Rajasthan won Indian premier League (IPL) like Royals

They played the tournament like Royals.
The team without Icon player, without couch, without star players in team. The least expensive side in the tournament.
The only thing they have is team spirit, they carried throughout the tournament and won the first IPL (Indian Premier League).
Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets on the last ball of the 20th over to lift the DLF Indian Premier League trophy

Every member of the team played important role in different matches of tournament according to need.
Yusuf Pathan is outstanding, he is the man of the match of final with all round performance, who took 3 wickets and top-scored with a 39-ball 56 runs. He was like nightmare for opposite teams throughout tournament. he has fastest fifty in 21 balls of IPL on his name. Yusuf grabbed 435 runs in 16 matches in the IPL, at an amazing strike rate of 179, inclusive of 43 boundaries and 25 sixes.

Shane Watson who played All rounder's role throughout tournament. Watson is the player of the tournament with his 474 runs and 17 wickets.

Sohail Tanvir picked 22 wickets, the highest in the IPL tournament, to become the proud owner of the purple cap.

Shane Warne, yes he was the inspiration of the team. he kept the team spirit high. he was not only the captain of the team but coach also. Hats off to him.
"Ravindra Jadeja is a rockstar. He will be the next superstar for India. [Swapnil] Asnodkar is a terrific shot maker. Yusuf Pathan is finally fulfilling his potential and he has been rewarded with a place in the Indian ODI side. It makes me proud as the captain of the Royals," Warne said.

Lowest scores in Test Cricket by Indians.

Lowest scores committed by Indians in Test cricket

(Score Overs Opposition Ground Match Date)
42 17.0 v England Lord's 20 Jun 1974
58 21.3(8balls over) v Australia Brisbane 28 Nov 1947
58 21.4 v England Manchester 17 Jul 1952
66 34.1 v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 1996
67 24.2(8balls over) v Australia Melbourne 6 Feb 1948
75 30.5 v West Indies Delhi 25 Nov 1987
76 20.0 v South Africa Ahmedabad 3 Apr 2008
83 27.0 v New Zealand, Mohali, 1999-00
88 v New Zealand 1st Test, Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) 1964-65

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/lowest_innings_totals.html?class=1;id=6;type=team

Rahul Dravid joined 10000 run gainers club

When Rahul Dravid reached 80 in the first Test against South Africa, Rahul Dravid of India became the sixth batsman in history to score 10,000 Test runs, and third Indian.

Dravid has played 120 Tests so far, with averages 55.41. He has 10,031 runs on his account 25 centuries.

Following is the stat: Out of six only sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are playing currently.

Brian Lara (WIS) 131 Tests, 11,953 runs, with 34 centuries, and 48 fifties.

Sachin Tendulkar* (IND) 147 Tests 11,782 runs with 39 centuries and 49 fifties.

Allan Border (AUS) 156 Tests 11,174 runs with 27 centuries, and 63 fifties.

Steve Waugh (AUS) 168 Tests 10,927 runs with 32 centuries,and 50 fifties.

Sunil Gavaskar (IND) 125 Tests 10,122 runs with 34 centuries,and 45 fifties.

Rahul Dravid* (IND) 120 Tests 10,031 runs with 25 centuries, and 5 fifties.

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HOLI - Festival of colours

The festival of Holi is celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March (Phalguna) every year.

Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire symbolizing the victory of good over evil.

A public bonfire is held, commemorating the burning of Holika. Traditionally, Hindu boys spend the weeks prior to holi combing the neighborhood for any waste wood they can find for the bonfire.

On the second day, known as Dhulhendi (Dhulwad), people spend the day throwing coloured powder and water at each other. The spring season, during which the weather changes, is believed to cause viral fever and cold. Thus, the playful throwing of the coloured powders has a medicinal significance: the colours are traditionally made of Neem, kukmkum, Haldi, Bilva and other medicinal herbs prescribed by Ayurvedic doctors. A special drink called thandai is prepared, sometimes containing Bhaang. People invite each other to their houses for feasts and celebrations.

Legends & stories associated with Holi.

