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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Remarks against St Francis Xavier: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar gets bail
Panaji (PTI): A court in Goa on Saturday granted bail to right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar, who was arrested after he allegedly made derogatory comments against St Francis Xavier.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vasco, granted regular bail to Khattar, currently admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment of chest pain after he was shifted from the District Hospital in Mapusa two days back.
A row erupted after a video of remarks by Khattar, the founder of Sanatan Mahasangh, at an event on April 18 in the presence of Swami Brahmeshanand, State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLAs Sankulp Amonkar and Daji (Krishna) Salkar, went viral.
St Francis Xavier is revered as the patron saint of Goa.
The controversial remarks led to the Vasco Police registering an FIR against Khattar on charges of hurting religious sentiments and creating enmity between groups.
He was detained in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, by local police. His custody was later handed over to the Goa Crime Branch, according to officials.
