Four days to World Cup: Tied in knots

It was an incredible finish to an incredible game that had plenty of drama right from the start. After the Proteas won the toss and elected to field, they got off to the perfect start as a top-order collapse left Australia at 68/4. Then fifties from Steve Waugh and Michael Bevan steadied the ship but another lower-order collapse meant they were bowled out for 213. In response, South Africa got off to a decent start but a top-order collapse of their own meant that they went from 48/0 to 61/4. Another middle-order recovery thanks to a fifty from Jacques Kallis and 43 from Rhodes, they got back on track. With 53 needed off the last six overs, the Proteas need to push but lost Kallis to Warne and that brought Lance Klusener to the crease. With wickets falling at the other end, Klusener remained and kept knocking off the runs. With needed off the last over, he hit two fours to start the over and with just a single needed off four balls, it looked straightforward. But then an incredible mix-up between Klusener and Allan Donald meant the latter was run-out and the match was tied. But Australia progressed to the final as they finished higher in the Super Six stage and with that, the Chokers tag was born for South Africa. 2003 World Cup: South Africa vs Sri Lanka The second tie and South Africa were involved once again this time at home. Needing a win to go through, South Africa were denied by rain and incorrect calculations. After the end of the 44th over, a message was sent to Mark Boucher that the score to get was 229 at the end of the next over. With the drizzle getting progressively worse, Boucher scored a six to get the total to 229 off the penultimate ball of the 45th over before defending the last ball to ensure no wickets fell. Unfortunately, his joy was short-lived as 229 was the score needed for a tie and delight turned into despair as the Proteas were knocked out courtesy of a tied game for the second World Cup running. 2007 World Cup: Ireland vs Zimbabwe Ireland and Zimbabwe became the latest teams to be involved in a tied World Cup encounter during the 2007 edition. And this one was courtesy of another choke from an African nation. After being put into bat, Jeremy Bray's unbeaten century helped Ireland post 221/9. In response, Zimbabwe were cruising to the target and at 203/5 in the 44th over, they had plenty of time to get there. But a lower order collapse meant that Zimbabwe needed nine off the last two overs. A wicket maiden from Kevin O'Brien meant that nine was needed off the last over with Zimbabwe having just one wicket in hand. It all came down to a single needed off the last ball and a run-out meant the streak of an African nation being involved in a tie extended to three. 2011 World Cup: India vs England For the fourth World Cup running, there was a tied game after none in the first six editions. This time it didn't involve an African nation and it was India and England who were involved in the encounter. Despite a lower-order collapse that saw them lose their last five wickets for 11 runs in 11 balls, Sachin Tendulkar's century helped India post 338. England were cruising to victory at 281/2 in the 43rd over before Zaheer Khan got rid of Ian Bell and Andrew Strauss in successive deliveries. That gave India some hope and that was raised even further as it came down to 14 needed off the last over with just two wickets in hand. Munaf Patel came into bowl and despite conceding nine runs off the first three balls, he held his nerve and eventually the game was tied as England managed 338/8 in their 50 overs. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://c4uc.org/User-Profile/userId/8312.aspx

