New Zealand beat India by 4 runs in third T20 match to clinch series
New Zealand Cricket team on Sunday defeated the Indian team in the 3rd and final T20I of the series and thereby winning the series in a nail biting series decider in Hamilton.
Chasing a target of 213 runs, set by the Black caps after opting to bowl first, India got the desired start, even after losing Shikhar Dhawan in the first over, as youngster Vijay Shankar at number 3 and skipper Rohit Sharma steadied the ship for the visitors and nicely keeping up with the required run rate.
But after the departure of Vijay Shankar after scoring a well-made 43, the visitors kept losing wickets at regular interval despite some good cameos by Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya.
Towards the end, senior man Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya tried their heart out to take their team home, but missed on the opportunity by 4 runs, thereby conceding the series.
Skipper Rohit Sharma, speaking after the match added "It would have been nice to win the series and go home and play Australia, but unfortunately we couldn't do that".
Mahendra Singh Dhoni who came in to bat at number five, one again disaapointed his fans in New Zealand who were present to watch Dhoni with placards reading "Vintage Dhoni, one last time in New Zealand".
With the T20I over, India conclude their long tour of Australia and New Zealand which began in October last year, and will now host Australia at home for 2 T20Is and 5 ODIs starting Feb 24
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Women BJP MLAs protest against opposition in UP assembly premises
Lucknow (PTI): Women BJP MLAs held a protest in the Vidhan Bhawan complex before the one-day special session of Uttar Pradesh assembly, slamming the opposition for defeating the passage of a bill, which would have led to implementation of the Women's Reservation Law, in the Lok Sabha.
This followed another demonstration by Samajwadi Party MLAs, who alleged that the BJP was misleading public in the name of women's reservation.
The women BJP legislators assembled in front of Chaudhary Charan Singh's statue in the assembly premises, holding banners inscribed with the slogan "Insult to Matrushakti (women's power), India will not tolerate it". The protesting members entered the main hall of Vidhan Bhawan carrying the banners.
Participating in the protest, the state Minister for Women Welfare and Child Development, Baby Rani Maurya, told reporters that all opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, had opposed the women's reservation, a stance for which they would have to pay a heavy political price.
"On this issue, all of us women stand united. We will ensure that we secure our reservation," she said.
BJP MLA Ketki Singh remarked that their protest represents the collective outrage of millions of women across the state.
Singh asserted that the opposition has betrayed women by creating hurdles in the path of women's reservation. The current demonstration is merely the beginning, and very soon, women from every street, intersection and household will join the protest movement, she said.
Minister Vijaylakshmi Gautam said, "We strongly condemn the despicable act committed by the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in an attempt to hold back 'half the population' (women). Their action was directed against the very bill that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had introduced to empower and strengthen Nari Shakti (women's power), and which he strived to pass expeditiously."
Uttar Pradesh assembly is holding a one-day special session on Thursday. During the session, the government is set to move a censure motion against the opposition parties over their failure to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill, which would have led to implementation of the Women's Reservation Act, in the Lok Sabha.