Holi is now a symbolic commemoration of a legend from Hindu Mythology. The story centres around an arrogant king who resents his son Prahlada worshipping Lord Vishnu. He attempts to kill his son but fails each time. Finally, the king's sister Holika who is said to be immune to burning, sits with the boy in a huge fire. However, the prince Prahlada emerges without injury, while his aunt burns to death. Holi commemorates this event from mythology, and huge bonfires are burnt on the eve of Holi as its symbolic representation.

This festival is also associated with the immortal love of Krishna and Radha, and hence, Holi is spread over 16 days in Vrindavan as well as Mathura. Apart from the usual fun with coloured powder and water, Holi is marked by vibrant processions which are accompanied by folk songs, dances and a general sense of abandoned vitality.

Holi in different parts of India:

In Maharashtra, Holi is called Shimga or Rangpanchami.

Holi differs from North India in Maharashtra, People of Maharashtra celebrate Holi like the North Indians. Play with colours is Rangpanchami, which comes five days after Phalgun Poornima. Puran-poli is dish of festival.

In Bengal, Holi features the Dolayatra (Swing Festival), in which images of the gods are placed on specially decorated platforms and devotees take turns swinging them.

In Punjab, they call it 'Hola Mohalla', Holla Mohalla is celebrated a day after Holi in Punjab especially by the Nihang Sikhs.

In Rajasasthan, The Braj Festival is held in honour of Lord Krishna a few days before Holi, in the month of March. There are different holi traditions in rajasthan like Mali holi, Gair at Godaji, Dolachi holi at Bikaner.

In the towns of Rajasthan — especially Jaisalmer — the music's great, and clouds of pink, green, and turquoise powder fill the air. The grounds of Jaisalmer's Mandir Palace are turned into chaos, with dances, folk songs, and colored-powder confusion.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi

http://www.indiaexpress.com/rangoli/holi.html

http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/holidays/holi.htm

http://www.holifestival.org/

I am not thinking of retirement -- Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar on latest tour, experience with youngsters, and about him.

I am not thinking of retirement.
After my debut (in 1989), every day has been special. I am still living my dream.
I'm getting to learn lots of lessons from the youngsters in team. They're young but all chalu guys.
We played very competitive cricket in Australia.
The dressing room atmosphere is very lively.


Talking about latest Australia tour:
This series has been very satisfying. We played very competitive cricket. We were competitive in Tests and won the ODIs, which makes it a very special tour.

Experience with younger generation:
I've been part of terrific sides and this is one of the top sides I've been a part of.
All the youngsters are very talented. They’ve worked hard. All I can say is the future looks good.
I'm getting to learn lots of lessons from the youngsters in team. They're young but all chalu guys. They're good-humored. The dressing room atmosphere is very lively. I like the atmosphere. It is fantastic to be around such good players.

Thanks to NDTV to bring such fantastic interview.

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India won CB tri-series by beating Australia

India have won the Commonwealth Bank Series, A brilliant performance by young Praveen Kumar and Sachin's 91 runs took India to historic win.
Beating Australia by 9 runs in a thrilling second final of the CB Series, India brought historic win over Australia.
Praveen's first spell was splendid, he took 3 wickets of Gilchrist, Pointing and Clarke, Australia was on 32/3, and before that Sachin Tendulkar's knock of 91 runs with help of Yuvraj and Dhoni headed India to win.
Last few overs were thrilling.

Mahendrasingh Dhoni: "It was the building stage of my team. There were a few doubts if this team can do well in Austalia. The bowlers did well but the way we improved our batting was great. The way Sachin gave us a start was great. It can't get better than this, beating them(Australia) in two finals. With their batting line there were a few concerns with all of them not scoring."

On Praveen Kumar: He looks quite deceptive, he's a bit skiddy, he moves the ball both ways, he's one of the bowlers to look out for in the coming seasons.