World Cup most challenging due to format: Virat Kohli

We go into the World Cup feeling very balanced, very strong as a side. We saw in the IPL as well that all the players that are in the squad were in great form. So, we expect ourselves to play the best cricket we can in every game... Have to focus on the process as well also to be able to do that... That's the expectation everyone has from us.On going to England early & bowlers' fitnessOf course, it's always good to go to any place in advance. It does help get rid of nerves as a team going into a tournament like the World Cup. That's the most important thing I guess. In white-ball cricket in England, playing an ICC event, the conditions are not that difficult compared to Test cricket. Handling the most pressure is the most important thing in World Cup and not necessarily the conditions. From that point of view, it will be very helpful. All the bowlers in the squad, even in the IPL, were preparing themselves for 50-over cricket. You saw all the guys bowling, no one looked tired or fatigued after bowling four overs. They were very fresh. The ultimate goal at the back of their mind was always to be fit for the World Cup and not let the fitness go down. And that was communicated to them before the IPL started.On players like Kuldeep Yadav & Kedar Jadhav who didn't have a good IPLIn hindsight, for someone like Kuldeep who has had so much success, it's important to see a period where things don't go your way and we are glad that it happened during the IPL, rather than during the World Cup. He has time to reflect, time to correct things and come into the World Cup even stronger. We know the kind of skill set he possesses, along with (Yuzvendra) Chahal. They are really two pillars of our bowling attack.As for Kedar, we understand the kind of pitches they (Chennai Super Kings) got playing at home. We were not too worried looking at Kedar because he appeared to be in good space. Yes, he couldn't get runs, as T20 is such a format where if you don't get a few, you can go on like that for a few more days. So, we are not worried about anyone's headspace. Everyone looked confident and enjoying their cricket. A team that does well in the World Cup is a team that can handle pressure well and secondly, try and stay as normal as possible. Looking at the magnitude of those games, the team that stays more focused and more balanced can go on to win the tournament.On expecting high-scoring gamesAs I said, the pitches are going to be very good in ICC tournaments. It is summer in the UK and the conditions are going to be nice. We expect high-scoring games, but a bilateral series can't be compared to a Word Cup. So, we might also see 260-270 kind of games and even teams defending it because of the pressure factor. We expect all kinds of scenarios in the World Cup, but there will be quite a few high-scoring games looking at the conditions.On the team strategy Personally, it is probably the most challenging World Cup of all the three that I have been a part of because of the format and looking at the strength of the all the sides as well. If you look at Afghanistan from 2015 to now, they are a completely different side. Any team can upset anyone on their day. That is one thing we have in mind. As I said, focus will be on to play the best cricket that we can. If we live up to our skill sets and our standards that we've set for ourselves, we'll be on the right side of the result more often. So, that is going to be key. In every game, you have to play to the best of your potential because there's group stage, as it's about playing everyone once. And I think it's a great thing to have for any team. It's going to be a different challenge and something that every team will have to adapt very quickly to.On the challenges It's going to be challenging. Good thing is all games are going to have a decent gap between each other. From that point of view, I don't think players will suffer burnouts after a hectic or intense game. You will always have time to regroup and work for the next one. The best thing is that we'll have four tough games straight up and that sets the tone nicely for us. Everyone will have to be at his best and maintain game intensity from the first match onwards. On the game versus PakistanYou can't get too emotional. You have to play the World Cup taking into account your own abilities... Can't think of how to tackle one team in particular... There are other strong teams too. We are focusing on maintaining our quality of cricket and our intensity against all opponents. It makes no difference to us as to who the opponent is.On if the team would play keeping the armed forces in mindYou get motivation from a lot of sources, but the point mentioned here is a very big one. I don't think there can be a bigger motivation than that. When you talk about the Indian Army and the role they play for the country, there is no comparison with that. If we go in with that motivation that we can do something for the Army, you will see a different level of passion coming out of us. But that also depends on a lot of other factors. Every individual has a different motivation while playing in the World Cup. I think if everyone plays keeping the armed forces in mind, then we will get an extra boost from it. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://www.dtt.marche.it/UserProfile/tabid/43/userId/7521435/Default.aspx

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Thanks to KT Rama Rao, Telangana couple gets Rs 2.5L from CM Relief Fund for baby's surgery

Soon, The Nest Residents Welfare Association, Hyderabad, some employees of Dr Reddy's and Sunder Foundation, Metpally came forward and donated to them a cumulative Rs 1.5 lakh. For the remaining amount, they approached KT Rama Rao through Jagtial MLA M Sanjay Kumar and TRS assistant secretary P Srinivas Reddy. Rama Rao assured the parents he would get `2.5 lakh sanctioned from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the surgery. The surgery was held on Tuesday and was a success. Madhu and Sunitha thanked Rama Rao and other donors for help. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://benoit.gaillard.aricie.net/UserProfile/tabid/2042/userId/7630/Default.aspx

