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Having moved into his "dream house", ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has now secured his five-story Bandra residence with a staggering Rs 100 crore insurance cover, one of the biggest insurance deals by an individual.
The cricket icon has bought the insurance from a consortium of general insurers, according to industry sources.
"A consortium of general insurance companies has given an insurance cover for the cricketer’s home in Bandra for a value consideration of Rs 100 crore," an official of a public sector general insurance company, who wished not to be named, said.
As per the official, all the four state-run GIs along with a private insurer have provided the cover.
" Oriental Insurance Company, United India Insurance, New India Assurance and National Insurance Company are the four government-owned general insurers providing the cover along with a private insurer," the official said, adding the annual premium would be around Rs 40 lakh.
According to another insurance official, the cover has been taken in two parts. While a fire insurance policy has been obtained for Rs 75 crore, an additional cover of Rs 25 crore has been bought for household items like furniture, electronic gadgets and cricket accessories among others.
The fire insurance covers losses from blaze, terror attacks, natural disasters like earthquakes, and burglary among others. The insurance covers the cost of the land, compound walls, besides electrical equipment.
The Tendulkars had moved into the sprawling 6,000 square feet villa in Bandra West in September from a flat that had been allotted to the maestro under sports quota.
"Everyone has a dream of owning a house. I, too, had this dream. I am happy that I was able to fulfil it," Tendulkar had said while moving into his new abode.
The cricketer’s residence stands on a plot that earlier housed a dilapidated bungalow, which he had bought for Rs 39 crore in 2007.
The villa has been secured with high-walled fencing to avoid curious onlookers. CCTV cameras and sensors have also been installed.(PTI)

Sachin’s Rs 100 Crores Insurance!

By: Unknown on: 4:16 AM
An Economics researcher claims to have found an answer to one of the biggest debates in international cricket by picking Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest Test batsman ever over late Australian legend Sir Donald Bradman.
"Griffith University researcher Dr Nicholas Rohde has used economic theory to compare batsmen from different eras, and says India’s Little Master, who will pad up against the Aussies at the MCG on Boxing Day, is history’s premier willow wielder," reported ’The Australian’.
The 38-year-old Tendulkar has a world-record 15,183 runs from 184 Tests at an average of 56.02 since making his debut in 1989.
Bradman, on the other hand, played 52 Tests from 1928 to 1948, scoring 6996 runs at an astonishing average of 99.94. He died in 2001 aged 92.
Dr Rohde said a theoretical analysis puts Tendulkar above Bradman. "The rankings are designed to allow for meaningful comparisons of players with careers of different lengths," Dr Rohde said.
"It’s an emotional issue and there will always be debate between followers of Test cricket about the relative career performances of various batsmen," he added.
The rankings by the researcher have been created according to a player’s career aggregate runs, minus the total number of runs that an average player of that era would accumulate over the same number of innings.
Allan Border (seven) and Steve Waugh (nine) are the other Australian batsmen in the top 10. Rahul Dravid (fourth) and Sunil Gavaskar (eighth) are the other Indians in the list.
Dr Rohde’s said it was possible that Tendulkar and Bradman could swap their places many times before the Indian retires as a dip in form would affect his standing.(PTI)

Sachin Tendulkar greatest ever!

By: Unknown on: 6:03 AM
Virender Sehwag scored 219 runs from 149 balls, against West Indies in the fourth match of the series at Indore. Sehwag hit 25 fours and 7 sixes on his way to the new world record for the highest individual score in a 50-over match. Shehwag became the second cricketer to make a double century in One Day Internationals. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was the first to reach the milestone when he scored unbeaten 200 against South Africa in Gwalior on February 24, 2010.

He also went past 8,000 runs in ODIs during the innings.

India scored 418 runs for 5 wickets for 50 overs. Now West Iindies target is 419 to win the match.

Sehwag’s new world record

By: Unknown on: 2:22 AM
New Delhi: Local heroes Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir gave ample display of their class as India relied on a clinical display to spank England by eight wickets in the second cricket one-dayer and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series here Monday.

