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ICC 2011 World Cup Trophy A Fake?

Isn’t it a fact that other countries were given the perpetual trophy on winning the game?

Has the trophy not been lying in the Customs Godown because ICC/BCCI refused to pay Rs 22 Lakhs as Refundable Deposit to the Customs for clearing the trophy?

O r was it at the Wankhede ?

Why did not the ICC pay the amount ,which is refundable, when it has made Rs 1500 crores from the World Cup event?

The controversy over the trophy presented to the World Cup winning Indian cricket team by the ICC refused to die down today because the “perpetual” trophy that is handed over to the victorious squad was lying in a Customs warehouse in Mumbai and it was given only a replica.

Captains of the previous winning treams such as Ricky Ponting of Australia have all been given the perpetual trophy on winning the final. The names of previous winners are engraved at the base. Subsequently, the perpetual trophy is taken back by the ICC and the replica is given to the winning team for keeps.

As reports surfaced that the ICC had left the perpetual trophy with Mumbai Customs as they were asked to pay a customs duty of Rs 22 lakhs, the cricket’s Governing body ICC said that the trophy that was handed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni‘s team was a “real one” and not a “replica”.

http://www.timesnow.tv/Controversy-over-fake-World-Cup-refuses-to-die-down/articleshow/4369565.cms

5 Apr 2011

ICC To Proceed Against News Channels.

Correct move.

The News Channels have been saturating Air-lime with World Cup even after the Event is over, mostly I feel, without permission.

They have earlier pressured the Union Government to lean on the ICC to revoke the ban on Accreditation to News Channels imposed by ICC for breach of Contract.

If the Channels were insulted /aggrieved they should have boycotted.

They never would, for they want TRP at other’s expense.

This is not the first time or shall be last time News Channels behave like this.

Are they airing Cricket because it is THE news worthiness alone?

How many social issues go unreported?

Had it been a breach of contract by some one against their News Channel would they tolerate it?

A Contract is a Contract.

TRP Talks,Advertisement Revenue talks.

Story:

The International Cricket Council today decided to begin legal proceedings against offending Indian news channels who have repeatedly breached the News Access Guidelines for Broadcasters for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Despite a lengthy meeting at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in New Delhi, the National Broadcasters Association (NBA) and the Broadcast Editors Association (BEA) refused to give assurances that they would desist from breaching the broadcast guidelines in their news programming.

Accordingly, the ICC has decided to commence legal action against the companies involved and will also seek to recover damages through the courts in India rather than bar the stations from the ICC Cricket World Cup final.

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC Chief Executive, said: “I am very disappointed that it has come to this, however, we need to do everything to protect our exclusive commercial rights and those of our partners. If that means we have to resort to legal action, that is regrettable but necessary.

“At the Ministry’s request, we travelled to New Delhi to meet with the NBA and BEA in an attempt to resolve the issue but they were unfortunately not willing to conform to the guidelines agreed with the ICC prior to the event.

http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/newsdetails.php?newsId=13842_1301656980

Coverage of the World Cup in the Indian electronic media has come under a cloud with the ICC on Monday barring non-rights-holding channels from access to the remaining matches for alleged breach of its accreditation rules and guidelines. The channels will be barred from practice sessions and the press conferences related to the three remaining matches, including Wednesday’s semi-final between India and Pakistan in Mohali, unless they sign a written undertaking that they will adhere to the ICC guidelines.

“The channels have violated the terms and conditions of the accreditation agreement and news access guidelines they signed up to at the start of the tournament,” an ICC spokesperson told ESPNcricinfo. “Their accreditations have been deactivated.” It is believed that at least 40 leading channels will be affected.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/508446.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

4 Apr 2011

CH(S)E Whack(g) all the Way.India vs Bangladesh.

Two big names have not registered a ODI century against Bangladesh.

One with 46 centuries against his name and another with 13 against his.

Sachin could not, while Sehwag powered on.

Vintage, yet calculative Sewag powered India to thumping win over Bangladesh in the inaugural match of World Cup 2011 at Mirpur, Dhaka today.

He was , as usual, well, Sehwag.

But with a difference .

He got going right from the word go and instead of his normal penchant and continuous aggression, has tempered it with patience.

