Saturday, February 24, 2007
Indian Entrepreneurs – Bhai Mohan Singh
Bhai Mohan Singh is no more. With his demise the country has lost the founder of what can be termed India's first multinational company.
As a pioneer of India's pharmaceuticals industry, 89-year-old Bhai Mohan Singh was the survivor of many a courtroom and boardroom battles, be it to regain hold over the company or to claim rights to products and patents.
Before his death his wishes seemed to have come a full circle. In his last few years, the battle with his late son Dr Parvinder Singh was on the issue of the Ranbaxy board being totally professional or dominated by family members. Bhai Mohan Singh favoured the latter.
And just at the beginning of the year, his elder grandson, Mr Malvinder Mohan Singh, took control of the company by becoming Managing Director and CEO, while his younger grandson, Mr Shivinder Mohan Singh, was inducted to the company's board.
The origin
The early days saw Bhai Mohan Singh take over Ranbaxy from Mr Ranjit Singh and Dr Gurbux Singh of Amritsar, who were distributors for A. Shionogi, a Japanese pharmaceutical company manufacturing vitamins and anti-TB drugs. In fact, Ranbaxy's name was a fusion of the two earlier promoters.
Later he collaborated with Italian pharma company Lapetit Spa (Milan), and subsequently bought out its business. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd went public in 1973 and the sleeping pill Calmpose catapulted the company to the big league.
It was then that Bhai Mohan Singh placed his eldest and favourite son Dr Parvinder Singh in the driving seat, who later rose to become the company's Managing Director in 1982.
As the company grew from strength to strength, he also inducted his other two sons, Mr Manjit Singh and Mr Analjit Singh, into the company. However, their stints were short lived and soon the two brothers moved on to other businesses.
Three-way split
In 1989, Bhai Mohan Singh decided a three-way split of his assets. Dr Singh was given control of Ranbaxy, Mr Manjit Singh was made in charge of Montari Industries and Mr Anajit Singh was handed over Max India.
With liberalisation came the differences between the family patriarch and Dr Singh over the expansion and professionalisation strategy of Ranbaxy. Subsequently, in 1999 in a boardroom coup of sorts Bhai Mohan Singh was forced to bow down, souring his relationship with his eldest son.
Absence felt
Today, after his last rites the family seems to have closed in and is feeling his absence more than ever.
While the Max Group, of which he was co founder with son Mr Analjit Singh and Chairman Emeritus, expressed deep regret at losing him, his two grandsons in Ranbaxy said, "We had great affection for our grandfather and hold him in high esteem.
"We have always sought his blessings and received them in ample measure. As we look back, we fondly remember the time we spent with him on most weekends.
"His strength of character and indomitable spirit will continue to guide us forever."
As a pioneer of India's pharmaceuticals industry, 89-year-old Bhai Mohan Singh was the survivor of many a courtroom and boardroom battles, be it to regain hold over the company or to claim rights to products and patents.
Before his death his wishes seemed to have come a full circle. In his last few years, the battle with his late son Dr Parvinder Singh was on the issue of the Ranbaxy board being totally professional or dominated by family members. Bhai Mohan Singh favoured the latter.
And just at the beginning of the year, his elder grandson, Mr Malvinder Mohan Singh, took control of the company by becoming Managing Director and CEO, while his younger grandson, Mr Shivinder Mohan Singh, was inducted to the company's board.
The origin
The early days saw Bhai Mohan Singh take over Ranbaxy from Mr Ranjit Singh and Dr Gurbux Singh of Amritsar, who were distributors for A. Shionogi, a Japanese pharmaceutical company manufacturing vitamins and anti-TB drugs. In fact, Ranbaxy's name was a fusion of the two earlier promoters.
Later he collaborated with Italian pharma company Lapetit Spa (Milan), and subsequently bought out its business. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd went public in 1973 and the sleeping pill Calmpose catapulted the company to the big league.
It was then that Bhai Mohan Singh placed his eldest and favourite son Dr Parvinder Singh in the driving seat, who later rose to become the company's Managing Director in 1982.
