Shahrukh Khan becomes "hero" in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, hits last ball six to help TN defend title
Karnataka loses first-ever white ball final
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu on Monday defeated Karnataka to defend its Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title with a last-ball-six win against their traditional rivals.
Chasing 153, Tamil Nadu needed 16 off 6 balls and Shahrukh Khan who was hitting the ball cleanly today, came to the team’s rescue and finished the match. With five runs needed on the last delivery of the over, Shahrukh Khan hit a six over deep square leg and pulled the special victory for his team.
With this, Karnataka lost its first-ever white-ball final.
“This inning was due from SRK, he was hitting it well in the nets. We believed in SRK, Mohammed, and Sanjay, these three are capable of the big ones. In the middle, Cariappa bowled well, so we couldn't accelerate. Karnataka and TN always have a rivalry and we are happy to end up on the winning side,” Tamil Nadu captain Vijay Shankar said while collecting the trophy.
“There were a lot of things in my mind, but I tried to keep it simple. The ball was rough and the wicket was slow, so I wanted to connect it off the middle. I was waiting to hit it over long-on, and I got the room to get it over square leg. We played a bit slow in the middle, but that's the trend of our team - the roles are well-defined, and the top order had trust in me and Mohammed. He (Mohammed) has been a special talent so thanks to him. It has been a special thing to hit a last-ball six. I'll remember this for a long time,” Shahrukh Khan said.
“It is a bittersweet feeling. The boys have put up their hands every time we have needed someone. We deserved to come to the final. We can't take it away from them, they were better at the crunch moment. We were expecting more from our top order, but someone had to put up their hands, and the middle order and spinners did just that. We'd love to bounce back strongly,” Karnataka captain Manish Pandey said.
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Swamiji fires gun into the air in Kalaburagi village, video goes viral
Kalaburagi: An incident involving a swamiji firing a gun into the air has been reported from Udachan village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district. The act, captured on video, has since gone viral on social media.
The swamiji has been identified as Sri Shantalinga Shivacharya, pontiff of the Hiremath of Sri Shankaralingeshwara Samsthana. According to reports, the incident took place on Sunday evening within the premises of the math, where the swamiji allegedly fired a single-barrel gun into the air.
This is not the first time the swami has courted controversy. Last year, he was reportedly found driving erratically under the influence of alcohol in Salotagi village of neighbouring Indi taluk, following which members of the public confronted him. He later fled from the math, sources said.
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More recently, during the annual fair of the Sri Shankaralingeshwara Math in Udachan village, the swami had arrived at the village with police protection, claiming to be the rightful pontiff of the math. Despite opposition from villagers, he reportedly went ahead and conducted rituals related to the fair.
The latest incident of firing the gun into the air has triggered criticism, especially after the video surfaced online. Further action, if any, is awaited from the authorities.
