Sports management has become a high profile career option in India and abroad. One of the countries where it has reached the next stage as an evolving profession is Australia, who has led the way by integrating sports management in university business degrees. Against this backdrop, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with Australian Trade Commission and Deakin University, Australia is organizing a workshop on Sports Management Capacity Building in New Delhi and Mumbai.
The sports management industry is a growing arena in India with more and more professionals needed to run different sports, be it the federations, clubs, franchises, sports management companies and more.
The first of the two events will be held on Wednesday, April 10 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi; while the second on Friday, April 12 at the Hyatt Regency in Mumbai.
Topics on both days, in both cities will be Overview of Sports Industry in India, Skills Gap in Indian Sports Industry – What is missing for the industry to be successful?, Sport Management in India – Linking Education to industry requirement, Review of existing Sport Management Academic Programs in India, The Deakin Experience and a closing session.
But there will be a mainly different set of speakers for the CII's Sports Management Capacity Building Workshop in New Delhi and Mumbai.
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April 9, 2013
CII's Sports Management Capacity Building Workshop in Delhi & Mumbai
Sports management has become a high profile career option in India and abroad. One of the countries where it has reached the next stage as an evolving profession is Australia, who has led the way by integrating sports management in university business degrees. Against this backdrop, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with Australian Trade Commission and Deakin University, Australia is organizing a workshop on Sports Management Capacity Building in New Delhi and Mumbai.
The sports management industry is a growing arena in India with more and more professionals needed to run different sports, be it the federations, clubs, franchises, sports management companies and more.
The first of the two events will be held on Wednesday, April 10 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi; while the second on Friday, April 12 at the Hyatt Regency in Mumbai.
Topics on both days, in both cities will be Overview of Sports Industry in India, Skills Gap in Indian Sports Industry – What is missing for the industry to be successful?, Sport Management in India – Linking Education to industry requirement, Review of existing Sport Management Academic Programs in India, The Deakin Experience and a closing session.
But there will be a mainly different set of speakers for the CII's Sports Management Capacity Building Workshop in New Delhi and Mumbai.April 6, 2012
Mumbai
Indian led by Harbhajan singh opened the IPL 5 with a winning streak, Chennai super king the defending
champion fell on back with a low score total, batting second chasing 112 was
not a uphill task for Mumbai Indian, especially if you have experts of 20-20
format any score seems easy to chase. RE Levi who is known for his quick style batting
made debut half century in DLF IPL 5, sachin tendulkar who was looking good,
unfortunately got retired hurt but as the total was not so big easily chased
by Mumbai Indians.
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April 27, 2011
Ishant's sensational spell sends Kochi crashing
Ishant Sharma bulldozed the Kochi Tuskers' batting line-up in a sensational five-wicket spell as Deccan Chargers spanked the hosts by 55 runs in their Indian Premier League match in Kochi
Before Ishant's fiery spell, Chargers skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored a defying 65 off 47 balls under pressure to help the Chargers post a modest 129 for seven after being asked to bat at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium. The Chargers then dismissed the hosts for 74 in 16.3 overs, Ishant producing one of the most memorable fast bowling spells in the history of the T20 league and finishing with incredible figures of 3-0-12-5.
Chargers badly needed a victory, having lost four of the six matches before and placed at the bottom of the points table. Now they have jumped to sixth place.
The track had helped the Kochi
Ishant sent shock waves in the rival camp when he returned to bowl his second over and trapped Kedar Jadhav (0) off the first ball and had Mahela Jayawardene (4) caught behind with the last. The scorecard read a horrible 11 for six in four overs. Ravindra Jadeja (23) and Thisara Perera (22) though showed nerves of steel as they responded to the tough situation with a gritty 36-run stand for the seventh wicket.
It could not help them avert defeat but saved them from suffering the ignominy of recording the lowest total in the IPL history, which is 58 by Rajasthan Royals, against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009.
Earlier, Sangakkara came up with a terrific 65-run knock after being bowled off a no-ball to lead Deccan Chargers to a modest total.
