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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Supreme Court grants bail to MLA Vinay Kulkarni in Yogish Gowda murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in connection with the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogish Gowda from Hebballi in Dharwad district.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Karol passed the order granting bail to Kulkarni.
Earlier, following the cancellation of his bail, Kulkarni had surrendered before the Special Court for MPs and MLAs. His recent bail plea had also been rejected by the High Court.
Subsequently, Kulkarni approached the Supreme Court, which has now granted him bail.
