Mangaluru: Former Rotary Club District Governor Surya Prakash Bhat no more
Mangaluru: After being in coma for last couple of weeks, former Rotary club governor Surya Prakash Bhat passed away on Wednesday evening at a private hospital in the city. He was 62.
He was an active Rotarian. He was an active member of Rotaract Club of Mangalore Central during his youth and then joined Rotary Club of Mangalore in 1989.
After holding various positions in club level and the district level including Rotary District Secretary during the year 1995-96, he became the President of the Rotary Club of Mangalore during its Golden Jubilee year in 1999-2000.
He was then elected as the District Governor of the Rotary club in 2003-04. He was currently serving as a member of Rotary District Advisory Council.
He was in coma from last couple of week owing to the problems of acute diabetes.
Bhat's funeral rites will be held at his residence on Thursday and his body will be kept for public viewing from 8:30 am to 10:00 am on Wednesday morning.
Bhat is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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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).