(Sachin touch rubbing on him!)

His 175 in 140 balls with 14 fours and 5 sixes made Bangladesh scrambling for cover, especially with Virat Kohli exhibiting aggression of highest order .

He remained not out at 100( 8 fours and 2 sixes).

Gambhir was not in his real elements out for 39.

Sachin got out for a non existent single with both Sehwag and Sachin looking at the fielder( Sachin having started running).

Set to score 371 , Bangladesh managed 283 for 9 thanks to the largesse of Sreesanth who leaked 53 runs in 5 overs.

Fortunately other bowlers .especially Munaf shone with 4/48 with good support from Zaheer ,Harbhajan.

Yusuf and Yuvraj helped to contain the damage caused by Sreesanth

Margin of victory could have been greater but for Sreesanth and some below par fielding.

An average start for the campaign, against Bangladesh.

Score card.

India 370/4 (50 ov)

Bangladesh 283/9 (50.0 ov)

India won by 87 runs

ICC Cricket World Cup – 1st match, Group B
ODI no. 3100 | 2010/11 season
Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
19 February 2011 – day/night (50-over match)

India innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	b Shakib Al Hasan	175	140	14	5	125.00
	SR Tendulkar	run out (Shakib Al Hasan/†Mushfiqur Rahim)	28	29	4	0	96.55
	G Gambhir	b Mahmudullah	39	39	3	0	100.00
	V Kohli	not out	100	83	8	2	120.48
	YK Pathan	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Shafiul Islam	8	10	0	0	80.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 16, nb 1)	20

	Total	(4 wickets; 50 overs)	370	(7.40 runs per over)

Did not bat Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel

Fall of wickets1-69 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 2-152 (Gambhir, 23.2 ov), 3-355 (Sehwag, 47.3 ov), 4-370 (Pathan, 49.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shafiul Islam	7	0	69	1	9.85	(1nb, 2w)
Rubel Hossain	10	0	60	0	6.00	(5w)
Abdur Razzak	9	0	74	0	8.22	(1w)
Shakib Al Hasan	10	0	61	1	6.10	(3w)
Naeem Islam	7	0	54	0	7.71
Mahmudullah	7	0	49	1	7.00	(3w)


Bangladesh innings (target: 371 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	c Yuvraj Singh b Patel	70	86	3	1	81.39
Imrul Kayes	b Patel	34	29	7	0	117.24
Junaid Siddique	st †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	37	52	1	1	71.15
Shakib Al Hasan*	c Harbhajan Singh b Pathan	55	50	5	0	110.00
Mushfiqur Rahim†	c sub (SK Raina) b Khan	25	30	2	0	83.33
Raqibul Hasan	not out	28	28	0	1	100.00
Mahmudullah	b Patel	6	6	0	0	100.00
Naeem Islam	lbw b Patel	2	8	0	0	25.00
Abdur Razzak	lbw b Khan	1	5	0	0	20.00
Shafiul Islam	run out (Harbhajan Singh)	0	1	0	0	0.00
Rubel Hossain	not out	1	6	0	0	16.66
Extras	(lb 10, w 13, nb 1)	24

Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	283	(5.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-56 (Imrul Kayes, 6.5 ov), 2-129 (Junaid Siddique, 23.1 ov), 3-188 (Tamim Iqbal, 32.1 ov),4-234 (Shakib Al Hasan, 39.4 ov), 5-248 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 42.3 ov), 6-261 (Mahmudullah, 44.3 ov),7-275 (Naeem Islam, 46.3 ov), 8-279 (Abdur Razzak, 47.6 ov), 9-280 (Shafiul Islam, 48.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	5	0	53	0	10.60	(1nb, 1w)
Z Khan	10	0	40	2	4.00	(4w)
MM Patel	10	0	48	4	4.80
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	41	1	4.10	(1w)
YK Pathan	8	0	49	1	6.12	(2w)
Yuvraj Singh	7	0	42	0	6.00	(1w)

Match details

Toss Bangladesh, who chose to field
Points India 2, Bangladesh 0

Player of the match V Sehwag (India)

Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire BR Doctrove (West Indies)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/engine/current/match/433558.html