Hyderabad Black Hawks will be up against Kochi Blue Spikers at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on the opening day of the Hyderabad leg of the Prime Volleyball League.
With M Ashwin Raj and Jerome Vinith leading the scoring charts, the Calicut Heroes beat the Hyderabad Black Hawks 15-14, 15-12, 15-11, 4-15, 15-14. Ashwin was named the Player of the Match.
With two consecutive supreme performances, the defending Champions Kolkata Thunderbolts have already been pegged to be the favourites this year and are currently placed at the top of the table.
The Mumbai Meteors will be riding high following a dominating performance against the Chennai Blitz. The Bengaluru Torpedoes are yet to capitalise on the home turf advantage. They have lost both their previous encounters against the Kolkata Thunderbolts and the Ahmedabad Defenders.
Hyderabad Black Hawks were outplayed by the defending champions Kolkata Thunderbolts in their second encounter, as they lost the game 1-4. Calicut Heroes lost to Mumbai Meteors in their first match.
Chennai Blitz secured two points in their season opener against Kochi Blue Spikers in a match that went down to the final set. The clash against Mumbai is their last game in Bengaluru and they will be keen to complete the leg undefeated.
As many as 176 roads, including four national highways, are still closed while the operations of 470 power and 10 water supply stations across the state have been hampered during the past 24 hours.
Mumbai Meteors and Calicut Heroes match is expected to be a thrilling encounter between two evenly matched teams, with the captains eager to get the season off to a winning start. The presence of fans in the stadium after last season's absence due to the pandemic will add to the atmosphere a
In the wake of continuous heavy rainfalls in the isolated places of Tamil Nadu, schools and colleges in Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts will remain closed on Saturday, respective District Collectors said.
Regretting the entry of the Chinese airship into US airspace which Washington labelled as a "surveillance" balloon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China issued a clarification, saying that it is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes.