New Delhi, March 3 (ANI):
Exhibiting a rare unity, members of parliament cutting across party lines on Wednesday advocated the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, for cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
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After witnessing Tendulkar score 200 runs, the first ever double ton in One Day International (ODI) cricket against South Africa on February 24 in Gwalior, Maharashtra
chief Minister Ashok Chavan had said that the State government would recommend his name to the Central government for the Bharat Ratna award.
The support to honour Sachin with the Bharat Ratna has gained momentum in the country's political circles with members expressing their open support for his name's recommendation.
"No, this is not a political issue, parties cannot decide on this, but being a patriot and a cricket fan, I also want that Tendulkar should get Bharat Ratna. But this should be made a matter of discussion," Venkaiah Naidu, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader told reporters outside parliament in national capital.
Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of Bajaj Auto Limited and a parliamentarian said Tendulkar's contribution to the sport made him deserving of the highest honours.
"What he (Tendulkar) has done in the past 20 years, and particularly the double century in one-day cricket, which no other batsman has scored in the world, whole country is proud and happy for him, we all are happy. If he gets Bharat Ratna, I don't think anyone would have issues, one would be happy," Bajaj told reporters in New Delhi.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal also said the legendry cricketer could qualify for any honour.
"I don't think there's any cricketer like Sachin (Tendulkar) in the world, therefore he can get any award," he said in national capital New Delhi.
Tendulkar, who opens in one-day matches, smashed 200 not-out off 147 balls to help India post 401-3 in the allotted 50 overs.
The maiden double century guided India to a 153-run win and a series victory over South Africa.
The 36-year-old batsman holds the record for most runs in Tests (13,447) and ODIs (17,598) and most centuries in Tests (47). (ANI)
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Sania Mirza hopes for a good return to court in 2010 CWG
Recuperating from the wrist injury, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has said that her next big goal is to make a strong comeback at the Commonwealth Games, scheduled in October 2010 in the national capital.
“My main goal now is probably going to be the Commonwealth and the Asian Games because these events are the most important thing at the moment. Especially with Commonwealth Games being in India, it makes it all the more important”, said Mirza on the sidelines of the inauguration of a residential tennis academy, headed by former Davis Cupper Jaidip Mukerjea, in Kolkata city on Tuesday
Mirza has ruled herself out of the game for the next six weeks due to a career-threatening wrist injury in her right hand that she incurred at the Dubai Open in February 2010. “I have been struggling with my wrist a little bit. I got some MRIs done yesterday. So, I need about six weeks off as of now. That is the condition at the moment. I have been struggling with this injury since the Fed Cup. But I played on with it a little bit, just to try out if I could. But right now I need six weeks off and then we will take a re-evaluation of the situation”, Mirza added.
Mirza said she sustained injury after losing to Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round of the 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship. However, Mirza was happy with her contribution during the Fed Cup Group II matches in Kuala Lumpur last month, which helped India qualify for Fed Cup’s Asia/Oceania Zone Group-I stage.
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“My main goal now is probably going to be the Commonwealth and the Asian Games because these events are the most important thing at the moment. Especially with Commonwealth Games being in India, it makes it all the more important”, said Mirza on the sidelines of the inauguration of a residential tennis academy, headed by former Davis Cupper Jaidip Mukerjea, in Kolkata city on Tuesday
Mirza has ruled herself out of the game for the next six weeks due to a career-threatening wrist injury in her right hand that she incurred at the Dubai Open in February 2010. “I have been struggling with my wrist a little bit. I got some MRIs done yesterday. So, I need about six weeks off as of now. That is the condition at the moment. I have been struggling with this injury since the Fed Cup. But I played on with it a little bit, just to try out if I could. But right now I need six weeks off and then we will take a re-evaluation of the situation”, Mirza added.
Mirza said she sustained injury after losing to Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round of the 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship. However, Mirza was happy with her contribution during the Fed Cup Group II matches in Kuala Lumpur last month, which helped India qualify for Fed Cup’s Asia/Oceania Zone Group-I stage.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
This year enjoy IPL matches live at cinema halls
NEW DELHI: Many cinema halls around the country have decided to create a stadium-like atmosphere by screening live the Indian Premier League (IPL)
matches.
The matches, from March 12 to April 25, will be played in India after being held in South Africa the last time. The matches will be screened in multiplexes as well as on single screens.
"It is a new and exciting offer. Usually the traditional method is to show films in theatres, so this is something innovative," UFO Moviez India CEO Rajesh Mishra told IANS.
UFO Moviesz is a digital satellite cinema network that will facilitate the live showcase of matches in cinema halls.
