"Actually (I am) a bit surprised (by their display). They took that opportunity as well.I could say our bowlers did a great job, especially the fast bowlers with their line and length.5 overs by the inexperienced Lankan pace trio of debutant Kasun Rajitha (3 for 23) Dasun Shanaka (3 for 16) and Dushmantha Chameera (2 for 14). They came into this series on the back of that performance," he added.co/Oy1elZLMyC fkm rubber compoundsBCCI #IndvsSL— DC Sports (@_DCSports) February 10, 2016Senanayake praised the team's young fast men and said they utilised the track laid out for the game at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. We always expect a turning wicket, but it was seaming and bouncing wicket," Senanayake said at the post-match press conference after his side's five-wicket victory last night.

They are ranked no. "140-145 would have been a good target to set," said the Lankan bowler after his team had chased down India's 101 total in 18 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-game rubber. Pune: The wicket prepared for the first T20international against India here reminded Sri Lanka spinner Sachinthra Senanayake of the ones normally seen in Australia and he said his team was surprised that a seaming track was laid out instead of a spinning one."Yes, it was like Australia. We had a great domestic series and they performed well in that series.The Islander defeated India in first T20 to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.The off-spinner, who took 1 for 18 in his 3 overs to play his part in the win, was surprised at the Indian batsmen's poor display.India were dismissed for 101 in 18. Press Conference - # Sachithra Senanayake https://t. They are youngsters and they did a really great job in the fast lane. That's great and that's why we won the match," said Senanayake. 1 now, so we expected more. With their side it's almost a World Cup team and we are missing a lot of senior players," he explained. From the first over our bowlers bowled lot of bouncers. The wicket was a seaming wicket.

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"Charsi kadhi flat rubber ring na marsi!Agar marsi, tho chaalis aadmiAagey karsi!Charsi no sinnerCharsi big winner"From The Proverbs of Herbs by BachchooIt’s the time of year when the unselfconscious bores of the world post blogs, outlining the activities and achievements of themselves and their families, sending them to unsuspecting victims in their email address lists. "Tina came second in a geography competition on global warming George was arrested by police in Majorca for parking in a no-parking zone " Can the tiresome exercise of a year’s roundup be made a little more readable Gentle reader, allow me to try:After the massacre of 11 cartoonists and journalists at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in January, the world came out in solidarity with "Je Suis Charlie" slogan on T-shirts. No one wore the slogan "Je Suis Hebdo" probably because Hebdo is the French way of saying Abdul. In February, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria posted a video on the Internet of the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya. The debate about what to call this death cult was even taken up in the British Parliament where Prime Minister David Cameron announced his preference for calling them "Daesh" and not the ISIS as they were neither Islamic nor a state. The BBC begged to differ, saying that they would call it the IS and add "so-called" for accuracy. Meanwhile, day after day the death cult continued to behead and crucify anyone who didn’t subscribe to their slaughtering the innocents and demolishing ancient historic monuments.Less importantly, in March a London restaurant called Dishoom opened a new branch and dedicated its décor to the theme of "Indians in ’60s London".

The furniture and layout are a tribute to the "Irani" cafes of Mumbai and Pune and the photographs on the walls are of Indians who lived in London at the time. Prominent among these is Dolly Thakore — Mumbai’s woman-about-town and I might immodestly say that there are a few photographs of my unrecognisable self. In the early part of the year the exodus mainly of Syrians, Afghans and Somalis risked crossing the Mediterranean from Morocco, Libya and Turkey in unseaworthy boats. These refugees from the devastating wars in their countries came in their thousands to try and make a life in Europe. The boats, often no more than rubber dinghies crammed with these refuge-seeking people, overturned or sprung leaks, drowning literally hundreds of men, women and children. Europe deployed boats from its coast guards and navies to rescue some of them, but the effort was never enough. Europe has not, two years after the exodus began, determined what to do about these asylum seekers.In May, the British elections brought Mr Cameron’s Conservative Party into power at Westminster. The Labour Party not only lost the election disastrously, it also lost 40 seats in Scotland, which elected 56 Scottish National Party MPs out of 59.

This certainly indicates that Scotland will in the near future hold a referendum to secede from the United Kingdom and go its own way as an independent Scotland.In June and July, the German government declared that it expected 800,000 asylum seekers by the end of the year. These refugees in their thousands, crossing Turkey and trying to get to the European Union countries, mainly to Britain and Germany through Serbia and Croatia, caused Hungary to close its borders, build a barbed-wire and deploy a police and military force to stop them crossing Hungary. The Labour leader Ed Milliband resigned and in September the party elected left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn as its leader, polarising the party into left and right as never before. Mr Corbyn selected his Shadow Cabinet and his Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnel, delighted the House of Commons by throwing Mao Zedong’s Little Red Book at Chancellor George Osborne after he announced a decision to abandon a plan which the Opposition declared would further impoverish the working poor. Mr McDonnell was, of course, making an ironic joke, mocking the Tory insistence that the Labour leaders were communists in compassionate clothing.Perhaps to prove the Tories wrong, Mr Corbyn subsequently gave Labour MPs, including the Shadow Cabinet, the latitude to vote against his Opposition to Britain extending its bombing raids on the ISIS (or Daesh or the Death Cult) into Syria. Mr Corbyn spoke against the bombing and Hilary Benn, the Shadow foreign secretary, spoke in favour of it.And so to the subcontinent in November — Mumbai mostly, where the talk was about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip in the opposite direction, his declaration in London that he came from the country of Buddha and Gandhi, implying that tolerance was an Indian birthright. Bihar voted decisively against the Bharatiya Janata Party and the spectre of intolerance of some of the BJP’s spokespersons may have contributed to the defeat. Then on to Bangladesh for the Dhaka Literary Festival where the guests were heavily protected by squads of grey-uniformed police and escorted to events with a police guard. Two tourists had been killed in the previous weeks, presumably by supporters of the death cult. While the festival debated things literary, the Bangladeshi courts turned down the appeal of two men accused of war crimes in 1971 in the cause of Pakistan’s Islamic unity, and they were hanged.So for me, gentle reader, 2015 was the year of the crack-up of the artificially created Islamic states and of the exodus of the desperate this caused.

