NEW DELHI: Govt has ordered a probe into the case of an Air India Express pilot allegedly beating up a passenger at Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday. The two had a spat after which Captain Virender Sejwal allegedly assaulted passenger Ankit Dewan. Why no one, including CISF personnel posted at the entrance, intervened when the matter had escalated to such an extent, is being examined.“The ministry of civil aviation has taken serious cognisance of the incident and directed the airline to ground the pilot with immediate effect. A formal inquiry has been ordered. Detailed reports have been sought from Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF),” the ministry said on X Saturday. No police complaint has been lodged.The Air India Express pilot was “dead heading” to Bengaluru — travelling as a passenger to another place to operate a flight from there — on IndiGo. Dewan was travelling with his family on SpiceJet. After the fight, they went to their destinations. AI Express grounded Captain Sejwal and he didn’t operate the flight he was rostered to from Bengaluru.What allegedly happened: While Captain Sejwal was at the staff entry gate, CISF personnel directed Dewan to this gate as he was travelling with children. He was on one side of the entrance and the pilot was on the other. “Captain Sejwal was going ahead of his side of the queue being a crew member. Dewan started questioning this, but allegedly in not a decent language or tone. The CISF personal asked him not to speak like that. When he did not stop, the captain hit him. The personnel on duty separated them,” a CISF source said.“Our personnel asked Dewan if he wanted to file a police complaint so that they could take him to the airport police station. He gave in writing that he did not want to do so. Both the pilot and Dewan went to their destinations,” the CISF source added.On reaching the destination, Dewan said on X: “…one of (AI Express) pilots, Captain Virender Sejwal, assaulted me physically at T1, Delhi airport. Me & my family were guided to use the security check that the staff uses, because we had a 4-month-old baby in a stroller. The staff was cutting the queue ahead of me. On calling them out, Captain Virender, who himself was doing the same thing, asked me if I was anpadh (uneducated), and couldn’t read the signs that said this entry was for staff. A verbal scuffle broke out. Not able to exercise restraint, the AI Express pilot proceeded to physically assault me, leaving me bloody.”Dewan added that he had to “see a doctor” and that his “7-year-old daughter, who saw her father get assaulted, is still traumatised & scared.” “I have no clue how DGCA and Air India Express can allow such pilots to fly. If they can’t keep their cool in a scuffle, can they be trusted with the lives of hundreds of people in the sky? How can Delhi airport get away with such mismanagement, combining staff entry with passengers carrying infants!”An AI Express spokesperson said: “We unequivocally condemn such behaviour. The employee concerned has been removed from official duties with immediate effect, pending investigation.”Dewan added on X: “I was forced to write a letter stating that I will not pursue this matter. It was either write that letter, or miss my flight and throw the 1.2 lakh holiday bookings down the drain. Delhi police, why can’t I file a complaint after coming back?”

NEW DELHI: Stock market regulator Sebi is working with RBI and the insurance regulator to enable participation of banks and insurance companies in commodities derivatives markets, its chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday.Working groups have also been set up to suggest measures to deepen the Agri Commodity Derivatives ecosystem, he said. Among other things, these expert groups are reviewing whether the regulatory framework pertaining to margins, position limits, and delivery and settlement mechanisms can be optimised without affecting market integrity.“Their recommendations will assist us in taking necessary developmental measures after due consultation with all stakeholders,” the Sebi chairman said while addressing a conference in the national capital.He said the working group for reviewing the non-agri commodity derivatives segment will be notified shortly.“As we look to the future, commodity markets and their participants will be high on our regulatory and developmental agenda,” Pandey said.Sebi will continue engaging with govt to resolve GST-related issues for participants who wish to receive or deliver commodities through the Exchange platform.Elaborating on awareness and outreach, Pandey said a Sebi investor survey has highlighted the need for targeted awareness and education programmes. Sebi’s awareness programmes were being targeted at Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), exporters and importers, students and faculty members of agricultural colleges, hedgers and MSMEs.Outreach programmes are being conducted with FPO representatives to identify the challenges faced by them in accessing the market, Pandey added.Domestic markets offer regulated gold products, including through commodity derivatives, Gold ETFs and Electronic Gold Receipts (EGRs). The Sebi chairman said that these regulated products ensure investor protection. EGRs were meant to create a regulated market for gold trading and establish India as a global price setter for gold.“While the EGR framework may need a review, I urge the industry to educate its participants and investors to deal only in regulated gold products,” said Pandey.

