OUT! Ackerman comes down the track and plays the ball straight in the hands of midwicket fielder in the infield. Kotian picks up the wicket. Ackerman falls for 18. Rubin Hermann at the crease now. Rubin is off the mark with a double towards short third with a thick outside edge.

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Western nations, led by the United States, are actively cultivating India as a strategic counterweight to China and Russia and BRICS Plus Nations. This strategy is twofold: offering substantial trade and manufacturing incentives to integrate India into Western supply chains,

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