Lone Warrior "HARISH"

When Everything Went Perfect!

2012-02-03T19:12:00.002+05:30

India's win over Australian in their second T-20 Intl, has made every Indian feel happy. Since Dec 26 2011 India had a poor run in Australia, that was mostly because of the bouncy track which India was not used to, the home conditions is totally different where as in Australia there are testing conditions where one needs to be a lot more cautious in playing the short balls and the bouncers. Indians has done a lot more in the past while playing with Australia in Australia, but this time they failed as an unit. Australia needs to be appreciated for their effort too, they just came out with a perfect planning and their execution were spot on.

Alright, after coming from the test series 4-0, India looked forward for the two t-20 internationals, they managed a loss at the Sydney Olympic park with Dhoni winning the toss and calling Australia to bat,in spite of removing warner quite early, Wade did played well and went on to score 72 of just 43 balls and with no doubt that was a match winning knock. The result India managed to score 140/6 in 20 overs.

Second T-20, India was expected to come back and they did so, in spite of losing the toss in a good wicket at MCG, Indian bowlers with the help of some brilliant fielding from Ravindra Jadeja, Raina, Gutam Gambhir and Kohli, Rohit, kept Australia under pressure and they managed to score 131/10, with Finch (36) and wade (32) top scoring for the Aussies. When India came into bat, that was quite a confident start from the openers Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag, Sehwag was little Cautious this time before he was caught by Shaun Marsh at extra cover, Sehwag did play well for his cautious 23. Then came in Kohli, continued his good form from the last test match, joined hands with Gautam Gambhir and put on a fifty run partnership before he lost his wicket caught behind by the keeper Wade,Marsh picking up the wicket. This doesn't disturbed Gautam Gambhir who went on to score yet another half century in t-20 intls along with Dhoni finishing off the match with two balls to spare and India at last won a match in this series. This would certainly make the Indians more confident for the up coming tri series, the CB series.

With Ravindra Jadeja getting his man of the match for his brilliant fielding and bowling in second t-20, he is up for the grabs! an amazing all rounder, fingers crossed!!

Good Luck team India! Bleed Blue!!

Kevin O'Brien- A review..

2012-02-02T17:39:00.002+05:30

An over View of Kevin's career Record..

As a right handed batsman,he made his odi debut against England at Belfast, Jun 13, 2006 and went on to score 35 of 48 balls. not a bad start at all!

Batting Average in ODI : 33.20 in 64 matches played and at the strike rate of 81.33 with the best of 142 against Kenya, which is quite impressive

Batting Average in T-20: 10.75 in 17 matches,with the best of 39 not out and at the strike rate of 105.73

As a bowler,
Right-arm medium-fast

Played 64 odi matches,
wickets taken : 49, with the best of 4/71

Played 17 T-20 matches,
wickets taken : 8, with the best of 2/15

This record certainly proves he is worth as an all rounder!

He was the real sensation at the Bengaluru during the recent world cup match Against England. Ireland went on to chase a total of 328, and with the team already 111/5, he showed his character of a match winner. He went on to score a brilliant 113 of just 63 balls with 13 four's and 6 six's and Ireland winning the match. This match was remembered by every one and one of the best chases that one would have seen, and not to forget he got his century in just 50 balls and the fastest in the world cup history

Players with these kind of quality make real value for the money and they would be a match winner.

This uncapped player is up for the auctions This time.

Reserve Price : 50,000 US $

Not just Phasing out. How you win matters!

2012-01-18T08:07:00.003+05:30

India's poor run with the Australian tour has raised a lot of questions. One was on Dhoni's captaincy and the next, would be the famed batting line up. Not to forget, Sachin has played reasonably well in this series. People around the world wanted him to score his 100th ton and the media was the main culprit that makes the master batsmen feel the pressure. Coming to Lax and Dravid. Dravid has been bowled the most number of times in this series. Laxman, looks like missing the genius touch this time.

Dhoni himself said, that he was running out of ideas. When ever aussies started scoring runs quickly, he was not able to stop the run flow nor he placed the fielders in the right position to pick wickets, and one more thing to be noted India hardly made aussies to bat in their second innings. In the recent test match, Aussies played with 4 pacers and Indians too followed the same strategy,dropping Ashwin, not to forget Ashwin was a consistent run getter in this series for India and he has scored a ton against West Indies recently. Dropping someone like him was not good and bringing in Vinay was not the right decision. Vinay is still young,he has been giving a lot of runs and not so consistent too.

So now, with three tests over, MSD has been banned from playing 4th test for slow over rate and report says Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma were the main culprits for the slow over rate. Now Sehwag to lead, Indians will certainly look to play for the pride.

Not to forget England is also struggling in Dubai against Pakistan. This proves a lot. Even a NO.1 team will struggle in away matches.

The Biggest Loss!! Sri Lanka

2012-01-12T11:39:00.003+05:30

Ok! that doesn't mean they are the worst. Once they were the world champions during 1996 event, still they play some good cricket all around. The present runners up in world championship of cricket. The bad day started right from the day Dilshan took up the captaincy from Kumar Sangakkara. As far as i think, Dilshan is not smart enough as Sanga or Mahela when it comes to the captaincy. Sanga did really well and managed a spot in the finals of the 2011 world cup. He has been consistent till then, never knew the reason for stepping down. If he had stepped down for not winning the world cup, then that is really stupid. He needs to take his captaincy back or the broad should decide someone else or rethink of giving it to Mahela.

The Biggest loss for their team came yesterday when they lost to South Africa in the first match of the ODI series. The home team batted really well to score over 300 with run machine Amla scoring a ton and Kallis getting another half century. Batting second, the lankans lost their openers early without scoring, followed by the big guns Mahela and sanga getting out cheaply, finally the whole team were bundled for 43.The Only positive hope for the Lankans should be, Lasith Malinga, took a five wicket haul and if he continues to bowl the same, things would be easy for them in the up coming matches and batsmen need to get their form back!

Good Luck Lanka.

Pr 1

2012-01-10T17:03:00.002+05:30

I was a bit surprised. Checked my blog's page rank and that showed my blog had a page rank of 1 on the scale of 10. Maintaining this would a big time achievement! hope me doing some posts regularly. 2012 would be a year of blogspot blogging!!

Back in 2012!!

2012-01-10T11:17:00.000+05:30

Hi ppl,

Not even a single post in 2011 dint blog for the whole year!!But happy to back. Happy blogging every one! This is my first post for the year 2012. and hope for more posts this year! at least one post per month and yes, mostly that would be on sports and more over on cricket!

India has been struggling 2-0 in Australia. This would have been a bad start, but yes still two more to go. Even if we manage a draw in both the tests or win a test at least, that would be a great achievement! Hoping for the best. 2012 would see some big names retiring from the world cricket and lots of record to be broken.

The Asian Champs!

2010-06-27T09:53:00.000+05:30

After a controversial series in Zimbabwe,the Indian cricket team came up strongly to clinch the Asia cup.The team this time had all the senior and the regular players except the one,Yuvi. Under Mahi's captaincy they all actually did a decent job,that made them to win the Asia cup after 15 years.This is a huge win and the country will not forget this win..There had a match where,India had to face Pakistan in one of the Asia cup encounter and this match promised all the actions,a perfect India-pak encounter..Pakistan making India to chase 268 approx,India chasing it successfully,This was done almost in the last over with Bhajji hitting over the Top for a six and India winning with three balls to spare,certainly Singh was King that day,and Raina too changing the coarse of the match..India did come up well in the whole tournament,by losing just one game prior to the finals and that game saw Maharoof taking a hat rick against the Indians,and never mind Indians came strong to win the finals,the seamers set the floor for India,India making 268 in the finals with major contribution coming from Karthik,making 66 and all the other batsman contributing in 30's and 40's,Indian seamer's did bowl well to contain the Srlankan top order and at one stage they were 72/5,India pulled off an easy 81 run victory over the Lankans.. and this would be remembered for a long time! well done India!

Tri series flunk!!

2010-06-13T08:46:00.000+05:30

The Micro max mobile tri-series that had India,Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.. Saw some poor cricket from the Indian cricket players!with the selectors testing the bench strength by resting the senior players,that never worked!India losing back to back matches with Zimbabwe,and winning one match with srilanka, saw only Rohit Sharma hitting a couple of centuries in the series,Well what's happening? India scoring 283 against Zim in one of the games,saw Indians were unable to defend the total,Indian bowlers never had a clue against the Zim Batsman..This led the Indian team to lose another game against Zim,Indians scored just 194 and it was an Easy chase for Zim!They made it as quick as possible gaining the bonus point!With the world coming up just an year ahead,Testing the bench strength is one of the funniest things!

Raavan...The Audio! A.R.Rahman

2010-05-30T09:35:00.001+05:30

ALBUM CREDITS

Film: Raavan (Hindi)
Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram
Lyrics: Gulzar
Label: T-Series
Director: Mani Ratnam
Producer: Mani Ratnam , Sharada Trilok
Studio: Madras Talkies
Date: April 2010

Beera Beera :
Vijay Prakash, Keerthi Sagathia
Additional vocals: Mustafa Kutoane

Behene de
Karthik
Additional vocals: Mohammed Irfan

Thok De Killi :
Sukhwinder Singh, Am’nico

Ranjha Ranjha :
Rekha Bharadwaj, Javed Ali
Additional vocals: Anuradha Sriram

Khili Re :
Reena Bhardwaj
Backing vocals: Dr. Narayanan, Naresh Iyer, M. Kuldeep, Shwetha Mohan, Gopika Purnima, Subhiksha, Sri Madhumita

Kata Kata :
Ila Arun, Sapna Awasthi, Kunal Ganjawala
Backing vocals: Suzanne D'Mello, Sujatha Majumdar, Nikitha Nigam, Dilshad Shaikh, R.N. Iyer, Arun Ingle, Chintamani Sohoni, Gowtham Bharadwaj

The Bar Camp Chennai : BCC3

2010-04-13T09:58:00.001+05:30

This needs no Introduction,The Bar Camp chennai,edition 3 an Unconference where geeks meet up and share the technology and stuffs! I was amazed when I myself got registered for the first time for the Bar Camp chennai edition-2 that happened in IIT-Madras a two day event and It was an great experience to listen to some of the great speakers who came and shared their thoughts and That made me to participate again at the Bar Camp chennai Edition-3 with some of my friends I got registered and this time the venue was at Vadapalani SRM Campus(old TCS Office) and as usual I was late this time too,I certainly missed the first session,and had no clue on what they spoke about and after reading from other blogs I came to know the session was all about "java scripts" etc

Ok,Before moving on to the sessions that happened on 11th of April Sunday,I seriously apologize,I was unable to recollect the names of those who presented the sessions,But i was well enough to recollect what ever happened that day!