Mishra revealed that many multiplexes warmed up to this initiative because not many big budget films are releasing during the period of the IPL.
"IPL has become a strong property. On top of that, no big budget film is releasing during this period. So, screening matches will be beneficial for the halls because no major film shows will be affected and they (theatres) will have something to fall back upon for sustenance," he added.
Amit Awasthi, manager (programming and operations) of Spice Cinemas, told IANS: "We have eight screens and no big films are releasing during the IPL. So we thought it will be good to experiment and see the response by screening the matches."
Industry sources say there will be benefits of watching cricket matches in cinema halls.
It will be a high definition live event, there will be uninterrupted advertisement-free viewing, 33 percent more image as well as the stadium atmosphere.
Around 800 screens around India, including close to 65 in Delhi and surrounding areas, are expected to screen the matches.
Multiplexes like Cinemax, INOX, Fame and PVR among others gearing up for this new offering.
As far as the ticket prices are concerned, halls have decided to keep them equivalent to movie ticket prices.
"We are not increasing the ticket prices. People would have to pay what they pay for films," said Yogesh Raizada, corporate head (cinemas) of Wave Cinemas.
"We are planning corporate and marketing tie-ups to increase our profits. We won't put any pressure on ticket prices," he added.
"We will decide something between Rs.400-500 for the tickets," said Rohan Doshi, in-charge of bulk bookings, Cinemax.
So are they expecting a good response?
"Its an experiment. We don't know what to expect but I'm sure we won't suffer losses even if we don't make heavy profits," said Awasthi.
Cricket fans are excited too.
"We now experience the feel of a stadium without being in the stadium. I am planning a bulk booking for all my friends so that we can watch the matches together," said Shantanu Roy, a banker.
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matches.
The matches, from March 12 to April 25, will be played in India after being held in South Africa the last time. The matches will be screened in multiplexes as well as on single screens.
"It is a new and exciting offer. Usually the traditional method is to show films in theatres, so this is something innovative," UFO Moviez India CEO Rajesh Mishra told IANS.
UFO Moviesz is a digital satellite cinema network that will facilitate the live showcase of matches in cinema halls.
Mishra revealed that many multiplexes warmed up to this initiative because not many big budget films are releasing during the period of the IPL.
"IPL has become a strong property. On top of that, no big budget film is releasing during this period. So, screening matches will be beneficial for the halls because no major film shows will be affected and they (theatres) will have something to fall back upon for sustenance," he added.
Amit Awasthi, manager (programming and operations) of Spice Cinemas, told IANS: "We have eight screens and no big films are releasing during the IPL. So we thought it will be good to experiment and see the response by screening the matches."
Industry sources say there will be benefits of watching cricket matches in cinema halls.
It will be a high definition live event, there will be uninterrupted advertisement-free viewing, 33 percent more image as well as the stadium atmosphere.
Around 800 screens around India, including close to 65 in Delhi and surrounding areas, are expected to screen the matches.
Multiplexes like Cinemax, INOX, Fame and PVR among others gearing up for this new offering.
As far as the ticket prices are concerned, halls have decided to keep them equivalent to movie ticket prices.
"We are not increasing the ticket prices. People would have to pay what they pay for films," said Yogesh Raizada, corporate head (cinemas) of Wave Cinemas.
"We are planning corporate and marketing tie-ups to increase our profits. We won't put any pressure on ticket prices," he added.
"We will decide something between Rs.400-500 for the tickets," said Rohan Doshi, in-charge of bulk bookings, Cinemax.
So are they expecting a good response?
"Its an experiment. We don't know what to expect but I'm sure we won't suffer losses even if we don't make heavy profits," said Awasthi.
Cricket fans are excited too.
"We now experience the feel of a stadium without being in the stadium. I am planning a bulk booking for all my friends so that we can watch the matches together," said Shantanu Roy, a banker.
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THE WORLD NUMBER ONE CRICKETER SACHIN MADE 200
Why is Sachin Tendulkar so popular? That might sound like a silly question. After all, this is the man who on Wednesday broke yet another of cricket's longest-standing records. In 39 years of One Day International cricket (the medium-length version, as opposed to the five-day tactical teeter-totter that is Test cricket and the bish-bash-bosh of Twenty20, cricket's fast-food format), no individual has ever scored 200 runs in an innings before.
To put it in context, that's 2,961 previous games of that type in which no one had managed the feat. And Mr. Tendulkar did it against South Africa, a side officially ranked the world's third best in One Day Internationals, behind only Australia and India themselves. It's an achievement that required not just astonishing concentration and technical mastery, but, given the number of runs tallied in the limited time available, the sort of super-speedy scoring not usually thought of as his specialty. But somehow, no one was surprised it was Mr. Tendulkar that did it. No one's ever really surprised at anything he does any more.
