hima on social media. Indian sprinter Hima Das extended her sensational run by claiming her fifth gold of the month as she returned to her pet 400m competition with a season-best time of 52.09s, here Saturday. The timing is slower than her personal best of 50.79 seconds, which she managed at the Jakarta Asian Games and she also narrowly missed out on the World Championships qualifying mark of 51.80. However, it was better than the timing of 52.88 seconds, which she managed earlier in the season. It was Hima’s fifth gold medal since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe. In her first competitive 200m race of the year, she clocked 23.65 seconds on her way to gold at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland on July 2. After that, she won...

Cricket is a game that has evolved over a period of time. And along with evolution, came constant changes in its rules and regulations. Known as the gentleman's game, it needs a fixed set of rules to keep it that way! But, with that in mind, there are a few rules of the game which aren't just strange but, downright absurd! There are a lot of things that players have to observe on the field which we seldom know about. Let’s take a look at a few of these strange rules of the game. 1) Double hitting A batsman will be declared out if willfully he hits the ball with his bat more than once in a single ball bowled. Inadvertent double strikes are given not out. You may have seen this happen in ' Lagaan ' movie. 2) Mankading Rule Cricket’s most controversial rule, it’s named after Indian bowler Vinoo Mankad. When bowling a delivery, if the bowler sees that the non-striker batsman has left the crease, he can stop and hit the bails on the non-striker end. As the non-stri...