As the company grew from strength to strength, he also inducted his other two sons, Mr Manjit Singh and Mr Analjit Singh, into the company. However, their stints were short lived and soon the two brothers moved on to other businesses.
Three-way split
In 1989, Bhai Mohan Singh decided a three-way split of his assets. Dr Singh was given control of Ranbaxy, Mr Manjit Singh was made in charge of Montari Industries and Mr Anajit Singh was handed over Max India.
With liberalisation came the differences between the family patriarch and Dr Singh over the expansion and professionalisation strategy of Ranbaxy. Subsequently, in 1999 in a boardroom coup of sorts Bhai Mohan Singh was forced to bow down, souring his relationship with his eldest son.
Absence felt
Today, after his last rites the family seems to have closed in and is feeling his absence more than ever.
While the Max Group, of which he was co founder with son Mr Analjit Singh and Chairman Emeritus, expressed deep regret at losing him, his two grandsons in Ranbaxy said, "We had great affection for our grandfather and hold him in high esteem.
"We have always sought his blessings and received them in ample measure. As we look back, we fondly remember the time we spent with him on most weekends.
"His strength of character and indomitable spirit will continue to guide us forever."
words
Trifling (adj): Trivial; unimportant.
Do not go to the doctor for such a trifling, everyday cold.
Trepidation (n): Fear; a nervous apprehension.
As I entered the examination hall, I felt some trepidation about how I would the exam.
Unimpeachable (adj): Blameless and examplary.
His unimpeachable previous record earned him a high post at the governments’ office.
Ursine (adj): Bearlike; pertaining to be a bear.
The child had dressed up in an ursine fashion for the stage play.
Vainglorious (adj): Boastful; excessively conceited.
She was a vainglorious and an arrogant person.
Vapid (adj): Dull and unimaginative.
He was forced to sit through the vapid lecture of the professor.
Whit (n): Smallest speck.
There isn’t a whit of intelligence left in him.
Do not go to the doctor for such a trifling, everyday cold.
Trepidation (n): Fear; a nervous apprehension.
As I entered the examination hall, I felt some trepidation about how I would the exam.
Unimpeachable (adj): Blameless and examplary.
His unimpeachable previous record earned him a high post at the governments’ office.
Ursine (adj): Bearlike; pertaining to be a bear.
The child had dressed up in an ursine fashion for the stage play.
Vainglorious (adj): Boastful; excessively conceited.
She was a vainglorious and an arrogant person.
Vapid (adj): Dull and unimaginative.
He was forced to sit through the vapid lecture of the professor.
Whit (n): Smallest speck.
There isn’t a whit of intelligence left in him.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
words
Calumny(n): Malicious misrepresentation; aspersion.
Movie stars have to deal with a lot of calumny in their career.
Knave (n): Untrustworthy person; rogue.
To have a reputation of a knave
Eclectic (adj): Selective.
His collection of paintings were truely eclectic.
Palpable (adj): easily perceptible, tangible.
Due to her palpable nature, she had been cheated many a times.
Machinations (n): Evil schemes or plots.
The officer got to know about the machinations of the crook.
Wallow (v): To indulge in; roll in.
The elephant loves to wallow in water.
Dauntless (adj): Bold, audacious.
His dauntless move made them win the war.
Movie stars have to deal with a lot of calumny in their career.
Knave (n): Untrustworthy person; rogue.
To have a reputation of a knave
Eclectic (adj): Selective.
His collection of paintings were truely eclectic.
Palpable (adj): easily perceptible, tangible.
Due to her palpable nature, she had been cheated many a times.
Machinations (n): Evil schemes or plots.
The officer got to know about the machinations of the crook.
Wallow (v): To indulge in; roll in.
The elephant loves to wallow in water.
Dauntless (adj): Bold, audacious.
His dauntless move made them win the war.
