Yashasvi, Akash Deep score half-centuries as India reach 189/3 at lunch
London, Aug 2 (PTI): Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Akash Deep hit half-centuries as India fought back to score 189 for 3 in the second innings at lunch on day three of the fifth and final Test at The Oval on Saturday.
Overnight batter Jaiswal (85 not out off 106 balls) was approaching his sixth Test century, while Akash Deep hit 66 off 94 balls -- his maiden Test half-ton -- as the duo shared a 107-run partnership for the third wicket to give the visitors an overall lead of 166 runs against Ollie Pope's England.
Akash Deep was dismissed before lunch with pacer Jamie Overton taking his wicket.
India had scored 224 in the first innings, which was followed by England's 247 giving England a narrow 23-run advantage going into the second innings.
Jaiswal's effort comes after a dismal showing in the first inning where he scored two runs.
India had suffered two blows in the final session on day two, losing opener KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan for 7 and 11 runs respectively.
England are currently leading the series 2-1.
Brief scores:
India 224 and 189 for 3 in 44 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 85 not out, Akash Deep 66)
England 1st Innings 247.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