The Indians first restricted the visitors to 237 all out riding on paceman Vinay Kumar's career-best effort of 4 for 30 before Kohli (112 not out) and Gambhir (84 not out) rattled up the required runs -- with as many as 80 balls to spare on a good batting track at the Ferozshah Kotla.

Kohli, Gambhir power India to an emphatic 8-wicket win

By: Unknown on: 1:03 AM


NEW DELHI: Young Indian bowlers bowled out England for 174 in 36.1 overs to register a thumping 126 runs victory in the first one-day international of the five-match series at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
India took a 1-0 lead in the series with this impressive victory on Friday.

India thrash England by 126 runs!

By: Unknown on: 12:18 AM

Kolkata: Former Indian Cricket captain Sourav Ganguly is keen to play the four-day and 50-over Ranji Trophy matches for home side Bengal.
"I am available to play for Bengal in the four-day and 50-over (Ranji) matches. However, I will not be available for the T20 ties," Ganguly told reporters on Monday.
The flamboyant batsman keeps himself fit and undergoes practice sessions at the Eden Garden when he is in the city.
Ganguly, as a chairman of the Cricket Development Committee of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), attended its first meeting at the club house.
Ways and means to develop the game in Bengal was discussed in the meeting, he added.
The CAB on August 24 retained their star-studded cricket development committee led by Ganguly though it met only twice in previous two seasons with little success.
Ganguly continued to be the chairman of the committee that also stars yesteryears cricketers Arun Lal, Ashok Malhotra and Pranab Roy.

Ganguly still ready to represent Bengal

By: Unknown on: 11:59 PM

Reuters: Australia fast bowler Brett Lee will undergo surgery for appendicitis on Monday and has been ruled out of his country's one-day and Twenty20 fixtures in South Africa, Cricket Australia said.
Lee, who has taken 310 Test and 357 one-day international wickets in a 12-year international career, is expected to be out of action for six to eight weeks.
He is certain to miss Australia's two Twenty20s and three ODIs against South Africa in October and is a big doubt for the two Tests that begin on November 9 and 17.
"Brett complained of some abdominal pain after arriving in Cape Town on Sunday," Australian team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said in a statement.
"After consulting specialists and having the relevant investigations he has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will be having surgery in Cape Town later today.
"He will obviously be ruled out of the Twenty20 and ODI series in South Africa and is likely to return to cricket in six to eight weeks."

Brett Lee ruled out of SA T20s and ODIs

By: Unknown on: 11:59 PM

London: After the Pakistani and Australian players, it's now the turn of Indian top guns to be named in the spot-fixing trial, as Mazhar Majeed claimed that he had access to Yuvraj and Harbhajan Singh.
Majeed also went on to say that he was good friends with former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi, and ex Pakistan captain Imran Khan.
Majeed, who is at the centre of spot-fixing allegations, came up with a series of boasts to the undercover journalist of now defunct News of the World, who posed as an Indian businessman and recorded the conversation.
Majeed told journalist Mazhar Mahmood that he "very well" knew Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer.
He also claimed that he had several Pakistan players under his control, including Salman Butt, Akmal brothers, and Shoaib Malik and had access to other star cricketers like Chris Gayle, Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting.

I had access to Bhajji, Yuvraj: Majeed

By: Unknown on: 11:58 PM

Hyderabad: After slumping to their second defeat in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday said his side played well in patches but praised opposition batsman Callum Ferguson and Daniel Christian for their match-winning efforts.
Ferguson scored an unbeaten 40-ball 70-run knock and together with Christian (42) added quickfire 84 runs for the fourth wicket to propel South Australia to a competitive 188 for five after opting to bat.
The target eventually turned out to be too steep for KKR as they lost wickets at regular intervals to be restricted to 169 for nine, thereby handing South Australia a 19-run victory.
"I never thought they would get to 180-odd. It was a brilliant effort from Ferguson and Christian," a visibly disappointed Gambhir said after the match.
"Sometimes we've bowled well in patches, and sometimes batted well in patches. At times we haven't complemented our batsmen, sometimes our bowlers," he added.
His counterpart Michael Klinger was also full of praise for Ferguson and Christian, saying the two batsmen laid the basic foundation for South Australia's win.
"The innings from Callum (Ferguson) and Christian were unbelievable. Those two were fantastic, they pushed a lot of twos and ran really hard when the pitch slowed up," Klinger said.
Asked about the reason behind leaving out speedster Shaun Tait for the match, the South Australia skipper said, "We left out Tait purely because of the conditions. Tait, with extra pace, on this wicket is probably slightly easier to play."
Man-of-the-match Ferguson, in turn, credited his partner Christian for his match-winning knock.
"It was difficult early on, took a while to get in.
Christian came in and made it easier for me by hitting some boundaries. We finished the innings well," he said.

