CM Yediyurappa agrees to centre's plan of extending lockdown till May 15
Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has agreed to the central government's plans to extend the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus till May 15. During this period, the sale of liquor will not be allowed, Yediyurappa informed to PM Modi.
In a video conversation with the chief ministers of all states held on Monday regarding controlling of the COVID-19 and lockdown implementation, Yediyurappa appealed the prime minister to allow to relax the lockdown restrictions and conduct commercial activities in the areas which are not affected by coronavirus and have been marked as Green Zone.
However, it is learned that Prime Minister Modi has made no promise to allow economic activity in the uninfected green zones. Yadagiri, Koppal, Shivamogga, Chikkmagaluru, Kolar, Chamarajanagar, Raichur, Haveri, and Hassan (except Ramanagar district) are in the Green Zone.
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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).
