DHONI has nothing to do with Uttarakhandi or Jharkhandi Nationality as he MS DHONI as well as the grand Maratha Manush Sachin R Tendulkar combined make a Phenomenonon may be defined as Srearegic Marketingof Consumer Brands! They are the BestEver Brand Ambassadors in the Free Market Democracy, Not the Great Sports Personalities nor the Iconic Identitiesof Nationalism orEthno Nationalsim!
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Uttarakhand Rooted Jharkhandi MAHI MS DHONI Upstages Maratha ManushTendulkar in Brand Value as Bharat Aboriginal Trapped and Strangled by Strategic Marketing Despite Multi Dimensional Acute Poverty!
Most of my friends and readers know well how much we do happen related to Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Maharashtra besides Bengal United! The inevitable ingredients of Aboriginal Mulnivasi Bharat, targeted most in the corporate Monopolistic Aggression.My Heart always bleeds to see the Rivers and Lakes Screaming in Acute Pain. I am almost Blinded to see the Disastrous Suicidal Volcanic Flames within the Valleys and Altitudes of the Great Himalayas!
Ethnonationalism Always Remains as Best Tool of the Market Dominating Killer Money Machine and Manusmriti Hegemony!I am even disappointed to see the Issues of my Original Space Nainital Samachar these days covered with Redish Shaffron Color and Caste Hindu! I have been born and Brought up yhough in a Refugee Bengali Family, but as Mahashweta Devimade it Official in her Column in Hindustan. I am Best known as Kumuni Bengali! I have always been proud of this eco friendly Identity. My wife Savita and her family, though have beenresettled in Bijnore UP, in a Village originally under the Royal Sate of Raja Jwala Prasad as best known with Governor DHARMVEER, but my Father in law had been associated withKalagarh Dam in Pauri and my Eldest Brother in law, Satayada hs been associated with TEHRI Dam for Four Decades almosy. Recently he had a lifetime Save as his Vehicle deviated in the Valley and lost but he and hsi Companoins escaped with splendid Miracle. I may understand the Himalayan Magic as I had escaped Faral Accidents and Faced most Fierce wild Life in the Himalayas and always believed the MYTHICAL Motherly Love and Affection of the Protective Nature for its Nature associated Masses Aboriginal.My Brother PADMA Lochan had been FURIOUS in Anger while he came to know about the Accident from Third Party which we did not know either as my In Laws avoided the Shock stored for Sabita who has undergone Open HeartSurgery right in 1995.
Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoniis Legitimate Kumauni Rajput and is traditionally married yo a Rajput Kumauni girl Sakshi Rawat. DHONI Family is settled in Ranchi where I worked as an Editorial Staff in Hindi Daily Prabhat Khabar in 1984. I had been in Awaj Daily in Dhanbad from 1980 to 84 and was involved with Jharkhandi Nationality. DHONI has nothing to do with Uttarakhandi or Jharkhandi Nationality as he MS DHONI as well as the grand Maratha Manush Sachin R Tendulkar combined make a Phenomenonon may be defined as Srearegic Marketingof Consumer Brands! They are the BestEver Brand Ambassadors in the Free Market Democracy, Not the Great Sports Personalities nor the Iconic Identitiesof Nationalism orEthno Nationalsim!
WITH the trademark speed that he runs singles,reaches fifties and well marries,MS Dhoni has presented himself a wedding gift worth nearly Rs 200 crore in an endorsement and talent management deal that took him past Sachin Tendulkar in the corporate contract sweepstakes.
The India cricket captain,also the countrys most expensive sportsman,has snapped up a three-year deal with sports and talent management firms Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes One,said two people familiar with the development.The companies,through a joint venture,will manage Dhonis long list of endorsements and brand associations,corporate profile,patents and digital rights,images,visibility on social networking sites and merchandise,they said.
Tendulkar held the corporate contract crown earlier,thanks to a Rs 180-crore deal with sports management firm Iconix for three years in 2006.
Rhiti Sports is headed by Arun Pandey,a confidante and business associate of Dhoni,while Mindscapes One is owned by Pratik Sen who has been managing the cricketers endorsements for more than a year.
Sangeet Shirodkar,a familiar face in the sports management space,has been appointed as marketing president of the JV,the persons said.Dhoni apart,Rhiti Sports manages cricketers RP Singh and Harbhajan Singh.Mr Pandey and Mr Sen could not be reached for comment.
Any guesses as to who currently is the top earner among the Indian sportspersons? No, it is not the universal favorite Sachin Tendulkar. It is now MS Dhoni who has becomes the top choice for corporates, who are forever on the lookout for eligible celebrity endorsers. It is estimated by sources from within the sports management industry that the earning of the Indian One-day and Twenty20 skipper MS Dhoni could be to the tune of Rs 50 Crore this year. SachinTendulkar comparatively will get to pocket around Rs 35 Crore.
At the moment both Tendulkar and Dhoni are charging more or less the same amount for advertisements. A source revealed, 'Their price tags can go up to Rs 4 Crore each for every endorsement they sign.' But it is heard that MD Dhoni has leftTendulkar behind as far as the number of brands endorsed goes. Only a few years ago when Dhoni was a new face, he just charged around Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh for every endorsement. His fees have increased in proportion to his gradual increase in stature, which crucially can be accrued to
Commenting on this issue, Dhoni's agent Jeet Banerjee, said 'Dhoni is a big brand today and a lot of representatives from India Inc are showing interest in associating with him.' Mr Banerjee, however, refused to quote a specific amount when asked what Dhoni's current earning were. Future Group, which has been associated withTendulkar , has recently roped in Dhoni too. So this is what Sandip Tarcas of Future Group had to say on this issue. 'Brand Dhoni is 10 times bigger than he used to be, but to usTendulkar is an icon and they both have mass connectivity,' he stated. Among other top grossers after Dhoni and Tendulkar include Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, etc.
Manned flight, next on ISRO's list
An unmanned test crew module will be put into orbit by ISRO in 2013 as a prelude to the country's maiden manned mission to send two Indians into space. ISRO also said on Monday that a third launch pad, at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore, is proposed to be built at Sriharikota, where the rocket that will take the Indian astronauts into space, will be assembled and blasted off. ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said the space agency plans to launch the first test unmanned mission with an unmanned capsule on PSLV, which will be put into orbit and recovered soon after the mission.
Talking to reporters here after the successful launch of remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites by the PSLV rocket, he said that in the next three months ISRO will launch GSLV-F06, which will carry a communication satellite, and PSLV-C16 with a remote sensing satellite on board.
ISRO has prepared a road map with an initial plan to put two humans in orbit around earth, keep them there for seven days and bring them back safely, Mr Radhakrishnan said.
Mr Radhakrishnan said all new elements for the unmanned launch have been designed. "We have gone to system concept reviews. The first level of definitions and specifications have been drawn up," he said. "We need to have the orbital vehicle, namely the capsule and its design and then develop the environmental control and life support system, which will be followed by crew escape system that will be very vital in case of mission abort," he said. These modules will be evaluated by launch of PSLV unmanned mission, he said, adding it would give them confidence, help evaluate the total system for its survival in the space environment on how the entire system behaves. To a question on whether ISRO had set a timeframe for the manned mission, he said, "I don't want to commit the date unless we start the programme".
Mr Radhakrishnan said scientists will work on the crew model, which will have an environmental control life support system. "We are also working out a very high reliability vehicle, capable of putting crew module with adequate number of persons," he said.
Mr Dattan, director of SDSC said a proposal has been given to the government for approval to set up a third launch pad at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore. "Preliminary design of the third launch pad is now going on with various experts. Location of the launch pad has also been finalised taking into account the safety measures," he said. "
Once approval is obtained, the third launch pad and other infrastructure activities for the manned moon mission will come up," he added.
"We also propose to set up one more vertical assembly building, similar to what we have now. This will be capable of assembling the existing and forthcoming advance vehicles," he said.
Mr Dattan said the programme has already been initiated and will start once government accords approval.
Lalit Modi binds BCCI in WSG deal
13 Jul 2010, 0052 hrs IST,Sruthijith KK,Topics:
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NEW DELHI: Lalit Modi bound the cricket board to contracts making it a guarantor for the payment of the controversial $80 million (Rs 380 crore) 'facilitation fee' that is the centre-piece of allegations of financial irregularities against the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner.
According to two senior board officials who confirmed the details, Mr Modi signed contracts on behalf of the board making it liable for any default by IPL broadcasting rights holder Multi Screen Media (MSM) on the payment of the 'facilitation fee' to sports marketing firm World Sport Group (WSG).
The 'facilitation fee' was so far assumed to be an agreement between MSM and WSG. The new details show that the board agreed to cancel a $1.6 billion deal with the broadcaster if the $80 million fee was not paid. It now emerges that the broadcast deal, which is the main revenue source for IPL, was staked on the facilitation fee being paid.
The BCCI officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two contracts signed on March 25, 2009, made the facilitation fee key to the broadcast deal. One of the contracts was between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and MSM Singapore, an overseas arm of Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media, formerly known as Sony Entertainment Television. A clause in the contract for broadcasting rights in the Indian subcontinent said that if MSM Singapore defaults on paying the $80 million facilitation fee to WSG Mauritius, BCCI would cancel the $1.6 billion deal.
Another contract was signed on the same day between BCCI and WSG India.
As per the contract between BCCI and WSG India, a clause relating to overseas broadcasting rights said BCCI would not only have to cancel the broadcasting contract with MSM in the event of MSM Singapore reneging on the facilitation fee, but the cricket board would also have to make the $80 million payment from its coffers.
Corporate lawyer Alok Dhir, managing partner at Dhir & Dhir Associates, said that since BCCI does not derive any benefit from the payment of the facilitation fee, it "indicates that some benefit is being passed on to this entity (WSG) in a back-handed manner".
"While commercial contracts can take any shape, unless there is good reason, usually a larger contract is not made conditional to a much smaller transaction as it has been in this case. And it's not evident what such a reason might be," he added.
On June 30, BCCI cancelled its contract with WSG India. It also amended the contract with MSM subsequently and deleted the clause that made the payment of the facilitation fee mandatory.
Representatives for Mr Modi and MSM did not respond to requests for comment. WSG and BCCI declined to comment.
Mr Modi has claimed earlier in response to BCCI's charges that he was not aware of the facilitation fee. In a statement on July 1, WSG said BCCI's contract with MSM Singapore was ratified by the IPL governing council.
Mr Modi has petitioned the Bombay High Court against his suspension, which took place in April. The case is scheduled for hearing on July 14.
On Monday, junior commerce minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, a member of BCCI's disciplinary committee against Mr Modi, said that the three-member panel will complete investigations against the suspended board official and submit a report by September.
13 Jul 2010, 0039 hrs IST,New York Times
As host of the most-watched sporting event on earth, South Africa set out to reinvent itself in the eyes of the world, casting off its reputation as a place defined by violent crime, poverty and AIDS. To a remarkable degree, it succeeded. But as the World Cup ended Sunday, what most surprised South Africans was how much the month-long sporting extravaganza had changed the way they see themselves.
"This World Cup brought out South Africa's better angels," said Shaun Johnson, a writer who leads a charitable foundation that Nelson Mandela helped establish. "In this country, so riven racially, it's unbelievable how much this World Cup has brought us together."
A fledgling democracy that has struggled to address its profound social ills proudly discovered it could deliver a mega-event that required years of careful investment and planning. A country whose politics have been damaged recently by bitter, racially tinged invective offered hundreds of thousands of visitors an affectionate welcome.
And a body politic fractured by race and inequality caught glimpses, perhaps as fleeting as the games themselves, of what it would mean to overcome those barriers. At a free fan park set up for big-screen viewing of matches here on the public square known as the Grand Parade, South Africans mingled across lines of race and class in a way that is rare and precious here.
A black waiter and a white college student shared a cigarette as they gabbed about soccer in the square, where southern Africa's first white settlement was established in the 1650s and Mr. Mandela first spoke when he was freed after 27 years in prison. Black teachers from the townships merrily downed cups of beer amid rowdy white fans. A mixed-race theatre worker, ordinarily fearful of crime, took his first nighttime ride on a public train along with vuvuzela-blowing, Xhosa-singing South Africans so he could be part of something larger than himself.
"This experience will stay with me," said the worker, Ricardo Abrahams, 35, a production manager at the Artscape Theater. "It's something unique."
Again and again, South Africans described doing metaphorical double takes as their countrymen — and sometimes they themselves — did unexpected things. Athol Trollip, the parliamentary leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance, supported mostly by white and mixed-race voters, said his family — which had followed the "white" sports of rugby and cricket — got caught up in soccer, the passion of the black majority.
"In my home, no one used to watch soccer, except for my son," he said. "The rest have never watched it in their lives, but they sat glued to it for the first time."
Niq Mhlongo, author of "After Tears," a comic novel of black township life, rooted in the final match for the Dutch — colonialist forebears of the white Afrikaners who for decades oppressed blacks here — in part because it would do the country good to "see our own Afrikaner brothers being happy."
He described the disorienting delight of watching white South Africans fly the flag of democratic South Africa, blow vuvuzelas and wear the bright yellow T-shirts of Bafana Bafana, South Africa's soccer team, which lost early on. The unabashed patriotism of whites for their black-led nation heartened many.
"This is a South Africa I don't know," he said. "The country became pleasantly alien to me."
Before the World Cup started a month ago, the conversation here was focused less on the tournament's potential spiritual benefits than on whether it made sense to lavish $5 billion on a giant party for the rest of the world when South Africa has such staggering social needs.
