Tuesday 23 April 2013
Tendulkar cannot be replaced: Dravid......
Rahul Dravid showered accolades on Sachin Tendulkar on the occasion of the latter's 40th birthday and stated that it would be impossible to replace the little master. "I don't think you should look to replace him, it will be impossible," Dravid said.
"There is a lot of talent there and they have to become who they want to be. When Sunil Gavaskar retired people said where would the next Sunil Gavaskar come from but then we had Sachin Tendulkar come through," Dravid told the BBC Radio 5 Live show.
Tendulkar retired from One-Day Internationals last year but is expected to continue his Test career for some time. "For a whole generation of people it is going to be strange because they have grown up with Sachin but it is inevitable. It will happen. People move on. It is life. Cricket will go on. It is bigger than any individual. The greats have played before him and will continue to play after him," he added.
top ten unsolved mysteries of india......
That India is a land of mysteries is a fact well known and acknowledged. Inspite of advancement in every field there are still mysteries that remain unfathomable. So without further ado here is a list of top 10 unsolved mysteries of India which have baffled everyone.
These hills are located in the Ladakh region and have been known to possess magnetic properties. They have been known to pull cars in neutral uphill which instead of sliding down, move against gravity. Some are of the opinion that this is just an optical illusion while there are others who attribute this behavior to magnetic or even supernatural forces at work! Nobody knows the truth yet and hence these hills count among’st the unsolved mysteries of India.
Image Credit: http://www.indiamike.com
Situated in Bikaner, the Karni Mata Mandir is known for its rat population. The belief is that out of the thousands of rats in the temple there are about four or five white rats that are the manifestations of Karni Mata herself. Their sightings are believed to be holy and the rats as a whole are revered there. To this day researchers have failed to ascertain the reason for such huge number of rats there.
Image Credit: staticflickr.com
Located about 80 kilometers from Shirdi is the village of Shingnapur, where to this day there is not a single house with doors. Unbelievable to say the least, the villagers do not even keep their valuables under lock and key. The belief there is that Lord Shani protects them and if somebody dared to steal he would be punished by God himself. The village has zero crime rate and if at all any object is stolen it is miraculously found the next day!
Image Credit: http://3.bp.blogspot.com
It is also known as the Skeleton Lake and is located in an uninhabitable portion of the Himalayan region. About 600 skeletons were found at the edge of this lake by a ranger in 1942. What really is a mystery is that what such a huge number of people were doing there? The location of the lake was neither fit to live nor in the path of any trade route. Who were these people and where were they headed to?
Image Credit: http://annoyzview.files.wordpress.com
Legend has it that in a small village near Pune is a levitating stone near the tomb of a certain Qamar Ali. It is said that if the stone is touched by the fingers of 11 people and the name “Qamar Ali Darvesh” chanted, the stone flies up in air. A stone weighing about 200 kg levitating in air is indeed strange. While some believe it to be an illusion, there is no denying that it is a puzzling event and is counted among’st the unsolved mysteries of India.
Image Credit: http://www.indiatvnews.com
Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra which was constructed by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of Mumtaz Mahal. The folklore about the deaths and mutilations inflicted on architects associated with the tomb to this day hasn’t been proved. It is believed that those involved in construction were made to sign contracts and were later dismembered to ensure that such a structure was never built again.
Image Credit: http://annoyzview.files.wordpress.com
Located in the Qutub Complex Delhi, the Iron Pillar is a 1,600-year-old structure. Made from 98% wrought iron, it has been capturing the interests of scientists from the world over for its ability to resist corrosion after thousands of years. Archaeologists and metallurgists have hailed this structure as “a testament to the skill of ancient Indian blacksmiths”. It is interesting how a corrosion resistant pillar was made that sustained for centuries together.
Image Credit: flickr.com
The Saraswati River is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit Texts. Infact several of this Vedic texts and Mahabharata mention the presence of a river carrying enormous volumes of water that eventually dried up in a desert. There have been various studies to determine if such a river indeed existed and the most logical conclusion have been drawn is that perhaps what is the Ghaggar-Hakra River was once the Saraswati. But again there are evidences that suggest that the Saraswati has actually dried up before the the Ghaggar-Hakra river period; raising questions about the authenticity of the existence of Saraswati.
Image Credit: http://www.hitxp.com
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of India, a true Nehruvian Socialist at heart. His popularity soared during the Indo-Pak war of 1965. It was during his visit to Tashkent to formally end the war that he died supposedly of a heart attack the very next day after signing the Tashkent Agreement in 1966. Various conspiracy theories suggest that he was poisoned. There are disputes about the dark blue spots and cut marks on his abdomen when no postmortem was conducted.
