New Zealand crush India by 200 runs

NEW DELHI: New Zealand got their tri-series advance off to a caper alpha by thrashing India by 200 runs in the breach bender at Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Tuesday.



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Chasing a accomplishment appetite of 289 runs, India's weakness abut amore fast bowling came to the avant-garde afresh as they were abiding out for 88 runs in 29.3 overs.



The Indian batting collapse started in the seventh over ashamed Kyle Mills had Virender Sehwag (19) angled bottomward the leg accessory by wicket-keeper Gareth Hopkins.



Daryl Tuffey afresh took three wickets in three overs to breach the ashamed of the Indian top order. The aerial right-arm pacer ancient trapped Dinesh Karthik (14) arrect in avant-garde of the wicket, afresh had Rohit Sharma (4) angled by captain Ross Taylor at ancient boner and afresh had Suresh Raina (6) angled by Scott Styris at added slip.



If that was not enough, Tuffey ran out Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the abutting over to allay India to 53/5. Dhoni bankrupt a charge and responded to Yuvraj Singh's anxiety for a quick single. Yuvraj backed out at the aftermost moment, but Dhoni, who brimming and affronted complete fast to arise ashamed in his crease, could not beat a celerity Tuffey who calm the affray and access the stumps with a complete hit.



Left-arm pacer Andy McKay afresh got into the act ashamed he had Yuvraj (5) angled by Taylor at ancient boner to allay India to 62/6.



From afresh on, it was abandoned a bulk of time ashamed the Indian innings folded.



Earlier, Ross Taylor access a able 95 and Scott Styris cool 89 below accountability as New Zealand accustom a backbreaking 288.



New Zealand were advancing at 28/3 afterwards adequate the arrest in the day-night bender afore skipper Taylor and all-rounder Styris propped up the innings with a annual 190-run bend for the fourth wicket.



The amalgamation was New Zealand's best for the fourth wicket in one-day internationals, the anterior able achievement 168 amidst Lee Germon and Chris Harris abut Australia in the 1996 World Cup quarterfinal at Chennai.



Taylor looked set to complete his fourth one-day hundred ashamed he was trapped leg-before by left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra, who was the best accustomed bowler with 4/47.



The New Zealand captain hit one six and eight fours in his 113-ball knock.



India paceman Praveen Kumar did the ancient blow ashamed he had opener Martin Guptill angled aback for 11 and afresh bowled debutant Kane Williamson for no annual in his alive breach spell.



Nehra was the added wicket-taker in the anterior overs, accepting opener Peter Ingram angled aback for 12.



India afresh had to adjournment for added than 31 overs to get accession wicket as Taylor and Styris activated themselves appreciably able on a blah bend to accession the innings.

Styris was bowled by left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha afresh afterwards hoisting the bowler for a beeline six. He additionally completed 4,000 one-day runs during his 95-ball knock.



Sri Lanka are the third accession in the tournament. Each accessory will ball the added active in the basal accord afore the top two accredit for the final on August 28.

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World Population Day

With India's at about 1.2 billion and aggressive by the minute, on the eve of Apple Citizenry Day July 11, a ample area of the capital's appearance fraternity and the folio 3 affair hoppers alleged for assuming a law to barrier the citizenry explosion.

Most of them are alike aggravating to abode the affair of bottleneck in their work-sphere.

Delhi-based fashionista Tanisha Mohan wants the country to do article about the citizenry afore the ‘edifice collapses’.

"One of the means to abode the citizenry access is to advance apprenticeship amid the marginalised. Women should be accustomed added good medical affliction and the country needs to appoint the 'hum do hamare do' (two accouchement for anniversary couple) with diligence. Like China, India should achieve citizenry laws," said Tanisha Mohan.

Tanisha and bedmate Robby Mohan accept adopted a apple abreast the basic area they "intend to advance acquaintance about citizenry control, besides allotment children's education".

Fashion designers and artists Priyanka and Ankur Modi are sending beyond the bulletin of ‘overcrowding’ through their art.

A ample bowl accession of a "Help, We Are Running Out of Space (a acceptable Indian three-wheeled carriage active with bodies at a adjudicator crossing)" was apparent at the Olive at the Qutab Thursday. It was allegorical of bottleneck and awash streets.

"India has an balance of bodies who are aback spilling on the streets. Art is a auspicious way to attack for the account because it catches the eye," Priyanka said.

The Apple Citizenry Day was started by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1989 to mobilise accessible assessment about the alarming acceleration of population. United Nations statistics put the apple citizenry amount at about 6.8 billion.

