Ullal man's wedding postponed due to Coronavirus; Details here
Mangaluru: The family of an Ullal man working on a Chinese cruise boat, has been forced to postpone his wedding as he failed to arrive on time for the wedding in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak.
Gaurav, son of Madhava Bangera of Kumpala in Ullal, is employed in a Chinese cruise ship Star Cruise. His wedding was scheduled to be held on Monday, February 10 and he was expected to reach Mangaluru on Friday, February 7 morning.
Gaurav’s ship is currently stationed in Hong Kong wherein all the crew members along with over 1600 passengers have been isolated in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak. The ship sailed from China on 26th January and was expected to reach its destination Taiwan on February 5, but has now be stationed at Hong Kong where its sail has been halted temporarily.
Reports add that the crew members and passengers have been tested medically and nobody has been infected with the virus. The ship reportedly has 80 Indians.
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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).
