IPL CRICKET 2010 - Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Challengers

IPL CRICKET 2010

Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Challengers

VIJAY BLOCKBUSTER

RIGHT-HANDER SCORED 127 OFF 

56 BALLS TO HELP CSK BEAT RR

Chennai:Two innings and two wins. Murali Vijay came up with another blitzkrieg and guided Chennai Super Kings to a crucial home victory against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. Vijay,who scored a match-winning 78 to hand Chennai super Kings register a much-needed win against Bangalore Royal Challengers in Their previous match, tore apart the Royals' bowlers while scoring 127 off 56 balls to help CSK post a 23-run victory over Royals here at the MA Chedambaram stadium. With the win CSK's chances of entering the last four got better.

            Chennai Super Kings' score of 246 for five on Saturday is the highest team total n IPLbettering their own 240 for five against Punjab in 2008. Vihay's 127 is the second highest individual score in IPL after Kolkata Knight Riders' Brendon McCullum (158) and the Chennai boy became the only third Indian to score a century after Manish Pandey and Yusuf Pathan in this edition.

        After such a powerful batting display, the CSK fans might have expected to win hands down but two Royals' batsmen-Shane Watson (60 off 25 balls) and Naman Ojha (94 not out off 55 balls) -made life difficult for the home bowlers.

           It was a Herculean task for the Royals for sure but they were not ready to give it up without giving a tough fight. Watson and Ojha showed great character and raised bright hopes for Shane Warne's boys but their effort was enough to overcome such an unassailable target.Doug Bollinger (4-0-15-2), who made his CSK debut on Saturday, was the pick of the bowers and kept the Royals batsmen under continuos pressure from the beginning.

           the way Vijay hammered the likes of Shane Warne it seemed as if he was playing in the local league. He made the Royals bowlers look pedestrians and Warne had no clue how to stop Vijay's onslaught till end of his innings.

          Vijay is not a slogger and one of the cleanest hitters of the ball. The way the local hero sent a Tait Delivery out of the huge Chepauk stadium was incredible.

         South African allrounder Albie Morkel, who was promoted to No 4 provided adequate support to Vijay in the middle overs. Morkel (62, 43b, 3x4, 5x6) came good for the first time in the ongoing IPL and added 152 runs for the third wicket with Vijay, the biggest for the third wicket in IPL and the second highest for any wicket.

           Earlier, Matthew Hayden (43) and Vijay put on 62 runs in 5.5 overs for the first wicket before the Aussie misjudged an incoming ball from Srikanth Wagh and offered a simple catch to Watson at mid-off. Uresh Raina (13) followed Hayden soon.

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IPL CRICKET 2010 - Mumbai Indian Vs Deccan Chargers

IPL CRICKET 2010

Mumbai Indian Vs Deccan Chargers

Mighty MI Keep On Rolling

Mumbai Register 63-Run Win Against Deccan Chargers To Stay On Top Of The IPL Table

Mumbai:An allround effort by Team Mumbai was enough to see off Deccan Chargers by 63 runs on Saturday. After Ambati Rayudu and Saurabh Tiwary's heroics with the bat, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh bowled brilliantly to keep Mumbai help Mumbai on top of the IPL table. Set to score 179 for a win, Deccan Chargers were dismissed for 115 all out in 18.2 overs as Zaheer Khan took 2 for 10 and Harbhajan Singh 2 for 16. Earlier, Ambati Rayudu struck an unbeaten 29-ball 55 to help Mumbai Indians recover from a mini collapse and post a challenging 178 for five.

               Rayudu, who joined another youngster Saurabh Tiwary when the hosts had lost three wickets in a heap to be at 62 for three after nine overs, cracked two sixes and sex fours during his breezy innings.

         Tiwary also made 44 off 35 balls with three sixes and one four, and added 65 runs for the fourth-wicket partnership with Rayudu. Rayudu and Kieron Pollard (21) then added a quick 51 in less than five overs for the sixth-wicket combo to help MI end on a high note.

       Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha picked up three wickets for 26 runs but Deccan, after looking like restricting high-flying hosts for a modest total conceded a lot of runs to the end. The visitors gave away 34 runs in the last two overs off Ryan Harris and Jaskaran Singh.

         Their expensive overs spoil Ojha's effort who picked up opener Shikhar Dhawan (14) and Dwayne Bravo (2) in sucessive overs and then added Tiwary to his tally.

