MB Patil is a monkey: Shamanur Shivashankarappa

Vartha Bharati | 13-01-2019 | 23:13:00 IST

Davangere, Jan 13: Retaliating against Home Minister MB Patil’s outburst against him, senior Congress leader and MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa called him a monkey.

“He is just a young fellow. What does he know about me and my growth? He is a monkey”, said All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha president Shamanur Shivashankarappa responding to MB Patil’s statement in Hubballi on Sunday.

“MB Patil is a monkey. What does he know about me? I would neither speak much about it nor about him. I have given the statement against those who divide the society and not against Patil. Earlier, Patil had taken wrong route. Prabhakar Kore and myself have saved him”, Shamanur said.

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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets

29-04-2026 ¦ 29-04-2026 IST

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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).