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Varun Aaron and Umesh Yadav, pacers who can bowl at 150 kph, find their place in the Indian Test team. The First Test against the West Indies is on Nov 6. This is the squad for the first Test M S Dhoni (capt & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma Kohli finds his way into the Test side ahead of Raina. Bajji has been dropped for poor performance and the spin department will be handled by Ojha, Ashwin and Rahul Sharma. Sachin, Sehwag, Gambhir and Yuvraj have recovered from their injuries and will play for India. " We think from the perspective of the future ' said Sreekanth, the Chairman of Selectors. " We are building a team for the future and all are 100 per cent fit". Ashwin is yet to make his debut in Tests and Rahul Sharma's inclusion is surprising. Ojha took 24 wickets in County Cricket for Su...

Scholarship is great and is like an expanding flower Pandityam nava pallavam vikasitham pushpam prayogajnatha In order to have scholarism graced, one should strive hard to gain it. It is said that the hard work done by the scholar is known only to the scholar ! How can others know it ? The scholar and the world, the endless strife The discord in the harmonies of Life The love of Learning, the sequestered nooks And the sweet serenity of Books The marketplace, eager love for gain Whose aim is vanity, whose end is pain ! Vidwaneva Vijanathi Vidwajjana parishramam Na hi vandhya vijanathi Gurveem prasava vedanam ! How can others know the work hard Which the scholars have indulged in ? Like a barren woman who cannot know The pain of delivering !

Scholarship is great and is like an expanding flower Pandityam nava pallavam vikasitham pushpam prayogajnatha In order to have scholarism graced, one should strive hard to gain it. It is said that the hard work done by the scholar is known only to the scholar ! How can others know it ? The scholar and the world, the endless strife The discord in the harmonies of Life The love of Learning, the sequestered nooks And the sweet serenity of Books The marketplace, eager love for gain Whose aim is vanity, whose end is pain ! Vidwaneva Vijanathi Vidwajjana parishramam Na hi vandhya vijanathi Gurveem prasava vedanam ! How can others know the work hard Which the scholars have indulged in ? Like a barren woman who cannot know The pain of delivering !

England beat India by six wickets in the lone T20, thus keeping their numero uno position in World T20 Cricket. India could only score 120-9 and England surpassed that humble target with 8 balls to spare. KP scored 53 off 39 balls to spearhead the English win. England get a lot of relief, as this win save their faces, as they lost horribly to India in the ODIs. KP was dropped at one by Raina and he hit three sixes and five fours, as the reigning T20 champions proved their supremacy in the shortest version of the game. Samit Patel hit 21 off 25 balls and Bopara remained not out on 14. England bowled clinically and restricted India to 120. Raina top scored with 39 and only he could shine with the bat. The rest Indian batsmen fell like nine pins. Meanwhile, BCCI awarded 36 contracts to players, an addition of 11 more players in Grade C. Kohli, Yuvi and Ishant were promoted to Grade A. Now Grade A has 12 players, instead of the previous nine. They are Grade A ( Rs 1 Crore) Harbhajan Singh...

There are greater numbers, than the ones mentioned below. Maha Padma = 10^15 Kshoni = 10^16 Parardha = 10^17 Sankha = 10^18 Maha Sankha = 10^19 Kshithi = 10^20 Maha Kshiti = 10^21 Kshobha = 10^22 Maha Kshobha = 10^23 Neethi Lamba = 10^27 Sarva Bala = 10^45 Thallakshana = 10^83

Ganitha Kerala, the Kerala School of Astronomy and Maths, has given a lot of names for big numbers. Like the Western Myriad = 10^4 Million = 10^6 Indian names are Shata = 10^2 Sahasra = 10^3 Ayutha = 10^4 Laksha = 10^5 Dasa Laksha = 10^6 ( Million ) Koti = 10^7 Dasa Koti = 10^8 Vrinda = 10^9 Kharva = 10^10 Nikharva = 10^11 Mahapadma = 10^12 Mahakharva = 10^13 Padma = 10^14 In the Western, we have Million = 1000^2 Billion = 1000^3 Trillion = 1000^4 or Nillion = 1000^(n+1) where n is the number. Tri meaning 3 and trillion = 1000^(3+1)!