10 Ways To Speed Up Windows
Because Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has many services running that take up system resources that you will never need. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on most machines:
To disable these services:
System Restore can be a useful if your computer is having problems, however storing all the restore points can literally take up Gigabytes of space on your hard drive. To turn off System Restore:
1. Open Control Panel
2. Click on Performance and Maintenance
3. Click on System
4. Click on the System Restore tab
5. Tick ‘Turn off System Restore on All Drives’
6. Click ‘Ok’
- Alerter
- ClipbookComputer Browser
- Distributed Link Tracking Client
- Fast User Switching
- Help and Support - (If you use Windows Help and Support leave this enabled)
- Human Interface Access Devices
- Indexing Service
- IPSEC Services
- Messenger
- Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
- Portable Media Serial Number
- Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
- Remote Procedure Call Locator
- Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
- Remote Registry Service
- Secondary Logon
- Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
- Server
- SSDP Discovery Service - (Unplug n’ Pray will disable this)
- Telnet
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
- Upload Manager
- Universal Plug and Play Device Host
- Windows Time
- Wireless Zero Configuration (Do not disable if you use a wireless network)
To disable these services:
- Go to Start and then Run and type “services.msc”
- Doubleclick on the service you want to change
- change the startp type "Disable".
System Restore can be a useful if your computer is having problems, however storing all the restore points can literally take up Gigabytes of space on your hard drive. To turn off System Restore:
1. Open Control Panel
2. Click on Performance and Maintenance
3. Click on System
4. Click on the System Restore tab
5. Tick ‘Turn off System Restore on All Drives’
6. Click ‘Ok’
Improve Windows XP boot speed
Eliminate unwanted programs from boot up
You will find that many of the programs you install on your system set portions of themselves to run automatically when you start up your computer. Each program that runs on startup not only consume system resources but also extends the length of time it takes your PC to fully boot.
Since it is generally unnecessary to have any programs running in the background (other than security software like virus-scanners or firewalls) disable your unwanted startup programs to increase your startup speed and conserve system resources.
The easiest way to go about this task is to use the MSCONFIG utility, which may be familiar to users of Windows 9x. This handy program contains a list of software which is set to start when you boot your PC. You can then easily disable and re-enable (if necessary) these items.
Go to ’start\run’ and type ‘msconfig’ to access the utility.
The ’startup’ tab in MSCONFIG provides access to several other applications that are started at boot up and are running in the background. By examining their Filenames and directories, you should be able to get a feeling for what is necessary and what is not.
Be aware than several viruses and worms have a habit of disguising themselves with authoritative sounding Windows system file names, such as the Win32.spybot.worm as MSCONFIG32.EXE. Leave these for now if you are not sure.
The next place you should go is ’start\programs\startup’ which is a directory Windows XP uses to launch application shortcuts on boot-up.
If you remove the shortcuts from this directory, the applications will not load on startup. This directory can also be a repository for various badness such as spyware and virus software, so if there are files here which are not shortcuts and you don’t recognize them, you may wish to consider removing them anyways, as Windows will not place critical files in this directory.
Eliminate unwanted fonts to increase boot speed
The Windows XP control panel contains a ‘fonts’ directory which holds all the fonts currently installed on your system. These can come from Windows itself or from an application such as Word.
Windows checks and loads these fonts during the startup process, therefore having a large amount of font files can cause performance to drag during startup. The simple solution for this (if you do not expect to use the majority of these fonts constantly) is to move the unnecessary fonts to a new directory elsewhere on the hard disk, preserving them in case they are needed, but preventing them from loading upon startup.
To do this:
Create a new directory called ‘font backup’ or something similar on your C: drive.
Go to ’start\control panel\fonts’ and select all fonts. Drag and drop all the fonts into the backup folder you just created. Things will get garbled for a moment, never fear. Windows XP will automatically re-install the base fonts that it needs to display text into the fonts folder in a second or two.
Now you have the bare minimum of fonts installed. Go through the backup folder and cherry pick the fonts that you are sure to use (like Times New Roman or Arial).
If you removed a large volume of fonts, your system should now boot faster.
Turn off BIOS disk detection
Most modern motherboards will attempt to detect any IDE devices, such as hard drives and CD drives, during the POST sequence each time the computer boots. By configuring the BIOS with the correct drive information, you can shave a few seconds off your boot time by avoiding this detection process.
To do this enter your system’s BIOS setup screen.
Depending on your motherboard, you may have an IDE drive auto-detection menu. If you do, simply select it to automatically set your drives. If not, configure the drives through the ’standard CMOS settings’ menu.
