Crucial match against Mumbai Indians: Kumble

Mumbai, Mar 19: His team on a roll following two back-to-back victories, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Anil Kumble feels tomorrow's Indian Premier League clash against Mumbai Indians here as a very crucial tie.

"It's a very important game. We know the Mumbai Indians have done exceptionally well in their two matches so far. Our team is full of confidence (going into the match)," said Kumble on the eve of the tie that will see him cross swords with home team captain Sachin Tendulkar.

Kumble was happy that while his batsmen clicked in the eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab, the bowlers mastered the challenge thrown by Rajasthan Royals in yesterday's clash which the RCB won by 10 wickets.

"Our batsmen were exceptional against Punjab and our bowlers were exceptional against the Royals. To restrict Royals to a score of 90 in yesterday's game was an exceptional performance. It was a perfect bowling performance from our team," said the leg spin great.

But Kumble was wary of the bowling line-up, in which Praveen Kumar got a hat-trick and he returned fantastic figures of three for nine, could repeat the show against the strong MI line-up.

"I am hoping our bowlers can repeat the show. But the ground here is small, the outfield is fast and the wicket good," he said. .

Panguni Uthiram festival in Palani temple from Mar 23

Dindigul (TN), Mar 18: The ten-day Panguni Uthiram festival at the famous Sri Dhandayudhapaniswamy Temple, one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga, at Palani in this district will commence on Mar 23.

District collector M.Vallalar, who held a meeting to review the festival arrangements here, said pilgrims who climb the Palani hill should use the elephant path and those descending the steps.

The one-way system was being enforced to manage the crowd, as over five lakh people would visit the temple during the festival.

Two queues system -- one for ordinary and other for speical darshan -- would be in place.

The health department would put up temporary 24-hour clinics for the benefit of pilgrims, he said.

Palani Municipality would remove the garbage on a round-the-clock basis to keep the town clean. - Agencies

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Tamil superstar Rajini Kant’s younger daughter Soundarya’s engagement was held at the Park Sheraton Hotel, Chennai on 17th Feb 2010.

Soundarya got engaged to Ashwin Ramkumar, son of industrialist Ramkumar.

Many VVIPs, film satrs, businessmen, politicians were invited to the event.

RajiniKanth and family personally invited AIADMK General Secretary Jayalalitha and Chief Minister Karunanidhi for the event.

The 27 year old Ashwin Kumar has a master’s from the prestigious Stanford University in USA and now works with his father in the real estate construction company K S Venkatraman & Co.

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Actress Ranjitha out of Raavan - Maniratnam

Actress Ranjitha who was caught on tape in compromising position in the video scandal with Swamy Nithyananda has been removed by ace filmmaker Mani Rathnam from his project "Raavan".

She was supposed to play an important role in the film which features Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram and Prithviraj playing important roles. She could not be contacted by phone as there was no response from her after the scandal and Mani Rathnam has decided to shoot her part with some other popular actress."Raavan" is expected to hit the screens in July.

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Deccan Chargers beat Kings XI by six runs

Cuttack, Mar 19: Deccan Chargers defeated Kings XI Punjab by six runs in an Indian Premier League match here today.

Brief score:

Deccan Chargers: 170 for seven in 20 overs. (Andrew Symonds 53, Adam Gilchrist 33; Yuvraj Singh 2/21).

Kings XI Punjab: 164 for eight in 20 overs. (Irfan Pathan 60, Ravi Bopara 38; Chaminda Vaas 2/27). - Agencies

Mongoose bat gives extra power says Hayden

Mongoose bat gives extra power: Hayden
New Delhi, Mar 19: After butchering Delhi Daredevils bowlers with his 'Mongoose bat', Chennai Super Kings opener Matthew Hayden today said the power generated by the specially-designed bat helped him to hit the ball a long way.

Hayden, initially using normal bat, changed to the 'Mongoose bat' after the initial three overs and it showed immediate results as the former Australian clobbered Rajat Bhatia for three fours and a six in the next over, before hitting three sixes off Tillakaratne Dilshan in the 8th over.

"It is always good to try out new products. The mongoose bat is a good product as its gives you lot of power to hit the ball a long way," said Hayden, who blasted a 43-ball 93, bejewelled with nine fours and seven sixes.