Rohit ton in vain Horner accuser ‘to be grilled again’
INDIA’S Rohit Sharma (pix) hit an unbeaten 105 but his Mumbai Indians fell 20 runs short as they tried to chase down a big target set by holders Chennai Super Kings in a battle of IPL heavyweights on Sunday.
Set 207 for victory, five-time winners Mumbai finished on 186-6 even though Rohit raised his ton in 61 balls at his home in Wankhede Stadium.
Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and the in-form Shivam Dube powered Chennai, who won their fifth title last year, to 206-4.
Gaikwad hit 69 and Dube smashed an unbeaten 66 before warhorse M.S. Dhoni smashed three successive sixes in the 20th over to take Chennai past 200.
Dhoni came in to bat with four balls left and scored 20. He smashed Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya for three sixes and finished with a two to end a 26run over.
“Our young wicketkeeper scoring three sixes down the order helped a lot and I think that was the difference,” Gaikwad said of the 42-year-old Dhoni.
Sri Lanka quick Matheesha Pathirana then took four wickets to push Mumbai to their fourth loss of the season and Gaikwad said he bowled “exceptionally
THE complainant central to the scandal surrounding Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is reportedly set to face intense questioning this week as part of her appeal process.
Following an internal investigation, it was last month confirmed that the Englishman had been cleared of inappropriate behaviour towards the female employee.
The complainant, who also filed a separate complaint against Horner to the FIA, responded by activating her right to appeal the verdict. She’s also reportedly considering taking her case to an employment tribunal.
And according to the Sun, she will be “grilled” by investigators again this week.
Both sides have signed confidentiality agreements but an F1 insider has implied that full details of the saga could be revealed once the appeal process is complete.
“No one wants this to drag on any longer than it needs to,” they were quoted as saying.
“Red Bull has made it clear that once the appeal is over, they are willing to be fully transparent. They don’t want to do anything that compromises the process but when it’s done, the gloves are off.”