Note that some motherboard chipsets (like Nvidia’s Nforce 2) do not allow this auto-detection to be disabled.
Use the Intel application accelerator
If your computer has an older Intel chipset (pre-865) you may benefit from downloading and installing the Intel Application Accelerator .
This software replaces the Windows XP ATA (hard disk and IDE device) drivers with ones specially designed for Intel chipsets, improving disk performance and boot time.
Please make sure that your computer conforms to the system requirements before installing the accelerator.
Disable unneeded devices in device manager
A quick fix that can make XP boot faster is to disable any unused devices in the Windows XP device manager. For example if you have a integrated sound card or video card that you have upgraded, or if you do not use a floppy drive on your system, it pays to disable these devices in device manager.
The same goes for extra network cards. Of course, the standard rule of thumb applies here: If you do not know what it is, leave it alone.
To disable unneeded devices in device manager:
Right click on ‘my computer’ and select ‘properties.’ From the ‘hardware’ tab, select ‘device manager.’ Expand the various categories to locate unused devices. Right click the devices and select ‘disable.’
Disable auto detection for empty IDE slots
Another quick trick for a faster boot up is to disable the auto detection that Windows XP uses to determine if there are IDE devices present in any of the IDE slots on the motherboard. More specifically, disable this feature on any empty slots to prevent the operating system wasting time and resources checking them.
Right click on ‘my computer’ and select ‘properties.’ Go to the ‘hardware’ tab and select ‘device manager’ to open the device management window.
Expand ‘IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers’ and highlight the ‘primary IDE channel.’ Right click the highlighted entry and select ‘properties.’ Go to the ‘advanced settings’ tab.
If either IDE slot on the controller is empty, the ‘device type’ dropdown box will be not grayed out. Set it to ‘none’ to disable auto detection of IDE devices on that particular slot.
Repeat the above steps for the ’secondary IDE controller.’
Note that if you wish to add a new IDE device, you will have to reset the ‘device type’ setting to ‘autodetect’ in order for Windows to use the new drive.
Reduce wait time after XP boots
A common performance problem with Windows XP is ’start lag,’ in which the operating system boots up normally, the desktop is visible and usable, but programs will not start, and selecting icons and using the start menu are extremely slow. This can take anywhere from a few seconds to a couple of minutes to clear up, and can make using the operating system extremely frustrating, especially if you are in a hurry after the reboot.
This delay is generally caused by Windows XP’s networking services looking for other computers and advertising their functions over the computer’s network connections.
If this problem is driving you nuts, there is a way to reduce or eliminate the delay, though if you are attached to a home network, it will reduce your computer’s functionality on that network.
If your computer is not attached to a home network:
Right click on ‘my computer’ and select ‘manage.’
Expand ’services and applications’ and select ’services’ to open the services window.
Highlight the ‘workstation’ service, right click and select ‘properties.’ Set the ’startup type’ dropdown box to ‘disabled.’ Click ‘ok.’
Note that you will need to re-enable the workstation service should you wish to network your PC in the future.
If your computer is part of a home network:
Go to ’start\control panel\network and internet connections\network connections.’
Right click your current network connection (should be ‘local area connection’ unless you have more than one network adaptor) and select ‘properties.’
Uncheck the ‘File and Print Sharing’ box and press ‘ok.’
Note that this will disable your computer’s ability to share files and printers over the network, though it should not affect your ability to access such resources on another system.
You will find that many of the programs you install on your system set portions of themselves to run automatically when you start up your computer. Each program that runs on startup not only consume system resources but also extends the length of time it takes your PC to fully boot.
Since it is generally unnecessary to have any programs running in the background (other than security software like virus-scanners or firewalls) disable your unwanted startup programs to increase your startup speed and conserve system resources.
The easiest way to go about this task is to use the MSCONFIG utility, which may be familiar to users of Windows 9x. This handy program contains a list of software which is set to start when you boot your PC. You can then easily disable and re-enable (if necessary) these items.
Go to ’start\run’ and type ‘msconfig’ to access the utility.
