Karnataka: Hours after announcing list of new ministers, dissent against BSY splits BJP into two
Bengaluru: Hours after CM Yediyurappa on Wednesday morning announced the list of new ministers who will be inducted in the state cabinet, voices of dissent surfaced against him from within his party with several ministerial berth aspirants expressing their disappointment on being left out from the cabinet expansion.
Expressing his anguish, MLC H Vishwanath said “God will not bless Yediyurappa. He has failed to live up to his promises. I can’t understand why Yogeshwar has been included in the cabinet. It looks like he knows Yediyurappa’s secrets”.
Bommanahalli MLA M Satish Reddy also questioned the criteria through which new ministers were added to the cabinet. He also questioned Yediyurappa if he or his national leaders cannot see loyal party workers while shortlisting the names of the new ministers in the cabinet.
Another senior party leader Renukacharya also expressed his displeasure about the developments and said he was unhappy with the manner in which new ministers were chosen and finalised.
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Bairstow's century powers PBKS eight wickets win over KKR in IPL
Kolkata, Apr 26: Led by Jonny Bairstow's incredible hundred, Punjab Kings set a new world record for the highest run chase in the history of T20 cricket as they overhauled the 262-run target set by Kolkata Knight Riders with eight wickets to spare in the IPL here on Friday.
PBKS bettered South Africa's 259/4 against West Indies in March last year. In the IPL, Rajasthan Royals held the previous record for chasing down 224 against KKR at Eden Gardens recently, equalling the record they had set against then Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2020 in Sharjah.
Sent into bat, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261/6 but PBKS completed the chase with eight balls to spare.
KKR rode on a 138-run partnership between openers Phil Salt (75 off 37 balls) and Sunil Narine (71 off 32 balls).
The batters that followed the openers then consolidated the home team's position and took them to an imposing total.
In reply, PBKS too were off to a great start and scored 93 runs for the loss of Prabhsimran Singh's wicket in the powerplay.
Prabhsimran blazed away to a 20-ball 54 before getting run out. Bairstow continued his brutal onslaught to help PBKS pull off a stunning win. Bairstow (108 off 48 balls) was well-supported by the in-from Shashank Singh who smashed 68 in only 28 balls.
Brief scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders: 261/6 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 75, Sunil Narine 71).
Punjab Kings: 262/2 in 18.4 overs (Jonny Bairstow 108, Prabhsimran Singh 54, Shashank Singh 68).