JAMSHEDPUR: Fog hung low over the road as a young father stepped out of a govt hospital in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa with nothing left to save. Inside a plastic grocery bag pressed close to his chest lay the body of his four-month-old son. No ambulance was ready. No money remained. So he turned towards a public bus and began a 70km journey home.Dimba Chataumba, a villager from Baljori – a remote settlement under Noamundi PS limits in West Singhbhum district of southern Jharkhand – had come to Chaibasa sadar hospital hoping doctors could keep his infant alive. Instead, by Friday evening, he was forced to carry Krishna’s body back himself after the govt-run facility said it could not arrange a vehicle in time.Hospital staff told him to wait more than two hours. Their only working ambulance was far away, near Manoharpur, roughly 80km from Chaibasa, district headquarters of West Singhbhum. Chataumba nodded. Then he disappeared.He returned quietly, bought a thick grocery bag from a nearby shop, placed the 3.6kg body of his son inside and left without informing anyone, choosing a public bus over an uncertain wait.Krishna had been admitted a day earlier, suffering from high fever, loose motion and breathing trouble. Blood tests confirmed malaria. Doctors said the child was anaemic and critically ill, needing ventilator support beyond the hospital’s capacity.“The infant was anaemic and was in a critical condition. He required ventilation support. Thursday evening, we asked the boy’s father to take him to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College & Hospital in Jamshedpur for further treatment,” said district civil surgeon Dr Bharti Gorreti Minz.Jamshedpur, 70km from Chaibasa, has advanced referral facilities. Reaching it, though, costs money Chataumba didn’t have. He pleaded for treatment to continue at sadar hospital. He told doctors he could not afford transport. Oxygen and medicines were given, but by Friday afternoon, Krishna died.Grief quickly turned into urgency. Chataumba asked for a shav vahan, a hearse ambulance, to carry the body home. With only Rs 100 in his pocket, hiring a private vehicle was impossible. Officials asked him to wait. What happened next unfolded without witnesses.“Nobody at the paediatric ward, nor the hospital guard, was informed by the father about carrying his son’s body in the bag. He quietly left the hospital. We all were in the dark,” Minz added.By the time Chataumba reached home, neighbours gathered as he recounted the ordeal, his words spreading shock across the village.An inquiry ordered by the administration later concluded that the father had left hastily. Chaibasa sub-divisional officer Sandeep Anurag Topno’s report said Chataumba could not be contacted when the ambulance eventually arrived because he did not own a cellphone.Scenes like this continue to surface across India, laying bare deep gaps in public healthcare and transport for the poor. In Sept 2024, a Maharashtra couple walked through a muddy forest path with the bodies of their two sons after fever claimed their lives and no vehicle came. In June 2025, a tribal man in Nashik travelled 90km by bus with his newborn’s body in a bag after a civil hospital refused an ambulance.Jharkhand has seen its own share of such moments. This year, HC sought explanations from the state after videos showed a man carrying his sick wife on his shoulder when no ambulance arrived. The memory of Odisha’s Dana Majhi – who walked 12km with his wife’s body in 2016 – still lingers, a case that drew global outrage.Yet, on Friday evening in Chaibasa, those lessons felt distant. Baljori village lies amid forested hills and mining belts near the Odisha border, where public transport is sparse and private vehicles expensive. For families like Chataumba’s, a hospital visit already means debt. A referral to a city hospital can mean surrender.

NEW DELHI: Hours before the T20 World Cup squad announcement in Mumbai on Saturday, India vice-captain Shubman Gill was with the squad in Ahmedabad. His participation in the fixture, as previously reported by TimesofIndia.com, was touch and go due to a toe injury. The management didn’t want to risk pushing him for the fifth T20I vs South Africa. They also explored the option of an injection for the “minor niggle” but the decision-makers, keeping the New Zealand T20Is and T20 World Cup in mind, decided against it.Gill sat out but few would have read the undertones of the “cautious decision.”

“Shubman Gill could have played as the niggle was minor and there was no fracture etc. but it was a cautious decision to not rush him for the match,” said a team source.A couple of days back, when the team reached Lucknow for the fourth T20I, there was a temptation within the think-tank to try out Sanju Samson. A toe injury in the nets gave them that opportunity. The fixture was abandoned due to fog but in Ahmedabad, there was another chance to try the wicketkeeper-batter at top of the order. A breezy 22-ball 37 and 63-run stand with Abhishek Sharma was enough to not only force Gill out of the Playing XI, but also the squad.When Gill returned to the T20I setup during the Asia Cup in September, he opened with Abhishek and it forced Samson to bat lower down the order.

In the four innings he played, the right-handed Samson batted just once at No. 3 and was largely given the middle-order slot. A role he hasn’t held in the past and clearly didn’t look comfortable. It’s understood that the wicketkeeper-batter had a word with the management in this regard and asked for a top-order role.That was the primary reason he was tried at No.3 in the T20I vs Australia at MCG and went on to open in every match he played for Kerala in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Two half-centuries and a couple of 40s later, he sent another reminder to the selectors.Gill, however, didn’t get the kind of backing captain Suryakumar Yadav has enjoyed even after a long poor patch with the bat, and he was omitted from the squad sheet. A move that not many saw coming and took everyone by surprise.It’s further learnt that there wasn’t any dialogue with the India ODI and Test captain in Ahmedabad and he was informed about the non-selection moments before the meeting on Saturday.“Shubman Gill was spoken to before the meeting. Obviously, we can’t give the details but he explained the combination call. Unfortunate for him but at the end of the day you need the best combination for the World Cup,” said a BCCI official.Ajit Agarkar explained the Gill call and why the selectors explored different options at top of the order.“It’s more to do with the combination that we want to play, or what the team management is comfortable with playing,” Agarkar said.

