Mandya: H1N1 claims housewife
Mandya, October 19: A housewife of the district died of H1N1 virus at the SS Hospital in RR Nagar in Bengaluru on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as B.S. Jyothi (39), wife of Venkatesh of Valagerahalli village in Maddur taluk. Venkatesh is a goods vehicle driver and the couple have been residing in Bengaluru. She was admitted to the BGS hospital at Kengeri around 23 days ago due to acute fever and respiratory problem. Though she was treated for 13 days in the BGS hospital, the reason for the fever and respiratory problem was not diagnosed. Later, she was shifted to SS hospital at RR Nagar where she was diagnosed with H1N1 virus. On Friday, she breathed her last as she did not respond to the treatment, it is said.
The deceased is survived by husband, a daughter and a son. Venkatesh has spent around Rs 14 lakh for her treatment and now, he is facing the burden of the loan.
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KKR land Green for record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore; Shaw, Sarfaraz go unsold
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green even as Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the Indian Premier League players' auction here on Tuesday.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
As far as Green is concerned, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million) as the rest of the amount will go towards the BCCI's player development programme as per the rules of the auction for foreign players.
Green, who previously turned up for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has so far played 29 matches in the IPL to aggregate 707 runs and take 16 wickets.
Shaw, however, went unsold despite his fine run of form in the domestic circuit lately, and so was the case with Sarfaraz, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- are part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
