Kabaddi Cups in Indian pockets

Kabaddi Cups in Indian pockets

Team India once again proved that they are the real masters of Kabaddi. India bagged an enormous victory over Canada in the interesting Men’s Kabaddi World Cup Finals played yesterday, the 20th of November 2011, at the Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana, Punjab. 

In the biggest final match conducted yesterday, the Indian Men attained an easy win over the Canadians 59-25 and lifted up the prestigious winners title. Thus India has pocketed the World Kabaddi Cup consecutively for the second time, proving again that the country was the birthplace of the spirited sport. The runners-up of the 2010 Cup, Pakistan bagged the third place this year beating Italy 60-22 in the match to decide the third position on the same day.

On the other side, Indian women have also proved that they are not less than the men of the country. They comfortably won their opponent team Britain 44-17 in the grand Women’s Finals held yesterday (20th Nov, 2011).

Prize money of Rs. 2 crore and the Cup was awarded to the wining team by the Punjab Chief minister, Mr. Prakash Singh Badal. The runners-up were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1 crore. The Chief Minister also offered Government jobs to all the players of the winning teams. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain graced the function.

Many special performances and glittering fireworks filled the hearts and minds of the viewers of the glitzy closing ceremony. Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone entertained the mass and thus the 20-day enthusiastic game came to a beautiful end.

Special Congrats to the winners! Hip! Hip! Hoorayy! Keep up the good work! We wish the game gain more importance in future and reach many young hearts of the World.

Millions of hearts beats for Sachin

Millions of hearts beats for Sachin

The heart beat riser Sachin Tendulkar is the main talk of the town today. Usually each and every heart beats when he is in field with a score of 99, waiting for his century. And now, he is in field keeping 99 international centuries in hand. The heart beats are now turning wilder waiting for his century of centuries! 

Come on, Sachin! We long for biggest ever of your records!

The record breaker Sachin is still thirstier in field even after breaking more records. Any other new comer has to work a lifetime to overcome his records. There is a doubt too.. Can a lifetime effort break all his records?

He is the highest run scorer in both Test and ODI matches. He has won most number of Man of the Series and Man of the match awards, with the World’s highest number of Man of the Matches against Australia. He was one among the five cricketers to win the Wisden Cricketer of the year in 1997, was rated as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman by Wisden in 2002, was rated as No.1 all time Greatest ODI player by Wisden in 2003 followed by Vivin Richards at No.2 and was the one to win Wisden Cricketer of the year in 2010. The Time Magazine described him as one of the Asian heroes, Times of India nominated him as The Face of new India, he was voted as the Greatest Sportsman of the country in the Best Of India poll conducted by Zee News, he was declared as the Sports Icon of the year for 21 years by NDTV and he was also named as the Sports person of the year 2006. He record list continues…

Most of the cricket lovers are lovers of Sachin too. Talking to them, more and more fantastic information about him can be revealed. He holds such an interesting list of records. He is the role model of many young flourishing players round the World. Though thousands of hearts beats loud for him, he stays calm in the field just loving his cricket. His love for cricket never ends. Cheers to the Master Blaster for more records and more centuries to come.

Ravichandran Ashwin is no more single

Ravichandran Ashwin is no more single

The most promising spinner of team India - Ravichandran Ashwin has turned double today (November 13, 2012). He has clasped hands with his well known beautiful school mate Preethi Narayanan. He is flying back to Kolkata today afternoon, soon after the marriage ceremony, to taste his love for cricket, since he is engaged to play in the second test series starting tomorrow. The key spinner of the Chennai Super Kings team has been engaged earlier this year and had planned to restrict the number of his wedding invitations distributed, only to the close family members and friends of the families.
 
The 25 year-old young chap is beginning his new life after his successful start in his Test career. His successful nine wickets in the recent test debut against West Indies had made many heads turn towards his amazing performance. May be, he has shown his topmost performance in this test match to get a rare gift (the Man of the Match trophy) to his new wife :)
 
Hope the marriage may have some traditional aspects in it, like playing flower ball with the bride (as depicted in the picture). Shall we expect a carrom ball from you in this ceremony too, Ashwin ?
 
News Chips wishes him a colorful life, both on and off the field. We also wish him a long successful life both in Indian cricket and in the family.

Aussies just escape from the World’s lowest ever total in test cricket

Aussies hurt in Australia v South Africa test

Fight between the equally talented Cricket teams Australia and South Africa ended in an enormous victory for the South Africans. Aussies were completely slammed by the tremendous bowling power of the opposite side. This was the third lowest total (47 – all out) for which the team has been totally bowled out in the history of Australian test series played so far. The previous lowest totals were 44 against England in the year 1896 and 36 versus England again in the year 1902.
 
