Pakistan players have been banned for DLF IPL second season

No Pakistani cricketers will attend in the second season of DLF Indian Premier League (IPL T20) this year April-May 2009. Pakistan government has declared that their players will not allow joining IPL this year for security reason. After the massive terrorist attack in Mumbai last year, relationship between India-Pakistan has depressed more. Even, India stopped their tour of Pakistan in stead they are playing a five matches ODI series and a Twenty20 match in Sri Lanka. 

There is some new Pakistan players named for the auction but after hard decision for the government of Pakistan the players will not come for the second season and the franchises are also terminated their names from their lists for this year. In the last year, most of the Pakistan cricketers played well except Shoaib Akter. Sohail Tanvir built two records during the inaugural IPL T20. He took 6 wickets in an innings and the highest wicket takers (20 wickets) in the whole tournament.

Muttiah Muralitharan is the most wicket taker in the world

During the 4^th ODI against India, Sri Lankan top spinner M. Muralitharan has achieved the title of top wicket taker of ODI in the world. By dismiss Indian opener G. Gambhir. R Premadasa Stadium in now a history in for world cricket that watch the most wicket records. Previously, Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram was this record holder of 502 wickets.

On 05 February 2009, the 4^th ODI was held at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. To touch the most wicket taker title Muttiah Muralitharan had to play 328 matches. On the other hand Wasim Akram achieved 502 wickets from 356 matches. To pull off the 503 wickets, he took 4 wickets 14 times and 5 wickets 10 times and his best bowling was 7/30.

Indian opener G. Gambhir was that lucky wicket for Muttiah Muralitharan to over take the Wasim Akram.

After winning toss India elected to bat first. India lost an early wicket of V Sehwag. Captain MS Dhoni and G. Gambhir’s partnership helps India to build a strong sore. MS Dhoni scored 94 from 140 balls. And G Gambhir sored 150 runs from 147 and felt in to the trap of Muttiah Muralitharan’s spin.

Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundra 11.7% owner Rajasthan Royals minority stake

Rajasthan Royals is the champions of the inaugural Indian Premier League. By beating Chennai Super Kings in the final it became the champions. This was the only team which was leaded by a foreign captain. Shane Warn was that person who was the captain in aside during the match running time and was the Coach off-time of the tournament.

Recently, the team is going to sell a part of the minority stake to others. There is a news is in media that Shilpa Shetty and her partner Raj Kundra has bought the 12% stake of the Champions of IPL20 2008. Even Shilpa Shetty herself told it by meeting to the press men.

Business Standard reported:

Speaking at a press conference in Mumbai, Shetty said: “It is an honour to be associated with Rajasthan Royals, I hope for a re-run from them this time too. I will help by providing my expertise in merchandising and music videos — basically to develop the creative part of the franchisee.”

Shilpa Shetty is the fourth bollywood superstar who has become the stake holders of any Indian Premier League (IPL T20). Previously, Shah Ruka Khan along with Juhi Chawla(although she withdrew her franchise) stake is the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, Pretty Zinta is the for KingXI Punjab. So, Shilpa is the fourth stars.

The Rajasthan Royals was the at least franchise of Indian Premier League. Emerging Media group, Lachlan Murdoch, Sir. Aditya S Chellaram and Suresh Chellaram was the previous stake holders and the new and 11.7% stake holder bollywood actress and Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty and her business partner Raj Kundra. They have become the partners by paying approximately US $15.4 million.

10 things on Canon Pixma MX860 and MX330 office All-In-On (AIO)

Today, Canon USA has announced two new printers from its Pixma series. It is Canon Pixma MX860 and Pixma MX330 All-In-One (AIO). The users can use it in both areas and Office. These are the first additions that will support Wireless LAN through Ethernet connections. So, the users can use it for the multi-purposes such as print, Scan, Photo print, Fax. 

10 important information of Office All-In-One (AIO) Printer; 

1. PIXMA MX860 and PIXMA MX330 printers are from the popular Office All-In-One (AIO) line-up.
2. Both the printers are easy to use and can print good quality photo too.
3. Canon PIXMA MX860 Office AIO printers can scan the both sides of the page at a time of letter-sized documents.
4. You can save your time easily by using these printers. Users can print it at the same time of scan.
5. It has Wireless LAN (802.11b/g)1 capabilities and an Ethernet network connection built-in for easy printing and scanning with multiple personal computers.
6. Canon has taken initiative to design canon products environmentally- and people-friendly and PIXMA MX860 and PIXMA MX330 is one of the parts.
7. During the scan Pixma Office AIO printers can save time and quick scan too. Suppose you are scanning a small document, you can reduce the image boundary areas easily even if you use auto scan mood then it will identify the document and will scan it.
8. PIXMA MX860 OFFICE ALL-IN-ONE has a 2.5-inch TFT Color screen display but PIXMA MX330 has a 1.8-inch TFT Color screen.
9. Pixma MX860  has a five-color individual ink tanks system, a resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi and PIXMA MX330 has four-color ink cartridge system with a maximum color resolution of 4800 x 2400 dpi.
10. Both the printers able to print borderless photo 4" x 6" size and it will take just 45second. And PIXMA MX860 is able to scan high quality images with 2400 dpi very quickly on the other hand PIXMA MX330 also has ability to scan 1200 dpi images too.

 

By comparing these All-in-One printers you could understand easily that Pixma MX860 is best and professional and able supply quality than Pixma Mx330.

The estimated selling prices for the PIXMA MX860 and PIXMA MX330 Office All-In-One Printers are $199.99 and $109.99, respectively.