The ’startup’ tab in MSCONFIG provides access to several other applications that are started at boot up and are running in the background. By examining their Filenames and directories, you should be able to get a feeling for what is necessary and what is not.
Be aware than several viruses and worms have a habit of disguising themselves with authoritative sounding Windows system file names, such as the Win32.spybot.worm as MSCONFIG32.EXE. Leave these for now if you are not sure.
The next place you should go is ’start\programs\startup’ which is a directory Windows XP uses to launch application shortcuts on boot-up.
If you remove the shortcuts from this directory, the applications will not load on startup. This directory can also be a repository for various badness such as spyware and virus software, so if there are files here which are not shortcuts and you don’t recognize them, you may wish to consider removing them anyways, as Windows will not place critical files in this directory.
Eliminate unwanted fonts to increase boot speed
The Windows XP control panel contains a ‘fonts’ directory which holds all the fonts currently installed on your system. These can come from Windows itself or from an application such as Word.
Windows checks and loads these fonts during the startup process, therefore having a large amount of font files can cause performance to drag during startup. The simple solution for this (if you do not expect to use the majority of these fonts constantly) is to move the unnecessary fonts to a new directory elsewhere on the hard disk, preserving them in case they are needed, but preventing them from loading upon startup.
To do this:
Create a new directory called ‘font backup’ or something similar on your C: drive.
Go to ’start\control panel\fonts’ and select all fonts. Drag and drop all the fonts into the backup folder you just created. Things will get garbled for a moment, never fear. Windows XP will automatically re-install the base fonts that it needs to display text into the fonts folder in a second or two.
Now you have the bare minimum of fonts installed. Go through the backup folder and cherry pick the fonts that you are sure to use (like Times New Roman or Arial).
If you removed a large volume of fonts, your system should now boot faster.
Turn off BIOS disk detection
Most modern motherboards will attempt to detect any IDE devices, such as hard drives and CD drives, during the POST sequence each time the computer boots. By configuring the BIOS with the correct drive information, you can shave a few seconds off your boot time by avoiding this detection process.
To do this enter your system’s BIOS setup screen.
Depending on your motherboard, you may have an IDE drive auto-detection menu. If you do, simply select it to automatically set your drives. If not, configure the drives through the ’standard CMOS settings’ menu.
Note that some motherboard chipsets (like Nvidia’s Nforce 2) do not allow this auto-detection to be disabled.
Use the Intel application accelerator
If your computer has an older Intel chipset (pre-865) you may benefit from downloading and installing the Intel Application Accelerator .
This software replaces the Windows XP ATA (hard disk and IDE device) drivers with ones specially designed for Intel chipsets, improving disk performance and boot time.
Please make sure that your computer conforms to the system requirements before installing the accelerator.
Disable unneeded devices in device manager
A quick fix that can make XP boot faster is to disable any unused devices in the Windows XP device manager. For example if you have a integrated sound card or video card that you have upgraded, or if you do not use a floppy drive on your system, it pays to disable these devices in device manager.
The same goes for extra network cards. Of course, the standard rule of thumb applies here: If you do not know what it is, leave it alone.
To disable unneeded devices in device manager:
Right click on ‘my computer’ and select ‘properties.’ From the ‘hardware’ tab, select ‘device manager.’ Expand the various categories to locate unused devices. Right click the devices and select ‘disable.’
Disable auto detection for empty IDE slots
Another quick trick for a faster boot up is to disable the auto detection that Windows XP uses to determine if there are IDE devices present in any of the IDE slots on the motherboard. More specifically, disable this feature on any empty slots to prevent the operating system wasting time and resources checking them.
Right click on ‘my computer’ and select ‘properties.’ Go to the ‘hardware’ tab and select ‘device manager’ to open the device management window.
Expand ‘IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers’ and highlight the ‘primary IDE channel.’ Right click the highlighted entry and select ‘properties.’ Go to the ‘advanced settings’ tab.
If either IDE slot on the controller is empty, the ‘device type’ dropdown box will be not grayed out. Set it to ‘none’ to disable auto detection of IDE devices on that particular slot.
Repeat the above steps for the ’secondary IDE controller.’