Ricky Ponting:" All credit to the Indians. Our level of cricket over the last week has dropped off. Thats disappointing. We've stumbled at the last turn again, can't take anything from India again. We've probably played our worst cricket over the last week. There are no excuses for that."
about newcomers: "Ishant Sharma was very good in the series and Praveen Kumar also came good in the last couple of games. Ishant's presence was vital for the team but others made up well for his absence."

Sachin misses another one:
This is the sixteenth occasion when he missed his century-knock in One-days. The Little Master, who hit his 42nd ODI hundred in the first final against Australia on Sunday, in the past one and half year he has missed seven ODI centuries.
In 2007, he was dismissed thrice on 99 against South Africa, England and Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of batsmen with maximum dismissals in nineties in the history of cricket. The second Indian, who has been a victim of nervous nineties next to Sachin, is Mohammad Azharuddin with seven dismissals. Sourav Ganguly closely follows erring six times in nineties. Other Indians in this unfortunate list are K Srikkanth with five dismissals, Ajay Jadeja and Rahul Dravid with four missed opportunities.

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Sachin Tendulkar's 42nd ODI century.

Sachin Tendulkar's first ODI century in Australia and his 42nd overall.
Another milestone in his career.
In 18 years of his career, he hits his first ever century in Australia.
He scored his 42nd century on his favorite ground Sydney cricket ground.
Tendulkar slams an unbeaten 117 from 120 balls.
Sachin grabbed 57th man of the match awards, this is another record.
In 18 years of his career he has hit centuries in 11 countries, another milestone.
In 18 years of his career he has faced 19k balls, one more record.
India beat Australia by 6 wickets in first final of tri-series. Now India leading 1-0 in best of three finals.
He had played 38 ODI's in Australia before that century but was unable to made century. 93 was the highest score in Australia.





source:
http://cricket.indiatimes.com/
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IPL Bid: Game of Money.

In India cricket is not only game,, It's passion. It's love, It's joy.... yes it is more than game .. now it becames game of money.
Cricket is Religion in India.
That is the only reason owners( eight Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises) bid historical prices for players.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni topped with 6 crore. means more than 35 lacks per match. it's almost 17 time more than what he get for one-day.

