One more COVID-19 death reported in Karnataka: toll now 10
Bengaluru: Karnataka reported its second COVID-19 related fatality on Tuesday, with the death of a 76- year-old man in the city, taking the death toll in the state to 10.
"A 76-year-old male patient, a resident of Bengaluru Urban, expired at designated hospital, Bengaluru Urban," the health department said in its bulletin.
The elderly man had tested positive on April 12 and had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), officials had said. Earlier in the day a 69-year-old man had died in Vijayapura, becoming the ninth COVID-19 related fatality in the state.
He was the husband of a patient who earlier tested positive. Two patients, a 55-year-old man from Kalaburagi and a 65 -year-old man from Bengaluru urban had died last night.
So far 260 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the State and it includes 10 deaths and 71 discharges.
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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).
