New Zealand beat India by 4 runs in third T20 match to clinch series
New Zealand Cricket team on Sunday defeated the Indian team in the 3rd and final T20I of the series and thereby winning the series in a nail biting series decider in Hamilton.
Chasing a target of 213 runs, set by the Black caps after opting to bowl first, India got the desired start, even after losing Shikhar Dhawan in the first over, as youngster Vijay Shankar at number 3 and skipper Rohit Sharma steadied the ship for the visitors and nicely keeping up with the required run rate.
But after the departure of Vijay Shankar after scoring a well-made 43, the visitors kept losing wickets at regular interval despite some good cameos by Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya.
Towards the end, senior man Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya tried their heart out to take their team home, but missed on the opportunity by 4 runs, thereby conceding the series.
Skipper Rohit Sharma, speaking after the match added "It would have been nice to win the series and go home and play Australia, but unfortunately we couldn't do that".
Mahendra Singh Dhoni who came in to bat at number five, one again disaapointed his fans in New Zealand who were present to watch Dhoni with placards reading "Vintage Dhoni, one last time in New Zealand".
With the T20I over, India conclude their long tour of Australia and New Zealand which began in October last year, and will now host Australia at home for 2 T20Is and 5 ODIs starting Feb 24
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
