Well the weekend is here ; time to get a break from "office" work and take some "more" time out towards the other work !!
Lots of things happening around in the world of Sports , Politics and Business , and always Current Affairs. I will have a dedicated Sports Section from today , highlighting all that you need to know in the world of Sports. Another info , I am sports fanatic ; be it badminton, cricket , football , I love playing it and also following it .
To start off , what are the different things going on :
World of Cricket :
1. Virender Sehwag has revolted against the DDCA ( Delhi and District Cricket Association) and along with several others like Ishant Sharma , Ashish Nehra have not turned up for training, accusing the DDCA of corruption. Sehwag is reportedly interested to play for Haryana instead in the Ranji trophy
Aha ! ! Can you tell me what are the domestic cricket tournaments help every year in our country. Dont worry , ll tell you everything in short :
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy was launched as the "Cricket Championship of India" at a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in July 1934. The first Ranji Trophy fixtures took place in 1934-35 with Bombay walking away with the top honours.
Irany Trophy
The tournament was named after the late Z. R. Irani, who was associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India since its inception in 1928. It is a 5 day match played between the Ranji Champions and the Rest Of India.
Duleep Trophy
The Duleep Trophy, named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinghji, was launched by the BCCI to espouse more competition in the Indian cricket arena. The tournament was proposed to help the national selectors in assessing the form of the cricketers.
Deodhar Trophy
The Deodhar Trophy was started in the 1973-74 as a one-day equivalent of the Ranji Tournament. It is named after the grand old man of Indian Cricket - the Late Prof. D. B. Deodhar. It is played between the five Indian cricket zones- the North, South, East, West and Central Zone.
Challenger Trophy
The Challenger trophy began in India 1994-95. In 1998-99, it was renamed to as N. K. P. Salve Challenger Trophy in honor of N. K. P. Salve, the person who was instrumental in bringing the World Cup to the country in 1987. It is played between the Indian national team along with two other teams India A and India B consisting of the most promising Indian cricketers at domestic level.
Cricket you see is a Religion in a country like ours ! ! ! Dont worry I am not going to go on and on about these tournaments, as it can be very lenghty and I will bore you then :).
Well some recent cricket important cricket matches going on :
England and Australia are facing each other in the Ashes , 2009. It is termed as one of the greatest rivalries in the world of Cricket. Click here if you want to know more ! !
Some Sports Personalities in news !! !
- Kumar Sangakkara ( Cricket , Sri-Lanka ) : World's no 1 Test Batsman ranked by International Cricket Council ( ICC )
- Arjun Balu : National Rally Driver
- Usain Bolt : He also claimed the World 200 mtrs athletics Championships beating the previous record of Michael Johnson .
- Stuard Board ( Cricket , England )
- Blanka Vlasic ( Athletics , High Jump ; Russia )
- Sebastian Vettel : Formula One Driver
They are Giancarlo Fiscicella and Adrian Sutil . And guess who is the test driver ? Vitantonio Liuzzi......are you bit amazed , I was also hoping to see the name of Narain Karthikeyan somewhere in that list .
Now time for some Currentl Affairs :
- The Haryana State Assembly has been dissolved by the Governor Jagannath Pahadia on recommendation from the Chief Minister , Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the cabinet.
- Who is the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India , he is Montek Singh Ahluwalia . Okay ..now why am I asking about the Deputy Chairman , who is the Chairman of Planning Commission ? it is always the Prime Minister of the Country.
- See this link :
India to give Rs 2,000 cr assistance to Nepal. Click here
Well thats for the day, more coming on its way ! !
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