Ganitha Kerala, the Kerala School of Astronomy and Maths, has given a lot of names for big numbers. Like the Western Myriad = 10^4 Million = 10^6 Indian names are Shata = 10^2 Sahasra = 10^3 Ayutha = 10^4 Laksha = 10^5 Dasa Laksha = 10^6 ( Million ) Koti = 10^7 Dasa Koti = 10^8 Vrinda = 10^9 Kharva = 10^10 Nikharva = 10^11 Mahapadma = 10^12 Mahakharva = 10^13 Padma = 10^14 In the Western, we have Million = 1000^2 Billion = 1000^3 Trillion = 1000^4 or Nillion = 1000^(n+1) where n is the number. Tri meaning 3 and trillion = 1000^(3+1)!

Indian spinners triggered an English collapse. Dhoni opined that the English batsmen have not yet mastered Indian conditions. England were chasing a target of 272 and Cook and Keiswetter gave them a solid 120 partnership, but the visitors lost their way with the exit of these two formidable batsmen, as their ten wickets fell for 47 runs. After Aaron achieved the initial breakthrough, Indian spinners Jadeja, Ashwin, Raina and Tiwary took the remaining wickets to send the visitors back to the pavilion for just 176 runs. Jadeja took 4/33 and Ashwin 3/28. This brownwash made amends for the humiliation in England, where India were mauled ! Cook and Kieswetter were going great guns, when Aaron, arguably the fastest Indian bowler, dismissed Cook for 60 in his second over. Jadeja trapped Kieswetter lbw., Ashwin dismissed Ian Bell for two, Trott and Bairstow were removed in eight balls by Jadeja. Bopara was removed by Raina, bowled round his legs and Bresnan holed out ot Tiwary. Ashwin then ...

Varun Aaron impressed one and all with his blistering pace. He clocked 145.3 in the 11th over. Even though he did not get a chance to complete his full quota of ten overs, his spell 6-1-24-3 was a pointer that India's pace bowling future is not all brimming with pessimistic prophecies. Dhoni used him very carefully and gave him the first over after the end of the mandatory first power play. A move which ensured that the promising speedster got enough support. Even though his first spell was uneventul, his second spell of 3-1-10-3 was great and gave Indian supporters the pep that they needed. One always wondered why a nation of 1.2 billion people could not develop fast bowlers, who could bowl faster than 150 kph. His second spell was marked by full length deliveries and it is to his credit that he clean bowled Borthwick, Meaker and Bresnan. One should also give credit to the ball of Finn which clean bowled Raina. It came at a blistering 149.9 kph ! Kohli (80) and Raina ( 86 ) crushe...

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If it was a matter of nerves, India held their nerves and beat England in the third ODI, to win the series 3-0. England batted magnificently to score 298 and India had to hold their nerves. 7 runs were needed in the final over, when Dhoni smacked the first two balls for fours, registering a great win for India. The visitors came back into the game taking some quick wickets, but Jadeja ( 26 not out ) and Dhoni ( 35 not out ) steered India home. After being smashed in Hyderabad and thumped in Delhi, the visitors were a more convincing, cohesive unit this time. but didnt have the bowling strength to contain Indian batting. England won the toss and elected to bat and K P's 64, Patel's 70 not out and Trott's superb 98 not out saw England score a formidable 298/4. Umesh Yadav failed to impress, finishing with the figures 0-71. Trott missed his ton by two runs, as he remained not out on 98, facing 116 balls with nine boundaries. Patel scored 70 off 44 balls, with two sixes and...

