UP: 10 injured as flagpole touches live wire during kalash yatra
Kannauj, UP (PTI): Ten devotees who were part of a religious procession were on Tuesday injured here when a flagpole carried by one of them touched a high tension line, police said.
The incident took place in the Tirwa area here when participants of the 'kalash yatra' that started from Barkan village were moving ahead, they said.
Ten people suffered burn injuries due to electrocution and were rushed to a nearby medical college, the police said.
The yatra, taken out to celebrate the commencement of Navratri, was to continue till the Dhobi Ghat bridge, they said.
The flag having an iron pole was held by one Kuldeep (27) who first came in contact with live wire and others suffered injuries while trying to save him, Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar Anand said.
The condition of the injured persons was stated to be stable, the SP added.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
