Mustafizur Rahman bags five wickets to restrict India to 314-9 after 180 runs opening stand
Birmingham: India posted 314 runs for the loss of 9 wickets against Bangladesh in the World Cup encounter at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham on Tuesday here.
India started off well with Rohit Sharma scoring his fourth century of the tournament while fellow opener KL Rahul also contributing with 77 runs. The duo put on a 180 run opening stand in 30 overs, highest of the tournament so far to lay foundation for a formidable total for the team.
En route his ton, that had seven fours and five sixes, Rohit also equalled Kumar Sangakkara's record of four tons in a single edition of the World Cup, having already registered scores of 122 not out (vs South Africa), 140 (vs Pakistan) and 102 (vs England) in earlier games.
However, loss of wickets at regular intervals meant the Bangladesh made sure the men in blue do not run away with the match in the first inning.
Rishabh Pant played a valuable knock of 48 runs to lift the score on board a bit. Dhoni scored 35 off 33 overs and departed in the final over of the match.
For Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman turned out to be the best bowler and retuned with the figures of 5-59 runs, while Shakib Al Hassan, Rubel Hossain and Soumya Sarkar bagged 1 wickets each.
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Telangana CM urges Amit Shah to increase sanctioned strength of IPS officers in state
Hyderabad (PTI): Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday night and urged him to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state in view of its growing administrative and security needs.
The two leaders also discussed the recent surrender of several senior Maoist leaders before the Telangana Police and other issues.
"During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the issue of Maoist surrenders and their rehabilitation. The chief minister informed Shah that significant improvements in policing have taken place in Telangana over the past two years," an official release here said.
Highlighting that 591 Maoists have laid down their arms and joined the mainstream of society during this period, the chief minister said the state government was providing them compensation and rehabilitation assistance as per the rules.
He requested the Union home minister to extend financial support from the central government for development works in the backward regions of the state.
Reddy also urged Shah to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state from 83 to 105 in line with the state's growing administrative and security needs, the statement said.
The first cadre review after the formation of Telangana was conducted in 2016, while the next review, due in 2021, was delayed and finally carried out in 2025. Even then, only seven additional IPS officers were allocated to the state, the chief minister informed Shah and requested that the third cadre review be conducted in 2026 as per the schedule.
Reddy explained that Telangana, like the rest of the country, is facing several modern challenges, including cybercrime, drug trafficking, white-collar crimes, and other emerging security threats.
He highlighted the reorganisation of the Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri Police Commissionerates, the proposed formation of the Future City Commissionerate and the rapidly growing population in Hyderabad to underline the increasing administrative requirements of the state.
