Kane Williamson will miss at least the first of New Zealand’s three tests in India later this month because of a groin strain.

New Zealand's top batsman, Kane Williamson, is a doubt for the test series against India due to a groin injury sustained in the second test against Sri Lanka, New Zealand Cricket said on Wednesday. The former captain will not travel with the squad to India on Friday and will stay home to rehabilitate instead,

Williamson suffered a groin strain in Sri Lanka and will remain at home for the first part of the tour, uncapped left-hander Mark Chapman has been called up to the squad

The loss, which saw the BJP secure 48 out of 90 seats, was a stark contrast to Congress’s 37, leaving many questioning the party’s decision to contest the elections alone.

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared on course for a surprise win on Tuesday in polls in the northern state of Haryana, but was trailing the opposition in the first elections in a decade in troubled Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

The BJP is in the lead in the state of Haryana which borders the capital Delhi, but trails in the federal territories of Jammu and Kashmir, which are seeing their first election results in a decade. The first local elections in India since Mr Modi’s party lost its outright majority in parliament,

South Korea will join FTSE Russell’s benchmark bond index, capping months of official campaigning and a overhaul of financial market infrastructure in the hopes of attracting tens of billions of dollars of inflows.

India's sovereign bonds are set for a major boost. FTSE Russell announced on Tuesday that it will add Indian bonds to its Emerging Markets Government Bond Index (EMGBI) in September 2025.