This debate over priorities continues, but for now optimists are talking about the short-term gains and long-term promise the hosting of the games allowed.
The government estimates that spending on stadiums, roads, airports and new public transportation services, among other World Cup-related investments, helped create about 130,000 jobs, softening somewhat the impact of a global recession that has cost South Africa more than a million jobs. And while some, if not most, of the stadiums may turn out to be white elephants, the broadened highways, sleek airports and fledgling bus rapid transit system will bolster growth, economists say.
The hope is that the gains for South Africa's reputation will eventually pay off in greater foreign investment and a surge of tourism that helps employ the country's legions of unskilled workers.
South Africa is now waiting anxiously to see if threatened new attacks on impoverished Zimbabwean and Mozambican immigrants — resented as competitors for jobs by South Africa's own poor — materialise. If they do, Thabo Leshilo, an editor, warned in The Sunday Times, "We can say goodbye to the good will and tourism billions expected to flow our way."
The superstar of commercials - Dhoni
THE JOURNEY of this small town gawky young lad from Jharkhand, to the center of Indias cricket arena with his neck- length hair and dashing swashbuckling way with the bat is phenomenal. He caught the imagination of Indian youth and is the favourite among all -young and old alike. He has become crickets favourite poster boy. Hence, rightly so, he had been named the 'Youth icon' 2006 by MTV . With fame and popularity, endorsements follow naturally. By becoming the captain of Indias One Day Innings (ODI) and Twenty20, he has become the darling of the advertisers and his simple ready-to-flash smile has endeared him to the masses. He has taken over the mantle as top earner in commercials from his idol, Sachin Tendulkar who arrived as a precocious teenager.
His aptitude is amazing .He can generate extreme power with his wrist-work and bat speed and now he is using the same aggression prudently into commercial ads. Dhoni has all the four important traits for brand personality, be it style, passion, dynamism or timelessness.
One of the early birds who spotted this future superstar of commercial ads were the 'Mysore Sandal soap' people, who claimed that Dhoni even has initials as their brand- MS. A young (bats) man and a soap! Well, it had the nation washing in Mysore sandal soaps.
Then there were the endorsements for Exide, TVS Motors, Bharat Petroleum, GE Money and Orient PSPO Fan to keep Dhoni cool. The Reliance Communications launched Dhoni-Dhanadan pack to their Reliance mobile subscribers with goodies like wicket alerts, wallpapers, games, screensavers, SMS trivia, a Dhoni zone and mobile communities based on him.
Somewhere down the line comes a complete makeover, and the new spike haired look with the Brylcreem hair styling creams and colour gels. Dhoni sports different hues of coloured hair and coupled with a catchy jinglec Ready to play with colour- let your hair down, a little to the left, a little to the right, play with colour, the youngsters were hooked! A new star - a youth style icon is born!
When others were endorsing liquors, Dhoni guzzled milk and converted a generation of kids to hardcore milk drinkers! The mens apparel Siyaram brand wanted an ideal role model, targeting the young Indian for their MSD Monday to Sunday dressing. Who else, but our dashing magnetic Dhoni fits the role like a wicket glove? He also has NDTV under his belt with Gameplan Sports providing professional expertise to him.
In a truly global campaign, Reebok the global brand and their 'Run Easy' advertisement is probably one of the first advertisements that features Indian cricket stars Dravid and Dhoni. In the ad, Thierry Henry, Nicole Vaidisova, Allen Iverson and Carolina Kluft are running. And running along with a collection of American football and basketball stars are Indian cricketers Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. An enormous compliment given to both these cricketers by Reebok states, Dravid and Dhoni are great ambassadors for the brand since both of them completely embody the philosophy of the brand -'I am what I am'. They are authentic individuals, who express themselves in their own unique way both in sport and in life." In spite of all this fame, money and endorsements, when queried about his popularity at a television show, Dhoni replied, "It puts more responsibility on you." This icon has certainly kept his head firmly on his shoulders.
Then, there is the Videocon Industries, which pulled out Dravid and Dhoni after the world cup debacle but Dhoni batted his way back into the Videocon ads after the World Twenty20 win. Their entertaining Videocon ad has Dhoni as the Om Shanti Om's superstar and Shahrukh Khan as the Indian cricket captain. It's a treat to watch Dhoni doing the six-packs dard e disco and the Om Shanti Om song and of course the Rajesh Khanna spoof with that puffed hairdo and striped shirt. Shahrukh hits some sixes and fours and celebrates victory with bubbly champagne. Dhoni definitely steals the show thunder and lightening right from under Shahrukhs nose!
The recent really cool commercial ads of Pepsi and Sonata for the India Premier League's (IPL) Chennai Superkings team are incredibly amusing and hilarious. Anyone with a south Indian connection will not fail to appreciate the humour in this Pepsi ad, a la south superstar Rajnikanth, but the tag line still continues to be "Yeh hain youngistan meri jaan." When introduced as a player from Jharkhand , the lungi clad Dhoni retorts by saying Eh! Yemm Yesss Dhooooni from Chennaiii. All you fast bowlers, I have the bat, do you have the ball Mind it!! Just great. The Sonata commercial too is equally side-splittingcthe song and dance, which Dhoni and friends do is so very filmy and riotous.
Dhoni is turning out to be as good in acting as he is in cricketing. His acting prowess is better than Saif Ali Khan in the Lays ad, as good as the south superstar Rajnikanth in the Pepsi Ad, rubs shoulder with Shahrukh in the Videocon ad. In fact, with his distinct looks, striking personality, charming smile, flowing mane or spiked hair, he poses a serious threat to Bollywoods poster boy John Abraham.
Thus, the superstar of commercials is none other than MS Dhoni, Mind It!'
13 Jul 2010, 1602 hrs IST,REUTERS
MUMBAI: India's economy is still not out of the woods but the signs of recovery are positive, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said at an event in the financial hub Mumbai on Tuesday.
13 Jul 2010, 1342 hrs IST,IANS
LONDON: The population of Indians in Britain is expected to nearly double from 1.4 million to 2.67 million by 2051 by which time the country's population would hover around the 78 million mark, according to a new study.
The study conducted by academics from the University of Leeds, says that ethnic minorities are set to make up a fifth of the population by 2051. Their share of the population will increase from eight percent in 2001 to around 20 percent.
The study also revealed that ethnic minorities will shift from deprived local authorities to more affluent areas, with ethnic groups to be "significantly less segregated from the rest of the population".
Project leader Philip Rees, a professor, said in a statement: "The ethnic make-up of the UK's population is evolving significantly. Groups outside the white British majority are increasing in size and share, not just in the areas of initial migration, but throughout the country, and our projections suggest that this trend is set to continue through to 2051."
The number of non-EU migrants given work permits, or permission to carry on working in Britain, rose by 20 percent, from 159,535 in 2007 - the year before points were introduced - to 190,640 last year, including dependents. The number of student approvals increased by a third, from 208,800 to 273,445 a year later.
The study found that that "groups outside the white British majority" are increasing in size and share, not just in the areas of initial migration, but throughout the country, and our projections suggest that this trend is set to continue through to 2051.
It says: "At a regional level, ethnic minorities will shift out of deprived inner-city areas to more affluent areas, which echoes the way white groups have migrated in the past. In particular black and Asian populations in the least deprived local authorities will increase significantly."
Other key projections for 2051 include Britain's population reaching almost 78 million, from 59 million in 2001. The current population of 61,398,000 is an increase of three million since 1997.
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7 Jul 2010, 0008 hrs IST,Amit Sharma,ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: A Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) graduate, Rajiv started his career selling Hindustan Motors' Ambassador cars. "Selling ambassador cars meant an opportunity to interact with scores of taxi operators from different parts of the country.
So, I learnt the nitty-gritty of the taxi business—the problems, the challenges of having a fleet of cars," Rajiv recollects. Today, 50-year-old Rajiv K Vij is the managing director of the largest car rental company in India—Carzonrent.
What started with 29 cars, and 20 employees in three cities, Carzonrent now has 5,200 cars, 460 employees, 29 offices in 13 cities and a turnover of over Rs 216 crore.
With a seed capital of Rs 29 lakh, Mr Vij started his business from small rented premises in Delhi, Bombay and Pune in 2000. The first lot of 29 cars was purchased from Rs 1.5-crore, largely borrowed from HDFC and ICICI bank.
"I had a good, comfortable job with a large corporate house, and quitting that was a tough call. But I always believed that there was a tremendous potential in the car-rental industry in India," says Mr Vij. "So I took the plunge."
His five-year stint with ITC's International Travel House, which provided taxis for the hotel guests, in 1995 gave him an opportunity to interact with the best and the biggest car-rental brands of the world.
"My first task at the company was to turn around the car-rental business. For the next five years, I managed the car rentals, corporate travel, leisure travel and foreign-exchange businesses. I interacted and dealt with the managers at companies like Hertz, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Thrifty, companies that wanted International Travel House to use their services," recalls Vij.
When Carzonrent started operations in 2000, there were large corporate groups such as ITC, ILFS (A Japanese car-leasing company) and Oberoi that looked at the business as one of their several other businesses. This, Vij feels, differentiated his company from the others and helped it gain clout in the market. "We were and will remain a car-rental company. The sharp focus on this business ensures that we remain the best in the market," says Vij.
The company's first real test came when it was just a year into operation. The 9/11 incident happened only a week after Carzonrent tied up with US-based Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, as their exclusive license holder in India. This hit the business hard. "The event ensured dwindling tourist and official inflow from the US to India. We had expected US tourists and officials visiting India to help our business to a large extent," recollects Mr Vij. However, not deterred by this, the company changed its strategy and turned its attention to domestic demand from corporates and individual customers.
In 2005, the company saw Rs 6 crore being pumped in by two venture funds—Avenecus Advisors and SIDBI Ventures—which was utilised by Mr Vij in devising and implementing a robust technological and physical platform in all the company's offices in India.
The very next year, American private equity fund Sikoya Capital invested $6 million into Carzonrent. Today, these three investors have a combined stake of 30%. "We need strong structures in place to stay ahead in this business. So, we implemented an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software throughout the company. Today, we have separate IT and R&D teams," says a proud Mr Vij. He claims to received interest from several PE firms, but says he will sell stake only when needed.
In 2007, Carzonrent started its radio cabs business, EasyCabs. With operations in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad and a fleet of 2,100 cars, the Easycabs is the country's second-largest radio cab brand in three years.
Carzonrent now does business in six categories—chauffer-driven cars, self-driven cars, limousine service, operating lease service and EasyCabs, the company's radio cab brand. It services more than 110 big corporates, including IBM, HP, Oracle, LG, Wal-Mart, Thomas Cook and Nokia Siemens.
Mr Vij has always followed a simple success mantra—focusing only on the things that really matter. "We make sure that our cars are clean, the drivers are well-behaved and passengers are charged as per the meter," Mr Vij says.
And his strategy seems to be working well. Independent industry observers are also gung ho about the rise of Carzonrent. "They have followed the basics very well. The car-rental industry is a high-loyalty, repeat usage one. So, providing a consistent experience is important. Carzonrent has done this well and, therefore, is successful," says Harminder Sahani, CEO of Delhi-based Wazir Consultancy.
Agrees Mick Gordon, MD, Synovate India. "They are serving discerning urban consumers who have high expectations. It is repeated delivery on these that has ensured the company's success."
When asked about his expansion plans, Mr Vij maintains that he will stick to the car-rental business and will build a globally-reputed brand. "There is so much uncharted territory, so many customers throughout India. I do not see the need to expand operations to other countries," he reckons. But in five years, Mr Vij plans to have a fleet of 30,000 cars and annual revenue of Rs 1,000 crore.
According to two senior board officials who confirmed the details, Mr Modi signed contracts on behalf of the board making it liable for any default by IPL broadcasting rights holder Multi Screen Media (MSM) on the payment of the 'facilitation fee' to sports marketing firm World Sport Group (WSG).
The 'facilitation fee' was so far assumed to be an agreement between MSM and WSG. The new details show that the board agreed to cancel a $1.6 billion deal with the broadcaster if the $80 million fee was not paid. It now emerges that the broadcast deal, which is the main revenue source for IPL, was staked on the facilitation fee being paid.
The BCCI officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two contracts signed on March 25, 2009, made the facilitation fee key to the broadcast deal. One of the contracts was between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and MSM Singapore, an overseas arm of Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media, formerly known as Sony Entertainment Television. A clause in the contract for broadcasting rights in the Indian subcontinent said that if MSM Singapore defaults on paying the $80 million facilitation fee to WSG Mauritius, BCCI would cancel the $1.6 billion deal.
Another contract was signed on the same day between BCCI and WSG India.
As per the contract between BCCI and WSG India, a clause relating to overseas broadcasting rights said BCCI would not only have to cancel the broadcasting contract with MSM in the event of MSM Singapore reneging on the facilitation fee, but the cricket board would also have to make the $80 million payment from its coffers.
Corporate lawyer Alok Dhir, managing partner at Dhir & Dhir Associates, said that since BCCI does not derive any benefit from the payment of the facilitation fee, it "indicates that some benefit is being passed on to this entity (WSG) in a back-handed manner".
"While commercial contracts can take any shape, unless there is good reason, usually a larger contract is not made conditional to a much smaller transaction as it has been in this case. And it's not evident what such a reason might be," he added.
On June 30, BCCI cancelled its contract with WSG India. It also amended the contract with MSM subsequently and deleted the clause that made the payment of the facilitation fee mandatory.
Representatives for Mr Modi and MSM did not respond to requests for comment. WSG and BCCI declined to comment.
