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First ever hat-trick in Cricket World Cup was taken by an Indian in Nagpur
The ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales is the 12th edition of the prestigious tournament organised by International Cricket Council (ICC). Over the years, several records have been made and broken at different World Cup editions creating memorable World Cup moments in the process. Some records and moments, however, will forever be special! One such moment is the first ever World Cup hat-trick, which was taken by Indian bowler Chetan Sharma during a match against New Zealand in Nagpur in 1987.
In 1987, for the first time, the World Cup was held outside England. The 1987 World Cup was held in India and Pakistan. With India winning the 1983 World Cup, all eyes were on the Indian Cricket Team. While India did manage to reach the semifinal of the tournament, it lost to England team, which headed to the final to face Australia.
During India’s sixth match against New Zealand on October 21, 1987, at VCA Stadium in Nagpur’s Civil Lines area, New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first. India had a decent bowling line up in bowlers such as Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabahkar and Chetan Sharma. Kapil Dev was the captain who led Indian team to crush the mighty West Indies and win the 1983 World Cup. But that day in 1987 did not belong to Kapil Dev, it belonged to Chetan Sharma, who was playing his first ever Cricket World Cup.
Sharma, a right arm medium pacer, made history that day! He became the first ever bowler in international cricket to take a hat-trick in a world cup tournament. Sharma took the wickets of Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield. Interestingly, all three batsmen were clean bowled by Sharma.
With the help of Sunil Gavaskars unbeaten 103 and Kris Srikkanth’s 75, India chased New Zealands total of 221 runs in 32.1 overs and won the match by 9 wickets. The highlight of match was, however, Chetan Sharma who had written his name gloriously in the pages of history. Sharma and Gavaskar were both announced as the Player of the Match.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
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After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified
Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
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