India wins their third t 20 practice match against Leicestershire by 15 runs. After loosing test series to England India have won all three of its Practice matches, Vinay Kumar was the hero of the match who got 3 wickets in the match.
The visitors rattled up 161 for five after being put in to bat and bowled with discipline to restrict the domestic T20 champions to 146 for seven in the stipulated 20 overs.
Indians made their runs collectively with openers Parthiv Patel (40) and Ajinkya Rahane (19) giving a good start of 52 runs from 5.4 overs and later Rohit Sharma (29) and Suresh Raina (21) provide a good flourish in the end.
In between Rahul Dravid contributed 29 but his attempts at slogging didn't go with his elegant batting style.
Leicester required 33 from the final two overs, Ashwin conceded only eight runs from this over to make it 25 from the final over, still a difficult task for the hosts. Vinay Kumar then bowled the final over and conceded only nine runs and India wins by 15 runs.
Former Olympians Leslie Claudius and Gurbax Singh feel the legendary Dhyanchand did not get his due in India and demanded a joint Bharat Ratna for the Hockey wizard, along with champion cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on his 106th birth anniversary.
"It is true that Dhyanchand did not get his dues in the country but that's how Hockey administration is in India. It is regretful," Leslie Claudius, who is a three-time Olympic gold medalist (London 1948, Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956) said. He was also the member of silver medal winning Indian team at Rome Olympic in 1960. He was in the national team when Dhyanchand was coach in 1959.
"Dadda (Dhyanchand) deserved a lot more then the Padma award. People are demanding Bharat Ratna for Sachin. I am not against it but if Sachin gets before Dhyanchand, it will be a tragedy," said Gurbax singh, who is also Olympic gold medalist (Tokyo 1964). He also won Bronze four years later.
"Joint Bharat Ratna can be conferred on Dhyanchand and Sachin. There is no doubt that Dhyanchand is all time best player India had ever produced. For Hockey Dhyanchand is what Pele is for Soccer and Bradman is for Cricket. They are synonyms of game they played," he said.
A legendary centre forward Dhyanchand won three Olympic gold medals (1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin) and was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 1956.
Gurbux was the captain and Dhyanchand was the chief coach when India won Leons tournament in France in 1963.
"I got a chance to know him closely during that period. He was a legend but did not have any starry airs. He liked fishing a lot and used to cook fish for us. I remember when we went to Berlin with him he told us that we had defeated Germans here in Olympic 1936 and I don't want to go back as a looser now. You have to win it for me," he said.
Caludius said that though Dhyanchand was very senior to him but he shared friendly vibes with him.
"He was my best friend. We used to meet at almost every tournament. I had played a friendly match with him in 1953. He was my coach in 1959 and I have great memories of him. He used to call me Gorrayya (sparrow) because I was very thin," said the veteran. "Dhyanchand should have got the highest civil award years back. Our system is to be blamed for this. I got Padamshri in 1971, 11 years after Rome Olympic which was my last," he said.
Marathi actress Yogita Dandekar goes topless for social activist Anna Hazare’s support. She is not only topless but also colored her body in tricolor of Indian flag.
The Marathi actress Yogita Dandekar is up against corruption and finds an unconventional way to show her support. Though thousands of Indians have thronged Ramlila Maidan in Anna’s support, the actress chose to pose topless.VIEW Yogita Gallery.
The obvious question arises: is it for publicity? Yogita Dandekar, who has done a couple of commercial Marathi films, says that she has proved herself and is not like Poonam Pandey or others who just claim to go nude and then come up with lame excuses. Not only has Yogita dropped her top, she has also painted herself in tricolour and posed in front of cameras donning Gandhi topi. Yogita even inked ‘Anna’ with white on her back.
Yogita Dandekar says that she is not like others who claims only for it but after they makes excuses to escape for it. Yogita Dandekar who has performed in two Marathi commercial films gave bold pose in front of camera with wearing a Gandhi cap. She also inked the name of Anna on her stomach.
