A record 328-run stand for the second wicket between captain Wasim Jaffer [Images] and Ajinkya Rahane enabled Mumbai amass 366 for 1 on Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Hyderabad at the MCA Ground in Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai, on Tuesday.
At stumps, Jaffer was unbeaten on 204, and giving him company was Rahane on 137.
The former faced 268 balls and struck 21 fours and two sixes, while the latter got his runs off 236 balls, inclusive of 11 hits to the fence and once over it.
Vinayak Mane, drafted in place of the inconsistent Sahil Kukreja, couldn't make the most of the opportunity and fell cheaply (5). His dismissal brought the above two to the crease and Hyderabad was not allowed another wicket during the course of the day.
Jaffer and Rahane scored at over four runs an over, occupied the crease for more than five hours and were still going strong when stumps were drawn.
Their unbroken partnership overtook the previous best for the same wicket -- 291 between Ghulam [Images] Parkar and Guru Gupte, against Tamil Nadu at Chepauk (1980-81).
It was imperative for the home team to begin on a proper note, having dropped points away at Rajkot (against Saurashtra) in their previous match and the unbeaten second-wicket stand ensured just that.
Hyderabad, without captain VVS Laxman and spinner Pragyan Ojha, paid the price for having a feeble bowling attack and, of course, the terrific form of the opposite batsmen.
Two minutes' silence was observed by players, match officials and spectators before the start of the match as a mark of respect for the Mumbai terror attack victims.
The match was originally scheduled to be held on November 29 but was postponed by three days following the terror strikes.
Scorecard
Mumbai (1st innings):V Mane c Abhinav Kumar b Arjun 5W Jaffer not out 204A Rahane not out 137Extras: (lb 10, w 6, nb 4) 20Total: (1 wicket; 90 overs) 366 (4.06 runs per over)
To bat: AA Muzumdar, RG Sharma, SV Bahutule, VR Samant, UR Malvi, DS Kulkarni, AB Agarkar, RR Powar.
Fall of wickets: 1-38
Bowling: S Shoaib 9-1-36-0; M Arjun 18-0-67-1 (3nb); Ashwin Yadav 12-1-51-0 (1nb, 1w); A Lalith Mohan 23-1-99-0 (2w); S Quadri 12-0-53-0; T Suman 10-0-34-0; D Ravi Teja [Images] 6-1-16-0 (1w).
Hyderabad: A Yadav, Ravi Teja, T Suman, Rushi Raj, S Pai, Abhinav Kumar, S Quadri, S Shoaib, M Arjun, Ashwin Yadav, Lalith Mohan.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
'We should plug this leak once and for all'
The terror attacks on Mumbai has shaken many to the core, but very few of us are actively doing something to better the situation.
Composer Vishal Dadlani [Images] of the Vishal-Shekhar duo has taken up a cause that he believes will protect the lives of the security forces during anti-terrorism operations.
He has taken a stand against the live telecast by news television channels, which he says, exposed the plans of the military and National Security Guard as they tried to overwhelm the terrorists and rescue hostages.
Vishal tells Ronjita Kulkarni why he took up this cause.
What made you take up this issue?
Watching the live minute-by-minute broadcast of what was going on with the (armed) forces, what they were planning, how they were entering (the buildings), their strategies, their positions was very fascinating, but very morbid as well because it may have been available to the terrorists as well. And that's very dangerous for national security.
This information should be classified but the television channels were broadcasting it. They were trying to outdo each other in getting closer to the action and giving more details. They pointed their cameras away about 40 hours into the operation -- maybe because the ministry instructed them to do so.
As a citizen of the country, I felt that our forces lost a certain element of surprise by being put in a position where every movement was aired live on television. And I figured no one else would do anything about it, so I decided to give my time. I've put up a petition, created a Web site, I have legal advisors... I'm going to take it as far as it goes, and hopefully, the courts will issue directives to enforce a certain code of conduct.
I don't want to blame any channel. Whatever has happened has happened. We are all in a sad and angry time right now. But if this, god forbid, were to happen in future, we need to be prepared. We cannot have our forces put in a position of disadvantage by our own channels.