Mr Modi has claimed earlier in response to BCCI's charges that he was not aware of the facilitation fee. In a statement on July 1, WSG said BCCI's contract with MSM Singapore was ratified by the IPL governing council.
Mr Modi has petitioned the Bombay High Court against his suspension, which took place in April. The case is scheduled for hearing on July 14.
On Monday, junior commerce minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, a member of BCCI's disciplinary committee against Mr Modi, said that the three-member panel will complete investigations against the suspended board official and submit a report by September.
Games give South Africa hope in fighting woes
13 Jul 2010, 0039 hrs IST,As host of the most-watched sporting event on earth, South Africa set out to reinvent itself in the eyes of the world, casting off its reputation as a place defined by violent crime, poverty and AIDS. To a remarkable degree, it succeeded. But as the World Cup ended Sunday, what most surprised South Africans was how much the month-long sporting extravaganza had changed the way they see themselves.
"This World Cup brought out South Africa's better angels," said Shaun Johnson, a writer who leads a charitable foundation that Nelson Mandela helped establish. "In this country, so riven racially, it's unbelievable how much this World Cup has brought us together."
A fledgling democracy that has struggled to address its profound social ills proudly discovered it could deliver a mega-event that required years of careful investment and planning. A country whose politics have been damaged recently by bitter, racially tinged invective offered hundreds of thousands of visitors an affectionate welcome.
And a body politic fractured by race and inequality caught glimpses, perhaps as fleeting as the games themselves, of what it would mean to overcome those barriers. At a free fan park set up for big-screen viewing of matches here on the public square known as the Grand Parade, South Africans mingled across lines of race and class in a way that is rare and precious here.
A black waiter and a white college student shared a cigarette as they gabbed about soccer in the square, where southern Africa's first white settlement was established in the 1650s and Mr. Mandela first spoke when he was freed after 27 years in prison. Black teachers from the townships merrily downed cups of beer amid rowdy white fans. A mixed-race theatre worker, ordinarily fearful of crime, took his first nighttime ride on a public train along with vuvuzela-blowing, Xhosa-singing South Africans so he could be part of something larger than himself.
"This experience will stay with me," said the worker, Ricardo Abrahams, 35, a production manager at the Artscape Theater. "It's something unique."
Again and again, South Africans described doing metaphorical double takes as their countrymen — and sometimes they themselves — did unexpected things. Athol Trollip, the parliamentary leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance, supported mostly by white and mixed-race voters, said his family — which had followed the "white" sports of rugby and cricket — got caught up in soccer, the passion of the black majority.
"In my home, no one used to watch soccer, except for my son," he said. "The rest have never watched it in their lives, but they sat glued to it for the first time."
Niq Mhlongo, author of "After Tears," a comic novel of black township life, rooted in the final match for the Dutch — colonialist forebears of the white Afrikaners who for decades oppressed blacks here — in part because it would do the country good to "see our own Afrikaner brothers being happy."
He described the disorienting delight of watching white South Africans fly the flag of democratic South Africa, blow vuvuzelas and wear the bright yellow T-shirts of Bafana Bafana, South Africa's soccer team, which lost early on. The unabashed patriotism of whites for their black-led nation heartened many.
"This is a South Africa I don't know," he said. "The country became pleasantly alien to me."
Before the World Cup started a month ago, the conversation here was focused less on the tournament's potential spiritual benefits than on whether it made sense to lavish $5 billion on a giant party for the rest of the world when South Africa has such staggering social needs.
This debate over priorities continues, but for now optimists are talking about the short-term gains and long-term promise the hosting of the games allowed.
The government estimates that spending on stadiums, roads, airports and new public transportation services, among other World Cup-related investments, helped create about 130,000 jobs, softening somewhat the impact of a global recession that has cost South Africa more than a million jobs. And while some, if not most, of the stadiums may turn out to be white elephants, the broadened highways, sleek airports and fledgling bus rapid transit system will bolster growth, economists say.
The hope is that the gains for South Africa's reputation will eventually pay off in greater foreign investment and a surge of tourism that helps employ the country's legions of unskilled workers.
South Africa is now waiting anxiously to see if threatened new attacks on impoverished Zimbabwean and Mozambican immigrants — resented as competitors for jobs by South Africa's own poor — materialise. If they do, Thabo Leshilo, an editor, warned in The Sunday Times, "We can say goodbye to the good will and tourism billions expected to flow our way."
The superstar of commercials - Dhoni
Dhoni, cricket�s favourite poster boy has taken over the mantle as top earner in commercials from his idol Sachin Tendulkar. Dhoni has all the four important traits for brand personality, which are style, passion, dynamism and timelessness.
CJ: Laila Rajaratnam
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 14:09:18 IST
His aptitude is amazing .He can generate extreme power with his wrist-work and bat speed and now he is using the same aggression prudently into commercial ads. Dhoni has all the four important traits for brand personality, be it style, passion, dynamism or timelessness.
One of the early birds who spotted this future superstar of commercial ads were the 'Mysore Sandal soap' people, who claimed that Dhoni even has initials as their brand- MS. A young (bats) man and a soap! Well, it had the nation washing in Mysore sandal soaps.
Then there were the endorsements for Exide, TVS Motors, Bharat Petroleum, GE Money and Orient PSPO Fan to keep Dhoni cool. The Reliance Communications launched Dhoni-Dhanadan pack to their Reliance mobile subscribers with goodies like wicket alerts, wallpapers, games, screensavers, SMS trivia, a Dhoni zone and mobile communities based on him.
Somewhere down the line comes a complete makeover, and the new spike haired look with the Brylcreem hair styling creams and colour gels. Dhoni sports different hues of coloured hair and coupled with a catchy jinglec Ready to play with colour- let your hair down, a little to the left, a little to the right, play with colour, the youngsters were hooked! A new star - a youth style icon is born!
When others were endorsing liquors, Dhoni guzzled milk and converted a generation of kids to hardcore milk drinkers! The mens apparel Siyaram brand wanted an ideal role model, targeting the young Indian for their MSD Monday to Sunday dressing. Who else, but our dashing magnetic Dhoni fits the role like a wicket glove? He also has NDTV under his belt with Gameplan Sports providing professional expertise to him.
In a truly global campaign, Reebok the global brand and their 'Run Easy' advertisement is probably one of the first advertisements that features Indian cricket stars Dravid and Dhoni. In the ad, Thierry Henry, Nicole Vaidisova, Allen Iverson and Carolina Kluft are running. And running along with a collection of American football and basketball stars are Indian cricketers Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. An enormous compliment given to both these cricketers by Reebok states, Dravid and Dhoni are great ambassadors for the brand since both of them completely embody the philosophy of the brand -'I am what I am'. They are authentic individuals, who express themselves in their own unique way both in sport and in life." In spite of all this fame, money and endorsements, when queried about his popularity at a television show, Dhoni replied, "It puts more responsibility on you." This icon has certainly kept his head firmly on his shoulders.
Then, there is the Videocon Industries, which pulled out Dravid and Dhoni after the world cup debacle but Dhoni batted his way back into the Videocon ads after the World Twenty20 win. Their entertaining Videocon ad has Dhoni as the Om Shanti Om's superstar and Shahrukh Khan as the Indian cricket captain. It's a treat to watch Dhoni doing the six-packs dard e disco and the Om Shanti Om song and of course the Rajesh Khanna spoof with that puffed hairdo and striped shirt. Shahrukh hits some sixes and fours and celebrates victory with bubbly champagne. Dhoni definitely steals the show thunder and lightening right from under Shahrukhs nose!
The recent really cool commercial ads of Pepsi and Sonata for the India Premier League's (IPL) Chennai Superkings team are incredibly amusing and hilarious. Anyone with a south Indian connection will not fail to appreciate the humour in this Pepsi ad, a la south superstar Rajnikanth, but the tag line still continues to be "Yeh hain youngistan meri jaan." When introduced as a player from Jharkhand , the lungi clad Dhoni retorts by saying Eh! Yemm Yesss Dhooooni from Chennaiii. All you fast bowlers, I have the bat, do you have the ball Mind it!! Just great. The Sonata commercial too is equally side-splittingcthe song and dance, which Dhoni and friends do is so very filmy and riotous.
Dhoni is turning out to be as good in acting as he is in cricketing. His acting prowess is better than Saif Ali Khan in the Lays ad, as good as the south superstar Rajnikanth in the Pepsi Ad, rubs shoulder with Shahrukh in the Videocon ad. In fact, with his distinct looks, striking personality, charming smile, flowing mane or spiked hair, he poses a serious threat to Bollywoods poster boy John Abraham.
Thus, the superstar of commercials is none other than MS Dhoni, Mind It!'
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India economy still not out of the woods: Pranab Mukherjee
13 Jul 2010, 1602 hrs IST,Indians in Britain to double by 2051
13 Jul 2010, 1342 hrs IST,The study conducted by academics from the University of Leeds, says that ethnic minorities are set to make up a fifth of the population by 2051. Their share of the population will increase from eight percent in 2001 to around 20 percent.
The study also revealed that ethnic minorities will shift from deprived local authorities to more affluent areas, with ethnic groups to be "significantly less segregated from the rest of the population".
Project leader Philip Rees, a professor, said in a statement: "The ethnic make-up of the UK's population is evolving significantly. Groups outside the white British majority are increasing in size and share, not just in the areas of initial migration, but throughout the country, and our projections suggest that this trend is set to continue through to 2051."
The number of non-EU migrants given work permits, or permission to carry on working in Britain, rose by 20 percent, from 159,535 in 2007 - the year before points were introduced - to 190,640 last year, including dependents. The number of student approvals increased by a third, from 208,800 to 273,445 a year later.
The study found that that "groups outside the white British majority" are increasing in size and share, not just in the areas of initial migration, but throughout the country, and our projections suggest that this trend is set to continue through to 2051.
It says: "At a regional level, ethnic minorities will shift out of deprived inner-city areas to more affluent areas, which echoes the way white groups have migrated in the past. In particular black and Asian populations in the least deprived local authorities will increase significantly."
Other key projections for 2051 include Britain's population reaching almost 78 million, from 59 million in 2001. The current population of 61,398,000 is an increase of three million since 1997.
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How Rajiv Vij became the Czar of rented cars in India
7 Jul 2010, 0008 hrs IST,Amit Sharma,NEW DELHI: A Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) graduate, Rajiv started his career selling Hindustan Motors' Ambassador cars. "Selling ambassador cars meant an opportunity to interact with scores of taxi operators from different parts of the country.
So, I learnt the nitty-gritty of the taxi business—the problems, the challenges of having a fleet of cars," Rajiv recollects. Today, 50-year-old Rajiv K Vij is the managing director of the largest car rental company in India—Carzonrent.
What started with 29 cars, and 20 employees in three cities, Carzonrent now has 5,200 cars, 460 employees, 29 offices in 13 cities and a turnover of over Rs 216 crore.
With a seed capital of Rs 29 lakh, Mr Vij started his business from small rented premises in Delhi, Bombay and Pune in 2000. The first lot of 29 cars was purchased from Rs 1.5-crore, largely borrowed from HDFC and ICICI bank.
"I had a good, comfortable job with a large corporate house, and quitting that was a tough call. But I always believed that there was a tremendous potential in the car-rental industry in India," says Mr Vij. "So I took the plunge."
His five-year stint with ITC's International Travel House, which provided taxis for the hotel guests, in 1995 gave him an opportunity to interact with the best and the biggest car-rental brands of the world.
"My first task at the company was to turn around the car-rental business. For the next five years, I managed the car rentals, corporate travel, leisure travel and foreign-exchange businesses. I interacted and dealt with the managers at companies like Hertz, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Thrifty, companies that wanted International Travel House to use their services," recalls Vij.
When Carzonrent started operations in 2000, there were large corporate groups such as ITC, ILFS (A Japanese car-leasing company) and Oberoi that looked at the business as one of their several other businesses. This, Vij feels, differentiated his company from the others and helped it gain clout in the market. "We were and will remain a car-rental company. The sharp focus on this business ensures that we remain the best in the market," says Vij.
The company's first real test came when it was just a year into operation. The 9/11 incident happened only a week after Carzonrent tied up with US-based Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, as their exclusive license holder in India. This hit the business hard. "The event ensured dwindling tourist and official inflow from the US to India. We had expected US tourists and officials visiting India to help our business to a large extent," recollects Mr Vij. However, not deterred by this, the company changed its strategy and turned its attention to domestic demand from corporates and individual customers.
In 2005, the company saw Rs 6 crore being pumped in by two venture funds—Avenecus Advisors and SIDBI Ventures—which was utilised by Mr Vij in devising and implementing a robust technological and physical platform in all the company's offices in India.
The very next year, American private equity fund Sikoya Capital invested $6 million into Carzonrent. Today, these three investors have a combined stake of 30%. "We need strong structures in place to stay ahead in this business. So, we implemented an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software throughout the company. Today, we have separate IT and R&D teams," says a proud Mr Vij. He claims to received interest from several PE firms, but says he will sell stake only when needed.
In 2007, Carzonrent started its radio cabs business, EasyCabs. With operations in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad and a fleet of 2,100 cars, the Easycabs is the country's second-largest radio cab brand in three years.
Carzonrent now does business in six categories—chauffer-driven cars, self-driven cars, limousine service, operating lease service and EasyCabs, the company's radio cab brand. It services more than 110 big corporates, including IBM, HP, Oracle, LG, Wal-Mart, Thomas Cook and Nokia Siemens.
