Posts Tagged ‘Chennai’
Kingfisher Airlines launches daily Mumbai-London flight
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 6, 2009
Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines today (January 5) launched its first daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight with a new Airbus 330-200 aircraft, configured in two classes.
“The flight had almost full occupancy with 28 passengers in Kingfisher First and 169 in Kingfisher Class,” company spokesperson told.The flight ‘IT 007′ left the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) at 1350 hrs and was [...]
Master Blaster celebrates Ranji return with a ton
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 6, 2009
After a long gap of 23 months, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar scored a 125 ball century against Saurashtra in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy in Chennai on Monday (Jan 5). Tendulkar’s knock included five sixes and seven fours.Tendulkar along with opener Wasim Jaffer, who struck a double ton, propelled Mumbai to a mammoth 637 for [...]
Team India ends the year(2008) on a high
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 24, 2008
Team India’s golden run continues, as skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and boys end the year (2008) on a ‘winning note’, with Dhoni’s brigade winning the Test series against England 1-nil.
Even though the final Test at Mohali ended in a draw, it was celebration time for the Indian players, as Dhoni’s boys lifted the trophy after [...]
India at No.2 in Test rankings
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 24, 2008
India reclaimed the number two spot from South Africa in the ICC Test Championship table by winning the two-Test series against England 1-0.
India won the first Test in Chennai by six wickets and drew the second in Mohali, enough to earn two ratings points and surge ahead of South Africa, a position the Team India [...]
ICC Test rankings: Gambhir 10th place
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 24, 2008
Opener Gautam Gambhir’s stupendous year with the willow today (December 24) helped him jump 10 spots to 10th in the ICC Test Rankings, making him the highest-ranked Indian batsman in the list.
The diminutive Delhi batsman has scored more than 1000 runs this calendar year, including three hundreds in his last five Tests.
Gambhir, who made 179 [...]
Yuvraj Singh welcomed into the Test arena
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 24, 2008
Yuvraj Singh cannot be left out. Making a comeback into Tests, Yuvi has ended the series on a high. The Indian South paw has stormed his way back into Test arena, only to seal the number six slot in the longer version of the game.
Yuvraj’s two centuries against England in the ODI series trounced the [...]
Amir’s Ghajini release of Madras HC stalls
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 24, 2008
The release of the much-hyped “Ghajini” starring Aamir Khan on Thursday ran into trouble on Tuesday (Dec 23) over alleged copyright violation with the Madras High Court staying its screening and a separate petition seeking similar action was moved in Bombay High Court.
The interim injunction in Chennai was granted by Justice P R Shivakumar on [...]
Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh kept India in control of the second Test
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 22, 2008
Following a fog-delayed start, England resumed on 282-6 in reply to India’s 453 but they were bowled out for 302 as Harbhajan Singh finished with 4-68.
The tourists fought back to reduce India to 44-3 and then 80-4.
But Gambhir (44no) and the explosive Yuvraj (39no) guided the hosts to 134-4 at the close, a lead of [...]
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