Put in to bat after Kochi won the toss, Deccan Chargers were in a spot of bother at 20 for three in 5.2 overs, but Sangakkara, in the company of Cameron White (31), rescued the team from the precarious position with a defying 90-run stand for the fourth wicket. Sangakkara, when batting at the individual score of five, was bowled by S Sreesanth in the fourth over of the innings, but never looked back after getting the reprieve and led the Chargers' amazing recovery. His superb knock, under pressure, came off 47 balls and contained 10 boundaries, while White's 34-ball innings was studded with two fours and a six. R Vinay Kumar (3/25) dismissed both Sangakkara and White with the last two balls of his final over, the 17th of the innings, to conclude his spell on a superb note. White holed out to Jayawardene at deep mid-wicket while Sangakkara edged the next delivery to stumper Parthiv Patel. The most productive session for the Chargers was between over number 11 and 15 when they scored 53 runs, while the last five overs fetched 39 runs. Earlier, with a juicy wicket to bowl on, Kochi
The left-arm pacer trapped Sohal with the last ball of the opening over and then had Dhawan caught by Raiphi Gomez off the second ball of his second over.
However, he was unlucky to not have the wicket of Bharat Chipli, who drove straight to Brendon McCullum at extra cover, but the Kiwi player failed to latch on to the chance. Sreesanth then bowled Sangakkara with a gem of a delivery, but that turned out to be a no-ball. The visitors finally ran out of luck as R Vinay Kumar had Chipli (4) caught by Sreesanth at mid-off.
The Kochi pace trio exploited the lively track, which offered bounce and seam, well as they gave away just 20 runs in the first six overs, conceding just one boundary. The Chargers needed Sangakkara to stay at the crease as long as possible and build a partnership along with White and the duo did not disappoint their teammates.
At half-way stage, they were 37 for three but gradually Sangakkara and White got into the groove and started punishing the bad balls. Only two boundaries were scored in the first 10 overs but then four were hit in two successive overs, three coming off the bat of Lankan batsman. White then broke the shackles by dispatching Ravindra Jadeja for a huge six over square leg and Sangakkara was just getting better and better as he smashed his compatriot Thisara Perera for a couple of boundaries. The former Lankan skipper raised his fifty with a sweep boundary off Jadeja and took the team past 100-run mark before being dismissed by Vinay Kumar.
Source: rediff.com
April 26, 2011
RCB won the close contest from Devils…!!
Royal challenger
April 24, 2011
IPL a second career plan for players...!!
Thank god for the IPL,Sanjay Manjrekar
I believe the IPL should be given a special window in the ICC cricket calendar for just one reason and one reason only: because the players benefit from it greatly.
Some of us today, who in some capacity or the other are connected with the game and are making a living from it, should be grateful to the players who are performing in the sun. "Just imagine if tomorrow, for some reason, the players stopped playing. We will all be out of jobs," a fellow commentator said. It is a remark I will never forget.
It is actually the simple reality of our professions. And it is a reality that we in media, sports management or administration should never forget. By allowing current players to play in the IPL, without having to choose between country and club, the administrators have a great chance to show the players gratitude, which is something they don't get enough of.
A cricketer spends the prime of his life, starting from about age 10, on the cricket field, training to become a top-class player. When he finally becomes one of the rare few to make it to the top, he discovers he has only a short time there to make the most of his acquired skills. Other performing artists are more fortunate than cricketers in this regard, and yes, I don't have to say this, you know it well: a 21-year cricket career is possible only for the chosen ones.
Of course, cricketers who can build around their core cricket skills are able to carve out careers in media, coaching and other related occupations, and thus sustain themselves after their cricket careers are over.
But there are many who are incapable of developing other skills, and feel completely lost in the world outside cricket. It's a horrible feeling when the cricketer starts to realise that the skills he acquired with great effort over the years, the skills he was so proud of and which people paid good money to watch, are slowly beginning to desert him with age. And then that day comes when it dawns on him that the world has no use for him anymore. I guess that is a fact of life that hits everyone at some point of their lives, but cricketers are less prepared for it than most.
For a man who has largely lived an uncommon life, it's not easy to merge into the common world. This situation is frightening, to say the least, and there are numerous cricketers who are trying to make a go of it. I meet such players quite often, and it distresses me to see that many are not doing a great job. The IPL is a boon for such cricketers, who find life after cricket tough. It is one way of making sure we have fewer players like this in future.