“Their thoughts are… who’s going to bat at the top? Abhishek, obviously, has done what he has done over the last year. And we felt the keeper at the top at this point gives us a lot more solidity than anywhere else in the team to play different combinations. There are only 15 that we could have picked. Someone has to miss out. It’s him. It’s not because he’s not a good player. Again, Jitesh hasn’t done too much wrong. These are the combinations that the team management is looking for,” he added.Captain Suryakumar Yadav, too, spoke on similar lines and why there was a need to have a wicketkeeper-batter at top of the order. Surya played down the form and lack of runs chatter around Gill and said it was purely a combination call.“It’s not about his form or anything. It’s just about the combination right now. We wanted to have a keeper at the top. We wanted to have someone like Rinku Singh or maybe a Washington Sundar later on, to have a different combination. So that’s why we brought in that extra wicketkeeper at the top.“And he’s a terrific player. And there’s no question about that. The only thing is that the situation is such that we need a keeper at the top of the order to have two-three good combinations which can win us the World Cup,” said Surya.The moment Gill was out of the squad and Samson returned to top of the order, it was going to be difficult to accommodate Jitesh Sharma and the need for another top-order wicketkeeper option forced the selectors to look towards an in-form Ishan Kishan – a player who was nowhere close to India call a week back but a terrific Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign and the late combination calls opened the door for the left-hander.The way this entire Gill non-selection has played out, it is comfortable for everyone. Captain Suryakumar doesn’t have a high-profile vice-captain breathing down his neck. Chief selector Agarkar has rewarded a domestic performer. And, coach Gambhir will not be accused of favouring Gill.India’s squad for New Zealand T20Is and 2026 T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vice-capt), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ishan Kishan (wk)

Melbourne Renegades will be up against the Hobart Hurricanes in the eighth match of the Big Bash League. This article will provide you with MLR vs HBH Match Prediction, Toss Prediction, Score Prediction, Best Batter Prediction, and Best Bowler Prediction for the eighth match.

MLR vs HBH Match Prediction: Who Will Win Match 8? BBL 2025-26:

Match Details

Match: Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes Match 8

Date: December 21, 2025

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Time: 1:45 PM IST

Venue: Simonds Stadium, Geelong

Live streaming: Jio Hotstar

Live broadcast: Star Sports Network

MLR vs HBH Match Prediction—Head-to-Head Record

The two BBL Champions, Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes, have faced each other in 21 matches as far as the Big Bash League is concerned, with Hobart Hurricanes having the upper hand

The defending BBL champions have got the better of the former champions, Melbourne Renegades on twelve occasions, while the Renegades have succeeded in winning the remaining nine games.

A similar story is reflected in the results of the last five games, with the Hurricanes winning three and the Renegades coming out victorious on a couple of instances.

Total Matches Played: 21

MLR won: 9

HBH Won: 12

No Result: 00

Pitch Report & Conditions

The surface for the upcoming match between Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes should be good for batting with assistance for bowlers as well, making the contest between bat and ball even.

MLR vs HBH Weather Report

There is 93% chance of rain during the match. The temperature is expected to be a high of 16 degrees and a low of 11 degrees.

MLR vs HBH Match Prediction- Probable XIs

Melbourne Renegades Playing 11:

Josh Brown, Tim Seifert, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Oliver Peake, Will Sutherland (c), Matthew Spoors, Hassan Khan, Gurinder Sandhu, Fergus O Neill, Jason Behrendorff

Hobart Hurricanes Playing 11:

Mitchell Owen, Nikhil Chaudhary, Rehan Ahmed, Ben McDermott, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Chris Jordan, Nathan Ellis (c), Rishad Hossain, Riley Meredith, Billy Stanlake

Form and Fitness

There are no form and fitness concerns in the MLR vs HBH match.

Score Prediction

A score of at least 180-190 runs is what the team batting first should look to score in the MLR vs HBH match, as anything less than that will keep the opposition in the game.

Players to Perform Prediction

MLR– Tim Seifert, Mohammad Rizwan, Oliver Peake, Jason Behrendorff, Will Sutherland

HBH– Tim David Mitchell Owen, Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade, Chris Jordan, Nathan Ellis

Best Batsman Prediction

Who will score the most runs for MLR in the match: Tim Seifert or Oliver Peake

Who will score the most runs for HBH in the match: Tim David or Ben McDermott

Best Bowler Prediction

Who will pick the most wickets for MLR in the match: Jason Behrendorff or Will Sutherland

Who will pick the most wickets for HBH in the match: Chris Jordan or Nathan Ellis

Conclusion: Who will win the match?

Melbourne Renegades will start the match as the favourite and are expected to win the match.