India tour of Sri Lanka is uncertain

India has stopped the tour on Pakistan after the massive Mumbai terrorist attack during the cricket match along with England in the home soil. Now, Indian cricket team has not tour in with in tow month that is why BCCI has proposed to Sri Lanka to host an ODI series whenever Sri Lanka has also been stopped their tour of Pakistan.

 

CricketNext reported:

According to Chief Administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty of the BCCI, there has been no official communication with the Sri Lankan Cricket board in this regard.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has stepped in to tour Pakistan. But their Sports Minister said on Sunday that the tour would be split with Sri Lanka returning home after the one-dayers to play five games against India.

 

Although the time schedule is not fixed yet, even the Sri Lanka did not show any green signal to the BCCI. Most probably, both the counties are thinking positively about the ODI series. On the other side, India has a tour of New Zealand on 06 Mar 2009. BCCI has requested to the New Zealand Cricket to add one test match during the tour. 

West Indies in New Zealand 3rd ODI: Batting reviews

The test came to in end without result and Twenty20 international matches dismissed in 1-0. Now, the two ODI has been over, here one ODI becomes drawn and other closed the equations with D/L method. The host was beaten to the guest just five wickets remaining 1 ball. The dramas of matches’ no-result are not end here; three ODI matches have already been left. The 3^rd ODI will be taken place on at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

 

Match Date: Wed 7 January, 2009

Match Time: 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT

Match Status: Day-Night

Match No: 3rd ODI - New Zealand v West Indies

Location: Westpac Stadium, Wellington

 

In the first test, almost all the batsmen contribute with a good run the first innings and scored 365 and threw a challenge to the oppositions and West Indies Cricketers overcame it and score 340 runs. As a result, the first test between New Zealand vs West Indies at University Oval, Dunedin, becomes drawn.

 

The second test was held on New Zealand v West Indies 2008/09 season was played at McLean Park, Napier, on 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 December 2008. During the second test West Indies, who chose to bat first and built a strong barrier of 307 runs, in spite of being batting downfall the match was full of excitement. In the reply New Zealand batsmen dominated the Caribbean bowlers in an iron hand and drawn total 371            runs in the scoreboard. Depending on S Chanderpaul 126 of West Indies and TG McIntosh 136 of New Zealand both the teams score well in the first inning.

The second innings of West Indies was totally full of drama. The Caribbean CH Gayle 197 was a record runs for his career and the team reached 375 runs whenever BP Nash 65 runs. These batting forms threw a real challenge to the host team.

 

The fans of the both teams enjoyed the real games in the cricket and that reflect in the scheduled two Twenty20 matches. The first match became drawn and the second matches New Zealand Batsmen sit tightly over the West Indies bowlers’ even batsmen too. As a result the host secured an easy victory over the guest.

 

Two ODIs already have been over too. The result is on the favor of the guest West Indies now. The first ODI, which was held at Queenstown Events Centre was abandoned for bat weather and the second odi was dismissed with the D/L method.

 

It is clear that the 3^rd ODI will be full of huge competition. The three matches are left among the five. The 4^th and 5^th ODI will be held on Sat 10 January, 2009 at Eden Park, Auckland and 5^th ODI on Tue 13 January 2009 at McLean Park, Napier. 

The List of ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

55 cricket players have been selected for the Cricket Hall of Fame award. ICC and FICA will organize jointly the new award programs. In the list, England is leading the top position Australia is in 3^rd and West Indies is leading the second position. From the England cricketers 22 players named in the lists, 13 players from West Indies and 11 from Australia, whenever 3 legends are from India.

ecb.co.uk reported:

 “FICA believes it is important to honour the outstanding contributions many individuals have made to the game,” said May, who played Test cricket for Australia.

“The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in association with FICA is obviously the appropriate forum to do so and we are delighted to join with the ICC in this great venture.”

This is a very good routine works from the ICC and FICA. Another positive thing is that they will be awarded by turn. Now, they have selected themselves which ran between 1999 and 2003. There are 13 West Indians, 11 Aussies, three Indians, three Pakistanis, two South Africans and one New Zealander.

Indianapolis at San Diego NFL match live on NBC

The NFL match between Indianapolis Colts and San Diego Chargers will be kicked off at Qualcomm Stadium at 8:00 PM (ET). The visitors Indianapolis Colts will meet with home of San Diego Chargers.

 

The Match will be telecast on NBC Live so, you can enjoy the most anticipate match.

 

Playoffs - Wild-Card Weekend

SAT, JAN 3    TIME (ET)       TV       RESOURCES           LOCATION

Atlanta at Arizona      4:30 PM         NBC    Tickets  | Travel         U of Phoenix Stadium

Indianapolis at San Diego   8:00 PM         NBC    Tickets  | Travel         Qualcomm Stadium

SUN, JAN 4   TIME (ET)       TV       RESOURCES           LOCATION

Baltimore at Miami   1:00 PM         CBS    Tickets  | Travel         Dolphin Stadium

Philadelphia at Minnesota   4:30 PM         FOX    Tickets  | Travel         Metrodome

 

Here is also the matches of 4 January 2009 too and a detail information about the time schedule of NFL.

