Indian women lose to NZ by 4 wickets to hand series
Auckland, Feb 8: The Indian women's cricket team lost by four wickets to New Zealand in the second T20 International to concede a series-deciding 0-2 lead here Friday.
Chasing a target of 136, New Zealand managed to reach the target off the last ball of the game.
The third and final match of the series is to be played on Sunday in Hamilton.
Brief Scores:
India women: 135 for 6 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 72, Smriti Mandhana 36; Rosemary Mair 2/17).
New Zealand Women: 136/6 in 20 overs (Suzie Bates 51, Radha Yadav 2/23).
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CM Siddaramaiah quotes senior journalist B.M. Basheer's poem while presenting budget
Bengaluru: In a unique manner, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah quoted lines from a poem by B.M. Basheer, poet and News Editor of Vartha Bharati before the State Legislature on Friday.
Siddaramaiah, who was presenting the state budget for the current year, recited Basheer’s poem before announcing new initiatives on women and child development:
“Mother likes roses
For she knows
How difficult it is
To bloom among thorns”.
