Cricketer's Rating : Based on Recent Tour

Two handsome wins and a thrilling draw against West Indies later, MS Dhoni and company seem to have left the nightmares of the England tour behind. Here is the review of the performances of each Indian player during the current series... 

R Ashwin (9/10): Player of the series and find of the year. A century and two five wicket hauls with a total of 22 wickets in three Tests. What more could one ask from a rookie off-spinner playing his first Test series. 

Pragyan Ojha (8/10): Bowled with cunning and confidence. It's a pleasure watching him flight the ball and beating batsmen sometimes in the air, sometimes off the pitch. His superb spell of six for 72 in the first innings at Kotla put India on the winning track. Overall haul 20 wickets. And yes, don't forget the 14 balls he defended to help Ashwin get his ton. 

Virat Kohli (8/10): The Delhi youngster earned his spurs, especially with that wonderful 63 that almost won India the Test. Not a finished article yet but his temperament is proven. 

Umesh Yadav (8/10): Deserved to win the man of the match in second Test for bowling his heart out and ending up with a match figure of seven for 103 in placid Eden Gardens. Whips up decent pace with his fluent, clean action. Could be a long distance horse if he keeps improving. 

VVS Laxman (7.5/10): His unbeaten 58 was a valuable assist in India's victory at Kotla. And his monumental 176 was pivotal to India's formidable total at Eden. 

Rahul Dravid (7.5/10): Solid as a rock and good as gold. With scores of 54, 31, 119, 82 and 33 - he continues to be India's batsman No.1. One only hopes he continues in the same vein in Australia. 

Virender Sehwag (7/10): In five innings, the Nawab of Najafgarh's highest score is 60, the lowest being 37. In between he has 55, 55 and 38 to his name. Which means he has recovered form but is not concentrating hard enough. His half-centuries in the Kotla Test, though, was crucial to the team's hard-fought win. The good news is that he is completely fit after the shoulder surgery. 

Sachin Tendulkar (7/10): Kept the nation waiting for that elusive 100th ton again. His dismissal at 94 was one of the saddest moments of the series. His classy 76 in the second innings at Kotla was key to India's win. 

MS Dhoni (7/10): Failed with the bat barring a powerpacked 144 off 175 balls which ensured that India had plenty of time to bowl out the oppositiontwice in the second Test. More importantly, rediscovered wicket-keeping form and effected a couple of smart stumpings. Led calmly and admirably from the front. 

Varun Aaron (6.5/10): Nice to see a young Indian pacer bowl regular at 140 kph even at heartless Wankhede. Will be a decent back-up in Australia. 

Gautam Gambhir (6/10): The other Delhi opener too showcased a range of middling knocks that promised much more than they finally delivered. Was unlucky to be given out on 55 when he was looking good in the first innings at Wankhede. Should resist tendency to be over-aggressive. 

Ishant Sharma (5.5/10): Gets full mark for effort with the ball, and for his gritty lower-order batting act. Now he needs to bowl more often at the stumps and get some wickets too. Five wickets in 109 overs isn't good enough. 

Yuvraj Singh (3/10): Looked out of sorts: short of confidence. Scores of 23, 18 and 25 could have got him another chance in 1970s, not these days. The tumour in his left lung perhaps played on his mind.

Courtesy : TOI

Second run wasn't possible, says R Ashwin

So, what was your approach in the last half-an-hour?

It kept changing all the time. When Virat was at the crease, he was looking for the shots and my job was to give to give him company. Once he got out, the scenario changed. I was expectingIshant to play out the penultimate over, but that didn't happen. The final over, with three to get, was really a tensed affair and my first job was to ensure that we didn't lose the match.

But why didn't you run just run for the second run off the last ball?

As I finished the first run, I saw the ball crossing over my head. I knew that there was no way I could reach the other end on time. So I put the bat in, completed the first run properly, and made an effort for the second. Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to reach the other end.

Does it hurt that you haven't ended on the winning side after such a brilliant Test match?

