The national team’s bowling and fielding coaches Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh are sacked

venkatesh-prasad-and-robin-sighn-saked-by-bcciThe national team’s bowling and fielding coaches Prasad and Singh had faced heavy criticism over the team’s poor bowling and fielding, which saw India fail to make the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 in June and the Champions Trophy last month.

The Indian cricket board has decided to discontinue the services of bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh with immediate effect. The board is expected to name their replacements before the seven-match one-day home series against world champions Australia, which opens on October 25. It is said that Gary Kirsten and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni were not part of the decision.

Srinivasan did not detail why the two former India internationals, who had been involved with the national team since the tour of Bangladesh in May 2007, were removed.

Jayam Ravi Next film with Prabhu Deva

The Prabhu Deva prabu-devachoreographer turned actor turned director will work in this one for Kalpathi Agoram’s AGS Entertainment. After his big Bollywood success through ‘Wanted’, Prabhu Deva who was expected to direct a Hindi film next has chosen Tamil. Sources had it that the official announcement of the project will be out soon.

Actually the project is suppose to have Vishal in the lead but, as the actor is roped in for Bala’s untitled project, Jayam Ravi was fixed. Now we might get another Police story from the director. The sources say that we can see Ravi as a police trainee in this one.

Upcoming 2009 Diwali Movie Release In Hindi and Tamil- Latest News

Upcoming 2009 Diwali Movie Release In Hindi:

Himesh Reshammiya’s third film as an actor Kajraare, a T-Series’ production is all set to be a Diwali release. Directed by actress Pooja Bhatt the film stars opposite Himesh, Pakistani actress Mona Laizza apart from Amrita Singh and Gulshan Grover. The release date for the film is scheduled as October 16th.

On the same day two more biggies are slated for release, thats Hrithik Roshan – Barbara Mori – Kangana Ranaut starrer Kites and Ajay Devgan’s home production All The Best staring Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Mugdha Godse along with Ajay himself. With big mega budget like Kites and All The Best, we just hope that this Diwali will be a crackers for fans.

Upcoming 2009 Diwali Movie Release In Tamil:
diwali-releaseThe ‘Diwali’ fever has started waving around the Tamilnadu. Everyone can now get ready for the deals of buying new cloths and crackers and food items for their festival, it’s all about filmy mania that strikes them.

It has been confirmed that Surya’s ‘Aadhavan’ will be released on Diwali. The other contender for the show is jayam ravi ‘Peranmai’ which will go along with more prints. Last to join the race is Namitha starrer ‘Jagan Mohini’ which is the remake of old classic film Jagan Mohini.

Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna lit the traditional lamp to Begin Ninth All-India Film Employees Federation Conference

rajesh-khanna-being-awarded-the-prestigious-lifetime-achievement-awardThe ninth All-India Film Employees Federation Conference began amidst much fanfare in Chennai’s Trade Centre today (October 9th, 2009).

The Deputy Minister of Information &Broadcasting Jagathrakshakan, director K Balachandar and a host of other technicians and actors were present at the venue during the inaugural ceremony. The event was marked with the Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna being awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award. This award was presented by Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan. Earlier, Rajesh Khanna lit the traditional lamp to mark the beginning of the three-day conference and cultural fest.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Cricket World Cup 2011 Group

logo-2011The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Cricket World Cup 2011 Group on Wednesday after a Board meeting.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Group consist of Group A and B.

India has been placed in Group B while Australia placed in Group A.

Group A:

Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya

Group B:

India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.

Apart from this, the meeting also discussed ways to promote cricket and decided to have more research on the concept of day/night Tests.

List of ICC AWARDS 2009

icc-awards-2009List of ICC AWARD 2009

  • Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was named the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year.
  • Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was adjudged the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year.
  • Mitchell Johnson won the Cricketer of the Year award.
  • Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan was adjudged the ICC Twenty20 International Performer of the Year.
  • Australia’s Peter Siddle as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year.
  • Kiwis claim award: New Zealand bagged the Spirit of Cricket award.
  • Pakistan’s Aleem Dar walked away with the Umpire of the Year prize.
  • Ireland captain William Porterfield was named the ICC Associate Nations’ Cricketer of the Year.

The ODI team of the Year:

M.S. Dhoni (capt.), Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Yuvraj Singh, Martin Guptill, Andrew Flintoff, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis and Umar Gul; 12th man: Thilan Thushara.
The ICC Test team of the Year:

M.S. Dhoni (capt.), G. Gambhir, A. Strauss, A.B. de Villiers, S. Tendulkar, T. Samaraweera, M. Clarke, Shakib-ul-Hasan, M. Johnson, S. Broad, and D. Steyn; 12th man: Harbhajan Singh.

These awards were given away for performances between August 2008 and August 2009. The winners were selected by an elite panel that included Clive Lloyd, Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar, Stephen Fleming and Bob Taylor.