I know international cricket makes money for players, but it does not even come close to matching what one IPL season can put in their pockets. Maybe we need to find out why international cricket, the highest level of our sport, is not making the most money for players.
Take the example of Lasith Malinga. He didn't have the fitness to be a regular member of the Sri Lanka Test side - from which he has just announced his retirement - and he perhaps doesn't know how long his international career will last. It's difficult to see him making a career in the media. So should he be grudged if he wants to secure his future with a few IPL seasons? Taking this argument forward, should he be placed in a position where he has to choose between his own future and playing for his country?
Increasingly players from countries like
The other advantage of the IPL is that you don't have to be a truly extraordinary player to make the big bucks. If you have decent Twenty20 skills, and the franchisee feels you are well-behaved and not going to give them too much trouble, your life is made.
I wonder if you have noticed a dramatic change on the Indian cricket stage recently. At the World Cup final, for instance, apart from the hundreds of screaming fans in the stands, who were the people the cameras constantly panned to? They were mostly politicians, Bollywood celebrities, rich businessmen and cricket officials. The couple or so cricketers you may have seen during the coverage were former players who are now involved in administration and thus were able to get prime seats.
Where were the other former
Whether we like it or not, we have come to accept that fame, power and money open most doors in the world. The IPLs may, if not anything else, ensure that the average retired cricketer has at least the last of those three attributes to find a VIP seat at a World Cup final.
The IPL has its flaws, but no other cricket event in history has created so much wealth for such a large number of players. As a former
April 18, 2011
Delhi's win balanced the fight in IPL 4....!!
Back with a bang after a dismal start to the season, the Delhi Daredevils would look to carry on with their newly-gained confidence when they take on Deccan Chargers on home turf on Tuesday.
The Virender Sehwag-led outfit, which was completely off-colour in its first two outings against Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals, silenced critics on MOnday night in Mumbai by chasing down an imposing target of 188 for a three-wicket victory. David Warner (46), Sehwag (37) Venugopal Rao (31) and Aaron Finch (25) finally shone with the bat to power
Going into the game against Deccan Chargers on Tuesday at the Ferozshah Kotla ground,
Apart from the openers, the
They would also require expensive buy Irfan Pathan, back to cricket after injury, to fire with both the bat and ball.
In the bowling department, however,
Other than Morne Morkel, no one else seemed to have troubled the opponents so far in the tournament and if the injured South African speedster fails to make it to the playing XI tomorrow, the team would be desperately looking at Ashok Dinda, Shahbaz Nadeem and Pathan to prove their worth.
Delhi would also be keen to make a strong comeback in front of their home crowd here, having suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians by eight wickets in their inaugural game when they got bundled out of a mere 95.
The
Besides their 33-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers have been far from impressive in this edition of the IPL so far. However, they are aware of their potential and hence, would be desperate to get into the rhythm at the earliest.
The batting that boasts of players such as Sangakkara, Duminy, Daniel Christian, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi and Chipli just need to click as a unit and peak at the right time.
As far as their bowling is concerned, the team would be hoping that South African pacer Dale Steyn and Manpreet Gony, who claimed three wickets each against Royal Challengers, would chip in with some useful contributions tomorrow as well, while Ishant Sharma, Christian and Amit Mishra will also get into the rhythm.
Source-cricketnext
April 16, 2011
April 14, 2011
Deccan Chargers end jinx at home, crush RCB by 33 runs
Deccan Chargers finally won their first match in DLF IPL 2011, thanks to super batting by B Chipli and some useful contributions from Sangakkara and S Sohal. Their bowlers striked when it needed the most and got RCB wickets at regular intervals and never let them settle. Finally DC were able to win the match by 33 runs and that too at their home ground.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first. This match was crucial for both teams so that they can get the momentum going as the tournament progresses. Royal Challengers Bangalore got the first breakthrough when they got the wicket of S Dhawan in the 3rd over. But Deccan Chargers batsmen played well and S Sohal (38 runs off 37 balls) and Sangakkara (36 off 25) put pressure on bowlers of RCB and took the score to 70 in 9 overs. Sohal was the next to depart but this brought B Chipli on the crease. He played an outstanding innings and scored 61 not out 35 balls which included 5 fours and 3 sixes. His innings provided the much needed acceleration to the Deccan Charger’s innings and they posted a total of 175/5 in 20 overs.
