Bengal Ranji Trophy cricketer Avik Chowdhury is fighting for life in a Kolkata hospital following a road accident on Sunday afternoon. Avik and four of his friends suffered serious injuries when his car overturned after hitting a road divider on EM Bypass. Avik suffered three factures on his spinal cord, a chest injury and was left paralyzed from waist down, according to authorities at the Ruby hospitals where he was admitted in a critical condition at around quarter past four. “All five of them, including three women, have suffered injuries. But Chowdhury's injury was very serious (semi-comatose). He is undergoing treatment in the ITU along with another person,”
A much awaited match was ended in favor of bangalore,The big hitter Ross Taylor,Who found all the fences in the park,and he also take the bangalore to a emphatic victory,in early time sehwag played a good innings to help delhi to reach a good score,but it is not enough to make them a victories team
The Champions League T20 campaign was did over for RCB even before the start of the contest but the Bangalore side ended it on a high with a thumping eight-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils hire on Saturday The results also ensured the ouster of Daredevils from the inaugural event and the 12-tournament will now have a semifinal line-up devoid of any IPL side...
Bangalore: The Champions League T20 campaign was did over for RCB even before the start of the contest but the Bangalore side ended it on a high with a thumping eight-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils hire on Saturday The results also ensured the ouster of Daredevils from the inaugural event and the 12-tournament will now have a semifinal line-up devoid of any IPL side.
The victory of Cape Cobras over Victoria Bushrangers earlier might have badly hurt the Anil Kumble-led side but RCB went about the l39 run chase in style
as one-drop Rahul Dravid (32 not out, 29balls) and crowd favourite Ross Taylor (65,38b, 4x4, 4x6) added 93 for the second wicket in just 38 balls after Manish Pandey retired with an injury and Robin Uthappa(9) Succumbed to fiery Dirk Nannes early on.
After being sent to bat, Daredevils enjoyed a flourishing start with Virender Sehwag at his strokeful best. The righthander drove and flicked with artful ease even as the crowd shed its partisan approach to applaud the Deepavali offerings from the Delhi dasher
Sehwag started the fireworks early on, hitting four consecutive boundaries, three off an erratic Praveen Kumar's first over Skipper Gautam Gambhir was happy to play the second fiddle before the southpaw perished behind the wicket off speedster Dale Steyn for 11.
Just when it looked like Sehwag (47, 29b, 6x4, 1x6) would take the match away from RCB, left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe gave his side the massive breakthrough. A lofted shot from Sehwag ended up in Pandey’s hands at long off in the 10th over.
The Champions League T20 campaign was did over for RCB even before the start of the contest but the Bangalore side ended it on a high with a thumping eight-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils hire on Saturday The results also ensured the ouster of Daredevils from the inaugural event and the 12-tournament will now have a semifinal line-up devoid of any IPL side...
Bangalore: The Champions League T20 campaign was did over for RCB even before the start of the contest but the Bangalore side ended it on a high with a thumping eight-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils hire on Saturday The results also ensured the ouster of Daredevils from the inaugural event and the 12-tournament will now have a semifinal line-up devoid of any IPL side.
The victory of Cape Cobras over Victoria Bushrangers earlier might have badly hurt the Anil Kumble-led side but RCB went about the l39 run chase in style
as one-drop Rahul Dravid (32 not out, 29balls) and crowd favourite Ross Taylor (65,38b, 4x4, 4x6) added 93 for the second wicket in just 38 balls after Manish Pandey retired with an injury and Robin Uthappa(9) Succumbed to fiery Dirk Nannes early on.
After being sent to bat, Daredevils enjoyed a flourishing start with Virender Sehwag at his strokeful best. The righthander drove and flicked with artful ease even as the crowd shed its partisan approach to applaud the Deepavali offerings from the Delhi dasher
Sehwag started the fireworks early on, hitting four consecutive boundaries, three off an erratic Praveen Kumar's first over Skipper Gautam Gambhir was happy to play the second fiddle before the southpaw perished behind the wicket off speedster Dale Steyn for 11.
Just when it looked like Sehwag (47, 29b, 6x4, 1x6) would take the match away from RCB, left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe gave his side the massive breakthrough. A lofted shot from Sehwag ended up in Pandey’s hands at long off in the 10th over.
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RCB,Delhi Daredevils T0 Slug It Out In First All-lndia affair Of The Meet
Bangalore: The Champions League T20 will get an all-Indian treat for the
first time when hosts RCB take on Delhi Daredevils at the M Chinnaswamy
Stadium here on Saturday. The contest in all probability will be a cracker, adding more fervour to the Deepavalli celebrations, considering the big names involved in the second round encounter
After the morale-sapping loss to Victoria Bushrangers on Thursday, each match in their group will be crucial for RCB including those not featuring them. For the record, the Victoria-cape Cobras encounter on the
a same day preceding the all-IPL sides tie, will sea1 RCB’s fate in the 12-team tourney if the Cobras get it past the Aussie team.
RCB skipper Anil Kumble realizes that the things are not all in their
hands going into their last League Stage match. “We now need to win
against Delhi with a huge margin. It is tough in this format - we lose the first game of the tournament, then we qualify for the next round but the other team takes points. It is tough but that is how the format is. You only play two games and it is not easy when the other teams come in with points. It is a must-win against Delhi,” said Kumble after the loss against Victoria. But that task will be easier said
than done against a team boasting the likes of explosive Team India batting pair Of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, the in-form SriLankan Tilllakaratne Ditshan, the ever surprising Dinesh Karthik, et al.
In their final group encounter the Daredevils. finally gave the breaks to
one Glenn McGrath (yes, the legendary McGrath!) and the lanky pacer
quietly did the job he is so passionate about - troubling the rival batsmen. The DD coach David Saker even mentioned that the slow nature of thy wicket here might suit the
Aussie’s art perfectly.