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Indian cricketing stars Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan once again proved that how worthy they are as they both have earned a place in the ICC Test Team of the Year, chosen by a specially appointed selection panel headed by West Indian legend Clive Lloyd on Friday.
Four countries are represented in the 12-man line-up and Tendulkar made the side for the third year in a row, having appeared in the ICC World Test Team of the Year 2009 and 2010. South African fast bowler Dale Steyn also featured in the World Test team for the fourth year running. He was a member of the ICC World Test Team of the Year 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Steyn's fellow teammates -- Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis -- along with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, and England duo of Graeme Swann and James Anderson all appeared in the side for the second year in a row.
Former Sri Lanka skipper Sangakkara is named as captain of the team.
"The selection of this year's Test team was a difficult one with so many worthy candidates available to fill just 12 places," said Chairman of the ICC Awards selection panel, Clive Lloyd in a media conference while announcing the short-lists for the ICC Awards 2011 scheduled to be held in London on September 12.
"The team has a formidable line-up that bats well down the order and has bowlers with the ability and form to dismiss any opposition twice on any surface," he said.
Lloyd said the process of selection was a difficult one and they had to weigh the credentials of all the players before zeroing in on the list.
"The selection was a difficult process with so many outstanding performances available to look back on. All the top performers during the voting period were discussed at length and various combinations were considered.
"While selecting the squad, the selectors didn't rely only on statistics only but took into account all other factors like the opposition, pitch conditions, match situation etc. But when you have only 12 places to fill from a big group of world-class players, there will always be a few who will miss out.
"In the panel's expert opinion, it has selected the best team based on performances over the past 12 months," he said.
Lloyd was joined on the panel by former South Africa spin bowler Paul Adams, former Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas, former New Zealand bowler-turned-commentator Danny Morrison and former England batsman Mike Gatting.
Delhi-based model and actress Salina Wali Khan claims that she would strip if government doesn’t pass Anna Hazzare’s Jan Lokpal bill. VIEW SALINA GALLERY
The whole country is witnessing massive upsurge following the anti-corruption movement sweeping across the state spearheaded by Anna Hazare and his civil society team. But little did they foresee that a Delhi-based model would come up with this unique way of protest by offering to strip and dance naked if the government does not pass the Jan Lokpal Bill.
The model Salina Wali Khan has come up with this unique protest since she feels strongly for the cause and she has been a victim of corruption in the system. Salina is also an actor and is presently sitting on strike at the Ramlila Grounds
Salina Wali Khan said that she too has suffered many difficult situations with this corruption so she completely supports Anna Hazare who is on an indefinite fast at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi to force the government for passing the Jan Lokpal Bill.
She has been quoted as saying, "My decision is not for gaining publicity. I am not like other models who make controversial claims for grabbing eyeballs. I am not doing it to be famous but for the common people." Salina also expressed her differences with the Delhi Police during the occasion by stating that the police did not take any tangible action over a threat call by a female model to her who accused her of making an obscene video.
Salina Wali Khan's stripping is making rumors that she is doing all this things to come in limelight while Salina said that she has not taken this decision for publicity. She is very disturbed with Delhi police who never helped her.
She has been quoted as saying, "My decision is not for gaining publicity. I am not like other models who make controversial claims for grabbing eyeballs. I am not doing it to be famous but for the common people." Salina also expressed her differences with the Delhi Police during the occasion by stating that the police did not take any tangible action over a threat call by a female model to her who accused her of making an obscene video.
According to her, Anna is a pure-hearted, innocent person, who has awakened the whole nation. That is why he is getting support from everyone. He has managed to gather people from all religions, caste, creed etc. So, she is also supporting him.
This was the best opportunity to Sachin to score his 100th test century but he got out at the score of 91 and India lost the match by an innings and 12 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar was playing well in the last day of 4th India V England test match. Amit Mishra was giving full support to Sachin. It looked that this pair will save the 4th test match for India.
But as Sachin wicket fall 5 Indian batsman got out in quick time and India lost the Match with an innings defeat. Sachin scored 91 and Amit Mishra scored 84.