Mr Vij has always followed a simple success mantra—focusing only on the things that really matter. "We make sure that our cars are clean, the drivers are well-behaved and passengers are charged as per the meter," Mr Vij says.
And his strategy seems to be working well. Independent industry observers are also gung ho about the rise of Carzonrent. "They have followed the basics very well. The car-rental industry is a high-loyalty, repeat usage one. So, providing a consistent experience is important. Carzonrent has done this well and, therefore, is successful," says Harminder Sahani, CEO of Delhi-based Wazir Consultancy.
Agrees Mick Gordon, MD, Synovate India. "They are serving discerning urban consumers who have high expectations. It is repeated delivery on these that has ensured the company's success."
When asked about his expansion plans, Mr Vij maintains that he will stick to the car-rental business and will build a globally-reputed brand. "There is so much uncharted territory, so many customers throughout India. I do not see the need to expand operations to other countries," he reckons. But in five years, Mr Vij plans to have a fleet of 30,000 cars and annual revenue of Rs 1,000 crore.
Goa tourism department woos honeymooners
PANAJI: Cashing in on Goa's popularity as a romantic destination, the state Tourism Department has launched a special package to attract newly wed couples.
"Leave your worries and wallet behind and spend your honeymoon dedicated to each other," reads a slogan coined by Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC).
The coastal state, famous for its beaches, receives around 20 lakh domestic tourists every year.
"Our target is basically Indians who have recently got married," GTDC managing director Nikhil Desai said.
The department has launched a special 'Honeymoon Package' along with Monsoon Tourism packages.
The package includes five nights and six days stay at various hotels located at romantic locations.
"We launched the package just a fortnight ago and the response has been very encouraging," Desai said.
Couples would be provided facilities including pickup and drop from airport, railway station or bus stand, sightseeing and stay at three different hotels.
After the drop in foreign tourist arrivals, the state has rebranded itself to regain its spot as a top destination among the travellers.
The domestic segment is now being aggressively targeted, especially since the last couple of years have not been good for the tourism industry.
Key features of the newly launched package include stay at two hotels located off Miramar and Calangute beaches and one situated alongside the picturesque Mayem Lake.
"The couples will also be been given a coupon for the popular Tito's night club," GTDC Public Relations Officer Dipak Narvekar said.
"They will travel in air-conditioned taxi wherever they want to go," he stated.
However, foreign tourists have been kept out of the package.
"Foreigners usually explore the state on their own. They are not like Indian tourists, who want everything planned in advance," Desai said.
"In the era of globalisation, countries are competing for software and trademark. The image of India has been positively impacted by the competitive computer software and the Bollywood trademark. Before Bollywood and the IT revolution, the Western media mentioned India only when the nation was rocked by a train accident or a similar catastrophe," Sorman told IANS in an interview here.
The economist was in the capital for the launch of his book, "Economics Does Not Lie", a study of the market economics of developing nations of the post-meltdown scenario. In his book, Sorman describes India as a "market revolution" in the decades following 1991.
Sorman has authored 20 books on "creativity and modern capitalism," including "The Genius of India (2000)".
Why Bollywood and Bangalore? "Non-Indians are very creative and they identify easily with the hi-tech fields of Bollywood and software though the two are smaller in size than textiles that is a more important export item," Sorman said.
"One rarely talks about textiles," he analysed.
The mere economic size of these sections does not matter. "Bangalore and Bollywood are the cultural brands of India globally - the drivers of the modern economy," he said.
Other than economics, "Indian classical music and Bollywood" keep Sorman bound to India, when he is not discharging his duties as deputy mayor in charge of culture at Boulogne near Paris.
"The decisive moment in my love affair with India was my discovery of Indian classical music. I heard flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia play in 1985 during one of my visits to New Delhi. Subsequently, I was acquainted with Indian percussion at a tabla concert by maestro Zakir Hussain followed by sitar from Ravi Shankar ...and was captivated by the magic of Dhrupad music," the economist said.
12 Mar 2009, 1655 hrs IST,
By: Partha Sinha, Managing partner, BBH:
In his school days Dhoni was called Tendulkar. I suppose many people with proficiency in cricket would be called Tendulkar across many schools in India. But who will be called a 'Dhoni' in school these days? One who has long hair? Or the captain? Or one who smacks the bowler? Or will it have nothing to do with cricket?
This is precisely the difference between Dhoni's and Tendulkar's icon status. Tendulkar , like his batting, is a technically correct icon. He is best (arguably) at his craft - reflects our ambition of becoming globally competitive. He dominates the bowlers, catering to our sense of escapist aggression. The same reason we loved Amitabh Bachhan bashing up the villains. On top of that Tendulkar carefully wears his middle class values on his sleeves while managing media image.
And of course we idolise stories of middle class boys making it big. But if you try to deconstruct Dhoni in a similar manner it may not add up. Is he the world's best wicketkeeper-batsman? Not by a long shot. He is no Gilchrist. Is the representative of the new-found obsession of India - the small town boy? Not really. He sports a Swapna Bhavnani designer hairstyle, he drives fast bikes - his body language is uber cool urban.
Dhoni has become big because he can make the miracle happen - he can script an Indian victory. And in this department he has delivered consistently. Tendulkar is an iconic individual - Dhoni is an iconic leader. Tendulkar renounced captaincy because he found it was stifling individual brilliance. Captaincy got Dhoni's individual brilliance out. Tendulkar is an individual hero - the country celebrates his personal milestones
- 40th century, 12000 runs, breaking Bradman's record. So much so that after every personal milestone Tendulkar has to say that personal milestones don't matter - he plays for India's victory. But Dhoni's great moments are always intrinsically linked to India's winning. His record of remaining unbeaten when India chased to win is now legendary.
In fact, he has many times curbed his individual aggressive style to make the victory possible. If Tendulkar represented our aspiration, Dhoni represents our confidence. A collective confidence, which has seen India at par with the rest of the world. Dhoni's biggest contribution to our culture is the swagger. The swagger to comfortably face up to the aussies in their den, the swagger to carry himself off comfortably on the fashion ramp. And this swagger has a life beyond cricket. It represents our deepest desire to remain unphased and confident - 'we are like that only'.
Tendulkar has given us enough chances to feel great about him. Dhoni has possibly given us more opportunities to feel great about ourselves.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4256250.cms
"Leave your worries and wallet behind and spend your honeymoon dedicated to each other," reads a slogan coined by Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC).
The coastal state, famous for its beaches, receives around 20 lakh domestic tourists every year.
"Our target is basically Indians who have recently got married," GTDC managing director Nikhil Desai said.
The department has launched a special 'Honeymoon Package' along with Monsoon Tourism packages.
The package includes five nights and six days stay at various hotels located at romantic locations.
"We launched the package just a fortnight ago and the response has been very encouraging," Desai said.
Couples would be provided facilities including pickup and drop from airport, railway station or bus stand, sightseeing and stay at three different hotels.
After the drop in foreign tourist arrivals, the state has rebranded itself to regain its spot as a top destination among the travellers.
The domestic segment is now being aggressively targeted, especially since the last couple of years have not been good for the tourism industry.
Key features of the newly launched package include stay at two hotels located off Miramar and Calangute beaches and one situated alongside the picturesque Mayem Lake.
"The couples will also be been given a coupon for the popular Tito's night club," GTDC Public Relations Officer Dipak Narvekar said.
"They will travel in air-conditioned taxi wherever they want to go," he stated.
However, foreign tourists have been kept out of the package.
"Foreigners usually explore the state on their own. They are not like Indian tourists, who want everything planned in advance," Desai said.
Bangalore, Bollywood new brand icons of India: Economist Guy Sorman
Bollywood and Bangalore have changed the image of India in a globalised world, says noted French economist Guy Sorman."In the era of globalisation, countries are competing for software and trademark. The image of India has been positively impacted by the competitive computer software and the Bollywood trademark. Before Bollywood and the IT revolution, the Western media mentioned India only when the nation was rocked by a train accident or a similar catastrophe," Sorman told IANS in an interview here.
The economist was in the capital for the launch of his book, "Economics Does Not Lie", a study of the market economics of developing nations of the post-meltdown scenario. In his book, Sorman describes India as a "market revolution" in the decades following 1991.
Sorman has authored 20 books on "creativity and modern capitalism," including "The Genius of India (2000)".
Why Bollywood and Bangalore? "Non-Indians are very creative and they identify easily with the hi-tech fields of Bollywood and software though the two are smaller in size than textiles that is a more important export item," Sorman said.
"One rarely talks about textiles," he analysed.
The mere economic size of these sections does not matter. "Bangalore and Bollywood are the cultural brands of India globally - the drivers of the modern economy," he said.
Other than economics, "Indian classical music and Bollywood" keep Sorman bound to India, when he is not discharging his duties as deputy mayor in charge of culture at Boulogne near Paris.
"The decisive moment in my love affair with India was my discovery of Indian classical music. I heard flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia play in 1985 during one of my visits to New Delhi. Subsequently, I was acquainted with Indian percussion at a tabla concert by maestro Zakir Hussain followed by sitar from Ravi Shankar ...and was captivated by the magic of Dhrupad music," the economist said.
Shah Rukh Khan and M S Dhoni top Brand icons on TV
Actor Shah Rukh Khan and cricketer M S Dhoni have become the top brand icons on Indian TV.
The latest data from TAM Media Research reveal Shah Rukh Khan endorsed the highest number of brands during 2008 on television, closely followed by India's cricket captain, MS Dhoni.
He currently endorses 39 brands, including Pepsi, Hyundai, Airtel, Videocon, Sun Feast, Tag Heuer, Dish TV and Mayur Suitings. And, he gets Rs 1-1.5 crore to be present at any function in India, according to event management agencies.
The report says Shah Rukh and Dhoni moved up in the ranking of celebrities endorsing products on TV during 2008, as compared with 2006. Amitabh Bachchan, Shweta Tiwari (Prerna) and Sachin Tendulkar, who were at the first, third and fifth place in 2006, respectively, were not among the top five in 2008.
The brand endorsement business is around Rs 1,000 crore, including star appearances and events, according to Manish Porwal, CEO of celebrity management company, Percept Talent Management.
Till a year earlier, the distance between Shah Rukh Khan, the No 1 player in Bollywood, and Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan was big. However, now Akshay is the highest-paid actor, currently getting Rs 17 crore for a film, while Aamir Khan is the highest paid star-endorser, having bagged a yearly fee between Rs 12-15 crore per annum for his three commercials on including Tata Sky, Samsung Mobiles and Parle Monaco biscuits.
Shah Rukh Khan would be paid around Rs 2 cr for a 20-minute performance at the wedding of Mumbai builder Kanti Gowani's nephew. The actor had reportedly charged Rs 1.5 cr for his number at the wedding of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal's daughter.
Sources in GS Entertainment, the event management company handling the Gowani wedding shows, say Shah Rukh can be available, say for three days, for Rs 12 cr. On the other hand, Akshay Kumar charges Rs 1.25 crore to be present at events, while Salman Khan pitches Rs 1 crore, and Govinda Rs 70 lakh, according to estimates provided by event management companies.
During 2008, Airtel led the list of the top 10 brands endorsed by celebrities on TV, followed by Pepsi, the report said. "It is natural that the endorsement price is heavily skewed in favour of icons like Aamir, SRK, Akshay Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. These five, on average, get roughly three times what the next 10 get," says Porwal.
The latest data from TAM Media Research reveal Shah Rukh Khan endorsed the highest number of brands during 2008 on television, closely followed by India's cricket captain, MS Dhoni.
He currently endorses 39 brands, including Pepsi, Hyundai, Airtel, Videocon, Sun Feast, Tag Heuer, Dish TV and Mayur Suitings. And, he gets Rs 1-1.5 crore to be present at any function in India, according to event management agencies.
The report says Shah Rukh and Dhoni moved up in the ranking of celebrities endorsing products on TV during 2008, as compared with 2006. Amitabh Bachchan, Shweta Tiwari (Prerna) and Sachin Tendulkar, who were at the first, third and fifth place in 2006, respectively, were not among the top five in 2008.
The brand endorsement business is around Rs 1,000 crore, including star appearances and events, according to Manish Porwal, CEO of celebrity management company, Percept Talent Management.
Till a year earlier, the distance between Shah Rukh Khan, the No 1 player in Bollywood, and Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan was big. However, now Akshay is the highest-paid actor, currently getting Rs 17 crore for a film, while Aamir Khan is the highest paid star-endorser, having bagged a yearly fee between Rs 12-15 crore per annum for his three commercials on including Tata Sky, Samsung Mobiles and Parle Monaco biscuits.
Shah Rukh Khan would be paid around Rs 2 cr for a 20-minute performance at the wedding of Mumbai builder Kanti Gowani's nephew. The actor had reportedly charged Rs 1.5 cr for his number at the wedding of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal's daughter.
Sources in GS Entertainment, the event management company handling the Gowani wedding shows, say Shah Rukh can be available, say for three days, for Rs 12 cr. On the other hand, Akshay Kumar charges Rs 1.25 crore to be present at events, while Salman Khan pitches Rs 1 crore, and Govinda Rs 70 lakh, according to estimates provided by event management companies.
During 2008, Airtel led the list of the top 10 brands endorsed by celebrities on TV, followed by Pepsi, the report said. "It is natural that the endorsement price is heavily skewed in favour of icons like Aamir, SRK, Akshay Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. These five, on average, get roughly three times what the next 10 get," says Porwal.
