Big cleanup in Pak Cricket !
By admin | March 10, 2010
Yourus Khan and Yousuf have been banned for life. Shoib Malik and Naved have been banned for one year. Afridi and the Akmal brothers have been fined 3 million PR.
PCB have struck with venom and this disciplinary action, they feel, is necessary.
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Chance for Kochi again !
By admin | March 8, 2010
There will be four more teams in IPL IV. In 2011.
The base price of a team was 1036 crores. Later it was changed to 5000 crores. This put the small players at a disadvantage.
The big players, Ambani, Adani etc are sure to get in. Ahmedabad and Pune are sure to be in. When the minimum bank guarantee was changed to 5000 crores, many small players like Mohan Lal’s Kochi and other small players withdrew.
The 5000 crores bank guarantee scheme came under severe opposition from BCCI leaders like Shashank Manohar. With the result, it was changed to the earlier 1036 crores guarantee.
The Kerala actor, Mohanlal, with Priyadarshan and Akshaya Kumar are championing the cause of Kochi. Pataudi’s son, Saif Ali Khan also is a contender along with Anil Ambani ( Ahmedabad ) and the Adani Group.
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Sachin deserves Bharat Ratna
By admin | March 3, 2010
There is a movement to confer Bharat Ratna on Sachin, the greatest cricketer ever. After his redoubtable 200 no against the Proteas, this movement has gained considerable momentum.
This opinion was first voiced by the Maharashtra CM. Now many have joined this movement and it is a matter of time, till B R is given to Sachin. He will join the galaxy of celebrities like Abdul Kalam and Lata Mangeshkar.
The Mumbaites are happy and so is entire India !
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Real estate speculation
By admin | February 28, 2010
The best method of realty speculation is flipping. That is buying and selling properties within a short span of time. Buy cheap, sell dear is the principle also of the realty market. For that you have to identify spots, which have potential to develop in the long run.
In Kochi, where the ICTT and Info Park is developing, many became millionaires by investing in realty. Prices have shot up in Vallarpadam and Puthuvaipin. Many, knowing the potential of these areas, invested at the right time and became millionaires.
You dont require vast sums of money for Flipping. Just identify the land and give advance. After say some time the prices will rise and this is the best time to sell.
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Sachin lights up Gwalior; creates History !
By admin | February 24, 2010
An unbroken 173 partnership between Sachin ( 109 no ) and D Karthik ( 73 no ) has lit up Gwalior, where the second ODI is played against formidable SA.
Karthik hit three sixes and three fours in his 73 no. Sachin is in sublime form, having hit his 46th ODI ton.
Now he has 93 hundreds, 47 in Tests and 46 in ODIs.
India, at the moment, are 200/1 in 29 overs.
Sachin has created world record here at Gwalior. 200 not out off 147 balls. Bettering the 194 no of Saeed Anwar and Coventry. The first batsman to score a double hundred in ODI ! He hit 25 fours and three sixes. The very champagne of batting.
India finished at 401/3. Y Pathan blasted 2 sixes in a quick fire 36, Karthik 3 sixes in 79. Dhoni hit a fantastic 68 off 35 balls.
SA has chased and won before. They chased 435 and won against mighty Australia. So there need not be any complacency from the Indian side. They have good players, like Amla and Gibbsy.
So let us see what is going to happen !
It did not happen. That epic chase that was going to be. The man who scored 175 then against Aussies was bowled by Praveen Kumar for 7, thus sealing the fate of the series. Bram de Villiers did score a century ( 114 no ), but then other SA batsmen crumbled against some accurate Indian seam and spin bowling. Sreesanth was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets. While P Kumar got only one, that too the prize wicket of Gibbsy, Jadeja, Nehra, Y Pathan got two each.
This ODI will go down in history as one of the greatest. World Record highest score, held by Coventry and S Anwar, was broken by the sheer genius of Sachin. Not only 194 was broken, 200 not out was achieved by this living legend.
401/3 is a dream score, with Karthik and Dhoni scoring half centuries to help the man at the other end, the epic batsman, Sachin !
Sachin said that his stamina has been tested. His was an innings characterised by timing and placing. In contrast to the power batting of Y Pathan and Dhoni’s, Sachin’s was that of scientific elegance !