Nikon Coolpix P90 camera with 24X zoom lens

Recently, Nikon Inc. has announced its new product of the ‘P’ series on 3 February 2009. The first version of that series coolpix P80 was launched in March 4, 2008. Just after one year, it has announced about the super-zoom Digital SLR Nikon Coolpix P90 camera with 24X zoom lens. In the last year, the previous version of Nikon Coolpix P90 camera was stirred to the photographers.

 

Nikon Digital Camera COOLPIX P90 Specifications

 

Effective pixels	12.1million
Image sensor	1/2.33-in. CCD; total pixels: approx. 12.7 million
Lens	24x Zoom-NIKKOR; 4.6-110.4mm (35mm [135] format picture angle: 26-624mm); f/2.8-5; Digital zoom: up to 4x (35mm [135] format picture angle: 2496mm)
Focus range (from lens)	50cm (1 ft. 8 in.) to infinity (∞), Macro close-up mode: 1cm (0.4 in.) to infinity (∞)
Monitor	3-in., approx. 230k-dot, vari-angle TFT LCD with anti-reflection coating, Electronic Viewfinder, 0.24-in., approx. 230k-dot
Storage media	Internal memory (approx. 47 MB), SD/SDHC memory cards*1
Image size (pixels)	4000 x 3000 (12M), 3264 x 2448 (8M), 2592 x 1944 (5M), 2048 x 1536 (3M), 1600 x 1200 (2M), 1280 x 960 (1M), 1024×768 (PC), 640 x 480 (TV), 3984 x 2656 (3:2), 3968 x 2232 (16:9), 2992 x 2992 (1:1), 1920 x 1080 (16:9: 2M)
Vibration Reduction (VR)	Image sensor shift VR
ISO sensitivity	ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200*2, 6400*2, Auto (auto gain ISO 64-800), High ISO Sensitivity Auto (ISO 64-1600), Fixed range auto (ISO 64-100, 64-200, 64-400)
Interface	Hi-Speed USB
Power sources	Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL5 (supplied), AC Adapter EH-62A (optional)
Battery life	Approx. 200 shots with EN-EL5 battery
Dimensions (W x H x D)	Approx. 114 x 83 x 99 mm (4.5 x 3.3 x 3.9 in.) excluding projections
Weight	Approx. 460 g (16.2 oz.) without battery and SD/SDHC memory card
Supplied accessories*3	Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL5, Battery Charger MH-61, USB Cable UC-E6, Audio Video Cable EG-CP14, Strap AN-CP18, Lens Cap LC-CP19, Software Suite CD-ROM
Optional accessories	AC Adapter EH-62A

 

I will post another article detailed on Nikon Coolpix P90 camera.

Watch on Zee TV for UK Sri lanka-India 3rd ODI live score

India-Sri Lanka cricket series going on full speed and India already has won tow out of 5mathch series. The previous two matches were low scored matches in spite of very good batting support pitches. Many supports are watching the matches live. They all could understand the bowlers are dominating over the batsmen in the two sports venues. 

The first match was held in Dambulla and second match was held on Colombo. The first match was a dayer match and was held in 10 am local time and the second one was 14:30pm. The third match will kick-off at Colombo the same venue of where the second oid was held. 

This is also a day-nigh match and will be grounded at 14:30 local time. 

03 Feb 2009    Sri Lanka vs India

3rd One Day International, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (D/N)

Live action starts from: 09:00 GMT (14:30 IST) 

Nimbus has won the broadcast right and later it has shared the right to the different media. For United Kingdom (UK) people the Zee TV has secured the telecast right. According the GMT the match will be started at 09:00.

Like Zee TV, ATN is in Canada, Super Sports in South Africa, Fiji TV in Fiji, Geo Super in Pakistan, Setanta in Australia and Astro in Malaysia.

Beside the electronic media, there are many websites that will provide the text live score and ball by ball commentary too. You can get it easily by searching in Internet.

Visit this websites to watch the match latest news.

http://www.vcricket.com/

http://www.cricinfo.com/

http://scores.sify.com/

 

 

Vocational Excellence Award-Kareena Kapoor and next

This year Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has get two awards. One is Vocational Excellence Award by Bansi Dhurandhar. Kareena Kapoor got it for the youngest achiever of the film industry. Another award, the India today Woman Award 2009 that Kareena Kapoor gets by Erin Brockovich. 

Sawf reported:

"It's privilege that Kareena will be given this award. She feels great that she is being recognized for the work that she has done in the film industry," said a source close to Kareena.

Kareena won Filmfare Best Female Debut Award to act ‘Refuge’ in 2001. Without it, Kareena Kapoor also won award to act the film like Chameli (Filmfare Special Performance Award in 2004) Dev (Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance in 2005) Omkara and Jab We Met. 

At present, Kareena Kapoor is acting ‘Kambakth Ishq’, Main Aur Mrs. Khanna, Three Idiots, Milenge Milenge and Untitled Renzil D'Silva Project. 

Kambakth Ishq is directed by Sabir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. Akshay Kumar, Aftab Shivdasani, Amrita Arora Casts of Kambakth Ishq. The film may be released on 29 May, 2009.

 The film ‘Main Aur Mrs. Khanna’ is directed by Prem Soni. It is the first film by Prem Soni. Salman Khan is Kareena Kapoor’s co-artist. Producer Sohail Khan also acts this film. Sajid Wajid is conductor of Main Aur Mrs. Khanna’s songs. 

Kareena Kapoor’s next film is ‘Three Idiots’ where she will act against Aamir Khan. Recently, Aamir Khans’s Ghajini has got super hit in box-office. Aamir Khan plays opposite Asin. Shantanu Moitra is the music director and Kajol will be appearance as a guest actress at the film. 

‘Milenge Mileng’ will be the first film with Shahid Kapoor after breaking their personal relationship. In ‘Jab We Met’ Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor acted together and she was awarded for this film.