We played well in patches: Gambhir

By: Unknown on: 9:32 PM

Chennai: Call it champion talk or whatever, but Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming asserted that no panic button was pressed and the team was looking to chalk up its first win in the Nokia Champions League T20 tournament when they face Cape Cobras here on Wednesday.
While rejecting the observation that the team was under pressure to perform following the stunning three-wicket defeat to the Mumbai Indians in their opening fixture on Saturday, Fleming said the expectations were always high given the Super Kings' track record.
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"We are always under pressure. We were under pressure in the first game. Nothing has changed. I don't know how many wins we need (to go through to the semifinals), whether it is two with a better run rate or it's three, we are always under pressure.
"We put ourselves under pressure as well because we want to win, especially at home. And we want to keep winning competitions, so we don't look to have easy games and there are no easy games.
"There have been some incredible, sensational results in the last two or three games, so that's where the competition is going to go," Fleming pointed out at a media conference, here on Tuesday.
Looking ahead to the game against the Cobras, Fleming said the team was still to sit down to work out a combination or make any drastic changes in the light of Saturday's loss.
"We haven't gone back to the drawing board just because we have had one loss where one player hit 15 or 20. Up to that point, we had won about 95 per cent of the game. So we are not going to rush and change.
"That is not our style. We have got a group of players that has won three competitions. But we're very mindful and if there is a change to be made, we will make it tomorrow after we watch the first game," he said.
Fleming did not put too much emphasis on going into Wednesday's match with a different game plan given the quality openers that the Cobras boast in Richard Levi and Herschelle Gibbs, especially the latter.
"We have got a couple of South African players in our squad, Albie Morkel and Faf du Plessis. We have used their resources, but you can't get too tricky. This is our home ground where we have had a lot of success. Our success has been built on pretty good foundations.
"If you try to change and become something different, then you make mistakes. That's not my style and I know that's not the skipper's (MS Dhoni) style. Herschelle Gibbs is one of the very good players of the shorter form of the game and we saw the other night, how destructive he can be. There will be subtle changes, not anything drastic," said Fleming.
When queried about the pitch and whether it will aid spin, Fleming said the surface remained an unknown quantity.
"We can't really get a straight answer because the curators themselves do not know how it will play. But if we are not sure, we will go with what we know and we have a pretty balanced side to cover most conditions," he said.
Meanwhile, Cobras fast bowler Vernon Philander, while admitting that the Super Kings would be enjoying vociferous crowd support, it would not be huge factor.
"I don't think so. In 2009 Champions League, we played Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore and overcame them. We are not going to get affected by the crowd support," he pointed out.
Philander promised that the Cobras fielding would be much better on Wednesday, unlike in their previous game when they dropped catches in the early overs, but ultimately managed to beat New South Wales Blues quite comfortably.
On his own bowling against the Blues when he took two for 22, Philander said: "I thought the wicket was pretty slow and I tried to mix up my pace and keep it pretty simple," he said.