He attributed his team’s development to the team coach, Gary Kirsten. After
the World Cup debacle in the Carribean in 2007, it was Gary who recouped the
side, giving it the necessary morale lifting techniques that were needed. He
held the team magnificently. He trains himself hard along with the players
and this is an immense plus point of his character.
Sachin said he sensed that he could create a World Record, when he was 175
in the 42nd over. The 200 not out was achieved in the 50th over, and the
record 195 at the 46th over. He said that all records are meant to be broken
and he will be happy if it broken by an Indian ! He said the 400 run
milestone was achieved by Pathan and Dhoni. He had thought that 350 was
achievable, but then Dhoni changed the equation !
Dhoni said he was fortunate that he was at the other end and this was one of
the best innings. When Sachin was tired, he used the pace of the bowler and
the bowlers were nonplussed where to bowl !
It was P Kumar and Sreeshant who broke the back of the SA innings. Kumar
bowled Gibbs and Sreeshant took the wicket of Amla, the two batting Titans
of RSA.
Once Sehwag got out, we had to have some good partnerships. Karthik and
Tendulkar went on well and Yusuf was sent to accelerate the scoring. Yusuf
can be a destroyer in ODIs and T20s, because of his immense talent. Promptly
he scored a quickfire 36 and Dhoni proved destructive during the final
overs. His century stand with Sachin came off 53 balls and he blasted 68 off
35 balls. We were worried about the dew. SA lost 4 early wickets, thanks to
Sreesanth and P Kumar, and it was difficult to come back into the game.
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Incredible win by India
By admin | February 21, 2010
India won by one run and the result came in the ultimate over.
It was a good display by the Indians, against mighty SA. Good batting by Raina ( 58) and Karthik ( 44) and Sehwag ( 46 ) saw India almost reach the 300 mark. 298. Then SA lost a lot of wickets, thanks to some good bowling by Sreesanth, Jadeja, P Kumar, Nehra and Y Pathan.
Some belligerent hitting from the tailenders and Indians were worried. SA wanted 7 runs in the last over and P Kumar bowled beautifully and clean bowled Dale Steyn, who looked very dangerous. Parnell hit 49 ferocious runs. Kallis, the captain, scored 89.
The end was very dramatic. In the ulitmate over, P Kumar clean bowled Dale Steyn with a beauty. Next ball they got one run, and the next ball was hammered for four, but Sachin stopped the ball with a tremendous dive and the batsmen could only get three runs. Parnell was on strike,. The last ball was hit to leg, Sreesanth threw and Dhoni removed the bails. India had won by one run ! The 30 K crowd erupted into joy and this was a match SA knew they should have won !
In the final overs, India did concede a lot of runs and this is an area which should be concentrated upon, if India is to make it to the finals of the World Cup next year.
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Astrology is a Personality Analysis tool !
By admin | February 21, 2010
Astrology is a Self Development technique. She is in line with Abraham Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Scale. The Self Realisation of Yoga is the same as the Peak Experience of Maslow’s Transpersonal Psychology. What is the use of knowing everything, if you dont know the Self ?
Philosophers tell us that we dont know ourselves. 25% per cent of us is known to us and others. Other 25% is known to others, but not known to ourselves. 25% is known to us, but not known to others. And the other 25% is unknown to both ourselves and others.
This is where Astrology comes in. Astrology deciphers the Astro Codes and tells us what sort of a person we are.
We are human beings, composite creatures, struggling for Self Actualisation. Our positive and negative aspects are at war. Only when we conquer our negative aspect, can we ever hope to actualise the Absolute Self !
In other words, our negative aspect is our Enemy. We know our plus points, but we are unaware of our minus points.
If you want to know about yourself
Trust not thyself, for your defects to know,
Make use of every friend and every foe !
Our friends know our minus points, but being diplomatic, they will not reveal to us our minus points. Our enemies know our minus points. That is why it is said ” Love your enemies” !
Confounded by the continous web of life and the sorrow of the temporal, Man wails. Man weeps
The weariness, the fever and the fret,
Where men sit and hear each other groan !
We have to understand that it is our Enemy, our negative aspect, which has brought us to this present predicament !
In tragic life God wot
No villains need be, passions spin the plot
We are betrayed by what is false within !
