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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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
