PCA - ECB - IPL

I think IPL is in trouble abut English players. The first IPL is going to take place on April. But, its main problem is that they did able to accommodate the English players. The IPL is in conflict of the time schedule with county cricket. It has a great value to all the English men than others. It is clear to the opinion of the ECB chairman, Giles Clarke.

Currently, the IPL clashes with England's county season but Lalit Modi, its chairman, maintains his willingness to shift the dates of future tournaments in order to accommodate English players. The ECB chairman, Giles Clarke, strongly believes that England's players would rather play for their country than an Indian franchise, but Sean Morris, the PCA chief executive, is aware of the need for a balance.

"We will ask the players how they feel," he said. "We need to sit them down and ask their personal views - some might have different opinions to others. But I would like to think on behalf of the players we would be able to take advantage of this concept and allow them to reap the benefits.

Although, Lalit Modi, the chairman of IPL, told that they would keep in mind about the county cricket for the next episode of IPL. There is not only England team but also different home series. So, how they manage all the countries?

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Ind vs SA: V Sehwag’s 309 and next test

The performance of the Indian team is mind blowing and V Sehwag is going to touch highest record now and scored 309 in the Future Cup Test series. Yesterday was the third of the first test of the three match series. V Shewag scored this run from 292 balls. He took these runs by hitting 41 fours and 5 sixes. It is the highest score of his career. In his 54 test career, his achievement is 13 centuries.

Now, all the fans are thinking that will V Sehwag break the record? It also the highest record of Ind vs SA matches. Before it, HH Gibbs was the higher record holder and 196 and Sachin Tendulkar was in the second highest record holder SR Tendulkar of 169 runs.

He has more record ahead of him to touch. If he can hit 7 fours he could cross over his own record against Pakistan in 2006. The highest four record holder is JH Edrich 52 who was an English players. 12 sixes is the highest in an innings V Sehwag is 5 now.

By scoring 309 runs, he just has touched his previous record which was against Pakistan. 17 highest record holders are ahead of him. If he can able to add just 10 runs he will able to the top 15^th record holder.

I think the wicket is most favorable to the batsmen. It could easy to break the records. Now it is time to see what Sehwag can do. I got a quote on Cricinfo that "The spectators who were at the MA Chidambaram Stadium have witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime innings. Sehwag's awesome triple-century, 309 off 292 balls, has changed the course of this match dramatically. India have scored 386 runs today off 85 overs and are only 72 runs behind South Africa. It's fair to say that only one team can win this match from here and that is India. The pace at which Sehwag has scored his runs has kept this Test alive. If India can bat on tomorrow and gain a lead of around 200 shortly after tea (and it is possible if Sehwag bats on) the pressure will fully be on South Africa on a fifth day pitch. And there's the world record of Lara's 400 as well."

Do you thing that this score can help India to win the first test?? May be not, because India can score well but they are not mentally so strong that they could take risk by throwing a challenge to South Africa. Although it is sure that India can do anything anytime but not all time. I think they will not declare to the first innings before lunch. Anyway, there are many intelligent to take decision.

The second test will be held at Ahmedabad on Apr 3-7, 2008 and the third test at Kanpur - Apr 11-15, 2008.

South Africa is in Good position

At the end of the first South Africa scored 304 by 4 wickets in the first test of three match series. The MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai has come to favor to SA. GC Smith, captain SA won the toss and, who chose to bat first. At the end of the day, the fans of SA are congratulating Smith for the decision. All the three batsmen including Smith have done well except JH Kallis's 13.

South African batsmen have reached in a strong position depending on top order batsmen. Captain GC Smith 73, ND McKenzie 94, HM Amla 85 (not out) is the key point for SA. In the 34^th over, getting on the front foot Smith tried to drive the ball towards mid-on but fails and it went to short midwicket, Laxman took the catch easily. So Smith had to return to the pavilion with 73 when SA reached 132.

Second wicket was hunter by Harbhajan Singh and that was McKenzie. McKenzie beat in the cleverness of H Singh. He failed to play a flighted in the 51th over, Dravid took the catch when the total runs come at 196.

Similarly the third wicket was taken by Harbhajan Singh when South Africa total score came 244. HM Amla was the 3^rd fallen batsman in the first innings.