India has apparent a almost three-fold access in citizenry aback 1847 aback the cardinal was almost 350 million. Poor ancestors planning, illiteracy, abridgement of bloom awareness, superstition and development alterity accept led to the aciculate acceleration in population.

Veteran artist Neeru Kumar, buyer of the accounted appearance characterization Tulsi, says that India should stop bearing more, to abode the development imbalance.

The National Institute of Design alum said the country charge "develop an beat apparatus to actualize demographic acquaintance amid the poor".

"I am aggravating to booty up the affair of citizenry with the weavers in Uttar Pradesh and Orissa by counselling them. Anniversary one of them has four to six accouchement on an average," Neeru Kumar added.

However, artist and crafts activist Anju Modi believes that "population is one of the strengths of India".

"But the way to about-face about the botheration is to animate bodies to optimally use their acceptable livelihoods and crafts to accomplish added money. We can booty bodies aback to the roots - in the Gandhian archetypal - so that India can authority its arch high," Anju said.

The artist has been aggravating to "raise acquaintance amid the weavers in villages for the aftermost 20 years".

Fashion columnist Hemant Khandelwal wants the government to booty adventurous accomplish to abode the problem.

"If they can do it in China, why not here? The gap amid the affluent and the poor is accepting wider, but the government does not appetite to agitate vote banks," Khandelwal said.

Designer Zubair Kirmani, who is alive with Kashmiri weavers, says "one charge be honest about the way to cut bottomward population".

"Even in a abode like Kashmir, citizenry will affectation as a botheration in a decade's time," he said.

Manish Gupta, who retails his clothes from all the above food in the basic has been advancement about citizenry amid his kaarigars (craftsmen).

"I abash my craftsmen to break abroad from assignment for added than two months. It cuts their losses and additionally ensures that they do not add to the admeasurement of their families," Gupta said.

India Won Afghanistan

India advance to an accessible 7 wickets wins in the Group C opener adjoin Afghanistan actuality at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia but not afore the Afghanis abundant spirit to the bold that showed to the apple that they aback belongs to this top akin cricket.

Chasing 116 runs for victory, India accomplished the ambition in 14.5 overs with the accident of three wickets. M.Vijay (48 runs of 46 balls), Yuvraj Singh (23* runs of 22 balls) and M.S.Dhoni (15* runs of 6 balls) were advantageous contributor with the bat.

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Minnows Afghanistan showed adventuresomeness to angle up to cricketing giants India. You can brainstorm how adamantine it for them to appear from country area there is no stadium. They accept learnt the candid at refugee camps. They don’t alike accept able bathrobe apartment in there country.

However there action to the cricketing giants India was awesome, they accept not let them bottomward in the field. Defending the account of 115 they accept bowled and fielded well.

Putting into bat by Indian Captain M.S.Dhoni, they didn’t get acceptable alpha as per there affection and absent three acute wickets central aboriginal six overs. However superb accomplishment from Noor Ali (50 runs of 48 balls) and Asghar Stanikzai (30 off 33 balls) pulled them out of trouble. Both administer to put 68 runs for the fourth wicket.

But both batsmen got out at acute choice of the bout and that peg them back. In the end they aloof mange 115/8 in their 20 overs. From India Ashish Nehra and Praveen Kumar was pickoff the bowler. Both accept taken three and two wickets each.

India got of to aerial alpha in the actual aboriginal over with M.Vijay agitated his anatomy from IPL to apple t20 by smashing Dawlat Ahmadzai for one huge six and one four over long-off boundary.

Riht-arm average fast Dawalat Ahmadzai got the wicket of Gautam Gambhir with Mohammad Nabi demography a accomplished bolt at awning point. Leg spinner Samiullah Shenwari again took the wicket of Suresh Raina (18 runs of 13 balls) trapped lbw.

For Afghanistan, Average pacer Hamid Hassin was the aces of the bowlers, absolution Vijay and giving abroad aloof eight runs in three overs.

A.Nehra was declared Man of the Bout for his superb bowling spell of 3/19 in his four overs.

Match Summary (India Won by 7 Wickets)

Afghanistan – 115/8 in 20 Overs

Noor Ali- 50 A.Stanikzai– 30

A.Nehra- 4-0-19-3 P.Kumar– 3-0-14-2

India– 116/3 in 14.5 Overs

M.Vijay- 48 Y.Singh–23*

D.Ahmedzai- 2-0-21-1 S.Shenwari– 2-0-11-1

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