Bengaluru, Jan 14: Following the BJP's strategy of taking several Congress MLAs into its fold to destabilize the coalition government, the Congress has come up with a reactive strategy.
Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar is said to have invited the Congress ministers, MLA and leaders for a breakfast at a private hotel in Bengaluru. It is learnt that the Congress has created a reactive strategy for the BJP's Operation Kamala.
Congress Ministers. MLAs, Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah, KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Secretary Eshwar Khandre and others have attended.
The DCM has convened the breakfast-meeting to prepare a strategy to undermine the BJP's plan unitedly.
Meanwhile, the Water Resource Minister DK Shivakumar has informed that three Congress MLAs were camping at a Mumbai hotel with BJP leaders. He has charged that the BJP is doing hose-trading in the state.
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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