       Rahul Sharma also chipped in with the prized wicket of captain Sachin Tendulkar (35). The home team batsmen struggled on a sluggish wicket that offered turn to the spinners.

        Mumbai were given a good start by the right-left combination of Tendulkar and Dhawan who put on 53 runs before three wickets fell in quick succession.

         Deccan started bowling with Rohit Sharma after Tendulkar won the toss and opted to bat first.

        But the off-spinner could not control the new ball and started with two wides before Tendulkar on-drove him with a lofted shot for a four. Rohit conceded 12 runs in the first over.

        But Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist soon stumped Dhawan off Ojha to give the hosts first blow and in the next over Sharma trapped in-form Tendulkar plumb. He made 35 off 25 balls with the help of five fours. The hosts were rocked further when Ojha made a ball turn that went past the bat of West Indian Bravo to reduce them to 62 for three from 53 for no loss in 18 balls.

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Lindsay Lohan - NOBLE CAUSE

Lindsay Lohan's 

'World issue'

      Lindsay Lohan is desperate for people to watch her documentary about child-trafficking in India. The 23-year-old actress came here in December to shoot the documentary and has urged people to watch it when it airs. Writing on her web page, Lindsay said, "My documentary is coming out soon. It's about child-trafficking in Indi9a and I'd like to encourage everyone to watch it! It's a massive world issue, and it happens every day. I just want people to recognise the more important things in the world, rather than gossip."

           The Mean Girls actress previously claimed to have saved many lives in just one day while she was making the documentary last year. She said, "Over 40 children saved so far... Within one day's work. This is what life is about... Doing this makes life worth living! Trafficking is a big issue here, I'm doing what I can, and will contijue to do so as long as I can."

              

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Priyanka Chopra - KASHMIRY BEAUTY

Kashmir's newest Kali

Priyanka Chopra is smitten by the beauty 

of Kashmir and vows to return soon for a 

much-deserved holiday with her family

If Amitabh Bachchan can be the brand ambassador for Gujarat, Priyanka Chopra seems more than willing to play an equivalent role for Kashmir. And the buzz is that she is being actively considered by the state government's  tourism department for just that.

        After a week-long shooting schedule in the Valley, Priyanka is clearly enamoured by all things Kashmiri. In fact so idyllic was the trip that she is deremined to return at the earliest -- this time, with her entire family.

         "I was in Kashmir two years ago for work. Even this time, it was for work. But I'm going back there very soon with all my loved ones for a holiday. I was working non stop for the film and got no time to just relax and soak in the clean air and natural beauty of the Valley. I want to go back just for that, and not for work. "

      In fact, Priyanka wants to publicly urge other film units in bollywood to shoot in the Valley.

        "It's absolutely safe here. The tourism department and security personnel were impeccable in their hospitality. Not for a second did I feel there was any danger. I must say I'm leaving Kashmir very reluctantly and can't wait to be back," said Priyanka.

       Another factor that made her visit to the valley so memorable was the poetry. Playing a shy Muslim mohtarrma in Vishal Bharadwaj's film, she was wooed earnestly by Irfan Khan with poetry written by Gulzar. sighs the actress , "I've always been Gulzar saab's biggest fan and it has been my sincere wish to work with him. This is the closest I've come to his creativity. Actually, it couldn't get any better....the most beautiful place on earth and Gulzar saab's poetry." In deed!

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Akshay Kumar - GREAT COLLECTION

POSTER BOY

Revealed: Akshay Kumar's secret passion...

He may be a big Bollywood star, but Akshay Kumar is an equally big fan of the Indian film industry. Right from the time he was working as a cook in Bangkok, Akshay has been collecting classic Bollywood posters and photographs of yesteryear stars. It's something even his closest friends didn't know.

            Akshay has been collecting these posters for years and has built himself a sizeable collection."In Action Replay, Akshay plays the owner of a coffee house and when the set was being planned, director Vipul shah mentioned that he wanted it to be a Bollywood-themed cafe. they were searching for suitable posters but were getting only cheesy ones from the market. That's when Akshay Kumar revealed that he had many good posters in his personal collection but was in two minds about bringing them out of his house because he was afraid they would get damaged or lost.

      when Vipul took personal responsibility for them and assured Akshay that he would make sure each and every one of them was handed back after the shoot, Akshay took him home and let him choose from his collection. Vipul then hand-picked some posters," said out source.