All About Bollywood Actress Hansika Motwani

Hansika Motwani is a nice actress. Her eyes, smile, hair style brings makes her different from other new actresses. Hansika Motwani was born on 9 August 1991. Her birth name was Hansika Pradeep Motwani. Hansika’s other names include Baby Hansika Motwani and Seema Motwani. Her father, Pradeep Motwani is a businessman, and mother Mona Motwani is a popular dermatologist. Hansika completed A level at Podar International School. Her elder brother is Prashant Motwani. Hansika Motwani shot to fame as a child artist and her first movie as child artist was Escape from Taliban. Some of her other notable movies, where she performed as child artist, are Aabra Ka Daabra, Hum Kaun Hai, Jaago, Koi Mil Gaya and Hawa.

 

However, before getting into Bollywood, Hansika Motwan came into limelight, performing in several TV serials including Kyunki Sass Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thee, Hum 2 Hai Na, Desh Me Nikla Hoga Chand, Shakalaka Boom Boom, Celebrity show Fame Gurukool.

 

Once child artist, Hansika Motwani, is now super queen of Tollywood and Bollywood. Though she is still 17, Hansika prepared herself for performing in leading roles excellently. However, mother Mona Motwani played a big role in her career.

 

With her killing smile, eyes and stunning beauty, Hansika Motwani possesses all the qualities of an actress. That is why, she is now one of the popular actresses of Tollywood and Bollywood. Hansika Motwani’s first Telegu movie Desamuduru got released in 2007 and the movie was a box office hit. Hansika shot to fame in Bollywood in a leading role with her debut movie Aap Kaa Surroor opposite Himesh Reshammiya.

 

Hansika Motwani’s favorite actor is Dev Anand and she likes Romantic and Comedy films. Her favorite perfume is Estee Lauder. Jaipur (Rajsthan) is her favorite city. Hansika Motwani knows a number of languages including English, Hindi, Punjabi, Telegu and Tulu.

 

Along with Shah Rukh Khan, Hansika Motwani performed in several television ads including Hyundai Atos, Bonvita, Samsung Electronics.

 

I hope that if Hansika Motwani takes part in Miss World beauty pageant and performs well, she can secure good position.

 

In 2007, at the age of 16, Hansika Motwani started her filmy career in leading role with the Telegu language movie Desamuduru where she performs opposite Allu Arjun. The movie was super hit in South Indina film industry. Hansika has also performed in another Telegu language movie: Kantri. Kantri got released on 9 May 2008 and she is seen opposite Jr. NTR. At this moment, Hansika Motwani is shooting for another Telegu film Billa.

 

Hansika Motwani’s first Hindi film is Aap Kaa Surroor which was a super hit of 2007. This was also the debut film of popular singer Himesh Reshammiya. Hansika Motwani impressed the Bollywood moviegoers with her excellent acting in the movie. Aap Kaa Surroor was based on the real life story of noted signer Himesh Reshammiya. The name of the movie was taken from Himesh Reshammiya’s music album of same name.

 

On 15 February, 2008, Hansika Motwani’s first Kannada language movie Bindaas got released. Opposite Hansika, the movie features actor Puneet Rajkumar. Hansika Motwani’s second Telegu language movie is Kantri which casts Jr.NTR, , Tanisa, Prakash Raj, Asin Vidyarth, Shyyaji Shinde, Ajay Sharma, Mukesh Rishi, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivas Rao, Ali, Ragu Babu, Subba Raju, Sunil, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, MS Narayana and many others. In the movie, both Hansika Motwani and Jr.NTR performed very well. After that, Hansika Motwani’s second Hindi film Money Hai Toh Honey Hai got released. Hansika is see opposit Govinda in the movie.

All about Indian Actress Ileana D'Cruz

Ileana D'Cruz is a South Indian actress. The 21-year-old actress was born in 1987 in Mumbai. Before joining film industry, she came into limelight as an aspiring model. Her first modeling assignment was a Fair and Lovely ad which was directed by Rakesh Roshan.

Birth

Ileana D'Cruz was born in Mumbai on 19 August 1987 to lawyer father Ronaldo Leo and mother Sameera. She has several nick names including Ili, Ilu, Iiyana, Yana, Iliana. Once her father was a noted film actor of Tamil film industry. 

Profession

Ileana D'Cruz has taken modeling and acting as her profession at this moment.

 

Education

B.A. Ileana knows a number of languages including English, Hindi and Telegu.

