Saudi Arabia relaxes travel restrictions on Indian citizens planning to return to KSA; details here
Saudi Arabia: In what has come as a big relief to Indian citizens planning to return to Saudi Arabia after visiting their home country, the Kingdom has now announced that Indians will not be asked to quarantine in a third-country anymore under certain criteria.
The rule applies only for those Indian nationals who had visited India after taking both doses of COVID vaccine in Saudi Arabia.
According to a tweet from the Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia, it said that the above relaxation is only for Indian nationals who have travelled to India after receiving both doses of the vaccine in Saudi Arabia will be able to return to the Kingdom directly without need for quarantine in a third country.
It also mentioned that more details are awaited from India's foreign ministry.
Further details on implementation of the above decision are awaited.@MEAIndia @DrJaishankar@MOS_MEA
— India in Saudi Arabia (@IndianEmbRiyadh) August 24, 2021
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PBKS beat GT by three wickets in IPL match
Mullanpur (PTI): Cooper Connolly slammed a fine unbeaten fifty as Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by three wickets in their opening Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.
A disciplined bowling effort helped PBKS restrict former champions GT to 162 for six with Vijaykumar Vyshak (3/34), Yuzvendra Chahal (2/28) and Marco Jansen (1/20) sharing the wickets after PBKS opted to bowl.
For GT, skipper Shubman Gill (39), Jos Buttler (38), Glenn Phillips (25) and Washington Sundar (18) scored bulk of the runs.
In reply, PBKS reached the target in 19.1 overs with Connolly (72 not out off 44 balls) emerging as the highest scorer.
Prasidh Krishna (3/29), Rashid Khan (1/29) and Washington Sundar (1/27) were among the wickets for GT.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans: 162 for 6 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 39; Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/34, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28).
Punjab Kings: 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72; Prasidh Krishna 3/29).
