Thursday, March 31, 2011
::Cricket World Cup 2011: India beat Pakistan
India defeated Pakistan in the 2nd Semi Finals of the world Cup 2011 at Mohali, India yesterday. India made 260/9 in their alocated 50 overs. But Pakistan were all out for 231 in 49.4 overs. With this now India will play Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup 2011 Finals at Mumbai, India.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
What if Pakistan wins the WC semi-final...
Sections of the Congress party have quietly voiced their resentment over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation to the Pakistani leadership to watch the India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final clash at Mohali.
They say this invitation has hyped up the entire atmospherics of the game, even more than the all out play given to it by television news channels, who are focussing on the coming match to the exclusion of everything else.
According to these Congress leaders, the problem will arise if Pakistan wins the semi final. They will then move to Mumbai to play the final and with the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 still fresh in the memory of the city, the actual acoustics of the city may not be as happy as people will like to believe.
They say the problem is that cricket is much more than a game in the sub continent; that too a clash between India and Pakistan.
While this could still be seen in a reasonable light, sources say the fact that the prime minister has decided to push his own agenda on Pakistan through the cricket match has given a different dimension to the entire sport, by taking it from the category of sports to politics, diplomacy and an attempt to end the cold war between the two countries, triggered following the Mumbai terror attack.
Sources say that with Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly warning the Pakistani cricketers to stay away from match fixing and concentrate purely on winning the game for Pakistan during the mega semi-final encounter, a new public buzz has been let loose on the entire match fixing controversy.
The talk on match fixing and betting by both syndicates and individuals used to be in hushed tones but with the Pakistani minister treatening his team with dire consequences and letting it be known that the government was keeping a close watch on them, their movements, their telephones, their friends and acquaintances, a bigger dimension has been added to the game, which has been hijacked by politicians for increasing their own numbers, said a senior leader.
Even though both the countries have raised their stake in the Mohali match, it is unlikely to affect the betting mafia.
Sources say that at a conservative estimate, the semi-final clash between the two neighbours is likely to generate betting business worth over than Rs 200 crores.
These betting rings operate from London, Dubai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad (which is seen as a centre of big time betting), Kolkata and even Indore.
With so much money riding on one match for the bookies and with emotions running high in both India and Pakistan, it is not surprising that a section of the Congress party is wary at the manner in which Dr Singh is seeking to use cricket to build his own agenda on resuming the Indo-Pak dialogue.
In this context, it would be pertinent to note what Sunil Gavaskar, himself a Mumbaikar, had to say on a talk show when he was asked whether Pakistan would lose the semi-final.
He said, "I doubt whether Pakistan would lose the Mohali game; Pakistanis have a special fascination for Mumbai. They keep sneaking into Mumbai by whatever route they can find and which is available. So I would not be surprised if they do it again and reach Mumbai again."
Certainly a hard hitting left hand drive from the little master who comes from a city where the wounds of 2008 carnage have still not healed, a fact which Dr Singh seems to have forgotten about.
They say this invitation has hyped up the entire atmospherics of the game, even more than the all out play given to it by television news channels, who are focussing on the coming match to the exclusion of everything else.
According to these Congress leaders, the problem will arise if Pakistan wins the semi final. They will then move to Mumbai to play the final and with the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 still fresh in the memory of the city, the actual acoustics of the city may not be as happy as people will like to believe.
They say the problem is that cricket is much more than a game in the sub continent; that too a clash between India and Pakistan.
While this could still be seen in a reasonable light, sources say the fact that the prime minister has decided to push his own agenda on Pakistan through the cricket match has given a different dimension to the entire sport, by taking it from the category of sports to politics, diplomacy and an attempt to end the cold war between the two countries, triggered following the Mumbai terror attack.
Sources say that with Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly warning the Pakistani cricketers to stay away from match fixing and concentrate purely on winning the game for Pakistan during the mega semi-final encounter, a new public buzz has been let loose on the entire match fixing controversy.
The talk on match fixing and betting by both syndicates and individuals used to be in hushed tones but with the Pakistani minister treatening his team with dire consequences and letting it be known that the government was keeping a close watch on them, their movements, their telephones, their friends and acquaintances, a bigger dimension has been added to the game, which has been hijacked by politicians for increasing their own numbers, said a senior leader.
Even though both the countries have raised their stake in the Mohali match, it is unlikely to affect the betting mafia.
Sources say that at a conservative estimate, the semi-final clash between the two neighbours is likely to generate betting business worth over than Rs 200 crores.