JH Kallis and AG Prince was the lowest scored in the first day of the first innings. This strong score will inspire SA to do well in the second day. I think they could do well.

Indian Squad, against South Africa

BCCI selection commission has declared 14 members squad for the upcoming test series between India and South Africa in the Indian home ground. On Monday, they decided that the squad is for the first two tests of the three-match series. The series will start form 26 March in Chennai and the second test on 3 April on Ahmedabad.

Before the test two counties is mentally strong because India played a mind blowing cricket against Australia and South Africa also showed a strong performances against Bangladesh both ODI and Test. Mentionable, Indian performances in the Commonwealth Bank tri-nation series was so aggressive. Although the some wrong decision through India form the victory of test series.

The declared squad is looking good but I am confused about why Zaheer Khan is not on the in the squad. Here are three spinners and three pacer although Irfan Pathan is considered as a little bit all-rounder.

Squad: Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Vangipurappu Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble (captain), Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Rudra Pratap Singh.

Channel i Sera Kantho Competition 2008

In Bangladesh, one of the leading electronic media Channel i, has announced to find out the top singer in Bangladesh. The slogan of the competition is ‘Gane: Awoaj Tolo Prane’. The registration has already been started and it will be continued till 15 April. The whole Bangladesh has divided in 7 divisions such as Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Chittagonj. The NBR Bangladeshi also allowed for the competition.

The 10 will be selected in the final round and one will be selected in the grand final. As judgment Runa Laila and Sabina Yeasmeen will play the role. You can become register by sending SMS and visiting it’s official website too. May be this year three competition will be organized the different TV Channels.

All about ICL and Live telecast Media (TV & IPTV)

ICL is coming in a new form which is called the "ICL 20s Grand Championship" will take place on 9 March to 7 April. In this week two things is coming second time one is the second ICL tournament and the second auction of IPL for selecting players. Both are the talk of the time.

The second ICL will be held in three grounds Panchkula, Gurgaon and Hyderabad and eight teams will take part. In the inaugural ceremony the Grand tournament held on single gourd and 6 teams took. 34 matches will be held in this ICL 20s Grand Championship tournament.

There was huge media coverage about New Zealand Sahne Bond who will take part in the second ICL 20s Grand Championship. Australian pacer Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz will take part in the tournament. Ahmedabad Rockets and Lahore Badshahs is the new add team this tournament.

The telecast right was achieved by ZEE Sports and it telecast the inaugural Twenty20 tournament. But the second tournament will be telecast by Dubai Based Ten Sports and ZEE Sports too.

The tournament, called the "ICL 20s Grand Championship", runs from March 9 to April 7. Those taking part include Shane Bond, who faces a global ban on his cricket career. The Dubai-based Ten Sports, which recently retained the media rights of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), will telecast all the ICL matches live this time along with Zee Sports

Interesting news for the internet users who are living in India will watch the tournament through IPTV. It is providing by WatchIndia.TV but on demand.

With this announcement, WatchIndia subscribers can log on and watch live programmes from India or catch it on demand for up to 14 days after the live feed for all channels. WatchIndia.TV claims to offer Indian sports, news, entertainment, culture and movies to 30 million NRIs worldwide

So enjoy the second "ICL 20s Grand Championship" tournament.

Kareena’s is not accepting Saif

Some days ago there was news in the media that Saif Ali Kahan tried to convince Karishma Kapoor and became successful to this mission; even Kareena’s father also declared that if Bebo becomes happy then he has no problem. But Kareena’s mother did not accept Saif-kareen relationship form her heart and has become displeased.

Bebo’s Mother Babita is so much knowledgeable and did not any mishehave with Saif and acting very simple so that everyone could think that she has no negative though about Saif.

Our well-placed source in the industry says, "Babita has not done anything in public so far to reveal her opinion of Bebo's relationship with Saif. She has been very cordial with Saif, but when alone with Kareena, she does not leave any opportunity to tell her that Saif is not the right choice for her."

So what is the problem with Saif? "It's not that Babita dislikes Saif as a person. She finds him a nice guy. Her problem is Saif's age. While Kareena is 27, Saif is 37. The 10-year age gap is disturbing Babita. She feels Saif is a bit too old for Kareena."

As, Bebo’s mother could not take Saif simply, so will the romance will come end now? Kareena doesn’t think so. She thinks that her family and also her mother will accept their relationship sooner or later.