Indian pacers outplay English batsmen on final day of Lords Test; India wins by 151 runs
London: India defeated England in the second Test match of the five-match series at Lords riding upon a brilliant all-round bowling performance from its pacers on the final day.
Asked to bat for two sessions and for a minimum of 60 overs on the final day, the England team collapsed on 120 in 51.5 overs. The Indian pacers were all over the England team with England losing both its openers in the first two overs.
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami bagged one wicket each in the first two overs of England's inning and ended up with figures of 2-33 and 1-13 respectively.
Ishant Sharma also bagged 2 wickets for 13 runs but Mohammed Siraj emerged as the pick of the bowler with 4-32. Siraj had also bagged a four-fer in the first inning.
Siraj ended the match with figures of 8-126.
Other major contributors in the Indian wins were KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, and Cheteshwar Pujara who made useful contributions with the bat.
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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.
