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India breeze into ICC World T20 2014 semi-finals with 8-wicket win over Bangladesh

March 29, 2014

Dhaka, Mar 29: India qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC World T20 2014 with an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh at Dhaka on March 28. Half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli breezed India to the victory in 18.3 overs. MS Dhoni smashed the winning runs with a trademark six down the ground. India were chasing a 139-run target in the Group 2 Super 10 match in the T20 World Cup.

India_BangladeshMS Dhoni‘s men needed only a win to qualify for the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup after West Indies had beaten Australia earlier in the day. India were hardly troubled in their run-chase by a below-average Bangladesh side.

The first two overs of India’s run-chase only yielded three runs each. The first delivery of the third over was a short delivery from Al-Amin Hossain. Rohit pulled it away for a six over deep square-leg. There was hardly any power behind the shot, still it sailed way into the stands. Dhawan was then bowled by Al-Amin. He came down the track and inside-edged a full delivery onto the stumps in the third over.

Al-Amin bowled a full and wide delivery and Kohli played a brilliant lofted cover-drive and got a six in the fifth over. He actually went down on one knee and got underneath the delivery. Al-Amin was then called harshly for a front-foot no-ball. Rohit hit the free-hit high in the air and was caught at mid-on.

Rohit came down the track to Shakib Al Hasan and hit one over wide mid-on for a four. Next ball, he came forward again and drove one on the up towards deep cover and got consecutive fours. Mashrafe Mortaza came into the attack in the seventh over. He bowled a straight back of a length delivery and Rohit guided it wide of the short third-man fielder and got another four.

In the ninth over, Bangladesh missed a glorious chance to dismiss Rohit. He hit one high in the air off Ziaur Rahman. Two fielders converged at deep mid-wicket and the catch was dropped. Rohit then pulled a short delivery in the air for a four towards deep mid-wicket.

Mushfiqur Rahim threw the ball to Sohag Gazi to bowl his off-spin in the 10th over. Kohli came down the track and whipped one through mid-wicket for a four. Sohag then offered width and Kohli went back and punched the ball wide of the cover fielder and got another four. Kohli got into the 40s with a four towards third-man. Ziaur bowled one outside off-stump and Kohli opened the face of the bat to guide the delivery.

Kohli pulled one from Mahmudullah towards long-leg and got two runs. That was the 100 for India in the 14th over. Rohit then reached his seventh half-century on the last ball of the 14th over with a single. Rohit cut a short and wide delivery from Al-Amin for a four behind point for a four. Kohli soon got to his half-century with a single towards cover.

Bangladesh did get a breakthrough as Rohit flashed at a low full-toss from Mortaza. The ball was caught by Nasir Hossain at point. Rohit had to depart for 56 off 44 deliveries with five fours and one six. That also ended a 100-run partnership between Rohit and Kohli for the second wicket.

Dhoni walked out into bat. He hit a length delivery from Al-Amin high in the air towards long-off. The ball just bounced short of the boundary line and went for a four. He then pulled a wide delivery for a six over wide long-on. Dhoni then hit the wining runs with a six down the ground in the 19th over.

Virat Kohli (left) and Rohit Sharma each scored half-centuries for India. They shared a 100-run partnership for the second wicket © Getty Images

Earlier, India captain Dhoni had won the toss and elected to bowl first. India went in with an unchanged side that beat Pakistan and West Indies in the group. A win for India would see them qualify for the semi-finals. Bangladesh’s innings never saw any real momentum as they kept losing wickets at the wrong time.

They eventually posted a total of 138 for seven in their 20 overs. Anamul Haque top-scored with 44 and Mahmudullah was unbeaten on 33 for Bangladesh. Amit Mishra took three wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin took two. Both the spinners were at one time on a hat-trick. Neither could complete the milestone.

The total did not look enough to halt India and it proved true in the end. Although nine deliveries were remaining, it was far more easy for India. Ashwin was the Man of the Match for his two wickets for 15 runs.

Brief scores:

Bangladesh 138 for 7 in 20 overs (Anamul Haque 44, Mushfiqur Rahim 24, Mahmudullah 33*; Ravichandran Ashwin 2 for 15, Amit Mishra 3 for 26) lost to India 141 for 2 in 18.3 overs (Rohit Sharma 56, Virat Kohli 57*, MS Dhoni 22*) by 8 wickets.

Man of the Match: Ravichandran Ashwin

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August 5,2020

New Delhi, Aug 5: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Bollywood celebrities have taken it to their social media platforms to express their excitement and shared their thoughts.

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Actor Kirron Kher, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, filmmaker Ashok Pandit and others also marked the day and expressed their excitement.

Earlier, evergreen star Hema Malini, through an audio recording congratulated the devotees of Lord Ram on the occasion.

The Mathura MP expressed her excitement on the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the much-awaited Ram Temple.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the special Bhoomi Poojan at Ayodhya ahead of the foundation stone laying ceremony.

He also released a commemorative postage stamp on 'Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir'. Earlier, Prime Minister Modi had offered prayers at the Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya.

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January 10,2020

New Delhi, Jan 10: Injured Assam archer Shivangini Gohain underwent a critical surgery at the AIIMS. Dr. Deepak Gupta, professor of Pediatric neurosurgery at AIIMS, revealed about the delicate nature of the procedure and said there was no room for error.

