First display of Chintakayala Ravi

Film buffs and poster lovers who love to have the first look at Victory Venkatesh in and as Chintakayala Ravi should go to Ramanaidu Studios. Atop the studio ambience at the steep bend to the top floor, a giant poster in red is displayed with Venky solo. This is the first poster displayed so far, giving the earliest look for studio employees and some industry people. The posters and designs are yet to hit the general public. Interestingly, for almost all of Venky's films, home banner or outside banner, the publicity starts from here.

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Royal end for IPL as Yusuf shines with bat and ball

Mumbai: Attacking all-rounder Yusuf Pathan scripted a memorable last-ball victory for Jaipur against Chennai in a thrilling final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that more than made up for the two lop-sided semi-finals.
Pathan grabbed three crucial wickets and then produced a belligerent half-century as Jaipur chased a challenging target of 164 to lift the trophy in the first edition of the championship, which brought several of the world’s top players together in a double-league format played among eight city teams.
The Jaipur team, by far the most consistent in the championship with 11 wins in 14 league matches, were deserving winners under Aussie great Shane Warne. Having thrashed Delhi on way to the final, they were on a roll with all-rounders Pathan and Shane Watson proving their match-winning capability time and again.
The two were once again in the thick of things and looked set to take the match away from Chennai with a useful partnership before some quick wickets set them back.
Pathan struck his fourth fifty of the tournament, his racy 56 off 39 balls studded with three fours and four sixes. Jaipur eventually won by three wickets, Warne seeing the team through in the company of Sohail Tanvir after they needed 18 off the last two overs and then eight off the last over bowled by Lakshmipathy Balaji. A wide ball followed by a fumble from wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel helped Jaipur breath easy in the final over and Tanvir drove through the leg side to get the one run needed off the last ball.
Jaipur did not have a good start chasing a challenging target as they fell to 42-3. But Pathan’s 65-run stand for the fourth wicket with in-form batsman Watson, who struck 28 off 19 balls with three fours, put them back on track.

Pathan continued to torment the bowling even after Watson’s departure, once carting Muttiah Muralitharan for two consecutive sixes. He was lucky to be let off twice, Suresh Raina dropping a skier off Muttiah Muralitharan when he was on 13, and then MS Gony failing to latch on to a return catch on 33. The all-rounder was also lucky to escape in a mix-up with Warne a little later.
A flurry of wickets just when Jaipur seemed to have the match in their grasp, made the proceedings interesting. Pathan was run out to a direct throw from Raina as Jaipur fell to 143-7 after cruising along at 107-3.
Pathan was not only lucky to get some chances while batting but also while bowling, because he was backed really well by some superb fielding earlier in the day. After a colourful opening ceremony delayed the match by 15 minutes, Pathan took centre-stage to return a fine bowling analysis of 3-22 that pegged the opposition back and prevented a free flow of runs despite a steady start provided by Parthiv Patel (38).
Pathan got his first wicket as Sidharth Trivedi took a lovely diving catch in the deep after Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (16) pulled in an effort to clear the mid-wicket boundary. Pathan got success again when wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal pouched a fine catch on second attempt with Patel trying to cut the ball. Akmal also caught Albie Morkel (16) in a melee to give Pathan his third scalp.
Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni came up with brisk knocks later in the innings to keep the team’s hopes alive. Left-handed Raina scored a quick 43 off 30 balls and Dhoni 29 off 17 balls, both batsmen hitting two sixes and a four each.
Jaipur, who suffered a major blow before the match with the injury of Graeme Smith, brought in Akmal. The extremely impressive Niraj Patel also earned a comeback for the crucial clash.
Chennai, who decimated Mohali in their semi-final game on Saturday, made no changes to their playing eleven.

Chennai, Jaipur look for one final push

Mumbai: After 58 matches and nearly a month and half of breathtaking action, the IPL has reached its final stage. The Chennai Super Kings face off against the Rajasthan Royals in an intriguing final at the D Y Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
This is where the big boys come out and play, the Rajasthan Royals are definitely led by a man who has been there and done plenty of that. His team have run roughshod over reputations and predictions so far in the tournament. Now, comes crunch time and Shane Warne wants one final performance.
"We haven't got any absolute superstars or big names on our side. But we are all at the same level, and all are treated exactly the same," said Shane Warne ahead of teh crucial final.
The Chennai Super Kings are making a habit of defying the longest odds. They put in the near perfect performance against the favoured Kings XI Punjab outfit and now have a unit that has the momentum with it. The bowlers ran through a strong batting line up and the batsmen are working towards a common goal. Their skipper though has already experienced enough in the game to not get too far ahead of himself.
"You can't really go by what you have done in the series or the tournaments or in the past games. Its always a fresh start beacuse you are playing on different wickets, different conditions, so you always have to strat from scratch. And it is very important, whether you are bowling first or batting first, you got to get a good start and then look to capitalise on that," said Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The final will be played at the DY Patil stadium outside the city and its expected to be full to the rafters with 50,000 plus fans cheering their teams on.
With two 'Maharajas' - the Rajasthan Royals and the Chennia Super Kings face off at the grand finale of the IPL. It will be interesting to see who will triumph. Will it be Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Shane Warne?