 

Family

Ileana D'Cruz’s father Ronaldo Leo is Christian (Roman Catholic) and mother Sameera is Muslim by religion. After their marriage, Sameera converted to Christian.

 

Ileana D'Cruz is a talented actress. Her height is 5 feet 5 inches. Singing, dancing, swimming and reading English novels are her hobbies. She learned sketching very well from her father.

      

Ileana D'Cruz has three sisters and two brothers. She grew up in Mumbai and now she resides in Goa along with her family.

 

Favorite Things

Her favorite actor is Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. Among the actresses, Ileana D'Cruz likes Kajol most.

 

Ileana D'Cruz’s favorite writer is Sidney Sheldon. Her favorite drink is mango juice, and she likes Chinese. Blue and black are favorite colors of Ileana D'Cruz.

   

Ileana D'Cruz stepped in acting with 2006 Telegu film Devadasu. She did not need long time to get into limelight and earn popularity. With her acting talent and skill, Ileana D'Cruz became one of the popular actresses of Tollywood and Killywood. Her first Tamil movie was Kedi which was released in 2006. Ileana D'Cruz broke into Hindi movie industry Bollywood in the same year with the movie Ek- The Power of One.

 

Ileana shot to fame with her second Telegu language movie Pokiri which was a box office hit in 2006. The movie Pokiri got International Indian film academy award in 2006.

 

Ileana D'Cruz’s notable Telegu language films include Bhale Dongalu which also features Tarun Kumar, Jagapati Babu in important roles. 2008 movie Jalsa casts Pawan Kalian, Ali, Prakash Raj, Kamalinee Mukherji, Pravati Melton alongside Ileana D'Cruz. Her 2007 Telegu film Aata features Siddharth Narayan, Sunil, Munna. 

 

The movie Rakhi (2007) casts Jr. Ntr, Charmme Karu, Ravi Varma, Suhasini in different roles and Ileana plays the role of Tripura. Pokiri is Ileana D'Cruz’s most successful movie so far in her career. 2006 Tamil movie Kedi features Ravi Krishna, Rameshkhnna, Tamanna, Suman Shetty, Adithy, Atul Kulkarni and M.s.Baskar.   

   

Ileana D'Cruz is now busy with shooting for the movies which will be released in 2009. At this moment, she is shooting for three Telegu language films: Saleem, Kick and Local, and she is also working for a Tamil movie Vettaikaran.

 

Ileana D'Cruz’s first movie Devadasu was directed by YVS Chowdary. As her first movie, she gained a lot of experience while shooting for the movie. Ileana was very much delighted with her first film.

 

Ileana D'Cruz said that she enjoyed working with director YVS Chowdary whom, she thinks, was very helpful and wanted everything perfect. Terming YVS Chowdary an excellent director, Ileana D'Cruz termed YVS Chowdary as her Guru.

 

In the film Devadasu, Ileana is seen opposite Ram. She said that Ram was more experienced and was very helpful. Ileana D'Cruz likes to act in different types of character.

 

Ileana D'Cruz’s most successful movie is Pokiri. She said that she learned a lot of things while working for the movie. Ileana achieved more experience while filming the movie.

 

At this moment, Ileana D'Cruz is working in several Tamil and Telegu language movies. Ileana likes romantic comedy movies most.

 

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Aishwarya-Hrithik is in Sanjay Leela Bhansali untitled film

Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshon have been selected for next movie of Sanjay Leela Bhansali but Sanjay Leela Bhansali is very excited about Hrithik Roshon and Aishwarya Rai. Sanjay’s last film Saawariya has flopped in bollywood in spite of huge media publicity. 

Aishwarya Rai worked Sanjay Leela’s film ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ (1999) and Devdas (2002). These movies got huge hit in box-office in bollywood. So, Sanjay Leela is very interested to Aishwarya Rai and he thinks Aishwarya Rai will be perfect for the role on his new film. Sanjay Leela Bhansali will maintain his style about film story. 

Already Aishwarya Rai has read the script, has chosen it and agrees to work this film. After 6 years Aishiwary Rai is going to act in Sanjay Leela Bhansali the film. 

Hrithik Roshon is always serious about his profession; he showed his passionate in the previous films. That is why the film makers like to work with him. The director Bhansali doesn’t keep stop to praise him. He also explained that Hrithik Roshon is very sincere so, he likes his scientism most that is important for an actor to lead any stage. 

The filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted best bollywood star work his next film, so he seems Aishiwary Rai and Hrithik Roshon will be best, perfect on his film.

Dhoom2 was super duper hit in bollywood film industry. Although Jodhaa Akbar did not become successful in bollywood but their act was very nice. So, Sanjay Leela Bhansali seems this pair will be an excellent for his next film. The film is Bhansali’s first venture with Hrithik-Aishwarya and guess it will be successful in 2009 year.