Hyderabad: James Faulkner's effort of 5 for 16 went in vain as Rajasthan Royals failed to chase a moderate total of 137 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal on Friday. The 23-run victory, meanwhile, boosted Hyderabad's chances of reaching the play-offs as, with 18 points from 15 matches, they are now two points ahead of nearest rival, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and have one more game in hand.
Faulkner probably had seen the footage of his previous outing against the same opponent in Jaipur where he got a five-for (5 for 20). The tall Tasmanian started off in the same fashion - providing early wickets to his side. He first rattled Parthiv Patel's stumps and then had Shikhar Dhawan (1) caught at backward point by Ajinkya Rahane.
One might have expected Cameron White (0) playing more reservedly, especially after his side lost early wickets, but he was tempted to play a hook by Shane Watson and caught by Siddharth Trivedi at long leg. Hanuma Vihari (19) and Biplab Samantray (55) then did the repair work as the Hyderabad innings went ahead at a snail's pace, getting just 21 runs in the six-over mandatory powerplay.
Samantray hit the first boundary of the innings when he lofted Pravin Tambe over covers in the fifth over. He steered Stuart Binny to the vacant third man region for the team's second boundary. He and Vihari shared 44 runs for the fourth wicket until Vihari mistimed a flick
11:22 PM, May 17, 2013
Voices: Amanda Seyfried, Beyonce Knowles, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Steven Tyler Director: Chris Wedge Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Based on the children's book 'The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs' by William Joyce, 'Epic' is a 3D animated science fiction fantasy film with ample amount of action and adventure. 'Epic' tells the story of an ongoing battle between the forces of good, who keep...
06:32 PM, May 17, 2013
Raipur: Chhattisgarh government has decided to run a monorail in Raipur to reduce traffic congestion and increase share of public transport in the urban transport network. "The state government has planned a comprehensive network of monorail at Raipur which mostly has narrow roads and requires a quick solution for its mounting traffic problems," an official in Raipur said on Thursday. "In this connection, Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar chaired a meeting...
12:50 AM, May 17, 2013
Chennai: After being selected for screening at the Cannes International Film Festival and Shanghai International Film Festival, SS Rajamouli's Telugu revenge-drama 'Eega' will also be featured at the Madrid International Film Festival and Puchon International Film Festival. At the Madrid fest, the movie is nominated in six award categories. "More good news! 'Eega' has been selected for few more film festivals. In Madrid film festival, it is nominated for six...
06:55 PM, May 16, 2013
Chennai: On Sep 27, 2001, Junior NTR's earliest blockbuster Telugu film 'Student No 1' released and catapulted him to stardom. Now, on the same date this year, he plans to release his upcoming Telugu action-drama 'Ramayya Vasthavayya' hoping for the same result. "The unit is currently shooting in Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. The shoot is likely to be completed soon and the makers want to release the film on...
06:46 PM, May 16, 2013
Rome: Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands scored a straight set win over Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur to move to the quarter-finals of the WTA Premier event, here. The sixth seeded Indo-American pair registered a 6-4 6-3 win over the Italian-Australian combination in one hour and 13 minutes in the second round of the prestigious clay court tournament. There was little to separate the two teams as...
03:55 PM, May 16, 2013
Chennai: Southern actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is so busy with her projects in hand that she has decided not to sign any new film this year. "I haven't signed any new film. (I) will not be signing any new film this year. Too much work already," posted Samantha on her Twitter page. The 26-year-old currently has four Telugu projects in her kitty. At the moment, she is busy juggling between...
05:02 PM, May 15, 2013
Chennai: Successful Telugu revenge-drama 'Eega' will be screened at the Cannes International Film Fesitval's film market section May 20. The festival is starting Wednesday. "Going to attend Cannes film festival and the Film Market. First time going to any festival. We are also screening 'Eega' in the Cannes Film Market (March Du Film) on the 20th," producer Shobu Yarlagadda posted on his Twitter page. Lot of Indian and foreign films...