"As a franchise, an owner must understand the game of cricket. Someone who hasn't played cricket cannot understand the game. And it is not easy to end

Mumbai: Mohali's previous defeats to Chennai appeared of no consequence in the second semi-final at the Wankhede stadium here on Saturday. But Chennai came prepared.
When the two sides met again, Mohali's set of Kings had no answer to their Chennai counterparts, as they fell apart for just 112-8 before Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side mopped up the runs to canter to a nine-wicket win and set up a clash with Jaipur in the final on Sunday.
Manpreet Gony, Chennai's most successful bowler in the IPL, was splendid throughout his four-over spell, bagging two wickets at the expense of 14 runs, while Ntini jolted Mohali from the other end with a relentless 2-23.
Muthiah Muralitharan's four overs went for a frugal 19 and a wicket before the left-handed duo of Parthiv Patel (51 not out) and Suresh Raina (55 not out) avoided any repeat of the scenes against Bangalore when they suffered a dramatic collapse, striking up a 102-run partnership as Chennai got home with 5.1 overs to spare.
Jaipur's inspirational showing with the bat in the first semi-final had influenced both skippers enough with what they had in mind on winning the toss. Yuvraj Singh turned out to be the unfortunate one.
The formidable Mohali batting line-up was ripped to shreds as they were reduced to 34-4 inside the powerplay before slumping further to 45-6 inside 10 overs, and a top six which only had one reaching double figures. Ramesh Powar, batting at No 9, top-scored with an unbeaten 28.
Mohali safely negotiated the first over after Dhoni chose to throw the ball to Muthiah Muralitharan to unsettle the Australian opening duo. However, the storm came from the other end, as Ntini snared Hopes to a wild swipe outside off, before Gony's double-strike ensured Mohali's No 2,3 and 4 fell for exactly those numbers.
Marsh's golden run in the tournament came to an end when he played on to his stumps off Gony, while a faricical mix-up with Mahela Jayawardene ended Irfan Pathan's stay.

Yuvraj still harbours hope of leading India

New Delhi: He continues to harbour hopes of captaining the Indian cricket team some day but Yuvraj Singh insists that being overlooked for the job has not created any rift between him and incumbent MS Dhoni and speculation about a rivalry between the two is baseless.
"I think things like rivalry and confrontations are talks stirred up by the media. Me and Dhoni are very good friends and help each other at any time because we understand how the game has to be played," Yuvraj said in an interview.
However Yuvraj admitted that he still desires to lead the team but would never let his personal ambitions come in the way of the team's good.
"It is an honour to captain the Indian cricket team, I also wish to be the captain but the most important thing is to do what is good for the team and what are your goals as a team. I think, what the team wants is more important than personal desires," he explained.
Yuvraj, who led the race for captaincy before Dhoni was surprisingly handed the reins, said Dhoni has the backing of the team and rubbished talks of a rift in the team.
"Dhoni is very young. He came in 3-4 years after I had started playing and he is captaining the Indian cricket team and as a youngster he needs the support of the team and the team likes him a lot. He is a very cool headed person which is very necessary for a captain," he said.
Captaining one of the most successful franchises in the Indian Premier League, Yuvraj said it was a high-pressure job with the owners turning on the heat on teams that failed to live up to expectations.

"As a franchise, an owner must understand the game of cricket. Someone who hasn't played cricket cannot understand the game. And it is not easy to endure the pressure we come under," he said.
The left-hander had a word of advice for the owners getting impatient with their teams - have faith in the players and understand the kind of pressure they endure on field.
"Every team makes an effort, no one likes to lose. The franchises are successful people in their own field and they don't like to lose which is good but they should also understand the kind of pressure we have to put up with," he said.
Yuvraj felt IPL was a revolutionary concept but on the downside the amount of travelling during the league was certainly a cause of concern.
"Definitely the players have to work more and subsequently keep themselves fit. The traveling has increased so much that each player is even more accountable," he pointed out.
On the increasing display of aggression on the field, Yuvraj said no player needs to be told where to draw the line as they understand the importance of keeping their temper under control.
"Every one knows that anger is something that should be under your control in crucial situations. I believe that there should be a balance of everything in life. But where aggression is concerned it is within the player itself.
"An aggressive player has always been like that. It is in his nature. One should not cross the limits. Aggression and pomp is fine within its limits," he said.