Image Credit: http://www.ndtv.com
Subhash Chandra Bose or Netaji was the supreme commander of Azad Hind Fauj. He was one of the most prominent Indian leaders at the forefront of the Indian Independence movement. During the closing stages of World War II, it was announced by Japan that Bose had died of third degree burns in a plane crash in Taiwan on August 18th, 1945. However, this is highly disputed as several inconsistencies were found in the Japanese report of Bose’s death. Speculations were that this was actually a ploy to help him go underground and perhaps escape to the USSR.
Image Credit: postimage.org
Tendulkar better than Lara, Ponting: Ganguly......
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly says Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman he has ever seen and rates the Little Master far ahead of Ricky Ponting and Brian Lara for he leaves nothing to chance.
Ganguly writing for Outlook, recalls his first meeting with Tendulkar at a camp "conducted by Vasu Paranjpe under the aegis of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association." The two young boys since forged a friendship that remains strong to this day but Ganguly noticed how the curly-haired boy was the first to go to the nets and how Paranjpe had to literally pull little Tendulkar away so that the others could bat.
Soon after Tendulkar made it big in the Indian domestic stage and was picked for the team to tour Pakistan in 1989 and immediately announced himself to the world. Ganguly, who was then touring with the Bengal squad vividly remembers the first impressions Tendulkar created as an international player.
"After that first meeting, Sachin had catapulted himself into national reckoning within a couple of years and had already scored hundreds at the Ranji and Irani trophies before he was 17. It wasn't a surprise that at 16 he was picked for the Indian tour to Pakistan in 1989," Ganguly wrote.
By the time India toured Australia in 1992, the world sat up and took note of Tendulkar and his skills. As a teenage sensation, he was beginning to create waves and experts believed a true genius had arrived on the scene. India's tour Down Under was also Ganguly's debut for India where he shared a room with the Little Master.
Ganguly walked down memory lane to reminisce about the butterflies in Tendulkar's stomach on the eve of his first century in Australia.
Tendulkar was unable to sleep and caught a quick nap at the dining table in the team dressing room at the SCG and Ganguly was under strict instructions to wake him at the fall of the next wicket.
"I was part of the team but wasn't expected to play the Tests while Sachin was gradually establishing himself as the team's premier batsman.
"Importantly, we were roommates during this tour and I clearly remember him in Sydney, on the night before he went on to get his first century in Australia. India was down 0-2 and we needed to play well in Sydney to regain some confidence. Sachin just refused to sleep that night. I remember telling him that if he was to play next day he desperately needed to sleep. He said he just couldn't, and started telling me where he would hit McDermott and the others! By midnight I was asleep, leaving him to his devices. The next day he told me that he was starved of sleep and that he'd nap on the dining table in the team dressing room at the SCG.
"Later, I was asked to wake up him up at the fall of the next wicket. Sachin was about to bat at number six, and I woke him up when Azhar got out. He said he was refreshed, now that he'd had some sleep. It was odd how he could sleep on a dining table! He played an amazing innings of 148 not out and I believe we should have won that Sydney Test," Ganguly recalled in his column.
Eleven years later, both players were an integral part of the Indian team - while Ganguly was captain, Tendulkar was the best batsman in a side that went on to reach the World Cup final in South Africa in 2003. Tendulkar was in the form of his life and Ganguly catapulted to be regarded as India's most successful captain and it was from that memorable event that Dada discovered how wrong he was about asking Tendulkar to bat at number four. However a team meeting between himself, Anil Kumble, then coach John Wright and Tendulkar himself settled matters - Tendulkar would open the innings.
"The rest, as they say, is history. Sachin tore into opposition bowling attacks and was instrumental in guiding us to the final. And this included playing one of his best knocks ever against Pakistan at Centurion on March 1, 2003." said Ganguly, now a TV commentator after retiring from international cricket in 2008.
Record breaking Gayle destroys Pune.....
Chris Gayle was unstoppable in the game against Pune as he went on to break several T20 records. The Gayle storm blew so hard that the visiting Pune team had no answers whatsoever and ended up being mere spectators while the devastation lasted for the entire 20 overs.
The first stage of the spectacular hitting show saw the West Indian register the joint fasted fifty in the Indian T20 League, by reaching the half-century off just 17 balls.
Fastest fifties in the Indian T20 League:
Gayle's hitting continued, and after taking Bangalore past the 100 run mark in the 8th over, the big man himself went past the three figure mark in the very next over, taking just 30 balls to get there. With this, he registered the quickest ever hundred in the Indian T20 League, surpassing Yusuf Pathan's 37 ball hundred against Mumbai.
Fastest hundreds in the Indian T20 League:
Gayle also registered the fastest hundred in all forms of T20 cricket, beating Andrew Symonds' 34 ball hundred against Middlesex.
