Saturday, April 18, 2009
IPL Cricket 2009 Day2 Matches
IPL Cricket 2009 Match 3 Delhi Daredevils vs. Kings XI Punjab
IPL cricket 2009 between Delhi Daredevils vs. Kings XI Punjab match 3 scheduled to begin at 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT).
IPL cricket 2009 between Delhi Daredevils vs. Kings XI Punjab match 3 played at Newlands, Cape Town, on 19 April 2009.
Result Delhi Daredevils won by 10 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)
Toss Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field first
Points Delhi Daredevils 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
Player of the match DL Vettori (Delhi Daredevils)
1st Innings:Kings XI Punjab
RS Bopara (22)
K Goel (38)
Yuvraj Singh (16)
KC Sangakkara (8)
DPMD Jayawardene (6)
IK Pathan (6)
PP Chawla (0 )
T Kohli (0)
Extras (lb 4, w 4) (8)
1st Innings Bowling: Delhi Daredevils
DP Nannes (24/0 in 3 over)
AM Salvi (17/1 in 2 over)
P Sangwan (19/0 in 2 over)
VY Mahesh (25/1 in 2 over)
DL Vettori (15/3 in 3 0ver)
2nd Innings: Delhi Daredevils
G Gambhir (15)
V Sehwag (38)
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3) 5
2nd Innings Bowling:Kings XI Punjab
IK Pathan (9/0 in 1 over)
YA Abdulla (19/0 in 1 over)
VS Malik (11/0 in 1 over)
VRV Singh (5/0 in 1 over)
PP Chawla (12/0 in 0.5 over)
Delhi Daredevils squad
V Sehwag, R Bhatia, PD Collingwood, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, G Gambhir, KD Karthik, AB McDonald, GD McGrath, MF Maharoof, VY Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, Y Nagar, DP Nannes, A Nehra, AM Salvi, P Sangwan, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, DL Vettori, DA Warner, T Yadav, U Yadav.
Kings XI Punjab squad
Yuvraj Singh, YA Abdulla, Amanpreet Singh, AK Argal, RS Bopara, RR Bose, PP Chawla, BT Cockley, K Goel, JR Hopes, DPMD Jayawardene, SM Katich, U Kaul, T Kohli, SO Kukreja, B Lee, VS Malik, SE Marsh, WA Mota, R Ninan, IK Pathan, LA Pomersbach, RR Powar, Ravikant Shukla, KC Sangakkara, VRV Singh, S Sohal, S Sreesanth, TM Srivastava.
IPL Cricket 2009 Match 4 Deccan Chargers vs. Kolkata Knight Riders.
IPL Cricket 2009 Match 4 between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders scheduled to begin at 16:30 local time (14:30 GMT).
IPL Cricket 2009 Match 4 between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders played at Newlands, Cape Town, on 19 April 2009 - day/night.
Result Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)
Toss Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat first
Points Deccan Chargers 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Twenty20 debut Harmeet Singh (Deccan Chargers)
Player of the match RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)
1st Innings Batting: Kolkata Knight Riders (101/10 in 19.4 over)
BB McCullum (1)
CH Gayle (10)
SC Ganguly (1)
BJ Hodge (31)
A Chopra (11)
LR Shukla (8)
MC Henriques (6)
AB Agarkar (7)
M Kartik (10)
I Sharma (9)
AB Dinda (2)
Extras (lb 4, w 1) (5)
1st Innings Bowling: Deccan Chargers
FH Edwards (6/0 in 4 over)
RP Singh (22/4 in 3.4 over)
Harmeet Singh (23/1 in 4 over)
PP Ojha (14/2 in 4 over)
SB Styris (32/2 in 4 over)
2nd Innings Batting: Deccan Chargers (104/2 in 13.1 over)
AC Gilchrist (13)
HH Gibbs (not out 43)
VVS Laxman (10)
RG Sharma (not out 36)
Extras (b 1, w 1) (2)
2nd Innings Bowling: Kolkata Knight Riders
AB Dinda (24/1 in 3 over)
I Sharma (13/0 in 3 over)
M Kartik (23/0 in 4 over)
SC Ganguly (8/0 in 1 over)
AB Agarkar (17/0 in 1 over)
CH Gayle (14/0 in 1 over)
MC Henriques (4/0 in 0.1 over)
Deccan Chargers squad
AC Gilchrist, Abhinav Kumar, AA Bilakhia, MS Bisla, H Das, FH Edwards, HH Gibbs, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, Jaskaran Singh, Jaskaran Singh, D Kalyankrishna, VVS Laxman, PP Ojha, DB Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, RG Sharma, SM Shoaib, LPC Silva, RP Singh, DR Smith, SB Styris, TS Suman, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, DP Vijaykumar, AS Yadav, DNT Zoysa.
