Bengaluru Jan 30 PTI Arjun Deshwal was the star for Jaipur Pink Panthers as they thrashed Patna Pirates 51-30 in a Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 match here on Sunday Patna went into the match as favourites but the Panthers turned the tables for a commanding win Their star raider Arjun Deshwal scored 17 points and was ably backed up by Deepak Hooda with eight points Defenders Sandeep Dhull and Vishal also picked up High 5s in a bullish win that exposed the chinks in Patnas armour The three-time champions had a terrible day in defence with their cover defenders Sajin C and Neeraj Kumar picking up no points in the entire match Jaipur dominated the first half despite going into the match as the underdogs They dominated the proceedings right from the whistle with aggressive defending and clever raiding Hoodas return to the raiding department gave Arjun Deshwal more confidence and he picked up easy points from the Patna defence in the early minutes Jaipurs defenders Vishal and Sandeep Dhull were also in the mood to not let Patna grow confident The men in pink got their first ALL OUT in the eighth minute to open a healthy 9-point lead Arjun Deshwal enticed errors from the Patna defenders and raced to his Super 10 Substitute Guman Singh fought valiantly for Patna but his raids could not prevent another ALL OUT with 3 minutes remaining Jaipur continued their domination of the mat after the interval with Arjun Deshwal picking up easy points off a confused Patna defence His 2-point raid in the seventh minute after the break gave Jaipur another ALL OUT to increase the lead to 19-points The Jaipur defence was having a night to remember as well with Sandeep Dhull hitting his High 5 Sachin and Guman Singh kept trying their best to bring Patna back into the match but their defenders continued to leak easy points Jaipur had a 20-point lead with five minutes remaining and even Guman Singhs Super 10 wasnt enough to save Patna Vishal also picked up a High 5 as the Jaipur defenders ensured there are no slip-ups to win the match PTI PDS PDS BS BS

Bengaluru Jan 30 PTI An earthquake measuring 29 magnitude on richter scale was recorded in Vijayapura district on Sunday the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre KSNDMC said It was reported at 915 AM today The earthquake was epicentered at 12 kms SSE south-southeast of Inganal village at Baratagi gram panchayat in Vijayapura Taluk of the District KSNDMC said As per the Seismic Intensity map of the earthquake from the epicentre the intensity observed is low and the tremor might be felt up to a maximum radial distance of 10-12 kms from the epicentre it said in a statement According to KSNDMC this type of earthquake does not create any harm to the local community although there may be slight shaking observed locally and the epicentre falls in Seismic Zone III wherein the possibility of damages due to earthquakes is moderate As the region is void of any structural discontinuities as per the Tectonic map the community need not panic as the intensity observed is low and not destructive it added PTI KSU ROH ROH