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12 Mar 2009, 1655 hrs IST,By: Partha Sinha, Managing partner, BBH:
In his school days Dhoni was called Tendulkar. I suppose many people with proficiency in cricket would be called Tendulkar across many schools in India. But who will be called a 'Dhoni' in school these days? One who has long hair? Or the captain? Or one who smacks the bowler? Or will it have nothing to do with cricket?
This is precisely the difference between Dhoni's and Tendulkar's icon status. Tendulkar , like his batting, is a technically correct icon. He is best (arguably) at his craft - reflects our ambition of becoming globally competitive. He dominates the bowlers, catering to our sense of escapist aggression. The same reason we loved Amitabh Bachhan bashing up the villains. On top of that Tendulkar carefully wears his middle class values on his sleeves while managing media image.
And of course we idolise stories of middle class boys making it big. But if you try to deconstruct Dhoni in a similar manner it may not add up. Is he the world's best wicketkeeper-batsman? Not by a long shot. He is no Gilchrist. Is the representative of the new-found obsession of India - the small town boy? Not really. He sports a Swapna Bhavnani designer hairstyle, he drives fast bikes - his body language is uber cool urban.
Dhoni has become big because he can make the miracle happen - he can script an Indian victory. And in this department he has delivered consistently. Tendulkar is an iconic individual - Dhoni is an iconic leader. Tendulkar renounced captaincy because he found it was stifling individual brilliance. Captaincy got Dhoni's individual brilliance out. Tendulkar is an individual hero - the country celebrates his personal milestones
- 40th century, 12000 runs, breaking Bradman's record. So much so that after every personal milestone Tendulkar has to say that personal milestones don't matter - he plays for India's victory. But Dhoni's great moments are always intrinsically linked to India's winning. His record of remaining unbeaten when India chased to win is now legendary.
In fact, he has many times curbed his individual aggressive style to make the victory possible. If Tendulkar represented our aspiration, Dhoni represents our confidence. A collective confidence, which has seen India at par with the rest of the world. Dhoni's biggest contribution to our culture is the swagger. The swagger to comfortably face up to the aussies in their den, the swagger to carry himself off comfortably on the fashion ramp. And this swagger has a life beyond cricket. It represents our deepest desire to remain unphased and confident - 'we are like that only'.
Tendulkar has given us enough chances to feel great about him. Dhoni has possibly given us more opportunities to feel great about ourselves.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4256250.cms
Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born July 7, 1981, Ranchi
Current age 29 years 6 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand
Also known as Mahi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 43 | 66 | 9 | 2428 | 148 | 42.59 | 3991 | 60.83 | 4 | 17 | 267 | 45 | 113 | 20 |
| ODIs | 166 | 147 | 38 | 5593 | 183* | 51.31 | 6250 | 89.48 | 7 | 36 | 430 | 118 | 164 | 53 |
| T20Is | 25 | 24 | 7 | 441 | 46 | 25.94 | 393 | 112.21 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
| First-class | 83 | 131 | 12 | 4580 | 148 | 38.48 | 7 | 31 | 220 | 36 | ||||
| List A | 222 | 199 | 48 | 7595 | 183* | 50.29 | 13 | 47 | 231 | 68 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 72 | 66 | 20 | 1597 | 73* | 34.71 | 1240 | 128.79 | 0 | 7 | 122 | 53 | 27 | 13 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 43 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 166 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1/14 | 1/14 | 14.00 | 7.00 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 83 | 42 | 34 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.85 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| List A | 222 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 1/14 | 1/14 | 18.00 | 5.53 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Dec 2-6, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v South Africa at Kolkata, Feb 14-18, 2010 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, Dec 23, 2004 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 24, 2010 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard |
| Last T20I | India v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, May 11, 2010 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1999/00 |
| Last First-class | India v South Africa at Kolkata, Feb 14-18, 2010 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1999/00 |
| Last List A | Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 24, 2010 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | India v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, May 11, 2010 scorecard |
The spectacular arrival of Virender Sehwag was bound to inspire others to bat with the same mindset. But the odds of a clone emerging from the backwaters of Jharkhand, whose state side has consistently scraped the bottom, was highly remote. That was until Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived.
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Gary Kirsten and MS Dhoni during a training session
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MS Dhoni collects the ball during fielding practice at the Premadasa Stadium
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MS Dhoni with his wife Sakshi Rawat in Kolkata
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India cricketer MS Dhoni signs huge endorsement deal
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MS Dhoni has had a lot to celebrate in recent days (Picture: Mahadeo Sen) Newly-married Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni has signed what correspondents say is the biggest marketing deal ever made by an Indian sportsman.
The deal with the sports management company Rhiti Sports is worth $42m over two years, reports say.The company will handle his endorsements, merchandise, advertising rights, digital rights and his appearances on social networking sites.
Dhoni was married earlier this month and celebrated his 29th birthday.
"We signed the contract a week back. From now onwards we will be handling Dhoni's endorsements," Rhiti general manager Sanjay Pandey told the Press Trust of India news agency.
The deal surpasses that made made by batsman Sachin Tendulkar with sports management firm Iconix - worth $40m over three years from 2006.
The Indian cricket captain was acclaimed throughout the country for winning the first ICC Twenty20 World Cup trophy in 2007.
Often described as India's most eligible bachelor, he married his childhood sweetheart Sakshi Singh Rawat at a private ceremony outside the northern town of Dehradun last week.
He is currently reported to endorse about 22 leading brands, including Pepsi, Reebok, Aircel, Godrej and Hersheys.
A Forbes study last year said that said that Dhoni was the world's richest cricketer with an annual earning of $10m, followed by Tendulkar at $8m.
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In an interview with ET Now, Emil Wolter, Head of Asian Regional Equity Strategy, RBS, explains why he is underweight on India. Excerpts:
Why are you underweight on India? Year to date foreign fund flows into Indian markets are up 35% to almost $8 billion. Can one argue against this kind of liquidity support? (Watch )
My underweight view makes me one of the few foreigners who are more cautious on the Indian market. What we are seeing at the moment is that the external deficits are widening, obviously the fiscal deficit is widening and what all of this point to is an increasing reliance on foreign flows.
So should this foreign love story for some reason reverse, perhaps because of stocks in a shock, perhaps because of a general rise in risk aversion, the Indian market looks incredibly exposed given its very high level of valuations.
So when in Asia, which market do you currently like?
To be honest, we have a relatively cautious view towards the regional stock markets and indeed, towards the global stock markets. Our feeling is that although valuations perhaps are not extremely high for Asia overall, they are not very cheap either and we are faced with the backdrop which is one of very tight liquidity. If I look at money supply I could get across the world. I can either see them decelerating very sharply or already being totally in the doldrums.
So I give you an example. M3 growth in Europe is the lowest. It has been since at least 1970. M3 growth in the US has not been at this point since 1947 and of course as you know, even M3 in India, M2 in China and broad money supply indicators in Brazil, all of these broad emerging markets are seeing decelerating money growth. So there is - generally speaking - less money available. Although for the time being, that lesser money seems to be benefiting the Indian market.
Amongst the markets we do like, Malaysia looks interesting. This is a market with quite a high yield and reasonable valuations, steady cash flows. We like Singapore for many of the same reasons and then in case that we are totally wrong on the global economy, in other words if things stay fantastically vibrant, then Taiwan provides a nice hedge because it has got good exposure to technology space and it also has an interesting medium term story with regards to its integration with the Chinese market.
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You made an interesting point here about broad money supply growth being weak almost across the world. Now why is that so even when central banks' policy interest rates almost everywhere are quite low, are rather low actually?
Yes, what we are dealing with here is the new normal to paraphrase the clever people at PIMCO. Across the Western hemisphere, across the developed markets, there is a very large secular trend of deleveraging going on. We have had too much debt and that has led to a series of different crises and at this point, basically the private sector is deleveraging to a very significant extent.
In fact, deleveraging shows that even while the government is taking on incremental new liabilities, that are not enough to offset the repayment or cancellation of liabilities for the private sector. Now a deleveraging trend inevitably will reduce the amount of money in circulation and that is what we see in the money aggregates.
13 Jul 2010, 1554 hrs IST,ET Bureau
Indian market looks incredibly exposed: Emil Wolter, RBS
13 Jul 2010, 1553 hrs IST,Why are you underweight on India? Year to date foreign fund flows into Indian markets are up 35% to almost $8 billion. Can one argue against this kind of liquidity support? (Watch )
My underweight view makes me one of the few foreigners who are more cautious on the Indian market. What we are seeing at the moment is that the external deficits are widening, obviously the fiscal deficit is widening and what all of this point to is an increasing reliance on foreign flows.
So should this foreign love story for some reason reverse, perhaps because of stocks in a shock, perhaps because of a general rise in risk aversion, the Indian market looks incredibly exposed given its very high level of valuations.
So when in Asia, which market do you currently like?
To be honest, we have a relatively cautious view towards the regional stock markets and indeed, towards the global stock markets. Our feeling is that although valuations perhaps are not extremely high for Asia overall, they are not very cheap either and we are faced with the backdrop which is one of very tight liquidity. If I look at money supply I could get across the world. I can either see them decelerating very sharply or already being totally in the doldrums.
So I give you an example. M3 growth in Europe is the lowest. It has been since at least 1970. M3 growth in the US has not been at this point since 1947 and of course as you know, even M3 in India, M2 in China and broad money supply indicators in Brazil, all of these broad emerging markets are seeing decelerating money growth. So there is - generally speaking - less money available. Although for the time being, that lesser money seems to be benefiting the Indian market.
Amongst the markets we do like, Malaysia looks interesting. This is a market with quite a high yield and reasonable valuations, steady cash flows. We like Singapore for many of the same reasons and then in case that we are totally wrong on the global economy, in other words if things stay fantastically vibrant, then Taiwan provides a nice hedge because it has got good exposure to technology space and it also has an interesting medium term story with regards to its integration with the Chinese market.
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You made an interesting point here about broad money supply growth being weak almost across the world. Now why is that so even when central banks' policy interest rates almost everywhere are quite low, are rather low actually?
Yes, what we are dealing with here is the new normal to paraphrase the clever people at PIMCO. Across the Western hemisphere, across the developed markets, there is a very large secular trend of deleveraging going on. We have had too much debt and that has led to a series of different crises and at this point, basically the private sector is deleveraging to a very significant extent.
In fact, deleveraging shows that even while the government is taking on incremental new liabilities, that are not enough to offset the repayment or cancellation of liabilities for the private sector. Now a deleveraging trend inevitably will reduce the amount of money in circulation and that is what we see in the money aggregates.
Sensex ends near 18,000; DLF, Reliance, HDFC lead
13 Jul 2010, 1554 hrs IST, MUMBAI: Benchmarks ended on a positive note on Tuesday after a pullback in the afternoon. Investors took positions in index-heavy weights even as IT bellwether Infosys announced lower-than-expected first quarterly results. ( Watch )
Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex ended at 17987.46, up 50.26 points or 0.28 per cent. The index touched a high of 17998.04 and low of 17855.85.
National Stock Exchange's Nifty closed at 5402, up 19 points or 0.35 per cent. The broader index hit a high of 5406.20 and low of 5357.85.
BSE Midcap Index was up 0.75 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.74 per cent higher.
Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Realty Index surged 4.04 per cent and BSE Metals Index moved 1.44 per cent higher. BSE IT Index fell 2.81 per cent and BSE FMCG Index edged 0.25 per cent lower.
IT stocks were witnessing profit booking after Infosys Technologies reported lower-than-expected 1QFY11 results. The company reported revenues of US$1,358 mn (+4.8% qoq, 21% yoy) and net income of Rs14.9 bn (-5.2% qoq, -2.6% yoy).
DLF (4.26%), Tata Steel (2.75%), HDFC (2.01%), Tata Motors (1.97%), Jaiprakash Associates (1.96%) and Reliance Industries (1.92%) were amongst the top Sensex gainers.
Infosys Technologies (-3.72%), TCS (-2.08%), Bharti Airtel (-1.80%), Mahindra and Mahindra (-1.23%) and Reliance Communications (-1.08%) were amongst the losers.
Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1669 gainers against 1169 losers.
(All figures are provisional)
According to a study by SMC Capitals, there are about 3.1 crore active users on social networking sites such as Facebook, Orkut and Twitter across the country, whereas the number of Demat account holders is just 1.7 crore.
In other words, the number of total social networking site users is twice that of the total Demat account holders, SMC Capitals equity head Jagannadham Thunuguntla said.
Demat accounts are mandatory for investors to trade in stocks in the country.
"It is incredible, considering the fact that the social networking concept became popular only in the last three years," he said.
Interestingly, a large number of Demat account holders are non-active investors and retail investors with flagging interest in public offers and mutual funds.
"The average Indian is still shying away from investing in the market and their shaking confidence needs to be stabilized," he further said.
The study also points out that two crore new mobile connections are taken by Indians every month. However, the monthly increase in the number of Demat account holders is only two lakh, a hundred times lower.
This trend indicates the low level of penetration of the investing habit in India, Thunuguntla said.
The lukewarm response to Demat accounts "shows that while the story of the India as a consumer has opened up, India's story as an investor is still under wraps," he added.
As much as 60 per cent of the country's population is below 30 years age, and this favourable demographic dynamism is being witnessed in the practice of social networking and new mobile additions, the study said.
However, it should be noted that while opening an account on social networking sites is free of cost, an investor has to pay up to open a Demat account.
Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex ended at 17987.46, up 50.26 points or 0.28 per cent. The index touched a high of 17998.04 and low of 17855.85.
National Stock Exchange's Nifty closed at 5402, up 19 points or 0.35 per cent. The broader index hit a high of 5406.20 and low of 5357.85.