When I first entered the hall-1 I heard a question,What do you call a "spoof of Wikipedia?? and almost there were some group of answer that reached my ear and it was Uncyclopedia,this was the first thing i heard when i entered the Bar camp chennai Edition-3

Next was a session about an NGO Rang De, it was quite interesting one,almost all have to admit that all the sessions at the bar camp were really interesting and useful and informative,then we had a talk on Intellectual properties and from where i came to know to know about the patents and Creative Commerce and some more facts,and a session about ANDROID before moving on to the lunch was really very interesting,the guy who presented this,talked about it's applications advantage some more techie stuffs.

Post Lunch we had some sessions that were more interactive than the morning sessions and the after noon session saw Mr.Kiruba Shankar making his presence,and there were talks about the Internet Society of Chennai,by a gentleman,and Sessions on Linkedin and the most interesting was a session on Entrepreneur Ship and Love! It was really moving out well it was a topic mixed with some humor and useful Info,and a general topic which all could speak out happened,that was about Movies and how to make good movies,and that too was even more Interactive,It was almost evening by that time,when we had a session on Video Broadcaster that had contents about My video Designer,Video Mail etc,and a session on Drupal that had content Management system etc and Before Winding up the day we had a session on collab mind Mapping by a third year engg student from VIT.

Thats how you play a quality cricket!

2010-03-02T10:10:00.000+05:30

Certainly.Yeah Indians have been playing some quality cricket,When the South Africans won the first test Against India,India had no other way to win the next test match @ eden gardens and same happened too,India squaring the test series,They were brilliant in all aspects,some mind blowing batting from quality batsman like Sachin and Laxman and even Sehwag and Dhoni made centuries.Then it was up to Bhajji to pick up wickets and put SA in more trouble,things went on by perfect planning and Indians won the second test played @ eden gardens..The the ODI,of-course India has the young brigade in the batting line up and though missing yuvi and Gauti that was not making a big difference, Dinesh karthik utilized his chance very well and the big big thing happened! Sachin the first player to hit a double century in an ODI, and remained not out on 200,that was certainly a treat to watch he was batting the whole 50 overs and got his double century in just 147 balls,well supported by Karthik and Dhoni who made a quick fire 50,one thing that made all sachin fans up-set was,Dhoni gave Sachin a strike on 49.3 that time Sachin was on 199,but he remained on 199 right from 48th over this was really frustrating,when a player like Sachin in batting on other end who is on 199,Dhoni was playing like a stupid at the other end hitting 6's and 4's who need all those?? is that more important than sachin hitting a double century?? This shows Indian captain is more selfish to make runs for himself...

First test with Proteas ends!

2010-02-09T20:37:00.000+05:30

It was a South Africa's tour Of India,The first test was scheduled at Nagpur and As usual,It was highly expected from the Indian players since they were No.1 side in the test team,and hope they will be more confident after a couple of wins over Bangladesh,But the things got changed,from 6/2 India never got a chance back into the game due to the flawless batting from Amla and Kallis,Indian bowlers felt very very difficult to pick wickets.Amla was at his best and remained not out till the end,and some how proteas declared with a score over 500 making things difficult for India,as the same happened In-form gambhir got out without getting a good score,and somehow Sehwag got his 100 and Badrinath on his first appearance got his maiden 50,and after that India did not see any big contributions and were forced for follow-on,at least they should have come back,but no! once again Gambhir getting out very early and this time sehwag did not do much and Sachin getting his 46 century was making every Indian happy! and once again no big contributions! that saw India loosing the game and South Africa winning the game with an innings to spare...will meet @ eden gardens!

150 and still.....

2010-01-25T11:41:00.000+05:30

Feel happy,this blog has over 150 posts,thanks for the support and I hope it still continues... till then happy blogging all!

trial pink balls in Futures

2010-01-25T11:26:00.000+05:30

Day-night Test cricket could be a step closer after Cricket Australia confirmed they would trial a pink ball under lights during next week's Futures League match at Adelaide Oval. The test-run is intended to determine how the pink ball holds up in the longer format of the game and how visible it is when used at night.

The three-day game between South Australia and Western Australia's second XIs will be played from 2.30pm until 9.30pm, starting next Tuesday, February 2. At the same time, a Futures League match in Brisbane will use a pink ball while a game in Melbourne will feature a white ball, with both those games to be play during the day only.

If the pink ball does not discolour too much, maintains the characteristics of a red ball throughout an innings and is visible to players and spectators under lights, it could bring day-night Tests much closer. The ICC and Cricket Australia are keen to play Test cricket under lights in an effort to increase the viewing audience and they are hopeful the first games could be played within two years.

"Cricket Australia is committed to finding a way to make day-night Test cricket a reality and the Adelaide Oval trial is one of many steps that need to be taken before this vision is realised," James Sutherland, the CEO of Cricket Australia, said. "The results of the trial won't provide all the answers or a definitive outcome, but it will give us important information and feedback on the delivery of the project."

Next week's games will be followed by further trials to assess how the coloured balls show up on television. The four-day domestic first-class competition in the West Indies this month has already featured day-night games with pink balls as the push for day-night Tests gains momentum

A Cric Info Courtesy..

Whats Happening now a days??

2010-01-25T11:16:00.000+05:30

Top most happening and spoked all the time in Television & news papers...

1) Australians continuing their attacks on Indians and claim It's not a racism row!

2) Terror strikes continues in Pakistan and kashmir

3) IPL 3 Auctions,and Franchise owners snubbing pak players

4) Climate change Issue

5) MEA Warning to Australia still continues...

Rather than this,one cannot find any top news...

Not a horrible loss!

2010-01-14T11:25:00.000+05:30

Toss really matters for India and In this Idea cup MS dhoni was not lucky as ever he used to win the toss and this time,Kumar Sangakkara was doing the right thing in the finals,b/w India and SL Idea cup,India was put on to bat after SL won the toss and right from the beginning Indian batsmen were struggling to get runs and the Sri lankan bowlers were not making any mistake,not giving any kind of loose balls,it was only sehwag who was as usual playing a blitzkrieg and he too got out in a cheap fashion and Including the Indian captain was not taking up the responsibility to stay at the middle till the end and India was almost 5 down for 60 and just 12 overs on the broad it was Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja who anchored India to a respectful total of 245 and they both had a brilliant 106 run partnership and Raina continued till he got a century and tried to stay till the last ball,but he coudt't,but he was bating superbly made 106 that was more than enough for India to come out from the struggle and It was up to the bowlers to contain the decent target,but as usual the dew factor coming into the play and once again Indian bowlers has been hammered right from the beginning and though Indians tried to get the first wicket in the first over Dilshan and Sangakkara once again played well to take off the pressure on them and at last it was Mahela finishing off the things in style...

VINNAITHAANDI VARUVAAYA: A Sensation!

2010-01-12T20:38:00.000+05:30

The long long wait is over and the Audio of Much awaited Gowtham Menon's VTV is finally out in the stores,This is the very first time Both of them are coming together,and ARR's first tamil album after his double Oscars..

1) OMANA PENNE
SINGERS : BENNY DAYAL, KALYANI MENON
MALAYALAM LYRICS : KALYANI MENON

2) VINNAITHAANDI VARUVAAYAA
SINGERS : KARTHIK
ADDITIONAL VOX : VIVEK AGARWAL

3) HOSANNA
SINGERS : VIJAY PRAKASH, SUZANNE, BLAAZE
ENGLISH RAP LYRICS : BLAAZE

4) KANNUKKUL KANNAI
SINGERS : NARESH IYER

5) MANNIPAAYA
SINGERS : A.R.RAHMAN, SHREYA GHOSHAL

6) AAOROMALE
SINGERS : ALPHONSE
MALAYALAM LYRICS : KAITHAPRAM

7) ANBIL AVAN
SINGERS : DEVAN EKAMBARAM, CHINMAYI

It's a diferent album..

My Name Is Khan

2010-01-08T09:11:00.000+05:30

The much expected SRK,Kajol starred MNIK, officially to hit the theaters on feb 12th and For now the Songs are out in the stores..And no doubt Shankar-Eshan-loy has yet again come up with some handy compositions....

Audio Listed

01 Sajda (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Richa Sharma)

02 Noor E Khuda (Adnan Sami, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal)

03 Tere Naina (Shafqat Amanat Ali)

04 Allah Hi Rahem (Rashid Kahan

05 Khan Theme (composer:-Strings Indrajit Sharma)

06 Rang De (Shankar Mahadevan, Suraj Jagan)

with these you get some bonus tracs :-

One from K3gham, Kal ho na ho and Kuck Kuch hota hai

It's a transplant pitch-Kotla pitch fiasco

2009-12-30T07:19:00.000+05:30

23.4 Tyagi to Kandamby, 1 wide, sharper still, as this one flies up off the track past the batsman, hitting one of those treacherous patches, and Dhoni does really well to stop the ball with one hand, a wide is called for some reason...

This was the last ball,that led the Srilankan captain to call-off their players from the middle and the match was abandoned for quite sometime and after an hour the match was almost cancelled...To be more surprise there was not even an Presentation at the ground the crowd would have felt happy at least after watching the presentation,though the money back has been guaranteed,the people would not felt happy..They were looking for the match..But the officials had no other option to call-off the match considering the future physical injuries to the players.

One more thing to be noted up is that,Kotla has been given 4 of the world cup matches to be played there and this Pitch fiasco has created a lot of tension among the BCCI and DCDA,since the ground could face a ban of at-least 18 months and then the ICC will look further considering the matches to be played at kotla

India go up 3-1

2009-12-26T07:48:00.000+05:30

The Eden gardens has always been a special ground and one of the best grounds in INDIA,and it was the same venue where The Lankans were declared as winners during the semi-finals of 1996 world cup after the match was abandoned due to some reasons and many knew what was it and it was the ground that saw Vinod Khambli leaving the ground with tears in his eyes,and Dec 24 happened to be another day-night ODI encounter b/w India and Srilanka and The lankans winning the toss and electing to bat first and luckily getting the wicket of Dangerous dilshan first and managed to control the lankans to make 316 In spite of Losing dilshan early and Indians to the reply losing both the openers with just 4 overs being bowled and I was upto the Young Virat Kohli and the test cricketer of the year Gambhir

Being in the pressure of losing two quick wickets,Both of them batted brilliantly,rotating the strike and boundaries coming in time and they played hard and the good thing was both the batsman came up with their centuries and made sure that the run rate was below 6.5,Kohli made his maiden ODI ton along with Gambhir making his 7th odi ton put on a record breaking partnership of 224 for the third wicket and India successfully chased the highest total in the Eden Gardens and It was Gambhir who batted through out the Innings made a magnificent 150,and the Highlight of the match was that,Gambhir told Kohli to come up and collect the MOM,before that Gambhir was adjudged as the MOM..

Unreserved yet!!!