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar reacts after scoring his double-century during the second one day cricket match between India and South Africa, in Gwalior, India, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Tendulkar Wednesday scored the first ever double-century in one-day international cricket.
Born on April 24, 1973, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar made his international cricket debut just 16 and a half years later. Since then he's broken most of the international game's batting records: most Test match runs (13,447), most One Day International runs (17,598, a frightening 4,170 ahead of the next contender), most Test scores of 100 runs or more (47), and the same in One Day Internationals (46).
But his latest achievement was particularly special. Try, for a moment, to think of another sportsman a couple of months short of his 37th birthday, at the very top of his particular game for more than two decades, who still has the ability and, more to the point, the hunger to take that game to heights previously unscaled not just by himself, but by anyone. Then try to digest the fact that, of his 93 international 100s, 10 have come in the past year.
The obituary-writing pens had been sharpened for years before that, climaxing in 2006 with the unthinkable, when he was booed off his home ground, Mumbai's Wankhede, after an innings against England that was notable not so much for the low score (1) as the master batsman's apparent scratchy ineptitude. It came during a mid-decade period when his play frequently seemed constrained, defensive, lacking in fluency—the polar opposite of his usual serene method. That he was able to drag himself out of the rut in his mid-30s was a surprise to many at the time; with hindsight, it looks inevitable.
So he's good. And yet, despite all that, the sheer idolatry that Mr. Tendulkar receives in his homeland still has the power to startle. His arrival at the crease fills stands; his departure empties them. His long-time teammate Rahul Dravid, for example, with 11,000-plus Test runs to his name at an average score only just lower than Mr. Tendulkar's, can walk around his homeland unmolested in a way of which his compatriot, who has to don a disguise just to go to the cinema, can only dream. And with an almost-comparable batting record, plus a bowling record that would put him among his nation's highest achievers even if he'd never picked up a bat in his life, the captain of the opposition at Gwalior, Jacques Kallis, has a claim, statistically at least, to be the greater player. But absolutely no one believes that he is.
That's because the reasons for Mr. Tendulkar's iconic status extend well beyond the boundary. There's his integrity—no off-field dalliances, match-fixing allegations or doping indiscretions for this sporting titan. Then there's his incredible humility; in an era of brash, trash-talking sportsmen-with-attitude, he's never been heard to utter a single boastful word, nor one denigrating an opponent. His celebration upon reaching the latest landmark was typical: a raised bat, a glance to the heavens, a smile of quiet satisfaction.
Mr. Tendulkar may have the trappings of sporting superstardom—the multiple homes, the bodyguards, the inevitable restaurant—but this is a man who doesn't shout about his achievements. There's always been a relentless, quiet, determined concentration to the way in which he just gets on with the business of accumulating runs.
This isn't the dogged, cussed determination of a battler who punches above his weight, nor the extravagance and wastefulness typical of many of those who possess the richest of talents. Instead Mr. Tendulkar has a unique amalgam of the two. Blessed with an ability few in the history of the game have ever been able to match, he has focused solely on translating it into the largest number of runs he can for his team, eschewing all other priorities and brooking no distractions. From a purely sporting perspective, he's cricket's Tiger Woods. Even before his recent off-course indiscretions, however, what Mr. Woods got was admiration and respect; what Mr. Tendulkar gets is love.
Maybe that's because, more than anything else, what Mr. Tendulkar stands for is constancy. His career has spanned an era when cricket has changed beyond recognition, from a predictable, staid, not particularly lucrative pastime, administered largely by post-colonial relics, to the flash, flush, money-spinning media circus of today, driven by the excitement and glamour of Twenty20 cricket, and in particular the megabucks, Bollywood-bling, rich-man's-plaything Indian Premier League. His dedication has never been affected by the riches and glitz of the modern game; he approaches cricket in exactly the same methodical, faultless way he always did.
The past 20 years, of course, have also been a period during which the nation that produced him—driven by his economically freewheeling hometown—has undergone equally dramatic changes. And perhaps therein lies the real secret of his popularity: Mr. Tendulkar is a beacon of stability in a sport, in a country and in a world that are changing at a pace many find unsettling. He's an unbroken link to values of hard work, humility and reliability, and for that reason a lot of people find him uniquely reassuring. When the unthinkable day comes that he finally does hang up his bat, it's not only cricket that will be poorer for the loss.