Name of the player	Bidding Price	Team
MS Dhoni (Ind)	$1.5 million	Chennai
Shane Warne (Aus)	$450,000	Jaipur
Adam Gilchrist (Aus)	$700,000	Hyderabad
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)	$425,000	Kolkata
Mahela Jayawardena (SL)	$475,000	Mohali
Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)	$600, 000	Chennai
Anil Kumble (Ind)	$500,000	Bangalore
Glenn McGrath (Aus)	$350,000	Delhi
Harbhajan Singh (Ind)	$850,000	Mumbai
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	$975,000	Mumbai
Kumar Sangakarra (SL)	$700,000	Mohali
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	$400,000	Kolkata
Brett Lee (Aus)	$900,000	Mohali
Andrew Symonds (Aus)	$1.35 Million	Hyderabad
Michael Hussey (Aus)	$350,000	Chennai
Daniel Vettori (NZ)	$625,000	Delhi
Matthew Hayden (Aus)	$375,000	Chennai
Brendan McCullum (NZ)	$700,000	Kolkata
Jacob Oram (NZ)	$675,000	Chennai
Stephen Fleming (NZ)	$350,000	Chennai
Graeme Smith (SA)	$475,000	Jaipur
Herschelle Gibbs (SA)	$575,000	Hyderabad
Chris Gayle (WI)	$800,000	Kolkata
Shoaib Malik (Pak)	$500,000	Delhi
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	$675,000	Hyderabad
Younis Khan (Pak)	$225,000	Jaipur
Mohammad Asif (Pak)	$650,000	Delhi
Jacques Kallis (SA)	$900,000	Bangalore
Zaheer Khan (Ind)	$450,000	Bangalore
S Sreesanth (Ind)	$625,000	Mohali
Dinesh Karthik (Ind)	$525,000	Delhi
A B deVilliers (SA)	$300,000	Delhi
Mark Boucher (SA)	$450,000	Bangalore
Parthiv Patel (Ind)	$325,000	Chennai
Kamran Akmal (Pak)	$150,000	Jaipur
Tatenda Taibu (Zim)	$125,000	Kolkata
Albie Morkel (SA)	$675,000	Chennai
Ajit Agarkar (Ind)	$350,000	Kolkata
Shaun Pollock (SA)	$550,000	Mumbai
Irfan Pathan (Ind)	$925,000	Mohali
Scott Styris (NZ)	$175,000	Hyderabad
Farveez Maharoof (SL)	$225,000	Delhi
Tillakeratne Dilshan (SL)	$250,000	Delhi
Cameron White (Aus)	$500,000	Bangalore
Yusuf Pathan (Ind)	$475,000	Jaipur
Joginder Sharma (Ind)	$225,000	Chennai
Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI)	$225,000	Mohali
Simon Katich (Aus)	$200,000	Mohali
Justin Langer (Aus)	$200,000	Jaipur
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)	$750,000	Delhi
Robin Uthappa (Ind)	$800,000	Mumbai
S Chanderpaul (WI)	$200,000	Bangalore
VVS Laxman (Ind)	$375,000	Hyderabad
Wasim Jaffer (Ind)	$150,000	Bangalore
Rohit Sharma (Ind)	$750,000	Hyderabad
Loots Bosman (SA)	$175,000	Mumbai
Mohammad Kaif (Ind)	$675,000	Jaipur
Suresh Raina (Ind)	$650,000	Chennai
Manoj Tiwary (Ind)	$675,000	Delhi
Chamara Silva (SL)	$100,000	Hyderabad
David Hussey (Aus)	$625,000	Kolkata
Nathan Bracken (Aus)	$325,000	Bangalore
RP Singh (Ind)	$875,000	Hyderabad
Murali Kartik (Ind)	$425,000	Kolkata
Makhaya Ntini (SA)	$200,000	Chennai
Lasith Malinga (SL)	$350,000	Mumbai
Chaminda Vaas (SL)	$200,000	Hyderabad
Ramesh Powar (Ind)	$170,000	Mohali
Umar Gul (Pak)	$150,000	Kolkata
Dale Steyn (SA)	$325,000	Bangalore
Dilhara Fernando (SL)	$150,000	Mumbai
Ishant Sharma (Ind)	$950,000	Kolkata
Piyush Chawla (Ind)	$400,000	Mohali
Munaf Patel (Ind)	$275,000	Jaipur
Nuwan Zoysa (SL)	$110,000	Hyderabad

source: http://cricket.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2797922.cms

14th February - Valentine's Day - Lover's day

14th February is Lover's day celebrated all over world with lots of love, energy, joy.
And St. Valentine is the saint of lovers.
14th February is the traditional day, on which lovers express their love.
Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. Valentine day originate from St Valentines death on February 14, 269 A.D. He was the Roman Priest.
In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.

History of the Valentine's day:
Claudius II the Emperor of Rome, Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. The reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius canceled all marriages and engagements in Rome.
The Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270.



Birth of Valentine Card:
In the United States, Miss Esther Howland is given credit for sending the first valentine cards. Commercial valentines were introduced in the 1800's.
Now there are many commercial ways to celebrate valentine like, valentine cards, Flowers, Gifts, chocolates, and any more ways.

Myths:
In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man. If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him.
Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week.

sources:
http://www.pictureframes.co.uk/pages/saint_valentine.htm
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No ban on Harbhajan Singh. Bhaji is not Racist

Monkey is not a racist term.

The Judge Hansen indicated that even if Harbhajan called Symonds a "monkey" it would not constitute racism.

The ICC's Appeals Commissioner Justice Hansen described why the racial charge could not have been upheld against Harbhajan Singh.

1) Tendulkar confirmed that the abuse uttered by Harbhajan is pronounced with a 'n' and could have been mis-interpreted as monkey

2) Symonds provided the provocation because Harbhajan patting Lee on the bottom after an excellent yorker was just his way of saying 'well bowled'

3)Surprisingly, the Australian players could not recall Harbhajan saying any other word other than monkey, maybe because the abuse was not in English

4)In my view even if Harbhajan had used the 'alleged word' then an 'ordinary person' would not have been offended under the terms of 3.3 which pertains to racial abuse

People saying that BCCI ruling on ICC,

Harbhajan wasn't let off the hook for racism for lack of evidence but because of lobbying by the BCCI.