2009-12-23T11:23:00.000+05:30

This is what happened while i was returning from Mumbai to chennai in dadar express,I was travelling in a second class compartment and boarded the train in CST, it was going good until it reached some impt stations within mumbai there were hell a lot of crowd,dunno weather they had a proper ticket and there was No Ticket checker until it reached pune and those people were trying to occupy our spaces and almost fighting for a seat and it continued till the night passed and the people were using our compartment as if we don have a ticket..This is the situation with and the railway dept dont even cares about it..They almost sleep in the pathways and dont even leave the space ahead of toilet and it's crowded there too!! what ever might plz do not try to travel in a second class compartment this is equal to the un-reserved compartment...

ARR-CNN IBN Indian of the year '09

2009-12-23T11:19:00.000+05:30

He has won a lot of awards and it still continues,In the recent award ceremony presented by One of the Top television news channel the "cnn-ibn" awards, ARR was presented with entertainer and Indian of the year for the year 2009..

Signed up twitter!!

2009-12-01T10:04:00.000+05:30

It's been almost3-4 years i only knew orkut and Then i came to know about the Facebook shortly called as FB quite popular in America and other countries, but sometime ago I even dunno how to use the FB and suddenly one day i signed up with FB and Today am in a position such a way that I cannot resist my self from logging myself into FB and Two to three days back I signed up with Twitter and to say the truth both Twitter and FB rocks!!, best way to kill time....

What A Shot

2009-09-03T08:18:00.000+05:30

The T20 has always come up with some new ideas and new trends and here is one of the biggest innovation from a batsman and the shot is too named after him..Have a look

Tillakaratne Dilshan plays his trademark scoop,in one of the recent T20 games

Aussies are practically down....

2009-08-28T07:56:00.000+05:30

They were long time dominating the cricketing world,they were the best of all.But now since they have been playing some really bad cricket,the Aussies are practically down and they have knocked down to 4th place in the ICC test rankings.It's really hard to regain back after facing a prolong critics all around the world.But what our Aussie captain says is that" We will be back and we are more hungry for redemption".They were missing the top speed star Brett Lee,a major cause for the losing the Ashes,So it all over,The Australians have lost the 2009 Ashes 2-1 and now they have to look ahead for the up-coming ventures,now they are looking forward to play with Scotland and hope winning with them may gain back the confidence with the Aussie dressing room,since Lee is making his come back this would be a vital game for both of the teams.Australia's squad has changed significantly over the past four days, with Ricky Ponting heading home with the Test specialists, and Brad Haddin having surgery on his broken left ring finger. A batch of fresh faces has arrived to join Michael Clarke, the stand-in captain, as the group starts planning for the bigger tournaments ahead. Ponting will return towards the end of the seven-match one-day series against England to fine tune before the Champions Trophy in South Africa at the end of September.

Good Luck Guys,hope to see you back in winning ways..

Back to old ways.....

2009-07-28T12:39:00.000+05:30

It's been a long time i blogged.My last post was approximately an year back,hardly i log on into these now a days..Though i was not keeping my self busy with my work,there was something that stopped me to think about my very fist blog i started some years back.So high time,back for posting some good stuffs..

Whats new....

The new flower horn i got some days back...

Growing it with a special care..My Sweet pet

India-China joint military training boosts mutual trust

2008-12-05T11:52:00.001+05:30

Chinese and Indian armies will begin the "Hand in Hand 2008" joint anti-terrorism training from Dec. 6 to 14 in Belgaum of India's Karnataka state.

"This joint training is aimed at enhancing mutual understanding and trust, and promoting the development of the relations between the two armed forces," Ouyang Wei, professor of the University of National Defense, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua here Friday.

The joint training involves the use of technical equipment, exchanges of theories, squad tactics and a comprehensive training session.

The joint training is of no special background and will not target at any third party.

"Sino-Indian military relations have been growing in recent years, thanks to increasing high-level visits and the improvement of bilateral political relations," Ouyang said.

The two navies have conducted joint search and rescue maneuvers. The border security troops of the two countries have reached consensus on maintaining peace in the border area. Both armed forces have sent delegations to witness the maneuvers of the other side. There have also been exchanges between military academies.

The armies of the two countries conducted their first anti-terrorism joint training in southwest China's Yunnan Province last year.

It is also the second time for China to send military forces to south Asia for joint military maneuvers after the China-Pakistan "Friendship 2006" joint anti-terrorism military maneuvre.

China and India are the world's biggest developing countries. Peace and friendship between them is not only in the interests of both countries, but also important for bringing peace, stability and prosperity to south Asia, said Ouyang.

He said in addition to traditional security threats, the world is also facing increasing non-traditional security menaces, and that the armed forces of China and India are shouldering increasing responsibility in coping with terrorism, natural disasters, pirates and climate change.

"Increasing dialogue and exchanges between the two armed forces will not only promote the two countries' mutual understanding and trust, but also to promote their respective military building," said Ouyang.

He added facts have proved that a trusty and cooperative military relationship needs long-term exchanges and cultivation from the both sides.

Ouyang said with the advancement of defense modernization, China's armed forces are getting opener and more transparent. The People's Liberation Army has held 25 joint military maneuvers and four joint onshore training with the armed forces of 21 countries since 2002, including five joint military maneuvers with Pakistan and four joint training with India.

Tourists flee ‘Incredible India’

2008-12-05T11:50:00.000+05:30

f as a tourist you were to travel overseas, would you consider going to a country where nine terror strikes have claimed over 400 lives in just over six months?
Worse, if official travel advisory cautions against the possible threat a visitor would face “anytime” at all tourist sites, hotels, public places, shopping malls, markets and public transport?
If the answer is in negative, then perhaps the number of foreign tourists from westerns countries visiting “Incredible India” is bound to fall drastically as their travel advisories issued post-terror strikes in Mumbai portray the country as a destination where foreign visitors are not safe anymore.
Take the case of advisory issued by the USA, which emerged as top tourism generating market for India last year. It says while terrorist attacks are not new to India, the 26 November Mumbai terrorist attacks in part targeted American citizens and other westerners for the first time and tragically demonstrate that even in five-star luxury hotels, security is not equipped to deter such attacks.
“US citizens should take into account this new reality and exercise caution when visiting India” it says while warning of heightened security concerns in India.
The travel advisory issued by the United Kingdom which is the second largest tourism generating market for the country also warns that: “There is a high threat from terrorism throughout India including attacks targeting places frequented by foreign visitors and expatriates”. The list of number of terror strikes in last one year in various part of the country follows this information in the advisory.
It also warns of insurgency campaign by an ultra nationalists and violent extremist groups active in the rural areas of Bihar, Jharkland, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Orissa.
The Australian advisory advises its citizens to “reconsider” their need to travel to India “at this time” because of the very high risk of terrorist activity by terrorists and militant groups.
“The Mumbai attacks show terrorists in India are deliberately targeting Westerners. Further attacks cannot be ruled out. These attacks could take place at any time, anywhere, including in places frequented by foreigners,” it cautions.
The tourism ministry and the tour operators admit that the advisories issued by the western countries will hit the foreign tourist arrival in the country.

Yuvraj and Ojha recalled

2008-12-05T11:49:00.002+05:30

Yuvraj Singh has been given one more chance to resurrect his stop-start Test career, after being selected in India's 15-man squad for the two-Test series against England starting December 11. Yuvraj, who muscled his way back into contention with two successive one-day hundreds against England last month, is expected to take Sourav Ganguly's place at No. 6.

The selectors have also recalled Pragyan Ojha, the left-arm spinner, and have retained M Vijay and S Badrinath as reserve batsmen. Ojha, yet to make his Test debut, toured Sri Lanka earlier this year, but lost his place to Amit Mishra, who made a strong debut against Australia in New Delhi. Vijay, an opener, was handed a debut in Nagpur against Australia after Gautam Gambhir was banned for one Test.

Yuvraj, a mainstay in India's one-day line-up, has had an inconsistent run in Tests, with 1050 runs in 23 games since his debut five years ago, However, his recent form against England prompted the chairman of selectors, Kris Srikkanth, to state that he's the frontrunner to take Ganguly's slot in the Test XI. Besides his two match-winning hundreds (138 not out and 118) in the first two ODIs, Yuvraj also picked up four wickets in the second match in Indore.

"I have got the opportunity," Yuvraj told news channel CNN-IBN. "I'm not thinking that I am filling in after someone's retirement. I always felt this is my place, and if I do well, I'll surely be there for a long time."

Badrinath and Vijay, who both play for Tamil Nadu, have had contrasting fortunes in their last Ranji Trophy game, against Andhra: Badrinath scored 121 and M Vijay lasted just eight balls before getting out for a duck. Vijay's splendid form this season, though, had earned him a last-minute call-up to the squad for the Nagpur Test against Australia.

Badrinath, who scored a hundred in Tamil Nadu's previous match against Uttar Pradesh, will be eager for a place in the starting XI for the first Test on his home ground in Chennai. He made his ODI debut during India's tour of Sri Lanka in August and was part of the Test squad against Australia, but was surprisingly dropped for the subsequent one-day series against England.

Left-arm fast bowler RP Singh, who had an indifferent ODI series against England, has been dropped. Ojha takes his place; he is expected to be the back-up spinner in the squad behind Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra - a tactic employed by India for the first three Tests in the previous series against Australia when they had the spin trio of Anil Kumble (now retired), Harbhajan and Mishra to choose from.

India squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Pragyan Ojha.

ECB monitors India airport alerts

2008-12-05T11:49:00.001+05:30

A nervous ECB is to keep tabs on the developing security situation at India's airports as the England squad fly out to Abu Dhabi to prepare for their two Tests in Chennai and Mohali.

Major airports in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai have been put on high alert after reports they had received threats of attacks by hijacked aircraft, adding to the tense atmosphere surrounding the future of the tour.

"Obviously we're concerned, but what we need to do is find out the information," said Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, at Heathrow airport ahead of the squad's departure for the Middle East. "I've spoken to the security team in Chennai this morning already to find out exactly what the situation is with the alerts. When we get that information it'll be fed back to me, to the board and form part of the security audit that we're undertaking.

"We feel as though going to Abu Dhabi provides us with practice before the first Test match, and it also gives us some more time to implement our security plans on the ground - they are in Chennai at the moment - and that is how we're proceeding."

Kevin Pietersen, the England captain, said he'd seen news of the airport situation this morning but insisted he was concentrating on the Test series. "It'll buy us some more time in Abu Dhabi and I think it's fantastic that we're going to demonstrate in India that we're showing our support to play Test match cricket. I think it's very important we go and rub shoulder to shoulder with the indian people in their time of need, and I'm very confident that we have 15 lads who will be playing Test cricket next week."

Nevertheless, Pietersen conceded that the tour was not yet set in stone, and warned that the team could yet turn on its heel and fly back to England if the all-important security report did not give them the all-clear. Hugh and Sean Morris, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association, are flying straight to India to meet up with Reg Dickason, the ECB security advisor, who has been assessing the venues in recent days. They are then due to meet the England squad in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to deliver a final security report, at which point the decision will be made as to whether to proceed to India.