To put it in context, that's 2,961 previous games of that type in which no one had managed the feat. And Mr. Tendulkar did it against South Africa, a side officially ranked the world's third best in One Day Internationals, behind only Australia and India themselves. It's an achievement that required not just astonishing concentration and technical mastery, but, given the number of runs tallied in the limited time available, the sort of super-speedy scoring not usually thought of as his specialty. But somehow, no one was surprised it was Mr. Tendulkar that did it. No one's ever really surprised at anything he does any more.
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar reacts after scoring his double-century during the second one day cricket match between India and South Africa, in Gwalior, India, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Tendulkar Wednesday scored the first ever double-century in one-day international cricket.
Born on April 24, 1973, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar made his international cricket debut just 16 and a half years later. Since then he's broken most of the international game's batting records: most Test match runs (13,447), most One Day International runs (17,598, a frightening 4,170 ahead of the next contender), most Test scores of 100 runs or more (47), and the same in One Day Internationals (46).
But his latest achievement was particularly special. Try, for a moment, to think of another sportsman a couple of months short of his 37th birthday, at the very top of his particular game for more than two decades, who still has the ability and, more to the point, the hunger to take that game to heights previously unscaled not just by himself, but by anyone. Then try to digest the fact that, of his 93 international 100s, 10 have come in the past year.
The obituary-writing pens had been sharpened for years before that, climaxing in 2006 with the unthinkable, when he was booed off his home ground, Mumbai's Wankhede, after an innings against England that was notable not so much for the low score (1) as the master batsman's apparent scratchy ineptitude. It came during a mid-decade period when his play frequently seemed constrained, defensive, lacking in fluency—the polar opposite of his usual serene method. That he was able to drag himself out of the rut in his mid-30s was a surprise to many at the time; with hindsight, it looks inevitable.
So he's good. And yet, despite all that, the sheer idolatry that Mr. Tendulkar receives in his homeland still has the power to startle. His arrival at the crease fills stands; his departure empties them. His long-time teammate Rahul Dravid, for example, with 11,000-plus Test runs to his name at an average score only just lower than Mr. Tendulkar's, can walk around his homeland unmolested in a way of which his compatriot, who has to don a disguise just to go to the cinema, can only dream. And with an almost-comparable batting record, plus a bowling record that would put him among his nation's highest achievers even if he'd never picked up a bat in his life, the captain of the opposition at Gwalior, Jacques Kallis, has a claim, statistically at least, to be the greater player. But absolutely no one believes that he is.
That's because the reasons for Mr. Tendulkar's iconic status extend well beyond the boundary. There's his integrity—no off-field dalliances, match-fixing allegations or doping indiscretions for this sporting titan. Then there's his incredible humility; in an era of brash, trash-talking sportsmen-with-attitude, he's never been heard to utter a single boastful word, nor one denigrating an opponent. His celebration upon reaching the latest landmark was typical: a raised bat, a glance to the heavens, a smile of quiet satisfaction.
Mr. Tendulkar may have the trappings of sporting superstardom—the multiple homes, the bodyguards, the inevitable restaurant—but this is a man who doesn't shout about his achievements. There's always been a relentless, quiet, determined concentration to the way in which he just gets on with the business of accumulating runs.
This isn't the dogged, cussed determination of a battler who punches above his weight, nor the extravagance and wastefulness typical of many of those who possess the richest of talents. Instead Mr. Tendulkar has a unique amalgam of the two. Blessed with an ability few in the history of the game have ever been able to match, he has focused solely on translating it into the largest number of runs he can for his team, eschewing all other priorities and brooking no distractions. From a purely sporting perspective, he's cricket's Tiger Woods. Even before his recent off-course indiscretions, however, what Mr. Woods got was admiration and respect; what Mr. Tendulkar gets is love.
Maybe that's because, more than anything else, what Mr. Tendulkar stands for is constancy. His career has spanned an era when cricket has changed beyond recognition, from a predictable, staid, not particularly lucrative pastime, administered largely by post-colonial relics, to the flash, flush, money-spinning media circus of today, driven by the excitement and glamour of Twenty20 cricket, and in particular the megabucks, Bollywood-bling, rich-man's-plaything Indian Premier League. His dedication has never been affected by the riches and glitz of the modern game; he approaches cricket in exactly the same methodical, faultless way he always did.
The past 20 years, of course, have also been a period during which the nation that produced him—driven by his economically freewheeling hometown—has undergone equally dramatic changes. And perhaps therein lies the real secret of his popularity: Mr. Tendulkar is a beacon of stability in a sport, in a country and in a world that are changing at a pace many find unsettling. He's an unbroken link to values of hard work, humility and reliability, and for that reason a lot of people find him uniquely reassuring. When the unthinkable day comes that he finally does hang up his bat, it's not only cricket that will be poorer for the loss.
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