10:42 AM, May 15, 2013
Chennai: After Cannes, S S Rajamouli's highly successful Telugu revenge-drama 'Eega' has been selected to feature in the panorama section of upcoming 16th Shanghai International Film Festival. The festival will start June 15 and end on June 23. Confirming the same, film's director SS Rajamouli posted on his Twitter page: "We got the official confirmation this morning. 'Eega' has been selected in the panorama section of Shanghai International Film Festival"....
10:32 AM, May 15, 2013
Chennai: Southern actress Swati Reddy, who is paired with Nikhil Siddharth for the second time for director Chandu Mondenti's film, says a hit pair may or may not work because the fate of a film depends on its content. Swati and Nikhil were last seen together in highly successful Telugu crime-comedy 'Swamy Ra Ra'. And now they will feature in Mondenti's untitled upcoming Telugu thriller comedy. "Honestly, I seriously don't...
03:57 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl was on Monday sexually assaulted by her landlord's 15-year-old son in Delhi, police said. The juvenile suspect was caught. The incident occurred in Aman Vihar area of outer Delhi on Monday morning. "After spotting the minor alone in her house, the juvenile took her to an abandoned room built in the same building and sexually assaulted her. When the minor began to cry, he fled...
05:01 AM, May 14, 2013
Hamirpur: Uttar Pradesh's poor law and order situation was once against highlighted when a former students' union leader and one more person was allegedly killed by the mining mafia. Former students' union leader Raman Singh had been protesting against illegal mining in Morang. He was allegedly cornered by the mining mafia in Hamirpur late on Sunday night and shot dead. One more person was shot dead along with Singh. But...
06:53 PM, May 13, 2013
Ravi Teja will be seen in a lead role in a film titled 'Balupu'. The film will star Anjali and Shruti Haasan as the heroines in the film. The film is directed by 'Don Seenu' and 'Bodyguard' fame Gopichand Malineni. The film is to be produced under the banner of PVP Cinemas, Param V Potluri is the producer of the film. Currently, the movie is been shot in Hyderabad and...
11:02 AM, May 13, 2013
Cast: Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, Sunil Varma, Tamannaah Bhatia, Andrea Jeremiah, Ashutosh Rana, Rama Prabha, Brahmanadam, Raghu Babu, Jayaprakash Reddy, Vennela Kishore and Srinivasa Reddy Director: Kishore Kumar Pardasani Rating: 2 out of 5 I think we have come to the point in Indian cinema where there is no room for logic, thanks to commercialism. We are a century old industry and yet take pride in celebrating mediocrity because we have...
07:21 PM, May 12, 2013
Telugu film 'Satya 2' trailer was released on May 11 and has garnered positive response from the audience. The film is directed by Ramgopal Varma. It will feature Sharwanand and Anika in leading roles. The film is produced by Samanth Kumar Reddy under the banner of Mammoth Media Entertainment. The film is being made in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. It is scheduled to be released in July. Ram Gopal Varma...
06:16 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Actor Dhanush won the Best Actor award at the 7th Annual Vijay Awards in Chennai recently. The glittering star studded event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on May 11, 2013. An elated Dhanush, who won the Best Actor Award for his performance in the film '3' tweeted, "just grabbed my best actor Vijay award I sincerely thank my fans without u guys nothing's...
04:34 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran roadie Palak Johal has won the 10th season of the reality show Roadies. She is originally from the 6th season of Roadies. She defeated 15 other contestant to win the show. She defeated Ramandeep Kaur Dhillon in the finale to win the show. Palak Johal and Ramandeep were in the same team before the last round. They edged out the team of Mohit and Anirudh to make...
11:36 AM, May 12, 2013
Cleveland: Michelle Knight, freed earlier this week as the longest held of four captives in a dungeon-like Cleveland house, was discharged from the hospital on Friday and went into seclusion. Two other women held with Knight - Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, along with a 6-year-old girl - left the hospital earlier this week and have been reunited with their families. Knight, 32, who is estranged from some...
06:41 AM, May 11, 2013
