Kolkata Knight Riders registered a 24-run win against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League. KKR were restricted for 169 runs in 19.5 overs by the Mumbai Indians pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Nuwan Thushara’s three-fers. The Mumbai Indians in response were wrapped up for 145 runs as Mitchell Starc picked up a 4 wicket haul.

Venkatesh Iyer was the top scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders with a 70-run knock which took his side to the score as Manish Pandey scored 42 runs off his bat. Suryakumar Yadav was the lone ranger scoring 56 runs which gave Mumbai Indians some hope, but once he was dismissed the hosts batting order was folded by the KKR pace bowlers to pick up their 1st win at the Wankhede stadium in 12 years.

The Kolkata Knight Riders set a target of 170 runs for the Mumbai Indians. It was a disastrous start for KKR as they lost 4 important wickets in the powerplay itself and then another wicket fell in the very first ball after the first six overs. But the impact sub, Manish Pandey played the supporting role along with Venkatesh Iyer and brought the innings back to normal as the latter went on to finish with 70 runs in 52 balls to put the visitors in contention.

For Mumbai Indians, Nuwan Thushara gave outstanding bowling performance in the power play and picked up 3 important wickets. Hardik Pandya also supported in the middle overs by picking up 2 important wickets along with the lone wicket by Piyush Chawla. Jasprit Bumrah showed his class at the death overs by taking 3 important wickets in the latter stages of the innings as Mumbai Indians needed 170 to win the match. Mumbai Indians only needed 51 runs off the last 5 overs, but a superb effort from KKR’s bowlers put an end to their hopes.

Google has changed its homepage logo today to celebrate the extraordinary life of Hamid Banu. Hamida Banu, India’s first woman wrestler was born in the early 1900s near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Today’s Google Doodle shows an illustration of Hamida Banu in which she is surrounded by local flora and fauna.

Hamida Banu’s career spanned between the 1940s and 1950s, when she won more than 300 competitions. She often challenged male wrestlers to bouts. She even promised to marry them if they defeated her. Banu emerged as a force at a time when wrestling was still considered a male sport.

May 4 has been chosen as the date to publish a Google Doodle on Hamida Banu because it was on this day in 1954 that she challenged and defeated famed wrestler Baba Pahalwan in 1 minute and 34 seconds. He retired from professional wrestling after the defeat.

After defeating Baba Pahalwan in 1954 she received widespread coverage in international media. The Associated Press during the time reported the bout lasted 1 minute and 34 seconds, when the woman won a fall. Banu earned a lot of fame after the feat and came to be known as the Amazon of Aligarh. In a 1954 bout in Mumbai, Banu reportedly defeated Vera Chistilin, who was called Russia’s female bear, in less than 1 minute’s time.

The Google Doodle on India’s first woman wrestler has been created by Bengaluru-based artist Divya Negi. Negi said she was inspired by Hamida Banu’s fight against conservative norms of the Indian society during that time. She came to know more about Hamida Banu’s world during her Google Doodle research.  

Negi was inspired to learn that she fought fiercely against the conservative norms during her time. She said going against group thinking is one of the hardest things one can do, and being a woman adds another level of complexity to it. Despite the odds, Hamida Banu fought her way through and won.

Shaitaan, which starred Ajay Devgn and R Madhavan, was released on March 8 of this year. In the psychological thriller film, which made roars on the box office, also features Jyothika and Janki Bodiwala in key roles. Now, almost two months after opening to tremendous reviews at theaters, the movie is now scheduled to debut on OTT.

The makers of the film has finally announced the official digital release date after creating a buzz on the internet.

The OTT giant, Netflix took to it’s officxial social media handle today to announce the realse date of Shaitaan. The film’s poster, which starred the lead trio of Ajay Devgn, R Madhavan, and Jyothika, used to make the official announcement. The description for the photo said, in the post was, Ghar ke darwaze band rakhna, kahi Shaitaan na aa jaye, (close your doors, devil mighth enter) and it was followed by the fire and quiet emojis.

The announcement went on to state that Shaitaan starts streaming midnight, on Netflix! To the pleasure of the crowd, the movie will now be accessible for viewing at one’s convenience starting at midnight on May 4 in case you were unable to see it in theatres, it added.

As soon as the poster was released, the joy of the fans was evident as they took to the comments section and expressed their feelings. A user said he is eagerly waiting for it. Finally, another fan shared. Kal raat 12 baje se search kar raha hu, said a third user. Shaitaan is the best movie of 2024 currently, said a fourth user.

The movie is the official remake of  was Vash, a Gujarati film. Vikas Bahl oversaw the artistic direction of the supernatural thriller Shaitaan. The film is directed and written by Krishnadev Yagnik. With support from Jio Studios, Devgn Films, and Panorama Studios, Ajay Devgn, Jyoti Deshpande, Kumar Mangat Pathak, and Abhishek Pathak produced the film.