Mumbai Indians Make History, Become First Team To Win 150 T20 Matches

by Manisha Das

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Five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) made history at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, registering their 150th win in T20 cricket, the most by any cricket team.

Mumbai, April 8: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) made history at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, registering their 150th win in T20 cricket, the most by any cricket team.

The Blue and Gold franchise accomplished this milestone against Delhi Capitals (DC) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Mumbai.

MI managed to defend the target of 235 runs courtesy of some big-hitting from openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan and then later by Tim David and Romario Shepherd down the order. DC was restricted to 205/8 in their 20 overs.

The 150 wins accomplished by Mumbai Indians exclude wins that came in Super Over following tied matches. Including the matches played in the IPL and now-defunct Champions League T20, MI has played 273 matches, winning 150, losing 117. Two matches ended in no result. MI has won and lost two matches each in Super Over.
CSK is at the second place with 148 victories in its history. Overall in its history, CSK has played 253 T20 matches, winning 148, and losing 101, two matches have ended in no result and five-time champions have lost two matches in Super Over after a tied regular game.

At third place is the Indian team, which has 140 wins in 219 matches if excluding their four Super Over wins. Six of their matches have ended in a no result, one ended in a tie and 68 ended in defeats.

This win was also MI's 50th win at Wankhede Stadium (including Super Over wins), the most by an IPL franchise at a venue. The second place is Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), which has won 48 matches at their home arena of Eden Gardens, followed by 47 wins by CSK at Chepauk Stadium.

Notably, Mumbai Indians have won all 14 matches in which they defended totals of 200 runs or more.
Coming to the match, DC won the toss and put MI to bowl first. An explosive 80-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma (49 in 27 balls, with six fours and three sixes) and Ishan Kishan (42 in 23 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) set the tone for MI's innings. After a brief lull, which did not turn out to be even worse thanks to skipper Hardik Pandya's 39 in 33 balls, with three fours and a six, Tim David (45* in 21 balls, with two fours and four sixes) and Romario Shepherd (39* in 10 balls, with three fours and four sixes) helped MI make 234/5 in their 20 overs.

Axar Patel (2/35) and Anrich Nortje (2/65) were the pick of the bowlers for DC.

In the run-chase, DC was kept alive by knocks from Prithvi Shaw (66 in 40 balls, with eight fours and three sixes) and Abhishek Porel (41 in 31 balls, with five fours) after the early loss of David Warner. They put on an 88-run partnership for the second wicket.

But the scoring rate fell down and despite Tristan Stubbs's power-packed 71* in 25 balls, with three fours and seven sixes, DC was restricted to 205/8, losing by 29 runs.

Gerald Coetzee (4/34) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/22) were the best bowlers for MI.

Romario took home the 'Player of the Match' award for taking one wicket and his quickfire 39*.
MI is in the eighth place in the points table with a win and three losses, giving them two points. DC is at the bottom, with a win in five matches, giving them two points.

(ANI)

BJP Leader Sambit Patra Files Nomination For Puri Lok Sabha Seat

by Hemanta Pande

Puri, April 29: Many senior leaders of various political parties in Odisha on Monday filed their nomination papers for the upcoming simultaneous Lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections.

Among the heavyweights from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party spokesperson and its candidate for Puri Lok Sabha constituency, Sambit Patra, filed nomination papers at the district collector's office on Monday.

BJP's nominee for Pipili Assembly seat, Ashrit Patnaik, also filed the nomination papers at the deputy collector's office.

Patra along with Patnaik, embarked on a mammoth rally from Uttara on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar to Puri before filing the nomination papers on Monday. Hundreds of party workers took part in the BJP rally from Pipili to Puri.

Sambit Patra had lost the Puri Lok Sabha seat after a close fight with the Biju Janata Dal's candidate and lawyer Pinaki Misra in the 2019 general election.

BJD has fielded former Mumbai police commissioner and ex-IPS officer, Arup Patnaik against Patra in Puri Lok Sabha constituency this time.

Meanwhile, Congress has nominated Sucharita Mohanty from the Puri Lok Sabha seat.

Similarly, BJD heavyweight Sanjay Das Burma, the party's candidate for the Satyabadi Assembly seat, reached Puri by taking out a huge rally along with party workers and filed his nomination papers on Monday.

Filing of nominations commenced in the state on Monday for the third phase of the Odisha leg of polling on May 25.

