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4 <strong>August</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
ASIA<br />
www.theasianindependent.co.uk<br />
MAMATA condoles<br />
Siddhartha's death, flays<br />
harassment by Centre<br />
WI series: Team India begins<br />
preparation for World T20<br />
Jakarta : At least one person was killed,<br />
four others injured and 1,000 people were displaced<br />
when a 6.9 earthquake struck the strait<br />
between the Indonesian islands of Java and<br />
Sumatra, officials said on Saturday. The quake<br />
that occurred on Friday night, caused structural<br />
damage in over 100 buildings, including 58<br />
houses and a<br />
mosque in the<br />
municipality of<br />
Pandeglang, located<br />
closest to the<br />
epicenter and the<br />
worst affected, the<br />
National Disaster<br />
Management<br />
Agency said in a<br />
statement. The<br />
tremor was also felt<br />
in the capital city of Jakarta, located around<br />
250 km northwest, and damaged buildings in<br />
West Java's Bandung, over 300 km from the<br />
epicenter, reports Efe news. The authorities<br />
initially issued a tsunami alert that led people<br />
in several parts of the coast of Java and<br />
New Delhi : Back on the field after their<br />
World Cup debacle, Team India will start their<br />
preparations for next year's World T20 in the<br />
first T20I of the three-match series against the<br />
West Indies at the Central Broward Regional<br />
Park Stadium on Saturday.<br />
Before leaving for the West Indies tour,<br />
skipper Virat Kohli had said the line-up of<br />
such trophies - World T20s in 2020 and 2021<br />
-- ensured "players always had something to<br />
play for, look forward to". And thus, the threematch<br />
rubber will provide him with the chance<br />
of giving youngsters an opportunity to showcase<br />
their talent in the shortest format of the<br />
game.<br />
The series will serve as a great opportunity<br />
for the likes of Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer<br />
and Khaleel Ahmed, who missed out on a<br />
chance to play in the 50-over World Cup in the<br />
UK.<br />
All these three players performed well for<br />
the India "A" side in the Caribbean Islands<br />
and would want to continue with their form<br />
and impress the captain as well as the selectors<br />
for future. The series could also see Rahul<br />
Chahar and Navdeep Saini make their international<br />
debuts as many senior bowlers have<br />
been rested. The only experienced campaigner<br />
in the pace bowling line-up is Bhuvneshwar<br />
Kumar.<br />
In the batting department, Rohit Sharma is<br />
almost certain to be joined by his regular partner<br />
Shikhar Dhawan who got injured in<br />
England. K.L. Rahul will most likely be batting<br />
after Kohli if the team management<br />
doesn''t wish to give Iyer a go. This should be<br />
followed by promising wicketkeeper Rishabh<br />
Pant. The Men in Blue will go into the series<br />
as favourites even though West Indies are<br />
counted amongst the most dangerous sides in<br />
this format of the game.<br />
The hosts, led by Carlos Brathwaite, have<br />
the likes of Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine<br />
and they are more than capable of turning the<br />
game in a flash. In bowling department too,<br />
they boast of having the likes of Sheldon<br />
Cottrell and Oshane Thomas who are matchwinners<br />
in T20 format. Andre Russell being<br />
ruled out due to fitness woes is a big blow, but<br />
fans can be rest assured of some fireworks in<br />
the three-match T20I series.<br />
Squads India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit<br />
Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul,<br />
Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant<br />
(WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja,<br />
Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar,<br />
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed,<br />
Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini.<br />
West Indies: John Campbell, Evin Lewis,<br />
Shimron Hetmyer, Nicolas Pooran, Kieron<br />
Pollard, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite<br />
(c), Keemo Paul, Sunil Narine, Sheldon<br />
Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Anthony Bramble,<br />
Khary Pierre, Jason Mohammed.<br />
1 killed, 1,000 displaced<br />
in 6.9 Indonesia quake<br />
Sumatra, Indonesia's most populated regions,<br />
to move to higher areas. But the warning was<br />
deactivated two hours later. The US<br />
Geological Survey, which records seismic<br />
activity around the world and had initially<br />
estimated the earthquake's magnitude to be<br />
6.8, put the epicenter around 90 km southwest<br />
of Pandeglang and<br />
its hypocenter at a<br />
depth of 42 km.<br />
Indonesia sits<br />
on the Pacific<br />
Ring of Fire, an<br />
area of massive<br />
seismic and volcanic<br />
activities<br />
with 127 active<br />
volcanoes. It<br />
experiences about<br />
7,000, mostly-moderate, quakes a year.<br />
Last September, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake<br />
struck the island of Sulawesi and triggered<br />
a tsunami, causing over 2,000 deaths<br />
and leaving 200,000 displaced from Palu and<br />
Donggala.<br />
Kolkata : Condoling the death<br />
of Cafe Coffee Day Enterprises'<br />
founding Chairman V.G.<br />
Siddhartha, West Bengal Chief<br />
Minister Mamata Banerjee on<br />
Wednesday said the central government<br />
must ensure that political<br />
vendetta and agencies did not<br />
demoralise industrialists and<br />
hamper nation's progress.<br />
"I am deeply shocked by the<br />
incident relating to V.G.<br />
Siddhartha, Cafe Coffee Day<br />
founder. It is indeed very sad and<br />
very unfortunate. From what he<br />
has expressed, it appears he was<br />
greatly depressed due to harassment<br />
and pressure from different<br />
agencies for which he could not<br />
run his business in a peaceful<br />
manner. This he could not resist,"<br />
Banerjee wrote on Facebook. The<br />
CM said she had heard that the<br />
captains of industries were under<br />
pressure; some of them had left<br />
the country and some were contemplating<br />
to move out. Banerjee<br />
wrote: "My appeal to the government<br />
is that when you have been<br />
elected, you have to work in a<br />
peaceful manner so that people<br />
are confident and that political<br />
vendetta and agencies don't<br />
destroy the future of the country".<br />
She expressed her deep condolence<br />
to the family members of<br />
V.G.Siddhartha.<br />
Punjab man commits suicide<br />
after killing family members<br />
Chandigarh : A 27-year-old man committed suicide after he<br />
shot dead five members of his family in a village in Punjab, police<br />
said on Saturday. The incident took place at Nathuwal village near<br />
Moga on Friday night, a police official said.<br />
Sandeep Singh allegedly shot dead his grandmother, father,<br />
mother, sister and her three-year-old daughter and later shot himself,<br />
the official said. His grandfather received bullet injuries.<br />
The reason for the shooting is yet to be ascertained.