RCB beat UP Warriorz by 23 runs in WPL
Bengaluru, Mar 4: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated UP Warriorz by 23 runs in the Women's Premier League here on Monday.
Skipper Smriti Mandhana (80) and Ellyse Perry (58) scored blistering fifties to take RCB to 198 for 3.
The two added 95 runs off just 64 balls for the second wicket.
The RCB bowlers then fired as a unit, taking wickets at regular intervals to restrict the Warriorz to 175 for 8 despite the best efforts of skipper Alyssa Healy (55), allrounder Deepti Sharma (33) and Poonam Khemnar (31).
Sophie Devine, Georgine Wareham, Sophie Molineux and Asha Sobhana picked two wickets each for RCB.
Brief Scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 198 for 3 in 20 overs (Smriti Mandhana 80, Ellyse Perry 58; Sophie Ecclestone 1/22).
UP Warriorz: 175 for 8 in 20 overs (Alyssa Healy 55, Deepti Sharma 33; Sophie Devine 2/37).
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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.