Super Kings unfazed by loss: Fleming

By: Unknown on: 9:32 PM

Johannesburg: South Africa's limited-overs captain AB de Villiers will miss the upcoming one-day international and Twenty20 series against Australia while he undergoes surgery on a broken finger.
De Villiers, 27, who injured his left hand while competing in the Champions League Twenty20 in India, was expected to be out for four to six weeks, Cricket South African (CSA) announced on Thursday.
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"The hand specialist found that AB fractured the hand bone (metacarpal) of his middle finger," Proteas team manager Mohammed Moosajee said in a statement.
"He advised that immediate surgery by done to fixate the fracture and to allow the rehabilitation process to begin as soon as possible."
The limited-overs matches against Australia, which include two T20 internationals and three ODIs, begin on Oct. 13, with the last match in the series, an ODI in Durban, scheduled for Oct. 28.

De Villiers to undergo surgery on broken finger

By: Unknown on: 9:31 PM

Bangalore: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir feels that his team needs to play with the same intensity in order to qualify for the semi-finals.
"We have a lot of talent in the dressing room and today we did well. We have one game in group stages left and we have to maintain the same intensity level. Today Brett and Kallis bowled tremendously in the first six overs. But we have concerns regarding our bowling at the death and that needs to be addressed," Gambhir said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Asked about his own batting he said with chuckle, "Well, I can play like this once in a while."
Man of the match Jacques Kallis said that it was time that seniors put their hands up after two poor outings.
"We played some poor cricket in the last two games, and we needed the senior players to put up a big performance today, which we did. Brad got us off to a quick start, and after that we just had to stay there and see it through."
He was all praise for his skipper.
"Gambhir is a magnificent player. We missed him when he was injured, but it is great to have him back."
The South African all-rounder still feels that they have a realistic chance of making it to the top four.
"There's always hope that we can sneak him. We should try and beat the Warriors first, and get the run-rate up and then sit around and wait for a bit."
RCB skipper Daniel Vettori was disappointed in the manner his team bowled and fielded.
"We have posted 170 in the last 2 games and gone inside thinking we can win this, but our bowling and fielding hasn't been up to scratch. We are going to have to reflect on that quick, two must-win games now. We now have to depend on other results also," the New Zealander said.

Hope we maintain same intensity in next match'

By: Unknown on: 9:30 PM

Why do high performing teams ‘suddenly’ perform poorly? What model can we reference to find the answers of what to do about it? The answer is that they hardly ever ‘suddenly’ change, unless there has been a change of leadership, people, systems or goals; and even then ‘sudden’ poor performance normally takes a period of time to gradually become significant enough to be noticed, unless there are some significant contributing factors.
High performance teams are always different. They have a different mix of leadership styles, people, systems (internal and external), longevity and goals. If you change any one of those elements, what the team requires to operate optimally changes. This means even when a quality leader replaces the old leader, the team dynamics need to be shifted to find the team’s new optimal balance. Without purposeful intervention this process often takes some time; this can take up to a season in sport where a new coach replaces a successful coach.
High performance teams require a shared purpose to operate optimally. When I joined the Sharks Rugby team in 2008 for the Super 14 competition I spent a lot of time challenging the team not on what they wanted to achieve (to win the competition - of course) but why they wanted to win. Why would this year be any different from the 12 years earlier when they had wanted to win a trophy and had the skills and team to win the trophy, but didn’t? Eventually, after a lot of challenging, one of the players spoke up, “This team wanted to be the Sharks team of the 2000s like the iconic Sharks team of the 1990s. They wanted to leave a legacy.” Immediately, as it was said, it was clear that this meaning had squad buy-in, and so the team continued to work incredibly hard, but now had that little bit extra - which made all the difference. Later that year, the Sharks won their first trophy after a long time, two years later they won their second. In Neuro-Semantics (the methodology we use to model excellence), we know that when you combine meaning with performance you get high performance.
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One of the reasons why high performance teams sometimes falter is that when a project is concluded or an important milestone achieved, the team doesn’t have the opportunity to celebrate, reflect upon and process all the energy that went into achieving that outcome. Sustained high performance without an emotional, mental and physical break is a myth. Teams are either running a marathon or a sprint, they can’t do both indefinitely. When there isn’t a celebration process, or the celebration process is rushed or incomplete, the team is literally too drained to commit fully to the next milestones or deliverables, and increasingly over time run the risk of burnout.
There is a perception that if you leave team dynamics alone, it will sort itself out. This is a dangerous idea. The challenge is that management books that tell you how team dynamics should be, might not relate precisely to your situation or the context of your team. High performance teams are normally always unique in some way. Managers and leaders often aren’t taught that the answer to optimum team dynamics lies within the team; they just need to ask the right questions. Another important factor is that when team goals change, team systems alter, staff or leadership change, or even if the team has been together for a while, a new formula for optimum team dynamics will be needed for the team to sustain high performance.
So, if that is true, how can we use that information to our advantage? The answer to that question is a product we have developed called the iTeam. What the iTeam does is to ask your team members and team leader, individually and privately, to give feedback against a sliding scale of 12 high performance paradoxes. For example, the paradox of high performance standards vs the freedom to make mistakes, each extreme is not useful - too much high performance standards and there is no creativity and no risks, too much freedom to makes mistakes and quality suffers. However, for this team and for this time, there will be an optimum positioning on that continuum between the two paradoxes. For example, the team shares on average that they are struggling to be creative as they are too scared of being wrong, and on average they want a bit more leeway to experiment.
Each member individually gives feedback on a sliding scale between the two extremes where he/she thinks the team is and why and where he/she thinks the team should be and why. This information is collated anonymously in both graphical form and a report so that a team coach or team leader can have that conversation of a) Is this is what is going on with the team, b) Should we shift to where the team has nominated us to go, and if so, c) how are we going to do that?