BSE Midcap Index was up 0.75 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.74 per cent higher.
Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Realty Index surged 4.04 per cent and BSE Metals Index moved 1.44 per cent higher. BSE IT Index fell 2.81 per cent and BSE FMCG Index edged 0.25 per cent lower.
IT stocks were witnessing profit booking after Infosys Technologies reported lower-than-expected 1QFY11 results. The company reported revenues of US$1,358 mn (+4.8% qoq, 21% yoy) and net income of Rs14.9 bn (-5.2% qoq, -2.6% yoy).
DLF (4.26%), Tata Steel (2.75%), HDFC (2.01%), Tata Motors (1.97%), Jaiprakash Associates (1.96%) and Reliance Industries (1.92%) were amongst the top Sensex gainers.
Infosys Technologies (-3.72%), TCS (-2.08%), Bharti Airtel (-1.80%), Mahindra and Mahindra (-1.23%) and Reliance Communications (-1.08%) were amongst the losers.
Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1669 gainers against 1169 losers.
(All figures are provisional)
Indians more interested in social networking than market trading
Indians are more interested in social networking sites than stock markets, says a study.According to a study by SMC Capitals, there are about 3.1 crore active users on social networking sites such as Facebook, Orkut and Twitter across the country, whereas the number of Demat account holders is just 1.7 crore.
In other words, the number of total social networking site users is twice that of the total Demat account holders, SMC Capitals equity head Jagannadham Thunuguntla said.
Demat accounts are mandatory for investors to trade in stocks in the country.
"It is incredible, considering the fact that the social networking concept became popular only in the last three years," he said.
Interestingly, a large number of Demat account holders are non-active investors and retail investors with flagging interest in public offers and mutual funds.
"The average Indian is still shying away from investing in the market and their shaking confidence needs to be stabilized," he further said.
The study also points out that two crore new mobile connections are taken by Indians every month. However, the monthly increase in the number of Demat account holders is only two lakh, a hundred times lower.
This trend indicates the low level of penetration of the investing habit in India, Thunuguntla said.
The lukewarm response to Demat accounts "shows that while the story of the India as a consumer has opened up, India's story as an investor is still under wraps," he added.
As much as 60 per cent of the country's population is below 30 years age, and this favourable demographic dynamism is being witnessed in the practice of social networking and new mobile additions, the study said.
However, it should be noted that while opening an account on social networking sites is free of cost, an investor has to pay up to open a Demat account.
PSLV launch successful, places five satellites
SRIHARIKOTA: In a textbook launch, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday successfully placed into orbit remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites after a perfect lift off from the spaceport here.
At the end of an over 51-hour countdown, the 44.4 metre-tall four-stage PSLV-C-15, costing Rs 260 crore, blasted off from a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre with ignition of the core first stage and placed the satellites in orbit one after the other.
Visibly relieved scientists, headed by ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan, cheered as ISRO's workhorse PSLV soared into clear skies at 9.22 am from the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. The PSLV launch assumes significance as it comes about three months after ISRO suffered a major setback on April 15 when the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3), which was launched using an Indian-designed and built cryogenic engine for the first time, failed and fell into the Bay of Bengal.
Cartosat-2B is an advanced remote sensing satellite built by ISRO. This is the latest in the Indian remote sensing satellite series and the 17th in this series. Cartosat-2B is mainly intended to augment remote sensing data services to the users of multiple spot scene imagery with 0.8 metre spatial resolution and 9.6 km swath in the panchromatic. Cartosat-2 and 2A, two Indian remote sensing satellites in orbit, are currently providing such services.
A set of four satellites, including Studsat built by students of seven engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Alsat from Algeria, two nano satellites from Canada and Switzerland, and a pico (very small) satellite called Oceansat 2 accompanied Cartosat 2 on its trip to orbit. Planning Commission vice-chairman Montek Singh Ahuluwalia, and former ISRO chief KKasturirangan witnessed the launch. "It has been a wonderful experience. The ISRO has made the country proud," Mr Ahluwalia said, congratulating the scientists after the perfect take off.
Cartosat-2B carries a panchromatic camera similar to that of its predecessors — Cartosat-2 and 2A and was capable of imaging a swath (geographical strip of land) of 9.6 km with a resolution of 0.8 metre. The multiple spot scene imagery sent by Cartosat-2B camera would also be useful for village/cadastral level resource assessment and mapping, detailed urban and infrastructure planning and development, transportation system planning, preparation of large-scale cartographic maps, preparation of micro watershed development plans and monitoring of development works of village.
Alsat from Algeria, weighing 116 kg, is also a remote sensing satellite. The two nano satellites, NLS 6.1 and NLS 6.2, weigh six kg and one kg each. Studsat weighs less than one kg.
Besides launching 17 Indian satellites, PSLV has also launched 22 foreign satellites during 1994-2009 into polar sun synchronous, geosynchronous transfer, highly elliptical and low earth orbits and has repeatedly proved its reliability and versatility.
One important modification compared to the previous flights of PSLV is the use of dual launch adopter to carry two large satellites, ISRO sources said.
Soon after injection into the orbit and separation from the PSLV C-15 fourth stage, the two solar panels of Cartosat 2B will be automatically deployed, they said.
At the end of an over 51-hour countdown, the 44.4 metre-tall four-stage PSLV-C-15, costing Rs 260 crore, blasted off from a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre with ignition of the core first stage and placed the satellites in orbit one after the other.
Visibly relieved scientists, headed by ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan, cheered as ISRO's workhorse PSLV soared into clear skies at 9.22 am from the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. The PSLV launch assumes significance as it comes about three months after ISRO suffered a major setback on April 15 when the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3), which was launched using an Indian-designed and built cryogenic engine for the first time, failed and fell into the Bay of Bengal.
Cartosat-2B is an advanced remote sensing satellite built by ISRO. This is the latest in the Indian remote sensing satellite series and the 17th in this series. Cartosat-2B is mainly intended to augment remote sensing data services to the users of multiple spot scene imagery with 0.8 metre spatial resolution and 9.6 km swath in the panchromatic. Cartosat-2 and 2A, two Indian remote sensing satellites in orbit, are currently providing such services.
A set of four satellites, including Studsat built by students of seven engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Alsat from Algeria, two nano satellites from Canada and Switzerland, and a pico (very small) satellite called Oceansat 2 accompanied Cartosat 2 on its trip to orbit. Planning Commission vice-chairman Montek Singh Ahuluwalia, and former ISRO chief KKasturirangan witnessed the launch. "It has been a wonderful experience. The ISRO has made the country proud," Mr Ahluwalia said, congratulating the scientists after the perfect take off.
Cartosat-2B carries a panchromatic camera similar to that of its predecessors — Cartosat-2 and 2A and was capable of imaging a swath (geographical strip of land) of 9.6 km with a resolution of 0.8 metre. The multiple spot scene imagery sent by Cartosat-2B camera would also be useful for village/cadastral level resource assessment and mapping, detailed urban and infrastructure planning and development, transportation system planning, preparation of large-scale cartographic maps, preparation of micro watershed development plans and monitoring of development works of village.
Alsat from Algeria, weighing 116 kg, is also a remote sensing satellite. The two nano satellites, NLS 6.1 and NLS 6.2, weigh six kg and one kg each. Studsat weighs less than one kg.
Besides launching 17 Indian satellites, PSLV has also launched 22 foreign satellites during 1994-2009 into polar sun synchronous, geosynchronous transfer, highly elliptical and low earth orbits and has repeatedly proved its reliability and versatility.
One important modification compared to the previous flights of PSLV is the use of dual launch adopter to carry two large satellites, ISRO sources said.
Soon after injection into the orbit and separation from the PSLV C-15 fourth stage, the two solar panels of Cartosat 2B will be automatically deployed, they said.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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| Personal information | ||||
| Full name | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |||
| Born | 7 July 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 29) Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India | |||
| Nickname | Mahi | |||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-hand medium | |||
| Role | Wicket-keeper, India captain | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| Test debut (cap 251) | 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last Test | 14 February 2010 v [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] | |||
| ODI debut (cap 157) | 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh | |||
| Last ODI | 24 June 2010 v [[Sri Lanka cricket team|Sri Lanka]] | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 7 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1999/00 – 2004/05 | Bihar | |||
| 2004/05- | Jharkhand | |||
| 2008– | Chennai Super Kings | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | List A |
| Matches | 43 | 166 | 83 | 222 |
| Runs scored | 2,428 | 5,593 | 4,580 | 7,595 |
| Batting average | 42.59 | 51.31 | 38.48 | 50.29 |
| 100s/50s | 4/17 | 7/36 | 7/31 | 13/47 |
| Top score | 148 | 183* | 148 | 183* |
| Balls bowled | 12 | 12 | 42 | 39 |
| Wickets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bowling average | – | 14.00 | - | 18.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - | - | - |
| Best bowling | 0/1 | - | - | 1/14 |
| Catches/stumpings | 113/20 | 164/53 | 220/36 | 231/69 |
| Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2010 |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी) (born 7 July 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar) (now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian team.
Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08 , and the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2–0. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also led team India to number one position in ICC rankings in test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. As of January 2010, Dhoni is the highest ranked ODI batsman on the ICC Rankings List. Dhoni was named as captain of Wisden's first-ever Dream Test XI Team in 2009 and has topped the list of world's top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes.[1]. He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009.
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Personal life
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi.[2] His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra. Dhoni had long hair which he has now shortened; he cut it because he wanted to look like his favourite film star John Abraham.He likes Bikes A Hummer to add to the four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles already parked in his garage in Ranchi.He is endorsing 15 brands form clothes to cold Drinks. And, he is one of the highest income tax payers in last year [3] Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar.[4][5]
Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali,(now the school is known as JVM , Shyamli,Ranchi) Ranchi,Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports.Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995–1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well.[3] Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.[6]
Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat on July 04, 2010. Sakshi, a Kolkata girl, is studying hotel management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal when the two of them met two years ago. The wedding stumped the media and the fans as it took place only a day after the couple got engaged.[7][8] Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, a close friend of Dhoni, was quick to inform the media that the wedding was planned for months and was not a spur of the moment decision.[9]
Playing style
Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team — Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik also followed this route. Dhoni, referred to as 'Mahi' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004. Along with Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and was selected in the Indian national team later in that year.[citation needed]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni breaks the stumps of a South African batsman during a match in Chennai in 2008.
Dhoni tends to play mostly from the back foot with a pronounced bottom hand grip. He has a very fast hand speed through the ball which often results in the ball racing across the ground. From this initial stance his feet do not show much movement which sometimes results in chasing balls while not coming to the pitch of the ball or inside edging a lot of balls.
Dhoni scored 148 against Pakistan in his fifth ODI match in 2005 — then the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper. Later in the year, he broke his own record as well as set the current world record for the highest score in the second innings in ODI matches as he scored 183* against Sri Lanka. Dhoni's success in the limited overs format secured him a place in the test team. Consistent performances in ODI cricket through the end of the 2005/06 season saw Dhoni briefly ranked as the No. 1 batsman in the ICC ODI ratings.[3]
Dhoni's form dipped through 2006 as India lost matches at the ICC Champions trophy, DLF Cup, away bilateral series against West Indies and South Africa. A return to form in the home series against West Indies and Sri Lanka in early 2007 proved to be an inaccurate indicator of Dhoni's form as India crashed out of the first round in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Dhoni was out for a duck in both India's losses. After the World Cup, Dhoni won the Man of the series award in the bilateral ODI tournament against Bangladesh. For the tour of England, Dhoni was named the ODI team vice-captain.[10]
Domestic career
Junior cricket
Dhoni was included in the Bihar U-19 squad for the 1998/99 season and scored 176 runs in 5 matches (7 innings) as the team finished fourth in the group of six and did not make it to the quarter finals. Dhoni was not picked for the East Zone U-19 squad (CK Nayudu Trophy) and Rest of India squad (MA Chidambaram Trophy and Vinoo Mankad Trophy). Bihar U-19 cricket team advanced to the finals of the 1999–2000 Cooch Behar Trophy where Dhoni made 84 to help Bihar post a total of 357. Bihar's efforts were dwarfed by Punjab U-19's 839 with Dhoni's future national squad teammate Yuvraj Singh making 358.[11] Dhoni's contribution for the tournament included 488 runs (9 matches, 12 innings), 5 fifties, 17 catches and 7 stumpings.[12] MS Dhoni made it to the East Zone U-19 squad for the CK Nayudu trophy but scored only 97 runs in four matches as East Zone lost all four matches and finished last in the tournament.
Bihar team
Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in the 1999–2000 season as an eighteen year old. He made a half century in his debut match scoring 68* in the second innings against Assam cricket team.[13] Dhoni finished the season with 283 runs in 5 matches. Dhoni scored his maiden first-class century against Bengal in the 2000/01 season in a losing cause.[14] Apart from the century, his performance in the 2000/01[15] did not include another score over fifty and in 2001/02 season he scored just five fifty in each season in four Ranji matches.[16] Dhoni's performance for the 2002/03 season in the Ranji Trophy included three half centuries in the Ranji Trophy and a couple of half-centuries in the Deodhar Trophy competition as he started winning recognition for his lower-order run contribution as well as hard hitting batting style.
