Sudharsan's hundred leads GT to 205/3 against RCB
Bengaluru (PTI): B Sai Sudharsan produced a magnificent 100 that was an anti-thesis of T20 batting, but still strong enough to carry Gujarat Titans to a competitive 205 for three against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
In fact, the 12.4 overs of the Titans’ innings was an anti-thesis of T20 batting, where the former champions proved that runs can be made in this format without hitting the ball in anger.
Sudharsan’s 58-ball knock, his third hundred in the IPL, was the cornerstone in GT’s trend-defying effort with the bat.
The left-hander totally dominated the 128-run alliance with his opening partner and captain Shubman Gill (32, 24b) from the outset, as
Sudharsan consumed 29 balls in the Power Play segment against the latter’s seven.
The 24-year-old Tamil Nadu batter, who also became the fastest to score 2000 IPL runs along his innings, made 46 runs in Power Play, and then reached fifty off 33 balls in style, clobbering Romario Shepherd for a six.
The next fifty runs came at a faster clip -- 24 balls -- and it was a phase where he nullified RCB’s spin duo Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma.
Krunal tried his trademark bouncer to keep Sudharsan quiet, but the batter was equal to the task, upper cutting it over backward point for a six.
He followed that up with a boundary and a swept six off the same bowler as RCB skipper Rajat Patidar had to check for different options.
Gill’s dismissal did not alter the course of the match much, as Sudharsan, who was dropped on 91 by Suyash off his bowling, bled the RCB bowling silently.
Sudharsan got to his hundred with a single off Suyah but could not build on it further, giving a rather tame return catch to Josh Hazlewood.
He fell at an individual score of 100, precisely the total they made against Mumbai Indians in a 99-run mauling a few days back.
But his departure, though, helped RCB pull back a bit in the death overs.
In the overs between 17 -- GT were 174 for two at that stage -- and 20, the Titans could garner only 31 runs and there were not many boundary hits too, even that materialised because team's debutant Jason Holder's cameo (23 not out, 10b)
But on another slightly tacky surface, RCB will have to bat really well to scale this down.
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Allahabad HC orders probe into 'reinstatement' of teacher in UP's Barabanki
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered a probe by the special task force (STF) into alleged irregularities in the rejoining of a teacher at City Intermediate College in Barabanki, observing that the reinstatement appeared to be prima facie illegal.
The court also directed the recovery of the salary paid to the teacher during the disputed period.
A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh passed the order on a petition filed by the college management committee. The court expressed doubts over the roles of the District Inspector of Schools (DIOS), Barabanki, the college principal and the teacher concerned and hence, directed a detailed inquiry into the matter.
Taking note of alleged manipulation of records and misleading submissions, the court ordered the immediate transfer of the Barabanki DIOS to ensure a fair probe. It also directed the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the then joint director of education of the Ayodhya division.
In its order, the court found that the teacher, Abhay Kumar, was initially appointed as an assistant teacher in 2018 but joined an Eklavya Model Residential School in Chhattisgarh as a lecturer in June 2024 without obtaining permission from the management. His subsequent request to retain the lien was rejected.
Despite this, he was allowed to rejoin the Barabanki College in September 2025 on the directions of the joint director of education and the DIOS, and was even paid the salary for October 2025. The court termed the rejoining "wholly illegal" and lacking any legal basis.
The bench also expressed concern over lapses in communication within the education department and directed the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary to ensure that official orders are communicated through email and WhatsApp as well, to prevent disputes.
The matter is next listed for hearing on May 28 when a compliance report is sought.