Alex Brown of the Sydney Morning Herald writes, "If there was any question about who wielded the power within international cricket, it was answered emphatically yesterday. India, which accounts for up to 70 per cent of the game's global revenue, completed a comprehensive victory over the International Cricket Council and Cricket Australia by having Harbhajan Singh's racism ban downgraded to a lesser charge of misconduct."

Cricket Columnist Peter Roebuck writes, "India's performance in chartering a plane to take the players back home in case of a finding against them is among the most nakedly aggressive actions in the history of a notoriously fractious game. If this is the way Indian cricket intends to conduct its affairs, God help cricket."

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Sources:

http://www.cricketndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/cricketstory.aspx?id=SPOEN20080039897

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26th january - India's Republic Day

26th of January celebrated as the Republic Day of India.
26th January 1950, on this day the constitution of India came into effect and India became a truly sovereign(self governing) state, and complete republican country.
India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947, but the Constitution of India came into effect only on January 26, 1950. During the transition period from 1947 to 1950, King George VI was the head of state, and C. Rajagopalachari served as the Governor-General of India during this period.
On January 26, 1950, Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first president of India.

The beginning of the occasion starts with commemorating all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. The Prime Minister of India lays a wreath(flowers fastened in ring) at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate, a 21 gun salute is presented.
Republic Day is celebrated with the hoisting of the national flag, and parades by the armed forces and school children all over the country.
The largest parade, The Republic Day Parade is an annual military and cultural parade held in the Indian Capital of New Delhi on 26 January. Parade starts from Rajghat along the Vijayapath with different regiments of the army, navy and air force marching in all their fineries.
Militery parade is followed by cultural parade, in which each state present tableaux(group of silent people presenting scene on stage) that represents its unique festivals, folk dances, historical locations, etc. the parade also includes motor-cycle riding.

Award presentation: president presents the medals of bravery to the people from the armed forces and also the civilians for their courageous work.

sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_Parade

http://festivals.tajonline.com/republic-day.php

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Sachin Tendulkar's 39th test century

Sachin Tendulkar hits his 39th test century on Adelaide Oval ground.
And 9th against the Australians!!!!!



Sachin is now five centuries ahead of retired duo Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara, with Australian captain Ricky Ponting one further back on 33.

Sachin is on fire throughout this series. Tendulkar has 451 runs in the series at 90.20.

Allan Donald once said Sachin Tendulkar deserves to be highest

Test run getter, Showering praise on Sachin Tendulkar, former

South African pacer and England bowling coach Allan Donald said

the Mumbaikar is the best batsman of present era and deserves to

become the highest run-getter in Test cricket.



India is in good position. At the end of the first day of 4th Test India is on 309/5, and Sachin is on 124 not out in 172 balls.
on Day seconnd of 4th test, Sachin got out on 153. and Harbhajan(63) and Anil kunble (87)scored 50 each. now India is in very strong positon.
India 526/10.

Test drawn: Australia won the series by 2-1.
Sachin Tendulkar is Man of the Match and Bret Lee is Man of the Series.

sources:
http://www.cricketndtv.com/

India won the battle. - India-Australia 3rd test

India won the 3rd test match by 72 runs.
India halted journey of countineous 16 test wins.
as R.P.Singh took last wicket, Harbhajan Singh comes racing into the field with the Indian flag.
as per crickbuzz India becomes the first side to beat Australia in Australia in 5 years!

India and Australia was playing 3rd test at W.A.C.A., Perth, after a controversial 2nd test.
It was prestigious to both to win.
India was trialing 2-0 in this series, so for india it was do or die match to draw series.
finally India won the match by 72 runs.
Irfan Pathan is the Man of the Match for his all round performance in this Test match. He picked up 5 wickets and a valuable 28 in the 1st innings and 46 in the second inning.