Balancing high-performance teams

By: Unknown on: 9:27 PM

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings' skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was all praise for his bowlers after the home side's three-pronged pace attack restricted Cape Cobras to a modest score of 145 in the Champions League Twenty20 match here on Wednesday.
"Had we lost, it would have become very difficult. The score of 145 was a very good effort by our bowlers, who capitalised really well when they lost a couple of wickets at the wrong time. Our bowlers did a good job," said Dhoni after his team's thrilling four-wicket victory over the Cobras.
"It was a big game for us and Bravo played a special innings in the end. My heart was pounding. We are looking forward to the next game," the skipper added.
The pace trio of Albie Morkel (2 for 26), Doug Bollinger (2 for 25) and Dwayne Bravo (2 for 23) shackled the Cobras' batting line-up and prevented their order consisting of Herschelle Gibbs, J P Duminy and Owais Shah from shifting the gears up.
Dhoni also conceded that while batting, Chennai neglected the importance of singles at the start.
The Chennai Super Kings, with this win, have two points, the same as the Cape Cobras and New South Wales while Mumbai Indians head the table with four points from two victories.
Cape Cobras' captain Justin Kemp said that Chennai pacers bowled well with the old ball.
"We would have liked to score more at the back end, but I think the Chennai boys bowled well with the old ball. They were good in the end overs," said Kemp.
Kemp picked all-rounder Bravo's timely cameo for special praise and said, "It took something special from Bravo. We bowled well, but it was always going to come down to the last couple of overs, and they have a big batting line-up. Bravo played some exceptional shots and took the game away from us."
"Overall it was a good game. We were right up there until the 18th over. A couple of mistakes here and there," he added.
Man-of-the-match Dwayne Bravo, whose pyrotechnics (46 not out off 25 balls) took the Chennai Super Kings past the target of 145 with just two balls to spare, said, "Today was a great day for us. I was just backing my ability. I am enjoying my cricket now. Hope this continues later in the tournament."
"Dale Steyn bowled just one bad ball and I got on top of it."
Asked about his bowling, he said, "I have worked hard on my bowling in the nets and changed my action a bit. I am happy now."

