Saudi Arabia | ERCA T20 season 2018-19: Highlights from week 1

Syed Danish Irfan
October 22, 2018

In Saudi Arabia, where expats are working day and night, cricket can be the sports that bring them together every week, where people from several countries and races play this beautiful game. And this past week, history was witnessed when first ever delivery was bowled by Zahid Akhtar of Abbotabad Tigers C C during the 1st ever T20 tournament organized under the superb banner of Eastern Region Cricket Association (ERCA). It is a banner for every cricket lover in the region, where cricket is played in the best of its spirit amongst all the players.

Mr Abdul Latif, CEO of ERCA along with Sayed Majaz Qadri (President ERCA) and Mr Imran Rasheed (VP ERCA), have put up a great effort in providing land for the grounds and making it fertile for the cricket.

A whole team of people under the  supervision of Mr. Tajamal Hayat the General Secretary and Ashraf Shiekh the supporting figure of ERCA has worked effortlessly, to make the grounds as smooth as possible so that the teams would be able to put up an extra ordinary show of cricket.

And exactly the same happened during the first game of ERCA, Al Tuwairqi T20 Cup, which was played between Eastern Arabia C.C and Abbotabad Tigers C.C, where Eastern Arabia C.C batting first scored a mamoth total of 252/10 in their alloted 20 overs. Abdul Rahman played a brilliant knock of 75 on just 35 deliveries which was assisted with some brilliant batting from Mohammad Aris and Afwan Mohammad, both of them scoring 41(22) and 39(15) respectively. In reply Abbotabad Tigers C.C could only manage a total of 144/9, in which Amjad Khan was the star performer who managed to score 38(32) runs.  Abdul Rahman was the man of the match for his aggressive 75(35) and also for grabbing 3 wickets for just 14 runs.

In another game played between SAB Warriors C.C and Britam Arabia Mavericks C.C, played at the Qaddafi Ground, SAB Warriors were able to score 178/6 in 20 overs. Salahuddin Salman played a brilliant opening knock of 70 runs on just 50 deliveries along with the help of Tayyab Khalil who scored 47(24). Mutaiyyub Saleem and Nawab Omer Ali managed to grab 2 wickets for Mavericks C.C. In reply Britam Arabia Mavericks C.C were bowled out on 98 runs only in which Nayab Irfan was the highest scorer, who managed to score 22(27). Man of the match was awarded to Mr. Salahuddin Salman for his brilliant batting.

Another game was played between Al Tuwairqi C.C & Blue Star C.C on ERCA Ground named after the famous Indian Stadium, the Eden Gardens. Batting first, Al Tuwairqi C.C managed to score 153/6 in 20 overs. Aftab Magre was the star performer with the bat, scoring 34 runs on just 29 deliveries. Muhammad Iqbal took 3 wickets for Blue Star C.C.

In reply Blue Stars C.C chased the total in 18 overs with two wickets in hand. Muhammad Ashraf from Blue Stars scored 50 runs on just 32 deliveries by hitting 4 Fours and 2 huge sixes. MuhammadAshraf was awarded the man of the match for his brilliant fifty that helped his team in winning the match.

Another match played at Galle Ground in the afternoon session, witnessed the first ever 5 wicket haul, when Kiran Gorizillah of Kites C.C bagged five batsmen of Pasha XI C.C and managed to contain them for just 137/8 in 20 overs. In reply Kites C.C was able to achieve 114/8 before bad light struck and the match had to be abandoned with awarding 1 point to both the teams. Man of the match was awarded to Kiran Gorizilla for his outstanding 5 wickets haul.

 

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May 8,2024

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru North police have apprehended a minor in connection with alleged voyeurism incident reported in a private medical college in Mangaluru. 

DCP (Law and order) Sidharth Goyal said that the minor was produced before JJ Board as per due procedure. The incident came to light when a mobile phone was found in women's washroom in the college. 

The mobile-phone was discovered as it was ringing even when no one was in the toilet by the security guard of the college. 

