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Horoscope Today, February 21, 2022: Aries, Pisces, Gemini and other signs — check astrological prediction

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Horoscope Today, February 21, 2022: Aries, Pisces, Gemini and other signs — check astrological prediction

Today’s Horoscope February 21, 2022: Libra, many important planets are starting to loosen their grip on your sign, and what once seemed like a nightmare or the end of the world now looks more like a blessing in disguise.
Aries (March 21 to April 20)
Venus gives you all the power you need to set the rhythm of events and deal with complex issues. Now, if it fits your plan, you can move on and wait for the less confident person to recover from their troubles.
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
A series of planetary changes are about to happen, rest assured that whatever is bothering you will be resolved soon. However, decisive action may be required to clear the traffic jam. I’m sure you are capable of giving everything.

Twins (May 22 to June 21)
You may begin to feel like you are being driven by forces beyond your control. There may be an emotional phase today and there is no point in hiding your true feelings. But you may have learned by now.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)
There’s no point in pretending you don’t care about career success. you still have to be
Be prepared to face some difficult situations head on, safely knowing that no matter the outcome, your long-term interests will be protected.

Leo (July 24-August 23)
Stay ahead of the planet and turn your attention to your career hopes and aspirations. Whether or not you’re directly involved in the coming change, this can be one of the most rewarding and exciting times you’ve ever experienced.

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Virgo (August 24-September 23)
Now that Mercury, the planet that holds special significance in your life, is about to adjust its position, try to step back and look at the general direction of your life, rather than the personal conflicts or upsets that often occupy you.

Libra (September 24 to October 23)
Many major planets are starting to loosen their grip on your sign, and what once seemed like a nightmare or the end of the world now looks more like a blessing in disguise. However, this week’s lunar alignment will put you back on track.

Scorpio (10/24 – 11/22)
It often happens that several planets change positions at the same time, and then your emotions are likely to swing from one extreme to the other. The trick is to be alert to the ebb and flow of fate and to be intuitively aligned with the ever-evolving planetary harmony.

Sagittarius (November 23-December 22)
At the current stage, partners are more confident to take the lead and will now step up. That’s why working together must be your top priority if you’re not willing to risk breaking up. If so, then you need to be aware of what you are getting into.

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Capricornus (December 23 – January 20)
You are well aware that your character has a very practical side, so deep down you realize that certain promises are outdated. Maybe it’s time to break free from past personal connections.

Aquarius (January 21-February 19)
It seems like when a professional relationship goes wrong, it’s your own fault. Perhaps the message is that you should focus more on family and family responsibilities than before, instead of letting worldly pressures get in the way.

Pisces (February 20-March 20)
You are approaching a stage where discussions and negotiations will make or break your plan. It’s not enough to just follow your gut or do something “because it feels right.” You also have to be backed by some facts.

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KL Rahul dangerously close to Laxman territory; to be perished for Sarfaraz Khan and Shubman Gill

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KL Rahul dangerously close to Laxman territory; to be perished for Sarfaraz Khan and Shubman Gill

To accommodate both Sarfaraz and Gill and stick with their five-bowler formula, a batter from the Bengaluru Test must make way. Ergo Rahul and the predicted axe

VVS Laxman went through the first half of his illustrious 15-and-a-half-year international career with the proverbial axe hanging over him. Despite his magical stroke-play and a well-founded reputation for rallying the lower order to bat above itself, he was forever the first name that sprang to the decision-makers’ minds when they had to drop someone to accommodate someone else. It wasn’t until the second half of his stint with the national team that he had ‘job security’, which automatically manifested itself in an array of glorious, match-turning knocks and earmarked him as one for a crisis.

KL Rahul is now dangerously close to approaching the Laxman territory, though at least in this instance, a case can be made out, perhaps, for why he often seems to be playing for his place. Almost a decade after his Test debut in Australia in December 2014, he has yet to nail down a permanent spot, a result of glaring inconsistency and repeated dalliances with injuries that have left him with a modest average of 33.87 from 53 Test appearances.

Unlike Laxman, who was thrust to the opener’s position for three years from 1997, successive team managements have worked overtime to create space for Rahul. He started off in the middle order in Melbourne against Australia, opened in the next Test in Sydney when he made a sparkling century, continued in that position for a good nine years – around the large pockets when either injuries or lack of form relegated him to the sidelines – and now seems to have found his calling in the middle order, where he was tried out in an almost last throw of the dice in South Africa last December.

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In his limited time at the No. 6 position, Rahul has been a revelation. On a spiteful surface in Centurion in his first innings back in the middle order, the classy right-hander made a marvellous 101 – Virat Kohli’s 38 was the next highest score – in India’s 245 all out. Two Tests later, against England in Hyderabad, he waltzed to 86 of the best until a hamstring strain kept him out of the last four Tests.

On his comeback last month against Bangladesh, Rahul showed why he is rated so highly, and therefore why he so frustrates when he chooses to shackle himself mentally, with uninhibited shot-making when India were pressing for a declaration (Chennai) and looking to make up for lost time with a frenetic batting approach (Kanpur) in the two Tests. Kanpur was especially mesmeric, 68 flowing off his bat in a mere 43 deliveries. It was the best of Rahul.

Axe hangs over Rahul’s head for India vs New Zealand 2nd Test

And yet here we are, two innings later, wondering whether he will, or should, feature in the playing XI in Pune, where India take on New Zealand in a must-win second Test from Thursday.

Shubman Gill, him of three centuries in his last six Tests, missed the Bengaluru defeat to the Kiwis with a stiff neck. Replacement batter Sarfaraz Khan made the most of own good fortune with a delectable 150, which makes it near impossible to drop him now that Gill is fully fit. To accommodate both Sarfaraz and Gill and stick with their five-bowler formula which has worked beautifully in the last few years, a batter from the Bengaluru Test must make way. Ergo Rahul and the predicted axe.

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One of the few men to have led India in all three formats internationally, Rahul didn’t help his cause with scores of 0 and 12 at his home ground, the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. In the first innings, he was strangled down leg-side by William O’Rourke while in the second, he received a peach from the same paceman operating with the second new ball and was again caught behind. Rahul was one of 11 failures in India’s first-innings 46 and one of seven wickets to fall in 93 deliveries to the second new cherry, but failures past and the logjam created by Gill’s availability have combined to identify him as the most susceptible to the axe.

It’s a cross impossible to bear, but also impossible to ignore just because it is so heavy, so overarching. Rahul is beyond gifted and makes batting appear oh-so-simple, but his struggles to embrace sustained run-making can’t be wished away. He is the eternal team man, much like his celebrated namesake also from Karnataka – both kept wickets admirably in 50-over World Cups 21 years apart, both made attractive and impactful runs during the tournament and both tasted bitter defeat at the hands of Australia in the final – but ‘eternal team man’ can sometimes be an euphemism for the ‘most dispensable’ and Rahul can be excused for thinking that those two lines have blurred beyond repair. Of course, if he is brutally honest to himself, he will acknowledge at least to himself that he too must bear culpability for the blurring of the lines.

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