Wednesday, January 30, 2008

No ban on Harbhajan Singh. Bhaji is not Racist

described why the racial charge could not have been upheld against Harbhajan Singh.

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


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Thursday, January 24, 2008

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.
Republic Day of India 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. Republic Day parade
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.

26th jan- republic day motor-cycle parade

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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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Sachin Tendulkar's 39th test century

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







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/

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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/

Friday, January 11, 2008

Sourav Ganguly - The Real Hero

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

Sourav Ganguly - The Real Hero

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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Thursday, January 10, 2008

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