India bowled out for 471 in 1st innings in opening Test against England
Leeds, Jun 21 (PTI): India were bowled out for 471 in the first innings in their opening Test against England with skipper Shubman Gill, vice-captain Rishabh Pant and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring centuries, here on Saturday.
Gil (147) and Pant (134) put on 209 runs for the fourth wicket after openers Jaiswal (101) and KL Rahul (42) had provided a strong start, putting on 91 runs for the first wicket.
Jaiswal scored 101 off 159 balls with 16 fours and a six, while Gill struck 19 fours and a six to make 147 off 227 balls.
Pant was the most belligerent of them as he hammered 12 fours and six sixes to make 134 off 178 balls for his seventh Test century, which is now the most for any Indian wicketkeeper-batter in the longest format.
Resuming at 359 for three on Day 2, India, however, lost seven wickets for 112 runs with Ben Stokes claiming 4/66 and Josh Tongue taking 4/86.
Brief Scores:
India: 471 all out in 113 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 101, KL Rahul 42, Shubman Gill 147, Rishabh Pant 134; Ben Stokes 4/66, Josh Tongue 4/86).
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One dead, 5 injured in explosion at firecracker factory in Maharashtra's Palghar
Palghar (PTI): A worker was killed and five others were seriously injured after an explosion ripped through a firecracker factory in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Tuesday, police said.
Two persons were arrested in connection with the incident, said an official.
Earlier, the administration had put the death toll at two, but a corrected statement in the evening said a male worker died while a woman with 80 per cent burns was undergoing treatment.
The tragedy follows the blast at a firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu which claimed 23 lives and left many injured on Sunday.
The explosion occurred around 12 pm on Tuesday at a firecracker manufacturing unit operating out of a tin shed inside an old farmhouse at Konsai village of Wada taluka, said Vivekanand Kadam, chief of the civic disaster management cell.
As many as 35 workers, mostly women, were engaged in manufacturing 'twine bombs' (thread-bound crackers) at the time, he said.
"The explosion took place when a chemical mixing process was underway, killing one worker on the spot, and leaving a woman -- Monica Sachin Padwale (30) -- with 80 per cent burn injuries," an official from Wada police station said. The woman was later shifted to a Mumbai hospital.
The deceased worker was identified as Bhavesh Dileep Vavare (35).
Monica Mahendra Jadhav (30), Jagruti Jagdish Gavate (27), Pratibha Pratap Pawar (30) and Monica Mohan Vardi (25) also sustained serious injuries and were undergoing treatment at Wada Rural Hospital.
"Fire services and police reached the spot immediately to oversee rescue operations. The blaze following the explosion was quickly brought under control by the fire brigade," the official said.
As per preliminary investigations, raw materials were brought from outside to the unit which had begun operations on April 10, and daily-wage workers from nearby villages including Jamghar, Konsai, Palsai and Alman were employed.
A probe is underway to ascertain if the manufacturing unit possessed necessary licenses and followed safety protocols, the police official said.
"We are probing the exact cause of the fire and possible negligence regarding safety measures at the site," the official said, adding that a search was underway for the owners of the manufacturing unit.
The factory shed collapsed following the blast, sending splinters flying. Body parts of the deceased were found some distance away.
District Superintendent of Police Yatish Deshmukh told PTI that the process of registering an offence against three persons including the shed owner was underway.
The shed owner and another accused were arrested and the police were on the look-out of the third accused.
