Asia cup 2012 Schedule

Asia Cup 2012 will begin on Monday, March 11, 2012 in Bangladesh as per cricket schedule announced. 2012 Asia Cup is an international tournament to be organized by Bangladesh. Asia Cup 2012 will consist of 6 ODI and 1 Final match. to be hosted by Bangladesh in March 2012, India, Pakistan and Srilanka are the other participants.

Date & Time	Teams & Venue
Sun Mar 11 | 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 13:30 IST	1st Match - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Tue Mar 13 | 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 13:30 IST	2nd Match - India v Sri Lanka Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu Mar 15 | 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 13:30 IST	3rd Match - Pakistan v Sri Lanka Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri Mar 16 | 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 13:30 IST	4th Match - Bangladesh v India Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sun Mar 18 | 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 13:30 IST	5th Match - India v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Tue Mar 20 | 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 13:30 IST	6th Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu Mar 22 | 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local 13:30 IST	Final - TBC v TBC Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

All the Best to the Indian team ... Hope Sachin will reach his 100th Ton ... :-)

Indian Team for Asia Cup 2012, Indian Squad

The All India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre earlier today to pick the Indian team for the Asia Cup – 2012, to be played at Bangladesh in March 2012. 

The team is as following:

1.      M S Dhoni (Capt)


2.      Virat Kohli (V Capt)


3.      Sachin Tendulkar


4.      Gautam Gambhir


5.      Rohit Sharma


6.      Suresh Raina


7.      Ravindra Jadeja


8.      R Ashwin


9.      Praveen Kumar


10.  Vinay Kumar


11.  Rahul Sharma


12.  Yusuf Pathan


13.  Manoj Tiwary


14.  Irfan Pathan


15.  Ashok Dinda




Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav have been rested on fitness grounds.

3 New Dual-SIM smartphones form Samsung

Galaxy Ace Duos (SCH-i589), Galaxy Y Pro Duos (GT B5512) and Galaxy Y Duos (GT-S6102) are the 3 new Dual-SIM smartphones which are launched by samsung in India. The company also strengthened its feature phone dual SIM portfolio with the launch of Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos (C3312) and Star 3 Duos (GT-S5222).

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos (SCH-i589) comes with dual-SIM Dual Active technology that allows users to be available on CDMA and GSM nos. at the same time. It has an 832MHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.

Galaxy Ace DUOS has an 8.89 cm display HVGA display, EvDO Rev A capability, 1,650mAh battery. The smartphone is priced at Rs 16,900.

Galaxy Y Pro Duos is the first Android-based Dual SIM QWERTY bar device. With WiFi direct and BT 3.0 support, the device offers improved connectivity along with an enhanced productivity with Touch + QWERTY Key Pad and an optical track pad. With the increasing demand of staying connected, the device supports Social Hub Premium that enables the user to stay connected with their companions.

With a 6.5 cm LQVGA, Capacitive Touch Screen, 3MP FF with VGA Video Telephony Camera and a 1,350 mAh battery, the Samsung Galaxy Y Pro is priced at Rs 11,090/-.

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos (GT-S6102) is a touchscreen dual-SIM smartphone. Galaxy Y Duos comes with Social Hub and Samsung messenger, Chat ON. It has 3.14" screen with QVGA resolution and an 832 MHz processor.

Galaxy Y Duos is priced at Rs 10,490.

Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos' (C3312) features virtual QWERTY, Hindi language input, native Facebook and Twitter apps and all messengers including Yahoo, MSN, GTalk, etc. For connectivity, it comes with 3.0 Bluetooth, Push Mail with Activesync and Opera Mini Browser.

The smartphone has a 1.3MP camera, MP3 player, FM radio and 3.5mm ear jack. The device is priced at Rs 4790.

More Information visit http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-14/gadgets-special/31058576_1_dual-sim-phones-dual-sim-ranjit-yadav

Gambhir's run-out cost us the match,says Dhoni

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that his mistake in calling Gautam Gambhir for a quick run cost his team a win against Sri Lanka in the fifth match of the tri-series here Tuesday. The match ended in a tie, the first between the two countries.

India were in the driving seat at 178/4 in the 40th over when they lost Gambhir (91). Dhoni, who remained unbeaten on 58, called the left-hander for a single but sent him back when he saw Nuwan Kulasekra pick up the ball, Gambhir rushed back but was still short of his crease.

"A wrong call cost us the game. I was wrong in calling Gautam for a single and he was run out," Dhoni told reporters.

India go top of the table with ten points in the tri-series having played one game more than Australia, who are on nine points.

India's captain, who is known for keeping his calm in the adverse situations, said that he too felt the nerves with India requiring nine runs off the last over bowled by Lasith Malinga.

"I looked to stay till the end. If you have a decent partnership you can stick it out. Malinga is very difficult to hit so we were looking to target Mathews. (The last hit) was a bit difficult here, but in India that would have been two bounces and four. When you need 10 or 12 in the last over your heart rate will always be up."

Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawerdene praised Dhoni for a stellar innings under pressure. He, however, lamented his side's fielding display.

