England reach 209/3 at stumps on Day 2, trail by 262 runs against India in 1st Test
Leeds, Jun 21 (PTI): Jasprit Bumrah (3/48) accounted for the dangerous Joe Root (28) but Ollie Pope’s unbeaten 100 took England to 209/3 in reply to India’s first innings total of 471 at stumps on Day Two of the first Test here on Saturday.
England still trail by 262 runs.
Pope was batting on 100 off 131 balls with 13 fours at stumps, having made the most of the lifelines, and was accompanied by Harry Brook who was yet to open his account.
Bumrah provided the crucial breakthrough when he had Root caught in the first slip to keep India ahead.
India had earlier lost seven wickets for 112 runs after play resumed on Day Two, with Rishabh Pant’s 134, Shubman Gill’s 147 and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 101 taking them to a big total.
Brief Scores:
India: 471
England: 209/3 in 49 overs (Ben Duckett 62, Ollie Pope 100 batting; Jasprit Bumrah 3/48).
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Senior civic official caught taking Rs 42,000 bribe in Navi Mumbai
Thane (PTI): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday caught a senior official of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 42,000 from a contractor to clear his dues, an official said.
Deputy Commissioner Kailas Somnath Gaikwad of the NMMC was caught accepting a bribe at his office in the civic headquarters, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Sonke of the ACB's Navi Mumbai unit.
Gaikwad had allegedly demanded the money from a contractor to clear a bill related to work carried out for the encroachment department, he said.
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"The complainant had executed work in the Airoli division, and a bill of approximately Rs 21 lakh was approved. The alleged accused, however, demanded 2 per cent of the bill value from the contractor to clear the dues," Sonke said.
The ACB verified the complaint before carrying out the operation to nab the accused official, he said.
A case has been registered against the accused, and a further probe is underway, the official said.
