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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Man shot dead in Jharkhand’s Jamtara, probe underway
Jamtara (Jharkhand) (PTI): A man was shot dead by three unidentified bike-borne armed miscreants in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district on Sunday, police said.
The incident took place at Dharampur village within Narainpur police station limits when the victim, identified as Furkan Ansari, a resident of the same village, had gone out for his morning tea at a stall around 8.15 am, they said.
Narainpur OC Murad Hasan said, "The victim's body was handed over to his family members after post-mortem examination at Sadar Hospital."
Police have launched an investigation into the matter, the OC said.