Australian collapse was never been expected since it was very strong by a lead of 188 runs at the end of the first innings. But, the second innings was a totally different story; the extraordinary bowlers of the South African team turned the scorecard to 21 for 9 in no time. The last pair Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon rescued the team from being bowled out before 26, the lowest of totals in the World Test series (by New Zealand v England in 1955). 
 
The third umpire was also very busy since he has to make nine reviews, as twenty three wickets fell for a score of 294 on the same day. The captain of the Aussi team is still very confident that they will express their extraordinary bowling and batting talents in the next series to regain their position. 
 
Will the Australian Kangaroo revive from the wound and jump well in the next series?

Forgotten traditional games

Forgotten traditional games

The stunning difference between the games played in the previous and present generation clearly shows that we have almost forgotten most of our valuable traditional games. People play lot of interesting, mind provoking indoor and outdoor games in those days. But nowadays, the well known outdoor games are Cricket, Tennis and Football. On the contrary, indoor games have faced a drastic change. Almost all kids stick to their computers, laptops, iPads or PS3s playing variety of virtual games. Games of our tradition such as Kabaddi, Ghilli, Kho-kho, Goli, Aadu-puli aattam, Pallanguzhi, Paramapatham, Chathurangam etc are never played in these days.
 
For example, Kabaddi World Cup 2011 have been inaugurated in Punjab and its taking place now. But, there is a question that how many are aware of this wonderful World Cup. The game was found and developed in India. It is the national game of many of the South Asian countries. In spite of it, the game has not gained much popularity and is never been played frequently by today’s modern youngsters. Some other sports have dominated and have just washed the minds of present day youth.

We wish many such native games must be encouraged in schools and colleges to build a stronger future with the essence of precious tradition.

Kabaddi World Cup 2011

Kabaddi World Cup 2011

It’s the grand Kabaddi World Cup taking place. The sport has a strong traditional background and has been played from ancient ages in many South Asian countries. It has its origin in India and is the state game of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. It is the national game of Iran, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Much investment or fashionable accessories are not at all required to play this interesting game. Just a ground, a whistle and some enthusiastic minds will do! The game can bring all joy! In addition, it helps in developing healthy physique, improves concentration, enhances aiming and builds better bonding between people.

Though the game has slowly reached international vision, it was greatly received by many countries of the world. Now the 2nd International World Cup Championship is going on in India in which 14 countries are participating. The final match is scheduled on November 20, 2011. Since India, the 1st International World Cup Champions is playing in its home country, its victory is been greatly anticipated.

Let us cheer up all the international vibrant hearts participating in this championship!

Hip! Hip! Hoooorrrraaaayyyy!

Indian super celebrities jump into the Racing tracks

Indian super celebrities jump into the Racing tracks

The IPL fire spreads to the racing tracks of India. The magnificent success of the Airtel Formula One Grand Prix and the enormous response for the Indian Premier League in India over the past few years has lead to the emergence of the new racing championship in India – the i1 Super Series.

The eight-team super series (Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Pune) is mainly promoted by the Machdar Motor sports Company and reports say that the star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has bought 26% percent stake of the series. Popular celebrities of India have now turned their attention to this highly lucrative Indian Racing League. Some of the hot stars and business people investing in this series prominently include Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jai Mehta (for the team Mumbai), Telugu superstar Nagarjuna and N Prasad (for the Hyderabad team), Mohit Burman from the Dabur family (for the Delhi team), SG Srinivas (for the team Chennai), Yuvraj Singh (for the Chandigarh team) and Sourav Ganguly (for the Kolkata team). The series with 14 races on the whole will run from January 8, 2012 to February 12, 2012.

Cricket is a well known game and has attracted most people in India of almost all age groups either poor or rich, in both urban and rural areas. People play hours of cricket with a single bat and ball. Hence success of cricket and IPL in India has faced no problems. On the other hand, racing has not been much popular and also playing it is considered to be most expensive. Car racing and Formula One games are reached by people of rich communities. 

So, there are some great questions lying in front – 

Will the i1 super series gain popularity in India?
Will the investors gain from the Racing League? 
Will the surplus amount of money invested help increase Indian revenue?

News Chips is also eager to know the answers of these questions.

India craves for Sachin’s hundredth century

India craves for Sachin’s hundredth century

The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is just one century ahead of his hundredth international hundreds. Millions and millions of his fans are longing for a better show from Sachin. He hit his first international hundred in the second innings of the second test of the 1990 series against England at Old Trafford when he was just 17 years and 122 days old. He is 38 now and has come a long way in the world of cricket. He has made tons of achievements in his career. He has made highest number of centuries in ODI and in the test cricket, has scored highest number of half-centuries in ODI, was the first one to cross 10,000 runs in ODI, was in the top 10 rankings of ICC for consecutive 10 years and many more.

He has been a terror to all bowlers. Getting him out was considered to be the greatest achievement for almost all International bowlers. He is considered to be the God of Cricket and has gained largest number of fans in his fan club. They are all still lurking with great hope to witness the greatest 100^th century by the little master. Hope the moment arrive at the earliest.