Kohli has the ability to become another Sachin, opined Jonty Rhodes. "Kohli is only 22 but he has already shown his potential with the bat. He has shown that he can be a superstar."said the ex great fielder. "His conversion rate from fifties to hundreds in ODIs is amazing. Once he gets a fifty, he is a difficult batsman to dismiss. With regards to the stats and the number of runs scored, he has shown that he can compete with the records of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar in the long run. "Kohli is expected to play a big role in India's success in the future. He is a fine cricketer and a fine athlete. He is a complete all-rounder." Kohli has scored 2,496 runs in 66 ODIs at an average of 45.38 with the help of seven centuries and 16 fifties. He can also be a successful Test player. "The right-handed batsman has been consistent in IPL, T20s and ODIs because he plays good cricketing shots." said Rhodes. "He plays shots all-round the park. From the ...

By one more than the one before Ekadhikena Purvecha is Sanskrit for " One more than the previous one". This sutra can be used for multiplying or dividing algorithms. You can use this formula to compute the squares of numbers. For example. 35×35 = ((3×3)+3),25 = 12,25 and 125×125 = ((12×12)+12),25 = 156,25 By the sūtra, multiply "by one more than the previous one." 35×35 = ((3×4),25 = 12,25 and 125×125 = ((12×13),25 = 156,25

By one more than the one before Ekadhikena Purvecha is Sanskrit for " One more than the previous one". This sutra can be used for multiplying or dividing algorithms. You can use this formula to compute the squares of numbers. For example. 35×35 = ((3×3)+3),25 = 12,25 and 125×125 = ((12×12)+12),25 = 156,25 By the sūtra, multiply "by one more than the previous one." 35×35 = ((3×4),25 = 12,25 and 125×125 = ((12×13),25 = 156,25

A superb century by Kohil, 112 and a brilliant 84 by Gambhir helped India win the second one dayer against England. England were bowled out for 237 and India won effortlessly. Dhoni said he is impressed by the effort of the youngsters. "I'm glad we're the winning side, it's really good. Well, of course, the series in England wasn't a good one for us, but the team showed character not to lose temper and still be sociable on the field." Dhoni said the pitch was placid, not giving help to the spinners. "The pitch was a bit too placid, I'd prefer a bit more turn. I think a turning wicket is a sporting track in India. But this was a good ODI wicket." Asked whether India will win 5-0, , Dhoni said, "For us, it's all about winning one game at a time, improving ourselves as cricketers, especially with youngsters in the side. We needed a good start, Vinay (Kumar) and Praveen (Kumar) gave us that with early wickets. We never let them get a part...

A superb century by Kohil, 112 and a brilliant 84 by Gambhir helped India win the second one dayer against England. England were bowled out for 237 and India won effortlessly. Dhoni said he is impressed by the effort of the youngsters. "I'm glad we're the winning side, it's really good. Well, of course, the series in England wasn't a good one for us, but the team showed character not to lose temper and still be sociable on the field." Dhoni said the pitch was placid, not giving help to the spinners. "The pitch was a bit too placid, I'd prefer a bit more turn. I think a turning wicket is a sporting track in India. But this was a good ODI wicket." Asked whether India will win 5-0, , Dhoni said, "For us, it's all about winning one game at a time, improving ourselves as cricketers, especially with youngsters in the side. We needed a good start, Vinay (Kumar) and Praveen (Kumar) gave us that with early wickets. We never let them get a part...

This is snatching victory from the jaws off defeat ! Rusty Theron and Parnell put on 64 runs for the eighth wicket off just 27 balls to snatch an improbable win over young Australia. The young Kangaoos pushed Australia to the edge of victory, but their inexperience cost them the match. "It's a bitter pill to swallow," Cameroon White admitted. "We didn't execute our skills very well at the end but we're a very young side. There were some really encouraging performances from some individuals and the experience of feeling the heat and pressure of Twenty20 international cricket will be invaluable." Theron on the contrary was ecstatic., "We never got ahead of ourselves," he said. "We tried to take it as deep as we could, give ourselves a chance and see how close we could get." Teenager Mitchell Marsh hit four sixes in the last two overs to give the Australian innings a late boost, taking their score to a respectable 147/8. Fast bowler Pa...