In the 2003/04 season, Dhoni scored a century (128*) against Assam in the first match of the Ranji ODI trophy. He was part of the East Zone squad that won the Deodhar Trophy for the year and contributed with 244 runs in 4 matches. In the Duleep Trophy finals, Dhoni was picked over International cricketer Deep Dasgupta to represent East zone.[17] He scored a fighting half century in the second innings in a losing cause.[18]
India A team
He was recognized for his efforts in the 2003/04 season, especially in the ODI format and was picked for the India A squad for a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya.[19] Against the Zimbabwe XI in Harare Sports Club, Dhoni had his best wicket-keeping effort with 7 catches and 4 stumpings in the match.[20] In the tri-nation tournament involving Kenya, India 'A' and Pakistan 'A', Dhoni helped India 'A' chase their target of 223 against Pakistan 'A' with a half-century.[21] Stressing on his performance, he scored back to back centuries – 120[22] and 119*[23] against the same squad. Dhoni scored 362 runs in 7 matches (6 innings, Ave:72.40), and his performance in the series received attention from the then captain – Sourav Ganguly[24] and Ravi Shastri amongst others. However, the India 'A' team coach Sandeep Patil recommended Karthik for a place in the Indian squad as wicket-keeper/batsman.[25]
Indian Premier League
M.S.Dhoni was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 Million USD. This made him the most expensive player in the IPL for the first season Auctions which was closely followed by Andrew Symonds. Dhoni is the present captain of the Chennai Super Kings team.
ODI career
ODI Career of Dhoni. Brown line indicates 10 match average while the orange line indicates career average progression.
The Indian team in the 2000s saw the use of Rahul Dravid as the wicket-keeper to ensure that the wicket-keeper spot didn't lack in batting talent.[24] The Indian cricket establishment also saw the entry of wicket-keeper/batsmen from the junior ranks with talents like Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik – both India U-19 Captains in the test squads.[24] With Dhoni making a mark in the India-A squad, he was picked in the ODI squad for the Bangladesh tour in 2004/05.[26] Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut.[27] In spite of an average series against Bangladesh, Dhoni was picked for the Pakistan ODI series.[28] In the second match of the series, Dhoni in his fifth one-day international, scored 148 in Vishakapatnam off only 123 deliveries. Dhoni's 148 erased the earlier record for the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper,[29] a record that he would re-write before the end of the year.
Dhoni had few batting opportunities in the first two games of the Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series (October–November 2005) and was promoted to No. 3 in the third ODI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). Sri Lanka had set India a target of 299 after a Kumar Sangakkara century and in reply, India lost Tendulkar early. Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the scoring and ended the game with an unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning the game for India[30] – an innings described in Wisden Almanack (2006) as 'Uninhibited, yet anything but crude'.[31] The innings set various records including the highest score in ODI cricket in the second innings,[32] a record that still stands. Dhoni ended the series with the highest run aggregate (346)[33] and was awarded the Man of the series award for his efforts. In December 2005, Dhoni was signed by BCCI to a B-grade contract, skipping the initial C-grade level due to his performance on the cricketing field.[34]
Dhoni bowling in the nets. He rarely bowls at international level.
India scored 328 in 50 overs with Dhoni contributing 68 in their first match of 2006 against Pakistan. However the team finished poorly, scoring just 43 runs in the last eight overs and lost the match due to Duckworth-Lewis method.[35] In the third match of the series, Dhoni came in with India in a precarious situation and scored 72 runs off just 46 balls that included 13 boundaries to help India take a 2–1 lead in the series.[36][37] The final match of the series had a repeat performance as Dhoni scored 77 runs off 56 balls to enable India win the series 4–1.[38] In recognition of his consistent ODI performances, Dhoni overtook Ricky Ponting as number one in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen on 20 April 2006.[39] His reign lasted just a week as Adam Gilchrist's performance against Bangladesh moved him to the top spot.[40]
Two canceled series in Sri Lanka, one due to the withdrawal of South Africa from the Unitech Cup due to security concerns[41] and the replacement 3-match ODI bilateral series against Sri Lanka washed due to rain,[42] was India's prelude to another disappointing tournament – DLF Cup 2006-07. Dhoni scored 43 runs as the team lost twice in three games and did not qualify for the finals. India's lack of preparation showed in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy as they lost to West Indies and Australia, though Dhoni scored a half-century against West Indies. The story of the ODI series in South Africa was the same for both Dhoni and India as Dhoni scored 139 runs in 4 matches and India lost the series 4–0. From the start of the WI ODI series, Dhoni had played 16 matches, hit just two fifties and averaged 25.93. Dhoni received criticism on his wicket keeping technique from former wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani.[43]
Preparations for the 2007 Cricket World Cup improved as India recorded identical 3–1 victories over West Indies and Sri Lanka and Dhoni had averages in excess of 100 in both these series. However, India unexpectedly crashed out the World Cup after losses to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Dhoni was out for a duck in both these matches and scored 29 runs in the tournament. After the loss to Bangladesh in 2007 Cricket World Cup, the house that Dhoni was constructing in his home-town Ranchi was vandalized and damaged by political activists of JMM.[44] The local police arranged for security for his family as India exited the World cup in the first round.[45]
Dhoni put behind his disappointment in the World cup by scoring 91* against Bangladesh after India were left in a tight spot earlier in the run-chase. Dhoni was declared the man of the match for his performance, his fourth in ODI cricket. He was also later adjudged the man of the series after the third game of the series was washed away. Dhoni had a good Afro-Asia Cup, getting 174 runs in 3 matches at an average of 87.00, with a blitzkrieg 139 not out of 97 balls, a Man Of The Match innings, in the 3rd ODI.
Dhoni was nominated as the vice-captain of the ODI team for the series against South Africa in Ireland and the subsequent India-England 7-match ODI series.[10] Dhoni, who received a 'B' grade contract in December 2005, was awarded an 'A' grade contract in June 2007. And also he was elected as captain of Indian Twenty-20 Cricket Team for the World Twenty20 in September 2007. On 2 September 2007 Mahendra Singh Dhoni equalled his idol Adam Gilchrist's international record for the most dismissals in an innings in ODI by catching 5 English players and stumping one.[46] He led India to the ICC World Twenty 20 trophy in South Africa with a victory over arch rivals Pakistan in an intensely fought final on 24 September 2007, and became the second Indian captain to have won a World cup in any form of cricket, after Kapil Dev. Dhoni took his first wicket and ODI wicket on 30 September 2009. He bowled Travis Dowlin from the West Indies. During the series between India and Australia, Dhoni hit an aggressive 124 runs in just 107 balls, in the second ODI, and a measured knock of 71 runs in 95 balls, along with Yuvraj Singh, saw India home by 6 wickets, in the third ODI.
Dhoni topped the ICC ODI Batsman rankings for several months continuously in 2009, it was Hussy from Australia who replaced him for the top spot in the beginning of 2010.
Dhoni had an excellent year in ODIs in 2009 scoring 1198 runs in just 24 innings at an astonishing average of 70.43. Dhoni was also the joint top-scorer in ODIs in 2009 along with Ricky Ponting, but the latter having played in 30 innings.
Test career
Test Career of Dhoni. Brown line indicates 10 innings average while the orange line indicates career average progression.
Following his good one-day form against Sri Lanka, Dhoni replaced Dinesh Karthik in December 2005 as the Indian Test wicket-keeper.[47] Dhoni scored 30 runs in his debut match that was marred by rain. Dhoni came to the crease when the team was struggling at 109/5 and as wickets kept falling around him, he played an aggressive innings and was the last man dismissed.[48] Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the second Test and his quick scoring rate (half century came off 51 balls) aided India to set a target of 436 and the Sri Lankans were bowled out for 247.[49]
India toured Pakistan in January/February 2006 and Dhoni scored his maiden century in the second Test at Faisalabad. India were left in a tight spot as Dhoni was joined by Irfan Pathan with the team still 107 away from avoiding follow-on. Dhoni played his typical aggressive innings as he scored his maiden test century in just 93 balls after scoring his first fifty in just 34 deliveries.[50]
Dhoni at fielding practice.
Dhoni followed his maiden test century with some prosaic batting performances over the next three matches, one against Pakistan that India lost and two against England that had India holding a 1–0 lead going into the test match. Dhoni was the top scorer in India's first innings in the third test at Wankhede Stadium as his 64 aided India post a respectable 279 in reply to England's 400. However Dhoni and the Indian fielders dropped too many catches and missed many dismissal chances including a key stumping opportunity of Andrew Flintoff (14).[51] Dhoni failed to collect the Harbhajan Singh delivery cleanly as Flintoff went on to make 36 more runs as England set a target of 313 for the home team, a target that India were never in the reckoning. A batting collapse saw the team being dismissed for 100 and Dhoni scored just 5 runs and faced criticism for his wicket-keeping lapses as well as his shot selections.
On the West Indies tour in 2006, Dhoni scored a quick and aggressive 69 in the first Test at Antigua. The rest of the series was unremarkable for Dhoni as he scored 99 runs in the remaining 6 innings but his wicket-keeping skills improved and Dhoni finished the series with 13 catches and 4 stumpings. In the test series in South Africa, Dhoni's scores of 34 and 47 were not sufficient to save the second test against the Proteas as India lost the test series 2–1, squandering the chance to build on their first ever Test victory in South Africa (achieved in the first Test match). Dhoni's bruised hands ruled him out of the third test match.[52]
On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua during India's tour of West Indies, 2006, Dhoni's flick off Dave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught by Daren Ganga. As the batsman started to walk back, captain Dravid declared the innings when confusion started as the umpires were not certain if the fielder stepped on the ropes and Dhoni stayed for the umpire's verdict. While the replays were inconclusive, the captain of the West Indies side, Brian Lara, wanted Dhoni to walk-off based on the fielder's assertion of the catch. The impasse continued for more than 15 minutes and Lara's temper was on display with finger wagging against the umpires and snatching the ball from umpire Asad Rauf. Ultimately, Dhoni walked-off and Dravid's declaration was effected but the game was delayed, and Lara's action was criticized by the commentators and former players. Lara was called by the match referee for explanation of his actions but was not fined by the match referee.[53]
Dhoni scored two centuries in Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009, a series of 3 matches in which he led India to a 2–0 victory. With this feat, India soared up to the number 1 position in Test cricket for the first time in history. India scored 726–9 (decl) in the third match of this series, which is their highest test total ever.[54]
Captain of India
Dhoni was named the captain of India Twenty 20 squad for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa in September 2007.[55] India were crowned champions as Dhoni led the team to victory against Pakistan in a thrilling contest.[56] He, then went on to become the ODI captain of the Indian team for the seven-match ODI series against Australia in September 2007.[57] He made his debut as full-time Test captain of India during the fourth and final test against Australia at Nagpur in November 2008 replacing Anil Kumble who retired from cricket after the third test.[58] India eventually won that Test thus clinching the series 2–0 and retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.[59] Dhoni had previously captained India on a stand-in basis against South Africa and Australia in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
It was under his captaincy that India climbed to No. 1 in the ICC Test Rankings in December 2009. After that he managed to lead India in a series leveling world championship of Test against the South Africans in Feb 2010. As a result India managed No. 1 spot in the ICC Test Rankings.
Two-match ban
Dhoni was handed a 2 match ban from playing in the ODI series against Sri Lanka for the team's slow over-rate during the second one-dayer in Nagpur (18 December 2009) by ICC match referee Jeff Crowe.[60]
Cricket performance
ODI Cricket
ODI career records by opposition | |||||||||
# | Opponent | Matches | Runs | Average | High Score | 100s | 50s | Catches | Stumping |
1 | Africa XI[61] | 3 | 174 | 87.00 | 139* | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2 | * Australia | 23 | 690 | 43.12 | 124 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 9 |
3 | * Bangladesh | 9 | 247 | 61.75 | 101* | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
4 | * Bermuda | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | * England | 18 | 501 | 33.40 | 96 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 7 |
6 | * Hong Kong | 1 | 109 | - | 109* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
7 | * New Zealand | 9 | 269 | 67.25 | 84* | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
8 | * Pakistan | 23 | 920 | 54.11 | 148 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 6 |
9 | * Scotland | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
10 | *South Africa | 10 | 196 | 24.50 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
11 | * Sri Lanka | 38 | 1514 | 63.08 | 183* | 2 | 12 | 38 | 9 |
12 | * West Indies | 18 | 499 | 49.90 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 4 |
13 | * Zimbabwe | 2 | 123 | 123.00 | 67* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 156 | 5271 | 51.67 | 183* | 7 | 34 | 151 | 51 |
ODI Centuries:
ODI centuries | ||||||
# | Runs | Match | Against | Stadium | City/Country | Year |
1 | 148 | 5 | Pakistan | ACA-VDCA Stadium | Vishakapatnam, India | 2005 |
2 | 183* | 22 | Sri Lanka | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur, India | 2005 |
3 | 139* | 74 | Africa XI[61] | MA Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai, India | 2007 |
4 | 109* | 109 | Hong Kong | National Stadium | Karachi, Pakistan | 2008 |
5 | 124 | 143 | Australia | VCA Stadium | Nagpur, India | 2009 |
6 | 107 | 152 | Sri Lanka | VCA Stadium | Nagpur, India | 2009 |
7 | 101* | 156 | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 2010 |
ODI records
- On 31 October 2005 Dhoni scored 183* runs of just 145 balls against Sri Lanka in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. The following is the list of records created during the innings.[32]
- The score of 183* is the highest in ODI cricket in the second innings (Earlier record: 153 by Lara).
- The innings featured 10 Sixes, the most by an Indian in an Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket (The highest is 12 by Xavier Marshall of West Indies)
- He broke Adam Gilchrist's record of 172 for the highest score made by a wicket keeper
- The innings set the record for the most number of runs scored in boundaries (120 – 15x4; 10x6) breaking the record held by Saeed Anwar. The record was broken by Herschelle Gibbs (126 runs in boundaries – 21x4; 7x6) against Australia during his knock of 175.