"When you have MS batting through it was always going to be tough. But 230 probably wasn't enough. We dropped catches and missed run-outs. You always back Malinga to do the job."

Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/gambhirs-run-cost-us-match-says-dhoni-151752283.html

Malayalam actress Ananya to call off wedding?

The marriage plas of Malayalam actress Ananya who recently engaged to Thrissur Business man Mr. Ananeyan, appears to be called off. Her father approached Perumbavoor police alleging that Anjaneyan hid his previous marriage information from them.

After Police interrogated Anjaneyan, they visited Ananya and confirmed his previous marriage with a girl from Kozhikode in 2008. The Couple had filed a mutual divorce petition which is pending with the court.

Ananya and Anjaneyan got engaged on Feb 3, 2012 at her house at perumbavoor near Emakulam.

Sherlyn Chopra posts nude pic on Twitter

Sherlyn Chopra posts nude pic on Twitter and says Sherlyn Chopra says it's a gift for her fans. The bootylicious Sherlyn Chopra is all set to give porn-star Sunny Leone and the bare-it-all girl Veena Malik a run for their money. And while a certain Poonam Pandey kept threatening to go bare several times since the cricket world cup, Sherlyn actually went on and did what she feels will be a delightful visual treat for her fans. "I have pushed the envelope by choosing to cover my nakedness with nothing but pure consciousness. I was born this way!" said the babe who turned 28 on February 11. Always up for an opportunity to pose for the cameras in her itsy-bitsy clothes, the Chopra gal has shed all her clothes this time around and posed happily in the buff for the camera.

On February 10, she uploaded a picture of hers, with the quote, "The soon to be b'day girl in the b'day suit."

That photograph was however removed from the site but not by her for sure cause she seemed perplexed with what had happened and asked, "Did twitter really delete my b'day pic???"

But do you think this would deter the daring actress. Undaunted, she put up another naked photograph of hers, saying, "Thx a ton for all ur wishes!!Here's one more on public demand !!! I was born this way!!!"

Good way of free controversy and publicity!

celebrity cricket league 2012: Chennai clinch the Trophy

AS one could say ... the final match of Celebrity Cricket League 2012 between Chennai and Karnataka wento to the wire ... i.e  went down to last over thriller. In the end its chennai who hold their nerve to win the match and also the trophy. 

The final saw stars from Tamil and Kannada tinsel world twinkle under the lights on a cricket field. At one stage, it looked as if it would be a perfect birthday gift for Bulldozers coach and former India star Gundappa Vishwanath. But, that was not to be as Chennai Rhinos kept cool under pressure in the exciting final over to pull off a last ball win. From the cricketing perspective, Vikraanth's unbeaten 95 helped Chennai Rhinos score 161 for four in 20 overs. In reply, Bulldozers recovered well from a dismal 34 for three at one stage. But it turned out to be a simple case of so near yet so far for them, this despite some sensible batting by Dhruv and Karthik and some shoddy fielding display in Rhinos, especially in the slog overs.

It was an exciting finish as Bulldozers required 10 runs from the last over from Vikraanth to clinch the issue. And, he cleaned up the well-set Dhruv (58, 46 balls) with the first ball. Captain Sudeep hit 4, 2, 2 before being run out. Then, Vikraanth ran out non-striker Karthik in his follow-through without completing that delivery, an action which stunned the Karnataka camp. Still two runs were needed of the last ball and another run out triggered off celebrations in Chennai camp.

The glamour in the form of the presence of stars like Charmee, Kajal drew huge response when their pictures were beamed on the giant screen.

At the end of it all, as both Sharath of Chennai Rhinos and Victory Venkatesh of Telugu Warriors remarked 'result' was not that all important and for them the journey of CCL has more significance.

Congress wants its leaders to speak as per law

Apparently disapproving law minister Salman Khurshid's controversial remarks regarding Election Commission censuring him on minorities' sub-quota issue, Congress on Sunday said the party always wants its leaders to speak as per the norms of public life and law of the land.

"The Election Commission is a constitutional body. Congress always wants that all Congressmen should speak as per the norms of public life and the law of the land," AICC General Secretary and media department chairman Janardan Dwivedi told PTI.

This is the first official reaction of the Congress party on the controversy.

Dwivedi's reply came in response to a question on the controversy surrounding Khurshid's statement at Farrukhabad yesterday which prompted the Commission to write a strong letter to President Pratibha Patil seeking her "immediate and decisive" intervention.

Acting swiftly on the EC complaint, Patil last night sent the missive to the office of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for "appropriate action".

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj demanded dismissal of Khurshid as the law minister for acting against the Constitution.

"We request the President to withdraw her pleasure and dismiss Salman Khurshid as a Minister of the Union Cabinet for acting against the law and the Constitution," she tweeted.

While defending Khurshid, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said every political party has the right to talk about their programmes during election campaigns and it was not correct to press charges like these against political leaders.

"With great humility, I would like to ask the EC that if political outfits are not allowed to speak about their agenda, then the party manifesto should also be stopped," he said. 

SourcE: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Election-Commission-Salman-Khurshid-row-Congress-wants-its-leaders-to-speak-as-per-law/articleshow/11859218.cms