England at the moment are badly placed at 134/6, needing 301 to win. Dhoni, Raina, Gambhir, Jadeja and Kohli powered India to 300. And England batsmen made heavy weather of the Indian attack. The same pattern continues. England who thrashed Australia in Tests, were humiliated by the Kangaroos in the one dayers, 6-1. A similar pattern is developing, with England not coming upto the mark in ODIs. The Indian batsmen were aggressive in posting 300, and English batsmen were short of aggression ! Ashwin took three and Jadeja three and England were all out for 174. Yadav clean bowled Swann and Patel ! A good performance by India. One wonders about the selection of Parthiv Patel and Vinay Kumar. Shikhar Dhawan and Varun Aaron should have been there in their place. Meanwhile, Cook admitted that England had been outplayed in all departments of the game. "It was an important toss to win. We saw at the end that the ball kept low. But credit to India. They outplayed us in all departments today...

Commodities Astrology ? Gold has risen to $1600, after touching $1921. We are in the midst of a commodity bull market cycle, which started in 2000. We have been advocating buying gold, from $900 onwards. Silver has gone upto $32 and lead and others are following suit. Increased demand from China and India and the bearish nature of the stock market, global cues all lead to this commodity bull market cycle. Gold price is inversely proportional to the Dollex, the USDX. Jupiter rules gold. More info at Zodiac Astrology and Stock Market Astrology It was observed that a Bull Market Cycle lasts for 18 years. In 1982, we had the stock market boom and the bust of 2000. Not only the stock market, but the dot com market also went bust. This started the commodities bull market cycle and experts say it will last till 2016/18. So the stock market is on a decline, along with Realty and dot com. On the contrary, commodities have gone up. There are many reasons cited for the commodities boom. A fallin...

If world championship can be decided by CLT20, Mumbai are the world champions. This they achieved without stalwart Tendulkar, R Sharma and Davy Jacobs. It was not a great batting display from the Mumbai Indians, but their bowling was great with Bajji taking three wickets & Chahal two. It was Bajji who took the prize wicket of Kohli and Gayle. MI were skittled out for 139, as Bhatkal ( 3/29 ) and Vettori ( 2-30) ran riot. Mumbai, batting first, lost Blizzard early, due to an unfortunate run out. Kanwar smashed the first six of the match, lofting Dilshan into the stands. Rayudu joined Kanwar and started well by lofting Aravind into the stands but Nannes put an end to his knock. Franklin hit a couple of sixes in his brief 29 ball knock and Suryakumar Yadav hit a six and two fours in his 17 ball innings before both were run out in consecutive overs. They did try to resurrec the Mumbai innings, adding 40 runs for the fourth wicket. Vettori tightened his reins as he forced Pollard ...

A dream of the Indians ! An all India final between Mumbai and Bangalore on Sunday night ! It will be a great contest, between Gayle and Kohli and Malinga. Mumbai had not been amidst the runs, but their bowling is sharp. Bangalore is amidst runs, but their bowling needs much to be desired. Vettori and Nannes will have to pull their act together, if Bangalore is to become the international champions. The earlier champion, Chennai, could not hold on to their trophy. Indians have a lot to cheer, as the World Champion T20 team will be from India. One should appreciate the determination of Mumbai. After missing half their side, they found it difficult to put an XI on the field. But still they have won most of the matches and now are in the finals. Blizzard's 54 off 39 kept the momentum going for them. When Pollard fell, they had Satish and Yadav to carry the attack to the bowler's end. It was a 43 runs partnership off 22 balls. Van der Merve and Trego were taken by the great yorker...

Glorious batting by Gayle ( 92 off 41 balls ) and Kohli ( 84 off 49 ) ecliped the century of Warner and Bangalore stormed into the finals. Now they take on the winners of MI - Somerset. This is the second consecutive successful chase of more than 200 and Bangalore can be proud of this redoubtable feat. Gayle and Kohli have been doing it consistently and hats off to them. David Warner scored his second back to back T20 century and was in great form, belting the hapless Bangalore bowlers to all parts of the field. It powered NSW Blues to score 203 and Bangalore had to everything possible to win over them. And win over them did, thanks to Gayle and Kohli. Warner was involved in a 146 run partnership with Daniel Smith, who scored 62. Warner accelerated towards the end of the innings and scored 122 of 68 balls ! Only Dilshan impressed for Bangalore and the rest of the bowlers were battered by Warner and Smith. Sreenath Aravind was hit for 55 runs in his four overs. A couple of fours from Ka...