We have given it our best. It would have been fantastic if we had ended on a winning note, but then, I will take that. The final day's action was really out of the top draw.

It was an excellent morning session when you and Pragyan Ojha ran through West Indies. Did you think the game could on its head like this?

We had decided to stick to our task. There was something for us in the wicket on the final day and we complemented each other well. Pragyan got the first five and I chipped in with a few in the back end. We have bowled well together in this series and will look forward to doing it in the future as well.

You showed your batting talents on Friday with a wonderful century. Will you be considering yourself as an all-rounder from now on?

I work on my batting very hard and try to keep improving all the time. But I am not interested in tags. My job is to contribute to the team's cause and I am happy doing that.

Twenty-two wickets in three Tests, you must be on the top of the world right now?

This series has been quite wonderful and it's yet to sink in. But this is only the beginning of the journey and I don't want to take anything for granted.

Australia in Australia will be a different kettle of fish altogether. Are you looking forward to leading the spin attack there?

Before that, there are five ODIs against West Indies and I am concentrating on that for the moment. I know the Australian series will be a challenge, but I will take it as it comes.

Courtesy : TOI

Kabaddi World Cup champions go home by auto rickshaw

Hours after they won the World Cup with a thumping victory over England, Indian women Kabaddi players were seen on the streets waiting for auto rickshaw to reach home. The players who made the country proud on Sunday were badly treated by their team management. The players were not provided conveyance to reach their home.

Moreover, the game officials didn’t even pay the hotel bills on time leading to the embarrassment of the players. While checking out, the players were stopped by the hotel staff for non payment of their food bills.

The arrangements for the stay of players were made in Park Plaza hotel. According to the hotel officials, food bill worth Rs 22,000 was due on the players which the game officials hadn’t paid. The players were made to wait at the hotel reception for two hours and were allowed to check out only after their bills were paid.

Punjab Sports Director Pargat Singh said the arrangements for the kabaddi players were made by the organising committee. “We fulfilled all the demands made by the team management. If the players faced an inconvenient it’s the responsibility of the team management,” said Singh.

After checking out, the players, with prize in their hand, were seen standing on the streets waiting for public transport. Most of them went their home walking. 

Players told that they had to spend the entire week in one pair of clothes as their luggage got burnt in the bus accident ahead of the semi0final clash. The team management didn’t arrange for fresh pair of clothes for the players.

Age is NO BAR in Future

Hi guys...!!!

Today i came across an article in newspaper that an average age of a man can be increased beyond the 80-100years mark. How you ask? The same question flew around my mind like the eagle rounding its prey in
the sky. Immediately the next paragraph in the article revealed whats that.?? Actually, a human cell contains genes which are converted into chromosomes at the time of cell division. At this time another component gets formed. Its the "telomeres". I initially doubted why
they are concerned about "telomeres" because we would've studied in our lower classes about telomeres are the ones which classify the types of chromosomes present in the cell. But i found the different function of telomeres in our chromosomes. They are ones that is vital in cell division and if they are absent the cell division is stopped
at that point itself. And the cell's life span is put an end and hence the with the loss overall count of cells like this makes us older and older after our 20's. Till twenties one enzyme called "telomerase", is
involved in the maintenance of "telomeres" and hence our body gets more and more cells and expand quickly till twenties. After twenties that enzyme is getting deactivated and the maintenance work of the
telomeres is abruptly stopped. After this the telomeres gets to shorten in size with each cell division and at one point it'll be absent where the cell division stops.

Now scientists has discovered this and are finding an solution to re-activate the enzyme back to work in the maintenance of the telomeres in the cell during cell division and hence there will be cell division so long and we'll be young as like forever. Thats what we would call as "MAGIC"!!!




BOTTOM-LINE:
Ladies who are tired about being getting older now can have a solution :P

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Save the Indian Rupee!*

YOU CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THE INDIAN ECONOMY BY FOLLOWING FEW SIMPLE STEPS:-

Please spare a couple of minutes here for the sake of India.

