Lightening strike kills three women of a family in Chikkamagaluru
Chikkamagaluru: In a tragic incident reported from Moodigere Taluk’s Balehole, three women members of a family died after lightening struck their house on Saturday evening here in the District. The incident was reported under Kalasa Police Station limits.
The deceased women have been identified as Jyothi (28), Madamma (65) and Maari (27). The three women labourers are said to be hailing from Tamil Nadu. According to the reports Jyothi was daughter of Madamma while Maari was their relative.
Hailing from Paparatti Taluk in Tamil Nadu the three women had come to the District few months back and were working at coffee estate here. Reports further added that after the country-wide lockdown was announced due to the spread of Corona Virus, the three women were not able to return back to Tamil Nadu and were staying in the Coffee estate in a house meant for the labourers when the incident took place on Saturday evening.
The village witnessed heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm and wind. A lightening then struck the house of the victims and killed the three women on the spot.
The bodies of the deceased have been shifted to Kalasa Government Hospital for post-mortem.
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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).