Yes, we are betrayed by what is false within us. Lust, greed, anger, jealousy, sloth, covetousness and gluttony, the Seven Deadly Sins, hold us prisoners. We have to free ourselves from the demons, in order to gain Self Actualsation.
Swa Vimarshah Purusharthah - Self Actualisation is the Goal of Life, the summum bonum.
Purusharthas, the main wealths of life, are fourfold.
Artha - Wealth
Dharma - Ethics and Morality, Wisdom and the Law
Kama - Social eminence
Moksha - Self Actulisation
Chankya in his Artha Sastra highlights the importance of Wealth.
Wealth is the base
He has it has friends
He only has relatives
The true scholar is he !
Without Ethics and Morality, there is no Divinity ! Hence Dharma is very important.
Every man strives for social eminence and this is Kama . Moksha is the most important, as it tends the individual to embrace the Life Universal !
In other words, both Indian Philosophy and Astrology are in line with Transpersonal Psychology.
Jung was another psychologist who drew his inspiration from Philosophia Indica. His concept of the Collective Unconscious is what Indian Wisdom calls Brahman, the Absolute !
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Three Indians in No 1 spot !
By admin | February 19, 2010
Not only has India reached the numero uno spot in ICC Rankings, but also three Indians are in the No 1 spot.
Dhoni is No 1 in ODIs, Sehwag is No 1 in Tests and Maithili Raj in Womens’ rankings. May India continue to retain her No 1 position in Cricket !
India’s eminence in World Cricket will be a big boost to the IPL, scheduled to start on Mar 12th. Only 20 days to go for Cricket Fiesta !
The India RSA ODI starts tomorrow. India is experimenting with four allrounders, with an eye for the World Cup. R Jadeja, Y Pathan, R Aswin & A Nayar have the potential to develop into good allrounder. We would have preferred I Pathan or some fast bowling all rounders. If India can beat SA in the ODIs, she can come to the No 1 position in ODIs as well.
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India retain No 1 position in a thriller !
By admin | February 18, 2010
India needed 7 great deliveries. SA, particularly Amla fought it out. Ultimately Bajji produced a super delivery and it was all over, just 15 minutes before close of the match !
A humdinger, which meant India is still numero uno in Test cricket !
But full tribute to Amla, who was not out on a lion hearted 127 not out !
India were left with three bowlers, but then the three rose to the occasion. Bajji took five wickets, Mishra three and Sharma two, thus cleaning up RSA for 289 ! Despite the unbeaten valiant ton by Amla, RSA folded up for 289. None of the other batsmen could read the guiles and wiles of Bajji and Mishra. Spin has always been SA’s Achilles heel and what a weak spot it turned out to be !
That India won the match with just 9 balls to spare made it a great thriller. It was a super slider from Bhajji which got M Morkel plumb in front of the wicket.
Rightly Amla got Man of the Match and Man of the Series awards !
It was India’s poor selection which was responsible for the earlier Test debacle. M Vijay and W Saha were poor choices against the mighty South Africans !
There will a spurt in Sports Tourism to India, as India hosts Hockey World Cup, Delhi Commonwealth Games and IPL III.
Anil Ambani’s Ahmedabad and Hero Honda’s Dharmasala are sure to be the new teams for IPL IV. The base price of a team is 22.5 crore USD. It was only 5 crore USD in the first season. There is another rumour that a leading Club of the English Premier League is a bidder. There is another rumour that it is Manchester City, which is going to bid. The Malayali Actor Mohan Lal & Priyadarshan may get support from Akashaya Kumar for their team, Kochi. Kochi may be one of the contenders along with Vizag, Cuttack,Nagpur, Kanpur, Indore, Gwalior, Pune, Vadodara, Rajkot etc. Four more teams will be added to IPL IV.
IPL is India’s global business brand and we hope IPL will go to greater heights !
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Laxman and Dhoni score centuries !
By admin | February 16, 2010
Laxman scored his 15th Test hundred and Dhoni his 4th as India piled up a mammoth 643/6 declared !
It was vintage batting as Laxman and Dhoni were involved in a double century partnership. An unbroken 259 to be exact. Dhoni was 132 not out and Laxman 143 no. It was an exemplary batting display, despite some bunglings in the field by the South Africans !
At stumps SA were 6 for no loss, behind India by 335 runs!
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