After the tsunami: There are no full stops in politics

Sometimes the wave begins from below, small ripples of anger or hope, that slowly gather strength. At other times, it is imposed from above, a manufactured narrative that takes a life of its own. Either way, it begins to resemble a force of nature - and the final outcome inspires the same shock and awe of a freak thunderstorm.The trouble with such analogy, though, is that it tends to see political processes in cataclysmic terms, reducing complex electoral verdicts into neat binaries, and exaggerating both victories and defeats. The ebb and flow of history is forgotten and there is a rush to jump to conclusions that are instant and sweeping.This is all too evident over the past few days in social media comments and on our television screens. Narendra Modi, no doubt, has led the Bharatiya Janata Party and the National Democratic Alliance to a remarkable victory. But the May 23 verdict is being imbued with an end-of-history momentousness that does not stand up to scrutiny.Among the rash of knee-jerk reactions, three stand out. Both supporters and critics of Narendra Modi have concluded that the results of India's 17th general elections are a ringing endorsement of a Hindu rashtra; a decisive indictment of dynastic politics; and a final blow to the Congress, which is doomed to extinction if it remains under the leadership of the Nehru-Gandhi family.There is some truth in these assessments but the reality is nowhere near so definitive. The BJP's core constituency comprising old Hindutva zealots and new Modi bhakts are, naturally, exultant at the magnitude of the party's victory and see it as a result of Modi's muscular Hindutva-laced nationalism. Ironically, the BJP's most vociferous critics have also reached the same conclusion. Till the morning of May 23, those belonging to the secular-liberal universe, convinced themselves that Modi was on his way out. Devastated by the result, they immediately concluded that all was lost - that the people had betrayed the foundational values of the republic and become thoroughly communalized.While Hindutva played a significant role in the making of the Modi narrative, and was used subliminally in some places and overtly in others, there were many other reasons that contributed to the mandate. The targeted welfare schemes helped, as did the idea of national pride. But the desire for a stable government that Modi was in a better place to provide than a post-poll coalition of squabbling parties was probably an even bigger factor that went into the making of the pro-incumbency wave.A wave, by definition, encompasses large numbers of "uncommitted" voters who wait till the last minute to switch to what is perceived as the stronger side. It does not necessarily mean that every Indian who voted for Modi is ideologically committed to everything the RSS and the BJP espouse. Those who rarely speak to actual voters, tend to see election verdicts only in terms of numbers - and get overly enthused or inordinately depressed by the metanarrative. But on the ground, things are often different. Multiple factors are at work and it is unfair to see voters as an ideological monolith. For instance, the same young shopkeeper in a small town in Rajasthan or the farmer in a village in Madhya Pradesh who voted Congress six months ago in the assembly election was voting for Modi in the Lok Sabha election. It would be facile to conclude that they were 'secular' then and had turned 'communal' now. Or that they would not vote differently again tomorrow.It is equally facile to attribute extraordinary powers to Modi for riding a "wave" two times in a row and overlooking the fact that the electorate, increasingly, prefers delivering decisive verdicts rather than fragmented ones. If Modi was the beneficiary of this trend nationally, the DMK-led front in Tamil Nadu and the YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh were equally successful in securing a "winner takes all" sweep.With the BJP's ability to hype up every achievement as "unprecedented" (and despondent liberals echoing the view), it is easy to forget that "pro-incumbency" is not the black swan event it is being made out to be. Forget the era of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, when the Congress won bigger mandates than the BJP's current 303 seats on a routine basis. Even the UPA, led by a "weak" prime minister returned to power for a second term - and Manmohan Singh increased the Congress's tally by over 60 seats. Of course, Modi has won a single party majority both times, but the point is that the Indian voter tends to give the incumbent a second chance - unless there is widespread disenchantment or a particularly robust alternative. Given Modi's complete dominance over the nation's psyche for the past five years and total control over every lever of power, his return is not exactly an astounding feat.The second conclusion that the May 23 verdict was a resounding rejection of dynasty is also overstated. True, there is an increasing impatience with inherited legacies and the sense of entitlement it brings. But if one strikes the right political chord and works hard on the ground, it pays whether one is a dynast or not. That explains the victory of M.K. Stalin in Tamil Nadu and Jagan Mohan Reddy in Andhra Pradesh - both dynasts who campaigned long and hard. That Nakul Nath was the sole Congress victor in Madhya Pradesh because his father has nursed Chhindwara for decades also refutes the anti-dynast theory.As for the third, and most vociferous conclusion, the best thing that can be said for it is that it has been reached umpteen times before. Every time the Congress loses an election, there is a chorus among the intelligentsia seeking the exit of the Gandhis. The Congress party, they insist, can reinvent itself once it is rid of the 'Family' grip.Congressmen and women resist such calls for a good reason. They know that the Nehru-Gandhis have provided the glue that keeps an amorphous party together. The shambolic nature of the Congress - a loose coalition representing every region, religion and caste of India - is both its strength and its weakness. It belongs to no one (in particular) and to everyone (in general). Such a party can easily disintegrate without a governing principle, an emblem. The 'Family' provides that unifying essence.Every time the Congress has jettisoned the Gandhis (or vice versa), it has lost its moorings. The breakaway groups - Congress(O), Congress(S), Congress(T), Congress for Democracy - withered away and could not take on the mantle of being the "real" Congress minus the Gandhis. Some Congress leaders who left the parent party - Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, Jagan Reddy - have been more successful. But their parties are confined to specific states and not a replacement for the Congress on a national scale.Perhaps the centrality of the Gandhis to the Congress can be best understood from the vicious attacks launched against them by Narendra Modi. He knows that the exit of the Gandhis is the easiest way to dismantle the Congress as an edifice - and achieve the dream of a "Congress-mukt" Bharat.Whether or not Rahul Gandhi steps down as president of the party, he will remain the Congress's pre-eminent leader. The challenge before the Congress is not leadership but getting its message and messaging right. Just as the BJP, under Modi, has been unequivocal in its espousal of religious majoritarianism, the Congress has to be equally unambiguous in its championing of secularism, diversity, pluralism, compassion and equality. And not fall into the trap set by the BJP to become more 'Hindu" or jingoistic.The verdict last week may have had the force of a tsunami. But elections come and elections go - there are no full stops in politics...manini.chatterjee@abp.in DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://echometer.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/534930/Default.aspx

