Australia beat India by 3 runs, win series
Mumbai (PTI): Australia eked out a three-run win over India in the second women's ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Saturday.
Opting to bat, the tourists rallied to post 258/8 on the back of opener Phoebe Litchfield's 63 and Ellyse Perry's 50 despite Deepti Sharma's five-wicket haul.
In reply, Richa Ghosh scored a valiant 96 but the Australians tightened the screws to limit India to 255/8.
Annabel Sutherland (3/47) snared three wickets including that of Richa.
Earlier, despite Deepti's spectacular performance which saw her register figures of 5/38, India were sloppy in the field, dropping as many as seven catches.
Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil and Sneh Rana picked a wicket each.
Alana King played a vital 28-run knock towards the end for Australia.
Brief Scores:
Australia: 258/8 in 50 overs (Phoebe Litchfield 63, Ellyse Perry 50; Deepti Sharma 5/38) beat India 255 for 8 in 50 overs ( Richa Ghosh 96, Jemimah Rodrigues 44; Annabel Sutherland 3/47 ) PTI APA
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Three police inspectors suspended for negligence after drug seizure in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Three police inspectors were suspended on Monday on grounds of negligence after they allegedly failed to prevent the storage of a massive drug cache within their respective jurisdictional limits, officials said on Monday.
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh ordered the immediate suspension following a major drug seizure carried out by inter-state agencies recently, they said.
The suspended inspectors are attached to Kothanur, Avalahalli and Bagalur police stations, a senior police officer said.
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The action was taken on grounds of alleged negligence, with the inspectors accused of failing to detect or prevent the storage of a large quantity of drugs in their jurisdiction, he said.
The disciplinary action comes in the wake of a recent joint operation by the Maharashtra Anti-Narcotics Task Force, the Bengaluru City Police and the Narcotics Control Bureau led to the arrest of four persons in connection with the illicit manufacturing and trafficking of mephedrone and related precursor materials.
In total, 4.2 kg of mephedrone valued at Rs 1.2 crore and 17 kg of precursor or raw material were seized, they said.
