New Delhi, April 27: In the 26th match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018), Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and let the hosts Delhi Daredevils to bat first at Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi. Delhi Daredevils came to bat with Gambhir missing the game, Shreyas Iyer had a big responsibility and rest of the team did not let him down as Delhi put a massive score of 219/4.
Prithvi Shaw gave a fantastic start to Delhi and completed his half-century. Shreyas Iyer was alongside building his inning and played a great knock, scoring 93 runs including 10 sixes.
Batting Second, KKR suffered early losses and could not find a stable partnership barring Andre Russell and Shubham Gill's brief knock. Delhi bowlers had a good day and they made the most of it. The run rate was jumping up and KKR could not do anything to bridge the gap. DD won the match by 60 runs and moved to seventh spot of the Vivo IPL points table.
Delhi Daredevils posted a total of 219-4, thanks to Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer innings. Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen could not face the pressure of the huge total and ended innings at 164-9
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Vartha Bharati awarded St Paul’s National Media Award for Excellence in Digital Journalism
Bengaluru: Vartha Bharati was honored with the St Paul’s National Media Award (SPNMA) 2025 for Excellence in Digital Journalism at a ceremony held on March 14, 2025, at St Pauls College, Bengaluru.
The award was presented to Abdussalam Puthige, Chief Editor of Vartha Bharati, in recognition of the media house’s contribution to digital journalism.
The event was attended by Prof. B K Ravi, Vice-Chancellor of Koppala University, Dr. Mamatha B R, retired IAS officer and State Information Commissioner, Ayesha Khanum, Chairperson of Karnataka Media Academy, Rev. Fr. Dr. Thomas M J, Chairman of the SPNMA Awards Committee and Principal of St Pauls College, and Dr. Prashanth Venugopal, Award Committee Coordinator and Head of Journalism & Mass Communication at St Pauls College.