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Grilles off, grilling time for traffic

The stretch assumes significance not only as an approach road to stadiums, but also to Sacred Heart Convent, Loyola School, Church School Beldih, the Tata Main Hospital, I-T office and others.Iron railings on 800m stretch of Straight Mile Road from Baug-E-Jamsheed roundabout to Jusco roundabout were installed in 2017, painted green with reflective tapes to enforce one-way traffic. They also gave an elegant touch to the longest thoroughfare inside the city, from Baridih and ends at Kadma, cutting Sidhgora, Agrico, Bhalubasa, Kasidih, Sakchi and Bistupur. Soumen Chakraborty, a retired Tata Steel employee and a resident of Bhalubasa, said he felt the absence of the dividers keenly on Friday evening. "I was going to Tata Main Hospital from Sakchi-end in my car when a biker suddenly came within touching distance from the opposite end taking advantage of the gap in the central verge. Luckily, I was driving slowly," he said, adding rash bikers and cyclists took advantage of the gaps.Agreed Atanu Mukherjee, an official in a Sakchi-based MNC, whose bike on Saturday narrowly avoided a collision with a cyclist taking a short-cut. "I just dropped my daughter at the summer camp at JRD Tata Sports Complex in the morning when a cyclist almost dashed against my bike." Jusco senior general manager (Jamshedpur town operations) Dhananjay Mishra promised to install the road dividers at the earliest. "They had developed defects in alignment. We will get them installed in a day or two." DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://smaforetagslan.blogspot.com/2019/04/tips-i-att-fa-en-fastighetsmaklare.html

