Chris Gayle’s 50, Stonnis quick fired 29 help KXIP post 174
Indore, May 4: In the 34th match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018). Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) won the toss and elected to field first against Ravichandran Ashwin-led Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Holkar Stadium in Indore.
Batting first, Kings XI Punjab could not manage to score too many runs in the first 10 overs. However, the strike was well rotated but wickets fell at regular intervals. Chris Gayle made 50 from 40 balls. Marcus Stonnis slogged a few shorts in the death to take the score to a respectable total. He hit Hardik Pandya for 22 runs in the final over to take KXIP to 174-6.
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Man sets fire to gas cylinder on truck in Kerala's Kottayam, held
Kottayam(Kerala) (PTI): A 33-year-old man climbed onto a parked truck carrying cooking gas cylinders and set fire to one of them near Thalayolaparambu in the small hours of Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred around 12.30 am, they said.
The fire and rescue personnel soon arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire, averting a major disaster.
According to police, the man is suspected to be under mental distress as he claimed that he was walking from Ernakulam to his home in Marangattupilly here when he saw the truck on the roadside.
An FIR under sections 329(3)(criminal trespass),324(2)(mischief),326(f)(mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was lodged against him.
Police said that the man was formally arrested, but will be released on station bail as the offences he is accused of are bailable.
"His family is here at the station and he will be released to them," the officer said.
In the FIR, police have said that the man opened the seal of one of the gas cylinders and set fire to it with the knowledge that his act was dangerous to those living in the area.
According to the company transporting the cooking gas cylinders, it suffered a loss of Rs 2,300 in the incident.