"I think there's a collective at the moment," Pietersen said. "The guys that go out there now are waiting on the reports from Hugh, Sean and Reg to come back to us on Sunday night, and if there are any major catastrophes, or alarm bells ringing, Hugh will be ringing the board to say the collective decision is to come home."

Such a prospect would be anathema to the ECB, who have been eager for this tour to resume ever since the one-day series was hastily postponed, but Hugh Morris - who engineered last week's break - said: "The one thing we don't want to do is twist someone's arm up their back.

"Over the next couple of days we'll be collecting absolutely up-to-date information and presenting that to the players," said Morris. "I would like to think if our security team came back and said it was safe and secure, we would all go over there. If the situation isn't safe and secure, I'll be making a call to the board. The board have made it very clear that the safety and security of the team is of paramount importance."

For the time being, a full England squad has been named despite speculation that a number of players would pull out and Pietersen said time at home helped everyone come to their decision.

"Everyone has become a lot more open-minded, spoken to family members, and realise that it's pretty huge to go back at India's time of need. The boys want to go and play Test cricket. I'm very confident that if everything goes according to plan we'll have a full squad to pick from."

Hamilton awaits Spa outcome

2008-09-10T19:50:00.001+05:30

After winning the race once on the track at Spa, the International Court of Appeal will assess whether a stewards' ruling stripping him of the win should be reversed.

Not for the first time in Formula One's recent tarnished history has such an unsatisfactory conclusion to an event been deployed.

But 48 hours after Hamilton was demoted from first to third on the back of a retrospective 25-second drive-through penalty, McLaren have decided to pursue an appeal.

The trouble is, no-one is exactly sure if there is a case to answer as Article 152 of the FIA's International Sporting Code states a drive-through penalty is 'not susceptible to appeal'.

McLaren will contend there are exceptional circumstances in this instance, and if they convince the ICA of such a fact, they will then seek to overturn the stewards' decision.

This latest affair centres around an incident at the end of lap 42 of what was a thrilling 44-lap race as the stewards deemed Hamilton 'cut a corner and gained an advantage'.

After attempting to pass Kimi Raikkonen around the outside on entry to the final chicane, Hamilton was forced to cut the corner.

Returning to the Spa track along the pit straight, the 23-year-old temporarily held the lead before correctly handing it back.

Timing sheets indicate Raikkonen crossed the start-finish line 0.6 seconds ahead of Hamilton, with further data showing the latter was also six kilometres per hour slower at that point.

Hamilton then filed behind Raikkonen, before legitimately passing Ferrari's reigning world champion again on the run down to the first corner La Source hairpin.

In wet conditions, the lead then changed hands twice more on the penultimate lap prior to Raikkonen spinning into a wall, handing Hamilton a win that was taken away by the stewards two hours later.

Describing the incident, Hamilton said: "In the closing stages of the race I was catching Kimi consistently, lap by lap, and with three laps remaining I got close enough to attempt to overtake him on the entry to the last chicane.

"I managed to get slightly ahead of him in the braking area for the first apex of the chicane.

"He fought back approaching the second apex, but, in doing so, he left no room for me on the inside line.

"The only way for me to avoid a collision was therefore to cut inside the second apex.

"I came out of the second apex in front of Kimi and so I momentarily lifted-off on the straight, to ensure Kimi got back in front.

"The team also came on the radio and instructed me to allow Kimi to re-pass, which I had already done. As a result, Kimi crossed the start-finish line ahead of me, and 6.7kmh quicker than me.

"After allowing Kimi to completely re-pass, I crossed from the left side of the track to the right side of the track, passing behind Kimi in the process.

"I then attacked Kimi on the inside of the first corner and successfully outbraked him."

If McLaren successfully argue their right to appeal, their case to reverse the result will then be strengthened by the apparent claim of race director Charlie Whiting.

McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh said: "From the pit wall, we asked Race Control to confirm they were comfortable Lewis had allowed Kimi to re-pass.

"They confirmed twice that they believed the position had been given back in a manner that was 'okay'.

"If Race Control had instead expressed any concern regarding Lewis's actions at that time, we would have instructed Lewis to allow Kimi to re-pass for a second time."

The decision of the stewards - Nicholas Deschaux, Surinder Thatti and Yves Bacquelaine - has since caused uproar.

It has prompted leading figures such as three-times champions Niki Lauda and Sir Jackie Stewart to berate their verdict.

It has also fed the long-held theory that the world governing body, the FIA, are pro-Ferrari and anti-McLaren.

That has since been strenuously denied by one of the stewards, Kenyan Thatti, who said: "There was no conspiracy against anybody, McLaren included.

"We acted professionally and within the FIA rules."

But Formula One fans are up in arms, with even an internet petition available to sign that up until 5pm on Tuesday had attracted 23,000 signatures in just 36 hours, with the aim to present it to the FIA.

Contrast that with a petition calling for the removal of Mike Ashley and Dennis Wise from Newcastle United that has so far only attracted just over 5,000 signatures.

McLaren set out on road to court

2008-09-10T19:49:00.001+05:30

The team have confirmed they had lodged notice to appeal the 25-second penalty, which resulted in Hamilton's finishing place being downgraded from first to third by race stewards.

Now the case will be put before the International Court of Appeal.

Amazingly, though, confusion reigns over whether or not the FIA even have a case to answer due to Article 152 of the governing body's International Sporting Code which states a drive-through penalty is 'not susceptible to appeal'.

McLaren will contend there are exceptional circumstances in this instance, and if they convince the ICA of such a fact, they will then seek to overturn the stewards' decision.

This latest affair centres around an incident at the end of lap 42 where the stewards deemed Hamilton 'cut a corner and gained an advantage'.

After attempting to pass Kimi Raikkonen around the outside on entry to the final chicane, Hamilton was forced to cut the corner.

Returning to the Spa track along the pit straight, the 23-year-old temporarily held the lead before correctly handing it back.

Timing sheets indicate Raikkonen crossed the start-finish line 0.6 seconds ahead of Hamilton, with further data showing the latter was also six kilometres per hour slower at that point.

Hamilton then filed behind Raikkonen, before legitimately passing Ferrari's reigning world champion again on the run down to the first corner La Source hairpin.

In wet conditions, the lead then changed hands twice more on the penultimate lap prior to Raikkonen spinning into a wall, handing Hamilton a win that was taken away just two hours later.

Describing the incident, Hamilton said: "In the closing stages of the race I was catching Kimi consistently, lap by lap, and with three laps remaining I got close enough to attempt to overtake him on the entry to the last chicane.

"I managed to get slightly ahead of him in the braking area for the first apex of the chicane.

"He fought back approaching the second apex, but, in doing so, he left no room for me on the inside line.

"The only way for me to avoid a collision was therefore to cut inside the second apex.

"I came out of the second apex in front of Kimi and so I momentarily lifted-off on the straight, to ensure Kimi got back in front."

McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh said: "From the pit wall, we asked Race Control to confirm they were comfortable Lewis had allowed Kimi to re-pass.

"They confirmed twice that they believed the position had been given back in a manner that was 'okay'.

"If Race Control had instead expressed any concern regarding Lewis' actions at that time, we would have instructed Lewis to allow Kimi to re-pass for a second time."

Ganguly dropped from Irani Cup

2008-09-10T19:47:00.000+05:30

The others he was hinting at were Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and V V S Laxman whose combined failure along with Ganguly's, cost India the Test series in Lanka.

Another former skipper Ajit Wadekar, however, feels that all the four vastly experienced senior batsmen, including the Bengal stalwart, should be in the team to take on the mighty Australians in the four-Test series commencing next month.

"The journey to re-build the team has started. This (omission of Ganguly) may be the way the selectors are planning for the future. Also this will keep others (seniors) on their toes. It's some sort of a signal to them," Borde told PTI from Pune.

The incident is reminiscent of India's landmark series in Pakistan in 1978.

Three decades ago India embarked on a historic tour to resume cricket rivalry between the two countries for the first time since 1961, relying mainly on the spin trio of Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and captain Bishen Singh Bedi to take wickets.

But all of them came a cropper and India lost the rubber.

The Pakistan batsmen, led by Zaheer Abbas who scored 583 runs averaging a phenomenal 194 per innings, made mincemeat of the spin trio's offerings. Heads rolled after the tour with Prasanna, who picked up only two wickets in two Tests at over 125 runs per victim, never played another Test.

Chandra and Bedi played in the following two series at home against Alvin Kallicharran's the West Indies and the 1979 series in England - before leaving the scene.

Wadekar though does not see India's tour of Sri Lanka as the beginning of the end for the 'Fab Four' batsmen and feels their presence in the Indian team is essential when the mighty Aussies come calling, aiming for back-to-back Test series victories.

"We had not prepared well for Lanka whose preparation, on the other hand, for the series was very good. But the experience of the seniors, including that of Ganguly, for the Test series against Australia will be vital. May be he (Ganguly) has been dropped because of his fielding," Wadekar said.

Both Borde and Wadekar were firm in their opinion that there was no replacement in sight as yet for skipper Anil Kumble who, at 37, is in the twilight of his career and also had a forgettable tour of Lanka. Kumble grabbed eight wickets while giving away 50 runs per victim.

"The Lankans put up a very good show against Kumble but on Indian wickets he and Harbhajan Singh are important to take wickets if the medium pacers don't take wickets against the Australians," Borde said.

Borde said that Kumble's likely successors Piyush Chawla and Amit Mishra were not yet ready for taking over the mantle from the Karnataka stalwart.

"They are not ready to replace Kumble. They need to perform more consistently by doing well in one-dayers. Kumble is a very good thinker and when the time comes I'm sure he will leave on his own," the former middle order batting mainstay said.

Wadekar also felt that Chawla and Mishra were "too raw" and that Kumble was still going "great guns".

"I don't think the youngsters are ready to take charge. They have not yet been groomed for it," he explained.

IPL doors open for Roy....

2008-09-02T21:21:00.000+05:30

Andrew Symonds, who is considering his options after being left out of Australia's squad for the Bangladesh ODIs on disciplinary grounds, is free to re-join the Deccan Chargers in 2009, according to the IPL team's new CEO, Tim Wright.

"The Deccan Chargers will - as will any IPL team - want Andrew Symonds in from the very first ball of the competition to the very last ball,'' Wright told AAP. "He will strengthen any Indian Premier League team by his presence.''

Wright said it was important Symonds "was enjoying his cricket", whether while playing for the Australian team or for Deccan, adding that he would "absolutely not" try and encourage him to end his international career.

"From an entirely personal point of view, I'd like to see Symonds help Deccan win the IPL and I'd like to see him star in an Ashes series against England in 2009," Wright said.

Wright stressed that the IPL was not looking to go one-up on Tests and ODIs. "The IPL doesn't stand alone. It's part of the world game, run through the auspices of the BCCI, which is part of the ICC. All of our players play within the structure of cricket, if they choose to."

