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Chasing 215 on their home ground, Hyderabad suffered an early blow as they lost opener Travis Head (0) on the first ball of the innings -- Arshdeep Singh clinching the wicket for Punjab in the power-play.

Rahul Tripathi came in to bat at No. 3 and joined Abhishek in the middle. The duo kept the scoring rate high, firing boundaries at regular intervals. In no time, SRH crossed the 50-run mark and went on in cruise mode before Harshal Patel gave PBKS a slight respite with the wicket of Tripathi in the fifth over. He was dismissed for 33 runs which included four fours and two sixes.

Nitish Reddy walked out to bat and kept the momentum going as SRH posted their third-highest power-play total after finishing 84-2 in six overs.

Meanwhile, Abhishek slammed his third fifty of the season, off 21 balls. He scored 66 runs in 28 balls including six sixes and five fours before losing his wicket to Shashank Singh in the 11th over. During his knock, he also created history by becoming the first Indian batter to smash 39 sixes in an IPL season. Previously, Virat Kohli held the record with 38 maximums in the 2016 edition of the tournament.

Nitish and Heinrich Klaasen continued the onslaught as SRH controlled the pace of the match throughout their innings. Reddy played a 37-run knock while Klaasen scored 42 off 26 runs to keep them ahead in the chase. Despite losing Shabaz Ahmed (3) and Klaasen (42) in the death overs, the win was a cakewalk for the home franchise. In the end, Abdul Samad (11*) and Sanvir Singh (6*) remained unbeaten as Hyderabad chased the target with five balls to spare.

For Hyderabad, Arshdeep and Harshal bagged two scalps apiece.

Earlier, Prabhsimran Singh's half-century coupled with Rilee Rossouw's 49 powered Punjab Kings to 214/5.

Playing his second game of the season, the left-handed opener Atharva Taide along with partner Prabhsimran gave PBKS a blazing start. The duo set the foundation for Punjab's total by unleashing carnage in the power-play. The openers scored at the rate of over 10 runs per over to make the most of the field restriction. After six overs, Punjab were 61 for no loss. Pacer T. Natrajan finally broke the partnership in the 10th over as Taide hit the ball into the hands of Sanvir Singh at point.

Rilee Rossouw joined Prabhsimran in the middle and carried the momentum forward in the middle overs. Meanwhile, the latter also completed his second half-century of the season. The batters steered Punjab to the 150-run mark and stitched a 54-run partnership for the second wicket before Prabhsimran departed after scoring a 45-ball 71 studded with seven fours and four sixes. This time, Sri Lanka spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth did the job for the home team.

The in-form Shashank Singh (2) failed to make his final game of the season memorable as his stay at the crease only lasted for four balls following a mix-up with Rossouw between the wickets in the 16th over.

Meanwhile, SRH skipper Pat Cummins trapped Rossouw on a slow full-toss in the 18th over and left Punjab without a set-batter for the final overs. The South African batter played a knock of 49 runs off 24 balls including four sixes and three fours.

Ashutosh Sharma (2) lost his wicket cheaply to Natrajan in pursuit of scoring at a brisk pace.

In the end, stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma's cameo of 14-ball 26 not out, laced with two sixes and as many fours, enabled them to touch the 200-run mark in the final over of the innings. For Hyderabad, Natrajan bagged two wickets while Cummins and Viyaskanth claimed one scalp each.

Brief scores:

Punjab Kings 214/5 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 71, Rilee Rossouw 49; T. Natrajan 2-33, Pat Cummins 1-36) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 215/6 in 19.1 overs (Abhishek Sharma 66, Heinrich Klaasen 42; Arshdeep Singh 2-37) by four wickets.

(IANS)

Speaking at a press conference here, Director General of Police, Arun Kumar Sarangi said: "I have strongly warned all the district Superintendents of Police during a virtual meeting that we will not tolerate any incidents of violence as we have a zero-tolerance policy towards poll-related violence. Stringent action will be taken against anyone found engaged in bloodshed and violent acts."

"I have instructed the officers to ensure the immediate arrest of those involved in poll-related violence and submission of chargesheets in the case so that the accused get punished at the earliest. Strong punitive action will be taken against any person or police officer found neglecting his duty. We hope the upcoming fifth phase of polling takes place peacefully," said Sarangi.

