Hurricane Asani effects at Malpe Beach: Water sports, Malpe Island closed, hanging bridge damaged
Udupi: As a result of Hurricane Asani in the Bay of Bengal, the tides at Malpe Beach saw an unusual rise that have left the newly constructed hanging bridge at the beach damaged.
The bridge that was inaugurated four days ago, was closed for public along with all other water sports, following the unusually high tidal movements on Sunday evening.
The tides reportedly turned more aggressive in the night and has left the new bridge damaged. Damages parts of the bridge were seen floating in the sea on Monday morning.
Malpe Beach in-charge Sudesh Shetty however said, the repair work of the beach was underway and all the water sports activities and entry into the beach and ship ride to St. Mary's Island will remain closed till Tuesday to avoid any possible mishap.
Shetty further urged people to not spread false news regarding the hanging bridge and added that no untoward incident was reported at the bridge and the damage was solely because of the high tides due to the Hurricane.
"False information is being shared about the safety of the bridge claiming that people fell off the bridge during the hurricane effects. Those reports are untrue. We have closed the bridge for now, and will inform people when we resume entry for public, when the hurricane effects subside," Shetty said.
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Abhigyan Kundu hits 209 not out for first-ever double ton in Youth ODIs for India
Dubai (PTI): Wicketkeeper-batter Abhigyan Kundu on Tuesday created history with first-ever double ton in Youth ODIs for India, scoring an unbeaten against Malaysia in the U-19 Asia Cup match here.
The 17-year-old Kundu thus recorded only the second instance of a double century in Youth ODIs after South Africa's Jorich Van Schalkwyk, who had scored 215 off 153 balls against Zimbabwe earlier this year in Harare.
Batting at No 5, the left-handed Kundu hit an overall 19 fours and seven sixes to smash 209 not out off only 125 balls.
His knock powered India U-19 to a huge 408 for seven batting first.
Earlier in the same tournament, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had scored a 95-ball 171 against the UAE, which is overall the ninth highest individual score in the format.