       When contacted, Vipul recounted, "We were not getting good posters and the problem kept cropping up in production meetings. We had absolutely no clue that Akshay had such a collection; it was a pleasant surprise."  

        On his part, Akshay said, "Yes, its true that I have lent some posters to Vipul because they couldn't source original ones."

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Kangna Ranaut - IN HEALING

Double

injury

Injured Kangna back in Mumbai, producer 

estimates a loss of Rs 1.5 crore

Kangna Ranaut's freakbike accident on the sets of Tanu Weds Manu in Jalandhar has burnt a hole in producer Sailesh singh's pocket. He claims to have incurred a loss of Rs. 1.5 crore. the actress injured her foot when the bike she was riding suddenly skidded. She is now back in Mumbai.

          Sailesh now regrets not insuring the film. "I should have insured it. The tragic part is that I had spoken to an insurance agent on March 27 and we were supposed to get the film insured by the end of the week. Unfortunately, the accident happened on March 28." Now he has no choice but to grin and bear the loss.

         The month-long shooting schedule in Punjab has been cancelled and Kangna's co-stars, R Madhavan and Jimmy Shergill, were asked to pack up and go home. "I hope to get the combination dates of these three actors and resume the shoot by April 15. I think Kangna will be fine by then, " says Sailesh.

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Kareena Kapoor - ICONIC ROLE

All about

Monroe

Kareena Kapoor's role in Madhur Bhandarkar's 

next is inspired by the life of Marilyn Monroe

For some time now, we've been hearing that Madhur Bhandarkar's film with Kareena Kapoor is based on the life of a successful actress whose career eventually goes downhill. The cat is now out of the bag.

         Known for his penchant for bringing real life incidents to cinema, Madhur Bhandarkar's Kareena-starrer will be based on American superstar Marilyn Monroe's life.

       A close friend of Madhur reveals, "Madhur has always been fascinated by marilyn Monroe's life. He has wanted to make a film on her since a long time, but things did not fall into place. Now, he is completely ready with the subject. It may not be an exact representation of Marilyn's life Hollywood star's life. Marilyn's life was quite controversial and Madhur read a lot to know as much as he could about Marilyn.

         "More importantly, he also watched many documentaries based on her life. He approached Kareena to play the lead role only when he was sure that he could translate every aspect of his researching to a story. He is now talking to many male actors to star opposite Kareena, " adds the friend.

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Heana D Cruz - 'FASHION' ABLE

South cinema's in fashion

Madhur Bhandarkar may have been the first Indian director to make an expose of sorts on the country's fashion industry, but Sandalwood producer K Manju is set to take things further by remaking Fashion in three southern languages. "I was so moved by the film and how Madhur drew upon real-life incidents, especially the sub-plot about the model who gets addicted to drugs, " says Manju, adding that the film will be made in Kanada, Tamil and Telugu.

              Though he admits that the fashion scene down south is not as 'bold' as it is in Mumbai, the basic nuances remain the same. "A lot of girls who enter the field face problems that I want to show in my film, " says Manju. The producer also wants to touch upon some of the inner workings of the film industry. "There'll be lot more than just fashion, for which I have a major star cast planned, " he adds.

            To gain a foothold in all the three markets -- Sandalwood, Kollywood and Tollywood--the producer plans to join hands with director Indrajit Lankesh, with whom he is holding "initial discussion". And as for the lead actress, "We're in talks with Heana D'Cruz and will soon seal the deal, " says Manju, who plans to start filming from August.

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Randhir Kapoor - BACK TO BUSINESS

The new 'it' couple on the block

Dimple Kapadia, who continues to make her presence felt in Bollywood, is being paired opposite her favourite co-star, Rishi Kapoor's elder brother, Randhir Kapoor. For the first time, they will be paired together in Rahul Dholakia's Society.

            Dimple says, "Yes, I'm paired opposite Rabdhir Kapoor for the first time. The film has an interesting star cast. There's OmPuri, Seema Biswas, I think Right Sarika, Javed Jaffrey and Paresh Rawal.

         Dimple has always made for great pairing with the Kapoors. "My love for the Kapoors never dies. But Daboo saab (Randhir) is Chintu's (Rishi) elder brother. I have to behave my self while working with him. No mauj-masti like I do with Chintu."

        She recalls her good times with her very first co-star, Rishi Kapoor. "How many films have we done together ? Four. I think. We had funt! We look forward to the unusual pairing that has potential to spark off some great chemistry.

