India begin innings with lowest powerplay total of the tournament; 24-4 after 10 overs
Dinesh Karthik departs
Manchester: In the first semi-final between India and New Zealand, India began their batting innings with the lowest powerplay total of the tournament as the men in blue managed to score only ____ runs with the loss of ___ wickets.
After being posted a target of 240 runs by New Zealand to enter the final of the tournament, India went up to a poor start as it lost its top three batsmen with only 5 runs on board.
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli all managed to score 1 run each before departing to a wonderful bowling spell by New Zealand pace duo of Trent Boult and Matt Henry.
Earlier, New Zealand in the first inning New Zealand had scored the lowest first powerplay total of the tournament as it managed only 27 runs in the first 10 overs.
Youngster Rishab Pant was joined by Hardik Pandya in the middle at the end of over number 10 as Dinesh Karthik perished on the last ball of the powerplay with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja to come next in the batting line up.
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Five suspects held for alleged murder of Congress activist Ganesh Gowda in Chikkamagaluru
Chikkamagaluru: Five activists of BJP and Bajrang Dal were arrested by the Sakharayapatna Police for alleged murder of Congress activist and Sakharayapatna Gram Panchayat member Ganesh Gowda (38) on Friday night, following a fight over a banner.
Three of the arrested men, Sanjay, Bhushan and Mithun, are known to be BJP members.
An argument broke out between two groups in Sakharayapatna of Kadur taluk two days ago regarding a banner for observation of ‘Datta Jayanti’. The argument continued and intensified into a fight on Friday night near a bar in the village. Shortly later, at around 10:30 pm, a group of eight miscreants on motorbikes is learned to have stopped Gowda, who was traveling in a car on the Kalmurudeshwara Mutt Road and attacked him with lethal weapons.
A seriously injured Gowda reportedly died on the spot.
One of the suspects, Sanjay, was also injured in the attack and is being treated at the Chikkamagaluru Mallegowda District Hospital.
Sakharayapatna Police have registered a case and are investigating.
Chikkamagaluru Superintendent of Police Vikram Amte has said that, as precautionary measure, security has been beefed up in the village.
“While four special teams have been formed for investigation, five of the suspects have already been taken into custody. We are still probing the incident,” he added.