I got this article from one of my friend s , but it's true. I can see this in day to day life.

Here's a small example:-

Before 12 months 1 US $ = IND Rs 39
After 12 months, now 1 $ = IND Rs 50

Do you think US Economy is booming? No, but Indian Economy is Going Down.

Our economy is in your hands....

INDIAN economy is in a crisis. Our country like many other ASIAN countries, is undergoing a severe economic crunch. Many INDIAN industries are closing down. The INDIAN economy is in a crisis and if we do not take proper steps to control those, we will be in a critical situation.

More than 30,000 crore rupees of foreign exchange are being siphoned out of our country on products such as cosmetics, snacks, tea, beverages, etc... which are grown, produced and consumed here.

A cold drink that costs only 70 / 80 paisa to produce, is sold for Rs.9 and a major chunk of profits from these are sent abroad. This is a serious drain on INDIAN economy.

We have nothing against Multinational companies, but to protect our own interestsm we request everybody to use INDIAN products only atleast for the next two years. With the rise in petrol prices, if we do not do this, the Rupee will devalue further and we will end up paying much more for the same products in the near future.

What you can do about it?

1. Buy only products manufactured by WHOLLY INDIAN COMPANIES.
2. ENROLL as many people as possible for this cause.....

Each individual should become a leader for this awareness. This is the only way to save our country from severe economic crisis. You don't need to give-up your lifestyle. You just need to choose an alternate product.

All categories of products are available from WHOLLY INDIAN COMPANIES.

LIST OF PRODUCTS

COLD DRINKS :-

DRINK LEMON JUICE, FRESH FRUIT JUICES, CHILLED LASSI (SWEET OR SOUR), BUTTER MILK, COCONUT WATER, JAL JEERA, ENERJEE, and MASALA MILK...

INSTEAD OF COCA COLA, PEPSI, LIMCA, MIRINDA, SPRITE

BATHING SOAP :-
USE CINTHOL & OTHER GODREJ BRANDS, SANTOOR, WIPRO SHIKAKAI, MYSORE SANDAL, MARGO, NEEM, EVITA, MEDIMIX, GANGA , NIRMA BATH & CHANDRIKA

INSTEAD OF LUX, LIFEBUOY, REXONA, LIRIL, DOVE, PEARS, HAMAM, LESANCY, CAMAY, PALMOLIVE

TOOTH PASTE :-
USE NEEM, BABOOL, PROMISE, VICO VAJRADANTI, PRUDENT, DABUR PRODUCTS, MISWAK

INSTEAD OF COLGATE, CLOSE UP, PEPSODENT, CIBACA, FORHANS, MENTADENT .

TOOTH BRUSH : -
USE PRUDENT, AJANTA , PROMISE

INSTEAD OF COLGATE, CLOSE UP, PEPSODENT, FORHANS, ORAL-B

SHAVING CREAM :-
USE GODREJ, EMAMI

INSTEAD OF PALMOLIVE, OLD SPICE, GILLETE

BLADE :-
USE SUPERMAX, TOPAZ, LAZER, ASHOKA

INSTEAD OF SEVEN-O -CLOCK, 365, GILLETTE

TALCUM POWDER :-
USE SANTOOR, GOKUL, CINTHOL, WIPRO BABY POWDER, BOROPLUS

INSTEAD OF PONDS, OLD SPICE, JOHNSON'S BABY POWDER, SHOWER TO SHOWER

MILK POWDER :-
USE INDIANA, AMUL, AMULYA

INSTEAD OF ANIKSPRAY, MILKANA, EVERYDAY MILK, MILKMAID.

SHAMPOO :-
USE LAKME, NIRMA, VELVETTE

INSTEAD OF HALO, ALL CLEAR, NYLE, SUNSILK, HEAD AND SHOULDERS, PANTENE

MOBILE CONNECTIONS :-
USE BSNL, AIRTEL

INSTEAD OF HUTCH

Food Items :-
Eat Tandoori chicken, Vada Pav, Idli, Dosa, Puri, Uppuma

INSTEAD OF KFC, MACDONALD'S, PIZZA HUT, A&W

Every INDIAN product you buy makes a big difference. It saves INDIA. Let us take a firm decision today.