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Karan Johar - VERBAL SPAT

Hand in hand!

           Ram Gopal Varma and Karan Johar can't keep their hands off each other, it seems! while it is well known in the industry that the two don't see eye to eye, we recently witnessed an online spat between them.

          On Wednesday, KJO tweeted, "Early morning dreams come true?? I dreamt I was watching Phoonk 2 and holding Ram Gopal Varma's hand in fear....is this a possibility??" To this, RGV tweeted, "Well I don't know about Phoonk 2 but I am scared of the @kjo-har25 hand bolding part." Ouch!

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Mehr and Arjun Rampal - DOUBLE DELIGHT

Arjun and Mehr 'rock

on' for 12 years!

This week, Rampals celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary. And one would think that this much social couple would ring in another lovely year with pomp, show and style.But they decided to have a quiet celebration at home with their sweet lil' gals. Arjun made it special with champagne, flowers and gifts for his beautiful lade. And from all of us here....Rock On, you beautiful couple!

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Dia Mirza LOOKING FOR LOVE

Dia ready to be a mommy!

This lovely lady hasn't found a man yet, but she's ready to be a mommy already. And yes, she's looking for her Prince Charming.

        Recently, while talking to us, reason for looking for a man to settle down. Said Dia, "My friends keep telling me 'Stop looking for love and love will find you' And I tell them that my need for a relationship is more that just finding love. I want to have babies. I believe it is the most beautiful feeling ever."

           We threw some options like adoption and test-tube baby, to which she quickly re;lied, "I do want to have babies out of love, and experience it the natural way," Attention boys, is there anyone out there who wants to be Dia's darlin' and complete this pretty family picture?

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Lyricist Thamarai - ALL SMILES

SURPRISE,

SURPRISE! 

We have all heard about A R Rahman springing a surprise on

singers (by including the track version that they had sung in the album) and directors (by giving them an extra song and the like), Well, lyricist Thamarai got to be a part of one such surprise recently. And it happened with the song Mannipaya...from Vinnaithaanidi Varuvaayaa, which was recorded without director Gautham Menon even knowing it. Thamarai reveals,
           "Rahman asked me to come over to his studio one day and said that he had created a tune which would fit in at a crucial point in the story. He asked me to come up with lyrics where the female lead asks for forgiveness for toying with the hero's feelings. I was initially hesitant as the scene where the song was to be inserted was one where the female lead chooses the hero over her father. But Rahman assured me that he wanted this to be a surprise for Gautham."
         Thamarai added that later, when Gautham heard the song, he too was a little apprehensive."But he went ahead and shot the song suitably and now, it is a rage!," exclaims the hot and happening lyricist.




 

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Deepika Paduknoe - DAREDEVIL

Some 

hardcore

action

Deepika Padukone recently performed some of the most daredevil stunts for Lafange Parindey, directed by Pradeep Sarkar, but excaped unhurt.

           While striding across the road with Neil Nitin Mukesh, her ce-star, Deepika was supposed to fall into a deep and wide muddy pit. Neil's protective instincts became evident when he told her not to perform the dangerous stunt and a bodydouble was arranged to fall into the deep hole. However, Deepika insisted on doing the stunt herself.

        A source says, "Once Dee fell in the pit, Only professional divers could help her come out. That's how deep the hole in the ground was. Once the camera started rolling, Deepika fell into the pit, pretending it was an accident, and went right to the bottom. Her expertise as a swimmer helped her to hold her breath underwater as divers rushed in to get her out. "

           Deepika confirmed the incident, "I had to make it look like an accident so that the scene looked convincing. I had to do whatever it took, " she said.

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Bobby Deol - RURAL INSTINCT

Bobby's 'farmville'

This is no0t the popular, make-belief 'farmville' on a website. We're talking about the real farm and the real Patiala of Punjab. Bobby Deol has been there on several occasions, but recently, while shooting for his home production with Sunny and daddy Dharmendra, he lived there for a long spell.

           From walking around in the farms, mingling with the farmers and lounging in the sarson ke Khet, Bobs soaked in the real spirit of Punjab.

           And now, he's in love with Patiala, more than ever before. Of course, another reason is that the kind of fan following the Deol Khandaan enjoys in Punjab is almost unbelievable. Everyone out there is a die-hard Deol fan; obviously, our Dharam paaji grabs the most attention

         We're wondering if Bobs wants to sow his own seeds on that land. We mean the farming kinds...

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