Fastest hundreds in T20s:
What followed was the Jamaican getting past 150, which was only the third occasion for a player to do so in T20 cricket. He also went on to register the highest individual score in the Indian T20 League as well as in Twenty20 cricket with an unbeaten knock of 175 off just 66 balls.
Highest individual scores in the Indian T20 League:
Highest individual scores in T20 cricket:
Gayle's blitzkrieg had powered Bangalore to a breathtaking 263/5, which is the highest total by a team in T20 cricket. The Bangalore franchise got to the top spot of the table by going past Sri Lanka's 260/6 against Kenya.
Highest totals in T20 cricket:
Bangalore, with their total, surpassed Chennai's 246/5, a record which was with the Dhoni led team for three years.
Highest totals in the Indian T20 League:
When Chris Gayle was finally done after the 20 overs were bowled, the hard-hitting left-hander had gone past 150 sixes in the Indian T20 League. He was sitting pretty in the first position for most sixes in the league, having moved up to 163 maximums, way ahead of second placed Suresh Raina, who had 99. Gayle, during his record breaking knock, had collected 17 sixes, which is the most by a player in a single innings in T20 cricket.
Most sixes in an innings in T20 cricket:
Most sixes in an innings in Indian T20 league:
The first stage of the spectacular hitting show saw the West Indian register the joint fasted fifty in the Indian T20 League, by reaching the half-century off just 17 balls.
Fastest fifties in the Indian T20 League:
| Player | Balls | For | Against | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | 17 | Bangalore | Pune | Bangalore |
| Adam Gilchrist | 17 | Hyderabad | Delhi | Centurion |
| Robin Uthappa | 19 | Bangalore | Punjab | Bangalore |
| Owais Shah | 19 | Rajasthan | Bangalore | Bangalore |
| Virender Sehwag | 20 | Delhi | Rajasthan | Bangalore |
| MS Dhoni | 20 | Chennai | Mumbai | Jaipur |
Gayle's hitting continued, and after taking Bangalore past the 100 run mark in the 8th over, the big man himself went past the three figure mark in the very next over, taking just 30 balls to get there. With this, he registered the quickest ever hundred in the Indian T20 League, surpassing Yusuf Pathan's 37 ball hundred against Mumbai.
Fastest hundreds in the Indian T20 League:
| Player | Balls | For | Against | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | 30 | Bangalore | Pune | Bangalore |
| Yusuf Pathan | 37 | Rajasthan | Mumbai | Mumbai |
| Adam Gilchrist | 42 | Hyderabad | Mumbai | Mumbai |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 45 | Mumbai | Chennai | Mumbai |
Gayle also registered the fastest hundred in all forms of T20 cricket, beating Andrew Symonds' 34 ball hundred against Middlesex.
Fastest hundreds in T20s:
| Player | Balls | For | Against | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | 30 | Bangalore | Pune | Bangalore |
| Andrew Symonds | 34 | Kent | Middlesex | Maidstone |
| Louis van der Westhuizen | 35 | Namibia | Kenya | Windhoek |
| Yusuf Pathan | 37 | Rajasthan | Mumbai | Mumbai |
| Scott Styris | 37 | Sussex | Gloucestershire | Hove |
| Ahmed Shehzad | 40 | Barisal | Duronto | Dhaka |
What followed was the Jamaican getting past 150, which was only the third occasion for a player to do so in T20 cricket. He also went on to register the highest individual score in the Indian T20 League as well as in Twenty20 cricket with an unbeaten knock of 175 off just 66 balls.
Highest individual scores in the Indian T20 League:
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | Team | Against | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | 175* | 66 | 13 | 17 | 265.15 | Bangalore | Pune | Bangalore |
| Brendon McCullum | 158* | 73 | 10 | 13 | 216.43 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Bangalore |
| Chris Gayle | 128* | 62 | 7 | 13 | 206.45 | Bangalore | Delhi | Delhi |
| Murali Vijay | 127 | 56 | 8 | 11 | 226.78 | Chennai | Rajasthan | Chennai |
| Paul Valthaty | 120* | 63 | 19 | 2 | 190.47 | Punjab | Chennai | Mohali |
| Virender Sehwag | 119 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 212.50 | Delhi | Hyderabad | Hyderabad |
Highest individual scores in T20 cricket:
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | Team | Against | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | 175 | 66 | 13 | 17 | 265.15 | Bangalore | Pune | Bangalore |
| Brendon McCullum | 158* | 73 | 10 | 13 | 216.43 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Bangalore |
| Graham Napier | 152* | 58 | 10 | 16 | 262.06 | Essex | Sussex | Chelmsford |
| Louis van der Westhuizen | 145 | 50 | 14 | 12 | 290.00 | Namibia | Kenya | Windhoek |
| Cameron White | 141* | 70 | 14 | 6 | 201.42 | Somerset | Worcs | Worcester |
| David Warner | 135* | 69 | 11 | 8 | 195.65 | NSW | Chennai | Chennai |
| Chris Gayle | 128* | 62 | 7 | 13 | 206.45 | Bangalore | Delhi | Delhi |
Gayle's blitzkrieg had powered Bangalore to a breathtaking 263/5, which is the highest total by a team in T20 cricket. The Bangalore franchise got to the top spot of the table by going past Sri Lanka's 260/6 against Kenya.
