English हिन्दी
Connect with us

LATEST SPORTS NEWS

Maoists? Local rivalry? Hoax?

Published

on

sourav-ganguly

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sourav death threat has cops in tizzy

By Sujit Bhar

There is a possibility that this could be a hoax. That does not reduce the seriousness of the death threat issued to former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly on January 7 (Saturday).

Sourav is scheduled to travel to the district of Midnapore to attend a felicitation ceremony as chief guest at an inter-college cricket meet at the Vidyasagar University there on January 19.

Sourav told reporters after the CAB’s working committee meeting in Kolkata on January 9 (Monday): “Yes I’ve received the letter on January 7 and I’ve informed this to the police and the organisers. ‎Let’s see, nothing has been decided yet but it will be a live show programme and you all will come to know if I go there.”

The letter, signed by one Z Alam, was couriered to Sourav’s mother Nirupa, reports say. According to a source quoted in the media the letter said: ‎”Your son is hereby warned not to attend the programme. If he dares to come here, you will not see him again.”

While he has not yet decided if he should go to the felicitation, the situation remains fluid. Kolkata’s joint commissioner of police (crime) has been quoted as saying that he has “got nothing so far” on the issue.

Sources have been quoted as saying that this probably is a local rivalry issue to show the organisers in poor light and should not be taken too seriously. There is, however, another school of thought that says that Maoists may be behind this. Certain areas of Midnapore district are Maoist-infested and Sourav’s proximity to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress administration in the state could have drawn their ire. That could be a serious issue.

Maoists have been the bane of consecutive administrations in the state. Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s (of the CPI-M) motorcade was ambushed in the Salboni area of West Midnapore in November 2008. Also in the motorcade were the then Union ministers Jitin Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan.

It was an IED blast that snapped a high tension electric wire. An accompanying police car was riddled with shrapnel and pellets, injuring six policemen. The chief minister escaped without injury.

When Mamata came to power she tried her hand at making a deal with the Maoists, but failed. This irked her so much that Maoist outfits have all become anathema to her. This situation has not eased.

However, this is not the first time that Sourav has received threats.

In late-September and early October of 2008 he had received two letters (with a gap of a month) threatening to kidnap his daughter Sana, who was then seven years old, if a ransom of Rs 2 crore wasn’t paid.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had said then that two letters were received by the family, one hand-delivered (dropped into the letterbox, because it bore no postal mark) the other sent via Speed Post from a post office near the main business district of the city, Esplanade. The letters were addressed to Sourav’s wife Dona.

The first letter did not worry the family—they were abroad at the time—but the second letter was taken seriously. CID sources had said that the letters could have come from the banned Indian Mujahideen group, but nothing much had come off it and the incident was forgotten.

Image courtesy: BCCI[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Cricket news

Riyan Parag smashes half century as Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 12 runs

Parag’s innings left the opposition in awe and lifted the spirits of the home crowd. One of the defining moments of the match came in the final over, as Parag unleashed a ferocious assault on veteran South African pacer Anrich Nortje.

Published

on

Rajasthan Royals emerged victorious against Delhi Capitals in a thrilling Indian Premier League clash at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday. Riyan Parag played a scintillating knock of 84 off just 45 balls which took Rajasthan to a commanding victory. The clash was held at a packed stadium which kept fans on the edge of their seats as Parag’s remarkable innings propelled the Rajasthan Royals to a formidable total of 185/5 despite a rocky start.

The Rajasthan Royals faced early setbacks stumbling to 36/3 in the eight over, courtesy of disciplined bowling from Delhi Capitals. The 22 year-old youngster showed maturity and composure beyond his years as he single handedly steered the innings towards recovery. He played an array of exquisite shots which included 7 boundaries and 6 towering sixes.

Parag’s innings left the opposition in awe and lifted the spirits of the home crowd. One of the defining moments of the match came in the final over, as Parag unleashed a ferocious assault on veteran South African pacer Anrich Nortje. He smashed the pace bowler all around the park hitting 25 runs to take his team’s innings to its highest T20 score.

Delhi Capitals was set to chase a challenging target of 186 runs for victory which was led by South African youngster Tristan Stubbs who played a valiant knock scoring 44 not out off 23 balls. The Delhi Capitals fell short of the target, managing only 173/5 in their allotted overs, where Delhi Capitals required 13 runs for victory.

