KSCA Under-19 tournament: Combined City 11 beats Raichur team by innings plus 211 runs
Eesa Puthige takes 9 wickets; Anvay Dravid, Atharva Malaviya hit centuries
Bengaluru: The Combined City 11 team defeated the Raichur Zone team by an innings and 211 runs in the Karnataka State Cricket Academy Inter-zonal Under-19 tournament on Saturday, with bowler Eesa Hakeem Puthige and batsmen Anvay Dravid and Atharva Malaviya being the stars of the match.
Eesa Puthige took a total of 9 wickets, including 6 wickets in the second innings. Anvay Dravid, son of former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid, hit a century, scoring 159 runs of 185 deliveries.
The Raichur team, which batted first, managed to score only 134 runs in the first innings, with the batsmen failing to withstand the bowling skills of Puttige, who got three wickets.
Combined City 11 Captain Dravid and opener Atharva Malaviya (115 runs off 163 deliveries) scored centuries in the first innings leading the team to 436 runs in 9 wickets.
In the second innings, Puthige led the bowling attack to bundle out the Raichur team for 91 runs, bagging six wickets and helping Combined City 11 to victory by a margin of an innings and 211 runs.
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1,850 missing mobile phones recovered as Delhi Police focusses on victim-centric policing
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Police has recovered 1,850 stolen and lost mobile phones worth around Rs 4 crore in past 40 days under "Mission Reconnect", an initiative aimed at returning phones to their rightful owners in outernorth Delhi, an official said on Saturday.
The recovered phones were traced from different parts of the country, including remote areas, through technical surveillance and sustained field operations, police said, adding that the devices were handed over to their owners during a programme at the Sports Ground, New Police Lines, Kingsway Camp.
The initiative focused on a victim-centric approach and aimed at strengthening public trust through proactive policing and coordinated efforts across states, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outernorth) Hareshwar Swami said.
As part of the programme, teams performed 'nukkad nataks' and screened awareness videos on cybercrime, drug abuse prevention, and senior citizen safety, sensitising the public about digital frauds and safety measures, officials said.
The initiative combines technology, investigation and community participation to ensure recovery of lost property and reconnect citizens with their valuables, they added.