Earlier this year, Symonds became the IPL's second-most expensive player when he was bought by Deccan for a three-year deal worth US$1.35 million annually. Symonds, though, only played four games for them before flying out to join the Australian team for their tour of the West Indies. He was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise poor campaign for Deccan, which eventually finished last, scoring 161 runs at 80.50 including a century against the Rajasthan Royals.

Wenger chasing new faces

2008-08-29T20:59:00.000+05:30

The Arsenal boss openly admits he would like to add another midfielder to his squad, which lost the likes of Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini and experienced Brazilian Gilberto this summer.

Although Samir Nasri - who has already scored twice in three appearances - arrived from Marseille for US$24 million, there have been calls for Wenger to add more established stars to his depth of youthful talent.

Arsenal director Danny Fiszman maintains Wenger has money to spend - and that the board would back their manager if he wanted to splash US$60 million on one player.

The likes of Liverpool's Xabi Alonso, England international Gareth Barry and also £8million-rated Swiss playmaker Gokhan Inler have all been linked with a move to Emirates Stadium, while Wenger on Friday insisted there was "no interest at all" in Feyenoord's Jonathan de Guzman.

Wenger, who landed Lassana Diarra on deadline day 12 months ago, said: "Last year it was at midnight - and we are ready to stay up all night this time if it is needed.

"We have still a long time to go.

"For a while they all talk the talk and nothing happens, then in the last four or five days every half-an-hour there is a headline saying someone has signed somewhere.

"When you have experience of transfer dealings, you know that as long as something is not signed you know it can change very quickly so you can look very silly, so you don't want to come out and announce it."

Wenger added: "We are out to look, if we find the right players we will do it, one or two.

"However, I believe it's more interesting for us to focus on our strengths and quality rather than looking outside. I know it makes headlines, but it doesn't make you win games."

Wenger again rejected the suggestions he needed to bring in a big name with a hefty fee, as title rivals Chelsea have done more than once this summer.

"I buy the players I feel strengthen the squad, after that I consider the price," he said.

"I do the job I think it has to be done, considering the resources of the club and considering our ambition, and the players we have.

"I know the media and supporters sometimes too are happy with big numbers, but for me what is most important is big quality. Sometimes both are linked, but not always."

Arsenal shrugged off any talk of a crisis when they thrashed Steve McClaren's FC Twente side at Emirates Stadium in midweek to book their place in the Champions League group stages once again.

The Gunners reward was a couple of potentially tricky away journeys to Dynamo Kiev and Fenerbahce, while Porto also await in Group G.

Wenger said: "There will be some long, difficult trips - but we want to cope with it and of course come out of it.

"It gives you an edge in the Premier League if you qualify early, then you are not under stress to give absolutely everything in one important game later in the group."

Arsenal will aim to get their domestic challenge back up and running after defeat at Fulham when Newcastle come to Emirates Stadium for tomorrow afternoon's early evening kick-off.

The Toon Army have been galvanised by the return to form of their England striker Michael Owen, who has netted in both of his appearances so far - including an extra-time winner in the Carling Cup at Coventry.

Wenger is a big fan of the former Liverpool and Real Madrid frontman.

"When I arrived in England, Owen was a young boy, very promising, and he looked absolutely fantastic because he was very quick, sharp and intelligent in front of goal," said the Arsenal manager.

"He is not just a goalscorer, he can make assists, has good link play, makes runs. Owen gets where he needs to be as he reads the game."

Arsenal have no fresh injury worries and Wenger is likely to rotate his squad - which could mean a return to the starting line-up for Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who was relegated to the bench against Twente.

Lewis wary of Ferrari threat

2008-08-18T19:41:00.000+05:30

Having dominated the British and German grands prix, Hamilton headed to the Hungaroring full of confidence and in the lead of the Drivers' Championship.

However, the McLaren driver was quickly brought down by Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who pulled off an aggressive overtaking move to take the lead of the race.

The Brazilian was on course for the victory, which would have handed him the lead in the Drivers' standings, before an engine failure three laps from the checkered flag put an end to his charge.

Massa's retirement proved to be Hamilton's blessing as it allowed the McLaren man to extend his lead in the Championship to five points ahead of Kimi Raikkonen.

But with seven races still to be run Hamilton says McLaren need to heed the warning issued by Ferrari in Hungary and up the pace if they hope to win this year's titles.

"In a way, the result in Hungary was a very important lesson for the team: it showed us in no uncertain terms that we cannot afford to be complacent and need to work hard throughout the summer break to make sure we can hit back strongly in Valencia," Hamilton told his website.

"You can never underestimate a team like Ferrari, and we know they'll be pushing just as hard as us to gain an advantage for the remainder of the year.

"Who knows, if we'd had an easier race in Hungary, maybe it would have come back and bitten us later in the season, so I feel confident that we won't be taking anything for granted.

"I know that everybody in Woking, Stuttgart and Brixworth will be working flat-out to make sure we can be strong in all the remaining races."

'We did not play quality cricket' - Kumble

2008-08-11T21:55:00.000+05:30

After surrendering the series to a clinical Sri Lankan outfit, India have to face up to and deal with the sour truth that they only won one session of this game. Left to rummage through the remains of yet another overseas series squandered after a memorable comeback, Anil Kumble, India's captain, had few positives to pick out.

"We missed out on a good opportunity to beat Sri Lanka," Kumble said. "We did really well in Galle to come back and we did not capitalise on the winning of the toss here. You cannot lose five wickets in the first 40 overs of a Test. That happened to us quite regularly in this series which is something we need to think about."

With a hundred more runs in the first innings the outcome of this match could have been different. However, India's famed middle order failed again - twice. Chaminda Vaas again went wicketless and Muttiah Muralitharan was nowhere near his best, but Dammika Prasad and Ajantha Mendis bowled with guile and accuracy to rock the boat. That spelt the death knell for India, Kumar Sangakkara's match-winning hundred boarded up the coffin, and Ajantha Mendis and Murali returned to hammer in the nails.

"For a new batter to go straightway and face two spinners it is never easy," Kumble said. "People who got starts, if they had converted it would have been a different story. I do not want to give excuses. Overall we did not play quality cricket to win the series."

India's inconsistency ultimately proved pivotal. In Galle, India were 167 for 0 and lost four wickets in a post rain-interval passage; a similar story unfolded in the second innings. At the PSS Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, India's success stories with the bat, threw it away in the second innings when the demand was solidity.

This was also arguably the worst series for India's famed middle order. Sachin Tendulkar looked a shadow of himself in scratching 95 runs at 15.83 and Sourav Ganguly, who batted so brilliantly against South Africa at Ahmedabad and Kanpur in his last series, was a phantom in Sri Lanka, making 96 runs. Rahul Dravid's tentativeness at the crease this series has betrayed a tinge of insecurity, and VVS Laxman managed just two fifties, out five times to Mendis.

"It is not just one or two players [who we should blame]," Kumble said. "It is important that everyone contributes. I do not think there was enough contribution throughout the series from the middle order consistently. Even the lower order did not contribute consistently except one game here. That is obviously something that let us down."

Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma turned in match-winning performances in Galle but otherwise there was little to speak of in the bowling department. Except for Harbhajan, who took 16 wickets, no bowler averaged less than 30. Kumble, India's highest wicket-taker ever, had a series to forget. His eight wickets at 50.00 was his worst three-match series since India played Pakistan in 2006. "I take responsibility," he said, before quickly opting to take the clichéd route, "but the bowlers put their hearts in."

The saving grace of defeat is that it invariably brings lessons. As Kumble pointed out, India have a month-and-a-half to think about what needs to be done before a four-Test series against Australia. "That's still a lot of time for us to think and reflect on what went wrong," Kumble said. India's time starts now..

Kovalainen maiden win...

2008-08-05T21:06:00.000+05:30

Just three days after being handed a new contract with McLaren for the 2009 season, Kovalainen underlined his potential with a lucky, but deserved success in Hungary, becoming the 100th F1 winner.

However, given Raikkonen's renowned love of vodka and reputation for partying, Kovalainen may yet regret asking his fellow Finn for a suggestion on how to mark his maiden success.

"I will take him out!" replied Raikkonen with a grin.

Kovalainen, though, would appear to prefer a quieter celebration as he said: "I haven't been to my real home in north Finland for a long time, so I think I will go there at the end of the week.

"I will celebrate the day with my people in Suomussalmi village where I'm from.

"I've a little karting race organised on Saturday which has become a tradition for the last five or six years, but now it will be a very special event having won this race.

"It will be nice to go and see my people there, my family, but then it will be back to business, although I will even try to get something out of the break."

Formula One may head into its summer holiday, but Kovalainen knows behind the scenes there will be no let up as all at McLaren will be determined to build on three successive wins.

"I'll spend a bit of time in Woking talking to the engineers and preparing for the next race [European Grand Prix, Valencia]," added Kovalainen.

"This win doesn't turn my world completely upside down, even if there was a two-month break now.

"I'm happy about it, but this is just part of the goal I set myself because now the next goal is to repeat this, and then after that to do it again.

"We just need to keep up our concentration all the time."

Fortune played a part, but then after the rotten luck Kovalainen has endured on occasions this season, the 26-year-old was overdue a rub of the green.

Running third behind Ferrari's Felipe Massa and team-mate Lewis Hamilton, the latter first suffered a sidewall puncture to the left-front tyre of his McLaren on lap 41.

Then just three laps from home, Ferrari suffered an engine failure for the first time since the Japanese Grand Prix of 2006, denying Massa the win.

A respectful Kovalainen added: "Of course I feel a little sorry for Felipe, and even for Lewis, because they both drove a great race.

"But I know how they feel because I've had similar moments myself this year, quite a few times

"After Saturday I've been in a position to fight for the victory, but something has always gone wrong, something hasn't functioned perfectly.

"So to stand on the top step of the podium and to hear the Finnish anthem playing for me was fantastic. It was a great moment.

"It is something I have been targeting for many, many years now."

Timo Glock took a surprise second in his Toyota ahead of Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso in his Renault, with Hamilton fifth.

The 23-year-old now has a five-point lead over Raikkonen and eight on Massa, with Robert Kubica 23 points down after he could only manage a lowly eighth in his BMW Sauber.

Vaughan steps down as captain..

2008-08-03T22:26:00.000+05:30

Michael Vaughan has resigned as England captain following the series defeat against South Africa, which was sealed by the five-wicket loss at Edgbaston on Saturday.

The decision was announced during a hastily arranged press conference at Loughborough even though yesterday evening Vaughan said he "would let the dust" settle on the defeat.

Paul Collingwood has also stood down as one-day captain, meaning that England will announce a new captain for both forms of the game on Monday. The frontrunner is Kevin Pietersen, who is a fixture in both teams. Collingwood is currently serving a four-match suspension for a slow over-rate.

An emotional Vaughan said he felt the time was right to go and will take some time out of the game and won't play in the final Test at The Oval, though he remains available for selection for future England contests.

"It's the hardest decision I've ever had to make, but also the easiest," said Vaughan. "I put my heart and soul into the job but if I kept on going my career could have come to an abrupt end. I think this decision will prolong my career.

