eye MCS/204/2020-22RNINO.MAHENG2002/21899 THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Cheers to Change MUMBAI,LATECITY JUNE30,2024 Youths from small towns and villages are squashing prejudice, one shot at a time 12+4PAGES,`6.00 DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA Matchless! Seven killed on Samruddhi expressway in Jalna as cars collide head on EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, JUNE 29 SEVEN PERSONS died and three others were injured after two cars collided head on, on the Nagpur-MumbaiSamruddhiexpresswayinJalnaonFridaynight. Preliminary probe has revealed that one of the cars was being driven on the wrong side, leading to the accident. The police confirmedthatafterfillingfuelat a petrol pump, the driver of one of the cars, a Swift Dzire, was driving on the wrong side into oncoming traffic, resulting in a head-on collision with the other car, a Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, coming from the opposite direction. According to the state highway police, the accident took place at around 11 pm on Friday on the Samruddhi expressway stretch in Kadvanchi village that falls under the jurisdiction of Taluka police station in Jalgaon district. While there were four occupants in the Swift Dzire, 92 120 148 76 FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT India T20 World Champions after 7-run win over South Africa in final that stopped a billion hearts — then sent them racing to the finish SRIRAM VEERA & SANDEEP DWIVEDI MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, JUNE 29 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 30/06/2024 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and other team members celebrate their win at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, Saturday. Kohli announced his retirement from T20 Internationals. AP BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY NEAR THE end of a most thrilling T20 World Cup final, there were three Indian players under intense pressure. Hardik Pandya, the man the nation had booed relentlessly for a couple of IPL months; lodestar Jasprit Bumrah, who had to againshowwhyheisthe greatest T20 bowler ever; and Arshdeep Singh, who the team FULL COVERAGE, PAGES 15, 16 trusted more than the world. Also dealing with nerves was South Africa, a team that had to get 26 runs from 24 balls with six wickets in hand but whose past meant the game was far from over. From the moment Hardik slipped in a crafty slower one well outside off to dismiss the most nerveless South African on the day, Heinrich Klassen, and gave away just four runs, the pendulum swung dramatically. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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