Veteran Telugu actor Chandra Mohan passes away
Hyderabad: Veteran Telugu film actor Chandra Mohan died of cardiac arrest at Apollo Hospital in the city on Saturday morning. He was 80 and is survived by wife Jalandhara and two daughters.
His family members have said that the actor had been ailing due to age-related health issues for some time. The funeral rites will be conducted in Hyderabad on Monday, they added.
Chandra Mohan, whose original name was Mallampalli Chandrasekhar Rao, was born on May 23, 1943 at Pamidimukkala village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He was a cousin of K Vishwanath, Dada Saheb Phalke award-winning director who died in February this year and was also closely related to popular playback singer Late S.P. Balasubrahmanyam.
He debuted in the Telugu film industry with the 1966 movie 'Rangula Ratnam', for which he won the state government’s Nandi award for best actor, and went on to act in 932 films, including playing the lead role in 150 movies.
The veteran actor won several awards from the state government, including two Filmfare awards, for the best actor and character artiste.
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DC huff and puff to two-wicket win over MI in WPL thriller
Vadodara, Feb 15 (PTI): Delhi Capitals produced a splendid bowling effort before their batters, led by Niki Prasad, survived some anxious moments to register a narrow two-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in a last-ball thriller in the Women's Premier League here on Saturday.
Opting to bowl, DC bundled out MI for 164 in 19.1 overs, with Nat Sciver-Brunt's commanding unbeaten 80 and Harmanpreet Kaur's quickfire 42 off 22 balls anchoring the innings.
Chasing the target, Shafali Verma's blistering 43 off 18 balls gave DC a flying start, as they reached 60 for no loss. However, MI staged a sensational comeback, almost derailing the chase.
Alice Capsey (16), Annabel Sutherland (13), and Sarah Bryce (21) kept DC in the hunt before Niki Prasad (35), India's U19 T20 World Cup-winning captain, showed great temperament under pressure to steer them closer to the target.
Needing 21 off the last 12 balls with four wickets in hand, No. 9 Radha Yadav (9 not out) smashed a six to reduce the equation. Niki then hit a four but holed out on the fifth ball.
Arundhati Reddy (2 not out) took the two required runs off the final ball to seal the win.
Earlier, Shafali had accumulated 22 runs in the second over off Saika Ishaque, including four fours and a six, before taking Hayley Matthews to the cleaners with two fours and a six. However, she holed out in the fifth ball.
Given a fourth over, Shabnim Ismail cleaned up Meg Lanning, as DC suddenly slipped to 60 for 2. Jemimah Rodrigues (2) and Annabel Sutherland (13) soon followed back to the pavilion, as DC slumped to 76/4 in the ninth over.
For MI, Amelia Kerr (2/21), Hayley Matthews (2/32), Sciver-Brunt (1/38), and Shabnim Ismail (1/18) were the wicket-takers.
Earlier, Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet shared a crucial 73-run partnership off 40 balls for the third wicket, laying a solid foundation. However, DC's bowlers struck back, taking the final six wickets for 35 runs to dismiss MI in 19.1 overs.
Pacer Shikha Pandey (2/14) was the most successful bowler for DC, while Minnu Mani (1/23) was economical. The rest of the bowlers were expensive, but they chipped in with key wickets.
Pandey gave DC an early breakthrough, dismissing both openers — Hayley Matthews (0) and Yastika Bhatia (11) as Mumbai reached 42/2 at the end of the powerplay, thanks to a 19-run over from Alice Capsey (1/25).
Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet took charge, striking 18 runs off Radha Yadav's eighth over, which included three fours and a six. MI were 87/2 at the halfway mark.
Harmanpreet continued to attack, taking Annabel Sutherland (2/34) for three fours and a six before falling to her in the 14th over.
Sciver-Brunt was left to carry the innings but ran out of partners as MI crumbled.