BUY INDIAN TO BE INDIAN - We are not against of foreign products.

WE ARE NOT ANTI-MULTINATIONAL. WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE OUR NATION. EVERY DAY IS A STRUGGLE FOR A REAL FREEDOM. WE ACHIEVED OUR INDEPENDENCE AFTER LOSING MANY LIVES.
THEY DIED PAINFULLY TO ENSURE THAT WE LIVE PEACEFULLY. THE CURRENT TREND IS VERY THREATENING.

MULTINATIONALS CALL IT GLOBALIZATION OF INDIAN ECONOMY. FOR INDIANS LIKE YOU AND ME, IT IS RE-COLONIZATION OF INDIA. THE COLONIST'S LEFT INDIA THEN. BUT THIS TIME, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES.

WHO WOULD LIKE TO LET A "GOOSE THAT LAYS GOLDEN EGGS" SLIP AWAY?

PLEASE REMEMBER: POLITICAL FREEDOM IS USELESS WITHOUT ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE

RUSSIA, S.KOREA, MEXICO - THE LIST IS VERY LONG!! LET US LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE AND FROM OUR HISTORY. LET US DO THE DUTY OF EVERY TRUE INDIAN.

FINALLY, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU CAN'T GIVE UP ALL OF THE ITEMS MENTIONED ABOVE. SO GIVE UP AT LEAST ONE ITEM FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COUNTRY!

"LITTLE DROPS MAKE A GREAT OCEAN."

PLEASE TRY TO BE AN INDIAN.....

Now MMS allowed in schools during SCHOOL LUNCH TIME

Now MMS allowed in schools during school lunch time

Ha!! Don't get over amused on seeing this. MMS means Mango Milk shake.

Its gonna be distributed to government school students in tamil nadu

government schools for their lunch. Sounds like yet an another grand

scale leap against all states of India. Last year it was reported that

mangoes were kept above some chemical substance(i think so that

chemical is carbide) and made to ripen artificially against natural

ripen mangoes. The natural ripen mangoes are more nutritious and more

heathier than the artificial ripen mangoes. And also the artificial

ripen ones cause more side effects to our human body like increasing

body temperature, stomach ache, etc., this made the tamil nadu health

department to take stringent measures like closing the shop which sold

mangoes which were artificially ripen. I've also read in newspapers

some time ago that most of the mangoes which were put in black market

just got rot and ultimately wasted. So farmers were the losers once

again and had heavy financial burden apart from regular finance

burden. Now Aavin, the governmental Milk Society has been given the

charge to take over the mangoes for a nice business from farmers who

produce it. This is really a nice move from government to involve

Aavin into producing Mango Milk Shakes. Now Aavin management has some

plans of establishing a new department for implementing this plan.

(claps) Thats awesome to involve a governmental organisation to do

this job. I wish Aavin a best luck!!!

Also take the side of government schools which had mostly(i can say

99%) the kids from very poor financial back ground. Some years ago i

remember students starve for more than 10 days without their lunch.

Also you must remember that the brain needs some of the key

proteins(raw materials for producing those proteins available in our

day to day foods) to make some good memory. But there were students

who topped the school Board exams inspite of poor food habits. So if

they were given proper nutrition, they might achieve even more than

this, was the government's plan. So they re-introduced the NOON MEAL

SCHEME which was introduced by former chief minister Mr. K. Kamaraj in

the 1960's. Also many nutritious side-dishes were added apart from

regular rice like eggs being the most famous of them all. And this

even turned the attention of Supreme Court of India to invoke this

plan in many states of India where poverty was a Predominant Problem.