Chasing 176 to win, RCB never looked confident as they got the early blow when T Dilshan was out in the second over. This triggered the fall of wickets and RCB were reduced to 29/4 in 6.4 overs. RCB’s gamble to promote Zaheer Khan to accelerate the run scoring backfired as he was out for a duck. With openers back in pavilion, the onus was on AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli but AB de Villiers failed as he was also out for a duck. Virat Kohli and S Tiwary then moved the RCB scorecard with ones and two’s but the run rate was jumping at rapid pace. RCB scored 53/4 in first 10 overs and needed another 123 runs in last 10 overs. The task was daunting and S Tiwary succumbed to it and was out after scoring just 7 runs off 10 balls leaving RCB struggling at 56/5 in 11.1 overs. Virat Kohli was the only batsmen who showed some resistance and scored 71 runs but the required rate was too high and thus his superb batting effort went to vain as RCB lost the match by a 33 runs.
Match Highlights
Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 7 overs
Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 13.1 overs
Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 17.4 overs
Deccan Chargers – 175/5 in 20.0 overs
Highest Scorer – B Chipli: 61 off 35balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 7 overs
Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 13.1 overs
Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 17.4 overs
Deccan Chargers – 175/5 in 20.0 overs
Highest Scorer – B Chipli: 61 off 35balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 9.3 overs
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 15.3 overs
Highest Scorer – Virat Kohli 71 runs off 51 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 15.3 overs
Highest Scorer – Virat Kohli 71 runs off 51 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
April 13, 2011
Australia completes clean sweep in Bangladesh
Australia led by Mike Hussey's first ODI century in four years posted 361 for 8 after opting to bat first.
But Bangladesh provided Australia a scare by reaching 152 for 1 in 25 overs.
Imrul Kayes (93 off 95 balls) led the charge for th hosts with the experienced Shahriar Nafees (60).
Debutant paceman James Pattinson turned the match in Australia's favour in which he claimed the wicket of Kayes. Later Mitchell Johnson, who had gone for 36 runs off his first four overs, replaced Pattinson and claimed Nafees.
All-rounder Shane Watson then scalped two victims in the 39th over. The hosts slipped to 223 for 5 needing almost 13 runs an over. In the end the hosts ended at 295 for 6.
Earlier, Australia was well served by Hussey (108 off 91 balls), Watson (72 off 40 balls), Ricky Ponting (47 off 50 balls), Clarke (47 off 62 balls) and Johnson (41 off 24 balls).
Paul Valthaty stunned Chennai Super Kings to clinch a maiden win for Kings XI Punjab this season
Paul Valthaty stunned Chennai Super Kings to clinch a maiden win for Kings XI Punjab this season after a disappointing performance in their opening game. Valthaty was a surprise promotion to the opening slot, instead of the regular Shaun Marsh, and he answered the call with a blistering start, keeping his team on par with the required-rate in the middle overs and surging again at the death to complete victory after achieving a spectacular century.
At 27, with just one List A game and 13 Twenty20 matches, Valthaty had been on the sidelines of the Mumbai team on India's domestic circuit. His previous highest in the IPL was 6, but whatever he must have done at the practice sessions ahead of this game sparked a potentially career-changing turn of events. Punjab had been deflated at the end of the Chennai innings, after they had squandered the perfect start of two wickets off the first two balls to concede 188. The sight of an unfamiliar face walking out with Adam Gilchrist raised eyebrows, but it didn't take too long for Valthaty to justify his promotion.
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In what was overall a descent into mediocrity for both teams with the ball, the only signs of promise were visible in the first few overs in either innings. As Tim Southee found some swing and R Ashwin accuracy in the early phase of the chase, Valthaty did as asked, combating the bowling with brute force as his usually belligerent partner ceded floor. Ashwin was swept over square leg and hit over mid-on, Southee was punished for providing width with a bludgeon through point and Albie Morkel was welcomed with a ferocious pull for six followed by a disdainful slash to the point boundary.