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Her appointment upsets those with a patriarchal mindset and even news channels are being arm-twisted to beep out sexist comments. He resemblance to her late grandmother, Indira Gandhi, is unmistakable.Priyanka is a responsible person. Who can deny a beauty that comes from a person who believes in unifying, who believes in growth and development? Who can deny the energy of her youth? Priyanka has come as a stark contrast to the ugliness of the gunda raj and the divisive politics of Uttar Pradesh, a state reeling under misrule.This year’s elections are nothing short of a nail-biting, edge of the seat, political drama. This association of Priyanka with Indiraji is no small thing.Priyanka is bound to be a game-changer in the current political scenario. They are sitting up, listening, waiting and watching out for an opportunity to support this sibling duo and turn the fortunes of our great nation, which is now beleaguered under the politics of vendetta and hate.Make no mistake; Priyanka is not just dipping her toe into the political pool.Her decision has enthused the Congress party cadre across the board.However, the links that are being drawn between Vadra and the firms on the block are oblique and alleged. She speaks lucidly and without fear.

The views expressed here are personal.The BJP is trying to divert people’s attention from the real matters at hand.The writer is the chairperson of the AICC grievance cell. The mess in Uttar Pradesh is unholy. There is little real evidence here and it is tantamount to creating a storm in a teacup.It is fortuitous that Priyanka decided to join active politics now. It also remains to be debated whose Beti they are saving, giving the kind of anti-minority sentiment prevailing in the nation. Politics is no one person’s fiefdom. Their concerted effort is to try desperately and throw up a scandal, with the Robert Vadra case being revisited by the CBI after it went silent for all these years. She has fulfilled her duties on all counts and it was only when she felt she could invest a hundred percent in this relentless realm of politics did she give her nod to it.Having a strident young woman in the political mix definitely upsets many ultra-macho people and Priyanka has thrown them gauntlet in this tough fight. Priyanka is a natural and she gravitates towards the people much like the crowds gravitate to her. With just two months left to the elections another scion of the Gandhi family, Priyanka Gandhi, has thrown her hat in the ring. We will offer the youth in UP a dynamic new platform to transform the state. The BJP is rattled and so much that it has stepped up its political vendetta against Robert Vadra in an attempt to hold back the juggernaut of Priyanka Gandhi. Untouched by the feminist movement in India their protectionist attitude is to Bachao the Hydraulic pneumatic seal Beti, but in real life the number of rapes and molestations have escalated in the nation. Listening to her speak is nothing short of a delight. They too know she will be victorious. She belongs to a family that has lived and breathed politics for generations.In this age of visuals, Priyanka definitely adds to the appeal of the Gandhi cadre. She has been a star campaigner for the Congress in her mother and brother’s constituencies.They are commenting on her looks! Of course, Priyanka is beautiful.The Shiv Sena, Sangh Parivar and the BJP are known for their divisive politics that target minorities and it is a small wonder that they have come together. The task cut out for Priyanka is challenging and she will emerge a winner — of this there is no doubt.Who is to say that she should have joined earlier or later or not at all? She is an educated, bright, cultured person, and it will do well for the BJP to remember that she is a daughter of India as much as the collective sons of India in their party.As a woman it upsets me to hear the amount of hate that stems from certain quarters, but I am not surprised, given that the current polity belongs to a backward male mindset.

The new UP AICC team lead by Priyanka and Jyotiraditya, will herald the dawn of a new kind of politics in the state.. Predictably the case has been reopened. They make a strong team and it is heartening and moving to see the brother and sister take charge. They have decided to serve the people of our country, despite the painful events in their lives. Do not forget how despite the much-maligned Emergency, she beat the Janata Party at the hustings and came back to power. She is a wonderful mother, a good wife and a loving daughter and sister." Ghose is Indira Gandhi’s biographer and has interviewed Priyanka several times. They have psyched themselves and rightly so — all of them are walking about with their quills out, like a bunch of porcupines. It is so heinous that the BJP has drawn a ring of fire around it and is sabre-rattling, trying to keep everyone away. Their grandmother and father, both met grievous deaths while at the helm of the nation. She is a charismatic campaigner and her brother, Rahul Gandhi, the current Congress party chief has welcomed her inclusion saying he knows she is a good and thorough worker. Journalist and author Sagarika Ghose says, "A woman Gandhi is a very powerful symbol and Indira Gandhi’s mystique lives on.This is indeed an exciting time in Indian politics. She has been taking charge of organisational meetings in both Rae Bareli and Amethi, and has campaigned in these Lok Sabha constituencies in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and in the Assembly segments in these two districts ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections.Her speeches of the past have been candid and effective.People recognise Priyanka immediately."The opposition is not taking this lying down. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka have captured the attention of the peoples of India.Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and said to unequivocal applause: "UP is central to building a new hope filled and compassionate India.The Gandhi approach has always been one of inclusion, and their growing strength in the recent state elections stand testimony to the truth that the nation is tired of hate-mongering.

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