Mumbai Indians beat RCB by 7 wickets in WPL
Bengaluru, Mar 2: Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in a Women's Premier League match here on Saturday.
Opting to field, MI bowlers rose to the occasion to restrict RCB to a modest 131 for six in 20 overs.
Ellyse Perry top-scored for RCB with an unbeaten 44 off 38 balls.
Pooja Vastrakar (2/14) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (2/27) picked up two wickets each for MI.
Amelia Kerr (40 not out), Yastika Bhatia (31), skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt (27) and Hayley Matthews (27) stood out with the bat for MI to overhaul the target in 15.1 overs.
Shreyanka Patil (1/15), Sophie Devine (1/16) and Georgia Wareham (1/18) were the wicket-takers for RCB.
Brief Scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 131 for 6 in 20 overs (Ellyse Perry 44 not out; Pooja Vastrakar 2/14).
Mumbai Indians: 133 for 3 in 15.1 overs (Amelia Kerr 40 not out; Shreyanka Patil 1/15).
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Uttarakhand: Bus falls into gorge in Almora; 6-7 feared dead
Dehradun (PTI): At least six to seven people are feared dead after a bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand’s Almora district on Tuesday, officials said.
The accident occurred in the Bhikiyasain area when the bus was en route to Ramnagar in Nainital, officials from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said.
They said the bus fell into a gorge near Vinayak with around 17-18 passengers on board. Six to seven are feared dead on the spot, the officials added.
According to the SDRF, the injured are being rescued from the gorge and admitted to the government hospital in Bhikiyasain for treatment.