"I thought it might be time to go in New Zealand, where my body was working well but my mind was not working well. I will always cherish the support I've had, but this is a weight off my shoulders.

"I had every ambition to lead the England team to the next Ashes Series but as England captain I feel I've run out of steam," he added. "I believe that the best thing for the team is to embark on a new direction under a new captain.

"I also believe the best thing for me is to try and get back to being best batsmen I can be. I'll still have all the experience and knowledge to pass on and I hope to be a valuable player for both my county and the England team

"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the fans who have always been so supportive and have provided a huge inspiration to me as captain. A captain is only as good as his teams and I've been fortunate enough to captain some terrific players and great blokes."

It brings an end to Vaughan's 51-match run as captain, four games short of becoming England's long-serving leader, although his 26 victories makes him, statistically, the most successful captain.

"He's led from the front and always led with integrity and honesty. He's been the best possible ambassador for the England cricket team," said managing director Hugh Morris.

However, the pressure on Vaughan has been growing in recent months despite back-to-back series victories against New Zealand. The series loss to South Africa is England's third in five series, dating back to the 1-0 reversal against India last summer. They then lost by the same margin in Sri Lanka before losing the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton. Vaughan led a shake-up of the team by dropping Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison and England hit back to take the series, but the performances were not convincing.

Adding to the stress on Vaughan has been his own lack of runs. He has made 40 in five innings against South Africa, consistently being troubled by the pace bowlers, and his last ten Test have produced just one century and an average of 22.

He took on the role against South Africa in 2003, following Nasser Hussain's resignation which also came after an Edgbaston Test. His first Test in charge, at Lord's, was a thumping innings defeat, but he subsequently secured victories at Trent Bridge and The Oval as England shared the series.

The defeats in the past two weeks at Headingley and Edgbaston were the first time he has lost back-to-back Tests and a hallmark of his reign as captain was how England could bounce back from defeats. His finest moment was the 2005 Ashes victory, although he was also at the helm for historic away successes against West Indies in 2004 and South Africa in 2005..

source:Cric Info

Champs Trophy still under threat...

2008-08-02T20:17:00.000+05:30

Though the ICC has retained Pakistan as the hosts for Champions Trophy in September, Imran Khan and some other former captains have said they think the tournament might be moved in the last hour citing security concerns.

The World Cup winning skipper said he was pessimistic about the chances of Pakistan staging the Champions Trophy because "it is close to impossible to convince countries like Australia and England about the security situation here".

"The security concerns are many and when we have 65 suicide attacks last year so the foreign players are obviously scared of coming to Pakistan," Imran said.

Another former skipper Javed Miandad echoed similar sentiments as Imran. He said he does not know how the tournament can be staged when so many team are talking about the troubled security situation out there.

"I really don't know what to say but the way things are, the way foreign teams are constantly talking about the security, it seems difficult that the tournament would be held in Pakistan," he said.

Miandad said if the Champions Trophy is shifted, the blame should squarely move to the PCB since it has not done enough lobbying to convince other countries about the situation in the country.

"If the government gets involved, it might help the PCB's cause," he said.

Another former player, on conditions of anonymity, said that the ICC decision to have a special task force to inspect last minute arrangements in Pakistan is a facade.

"It is all a ploy to reduce the blow for Pakistan when they finally shift the event away from here to Sri Lanka. If India takes a strong stand then the ICC and the countries not wanting to send their teams to Pakistan might come under pressure," he said..
Now a days cricket is being more like a Independence day or a republic day, looks it needs a lot of security measures....I hope this is not to be continued any more...Let the cricket be held in a peaceful manner...plz do not Involve terrorism into this..

Force to be reckoned with....

2008-07-31T21:36:00.000+05:30

Here is what Mr.Mallya has to say about....

The team has yet to score a point after 10 races this year, and neither Giancarlo Fisichella nor Adrian Sutil has made it into the second session of qualifying.

However, Mallya feels Force India are a work in progress, and they have managed to outshine a number of their rivals who work with bigger budgets.

"Let's look at the hard facts - we've had a 12th-placed finish and a 10th-placed finish," asserted Mallya.

"We've had double finishes and very competitive races - just look at Monaco.

"We've raced with teams whose budgets are twice as much as ours, with manufacturer support, and we've finished ahead of them - you can't take this away from us.

"What I am really pleased about, however, is the progress we have made in the times relative to others. I can honestly say we are the most improved team on the grid.

"Last year we were four seconds off the front and two seconds from the rear of the field, but in the German Grand Prix we were just one second from the top five.

"No other team has found two seconds from last year, so clearly this is a reason to be satisfied."

Ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, the last before F1 heads off on its summer break, Mallya has no regrets about taking up the task of resurrecting his team's fortunes.

It has meant dipping into his vast personal fortune to do so, but he added: "It's been every bit as good, and as frustrating, as I expected it to be.

"I'm very proud of what this small team has achieved, and how we are pulling together to show some good progress and showings that no-one in the field expected us to do.

"On the other hand there have been challenges, as I knew there would be, and disappointments, but the good far outweighs the bad.

"I have no regrets at all about becoming involved in the team, and I am really looking forward to the second part of the year."

BCCI rejects ECB's rival league offer..

2008-07-29T21:37:00.000+05:30

The BCCI has rejected an offer from the ECB to join England's version of the Champions League to be held in Sharjah this October.

It's understood that David Collier, the chief executive of the ECB, invited the Indian board to join the ECB's tournament. However, the BCCI replied on Monday saying that, though it "wished the ECB all the best" with its tournament, "unfortunately, we cannot accept" the invitation.

An ECB spokesperson contacted by Cricinfo said he was not aware of the development.

The BCCI's reply, sent on its behalf by Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, suggests its position is final. It wants "to avoid playing ping-pong over email" on this issue, reliable sources told Cricinfo. Modi is also understood to have "clearly informed" the eight IPL franchises that they can participate only in tournaments run and approved by the BCCI.

It would have been "very unusual" for the BCCI to accept the ECB's proposal to join another Champions League, the sources said, considering the Indian board had already announced the dates and venues of its own tournament. Significantly, the ECB's offer says the tournament will be held in Sharjah, which was blacklisted by the Indian government following the allegations of match-fixing. "No Indian team will be going there, at least not with the BCCI's permission", the sources said.

As far as the BCCI is concerned, it will now focus on its Champions League along with Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa, who are said to be on board. "Already, more teams are lined up for next year, including West Indies, which has confirmed its participation," the sources said.

On Sunday, Collier was quoted by BBC as saying, "I would be bitterly disappointed if all four nations aren't represented by their two top teams. We will be discussing with our counterparts in Australia, South Africa and India to try to iron out the last few items within the rules and regulations."

The BCCI-backed Champions League will be played this year in India from September 29 to October 8 at three venues - Jaipur, New Delhi and Mohali. The final details of tournament will be finalized in Mumbai on Wednesday at a meeting to be attended by officials from the BCCI, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA).

Modi had told Cricinfo on Sunday that the ECB would not be represented at the meeting and the tournament was also unlikely to include England, which "has been unreasonable" in continuing to object to various rules and regulations.

The BCCI's Champions League originally planned to include the top two Twenty20 domestic teams from India, Australia, South Africa and England. With the ECB's participation in doubt, Modi said a team from Pakistan was confirmed while the last slot may be filled by a team from New Zealand or even Sri Lanka

source:cric info

What's wrong with India....

2008-07-26T19:28:00.000+05:30

The Indian cricket team showed a poor performance in the First Sri Lanka, at the SSC grounds...I donno why they made a such a poor start...I think they were lacking in the shot selection as said by The team's coach Kirsten...The referral system made a lot of difference for both the teams where Indians were unlucky with some dismissals...They again proved that the find a bit difficult to read mendis's deliveries..Murali was as usual brilliant with his spell, the both spin partners just dismisses India for less than 150 in the second Innings..For India laxman and gauti showed some resistance..But they were finding it difficult to face Mendis..They have to improve a lot in the second test that starts by this month end.Kumble and kirsten have a long way ahead to face the lankans...They have to improve a lot..Mean while Srilankan Batsman were playing it with an ease there were four centuries..All played well,and my question is why can't India bowl like the Lnkans..It's the same pitch..y the Indian spinners find it difficult to bowl in correct line and length???,the next test is at Galle, which is again a bowling pitch...Adding a extra spinner or a pacer will make things for India I hope...any How Indians have a long way ahead and they have to try and level the series at least....

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2008-07-09T20:53:00.000+05:30

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Is 300 Too Low???

2008-07-05T11:38:00.001+05:30

Yea it's the Target am talking about in the Asia Cup...almost all the matches have seen a target of above 300...and this target has been chased down with an ease...The pitches at pakistan are too flat and batsman friendly and curator has nothing to do for the bowlers it seems...Al most all the bowlers are being Hammered mercilessly I recently saw one of the best bowlers of Pakistan Sohail Tanvir went for 87 runs in his 10 overs...He was almost the hero of the IPL for the Rajastan Royals..At lest for the Champions Trophy Pakistan has to do something with their pitches, i Hope the Champions Trophy is hosted by Pakistan This year....

The Asia Cup.....

2008-07-05T11:30:00.000+05:30

India finally after playing some good cricket and very tired in the sense reached the finals of the ongoing Asia cup in Pakistan..They Bet Srilanka by chasing a huge target of 309 in just 46 overs, the top order are really playing on well to maintain their strike rate above 90..It's really god to see Suresh Raina promoted up the order is really playing well and dhoni has to appreciated for his captaining...Having lost just a match with pakistan,india some how gained the momentum against srilanka...Now it's all over India Facing Srilanka tomorrow will be in full flow to win the match...I hope India wins the Asia cup with ease..chak de India.....

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2008-06-24T20:56:00.000+05:30

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Tagging...

2008-06-19T21:46:00.000+05:30

Vijay..Thanks For Tagging Me..

6 Whatevers about me:

Love My Parents a lot
then of course my dear friends
My pets…i just love them..
cricket,almost everyday,love to play it
Music..one of my best companion…
love to travel somewhere, i mean to some other states…

5 things I miss in my life right now:

My collage pals….
The symposiums…
My collage staffs, where we make a lot of fun with them
My dog, i had..died 6 months ago..
The collage bus i used to travel.where we enjoy a lot wid juniors..

10 things I wanna achieve within a decade:

To be a good human..and i have to develop my self a lot
To be a good musician a day and Be a student of KM Music conservatory
To be a musician wid Rahman’s troop
To build a home for poor and more like a orphanage..
To have a dinner with my cute nayantara…
To visit some good countries like swiz and australia etc
To buy a cruise…and to travel wid my one and only ****
To build a multiplex…one of my biggest dream
Watching Roger and Rafa playing together at Roland Garros
Have a ride in AIRBUS A380…

The 12D meet....