Kolkata Knight Rider’s squad
BB McCullum, Abhisek Banerjee, Natraj Behera, Anureet Singh, M Hussain, ME Sanuth, AJ Shrikhande, AB Agarkar, RB Banerjee, SB Bangar, MA Cameron, G Chabra, A Chopra, IH Choudhary, AS Chowdhury, DB Das, AB Dinda, AP Dole, SA Gaekwad, SC Ganguly, CH Gayle, AN Ghosh, Y Gnaneswara Rao, MC Henriques, BJ Hodge, DJ Hussey, VA Indulkar, Iqbal Abdulla, SP Jackson, M Kartik, SS Lahiri, CK Langeveldt, AP Majumdar, Mashrafe Mortaza, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, MB Parmar, CA Pujara, S Rana, wicketkeeperWP Saha, DP Salvi, S Sanyal, SS Sarkar, SS Shaikh, I Sharma, LR Shukla, Sunny Singh, CR Suryavanshi, BD Thaker, RP Verma, KM Waingankar, Yashpal Singh
IPL Cricket 2009 Day 1 Matches Reviews
IPL Cricket 2009 Day 1was brilliant, with two matches and the opening ceremony of IPL Cricket 2009. All went in surprise as the two finalist Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were defeated to Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers respectively.
Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs over Chennai Super Kings
Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 75 runs over Rajasthan Royals.
IPL Cricket 2009 Match 1 Statistics
Mumbai Indians vs. Chennai Super Kings
Toss Chennai Super Kings, who chose to field first.
Points Mumbai Indians 2, Chennai Super Kings 0.
Player of the match SR Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians).
1st Innings: Mumbai Indians 165/7 in 20 over.
ST Jayasuriya (26)
SR Tendulkar (59 not out)
S Dhawan (22)
JP Duminy (9)
DJ Bravo (5)
AM Nayar (35)
Harbhajan Singh (4)
Z Khan (2)
PR Shah (0 not out)
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1) 3
1st Inns Bowling (Chennai Super Kings)
MS Gony (32/2 in 4 over)
T Thushara (32/1 in 4 over)
A Flintoff (44/4 in 4 over)
JDP Oram (30/1 in 4 over)
Joginder Sharma (25/1 in 4 over)
2nd Innings: Chennai Super Kings 146/7 in 20 over
PA Patel (0)
ML Hayden (44)
SK Raina (8)
A Flintoff (24)
MS Dhoni (36)
JDP Oram (8)
S Badrinath (0)
Joginder Sharma (16 not out)
T Thushara (1 not out)
Extras (lb 6, w 3) 9
2nd Innings Bowling (Mumbai Indians)
SL Malinga (15/3 in 4 over)
Z Khan (34/0 in 4 over)
DJ Bravo (27/1 in 4 over)
RR Raje (15/0 in 1 over)
Harbhajan Singh (15/1 in 3 over)
ST Jayasuriya (34/2 in 4 over)
IPL Cricket 2009 Match 2 Statistics
Rajasthan Royals vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers
Result Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 75 runs
Toss Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to bat first
Points Bangalore Royal Challengers 2, Rajasthan Royals 0.