Valthaty had smashed 45 of the 65 that came in the Powerplay, the wicket of Gilchrist proving a minor distraction. The focus turned to keeping the momentum with Punjab and he showed his adeptness at picking the gaps, backing up the strength in his forearms with a wonderful use of the wrists. The second ball after the Powerplay was delicately late-cut past point, and the singles were picked up with ease amid excellent support from Sunny Singh at the other end who struck a few useful blows of his own.
Valthaty hammered Jakati and Randiv through the off side and lofted Styris for a straight six, ensuring the chase was on track despite the loss of Sunny and Abhishek Nayar in quick succession. Thirty-eight were needed off 24 when Morkel was brought back, a decision MS Dhoni was made to regret. Morkel had dropped Valthaty twice, among the many fielding lapses from Chennai, and hurt his team's chances even further in an over that fetched 17. He gifted a full toss on the pads, then produced a streaky edge that brought up a 52-ball ton for Valthaty, who followed up with superbly timed steer past point to make it 21 off three overs. Even the otherwise impressive Southee faltered against Valthaty in his final over to be slashes for two fours, before Dinesh Karthik slog-swept Jakati to seal a morale-boosting win.
That performance undermined a Chennai recovery led by Badrinath and Vijay, one seeking to constantly improvise and the other relying on powerplay, in a 124-run stand to set the foundation for a total that would test the opposition even on a flat pitch. Some inept bowling from Piyush Chawla and Bhargav Bhatt provided them the release to open up after the early tough phase, while Nayar's failed variations in pace and Praveen's poor return at the death, in the 18th over where Dhoni blasted 22, appeared to have put it beyond Punjab. Who would have bet on Valthaty to pull off a coup?
Source: espncricinfo.com
April 12, 2011
Mumbai Indians thrash Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets
Tendulkar and Rayudu added 110 runs for the second wicket as Mumbai chased down the 141-run target in 18.3 overs. Tendulkar hit 7 fours in his 46-ball 55 and Rayudu's 50-ball 63 was studded with 9 fours. Davy Jacobs gave the Mumbai Indians run chase a good start by hitting a 16-ball 22 before he was clean bowled by Dirk Nannes. Jacobs hit 2 sixes and 2 fours before falling to Nannes.
Earlier, Lasith Malinga and Kieron Pollard took two wickets each as Mumbai Indians restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore to 140/4 despite Tillakartne Dilshan's unbeaten 59. Dilshan hit 2 sixes and 4 fours in his 52-ball knock. Dilshan and AB de Villiers added 91 runs for the third wicket but could not really get after the Mumbai bowlers due to their tight line and length.
de Villiers hit a six and 3 fours in his 36-ball 38 before he hit a Pollard delivery high up in the air for the tall West Indian all-rounder to complete the catch to put RCB at 110/3 in 16.5 overs. In the next over, Malinga clean bowled Asad Pathan to reduce the hosts to 112/4.
RCB got off to a poor start as Malinga clean bowled Mayank Agarwal on the first ball of the match with a beauty of a delivery. Mumbai Indians' wicket-keeper Davy Jacobs took a good high catch to dismiss Virat Kohli off Pollard to reduce RCB to 19/2 in 4.3 overs. The breakthroughs came after Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and chose to bowl.
Both the teams are unchanged from the last match. After winning the toss, Tendulkar said that the dew factor is the one reason why they are bowling first. Bangalore captain Daniel Vettori said that they would have batted any ways as he expected that the wicket will remain true through out the match and the outfield will also remain the same.
Mumbai Indians, only one of two teams to retain the full complement of four players allowed by the IPL rules, will, after the rolling over of the Delhi Daredevils on Sunday evening, be pleased as punch that three among them delivered in game one itself, with the fourth one's services barely needed.
Warne's leadership skills helped Rajasthan Royals to get second consecutive victory
After restricting Delhi to 151 for six, Rajasthan overhauled the target with nine balls to spare at the floodlit Sawai Man Singh stadium, to hand over the Daredevils their second consecutive defeat in the league.
Dravid (38) hit six fours and a six in his 31-ball stay while Botha produced an unbeaten 39 off 32 deliveries. With 11 runs required from the last two overs, New Zealander Ross Taylor (18) cracked a four off Ashok Dinda and then hit him for a huge six over midwicket boundary. The hosts made 152 for four in 18.3 overs. Chasing a stiff 152-run target, Dravid (38) started proceeding on an aggressive note as 26 runs came in the first three overs.