2008-06-09T10:44:00.000+05:30

It was a good day over all yesterday...The day that belonged to the 2004 batch 12D of SSV met at the vandaloor,just selected the place to sit and talk rather than to see the wildlife..It all started with me went on to sewals house to pick him up to tambaram where mahesh,aadhithya,praveen.G.K, N.V.Deepak and the gigantic Balakrishnan were waiting for us and from the girls side it was Kamya,gayatri, Aishwaria and Lavanya joined us...Vijay was getting too frustrated as he was waiting for a long time alone wid sriram in zoo..Then we got a bus to reach vandaloor..Then joined by Krishnakumar and hariharan
as they came by bike..There were some new faces during this visit..lets have some picks too

As i dint get the exact group photo of all our people i have added some photos and will add the remaining when i get it later..Coming back to the topic,we had Balaji.T.J who had some master change in his physique and Bharat coming together and then we had Bharadwaj and karthikeyan(bedi) who joined us in a wile.Then we were right inside the zoo and Vatsala joined us after sometime..A good round of talk went on and ofcourse teasing all the people..And Vinod.V.N was very interested Photos..Then as usual a ice ceram to finish off everything and all headed for the lunch.As decided we all went to A2B..With Bharat going on ordering for the Naan as it got disappeared wid in a minute..Then with the formal bill settlement, the last lap of chat were going on as we were joined by charana, as she came a long way from mambalam to meet all the people...It was almost a good day meeting all the friends.thanks to those who took this meet to happen and hope this gets continued..

The Duo Pair Comes Up

2008-06-04T10:13:00.000+05:30

India's Top tennis pair and world's almost top seeded Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi and teaming up after a long time and they have declared the ceasefire between them as they were running out of some controversies..It all has come to an end and both will be playing in the up coming ATP'S and they are gearing up for the Olympics...According to the reports they both will play together in the Olympics that takes place in Beijing..The former world No.1 pair will do their best at the upcoming Olympics...It's really a treat to watch both of them playing together..

It's really a great news for all the tennis fans all over India..I hope the Duo do their best in the Olympics and this pair continues a long way with out any kind of misunderstanding between them and pull of their controversies between them...

word press blog.....

2008-05-26T09:14:00.000+05:30

I have started a new blog at word press....ssvharish....I request you people to post your comment as did here...And you cud give me some suggestions to improve my wordpress blog as i have no idea regarding the word press..Thanks all and happy blogging...

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2008-05-23T19:42:00.000+05:30

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Will They Make It 6......

2008-05-18T08:53:00.000+05:30

The Mumbai Indians have won 5 games in a row...and today they are taking the weaker side in the IPL ie the Deccan Charges..If they try and make a win, they would be the first team in the IPL to win 6 matches in a row...I think it wont be difficult for the Mumbai Indians to win this match as Sanath has got his flow of hard hitting back and Polli bowling brilliantly..The Absence of Bravo just make them feel like missing an all rounder, but his place has been taken by Andre Nel which provides more strength for their bowling section...With Sachin yet to score a big one..Am eagerly watitng for mumbai indians to win this match today and sachin making some runs....

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2008-05-13T12:00:00.000+05:30

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2008-05-09T10:05:00.000+05:30

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I Support For....

2008-05-08T21:07:00.000+05:30

The IPL fever is up to the core now....Started on April 18 the IPL bonanza is one of the top headlines in all the news papers...Though am a person living in chennai,am not interested for supporting the super kings owned by India cements,Me always for the side owned by Mukesh Ambani.."The Mumbai Indians" the side I look to win the IPL...
I also look for the Super kings coming for the final and the Mumbai Indians taking the cup..They are one of the coolest side in the IPL...in spite of loosing 4 matches in a row,now they are smelling the wins..they have won 3 matches in a row...And more over sachin joining the team for the upcoming matches will make them mentally feel strong...I wud Say Mumbai Indians "Zindhabad..." all the best for their success....

CSK Going Down The Lane....

2008-05-07T17:10:00.000+05:30

The chennai super kings who once won 4 games in a row in the on going IPL are now feeling the heat..having lost three games in a row, they have been pushed to the 4th spot in the league table....I donno why some of the players like Albie Morkel are being sent down the order..he is a good hitter of the ball and has to be promoted up the order.it shows without a foreign player they can't win these matches...once Mathew Hayden,jacob oram left the CSK team, they have been finding only losses..the local players are performing really in a poor manner..this in not only in the case of CSK it also happened for the Kolkata Knight Riders....If this goes in the same manner then the place for the semis will be a doubtful for the Chennai Super Kings....

Changing Notes-Rahman..

2008-04-22T09:41:00.000+05:30

It was the memorable evening for me on Sunday...I was waiting for a long time to watch Rahman performing live in chennai..so came the "TIMES OF INDIA" announcing their entry into the Tamil Nadu,chennai with a grand event called "Changing Notes" where they chose Rahman to perform live in front of around 50,000 people in chennai St.George school grounds in chetpet..So i was looking for the free passes at last i got it on Sunday..so me Mahesh samba started from here, we reached the Chetpet station by 4 pm...The concert was due to start by 6.30 pm...so we took a walk and we were there by 5pm...A huge amount of crowd was waiting There to witness the Mozart of chennai performing in front of them...The set was looking good and everything was okay by 5.30 and final touches were going on..The Time was around 7pm There were some smoke effects suddenly There was a song "jaaghay hay dhayr".......with rahman starting with a high pitch as it comes in the movie Guru...every one cheered along with him....Here are some photos....

Here comes the Artists

1)A.R.Rahman
2)Shankar Mahadevan
3)Hari Haran
4)Karthik
5)Naresh Iyer
6)Blaaze
7)Benny Dhayal
8)Javed Ali
9)Mohammed Aslam
10)Chinmayee
11)Madhushree
12)Sadhana Sargam
13)Neethi Mohan
14)Rehana
15)Nithyashree Mahadevan..

Orchestra conducted By:Sriram Moorthy

Songs Performed:

1. Jaaghay Hay Dhayr : GURU

2. Ellapugazhum : AZHAGIYA TAMIL MAGAM

3. Endrendrum punnagai:AALAIPAAYUDHAY

4. Vaaji vaaji :SHIVAJI

5. Varaga nadhikkarai :SANGAMAM

6. Barso re megha :GURU

7. New york nagaram :JIL ENDRU ORU KAADHAL

8. Pal pole padhinaril :BOYS

9. Jashn-e-bahare :JODHA AKBAR

10. Roobaroo :RDB

11. Munbe vaa :JIL ENDRU ORU KAADHAL

12. Sandhana thendralai:KANDUKONDAYN KANDUKONDAYN

13. Carnatic fusion : jeans

14. DIL SE RE :DILSE

15. IN Lamhon ki :JODHA AKBAR

16. Adhiradee :SHIVAJI

17. Chayya chayya :DILSE

18.Azeem-o-shah :Jodha again(this finished in veerapaandi kootayilay like a
mix of songs)

19. Sivamani :performing solo

20. Oru koodai sunlight :shivaji again

21. Pray for me brother

22. Bombay theme By naveen

23. Kwaja mere kwaja : jodha again

24. Udhaya udhaya :udhaya

25. Ai hairathe :GURU

26. Mayya mayya :Same Again

27. Maduraiku pogadhadee:AAZHAGIYA TAMIL MAGAN

28. Tere bina :GURU

29. Humma humma :BOMBAY

30. VANDHE MATARAM

These were the list of songs performed during that evening....One of the best day for all the Rahman fans I would say…Next my dream would be to perform along with his orchestra..It is always a dream to perform with rahman and be a part of Rahman’s team…

The KM Conservatory.....

2008-04-13T20:01:00.000+05:30

It's a well known thing,the"KM Conservatory.."started by A.R.Rahman on January this year,for the cause of symphony orchestra,as there is no where in India these kind of orchestra,so the KM Conservatory trains the people who join there..There would be some handful of professors from all over the world who come to teach the western classical and the indian musicians would train the Indian classical etc.I always had some passion for the music..so i have also registered online for this conservatory...the course there will be a par time or a two year diploma one..the trained musicians will be working with Rahman and joining him for various concerts...It's always a dream to work with Rahman...so i hope i too learn some music under the guidance of some famous people...

Nursing School

2008-04-10T20:14:00.000+05:30

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Sonography Medical Information Site

2008-04-09T20:53:00.000+05:30

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The IPL......

2008-04-08T19:00:00.000+05:30

Recently I heard in the news that,former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar has lashed out the Indian players,as they attend their respective IPL team launch function..He said that the Indian players can spend time at the nets rather than going and attending such kind of functions..This came after the poor show by the Indians against the South Africans at Ahmadabad..

The IPL is the major fever for all the cricketers all round the world..In future there would be only these kind of games rather than playing for a whole day...This is a event which fetches more money then these limited over game and test matches..

It's all about Dzire...

2008-03-30T08:49:00.000+05:30

It's the new car that is Scheduled to be launched in March 2008, Dzire will reportedly replace the Esteem series..and it is said to be prized at INR520,000 and INR540,000 for the entry-level model..basically the Dzire is build with the swift platform and Dzire's petrol version is likely to be cheaper than the diesel variant.. so here is a view of the new Dzire from Maruthi..

According to the Economic Times,this sedan is said to be the cheapest diesel sedan in India..

The 300 Guy...

2008-03-29T08:24:00.000+05:30

It's the Sehwag am talking about...He got a match winning 309 at Multan and yet another history of cricket..he is 309* at the Chennai test against the South Africans...The fastest triple century ever scored by any player..he got his 300 with just 278 balls, with 42 boundaries (approx) and 5 sixes...he is just playing a gem of an innings and the third player to score 300 twice..He joins the panel of Sir Don Bradmen and Brain Lara..
The 400 mark is not too far from here, i hope he gets it with an ease...

My 100th post..

2008-03-19T09:10:00.000+05:30

Hi all, this is my 100th post in my blog...i have been with the blogging for past 6 to 7 months..I thank all those who made comments for my posts, i wud request you people to continue this and such that i could further develop my blog more...Happy blogging all

Buzzfuse

2008-03-12T09:09:00.000+05:30

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Bye Bye Symposiums...

2008-03-12T08:35:00.000+05:30

It's countable from this moment...just two or three more...A great experience it was, going to various colgs in and around chennai..The symposiums even saw some wins and some losses,but the enjoyment was at core...I dream why can't we attend these till we get a degree certificate...Am gonna miss a lot of these symposiums, hope all the symposium lovers do the same...

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2008-03-09T09:22:00.000+05:30

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2008-03-09T09:11:00.000+05:30

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Loss of luck....

2008-03-09T09:00:00.000+05:30

This is regarding the quiz event where i go to the most of the collage in and around Chennai..and this semester have found me loss of luck..Where ever i go it is found that i miss the stage for the finals by a point or two...Yesterday i missed the abacus quiz finals by three points..the cut off was 20 i think and me sunil and Aravind got 17 out of 25..and we were unable to qualify, but saying as a dream team "SUNDAR" "VISU" AND "HARI" won the second prize...they did well for their 2nd spot..Any way i think there is only two or three symposiums left and i see a win at least there....Happy quizzing all..

