India stares at win at Lords against England on back of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah heroics
London: Pacers Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah on Monday elevated India’s position in the second Test match of the series at Lords in England.
The two tailenders helped India post a respectable total in the second innings with an unbeaten ninth-wicket partnership of 89 runs.
Shami scored an unbeaten 56 runs while Bumrah scored 34 runs to take India to 298-8 before declaring.
The duo struck once again in England’s second innings with both striking wickets in the first two overs of the innings. Bumrah got Rory Burns in the first over as Siraj caught him inside the thirty yards circle followed by Mohammed Shami bagging the wicket of Dominic Sibley in the second over.
England, chasing a target of 272 runs is currently struggling at 10-2 with captain Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed at the crease at the time of posting this report.
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60-year-old man arrested under POCSO Act on rape charges in Surathkal
Surathkal: A 60-year-old man from Chelairu here was arrested by the Surathkal Police, who had earlier registered a case against him under the POCSO Act following a complaint by a girl alleging that he had raped her.
The arrested man, Sundar Poojari, is accused of raping the girl when she was on her way home through an interior road near Mukka after getting off a bus.
The police stated in their preliminary report that the incident occurred in October. As the girl was in depression following the incident, her mother took her for a medical check-up, during which the girl revealed that she had been raped.
Based on the complaint filed by the girl, the Surathkal Police registered a case against Poojari and initiated further legal action.