These betting rings operate from London, Dubai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad (which is seen as a centre of big time betting), Kolkata and even Indore.
With so much money riding on one match for the bookies and with emotions running high in both India and Pakistan, it is not surprising that a section of the Congress party is wary at the manner in which Dr Singh is seeking to use cricket to build his own agenda on resuming the Indo-Pak dialogue.
In this context, it would be pertinent to note what Sunil Gavaskar, himself a Mumbaikar, had to say on a talk show when he was asked whether Pakistan would lose the semi-final.
He said, "I doubt whether Pakistan would lose the Mohali game; Pakistanis have a special fascination for Mumbai. They keep sneaking into Mumbai by whatever route they can find and which is available. So I would not be surprised if they do it again and reach Mumbai again."
Certainly a hard hitting left hand drive from the little master who comes from a city where the wounds of 2008 carnage have still not healed, a fact which Dr Singh seems to have forgotten about.
::Cricket World Cup 2011:: India vs Pakistan Clash of the Titans
Tomorrow India plays with Pakistan in the 2nd Semi Finals of Cricket World Cup 2011 at Mohali, India. It will be a finals of sorts as India would like to maintain their un-beaten record of Wins against Pakistan in world cups. Still many people would like to bet on Pakistan winning tomorrows clash as they would like to seek revenge of all world cup defeats.
Friday, March 25, 2011
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::Cricket World Cup 2011:: India Beat Australia
Australia faced a major defeat in the hands of India in the quarter finals of Cricket World Cup 2011. India beat Australia by 5 wickets to claim their birth in the semi finals of the world cup. India now meet Pakistan in the first Semi finals on 30th March
Monday, March 21, 2011
::Cricket World Cup 2011:: India beat West Indies
India have beaten the West Indies team in Chennai, India to storm into the quarter finals of Cricket World Cup 2011.
Friday, March 18, 2011
::Cricket World Cup 2011: Ireland beat The Netherlands
Ireland beat The Netherlands to finish their world cup campaign on a high note.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
::Cricket World Cup 2011: Bangladesh beat England
Bangladesh today created history by defeating England in their tie at Chittagong, Bangladesh. For England its their second major defeat by a minnow nation, the first being Ireland.
::Criket World Cup 2011: South Africa beat India
South Africa beat India by 3 wickets in their encounter at Nagpur, India. South Africa scored 300 against India's 296 in their tie. The World Cup 2011 is wide open now.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
::Cricket World Cup 2011:: India BEAT The Netherlands
India have beaten Netherlands by 4 runs in their league match in New Delhi India for Cricket World Cup 2011
China's meteoric military rise alarms India
China has set its sights on joining the ranks of the world's leading defence-industrial powers, amid growing concerns in India over Beijing's recent assertiveness and its change in policy towards New Delhi's row with Pakistan over Kashmir, a top British think tank said on Tuesday.
"China possesses many of the vital ingredients for success as world's leading defence-industrial powers -- ample funding, strong political support and selective access to foreign technologies," The International Institute for Strategic Studies said in its Military Balance 2011.
Releasing the think tank's annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economies, Dr John Chipman, director-general and chief executive of IISS, said: "The new-found dynamism in China's defence industry contrasts sharply with its struggle for survival only a decade ago."
"It suffered a prolonged downturn after China's economic reforms began in the late 1970s, when defence spending was sharply curtailed in favour of economic development," Chipman said.
He said this situation "was exacerbated by the unwillingness of conservative defence-industry leaders to reduce enormous waste, inefficiency and widespread obsolescence."
The IISS report said Indian security officials are concerned by what they see as China's recent assertiveness in the two countries' long-standing border dispute, and by a change in policy towards India's dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, and they have reacted accordingly.
"They are also suspicious of China's bolstered military presence in Tibet and of its involvement in infrastructure projects in South Asia with the potential for dual civil military use," it said.
According to the IISS: "India sees these as an attempt to contain and encircle it strategically, while China gains permanent access to the Indian Ocean for the first time, through the Chinese-built port of Gwadar on Pakistan's Baluchistan coast."
The report said India is concerned that new Chinese roads, rail lines and airports near the two countries' 4,000 km de facto border will provide China's armed forces with enhanced access to the region.
The London-based think tank said India has nearly finished raising two new mountain divisions of 36,000 troops each.
Two new battalions of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim scouts, comprising 5,000 locally recruited troops, are also being raised, with plans for a new mountain strike corps and a third artillery division for the area.
