Monday, October 19, 2009 KINGSTON: Chris Gayle is widely known for smashing sixes off bowlers of any type but this aggressive batsman became victim of a player who has no relation with cricket.However, he is not an ordinary person but the fastest athlete of the world Usain Bolt who knocked off the wicket of Gayle.Both players’ birth place is Jamaica and their common value is their aggression.When Gayle stays at the wicket, bowlers find themselves in great trouble and in presence of Bolt, other athletes are seen far behind him.However, the scene became very interesting when two danger men from the same area faced each other in the field.In an exhibition match, played in Jamaica, Bolt took the bowl and Gayle held the bat.Gayle began in his aggressive style against Bolt but the game reversed soon when Bolt clean bowled Gayle and showed that he is not only a great athlete but knows the art of bowling very well.Bolt said: “I have been watching Gayle batting for many years and got idea where to pitch the ball and where not to pitch against him so this is how I succeeded in achieving my target. After all, I came here with full preparation”.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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