Player of the match R Dravid (Bangalore Royal Challengers)
1st Innings: Bangalore Royal Challengers 133/8 in 20 over
JD Ryder (0)
RV Uthappa (3)
LRPL Taylor (0)
KP Petersen (32)
R Dravid (66)
V Kohil (3)
B Akhil (9)
P Kumar (8)
R Vinay Kumar (8 not out)
DW Steyn (0 not out)
Extras (lb 2, w 2) 4
1st Innings Bowling
AD Mascarenhas (20/3 in 4 over)
Kamran Khan (21/0 in 3 over)
MM Patel (25/3 in 3 over)
T Henderson (30/1 in 4 over)
SK Warne (18/2 in 4 over)
YK Pathan (17/0in 2 over)
2nd Innings: Rajasthan Royals innings 58/10 in 15.1 over
GC Smith (2)
SA Asnodkar (0)
NK Patel (4)
T Henderson (11)
YK Pathan (11)
AD Mascarenha (0)
RA Jadeja (11)
SK Warne (3)
M Rawat (4 not out)
MM Patel (0)
Kamran Khan (3)
Extras (lb 1, w 7, nb 1) 9
2nd Innings Bowling
P Kumar (7/2 in 3 over)
DW Steyn (6/0 in 2 over)
R Vinay Kumar (25/0 in 3 over)
JD Ryder (14/2 in 4 over)
A Kumble (5/5 in 3.1 over)
Telugu Billa Review
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Story
Set in Malaysia, ACP Krishnamurthy (Krishnamraju) is keen on catching the one and only Billa (Prabhas), the international criminal. Billa keeps escaping each time the cops try to catch him and he is flanked by his gang of girlfriend Lisa (Namitha), henchmen Ranjith (Supreeth) and Vijay (Subbaraju). In their gang joins Maya (Anushka) who is the sister of Vijay and she comes to kill Billa since he has killed Vijay during an incident. Meanwhile, Krishnamurthy finally manages to corner Billa and in the shootout, Billa dies in his hands. In order to know the major deal that Billa has with Rashid Khan (Kelly), Krishnamurthy looks for an idea and he finds Ranga. Ranga (Prabhas) is a petty thief who lives at Vizag and makes his earnings to take care of the two kids. He dreams of having big cars and men following him, he resembles Billa exactly. Krishnamurthy manages to convince Ranga to take up the place of Billa and takes him to Malaysia. Their plan is partly successful but in between, Krishnamurthy gets killed and this lands Ranga in trouble. How does he manage to come out of all that forms the rest of the story.
Performances
Prabhas has come up with a very impressive performance and his act as Ranga was more impressive than Billa. However, he suited the role of a stylish don. Anushka gave every penny’s worth with her bikini act and the glamour show. Namitha competed equally with Anushka and showed her voluptuous sex appeal. Supreeth looked evil enough, Rehman was stylish but he could have been more intense with his performance, Krishnamraju was not upto the mark and perhaps he is a miscast to this role. Ali came and went without any comedy, Jayasudha was barely visible. Hansika was sweet in the song.
Technical aspects
The film was made more relying on the presentation than the narrative aspect. Dialogues were dull, the script was written without much masala, screenplay could not elevate the movie. Music was just average and there were only two songs that were worth taking home, cinematography was good in parts. Editing was sharp but sometimes it kind of created too short a sequence taking away the feel. Art department came with good settings while the stunt scenes were also impressive, costumes were perfect to each character.
Director’s portrayal
Meher Ramesh has come up with a storyline that is familiar but then it appeared that he was unable to handle the slick approach. Though his earlier venture ‘Kantri’ had those impact points, it was missing in Billa. The film could have taken off on a high voltage opening and instead it came across as a rather disconnected and stale start and Ramesh has to take the responsibility for it. However, few instances showed his brilliance but then he could have been a lot better given the budget and the infrastructure he was given. It came across as a rather amateurish presence in few places.
Critic’s view
The film could have been a super hit if only the script was handled very well and the dialogues were written with more passion and fire. The first fifteen minutes of the movie was hardly anything and it takes a while for the actual momentum to pick up. To be honest, the real story begins only in the second half and the plot gets life after the arrival of Ranga. Even the bikini act and action sequence of Anushka was not that sensuous but her beautiful presence kind of made up for it. The film was made with a high budget and the money could have been used in a very efficient manner to create a proper blockbuster. But that is not happening with ‘Billa’ and it will be an above average visual treat at the box office.
Verdict
It is stylish, visually rich. Not much in content and depth though.
Cast: Prabhas, Anushka, Namitha, Rehman, Krishnamraju, Supreeth, KellyDorjee, Hansika Motwani, Subbaraju, Ali, Jayasudha etc
CREDITS:
Banner: Gopikrishna Movies pvt ltd
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: Soundararajan
Director: Meher Ramesh
Producer: Narendra, Prabodh