India score 184/5 in third T20 against West Indies
Kolkata, Feb 20: India scored 184 for five in the third and final T20 against West Indies here on Sunday.
Suryakumar Yadav top scored for India with 65 off 31 balls while Venkatesh Iyer made 35 not out off 19 balls. Ishan Kishan once again was not at his fluent best and ended with 34 off 31 balls.
India smashed 86 runs in the last five overs.
Brief scores: India 184/5 in 20 overs (Shreyars Iyer 25, Venkatesh Iyer 35 not out, Suryakumar Yadav 65; Roston Chase 1/23).
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Two Naxalites gunned down in encounter with cops in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said.
The exchange of fire broke out in a forest along the Indravati river in the morning when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior police official said.
After guns fell silent, bodies of two Naxalites, clad in uniform, along with a Self-Loading Rifle, an Insas rifle and a 12-bore rifle were recovered from the spot, he said.
Search operation was still underway, he added.
With this action, at least 25 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters in the state so far this year.
Earlier, 14 Maoists were gunned down in two encounters on January 3 in the Bastar region, which comprises seven districts, including Bijapur.
Last year, 285 Maoists were killed in various encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh.
The Centre has set a deadline of March 31 this year to eradicate Left-Wing Extremism from the country.