Meanwhile, it said the Indian air force has begun to deploy two squadrons of Su-30MKI aircraft to Tezpur air base, close to the Line of Actual Control with China.
India is also upgrading six airstrips in Arunachal Pradesh, as it has already started to in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir bordered Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the report said.
The IISS report said along with the acquisition of AWACS aircraft and ground-based air defence close to the LAC, India has reportedly bolstered its security with 19 low-altitude transportable medium-power radars.
"The Indian navy also plans to strengthen its eastern fleet, notably by basing an aircraft carrier in the Bay of Bengal. At the same time, India has stepped up its naval interactions with the United States and with Southeast and East Asian states," the IISS said.
An increased Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean is being countered by bilateral Indian naval exercises with Singapore and Vietnam in the South China Sea, and with trilateral exercises with the US and Japan off Okinawa," the report said.
It noted that modernisation of Pakistan's air force continues, with acquisitions from both the US and China.
At the 2010 Farnborough air show, the jointly developed Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical complex FC-1/JF-17 combat aircraft was displayed for the first time.
The Pakistan Air Force is reportedly seeking to acquire up to 250 of these aircraft in the next five to ten years.
"China possesses many of the vital ingredients for success as world's leading defence-industrial powers -- ample funding, strong political support and selective access to foreign technologies," The International Institute for Strategic Studies said in its Military Balance 2011.
Releasing the think tank's annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economies, Dr John Chipman, director-general and chief executive of IISS, said: "The new-found dynamism in China's defence industry contrasts sharply with its struggle for survival only a decade ago."
"It suffered a prolonged downturn after China's economic reforms began in the late 1970s, when defence spending was sharply curtailed in favour of economic development," Chipman said.
He said this situation "was exacerbated by the unwillingness of conservative defence-industry leaders to reduce enormous waste, inefficiency and widespread obsolescence."
The IISS report said Indian security officials are concerned by what they see as China's recent assertiveness in the two countries' long-standing border dispute, and by a change in policy towards India's dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, and they have reacted accordingly.
"They are also suspicious of China's bolstered military presence in Tibet and of its involvement in infrastructure projects in South Asia with the potential for dual civil military use," it said.
According to the IISS: "India sees these as an attempt to contain and encircle it strategically, while China gains permanent access to the Indian Ocean for the first time, through the Chinese-built port of Gwadar on Pakistan's Baluchistan coast."
The report said India is concerned that new Chinese roads, rail lines and airports near the two countries' 4,000 km de facto border will provide China's armed forces with enhanced access to the region.
The London-based think tank said India has nearly finished raising two new mountain divisions of 36,000 troops each.
Two new battalions of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim scouts, comprising 5,000 locally recruited troops, are also being raised, with plans for a new mountain strike corps and a third artillery division for the area.
Meanwhile, it said the Indian air force has begun to deploy two squadrons of Su-30MKI aircraft to Tezpur air base, close to the Line of Actual Control with China.
India is also upgrading six airstrips in Arunachal Pradesh, as it has already started to in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir bordered Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the report said.
The IISS report said along with the acquisition of AWACS aircraft and ground-based air defence close to the LAC, India has reportedly bolstered its security with 19 low-altitude transportable medium-power radars.
"The Indian navy also plans to strengthen its eastern fleet, notably by basing an aircraft carrier in the Bay of Bengal. At the same time, India has stepped up its naval interactions with the United States and with Southeast and East Asian states," the IISS said.
An increased Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean is being countered by bilateral Indian naval exercises with Singapore and Vietnam in the South China Sea, and with trilateral exercises with the US and Japan off Okinawa," the report said.
It noted that modernisation of Pakistan's air force continues, with acquisitions from both the US and China.
At the 2010 Farnborough air show, the jointly developed Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical complex FC-1/JF-17 combat aircraft was displayed for the first time.
The Pakistan Air Force is reportedly seeking to acquire up to 250 of these aircraft in the next five to ten years.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
::Criket World Cup 2011: West Indies Beat Bangladesh
West Indies have defeated Bangladesh in their tie world cup Match in Dhaka Bangladesh
Friday, March 4, 2011
::Cricket World Cup 2011:: Ireland beat England
Minnows Ireland caused the biggest upset of the tournament by beating England by 5 balls. The credit goes to Irish Batsman Kevin O Brian. England must now win all matches to stay up their hopes.
::Cricket World Cup 2011:: India and England are tied
India and England tied their game at Bangalore at 338. The game was an exciting game with each side not giving any quarter.
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