And we should not allow terrorists carry out their propaganda on our channels (by airing a live phone call from a terrorist). That is unacceptable.
The channels should not be calling guests (in the Taj Mahal hotel and the Trident hotel) and giving out their positions -- that these are the locations of the biggest suits where the richest people could be hiding. They're actually doing a major disservice. I don't know how much of the coverage actually affected the forces but I know it could have. We should plug this leak once and for all, so that it never happens again.
Composer Vishal Dadlani [Images] of the Vishal-Shekhar duo has taken up a cause that he believes will protect the lives of the security forces during anti-terrorism operations.
He has taken a stand against the live telecast by news television channels, which he says, exposed the plans of the military and National Security Guard as they tried to overwhelm the terrorists and rescue hostages.
Vishal tells Ronjita Kulkarni why he took up this cause.
What made you take up this issue?
Watching the live minute-by-minute broadcast of what was going on with the (armed) forces, what they were planning, how they were entering (the buildings), their strategies, their positions was very fascinating, but very morbid as well because it may have been available to the terrorists as well. And that's very dangerous for national security.
This information should be classified but the television channels were broadcasting it. They were trying to outdo each other in getting closer to the action and giving more details. They pointed their cameras away about 40 hours into the operation -- maybe because the ministry instructed them to do so.
As a citizen of the country, I felt that our forces lost a certain element of surprise by being put in a position where every movement was aired live on television. And I figured no one else would do anything about it, so I decided to give my time. I've put up a petition, created a Web site, I have legal advisors... I'm going to take it as far as it goes, and hopefully, the courts will issue directives to enforce a certain code of conduct.
I don't want to blame any channel. Whatever has happened has happened. We are all in a sad and angry time right now. But if this, god forbid, were to happen in future, we need to be prepared. We cannot have our forces put in a position of disadvantage by our own channels.
And we should not allow terrorists carry out their propaganda on our channels (by airing a live phone call from a terrorist). That is unacceptable.
The channels should not be calling guests (in the Taj Mahal hotel and the Trident hotel) and giving out their positions -- that these are the locations of the biggest suits where the richest people could be hiding. They're actually doing a major disservice. I don't know how much of the coverage actually affected the forces but I know it could have. We should plug this leak once and for all, so that it never happens again.
Karkare’s last wish
Transfer me out of ATSHe met RR Patil barely an hour before his deathMUMBAI: Barely an hour before he was felled by terrorists, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare had pleaded with state home minister RR Patil to move him to some other department. At one point during the meeting, he went to the extent of saying he wanted to quit the service.
Karkare gave vent to his emotions at a meeting the ATS team had with Patil, which ended around 9 pm that fateful night on Wednesday. Karkare told the minister he was fed up of working in the squad after the political pressure the team faced in the Malegaon blast investigation.
“He was not worried about the work pressure, but the political pressure and nasty allegations had upset him. Patil assured him that things would be set right in the next few days,” said an official closely related to transfers of officials.
The meeting was held at Patil’s official bungalow Chitrakut, and Karkare was on his way back home when he got information about the attack outside CST.
This was not the first time Karkare expressed his anguish. A few weeks earlier too he had sought a transfer. Patil and officials in the home department had convinced him to stay on, saying his experience in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the way he was leading the investigations were invaluable.
Karkare gave vent to his emotions at a meeting the ATS team had with Patil, which ended around 9 pm that fateful night on Wednesday. Karkare told the minister he was fed up of working in the squad after the political pressure the team faced in the Malegaon blast investigation.
“He was not worried about the work pressure, but the political pressure and nasty allegations had upset him. Patil assured him that things would be set right in the next few days,” said an official closely related to transfers of officials.
The meeting was held at Patil’s official bungalow Chitrakut, and Karkare was on his way back home when he got information about the attack outside CST.
This was not the first time Karkare expressed his anguish. A few weeks earlier too he had sought a transfer. Patil and officials in the home department had convinced him to stay on, saying his experience in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the way he was leading the investigations were invaluable.
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