Note that if you wish to add a new IDE device, you will have to reset the ‘device type’ setting to ‘autodetect’ in order for Windows to use the new drive.
Reduce wait time after XP boots
A common performance problem with Windows XP is ’start lag,’ in which the operating system boots up normally, the desktop is visible and usable, but programs will not start, and selecting icons and using the start menu are extremely slow. This can take anywhere from a few seconds to a couple of minutes to clear up, and can make using the operating system extremely frustrating, especially if you are in a hurry after the reboot.
This delay is generally caused by Windows XP’s networking services looking for other computers and advertising their functions over the computer’s network connections.
If this problem is driving you nuts, there is a way to reduce or eliminate the delay, though if you are attached to a home network, it will reduce your computer’s functionality on that network.
If your computer is not attached to a home network:
Right click on ‘my computer’ and select ‘manage.’
Expand ’services and applications’ and select ’services’ to open the services window.
Highlight the ‘workstation’ service, right click and select ‘properties.’ Set the ’startup type’ dropdown box to ‘disabled.’ Click ‘ok.’
Note that you will need to re-enable the workstation service should you wish to network your PC in the future.
If your computer is part of a home network:
Go to ’start\control panel\network and internet connections\network connections.’
Right click your current network connection (should be ‘local area connection’ unless you have more than one network adaptor) and select ‘properties.’
Uncheck the ‘File and Print Sharing’ box and press ‘ok.’
Note that this will disable your computer’s ability to share files and printers over the network, though it should not affect your ability to access such resources on another system.
Simbu angered by pro-Nayan remarks
Simbu and Nayan may have parted their ways and may have turned to greener pastures in their respective careers. But media does not want to let go off this steamy couple and their off-screen statements concerning their affairs. Recently a press reporter from a daily had written an article in support of Nayantara, the estranged lover of Simbu.
This article is said to have triggered Simbu’s temper to an astronomical level. He had reportedly dialed the concerned reporter and showered him with verbal profanities. He was even said to have threatened the reporter.
When this was brought to the notice of the management of the daily, they have decided to deal this issue in a very ‘gentlemanly’ and decent manner. When Sarathkumar who is the President of Nadigar Sangam was informed about the same, he was reported to have been taken aback by such a behavior from Simbu and has promised necessary action.
Tamil movies with 200 crores budget
In an attempt to boost up the production of Tamil movies, producer turned actor Pyramid Natarajan, under the banner of his Sai Meera Theatres has decided to produce 25 movies with a budget of 200 crores. Natarajan in a press meet stated that these movies would commence in a ceremony chaired by the Chief Minister Karunanidhi.
Natarajan stated that Sai Meera theatres is a join venture of a total of 230 theatres in India. This is an initiative with an aim to produce more Tamil movies. In good old days Kodambakkam witnessed about 150 movies per year, which gradually dwindled to 80. We hope to recreate the old scenario and make sure that 150 movies are released per year, Natarajan assured.
Sai Meera theatres has plans to expand their business in Malaysia as well. The company has recently entered into an agreement with the Malaysia based Centurion company and will open 150 theatres in the country. Besides, the company has already entered into agreements with the Mumbai based Infinity Film Completion Services, which they hope will bring in enough funds for the production ventures.
INDIA WON SECOND MATCH AGAINST SRILANKA
Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni put their heads down, indulged in some good old-fashioned singles and twos, went on to score half-centuries, and saw India overcome the early loss of wickets to reach the target of 231. Dravid and Dhoni's 133-run partnership was fitting culmination to Zaheer Khan's splendid effort earlier in the day when he destroyed the Sri Lankan batting order with his first one-day five-for.
Zaheer's fiery five-for - three of them to cripple the Sri Lankan top order and two to kill the lower-order resistance - had helped restrict Sri Lanka. They threatened to fully recover from the early and the mid-innings blows and be in a position to launch an assault but never quite got to doing it as India kept getting wickets at crucial junctures. Sri Lanka could only manage to stay competitive at best, after being 26 for 3 and 91 for 5, with Russel Arnold anchoring the second half of the innings with a typically busy 83-ball 66.
