Kasargod: In a gruesome accident that occurred in Rajasthan that took place on Monday May 18, a woman from Badiadka lost her life.

The deceased has been identified as Chaitra (26), wife of Chandra. She was living in Bengaluru with her husband and daughter Diya. She had left to Rajasthan along with her husband Chandra and daughter Diya and four others by train for a function at her neighbour’s house. The neighbor was from Rajasthan.  

The accident occurred at Chirawa when a truck hit the car they were travelling in, killing three persons including Chaitra.

The names of the other two deceased are not yet known.

Chaitra's daughter Diya is said to have escaped with minor injuries, but there is no information about Chandra.

Chaitra was the daughter of Narayana, owner of Chaitra Enterprises in Badiadka.

The body will be brought to Bengaluru, sources said. Chaitra's family members in Badiadka have already left for Bengaluru, it is learnt.

New Delhi: The ICC Committee has recommended the Test Playing nations to try out day/night Test matches after a lengthy discussion during its recent two-day meeting that concluded on Saturday.

While the committee chai­red by Anil Kumble didn’t ag­ree on reduction of duration of Test matches from five to four days, but they did note that there is need to bring back spectators for game’s oldest format.

“Day/ night Test matches were discussed at length. The Cricket Committee also received a report from the MCC on the four-day First Class match played with pink balls in Abu Dhabi in March, and viewed the condition of the balls used in that match,” stated a media release sent by the ICC.

“As a result of these discussions, there will be a strong recommendation from the Cricket Committee to Member countries that they should identify opportunities to play Test matches that extend into the evening hours,” release quoted the recommendations given Kumble and Co.

“There was also discussions on the concept of four-day Test cricket, and while the committee was not of the view that Tests should be shorter than five days, it acknowledged that the game will need to be open to considering proposals in the future that look to enhance the public appeal of cricket’s oldest format,” it further stated.  

Changes in ODI format
Acknowledging that the balance had shifted too far in favour of batsmen in limited-overs format, the committee also recommended the removal of batting powerplay besides allowing five fielders outside the circle in the last 10 overs. The committee discussed the ODI playing conditions, code of conduct as far as player behaviour is concerned, illegal bowling actions, use of technology and helmet safety among other issues.

It reviewed the ODI playing conditions and felt that there were times towards the end of an ODI innings when bowling and fielding captains appeared to have limited defensive options available to them. 

The Cricket Committee will recommend to the Chief Executives Committee that there should be three changes to the ODI fielding restrictions: the requirement to have two compulsory catchers in the first 10 overs be removed, the batting powerplay be removed and that five fielders be allowed outside the circle from overs 41-50 instead of four.
This means that for the first 10 overs there will be two fielders outside the circle, for the next 30 overs there will be four fielders out and for the last 10 overs there will be five outside the circle.  

“We have enjoyed two very productive days of meetings in which the committee discussed a wide range of issues affecting the global game through practical examples and illustrations,” said Kumble, the committee’s chairman.

He added: “Overall it was an extremely positive ‘think-tank’ in which each of the representatives contributed to some robust discussions across the board. I would like to thank all those who added their vast input and experience over the course of the meetings and in making recommendations for the next series of Board meetings in June.”  

Agra: Angered for allegedly being winked at by the gunner of a Samajwadi Party leader at a traffic light in Agra, a 23-year-old woman jumped on top of the leader’s car.

Sadhvi Pandey, smashed the car’s windshield, also tearing off the party flag for being eve-teased. 

In the 2-minute video that has gone viral, Sadhvi is seen leaving her scooty and climbing up the leader’s car.

She then challenges Abhinav Sharma and the body guard to face her.

According to reports, the incident took place on Sunday when she along with her sister was going to see a doctor.

Mangaluru: MP Nalin Kumar Kateel held a meeting with railway officials of Palakkad, Mysuru and Konkan railways at district municipality hall on Monday, May 18.

Kateel expressed his anger over delay in shifting equipments like water pipelines and electricity transformers near the Padil-Bajal railway under bridge which is under construction. He ordered the MCC executive engineer G.V Rajashekar to complete the work before May 28.

Kateel also said that the functioning of MCC is not up to the mark and the work ethics needs to be improved. He also ordered the MCC engineers to bring all the documents during the meeting.

Nalin Kumar announced that he would provide Rs. 10 lakh from his MP fund to construct railway under bridge at Adyar-Kemanjur.

MLC Ivan D'Souza, Palakkad division DRM Anand Prakash, Konkan Railway RM Bindhu Murlidharan, ADC Sadashiva Prabhu and joint commissioner Gokuldas Nayak were present on the occasion.