Assembly poll: EC announces dates for Jayanagar, RR Nagar segments
Bengaluru, May 17: The Election Commission has announced the dates for the election to Jayanagar and RR Nagar constituencies in Bengaluru which was postponed earlier.
As BJP candidate BN Vijay Kumar contested from Jayanagar was died, the polling which was supposed to be held on May 12 was postponed. Now, the EC has announced the dates for the poll. Nomination papers could be filed for the constituency from May 18 and May 25 is the last date for withdrawing the papers. Election would be conducted on June 11.
However, the election for the RR Nagar constituency was also postponed as thousands of voter IDs were found in an apartment. Now, the election would be held for this constituency on June 28 and counting would be held on June 12.
Interestingly, the BJP which has been facing shortage of numbers to prove its majority, is making strategies to win these two seats.
Candidates
For Jayanagar constituency, the names of MLC Tara Anuradha, former mayor SK Nataraj and former BBMP corporator CK Ramamurthy are floating in the BJP.
In the Congress, former Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter Soumya Reddy is trying for the ticket and activist Ravikrishna Reddy is planning to contest as an independent candidate. However, in RR Nagar constituency, Muniratna from Congress, Tulasi Muniraju Gowda from BJP and Ramachandra from JDS who have already filed their nominations would continue as candidates.
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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)