Today's movements
Fourth day:
After only good partnership between Pointing and Hussey, Australian batsmans failed to stay on field to win the test.
India ballers doing great job, Sehwag took 2 wicket in consecutive overs, that turned match total in arms of indians.
Australia 227/6 ( 60.3 ov.), 229/7 (62.2 ov.), 253/8 (71.1 ov.)
Australia on 266/8 needs 147 runs to win and India need 2 wickets to win.
Australia on 326/9( 83.6 ov.),
Australia on 340/10 ( 86.5 ov.)
R.P and Pathan done great job for India as in first inning.

Third Day:
Australia second inning:
India got first success.
Australia 21/1 . needs 392 to win.
Pathan taken wicket of Roger.
Good statrt by india.
Third day stumps: Australia 65/2 (15.0 Ovs), need 348 runs to win.

India second inning countinues
Australians are back in test as they putting Indian batsman under pressure.
India lost early wickets in first session,
India 152/5 (31 overs) , Lead of 270 runs
Pathan(44) and Laxman(15) batting in middle. Laxman got another chance to prove under pressure as he is famous for.
B.Lee and Clarke got 2 wickets each.
No contribution by sachin(13), Dravid (3), Ganguly(0).
India need good partnership to win this match.
on Lunch break: India 158/5 (33 overs) -Lead of 276 runs
After lunch India lost 6th wicket of Pathan(46)
India 162/6. Lead of 280 runs .
India 235/7 ( 62nd over) Dhoni out on (38)
Symonds taken 2 wickets in same over.
India 235/8 ( 62nd over)
big blow for india. Lead of 353 runs.
From now its hard to win match. Bowlers again need to do superb job to win.
India 294/10. Lead of 412 runs.
R.P.singh played well (30), LAxman(79)
R.P. and Pathan played well as all rounder. the dio need to keep momentum to win match.
Australia need 413 runs to win.


Second day:
India's second inning:
India 32/0 in 7th over. still 15 overs left for the second day.
Sehwag on 22.
India lost first wicket, Wasim Jaffer on 11. he failed in both innings.
Pathan comes in place of Rahul Dravid. good move by Anil Kumble.
India 45/1 (10 overs), still 12 overs left for the day.
Pathan is player batting both innings on same day. in morning he batted as first inning and in evening he batting for second inning and in between he bowled well(2 wickets).
overall its Pathan's day.
at the end of the day India on 52/1 (11 overs),
Sehwag on 29 and Pathan on 2 .
Good day for India.

before that:
Australian wrapped Indian inning on 330.
Dhoni 19, Pathan 28 and kumble 1.
Mitchell Johnson grab 4 wickets and Lee 3.

Australian 1st innig:
Very good start by indians.
R.P. Singh(1) and Pathan(2) rocking on bouncy pitch.
They both managed to grab early wickets.
Till lunch session Australia on 22/3.
Now bowlers need to keep momentum.
Ishant sharma joins . he got wicket of Ricky pointing (19). Australia 43/4.
Ishant sharma taken wicket of Michal clarke (23) . Australia 61/5.
partnership between Symonds and Gilchrist is of 60 runs. Australia 121/5 (27 overs).
till Tea break: Australia 148/5 (31 overs), partnership between Symonds and Gilchrist is of 87(76) .
finally Kumble managed to break the partnership, he taken wicket of Symonds on 66, Australia 163/6 (35.4 ov.),
R.P.Singh taken wicket of Gilchrist, Australia 192/7 (42 overs.),
Indians managed to wrap the Australian on 212/10 (50 overs).
R.P.Singh taken 4 wickets.
Dhoni taken 5 catches in inning.


First day:
Yuvraj is replaced by Virendra sehwag, he is lucky guy in concern to performance and comeback ratio. even he played well in last practice match though he failed here in first inning, got out on 29 runs, in same fashion ( no question about consistency), since last 3/4 years he has been doing same mistakes, like 1) throw the wicket at slips or keeper region, 2) No footwork.

