MI beat DC by eight runs in final to win WPL title
Mumbai, Mar 15 (PTI): Mumbai Indian beat Delhi Capitals by eight runs in the final to win their second Women's Premier League (WPL) title here on Saturday.
Put in to bat, Mumbai Indians scored 149 for 7 with captain Harmanpreet Kaur top-scoring with a fine 44-ball 66 while Nat Sciver-Brunt chipped in with 30.
Mumbai Indians then restricted DC to 141 for 9 in 20 overs to win their second title in the tournament.
Nat Sciver-Brunt (3/30) was the pick of the MI bowlers while Amelia Kerr took two wickets.
For DC, Marizanne Kapp top-scored with 40 while Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 30.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indians: 149 for 7 in 20 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 66, Nat Sciver-Brunt 30; Jess Jonassen 2/26, Shree Charani 2/43)
Delhi Capitals: 141 for 9 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 30, Marizanne Kapp 40; Nat Sciver-Brunt 3/30).
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