With speedster Dirk Nannes complementing McGrath with pace, quite hot stuff at that, it would be a tough challenge for the RCB batsmen but how Team India spinner Amit Mishra pans out on a helpful track too remains crucial fir Delhi. On the other hands, RCB will be stronger with the return of abounded Jacques Kallis, who according to team sources is fit to play after pissing the last match with a side strain. His services were dearly missed during the defeated Victoria. Anyhow the team combination will depend a lot on the Victoria-Cobras tie and a victory for Cobras might see the reserves in action for RCB.
Bangalore: The Champions League T20 will get an all-Indian treat for the
first time when hosts RCB take on Delhi Daredevils at the M Chinnaswamy
Stadium here on Saturday. The contest in all probability will be a cracker, adding more fervour to the Deepavalli celebrations, considering the big names involved in the second round encounter
After the morale-sapping loss to Victoria Bushrangers on Thursday, each match in their group will be crucial for RCB including those not featuring them. For the record, the Victoria-cape Cobras encounter on the
a same day preceding the all-IPL sides tie, will sea1 RCB’s fate in the 12-team tourney if the Cobras get it past the Aussie team.
RCB skipper Anil Kumble realizes that the things are not all in their
hands going into their last League Stage match. “We now need to win
against Delhi with a huge margin. It is tough in this format - we lose the first game of the tournament, then we qualify for the next round but the other team takes points. It is tough but that is how the format is. You only play two games and it is not easy when the other teams come in with points. It is a must-win against Delhi,” said Kumble after the loss against Victoria. But that task will be easier said
than done against a team boasting the likes of explosive Team India batting pair Of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, the in-form SriLankan Tilllakaratne Ditshan, the ever surprising Dinesh Karthik, et al.
In their final group encounter the Daredevils. finally gave the breaks to
one Glenn McGrath (yes, the legendary McGrath!) and the lanky pacer
quietly did the job he is so passionate about - troubling the rival batsmen. The DD coach David Saker even mentioned that the slow nature of thy wicket here might suit the
Aussie’s art perfectly.
With speedster Dirk Nannes complementing McGrath with pace, quite hot stuff at that, it would be a tough challenge for the RCB batsmen but how Team India spinner Amit Mishra pans out on a helpful track too remains crucial fir Delhi. On the other hands, RCB will be stronger with the return of abounded Jacques Kallis, who according to team sources is fit to play after pissing the last match with a side strain. His services were dearly missed during the defeated Victoria. Anyhow the team combination will depend a lot on the Victoria-Cobras tie and a victory for Cobras might see the reserves in action for RCB.
Bangalore: Just like India rooted i for Pakistan in their Champions Trophy encounter in South Africa recently Bangaloreans can be expected to lend their considerable support to an Australian team, the victorian Bushrangers, here on Saturday.
For only a victory for the Bushrangers can keep their opponents down to two points and keep RCB alive in the Champions League T20 - at least until the hosts' match against Delhi Daredevils, which follow the late afternoon tie between the Cobras and the Bushrangers.
The Bushrangers, fresh from their League Stage win over RCB on ''Thursday had an optional net session at the Chinnaswamy Stadium On Friday but opener Rob Quiney stated in very clear terms that it wasn't an indication of taking things lightly.
“We will not take the game lightly that's for sure,” he said as some of his mates had batting practice at the nets before getting in some catching drills.
With their bowling having more than held its own as also the tor-order during what could have been a tricky chase against RCB, the lack of exposure for the middle and late order could be a worry but its something Quiney chose to brush aside, saying: “They have all been practicing hard and if they get out there, they can do the required job.”
As for the Cobras what they require is some runs from Herschelle Gibbs.His humour is intact during an informal chat with the media but should he get amongst the runs, more so in the company of skipper Andrew Puttick, the man 5 who scored the CL T20s first century the Bushrangers could find themselves with too much to do. Which is not what the local crowd would want 2 on their Diwali holiday.
Magical Pollard Innings Helps T&T Down Australian Team
Hyderabad: They came as the underdogs but have packed off the more fancied teams already. Friday night was their biggest day in the Champions League T20 Championship as Trinidad & Tobago scored an astonishing four-wicket victory on the back of a blistering knock by Kieron Pollard. The youngster smashed an unbeaten 54 off 18 balls as the West Indians snatched an unlikely win.His unbeaten was studded with five fours and an equal number of huge sixes. T&T smashed at 171 for six in 18.3 overs.
The West Indian side ran into early trouble losing their top three batsmen with just 30 on the board. Skipper Daren Ganga and Darren Bravo kept the fight on but soon lost their way and at 91 for five it looked as if the Blues would romp to another handsome win.
Denesh Ramdin struck some hefty blows to keep the chase on before he was run out. But the night belonged to Pollard who produced some blistering fireworks to light up the gloom.
Earlier Philip Hughes and David Warner warmed up the cockles of the sparse crowd with some blistering stroke play to help Blues to 170 for fouls On Diwali's eve the Australians produced some crackling fireworks to run ragged the West Indian attack. This promoted skipper Gang: to turn to his brother Sherwin Ganga and the off-spinner didn't disappoint. He kept the runs in check. But the Bltles were not going to be tied down for long. Running like a pair of hounded hares, the southpaws stole runs with ease and hit the occasional boundary to keep the score moving at a more than healthy run rate. At the end of the 11th over, the Blues were 77.
In what's a pressure game for Delhi Daredevils, where a defeat will spell elimination, Gautam Gambhir won the toss and chose to give his batsmen the best use of the conditions. The pitch for the earlier game today and the ones before have played slow and kept low and therefore Gambhir's decision at the toss wasn't surprising...
