Sunday, February 7, 2010

Murzik- Kournikova

Anna Kournikova was born in Moscow, Russia (1981). She is the most famous tennis player/model ,at the peak of her career she was the most common search word around the web. The world witnessed her beauty during her debut at 1996 U.S Open. She was well known for her foot speed and aggressive baseline play. Anna’s personal life is filled with controversies, first there were rumors about her relationship with ice hockey player Pavel Bure. Then there were reports of her having affair with Sergei Fedorov. Finally she started dating pop star Iglesias. She was ranked number 8 in the world. She won the Grand Slam title in Australia. She currently stays at Miami Beach, Florida. She has been involved in a lot of modeling shoots and at recent times she is more towards modeling than in tennis.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Wall of Indian Cricket Team

Dravid’s Test debut was in 1996 at Lord’s against England. He is named as the Wall of Indian Cricket Team due to his extra-ordinary ability to bat for long duration. No one ever crossed 9000 runs as fast as him in the history of test cricket. His top test score is 270 against Pakistan. He is equally strong in ODI’s, Rahul Dravid is the sixth player in the history of world cricket and the third Indian to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket .He scored 461 runs in the 1999 World Cup with a marvelous strike rate . He has the record for most number of catches for a fielder in both version of the game. Under his captaincy India won first ever Test series in the West Indies. David’s highest ODI score was 153 against Zimbabwe. At Johannesburg he scored his Maiden test hundred against South Africa. He became the third captain to win a test series in England. He and VVS Laxman made a fifth-wicket partnership of 376 it was a mind blowing knock which broke Australia’s winning chain. He likes travelling and he loves to be with his pets. He adores wild life programs. His favorite food is chicken, fish and “Daal Chawal”. He enjoys music such as “I believe I can fly (R.Kelly)”. He is married to Vijeta Pendharkar.

Prince of Trinidad

Knick named Prince of Trinidad, Brian Charles Lara born in 1969. He has been ranked top among the greatest batsman in the world. He hold the world record of highest individual score in a test innings (400 not out against England). He has entered the book of wisdom with his mind blowing innings of 153 not out against Australia. He has played 131 Test matches and secured more than 11,000 runs , batting average of 52.88 and top score of 400. In ODI’s he has 299 matches under his belt with a total of 10,000+ runs , batting average of 40.48. On April 2007 Lara announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, indicating that the West Indies vs England match on 21 April 2007 would be his last international appearance.Pearl and Bounty Lara Foundation” was established in 1995 by Brian Lara, which is a charitable organization in memory of his parents that aims to address health and social care issues.