Highest totals in T20 cricket:
| Total | By | Against | Innings | Venue | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263/5 | Bangalore | Pune | 1 | Bangalore | 23 Apr 2013 |
| 260/6 | Sri Lanka | Kenya | 1 | Johannesburg | 14 Sep 2007 |
| 254/3 | Gloucs | Middlesex | 1 | Uxbridge | 26 Jun 2011 |
| 250/3 | Somerset | Gloucs | 1 | Taunton | 27 Jun 2006 |
| 246/5 | Chennai | Rajasthan | 1 | Chennai | 3 Apr 2010 |
| 245/4 | Nondescripts | v SL Air SC | 1 | Colombo (Bloomfield) | 16 Oct 2005 |
| 243/2 | Dolphins | Eagles | 1 | Lahore | 14 Oct 2010 |
| 242/3 | Essex | v Sussex | 1 | Chelmsford | 24 Jun 2008 |
| 241/6 | South Africa | England | 1 | Centurion | 15 Nov 2009 |
| 240/5 | Chennai | Punjab | 1 | Mohali | 19 Apr 2008 |
| 239/3 | Easterns | Centrals | 1 | Bulawayo | 16 May 2009 |
Bangalore, with their total, surpassed Chennai's 246/5, a record which was with the Dhoni led team for three years.
Highest totals in the Indian T20 League:
| Total | By | Against | Innings | Venue | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263/5 | Bangalore | Pune | 1 | Bangalore | 23 Apr 2013 |
| 246/5 | Chennai | v Royals | 1 | Chennai | 3 Apr 2010 |
| 240/5 | Chennai | v Kings XI | 1 | Mohali | 19 Apr 2008 |
| 232/2 | Punjab | v RCB | 1 | Dharamsala | 17 May 2011 |
| 231/4 | Delhi | v Kings XI | 1 | Delhi | 23 Apr 2011 |
When Chris Gayle was finally done after the 20 overs were bowled, the hard-hitting left-hander had gone past 150 sixes in the Indian T20 League. He was sitting pretty in the first position for most sixes in the league, having moved up to 163 maximums, way ahead of second placed Suresh Raina, who had 99. Gayle, during his record breaking knock, had collected 17 sixes, which is the most by a player in a single innings in T20 cricket.
Most sixes in an innings in T20 cricket:
| Player | Number of sixes | For | Against | Venue | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | 17 | Bangalore | Pune | Bangalore | 23 Apr 2013 |
| Graham Napier | 16 | Essex | Sussex | Chelmsford | 24 Jun 2008 |
| Craig William | 14 | Namibia | Scotland | Windhoek | 4 Oct 2011 |
| Brendon McCullum | 13 | KKR | RCB | Bangalore | 18 Apr 2008 |
| Richard Levi | 13 | South Africa | New Zealand | Hamilton | 19 Feb 2012 |
| Chris Gayle | 13 | Bangalore | Delhi | Delhi | 17 May 2012 |
| Louis van der Westhuizen | 12 | Namibia | Kenya | Windhoek | 7 Nov 2011 |
| Chris Gayle | 12 | Jamaica | Guyana | Gros Islet | 19 Jan 2013 |
| Chris Gayle | 12 | Dhaka | Sylhet | Dhaka | 15 Feb 2013 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 11 | Mumbai | Chennai | Mumbai | 14 May 2008 |
Most sixes in an innings in Indian T20 league:
| Player | 6s | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | 17 | Bangalore | Pune | Bangalore | 23 Apr 2013 |
| Brendon McCullum | 13 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Bangalore | 18 Apr 2008 |
| Chris Gayle | 13 | Bangalore | Delhi | Delhi | 17 May 2012 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 11 | Mumbai | Chennai | Mumbai | 14 May 2008 |
| Murali Vijay | 11 | Chennai | Rajasthan | Chennai | 3 Apr 2010 |
| Adam Gilchrist | 10 | Hyderabad | Mumbai | Mumbai | 27 Apr 2008 |
source:Cricbuzz
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)