Dravid hit two fours off Dinda in the third over to make his intention clear. But Dinda soon got his act together and disturbed Paunikar's stumps with a full length delivery. Sehwag introduced Irfan Pathan in the fourth over and Dravid took him for special treatment, clobbering him for two fours and a six to accumulate 15 runs.
Next change van der Merwe also got the same treatment as both Dravid and Botha, who came to the crease after the dismissal of Paunikar, hit him for three fours to take the home team's score past 50 in 5.3 overs. But ven der Merwe soon took his revenge in the form of Dravid's wicket, who was caught by wicketkeeper Naman Ojha while trying to slice the ball towards point.
Local boy Ashok Maneria (22) teamed up with Botha as both kept the scoreboard tickling with occasional boundaries. Maneria was more aggressive of the two as he clobbered van der Merwe for two sixes in the 10th over to bring the asking rate under eight runs per over.
Pathan, who hardly looked threatening in his first spell, was again bought back into the attack by Sehwag, and he responded by accounting for Maneria's wicket. It was a short of length delivery outside off and Menaria punched it straight to Sehwag at short extra cover.
Ajinkya Rahane (18), who was included in the playing eleven in place of Stuart Binny, hit Pathan for a six to take the team's total past 100-run mark in 12.1 overs. Morkel accounted for Rahane's wicket in the 16th over as the right-hander went for an ugly across-the-line hook. Botha and Taylor then took Rajasthan home without any further damage. For Delhi Dinda, Morkel, Pathan, Merwe got one wicket apiece.
Earlier, electing to bat after winning the toss, opener David Warner and Venugopal Rao struck brisk half-centuries to rescue Daredevils from a dismal start and steer them to a fighting 151 for six. Warner (54) and Rao (60) put on a 83-run partnership for the fifth wicket as Daredevils, from 29 for two in five overs and 36 for four in eight, rallied to cross the 100-run mark. Warner struck six fours and a six in his 44-ball innings, while Rao hit four fours and as many sixes during his 40-ball stay to lift Delhi from a precarious situation. The visitors were off to a dismal start losing two wickets in the form of skipper Virender Sehwag (4) and Aaron Finch (11) inside the first six overs.
Sehwag's decision to bat on a placid Jaipur track backfired as Rajasthan's Australian import Shaun Tait struck early to leave the visitors reeling at 30 for 2 in six overs. Tait, who replaced injured New Zealander Jacob Oram in the side, dismissed the dangerous Sehwag in his first over. The India opener, who hit Tait for four through cover point off his second ball, created room for himself on the very next delivery only to edge the ball, which Dravid pouched effortlessly at first slip. Next man-in, Finch, hit the first six of Delhi innings when he clobbered South African spinner Johan Botha over wide midwicket in the third over to somewhat break the deadlock. But his exploits soon came to an end when the Australian responded late to a bouncer from Tait, lobbying a simple catch to Botha at mid-on.
The experienced speedster mixed aggression with pace as he used the windy conditions to devastating effect. Skipper Warne introduced himself in the eighth over and spun a web around Delhi's batsmen as he dismissed Unmukt Chand (2) and Naman Ojha (0) in quick succession. Warner and Rao then came together and did the repair work as they took the score past 50-run mark in 10.4 overs. They steadied the ship for the Delhi team, which had started the tournament with a big defeat to Mumbai Indians. Warner reached his half century off 40 balls, while Rao a little quicker, at 37 balls.
After Warner departed, caught by Abhishek Raut off pacer Amit Singh in the 18th over, Rao punished the Rajasthan bowlers, especially Siddharth Trivedi, clobbering him for two huge sixes. But Trivedi had the last laugh as Rao was caught by Warne at deep midwicket off Trivedi's slower one. Irfan Pathan (9) hit Tait for two consecutive fours in the last over to take Delhi past the 150 mark. Besides Tait and Warne, Amit Singh and Siddharth Trivedi bagged a wicket each.
April 11, 2011
Watson's world record 15 sixes, 15 fours
The opener's assault easily put West Indian Xavier Marshall's record into shade.
Marshall had hit 12 sixes against Canada in 2008
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