India 119/1 at stumps on Day 1 after bowling out England for 246
Hyderabad, Jan 25: India were comfortably placed at 119 for one at stumps after bowling out England for 246 on the opening day of the first Test here on Thursday.
Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was batting on a 70-ball 76 while Shubman Gill was unbeaten on 14 at the end of the day's play, as India trailed by 127 runs after losing skipper Rohit Sharma (24).
England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat first.
The visitors were off to a decant start with openers Zak Crawley (20) and Ben Duckett (35) adding 55 runs at a fairly good pace before Ravichandran Ashwin gave India their first breakthrough by having Duckett trapped in front of the wicket.
Stokes top-scored with 70 off 88 balls and was the last English wicket to fall, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah (28).
Jonny Bairstow contributed 37 off 58 balls before he was done in by a beautiful delivery from Axar Patel (2/33).
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin bagged three wickets apiece while there were two each for Axar and Bumrah.
Brief Scores:
England 1st innings: 246 all out in 64.3 overs (Ben Stokes 70; Ravindra Jadeja 3/88, R Ashwin 3/68).
India 1st innings: 119/1 in 23 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal batting 76).
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Three sentenced to one year in jail for encroaching 32 acres land in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jan 10: Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Special Court has sentenced three persons to one year imprisonment for encroaching on government lake land, said Karnataka Police.
The accused had constructed toilets and houses on the encroached premises, a release issued on January 9 said.
The police had filed a charge sheet against Krishnappa, Nanjappa, Ramaiah, M Venkatesh, H M Subbanna, Lakshmidevi and Pillappa for illegally encroaching on 32 acres 13 gunte government lake land of survey no 159 in Hebbagodi village, Anekal taluk, Bangalore city district and constructed toilets and residential houses.
A case was registered against them at BMTF Police Station and an investigation was conducted at BMTF Police Station.
The special court on December 13, 2024 found M Venkatesh, H M Subbanna and Lakshmi Devi guilty of encroaching and sentenced them to one year imprisonment.
