Three Amarnath Yatra pilgrims die
Srinagar, July 3 : Three Amarnath Yatra pilgrims died of different causes on Tuesday. A 75-year-old woman, Thota Radhnam, belonging to Andhra Pradesh, died of cardiac arrest in the north Kashmir Baltal base camp, police said.
Pushkar Joshi from Uttarakhand, who had been earlier hit by a shooting stone while trekking to the cave shrine from Baltal, succumbed in the hospital.
Radha Krishna Shashtri, 65, also of Andhra Pradesh, too died of cardiac arrest while trekking from Baltal, police said.
Earlier, a Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, a local helper and a volunteer belonging to outside the state died of natural causes during the pilgrimage.
With the three deaths on Tuesday, the death toll of pilgrims and others associated with the Amarnath pilgrimage this year has risen to six.
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Sanju Samson ton guides India to 61-run win over South Africa
Durban, Nov 8: Sanju Samson scored a scintillating century as India inflicted a 61-run defeat on South Africa in the first T20I here on Friday.
Invited to bat, Samson blazed away to 107 off 50 balls, hitting as many as 10 sixes and seven fours to help India post 202 for 8.
The spin duo of Varun Chakaravarthy (3/25) and Ravi Bishnoi (3/28) then shared six wickets between them to bowl out South Africa for 141 in 17.5 overs.
Earlier, Samson became the first Indian to score back-to-back centuries in T20Is.
The opener notched his second T20I hundred off just 47 balls. His first had come in India's last outing against Bangladesh last month.
However, South Africa clawed their way back into the game as they stemmed the flow of runs by picking wickets in the last five overs.
Pacer Gerald Coetzee who claimed three wickets was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts.
Brief Scores:
India: 202 for 8 in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 107, Tilak Verma 33; Gerald Coetzee 3/37)
South Africa: 141 all out in 17.5 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 25; Varun Chakaravarthy 3/25, Ravi Bishnoi 3/28)