The DGP further said that Odisha Police have been keeping strict vigilance on the overall situation, and any act of violence will be dealt with iron hands.

As many as 33,000 police personnel have been deployed.

Voting will be held in the fifth phase at 9,162 polling stations in 7,339 locations across the state. Of the total booths, 556 booths located in Kandhamal Boudh, Bolangir, Bargarh and at some places in Rourkela districts are Maoist-affected.

DGP Sarangi said as many as 47 Additional SPs, 88 DSPs, 236 Inspectors, 2,000 Sub Inspectors and Assistant SI rank officials have been deployed for the fifth phase of polling.

Besides, the Odisha police also deployed 655 mobile patrolling parties, 257 flying squads and 251 static surveillance teams.

Several quick reaction teams and swift action force of Odisha police have been placed in the sensitive areas to check any untoward incident.

"We have made adequate security arrangements in the five Maoist affected districts -- Kandhamal, Boudh, Bolangir, Bargarh, Rourkela. A Maoist group from Chhattisgarh has been camping in Kandhamal and Boudh districts in central Odisha for the past one year. Recently, two Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire in the Boudh area a few days back. Earlier, another divisional commander of Maoist group had been neutralised. We have intensified anti-Maoist operations in these areas for the last four months," said Sarangi.

He also said that as many as 117 operational parties of CAPF and 38 units of Special Operation Group and District Voluntary Forces are in action in the Maoist-affected areas for the fifth phase of polling.

Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1.

The results of the polling for both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha will be out on June 4.

(IANS)

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“NDA has already crossed 270 seats in the first four phases of elections. I also want to tell you that the parties of Tejashwi Yadav and Rahul Gandhi are not even getting 4 and 40 seats, respectively,” Amit Shah said during his address to support the NDA candidates Sanjay Jaiswal and Sunil Kumar.

Sanjay Jaiswal is contesting on the BJP ticket from West Champaran and Sunil Kumar is contesting from Valmiki Nagar on the JD-U ticket.

The Home Minister said that the leaders of the INDIA bloc are misleading the people on the reservation and on changing the Constitution.

“The leaders of the INDI alliance are saying that if NDA crosses 400 seats then we will change the Constitution and nullify the reservation. PM Modi had a complete majority in the last 10 years and still did not change the Constitution. Lalu Prasad Yadav says that he will give 100 per cent reservation to Muslims,” Amit Shah said.

The Home Minister said that Lalu Prasad Yadav is sitting in the "lap" of Congress which has given reservations to Muslims in Karnataka and Telangana.

“I want to ask Lalu Prasad Yadav whose reservation will he cut Dalits, Tribals or backward class so that he give it to Muslims,” Amit Shah said.

He said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had put the Mandal Commission in cold storage while Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had opposed it as well.

“Congress has always opposed the backward caste while Prime Minister Modi has worked towards giving democratic rights to the people belonging to the backward and extremely backward communities,” Amit Shah said.

He also alleged that the INDIA bloc leaders have not done anything for the poor of the country.

“PM Modi provided tap water to the homes of 14 crore people. He has delivered LPG cylinders to more than 10 crore houses. Toilets have been built for 12 crore houses. PM Modi has given five kg of food grains per person to 80 crore poor people, free of cost. Health insurance worth Rs five lakh was given to the poor,” he said.

Amit Shah said that Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said that Pakistan has an atom bomb. He asked people whether Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) belongs to India or not.

“Mani Shankar Aiyar and Farooq Abdullah said we should not talk about PoK as Pakistan has a nuclear bomb. They are afraid of Pakistan's bomb but India is not. Our country is strong under the leadership of PM Modi,” he said.

He said that stone pelting has stopped in Kashmir but now is taking place in PoK. “Earlier, freedom slogans were raised in our Kashmir but today they are being raised in PoK. Earlier, strikes used to happen in Kashmir but that too is now happening in PoK. The price of flour is going up in Pakistan every day. Pakistan does not have flour for the people while PM Modi is giving free ration to every poor,” Amit Shah said.

(IANS)