While the world is waiting for the auspicious moment, much cricket gambling is taking place on the darker side. It is estimated that about 2 billion rupees is been betted on the master blaster on his 100^th century.

Hope the most expected day happen at the earliest. Advance cheers from News Chips to our cricket God Sachin Tendulkar for his great day.

The Fast Bowler

Hey! I am the faaastesttt bowlerrrr of the world now! Can anyone compete with me?!!!??!!

I have made a new trick and made myself as fast as a rocket. I am sure that no one can beat my record!

Hip! Hip! Hooooorrrrraaaaayyyyy!

The No.1 tennis giant, Caroline Wozniacki

The No.1 tennis giant, Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki takes home the year-end No. 1 position of the WTA rankings for the second time in a sequence. The 21 year old Danish player, started playing tennis even before she is nine years old, won the singles title of Osaka Mayor’s cup of Japan when she was just fourteen, and hence the winning spell continues till date. Being the first Scandinavian woman to hold the top ranking position and the 20th overall, she says that no one can take off the No. 1 position from her for now.

Getting to the top position is never easy and staying there for two consecutive years really proves her exceptional talent, willpower, dedication and confidence. Hats off to the young player and News Chips wishes her the very best for the years following.

Gautham Gambhir caught out!

Gautham Gambhir caught out!

Team India cricketer Gautham Gambhir was completely bowled down by a gorgeous Delhi girl.  The Kolkata Knight Riders Captain and India’s fruitful opening batsmen Gauthy has opened a fresh game of his life with his new pair, Natasha Jain. The two met a year ago, decided to make a beautiful couple and hence the unforgettable traditional ceremony took place at a Farmhouse at Gurgaon last Friday evening (28th October 2011). 
 
Many VIPs graced the memorable function including Yuvraj Singh, Virendar Sehwag, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, senior cricketer Madanlal, former coach Dave Whatmore, BCCI official Rajeev Shukla, Anuradha Prasad, BJP leader Arun Jaitley and many more.
 
Many many congratulations to the young couple of Indian Cricket! News Chips wishes the husband and the wife, all the very best for their fresh new innings together!
 
Indian team has lost another bachelor, but don’t worry young girls, there are more new young eligible bachelors in the team now :)

India in the history of FORMULA 1

India in the history of FORMULA 1

The long anxious wait of many many vibrant hearts of the world for the ultimate dream event has come to an end today. Yes, its the magnificient 2011 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL GRAND PRIX OF INDIA!!

The exciting three days of the 17th Formula One season kick starts on the auspicious day today, the October 28, 2011.  Millions and millions of electrifying hearts were longing to watch the numerous swift cars flying at the race tracks of Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

India proudly hosts its first-ever Formula One Championship at this gigantic venue. The Buddh International Circuit, just 24 km from New Delhi is capable of accommodating nearly over 1,20,000 international fans of the glitzy event. The 5.141 kilometre track has spread across an area of 875 acres. The F1 speed cars will rapidly lap through 16 largely medium speed corners of the track 60 times thus covering the total distance of about 308.4 kilometres.
The practice events were organized on 28th and 29th of October and the exciting final race fires the tracks of Noida by 3 pm on Sunday, the 30th of October 2011.

The 12 teams participating in this thrilling championship 2011 are Red Bull-Renault, McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Williams-Cosworth, ForceIndia-Mercedes, Sauber-Ferrari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, Lotus-Renault, HRT-Cosworth and Virgin-Cosworth. As ever, team 13 and car numbered 13 will never appear in this season also :)

Hope the excitement of the rushing game fills the hearts, ears and eyes of all motor lovers round the globe. News Chips is happy to cheer Michael Schumacher, Narain Karthikeyan and all International participants of the firing event !!

Each one is the hero in their own home

India in England 2011

England 3-0 (5)

The English Hero

England in India 2011

India 5-0 (5)

The Indian Hero

England was the champion of the Natwest Series 3-0 (Indian tour to England). But during the England’s Indian tour, Indian team has proved they are the real World Cup champions by their marvelous victory (5-0).


The greatest Diwali gift to all Indian cricket lovers is the overwhelming victory in this series (Oct 2011). 


Happy Diwali to Indian cricketers and all!

Young Indian Cricket Team celebrating Diwali

Young Indian Cricket Team celebrating Diwali

“Hey, look at this flowerpot. Really looking different!!!!”

“Yeah… This is the wonderful new SACHIN cracker. See lots of colorful hundreds and bright cricket bats sparkling around. “

The real mega Diwali for all Cricket lovers is the day when our little master Sachin Tendulkar hits his hundredth century.

Breathless, anxious, thirsty expectation for the forthcoming grand day continues…

Along with the international fans, News Chips is also ready to join the ultimate celebration!

 Dedicated to all Sachin fans round the globe, a man of multiple centuries.