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul dravid played well,
Sachin and Dravid both completed 50's individually, Good partnership ended with wrong decision of LBWagainst Sachin, he has given out on 71,[know more about decision] he is real unlucky cricketier in the world.
Ganguly out on 9.
and then The Wall(Dravid) down on 93, another unlucky.
Laxman out on 27. Lee got his 3rd wicket.
India again failed to convert to good score on platform set by Sachin, Dravid.
At the end of the frist day India is on 297/6. Dhoni and Pathan playing on 8 runs each.
Hope they will add some more runs as India can reach in good position.





To know abt the racism, umpire mistakes issues happned after 2nd test follow the links

http://vivchavan.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/india-australia-test-match-umpires-win/

http://vivchavan.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bcci-cancelled-canberra-travel-plan-good-move/

http://vivchavan.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/sachins-supports-harbhajan-by-sms-team-spirit/

http://vivchavan.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/steve-bucknor-out-team-india-tour-resumes-as-harbhajan-in/

Sourav Ganguly - The Real Hero

In the book of Cricket Sourav Ganguly will be at top in the list of strong comeback.

He bangs back like a phoenix.
No one was with him when he was thrown out of team, when he was out of form, everybody mainly media was in total opposition, senior cricketers also in opposition.
Now he is inspiration for young generation... Oh sorry not for young but for everybody.

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Makar Sankranti - Festival of friendship

In India, in Hinduism, Every festival, every social custom has science behind it.
Makar Sankranti marks the beginning of the Sun's journey to the Northern Hemisphere called Uttarayana.
Makar stands for the constellation Capricorn and the Sankranti of a month is the day when the Sun passes into a new rashi (zodiac).
The day and night on Makar Sankrant are of exactly of equal hours.

Makara Sankranti is also celebrated throughout India as a
harvesting festival.It is a way of giving thanks to the elements of
nature. In the coastal regions, it is a harvest festival
dedicated to Indra.

Celebration all over INdia:
In Maharashtra, when two persons greet each other on this festive day, they exchange a few grains of multi-coloured sugar (TilGul) and say "til-gul ghya, god god bola" means "accept these tilguls and speak sweet words".(hereafter,let there be friendship between us).
In Gujarat, perfect weather conditions at this time of the year mean this day is celebrated as Patang Divas (Kite Flying Day).
In Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, festival called as Pongal,the whole festival lasts for four days, the first day Bhogi, the second day Sankranti, the third day Kanuma and the fourth day, Mukkanuma.
In Assam, the festival is celebrated as Bhogali Bihu.
In Punjab it is called Lohri.
In Uttar Pradesh, Sankrant is called "KICHERI".
In Bundelkhand and Madhya Pradesh this festival of Sankrant is known by the name "SUKARAT" or "SAKARAT".

On this day people eat "bajari" bread mixed with "til" (Sesamum). On the feast of Sankrant "til" is
given great importance, for in this season it is considered to have special nutritive and medicinal qualities. "Til" is a very oil-giving seed. Mixed with jaugari or sugar it becomes a very sticky
sweet which people exchange with one another as a sign of friendship. "Tilgul ghya, god bola." ("Take tilgul and speak sweetly") is the phrase on everybody's lips.
Til-Gul is heat giving taht significant in winter days.

Throughout the year the sun passes through twelve constellations: Mesh (Ram, Aries), Vrishabh
(Bull, Taurus), Mithun (Couple, Gemini), Kark (Crab, Cancer), Sinh (Lion, Leo), Kanya (Girl, Virgo), Tula (Balance, Libra), Vrishchik (Scorpion), Dhanu (Bow, Saggitarius), Makar (Crocodile, Capricorn),
Kumbh (Wateijar, Aquarius), Min (Fish, Pisces).
When the sun does not cross any constellation then there is an extra month called "Adhik Mas". The crossing of the Makar constellation takes place in the month of Paush.

sources:

http://www.indiamike.com/india/chai-and-chat-f73/makar-sankaranti-pongal-greetings-t9234/
http://www.cuhcs.org.uk/sanskaar.article.php?article=makar&year=2004