The song comes to my mind always...

2008-03-08T11:31:00.000+05:30

Were leaving together,
But still its farewell
And maybe well come back,
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
Were leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?

Its the final countdown...

Were heading for venus and still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all
With so many light years to go and things to be found
Im sure that well all miss her so.

nice song no?? does it has some thing to do with the colg life??, by replacing those venus,ground and earth with some suitable words..

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2008-03-07T22:04:00.000+05:30

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2008-03-06T21:17:00.000+05:30

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2008-03-06T10:34:00.000+05:30

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2008-02-26T17:49:00.000+05:30

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And The Winners Are....

2008-02-25T17:33:00.000+05:30

The 80th Academy awards were presented...and here are those being honored with the oscars...

The Best Feature film:

"No Country for Old Men" directed by Joel & Ethan Coen..(bagged best directing too)

Best foreign language film:

"The Counterfeiters" directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky(Austria)

Best documentary:

"Taxi to the Dark Side" directed by Alex Gibney..

Best animated:

"Ratatouille" directed by Brad Bird..

Here Comes The Best Actor And The Actress:

actor in a leading role:"Daniel Day-Lewis"(There Will Be Blood)

actor in a supporting role:"Javier Bardem"(No Country for Old Men)

actress in a leading role:"Marion Cotillard"(La Vie En Rose)

actress in a supporting role:"Tilda Swinton"(Michael Clayton)

Special Award..

Academy Honorary Award:"Robert F. Boyle"

Top Nominations...

8:"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood"

7:"Atonement" and "Michael Clayton"

5:"Ratatouille"

MP3 Player....

2008-02-23T21:18:00.000+05:30

Finally, i got a mp3 player...i was trying to get a player for a long time, but just today i got a chance to get it, i was asking my friends which one to get , then after some guidelines from my dad, i went to buy a "sandisk" player, i was feeling too lazy to got till richie street to get it, so i decided to get in Calvin elec...so it all happend in a flash...next is to take it and handle wiht a great care...

MY all time Fav song....

2008-02-20T19:00:00.000+05:30

Lucky you were born that far away so
We could both make fun of distance
Lucky that I love a foreign land for
The lucky fact of your existence

Baby I would climb the Andes solely
To count the freckles on your body
Never could imagine there were only
Ten Million ways to love somebody

Le ro lo le lo le, Le ro lo le lo le
Can't you see
I'm at your feet

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear

Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Lucky I have strong legs like my mother
To run for cover when I need it
And these two eyes that for no other
The day you leave will cry a river

Le ro le le lo le, Le ro le le lo le
At your feet
I'm at your feet

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
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But that's the deal my dear

Le ro le le lo le, Le ro le le lo le
Think out loud
Say it again

Le ro lo le lo le lo le
Tell me one more time
That you'll live
Lost in my eyes

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel

India Gaining Some Momentum...

2008-02-19T18:59:00.000+05:30

India finally won the first match against the Lankans in this CB series, Sri Lanka setting a target of 239, with Kumar Sangakara making a brilliant 128 with his captain jayawardhane making 72 in their 238/5..Sachin once again struggled to get runs in this series, he got out wid out opening the account as his wicket was taken by Lasith Malinga..The Mighty Yuvraj back to form he made a match winning 76 of 70 balls with the captain dhoni remaining unbeaten on 50..Through this win India is in the second spot in the league table..The match between the Aussies and the Lankans wil be an interesting one, as the SL have to win the match to be alive in the series..

The Lions keep roaring...

2008-02-13T10:27:00.000+05:30

It's all about the the tri series that's going on in Australia,the match played yesterday between Srilanka and India, as usual a rain delayed start, restricted overs of 29,with India losing the toss, and Srilanka opting to field first, Indian openers once again failed to give a good start,the only hope provided by the Mumbai youngster playing a handful knock of 70*, with some support by dhoni, sachin and gambir, all getting out in 30's..india completed with 195 in the provided 29 overs, the first match played after a gap of 16 years in the Australian capital was disrupted by rain again, the target revised to 154 in 21 overs...SL the Openers doing the right job, with "SOTTAI" aka sanath jayasuriya and Dilshan started the fire works,with sreesanth going for 23 runs in a single over massacred by jayasuriya started the momentum for the lankans, though his wicket was taken by the delhi pacer Ishant Sharma, he blazed a 13 ball 27 with 2 fours and 2 sixes,provided a winning track for the Lankans, with Dilshan playing a winning knock of 59 ball 62* got a help from his captain jayawardene making a unbeaten 36..i hope the india is on the top of the table with 8 points, and aussies with 7 and Lankans with 6 points makes the series alive and more thrilling contest for making their place in the finals...

Blazing Black Caps...

2008-02-13T10:13:00.000+05:30

It's all praise for the newzeland cricket team, they are playing their best of cricket at their home, though they lost mercilessly to the England in the first two T-20 matches, now the home is proving costly to the Collingwood and his men, they have won two games in a row..I especially liked the way the NZ openers played in both of the matches, in the second match played in Hamilton,though there were some showers during the game, the england were restricted to 158 in 35 overs, by D/L the black caps got a revised target of 165 in 36 overs..The openers Brendon McCullum and JESSIE Ryder, gave a match winning opening,with McCullum playing a blazing knock of 80* in 47 balls with 8 fours and 5 huge sixes...Ryder giving him a company making 79* of 62 balls...

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2008-02-11T18:20:00.000+05:30

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2008-02-11T17:57:00.000+05:30

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It's two in a Row....

2008-02-06T20:24:00.000+05:30

A lost in meenakshi sundararajan "Kranti 08..."that was my first loss for this season, and it continues, it's two in a row now...my bad quizzing continues...i lost once again in IMPULSE 08 conducted by the cse dpt of AIHT..i donno where i go wrong, i got selected for the finals, but i sucked rite from the first round, the round 1 was purely related with Linux, Unix etc...me and krishna were in a team..this is the first time where i went in to a loss after qualifying for the finals...i need to improve a lot in the computer related fields, it dos't mean that am very good in general quizzing, am also a bit weak in the general round sections...but one could have a guess in general round..but when answering the technical rounds you have to give a straight answer, no other way....any way i hope the upcoming symposiums provides me some luck, where i look for some win...happy quizzing all...

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2008-02-02T18:29:00.000+05:30

I was almost out of blogging for more than a week...due to the poor connectivity of the net in home..i called the broad band help line number 1800-424-1600 for at least 30 times..and today the victory was mine, i almost regained the net connection back in home..there were a hand full of experiences which i wasn't unable to share with all the bloggers and all those people who love to read my blog( build up, there is no one who loves to read my blog)..one was sesha's sister marriage..wat a day it was... yesterday me pamb and shankar went to the mandabam by 7.30AM to attend Krithikka akka's marriage..and we were still 1.30 noon and returned home..within an hour we were viewing a disaster..."INDIA ALL OUT FOR 74 RUNS..." just a run behind to achieve the lowest feet of total score by a team in T20...and then by 6Pm me visu, shankar and sriram.P started again to mandapam for the reception Eve...we had a wonderful evening there...kalasifying all..then the usual dinner started off, then some desert to finish off the dinner..Today, i was really feeling tired, went to project center after a long time, i was in the center up to 3Pm..felt really really tired, then i started to ground to play some cricket.. i was unable to concentrate on the ball..felt really bad, and was also poor on the field too..all these were frustrating me...so i left the ground by 5.30Pm...a day of mixed revolutions..

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2008-01-29T21:29:00.000+05:30

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And The Winner Is.....

2008-01-27T20:23:00.000+05:30

Me Usually watch and try to play all the games...but tennis has always been my all time favorite game rather than cricket..I was having a close look of the Australian open that ended today, though Federer the top seeded in the Aus open and my all time tennis star lost with Novak Djokovic in the semis...i was a bit shocked when Federer had a exit from the Aus open...Any way i thought Rafa would be able to try and win this open, that too was a nightmare, he too lost with unseeded Tsonga, a french man...The finals were set between Djokovic and Tsonga...Djokovic having been seeded third in this open crashed Tsonga in the finals with a four set win of 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-2)....unseeded guy made a lot of difference..

And Here They come....

2008-01-25T19:39:00.000+05:30

The much awaited event for all the engg students is here.."THE RESULTS" for the sem 07 is on the way tomorrow..since the ICQ has published on their site stating, the sem results for the anna univ will be released on jan 26...any way, there is nothing gonna change..what ever comes that has to come..all the best for the results...

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2008-01-25T18:57:00.000+05:30

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2008-01-24T09:56:00.000+05:30

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2008-01-23T19:30:00.000+05:30

I was in Meenakshi sundararajan colg of engg and technology today for their Kranti '08, the technical symposium conducted by the dpt of cse...me and my Friends, Krishna, vinod.A, visu,sundar,stared up from tambaram to kodambakkam, there after reaching colg, had a usual registration there, then all set for the prelims for the "PRAHAYLIKA"..a set of 25 ques to be solved out in 15 min..me sundar and raja deepak were in a team, we started answering for the questions..and there was a bang!!! they had negative markings for the wrong answers...i really got fed up, the moment i saw the the prelims had negative marking,i thought there is a less chance to qualify for the finals...the same thing happened, we dint qualify for the finals...i think the negative markings plays a major role for all those who look to qualify for the finals, and it turns to be a major impact on rookie quizzer's like me...i hope i need to be mind fit for all the upcoming symposiums and look ahead for a maiden win for this last and final sem 08..

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2008-01-22T21:05:00.000+05:30

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2008-01-21T19:05:00.000+05:30

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2008-01-20T12:44:00.000+05:30

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The Strike Begins....

2008-01-18T19:55:00.001+05:30

I have Started playing the Counter Strike "Condition Zero" after a long gap of nearly an year...The game is really cool...though i new the way how to play, i feel a bit difficult to finish the task...it's all due to an year gap...i hope i play the game really hard, since most of my friends play the game online...they are a fully furnished player's of "CZ"...go go go!!!!!!!!, m gona start playing cz daily for at least for 2-3 hours....yay!!!..I don mind whether it's enemy spotted!!! or bomb planted!!! or need back up!!...regroup team!!!...it's all the CZ way from today...

The Season Begins

2008-01-17T13:01:00.001+05:30

It's once again started...all the symposiums and the tech feast taking place in and around TamilNadu...it has been a long time i went for symposium, i had a good beginning last year when i went for some handful of symposiums that took place in Sai ram engg colg,Ssn,DCE,and crescent...but i don think this season will be easier than the past...one in PSG and another one in VIT that comes on this month end and goes till feb 2 i hope...The abacus is by March, no chance to have a win over there..My friend Vinod.A was telling bot his colg symp(CS dpt) on Feb 5th...as he conducts the quiz there, i think a tough competition ahead for me and all the quizzers of QCT...