It is little red riding off into the sunset

Pundits claim the BJP has hijacked the CPI(M) base in West Bengal, and is cutting into its Kerala vote bank. It is more complicated than that. The reason for any organisation's irrelevance lies within. History disapproves of the stasis of the soul. Since 2008, the CPI(M) has been more ideologically static than Lenin's once-ubiquitous cement statues. Toppling the UPA over the 2008 Indo-US nuclear deal was its last hurrah. The Communists had a long run, and a good one, too. The CPI(M) ruled West Bengal from 1977 when Indira Gandhi dismantled the Emergency to May 2011 when Mamata Banerjee ended its undisputed reign. In Tripura, it won successive elections in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 until the saffron sweep. The party has had nine chief ministers. But no political outfit can flourish when its primary loyalty is not towards its own country. CPI(M)'s parent was Soviet dictator and mass murderer Joseph Stalin. The undivided Communist Party of India was founded in Tashkent, then in the USSR on October 17, 1920, following the Second Congress of the Communist International. Subsequently, many Communists did participate in the freedom struggle; however, inspired not by nationalism but by Stalin's obsession with destroying the British Empire. Fiercely loyal cadres were forged in the fires of revolutions, which imported the liberation of poor farmers and the proletariat from feudal and business exploitation. Then came the famous split in 1964-into the CPI and the CPI(M), with the former owing allegiance to China and the latter to the Soviet Union. Stalin's ghost still haunts the CPI(M) while the CPI is in ICU. The USSR is no more, and the Communists are the boat people of Indian politics. The Marxist's tragedy is that the party will not renounce its Soviet heritage, as seen in Prakash Karat's Stalin ousting the ideologically moderate and politically realistic Sitaram Yechury's Trotsky. Its belligerent trade union CITU destroyed state economies, which contributed to its terminal state in Bengal and Kerala. Economics in the end trumps ideology. India has been in the throes of economic change with reform, IT, an aspirational middle class plus Hindutva changing the national order. In Kerala, the CPI(M) exists only as an alternative to the Congress rather than as a credo of protest. Living in cuckoo land and resisting change, Indian Communism has written its own obituary. Comrade Karat is just a guy who likes to play with red ink. Ravi Shankar ravi@newindianexpress.com DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://www.sccaforums.com/user-profile/userid/59966

RRB ALP, Technician 2nd stage updates: Exam date, city, admit card, travel pass, download link

The exam city and date intimation dates will be mentioned in the e-call letter. Moreover, just like the first stage exam, the Railway Recruitment Board will activate the mock link for candidates to get familiar with the RRB exam pattern. The link will be active on January 12. Latest railway recruitment jobs to apply in January After finding it relevant, the revised results were declared in December 2019. The candidates who were selected in the revised result of RRB ALP Technician group C recruitment exam are eligible to appear for the second stage CBT. The admit cards will be released 10 days before the RRB exam. The list of valid websites includes, Railway Recruitment Board, RRB Guwahati (www.rrbguwahati.gov.im), RRB Jammu (www.rrbjammu.nic.in), Kolkata (www.rrbkolkata.gov.in), Malda (www.rrbmalda.gov.in), Mumbai (www.rrbmumbai.gov.in), Muzaffarpur (www.rrbmuzaffarpur.gov.in), Patna (www.rrbpatna.gov.in), Ranchi (www.rrbranchi.gov.in), Secunderabad (www.rrbsecunderabad.nic.in), Ahmedabad (www.rrbahmedabad.gov.in), Ajmer (www.rrbajmer.gov.in), Allahabad (www.rrbald.gov.in), Bangalore (www.rrbbnc.gov.in), Bhopal (www.rrbbpl.nic.in), Bhubaneshwar (www.rrbbbs.gov.in), Bilaspur (www.rrbbilaspur.gov.in), Chandigarh (www.rrbcdg.gov.in), Chennai (www.rrbchennai.gov.in), Gorakhpur (www.rrbguwahati.gov.in), Siliguri (www.rrbsiliguri.org). Thiruvananthapuram (www.rrbthiruvananthapuram.gov.in). RRB ALP Technician stage 2 CBT exam date, time: How to check Step 1: Visit the official website Step 2: On the home page, click on the link 'stage 2 computer-based test - exam city and date intimation' Step 3: A new page will appear log-in using application number Step 4: Check and download exam city, date and time The candidates selected after the stage two exam will have to appear for an interview following which a final merit list will be created and candidates will be selected for 27,795 assistant loco pilot posts and 36,576 technician posts. The selected candidates will be in the pay scale of Rs 19,900 (Level 2 of 7th CPC pay matrix) plus other allowances as admissible. For all latest Govt Jobs 2018, Railway Jobs, Bank Jobs and SSC Jobs log on to IndianExpress.com. We bring you fastest and relevant notifications on Bank, Railways and Govt Jobs. Stay Connected. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://kiredu.ru/UserProfile/tabid/182/userId/44362/Default.aspx

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