"It was touching vertebral artery which supplies blood to the brain stem. The arrow was 0.5 cm in front of the spinal cord and the child could have become quadriplegic if someone tried to pull it out," Gupta said.

According to doctors, the arrow accidentally went inside the body damaging the shoulder bone, part of the neck, spinal cord and left lung.

Dr Gupta said, "Now the patient is fine. We had planned the surgery in a very unique way. Last whole night, our team was doing the planning and plotting to conduct this complex surgery. About 15 cm part of the arrow was inside the body which has entered through shoulder bone and affected neck, spinal cord and left lung".

"We started the surgery in the morning at 6 am which lasted for three and a half hours. We have successfully removed the arrow. The patient is stable now and shifted to ICU for observation," he added

Shivangini Gohain, the 12-year-old Assam archer who was impaled by an arrow shot accidentally at the SAI centre in Dibrugarh, was training unsupervised and the mishap was a result of negligence by the local coach and officials, the state's archery association has said.

The child was training at the Dakha Devi Rasiwasia College at Chabua, which serves as an extension centre under the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centre in Guwahati when the incident took place on Wednesday.

She was airlifted to Delhi on Thursday night and admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre. Pulin Das, a joint secretary of Assam Archery Association and executive member of the state Olympic association said the injury to the school girl from the Deodhai village, which is 3km from Chabua, happened as the trainees were practising without any coach and other officials.

“There is a SAI contractual coach Marcy and he has left for the Khelo India Games in Guwahati. He didn't instruct the trainees to stop the camp for some time nor did the college principal, who acted as administrator of the extension centre, looked after the practice,” Das said on Friday.

The extension centre has 11 trainees, six boys and five girls, and they were training under SAI contractual coach A C Marcy from Nagaland, who is in Guwahati for the Khelo India Youth Games.

“The training ground itself is in very bad shape, it was not even a dedicated ground for archery training, some play football, cricket and other sports on that ground. But the worst part is that the SAI coach did not give instructions to stop the camp for a while and the archers were training without any supervision,” he added Das said Gohain was struck by an arrow shot by boys doing practice for compound event. The arrow remained stuck for more more than a day before she was airlifted to New Delhi on Thursday night.

“There was nobody to look after the archers, they were training on their own though their parents were outside the ground. An arrow shot by a boy trainee who was doing compound event practice hit her on the shoulder,” the official said.

Gohain's father Brinchi Gohain was outside the practice area and with no official of the college and SAI coming for help, she was taken to Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh, 33km from Chabua.

“She could reach the AMC in Dribugarh only on Thursday morning. There, the doctors told her parents to take her to a more reputed hospital like AIIMS in Delhi. With help from people close to the local Member of Parliament and Assam CM himself, she was taken by air ambulance to Delhi.

“I was told that she had a very tough time as the arrow remained stuck for more than a day. She is a strong-willed girl and she fought. Her father must be a daily wage labourer and he was distraught also.”

The SAI said that it will bear all the expenses of her treatment. The Assam Archery Association has contributed Rs 20,000 towards her treatment.

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August 2,2020

New Delhi, Aug 2: Batting great Rahul Dravid has attributed Chennai Super Kings' consistent run in the IPL to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's instincts, game-smarts and the incredible amount of work that goes behind the scenes.

N Srinivasan, the former BCCI president and head of India Cements, which owns the CSK franchise, agreed that Dhoni is a man of instinct who doesn't believe in attending team meetings and going over data.

Both were speaking at a webinar organised by the Great Lakes Institute of Management.

"If you look at the success CSK has had, they've got really good access to data and they've got really good access to people behind the scenes and they've run cricket teams at the junior level," Dravid said at the webinar according to ESPNcricinfo.

The former India captain added, "They understand talent and they've obviously got a good scouting process in place. But, what they also have is a captain who really understands instincts.

"So, I mean, look, I know Dhoni quite well and I hope he hasn't changed, but I know Dhoni is probably not one to look at reams of data and statistics."

The Super Kings have won the lucrative tournament three times -- one less than Mumbai Indians -- and reached the knockouts in each of the 10 seasons they have been a part of.

Srinivasan also spoke about how Dhoni's instinct and judgement contributed to his team's success at a time when a lot of emphases is placed on data.

"We're awash with data just now. To give you an example, there are bowling coaches and in a T20 game, they play videos of every batsman whom they're going to come against and they see how he got out, what's his strength, what's his weakness etc.

"So, MS Dhoni doesn't attend this, he's a pure instinct man. The bowling coach, (head coach Stephen) Fleming will be there and everybody will be there, everyone is giving opinions, (but) he'll get up and go.

"In the context of instinct, he feels that okay he can assess a batsman or player on the field, that's his judgement. On the other hand, there is so much of data that is available to help a person also analyse. It's a very difficult line to draw (between data and instinct)."

Srinivasan also recalled how Dhoni once refused to take "one outstanding player" suggested by the franchise boss as that could have broken the team's cohesion.

"There was one outstanding player that we suggested to MS, he said: 'no sir, he will spoil the team'. The cohesion within the team is important and see in America, franchise-based sport has been there for such a long time," he said.

"In India, we're just starting and we're new to it. But we at India Cements have had a lot of experience running teams at junior levels."

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