BOTTOM LINE:

Government of Tamil Nadu is turning out the things into a neat

lucrative business and once again this plan has a benefit for students

community. Keep going on!!!

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SACHINISM

Now a days, I come across many new terms that are being added to the English dictionary. In- fact, i've heard from my friends that each and every day there are atleast two words being added to the official English dictionary. And so the studying process for the future GRE students may get toughened as they need to study too many words lol ;) why i'm saying this is because i came across a peculiar word "SACHINISM"... Actually its derived from the name of a popular cricketing icon and you know whom i'm talking about... Yep its "SACHIN TENDULKAR" about whom i'm talking about... One of my friends told what does it meant... "SACHINISM" means "like hinduism jainism like tat who follows sachin as their idol". While another friend of mine told "Lik its d religion 4 followers of sachin.. Crazy sachin fans". The friend who told me this above statement is an ardent sehwag fan. Guys i'm not trying to emphasis about sehwag. That was just the statement my friend made. So altogether i could make out "SACHINISM" means the people who follow sachin tendulkar as their role model some times like a devotee. One must think about his career ups and downs and injuries and struggles he faced to enter this status. Just 20years of his career and now sure he is in the hearts of almost all the 110 crore people of India. Also if a book named "records of international cricket" has to be published then its sure than the printing press would get tired of printing his name through out the book. Each time he gets into the field, he makes a record to his name. One of the most awaited record to be owned by him would be 100th century in international cricket. This would be an interesting record in terms of number while if one is trying to break this record, he must be batting right from the time he has arrived to earth. Yet in the recently concluded victorious 1st Test match against Windies, he made another Milestone that can be reached by no one in the near future. He crossed 15,000runs in Test international cricket to his credit. I've attached the video here:

Even though he is able to bag records, i always wanted and longed for his 100th century that would be like a chocolate which was given to me after a long wait. In this time i take pleasure to pray to God that Sachin gets crossing his way towards 100th international century smoothly. No way Darren Samy, Captain of the arrived Windies team has told the reporters that "he always wanted Sachin to touch the 100th century mark but not against them as he wanted to cheer for Sachin while he touches the mark"... I think this would be an apt example of SACHINISM ;)

Petrol is Really Cheaper

I filled up my car's fuel tank, and I thought fuel has
become really expensive after the recent price hike. 

But then I compared it with other common liquids and did
some quick calculations, and I felt a little better. 

To know why, see the results below " you'll be
surprised at how outrageous some other prices are ! !

Diesel (regular) in Mumbai : Rs.36.08 per litre

Petrol (speed) in Mumbai : Rs.55 per litre

Coca Cola 330 ml can : Rs.20 = Rs.61 per litre

Dettol antiseptic 100 ml Rs.20 = Rs.200 per litre

Radiator coolant 500 ml Rs.160 = Rs.320 per litre

Pantene conditioner 400 ml Rs.165 = Rs.413 per litre

Medicinal Mouthwash like Listerine 100 ml Rs.45 = Rs. 450 per litre

Red Bull 150 ml can : Rs.75 = Rs.500 per litre

Corex cough syrup 100 ml Rs.57 = Rs. 570 per litre

Evian water 500 ml Rs. 330 = Rs. 660 per litre

And the buyers don't even know the source (Even spelled backwards is Naive.) 

Kores whiteout 15 ml Rs. 15 = Rs. 1000 per litre

Cup of coffee at any decent business hotel 100 ml Rs. 50 = Rs. 500 per litre

Old Spice after shave lotion 100 ml Rs. 175 = Rs. 1750 per litre

Pure almond oil 25 ml Rs. 68 = Rs. 2720 per litre

And this is the REAL KICKER...

HP DeskJet colour ink cartridge 21 ml Rs.1900 = Rs. 90476
per litre!!!

Now you know why computer printers are so cheap ? So they
have you hooked for the ink !

So, the next time you're at the pump, don't curse
anyone , just be glad your car doesn't run on cough
syrup, after shave, coffee, or God forbid, printer ink!