Polling will be held in six Lok Sabha constituencies -- Puri, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Keonjhar -- of the state on May 25.

On the other hand, several other leaders, including former Union Minister Dilip Ray, filed the nominations in their respective constituencies.

Ray has been fielded by the BJP from Rourkela Assembly seat.

Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1. The results will be out on June 4. (IANS)

Congress Eyes Revival In South Odisha; Rahul, Revanth To Hit Campaign Trail On May 3

by Hemanta Pande

Bhubaneswar, April 29: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth and Reddy will hold an election rally in Odisha’s Rayagada district on May 3, Friday, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) said on Monday.

Bordering Andhra Pradesh, Rayagada which comes under Koraput Lok Sabha constituency, has socio-cultural affinities with the undivided Andhra Pradesh as it has got a sizable number of Telugu-speaking population.

Apart from the party's Koraput, Behrampur and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha candidates, thousands of Congress workers and leaders from Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri and Gajapati districts will join the rally, sources informed.

Congress which ruled Odisha for more than four decades, is now the third major force in Odisha politics after the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party. Its vote share in the state dipped to 16 per cent in 2019. Of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state, it could win only one seat — Koraput — in 2019. In South Odisha, the party could win only two assembly seats – Jeypore in Koraput district and Mohana in Gajapati district. Though the grand old party won only nine of the 147 assembly seats in the state with a vote share of only 16 per cent, its vote share in South Odisha stood at 25 per cent.

“We will win at least 40 seats in south and western Odisha districts this time. People of Odisha are now frustrated with the BJD government which is very much hand-in-glove with the BJP. Both the parties are systematically exploiting the people of Odisha,” said OPCC campaign committee chairperson Bhakta Charan Das.

Das informed that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also carry out a massive election campaign in South Odisha.

“Priyanka Gandhi will address an election rally in Nabarangpur on May 10. The OPCC is in the process of finalizing Mallikarjun Kharge’s campaign,” said the OPCC campaign committee chairperson.

Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a poll rally at Salipur in Cuttack district, had targeted the ruling BJD saying it had looted the state’s mineral resources, pushed the state into poverty and left the youths in a state hopelessness sans suitable job opportunities for them.

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BJD Infighting Intensifies Ahead Of 2024 General Elections

by Hemanta Pande

Bhubaneswar, Apr 29: The intra-party wrangling in the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) appears to have intensified across Odisha ahead of the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and State Assembly.

Just as elections are coming closer, disgruntled leaders from BJD and their supporters are taking to the streets. From Kanabanji to Nimapara, from Deogarh to Kabisuryanagar furious protests were held in many assembly segments after the sitting MLAs or aspiring candidates were denied party tickets to contest the ensuing polls.

The frustration over ticket allocation led party members to stage protests and in some cases submit resignation letters to the party president, political observers believed.

According to sources, the severe infighting among BJD leaders came to fore in Kantabanji Assembly segment, from where BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will contest this time apart from his usual seat of Hinjili.

Tension gripped in Kantabanji BJD unit after some supporters of party leader Giriraj Singh Majhi, who was hopeful for a party ticket from Kantabanji, clashed with a section of BJD workers during the ruling party's "Misrana Parba" (joining ceremony) and workers' meet in front of the Banamali palace in the western Odisha town yesterday, in the presence of senior BJD leader and Minister Niranjan Pujari.

For the first time in the last 24-years, say political analysts, the BJD supremo is facing serious internal resistance to his candidature for the Assembly elections.

Similarly, thousands of supporters of sitting MLA and former Minister Samir Ranjan Dash took out a massive rally recently, demanding reconsideration of his candidacy for Nimapara seat in Puri district.

Dash and his supporters are conducting a series of meetings over the alternate course of action if the ruling party would not reconsider his candidature for Nimapara segment, sources said.

Similar reports of alleged infighting among multiple ticket aspirants of BJD surfaced in Deogarh under Sambalpur Parliamentary constituency, Kabisuryanagar of Ganjam district and several other assembly segments across the State.

Several senior leaders including sitting MPs and MLAs resigned from the primary membership of the ruling party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last two months.

Despite the top BJD leaders pledging to contest the elections unitedly under the leadership of CM Naveen Patnaik, recent developments suggest that dissent and dissatisfaction may cost heavily to the ruling party in both Assembly and Lok sabha Polls.

Mumbai Indians Make History, Become First Team To Win 150 T20 Matches

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