The batting strip at Banglaore promises a lot. We have the likes of Gayle, Kohli, Shane Watson, David Warner, Dilshan and Henriques and the average fan is just enthusiastic about a run fest. In their previous, Kohli, Warner and Dilshan had amassed 279 off 152 balls and they promise a lot to the cricket enthusiast. Vettori is wary of Watson and Warner, it is learnt. Both are matchwinners and may come in the way of high flying Bangalore. On the other hand, Gayle is always a nightmare for the opposition. So also is Kohli and Dishan. NSW will try to get these three dangers out, if they have fulfill their dream. Meanwhile, Arun Karthik opined that he knew that Christian will bowl a slower ball and he gave it all the strength needed. Bangalore will be up against a fit and fighting NSW Blues, who is ready for the battle. Spearheaded by David Warner, the Blues can be a dangerous outfit on their day. Warner may not look as strong as Gayle, but the power he generates is simply incredible. Now h...

What an incredible match ! He who said that Cricket is a game of dire vicissitudes is right after all ! In a very high scoring match ( more than 400 runs were scored off 40 overs ), Bangalore (215/8) edged out South Australian Redbacks (214) by two wickets. Glorious innings from centurion Harris and Ferguson (70) enabled SA to score a mammoth 214. Bangalore started violently, with Gayle, Dilshan and Kohli carrying the attack to the bowlers end. Kohli played the best innings of his T20 career and his 70 contained six mighty sixes ! Here is how the drama unfolded. The 20th over The stuff of which heavenly tales are made off. SIx runs needed off the last ball and Arun Karthik belts it for six ! Daniel Christian bowls the last ball and Karthik slog sweeps it for six. The crowd erupts into delirium ! The 19th over Tait bowls a beamer to Dilshan and the next ball the Sri Lankan is castled. putting the end to an incredible 74 off 47 balls. Vettori and Bhatkal get out Tait gets a glorious fiv...

Gold is one of the best precious metals and we have been advocating buying gold at declines. We had started saying BUY Gold, when the price was $900 onwards. Now Gold is at $1628 for an ounce and still going strong. The Oil Ministers decided in 2009 to trade oil in gold, yuan, yen and euro, as the Dollar was showing signs of weakness. This is one of the reasons why Gold is going up. We have reports that billionaires like Soros and Bufett etc are taking up great positions in gold and buying mining companies. It was observed that the Gold Price is inversely proportional to the Dollex, the USDX. Yesterday USDX went up by one point and gold declined from 1674 to 1645. Now it is at 1628 per ounce. Jupiter represents Gold in Astrology. Now Jupiter in Aries is responsible for the secondary reaction happening in Gold. From a high of 1900 dollars, it is now at 1628. You can draw your own conclusions !

It was a real cliffhanger of a match and Kevon Cooper proved to the the man of the hour, as T & T beat the Cobras by two wickets yesterday. Cooper struck 25 off 11 balls, a matchwinning innings. He had also starred with the bat against Chennai. Chasing a modest 138, T & T were struggling initially, as both openers fell cheaply for 26. From the last two overs, they needed 24 runs to win, with 3 wickets in hand. Dale Steyn bolwed the penultimate over and 15 runs were blasted by T & T . Nine runs were needed from the last over and T & T achieved that effortlessly. Darren Bravo top scored with 36, but it was the day of Kevon Cooper, who lofted Steyn for a glorious six in the penultimate over. Steyn's figures were economical till that time. Earlier Shah ( 63* ) and Vilas ( 54) scored half centuries to bring the Cobras to some semblance of respectability, at 137/4.

