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Hyderabad beats Bangalore by 37 runs in IPL opener game
Hyderabad: Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) yesterday evening during their opening match at the season 10th of Indian Premier League (IPL).
After the formal inauguration of the tournament with a glittering opening ceremony, the first match between SRH and RCB kicked off at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here at the home ground of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The RCB faces defeat by the host 37 runs against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. For the host Shikhar Dhawan along with Moises Henriques and Yuvraj Singh to post 207 for the lost of four wickets.
The defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on a solid top order contribution and some disciplined bowling to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 35 runs in the opening match of the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday.
Asked to bat first by the visitors, Hyderabad posted a commanding 207/4 in their allotted 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
In reply, RCB were bowled out for 172 runs in 19.4 overs.
RCB started their chase in explosive fashion as Chris Gayle and Mandeep Singh scored around 10 runs an over in the first five overs.
The visitors suffered their first blow when a Rashid Khan delivery found an inside edge off Mandeep’s bat before hitting the stumps.
Following is the scoreboard at the end of the Indian Premier League clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Wednesday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner c Mandeep Singh b Choudhary 14, Shikhar Dhawan c Sachin Baby b Binny 40, Moises Henriques c Sachin Baby b Chahal 52, Yuvraj Singh b Mills 62, Deepak Hooda not out 16, Ben Cutting not out 16
Extras: (lb 1, w 5, nb 1) 7
Total: (in 20 overs) 207/4
Fall of wickets: 1/19 (David Warner, 1.4 overs), 2/93 (Shikhar Dhawan, 10.3 ov), 3/151 (Moises Henriques, 15.2 ov), 4/190 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.4 ov)
Bowling: Tymal Mills 4-0-31-1, Aniket Choudhary 4-0-55-1, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-22-1, Sreenath Aravind 3-0-36-0, Shane Watson 3-0-41-0, Travis Head 1-0-11-0, Stuart Binny 1-0-10-1
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle c Warner b Hooda 32, Mandeep Singh b Rashid Khan 24, Travis Head c Yuvraj Singh b Rashid Khan 30, Kedar Jadhav run out 31, Shane Watson c Henriques b Nehra 22, Sachin Baby c Henriques b Bipul Sharma 1, Stuart Binny c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar 11, Sreenath Aravind b Nehra 0, Tymal Mills c Warner b Kumar 6, Yuzvendra Chahal run out 3, Aniket Choudhary not out 6
Extras: (lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 6
Total: (in 19.4 overs) 172
Fall of wickets: 1/52 (Mandeep Singh, 5.4 overs), 2/60 (Chris Gayle, 6.3 ov), 3/116 (Kedar Jadhav, 11.4 ov), 4/126 (Travis Head, 12.5 ov), 5/128 (Sachin Baby, 13.4 ov), 6/154 (Stuart Binny, 16.5 ov), 7/156 (Shane Watson, 17.3 ov), 8/156 (Sreenath Aravind, 17.4 ov), 9/164 (Tyron Mills, 18.5 ov), 10/172 (Yuzvendra Chahal, 19.4 ov).
Bowling: Ashish Nehra 4-0-42-2, Bhivneshwar Kumar 4-0-27-2, Ben Cutting 3.4-0-35-0, Rashid Khan 4-0-36-2, Deepak Hooda 1-0-7-1, Moises Henriques 2-0-20-0, Bipul Sharma 1-0-4-1
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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