Suman, wife of late NCP stalwart RR Patil won as no other party fielded any nominee against her as a mark of respect for her husband.

In Tasgaon-Kavthe Mahankal bypoll, NCP candidate Suman Patil, the widow of party stalwart R R Patil, polled 4,991 votes after first round.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane was trailing by 3,733 votes to his Shiv Sena rival in the Bandra East Assembly bypoll

NCP leader and Member of Parliament Supriya Sule today fainted during an election rally in western Maharashtra's Sangli district.

Narayan Rane will take on Shiv Sena's Trupti Sawant, whose husband Bala Sawant's death necessitated the bypoll.

Lower-order batsmen Nasir Aziz (60) and Amjad Javed (56) were the main contributors for the side batting first.

Striking his second fifty of the tournament, de Villiers jumped to the second spot in the run-scorers list, behind Kumar Sangakkara.

Swapnil had played for Mumbai at the under-14, under-19 and under-22 levels and was also in the Ranji squad then led by Sachin Tendulkar.

A victory against their fellow Associate team would leave Ireland on the brink of a quarterfinal berth.

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