Investigations revealed that the mobile phone had been strategically placed in the restroom. As a result, a case has been registered under north police station.

Further scrutiny into the matter uncovered the identity of the accused, a minor male aged 17, who had gained access to the college premises under the guise of being a patient. Following his apprehension, the accused was presented before the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Board in adherence to legal protocols.

The phone has been seized and a case has been booked under IPC section 354 (C), said the DCP.

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May 18,2024

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In a fresh claim, arrested BJP leader and advocate G Devaraje Gowda has alleged that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and four other ministers were behind exposing Prajwal Revanna’s sex scam that has brought disgrace to Janata Dal (Secular) H D Deve Gowda family. 

Devaraje Gowda has been arrested in a sexual abuse case. 

Speaking to reporters while being taken to the district prisons, in Hassan on Friday, Gowda alleged that he was offered Rs 100 crore to drag the name of H D Kumaraswamy in the Prajwal’s case. 

“D K Shivakumar had offered me Rs 100 crore to project that H D Kumaraswamy was behind the case. The offer was made through ministers N Chaluvarayaswamy, Krishna Byre Gowda, Priyank Kharge and another minister. They had even sent Rs 5 crore as advance to Bowring Club. But I did not agree. Hence, they hatched a plot to trap me,” Gowda alleged.

“It is D K Shivakumar, who collected all information from Prajwal Revanna’s former car driver Karthik and readied the pen drive. A team of four ministers were formed to handle the issue. As I did not agree to the plan. They planned to bring disrepute to the BJP, Narendra Modi and H D Kumaraswamy,” he said.

Gowda further alleged that former MLC M A Gopalaswamy of Channarayapatna was sent to him for negotiation.

“The main intention of D K Shivakumar is to bring disrepute to Modi and BJP in the case. Besides, he wanted to defame H D Kumaraswamy’s leadership in the state” he claimed. “They filed a sexual harassment and rape case against me, but found no evidence. Now, they are trying to fix me in the pen drive case” he alleged.

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May 17,2024

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Hubballi, May 17: Karnataka Police have arrested the killer, Vishwa, also known as Girish, in the sensational Anjali Ambigera murder case, police said on Friday.

Preliminary investigations reveal that Vishwa was a habitual thief who exploited innocent young women. The accused is also a drunkard and was caught while attempting to commit theft. He was also part of a gang which stole bikes.

The accused targeted gullible young women, enacting a drama of love and playing the emotional card to forcefully extort gold, silver, and cash from them. When Anjali did not agree to any of his attempts to rob her and outrightly rejected his offer to go with him to Mysuru city, he brutally killed her.

The police had formed two teams to hunt down the killer. One of the teams was searching in the south Karnataka region, and another team, which launched a hunt in Davanagere, nabbed him. The accused was arrested by the police on Thursday.

The police could not catch him sooner as the killer did not carry a mobile phone and did not use his phone for 15 days, before murdering Anjali. The jurisdictional Bendigeri Police were aware of the killer's history, but even after the complaint by the girl’s family, they showed "utter negligence".

The 24-year-old Vishwa entered Anjali Ambigera's (20) residence at 5.30 A.M. on Wednesday and stabbed the young woman multiple times before she could react. Vishwa dragged Anjali Ambigera all over the house, kicking and stabbing her. Later, he pushed her into the kitchen where he stabbed her repeatedly.

Despite efforts by Anjali’s grandmother and two sisters to stop the attacker, he killed her and managed to flee. The incident occurred in the Veerapura Oni area within the jurisdiction of the Bendigeri Police Station.

Vishwa had been blackmailing Anjali and pressurising her to accompany him to Mysuru without informing her parents. The incident which took place close on the heels of MCA student Neha Hiremath’s brutal murder by the jilted lover has raised concern over the safety of women all across the state.

The BJP had demanded the resignation of Home Minister G. Parameshwara while the Congress leaders have also demanded that the Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner Renuka Sukumar should be transferred for failing to sensitise the police force regarding issues of women’s safety.

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