The Rajasthan Royals bowled a disciplined line and length and Avesh Khan was the pick of all the bowlers. Khan’s last over proved to be the decisive factor in securing Rajasthan’s 2nd consecutive win in the tournament. South African pace bowlers Nandre Burger (2/29) and leg spin maestro Yuzvendra Chahal (2/19) claimed 2 wickets each and played an important role in restricting the Delhi Capital’s chase.

Continue Reading

Cricket news

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klassen score quickfire half centuries as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs

Travis Head (63) and Abhishek Sharma (63) gave an explosive start to the innings of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head completed his half century in 18 balls, while Abhishek Sharma hit his half century in 16 balls. Heinrich Klassen (80*) and Aiden Markram (41*) led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to score the highest total in IPL history.

Published

on

It was a high scoring match of IPL 17, where Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Mumbai Indians and won the game by 31 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Earlier during the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost the toss against Mumbai Indians. Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad gave a huge target for Mumbai Indians to chase in Hyderabad, as they scored 277 runs and lost only 3 wickets. Mumbai Indians had to score 278 runs to win.

Both the openers Ishan Kishan (34) and Rohit Sharma (26) gave a good start to the innings and the momentum was kept alive by Naman Dhir (30) and Tilak Varma (64). But after Tilak Varma the run rate of Mumbai Indians dropped with Romario Shephard (15) and Tim David (42) tried to give a late push to the innings. Mumbai Indians could reach only 246/5 and lost the match by 31 runs. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaidev Unadkat and Pat Cummins picked 2 wickets each, while Shahbaz Ahmed took one wicket.

Travis Head (63) and Abhishek Sharma (63) gave an explosive start to the innings of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head completed his half century in 18 balls while Abhishek Sharma hit his half century in 16 balls. Heinrich Klassen (80*) and Aiden Markram (41*) led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to score the highest total in IPL history. Klassen scored his half century in just 23 deliveries.

Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their first victory in the ongoing IPL tournament. Abhishek Sharma was announced the player of the match. In this match, a total of 38 sixes were hit and the total number of runs scored during the match was 523 runs. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians recorded their highest ever individual score in IPL history respectively.

Continue Reading

Cricket news

IPL 2024: Shivam Dube smashes half century as Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 63 runs

Chennai super Kings captain Rururaj Gaikwad said Shivam Dube has worked on his weakness against the short ball quite well and it has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni personally working with the Mumbai batsman. The left handed batsman smashed 5 sixes in his 23 ball half century.

Published

on

Chennai Super Kings crushed Gujarat Titans to secure a victory by 63 runs at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Tuesday. The Gujarat Titans won the toss but nothing seemed to go right for Gujarat Titans as Ruturaj Gaikwad’s team dominated the Gujarat Titans in all departments of the game.

Chennai super Kings captain Rururaj Gaikwad said Shivam Dube has worked on his weakness against the short ball quite well and it has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni personally working with the Mumbai batsman. The left handed batsman smashed 5 sixes in his 23 ball half century.

The Gujarat Titans were set to chase a target of 207 by the Chennai Super Kings. The Gujarat Titans were under pressure from the start to score at above 10 an over. The pitch offered even pace and bounce and Gujarat Titans batsmen failed to make a match of it.

Deepak Chahal rattled the Gujarat Titans plans right at the start of the innings. Chahar sent back openers Wriddhiman Saha and Shubhman Gill with only 34 runs on the board. Gujarat Titans skipper was dismissed as he was trapped lbw for 8 runs (5 balls). Gill opted for a review which showed that he did not have any clue about the trajectory and line of the ball as well as his own position in front of the stumps.

But for Sai Sudarshan there was no contribution which could be mentioned. Tushar Deshpande (2/21), Mustafizur Rahman (2/30) and Chahar (2/28) did the job for CSK with the ball. A T20 innings with more dot balls than boundaries and sixes was bound to end up in a losing cause. Chennai Super Kings has moved on the top the table with back to back wins. Rachin Ravindra took charge with a six off a Umesh Yadav length ball and did not stop thereafter as long as he stayed in the middle.

Continue Reading

Trending

-->

© Copyright 2022 APNLIVE.com