- The score of 183* equaled the record of the highest score against Sri Lanka in ODI cricket set by Ganguly during the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
- Among Indian batsmen who have played more than 50 matches, Dhoni has the highest average.[62] Dhoni's batting average is also the highest amongst wicketkeepers in ODIs.
- In June 2007, Dhoni(139*) and Mahela Jayawardene(107)[61] set a new world record for the sixth wicket partnership of 218 runs against Africa XI during the Afro-Asia Cup.[63]
- Dhoni erased Shaun Pollock's record for the highest individual score by a number seven batsman in one-day internationals during his unbeaten innings of 139.[64] Incidentally, Pollock record stood for just three days as his score of 130 came in the first match of the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup while Dhoni's century came in the third and final match of the series.
- Dhoni also holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings by an Indian wicketkeeper and joint International (with Adam Gilchrist) with 6 dismissals (5 catches and one stumping) against England at Headlingly 2 September 2007.
- Dhoni holds the Indian record of most dismissals in ODIs. He went past Nayan Mongia's 154 for India on 14 November 2008 when he caught Ian Bell off Zaheer Khan at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot. However including 3 ODIs against Africa XI, his 155th dismissal was TM Dilshan caught off Munaf Patel at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 24 August 2008.
- Dhoni, when he was on four during his innings of 23 against Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Saturday, completed 4,000 runs in ODIs. Having already effected 165 dismissals (125 catches + 40 stumpings), Dhoni became the sixth wicketkeeper after Adam Gilchrist, Andy Flower, Alec Stewart, Mark Boucher and Kumar Sangakkara to complete the "double" of 4,000 runs and 100 dismissals in the history of ODIs. Dhoni's feat of completing the "double" of 4,000 runs and 100 dismissals in only 114 innings is a world record. He is the youngest wicket-keeper batsman to do so (27 years and 208 days).
Man of the Series Awards
S No | Series (Opponents) | Season | Series Performance |
1 | Sri Lanka in India ODI Series | 2005/06 | 346 Runs (7 Matches & 5 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 6 Catches & 3 Stumpings |
2[65] | India in Bangladesh ODI Series | 2007 | 127 Runs (2 Matches & 2 Innings, 1x50); 1 Catches & 2 Stumpings |
3 | India in Sri Lanka ODI Series | 2008 | 193 Runs (5 Matches & 5 Innings, 2x50); 3 Catches & 1 Stumping |
4 | India in West Indies ODI Series | 2009 | 182 Runs (4 Matches & 3 Innings with an average of 91); 4 Catches & 1 Stumping |
Man of the Match Awards:
S No | Opponent | Venue | Season | Match Performance |
1 | Pakistan | Vishakapatnam | 2004/05 | 148 (123b, 15x4, 4x6); 2 Catches |
2 | Sri Lanka | Jaipur | 2005/06 | 183* (145b, 15x4, 10x6); 1 Catch |
3 | Pakistan | Lahore | 2005/06 | 72 (46b, 12x4); 3 Catches |
4 | Bangladesh | Mirpur | 2007 | 91* (106b, 7x4); 1 Stumping |
5 | Africa XI[61] | Chennai | 2007 | 139* (97b, 15x4, 5x6); 3 Stumpings |
6 | Australia | Chandigarh | 2007 | 50* ( 35 b, 5x4 1x6); 2 Stumpings |
7 | Pakistan | Guwahati | 2007 | 63, 1 Stumping |
8 | Sri Lanka | Karachi | 2008 | 67, 2 Catches |
9 | Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 2008 | 76, 2 Catches |
10 | New Zealand | McLean Park, Napier | 2009 | 84*, 1 Catch & 1 Stumping |
11 | West Indies | Beausejour Stadium, St. Lucia | 2009 | 46*, 2 Catches & 1 Stumping |
12 | Australia | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | 2009 | 124, 1 Catches, 1 Stumping & 1 Runout |
13 | Bangladesh | Mirpur | 2010 | 101* (107b, 9x4) |
Test cricket
Test performance:
Test career records by opposition | |||||||||
# | Opponents | Matches | Runs | Average | High Score | 100s | 50s | Catches | Stumpings |
1 | * Australia | 8 | 448 | 34.46 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 6 |
2 | * Bangladesh | 2 | 104 | 104.00 | 51* | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
3 | *England | 8 | 397 | 33.08 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 3 |
4 | * New Zealand | 2 | 155 | 77.50 | 56* | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
5 | * Pakistan | 5 | 323 | 64.60 | 148 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
6 | * South Africa | 7 | 218 | 27.25 | 132* | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
7 | * Sri Lanka | 6 | 363 | 60.50 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
8 | * West Indies | 4 | 168 | 24.00 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
Total | 42 | 2176 | 40.29 | 148 | 4 | 16 | 102 | 18 |
Test centuries:
Test centuries | ||||||
# | Runs | Match | Against | Stadium | City/Country | Year |
1 | 148 | 5 | Pakistan | Iqbal Stadium | Faisalabad, Pakistan | 2006 |
2 | 110 | 38 | Sri Lanka | Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad, India | 2009 |
3 | 100* | 40 | Sri Lanka | Brabourne Stadium | Mumbai, India | 2009 |
4 | 132* | 42 | South Africa | Eden Gardens | Kolkata, India | 2010 |
Man of the Match Awards:
S No | Opponent | Venue | Season | Match Performance |
1 | Australia | Mohali | 2008 | 92 & 68* |
Test records
- Dhoni's maiden century against Pakistan in Faisalabad (148) is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket keeper. Only three centuries by two players (Kamran Akmal and Adam Gilchrist – 2) were faster than Dhoni's 93 ball century.[66]
- Under Dhoni's captainship, India defeated Australia by 320 runs on 21st Oct'08, biggest ever win in terms of runs for India.[67]
- Dhoni holds the record for most catches by an Indian player in an innings. He achieved this feat by taking six catches during the first innings of the third test against New Zealand in Wellington in April 2009.
- Dhoni also equalled Syed Kirmani's record for most dismissals in an innings by an Indian wicket-keeper. Syed Kirmani has effected 6 dismissals (5 catches and 1 stumping) against New Zealand in 1976. Dhoni now has equalled that record for most dismissals with 6 dismissals (all 6 catches) against New Zealand in 2009.
- Dhoni currently ranks third in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers. With the six dismissals in the first innings of the Test match against New Zealand in Auckland,April 2009, Dhoni has now been involved in 109 dismissals. The following is the list of top five Indian wicket-keepers, in terms of all-time dismissals in test matches: Syed Kirmani (198 dismissals), Kiran More (130 dismissals), Dhoni (109 dismissals), Nayan Mongia (107 dismissals) & Farokh Engineer (82 dismissals).
- Dhoni is now the second wicketkeeper to have effected 6 dismissals in an innings apart from a fifty in each innings of a Test match. Denis Lindsay had accomplished the feat for South Africa against Australia at Johannesburg in December 1966 – 69 & 182 and 6 ct. + 2 ct.
- Under Dhoni's captaincy, India reached their highest test score of 726–9 (decl) during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009. Their 2–0 victory in the series took them to the number 1 ranking in Test cricket for the first time in history.
- Under Dhoni's captaincy, India had never lost a test match till the first test versus South Africa in Nagpur in Feb 2010.
- Under Dhoni captaincy Indian team is having world record for no loss as a Captain up to 11 test matches from debut test, preceding Australia's Former Captain Warwik Armstrongs no loss 10 wins as Captain.
Endorsements
MS Dhoni signed with Kolkata-based celebrity management company Gameplan Sports in April 2005.[68][69] Currently Dhoni has 20 endorsements, only Shahrukh Khan has more (21).[70] In 2007 Dhoni had 17 endorsements.[71] The following is the list of endorsements signed by Dhoni.
- 2005: Pepsico,[72][73] Reebok,[72][73] Exide,[73] TVS Motors.[74]
- 2006: Mysore Sandal Soap,[75] Videocon,[76] Reliance Communications,[77] Reliance Energy,[77] Orient PSPO Fan,[78] Bharat Petroleum,[79] Titan Sonata,[80] Brylcream,[81] NDTV,[82] GE Money.[83]
- 2007: Siyaram.[84]
- 2008: Fashion at Big Bazaar, Maha Choco, Boost (health food), Dainik Bhaskar[85]
- 2009: Dabur Honey, Kolkata Fashion Week.[86] Aircel communications, Nova Scottia Premium shirts.
Notes
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- ^ "Players and Officials – MS Dhoni". Cricinfo. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28081.html.
- ^ a b c "Ranchi rocker". The Tribune. 2006-04-29. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060429/saturday/main1.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ "SAD, senility and nudes". Cricinfo. 2006-04-30. http://content-www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/245748.html. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ "Besides mane matters...". The Hindu. 2005-08-05. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/08/05/stories/2006080501430400.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ^ "'The cameras used to pass by, now they stop for me'". Cricinfo. 2005-05-04. http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/208617.html. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ Dhoni set to tie knot on Sunday evening
- ^ Dhoni marries girlfriend in a hush hush manner
- ^ Dhoni's wedding was planned
- ^ a b "The poster boy comes of age". The Sportstar. 2007-05-19. http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss3020/stories/20070519011900400.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
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- ^ "Statistics: Bihar Squad U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy Averages". Cricinfo. http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_LOCAL/U19/CB/STATS/IND_LOCAL_CB_AVS_BIHAR-U19.html. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
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- ^ "Scorecard:Bihar v/s Bengal Ranji Trophy 2000/01 Season". Cricinfo. http://ind.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/EAST/BENG_BIHAR_RJI-E_03-06JAN2001.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
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- ^ "Pitching it right, and some old familiar faces". Cricinfo. 2004-03-04. http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/139724.html. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
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- ^ "Dhoni's blitz tears Pakistan asunder". The Sportstar. 2006-02-18. http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2907/stories/20060218010200400.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ^ "Scorecard – India v/s Pakistan 5th ODI 2005/06 season". Cricinfo. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/237571.html. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ "Dhoni clinches top spot". Cricinfo. 2006-04-20. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/244910.html. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ "Gilchrist replaces Dhoni at the top". Cricinfo. 2006-04-29. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/245696.html. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ "South Africa to fly home". Cricinfo. 2006-08-16. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/unitechcup/content/story/256635.html. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ "India-Sri Lanka one-dayers canceled". Cricinfo. 2006-08-20. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/unitechcup/content/story/257035.html. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ "Kirmani stumped by Dhoni's wicket-keeping technique". Cricinfo. 2006-11-24. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/269628.html. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ "Ire over Team India's defeat". The Hindu. 2007-03-19. http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/19/stories/2007031905830100.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Dhoni family's security worries Jharkhand MLAs". Yahoo. 2007-03-19. http://in.sports.yahoo.com/070319/43/6dh2e.html. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Indian board revises list of contracted players". Cricinfo. 2007-06-17. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/298279.html. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
- ^ "Ganguly included in Test squad". Cricinfo. 2005-11-23. http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/indvsl/content/story/226933.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ^ "Jayawardene and Vaas star in draw". Cricinfo. 2005-12-06. http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/indvsl/content/story/228619.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ^ "Scorecard:India v/s Sri Lanka 2nd Test 2005/06 Season". Cricinfo. http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/SL_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/SL_IND_T2_10-14DEC2005.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ^ "Match Report – Pakistan v India, 2005–06 Second Test". Wisden Almanack. http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/290806.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
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- ^ "'I think you should walk off', Lara told Dhoni". Cricinfo. 2006-06-11. http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wivind/content/story/249668.html. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
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- ^ India Today article on endorsements
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- ^ "Titan Press Release". http://www.titanworld.com/titan/stores/watches/Sonatadhoni.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
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- ^ DNA India article on endorsing Dainik Bhaskar
- ^ "Dhoni to be brand ambassador of Kolkata Fashion Week". http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article?id=item/2.0/-/cricket.indiaabroad.com/9b257505ff0f74f6ddeedb6dec81c4bc/.
External links
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India squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup
3 Harbhajan · 7 Dhoni · 10 Tendulkar · 12 Yuvraj · 13 Patel · 19 Dravid (c) · 21 Ganguly · 27 Uthappa · 34 Zaheer · 36 Sreesanth · 37 Kumble · 44 Sehwag · 56 Pathan · 68 Agarkar · 99 Karthik · Coach: Chappell
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Chennai Super Kings – current squad
1 M.Vijay · 3 Raina · 6 Mukund · 7 M.S Dhoni (c) · 8 Muralitharan · 9 Patel · 11 Balaji · 11 Flintoff · 12 Vidyut · 13 Sharma · 16 Ntini · 21 Amarnath · 24 Oram · 25 Jakati · 28 Hayden · 33 Badrinath · 42 Karthik · 48 M.Hussey · 76 Gony · 81 A.Morkel · Ashwin · Einstein · Kadbe · Kumar · Srikkanth · Thushara · Coach: Fleming
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India squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 (1st Title)
1 Harbhajan · 2 Dhoni · (c) 3 R Sharma · 4 Yuvraj · 5 Joginder · 6 YK Pathan · 7 Gambhir · 8 Uthappa · 9 R P Singh · 10 Sreesanth · 11 Chawla · 44 Sehwag · 12 IK Pathan · 13 Agarkar · 14 Karthik · Coach: Rajput
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Indian National Test Cricket Captain
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