A damp outfield had delayed the start of play by half an hour but Zaheer made up for lost time with an explosive start, nailing three wickets in his first three overs. For the first one he was helped by Sourav Ganguly, running backwards from square leg and diving full-length to get rid of Sanath Jayasuriya, who went for the pull shot and was cramped for room. Two balls later, Zaheer trapped the other opener, Upul Tharanga, with a sharp in-cutter. When Kumar Sangakkara played on in the next over, Zaheer's figures read 2.3-0-3-3. Marvan Atapattu went about denting them somewhat - the last three overs of his first spell went for 23 - but the decisive blows had already been struck. He returned to scalp 2 for 11 in his last three-over spell and round off a memorable day.
India's chase wasn't a canter by any means. Virender Sehwag, back at the top of the order, ballooned a catch to point - after hanging his bat limply against a short ball from Dilhara Fernando. Sachin Tendulkar was the next to go when he played at an effort ball from Nuwan Kulasekara without moving his feet, and edged it on to his stumps. Yuvraj Singh and Ganguly pushed the score along with a 48-run stand - Ganguly missed what would have been his fourth half-century in his last five innings Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni batted sensibly, running every possible run, cutting down the risks, and capitalising on the bad deliveries © Getty Images
- but their dismissals seemed to trigger a nervy period.
Dhoni joined Dravid when the situation looked threateningly similar to Rajkot - Ganguly gone and India 94 for 4. After India had lost the Rajkot game, Dravid said one of their set batsmen - Tendulkar and Ganguly in that case - should have gone on to score a big one. Today Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh, after looking good, were back in the pavilion, and it probably was the time for Dravid to lead by example. He and Dhoni batted sensibly, running every possible run, cutting down the risks, and capitalising on the bad deliveries. An indication of their discretion was that Dhoni had not hit a single boundary off the first 49 balls he faced.
In the middle overs, India's asking-rate was similar to that of the previous game but there was no panic this time; neither did they have to contend with stifling yorkers from Lasith Malinga because he'd been rested for this game. As the target came closer and the crowd started getting vociferous and demanded for sixes, it would have been easy for the batsmen to get carried away and start going for a few big ones. But both Dhoni and Dravid showed restraint until the target came within 10, when Dravid struck the first six of the match.
Sri Lanka made a match of this largely because of two middle-order partnerships that revived them. First it was a 76-run fourth-wicket stand between Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene. Their dismissals in consecutive overs, brought together Tillakaratne Dilshan and Arnold and the duo added 89 runs for the sixth wicket and looked like they could take Sri Lanka beyond 250. They had benefited from the fifth-bowler combination of Tendulkar and Sehwag, who gave away 63 runs between them with Tendulkar going for 33 in 4 overs. But Harbhajan came back and in his last over got Dilshan to edge a top spinner that had extra bounce on it. That wicket triggered the late-innings collapse as Sri Lanka were contained to 230, a total that in the final analysis was just not enough on a pitch that got progressively better for batting.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
day one
Wangle (v): Wiggle out; fake.
She tried to wangle out of the conversation.
Amicable (adj): Politely friendly.
Her amicable nature attracted many people to her.
Analogous (adj): Comparable.
He gave an analogous example of the same situation we were in and gave us a solution.
Balk (v): Foil.
The CBI took necessary precautions to balk the forgery attempt of the gang.
Callow (adj): Immature, youthful or inexperienced.
she was too callow for this demanding job.
Debonair (adj): Friendly; aiming to please.
The debonair youth was liked by everyone in his class.
Effluvium (n): Noxious smell.
The chemistry lab was engulfed in an effluvium atmosphere.
She tried to wangle out of the conversation.
Amicable (adj): Politely friendly.
Her amicable nature attracted many people to her.
Analogous (adj): Comparable.
He gave an analogous example of the same situation we were in and gave us a solution.
Balk (v): Foil.
The CBI took necessary precautions to balk the forgery attempt of the gang.
Callow (adj): Immature, youthful or inexperienced.
she was too callow for this demanding job.
Debonair (adj): Friendly; aiming to please.
The debonair youth was liked by everyone in his class.
Effluvium (n): Noxious smell.
The chemistry lab was engulfed in an effluvium atmosphere.
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