Rahul Gandhi arrives in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: For the first time after taking over as Congress President, Rahul Gandhi arrived at Mangaluru today.
Gandhi, who reached Mangaluru International Airport at 11:30 a.m. on a special flight, received a warm welcome by Chief Minister Siddaramiah, KC Venogopal, Dr. G. Parameshwara, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ramanath Rai, Mayor Bhaskar Moily and other Congress leaders and MLAs.
BA Mohiyuddin Bava, Deputy Mayor Mohammed K, IPCC member Kavita Sunil, DC Sadikant Senthil, Mangaluru city police commissioner and others were also present.
Rahul Gandhi, who visited the coastal region as part of the third phase of the ‘Janasheervada Yatra’, left in a chopper to Thenke Yermal in Udupi district to inaugurate the Rajiv Gandhi Political Institute (Sevadal Training Centre).
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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).