It was a real cliffhanger of a match and Kevon Cooper proved to the the man of the hour, as T & T beat the Cobras by two wickets yesterday. Cooper struck 25 off 11 balls, a matchwinning innings. He had also starred with the bat against Chennai. Chasing a modest 138, T & T were struggling initially, as both openers fell cheaply for 26. From the last two overs, they needed 24 runs to win, with 3 wickets in hand. Dale Steyn bolwed the penultimate over and 15 runs were blasted by T & T . Nine runs were needed from the last over and T & T achieved that effortlessly. Darren Bravo top scored with 36, but it was the day of Kevon Cooper, who lofted Steyn for a glorious six in the penultimate over. Steyn's figures were economical till that time. Earlier Shah ( 63* ) and Vilas ( 54) scored half centuries to bring the Cobras to some semblance of respectability, at 137/4.

Dave Warner blasted 8 sixes in a formidable display of batting. and NSW Blues scored a massive 201/2. Chennai could not do anything about it and is now out of CLT20 ! Chennai was helpless as a rampaging Warner smashed 11 fours and 8 huge sixes, in a mammoth individual score of 135 not out. Chennai lost their composure before that whirlwind knock and was nervously all out for 155 ! When T & T defeated Cobras, they had assured that only one Indian tem - Mumbai Indians - qualified. Chennai had come with hopes of making it, but they had to have a better run rate and win the match. They lost it due to too much tension. When we said in our columns that Dhoni is having the adverse 8th transit of Jupiter, we meant what we said. Look at the way India lost in England. When India won the World Cup, Jupiter was in the favourable 7th for Dhoni. One player can decide the game in the T20 format and it was Warner's day ( as it was Gayle's before ).

Dave Warner blasted 8 sixes in a formidable display of batting. and NSW Blues scored a massive 201/2. Chennai could not do anything about it and is now out of CLT20 ! Chennai was helpless as a rampaging Warner smashed 11 fours and 8 huge sixes, in a mammoth individual score of 135 not out. Chennai lost their composure before that whirlwind knock and was nervously all out for 155 ! When T & T defeated Cobras, they had assured that only one Indian tem - Mumbai Indians - qualified. Chennai had come with hopes of making it, but they had to have a better run rate and win the match. They lost it due to too much tension. When we said in our columns that Dhoni is having the adverse 8th transit of Jupiter, we meant what we said. Look at the way India lost in England. When India won the World Cup, Jupiter was in the favourable 7th for Dhoni. One player can decide the game in the T20 format and it was Warner's day ( as it was Gayle's before ).

Gayle spearheaded a great Bangalore victory, as he blasted 86 off 46 , with eight sixes and four fours. A CLT20 record of 14 sixes were blasted by Bangalore. 206/6 is the highest in the CLT20 championship this season. Gayle hit Dockrell for 21 runs in over, including three massive sixes. Trego also got hit, as 50 runs were conceded in his three overs. An intimidating 207 target was given by Bangalore and Somerset never came anywhere near that. Gayle had sent a scare to the opposition ! Gayle lost Dilshan ( 23 ) and joined hands with Kohli ( 33) and the second wicket pair smashed 70 off 40 balls. Saurabh Tiwary scored 18 and adding 49 runs with Gayle.Agarwal shone in the death overs, blasting 19, with two sixes. Somerset could only manage 155/6 and Vettori's side won for the first time in the competition.

Narine took three wickets for Trinidad & Tobago and won the game for them. For Chennai, this was an abysmal performance, one which they should try to forget ! They couldnt chase a modest 124 and were just 111/6, at the end of the allotted 20 overs. Hussey was crestfallen after the loss "It wasn't a difficult target. We had our plans ready. We wanted to get off to a good start, keep wickets intact and then attack in the last few overs. But unfortunately, we lost three quick wickets. Ideally, one of the top three or four should have played a majority of the innings." A shoddy performance had done Chennai in. "Ours is a flexible order but we lost quick wickets. We needed someone to stabilise the innings, and that's the reason we sent (Wriddhiman) Saha up the order. Both Saha and S Badrinath have done the job for us previously. But unfortunately, it didn't work today." said the dejected Hussey. Off spinner Sunil Narine came as Nemesis and took three vita...