India beats Pakistan in dramatic last ball finish at MCG
Kohli scores unbeaten 82 off 53 balls
Melbourne: India on Sunday defeated Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 encounter by 4 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Winning the toss, India had decided to bowl first following which Pakistan had set a target of 160 runs.
Chasing the score, Virat Kohli batted with grit and determination and scored a brisk ___ runs off ___ balls, helped by Hardik Pandya at the other end who scored ___ runs.
India were in a critical situation early in the inning, losing four wickets with only 31 runs on board. Both the openers skipper Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul fell inside two overs with personal single digit score following which Virat Kohli took charge and anchored the inning for his team.
When the pressure was building Kohli hit two sixes in the penultimate over off Haris Rauf to release the pressure.
In the final over, 16 runs were neededin the final six deliveries when Hardik Pandya skied one off the first delivery and was dismissed by Nawaaz. Dinesh Karthik walked into bat and immediately gave strike to Virat Kohli who hit a six off no-ball making the calculation 6 runs needed from 3 balls.
On the next legal delivery Virat Kohli was bowled on free-hit when the batsmen ran three runs causing confusion between the two team with the Pakistan team objecting to the batsmen running after the ball had hit the stumps.
When the calculation was two from two, Dinesh Karthik was stumped out bringing Ravichandran Ashwin to the crease while Virat Kohli was restricted on the other end.
With two runs needed off the last ball, Nawaz bowled a wide ball bringing the calculation to one run needed from the last ball. Ashwin then cleared the in-field to hit a boundary at long-off and seal the game for India.
Earlier, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya had picked three wickets each while Mohammed Shami and Bhuvbaneshwar Kumar had picked two wickets each in the first inning.
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Kerala CM slams Karnataka demolitions, calls it 'bulldozer justice'
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday strongly criticised the reported demolition of Muslim residential areas in Karnataka's capital, calling the action shocking and painful.
In a Facebook post, Vijayan referred to the reported bulldozing of Fakir Colony and Waseem Layout, where Muslim families had been living for many years.
He said the incident reflected a form of minority-targeting politics seen earlier in North India and warned that such practices were now spreading to the South.
The chief minister alleged that entire families were forced out of their homes in harsh winter conditions and pushed onto the streets, leaving them with no choice but to flee.
Vijayan expressed surprise that what he described as "bulldozer justice" was carried out under a Congress-led government in Karnataka.
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He questioned how such forced evictions could be justified by a party that claims to stand for social justice.
He added that governments should take responsibility for protecting the poor, ensuring housing, and preventing people from being driven out of their homes through the use of force.
According to media reports, a demolition drive in Kogilu village at Yelahanka last week pulled down more than 200 houses in Waseem Layout and Fakir Colony.
The operation was reportedly carried out by Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited. Reports said the houses were removed to clear what were described as encroachments on land marked for a proposed waste processing unit.