Dhoni praises Chennai bowlers for win

By: Unknown on: 1:18 AM

T&T Super Over:
After scoring a six and a four in the over bowled by Steve O'Keefe, Lendl Simmons was caught by David Warner at the long-off boundary with four runs required off the last ball.
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NSW Super Over:
Four fours were struck by Henriques off the bowling of Ravi Rampaul as New South Wales scored 18 runs. The last four balls of the over went for boundaries.
NSW innings:
20th over:
Three fours by Moises Henriques and 16 runs of the last over has sent the match into a super over. With two runs needed off the last ball, Henriques scores a single as New South Wales finish with 139/8.
19th over:
After the dismissal of Simon Katich in the previous over, NSW have lost two more wickets to be seven down. Seventeen runs are required to win off the last over.
17th over:
BJ Rohrer goes as Trinidad take the upper hand. It's 102/5 and NSW still need 38 to win off 19 balls.
16th over:
Sherwin Ganga picks up his third wicket as New South Wales lose Steve Smith. Smith scored 11 runs before holing out to Simmons.
12th over:
Trinidad and Tobago pick up their third wicket as Daniel Smith is bowled by Sherwin Ganga who gets his second scalp. Smith made 11, NSW's score at the end of the over is 73/3.
10th over:
David Warner departs after scoring 38 off 36 balls. Warner struck six fours in his innings before being bowled by Sherwin Ganga as he attempted a pull shot.
7th over:
Success for Trinidad at the end of the over as Shane Watson departs for 14. Lendl Simmons takes the catch off S Narine's bowling.
4th over:
Shane Watson gets into the act by smashing Ravi Rampaul for a four off the last ball of the over. New South Wales progress to 28/0.
3rd over:
Eleven runs were scored of the over with David Warner smashing two boundaries.
T&T Innings:
20th over:
An uneventful final over which neither saw too many boundaries nor a flurry of wickets. Just one four was hit by Kevon Cooper off the bowling of Pat Cummins but the former was run out off the very next ball.
19th over:
Ravi Rampaul hits 13 of the 14 runs scored in the over which includes two fours.
18th over:
T&T lose the wicket of their captain Darren Ganga for 21. The score at the end of the over is 116/5.
17th over:
Dinesh Ramdin departs for 19 as Trinidad lose their fourth wicket. Mitchell Starc takes the catch off O'Keefe's bowling.
15th over:
Eleven runs come of Henrique's over which includes a six by T&T captain Darren Ganga. Score at the end of the over is 89/3.
12th over:
Lendl Simmons is out for 41 as Trinidad lose their third wicket. Simmons plays across the line of a full pitched delivery and is trapped lbw off the bowling of Henriques who picks up his second wicket.
10th over:
T&T lose their second wicket as Darren Bravo falls for six. Bravo chases goes after a wide one from Mozzie Henriques and BJ Rohrer at point takes a well judged catch.
7th over:
NSW's left arm spinner Steve O'Keefe provides his team with the first breakthrough as Adrian Barath is comprehensively bowled. Barath goes for 15 as Trinidad lose their first wicket for 41.
4th over:
Eleven runs come of the over as Lendl Simmons hits a couple of fours off Stuart Clark. The T&T score moves on to 26/0.
1st over:
Good start by T&T. Nine runs off the first over, a four each hit by Lendl Simmons and Adrian Barath.
Earlier, hoping to register their first win of the CLT20, Trinidad & Tobago locked horns with their Australian counterpart New South Wales on Wednesday, with T&T skipper Darren Ganga winning the toss and electing to bat first.
T&T suffered a heart-breaking loss in their first match against the Mumbai Indians, where they ended up losing by one wicket off the last ball of the match. And for the match against NSW, they opted to go in with the same side.
New South Wales, on the other hand, were beaten comprehensively in their first encounter. Skipper Simon Katich made just one change to the playing XI by bringing in the experienced pace of Stuart Clark for the off-spin of Nathan Hauritz.
Teams:
NSW: David Warner, Shane Watson, D Smith (wk), Simon Katich (c), Steve Smith, Ben Rohrer, Moises Henriques, Steve O'Keefe, Mitchell Starc, P Cummins, Stuart Clark
T&T: Lendl Simmons, Adrian Barath, Dwayne Bravo, Daren Ganga (c), Denesh Ramdin (wk), J Mohammed, Sherwin Ganga, K Cooper, Ravi Rampaul, S Narine, S Badree

NSW vs T&T: as it happened

By: Unknown on: 1:17 AM
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