irrfan khan diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour but wants...

Irrfan Khan diagnosed withneuroendocrine tumour but wants

'Blackmail' to release on time

INDIAN TEAM WITH THE TROPHY AFTER BEATING BANGLADESH IN THE FINAL AT NIDAHAS CUP TRI-SERIES IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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THE CAST AND CREW OF SUBEDAR JOGINDER SINGH WILL BE IN TORONTO. Y MEDIA AS THE EXCLUSIVE PARTNER WILLHOST THEM. THE TEAM WILL BE HEADED BY ROSHAN PRINCE AND GIPPY GREWAL. SO WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MOREDETAILS. SUBEDAR JOGINDER SINGH IS BEING RELEASED ON APRIL 6.

AMITABH BACHCHAN'S LOOK IN THUGS OF HINDOSTAN LEAKED!

SANJAY DUTT, ARJUN KAPOOR AND KRITI SANON ARE ALL SET TOSTAR IN DIRECTOR ASHUTOSH GOWARIKER MOVIE, PANIPAT.PANIPAT IS SLATED TO RELEASE ON DECEMBER 6, 2019. THE MOVIEWILL GO ON FLOORS IN MID-2018.

MUMBAI, (PTI) Actor Irr fan Khan on Friday revealed that he has beendiagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour and is out of the country fortreatment. The actor, 51, said it has been difficult dealing with thedisease but people around him have given him hope and suppor t tofight it. "The unexpected makes us grow, which is what the past fewdays have been about. Learning that I have been diagnosed with NeuroEndocrine Tumour as of now has admittedly been difficult, but the loveand strength of those around me and that I found within me has broughtme to a place of hope," Irr fan said in a statement. "The journey of thisis taking me out of the country, and I request everyone to continuesending their wishes," he added. The 'Piku' actor also addressed therumours surrounding his illness, saying neuro is not always aboutbrain but thanked those who did not speculate about his health.Producer Bhushan Kumar today said that they initially thought of post-poning "Blackmail" due to lead star Ir rfan Khan's ill-health but theactor encouraged them to release it on time. Irr fan, 51, today revealedthat he is suffering from neuroendocrine tumour and is out of thecountry for treatment. "Abhinay (Deo, director) went and met him. Weoffered him the idea of deferring the release. But he straightawayasked us not to do that as 'Blackmail' is his most-loved film," BhushanKumar told repor ters here at the song launch of the film. "He (Ir rfan)has seen the film and he has liked it," he added.

MUMBAI, (IANS) Bollywood actressDeepika Padukone has the 'Most Fol-lowed Account' and cricket star ViratKohli has got the 'Most Engaged Ac-count' on Instagram, according to theInstagram Awards which have beenannounced for the first time in India.Kohli has 19.8 million followers as onMonday. His account generated thebiggest number of engagements whenall likes and comments from the con-tent that he shared in 2017 - except'Story' views and video views - wereaggregated. The list, which acknowledges photo-sharing platformInstagram's most engaging community members, also recognisesEmerging Account and 20 Million Milestones.In the Most Followed Account category, Priyanka Chopra trailed be-hind Deepika's 22.4 million followers with a count of 22 million, andAlia Bhatt rounded up the top three with 20.8 million followers. Deepikasaid in a statement: "Staying connected with my fans and loved onesis extremely impor tant to me. I value the love, suppor t and connection I sharewith them and I hope I continue to remain true and authentic." Actor Ishaan Khatter,who will be seen in "Dhadak", has been named for India's 'EmergingAccount' for growing his fanbase on Instagram significantly through-out 2017. Alia also got a 'milestone plaque' with Shraddha Kapoor inrecognition for building a community of 20 million followers.

AIRPORT LOOKS TREND?HUMA QURESHI SAYS NOMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Huma Qureshi is not in favour of the airpor tlooks trend. The actress spoke about it when she became par t of TVshow "Vh1 Inside Access", read a statement from the channel. Whengiven a choice to choose between 'Drab outfit to the airpor t' or 'Goingto the red carpet without her hair done', the actress said: "Who thehell invented the airpor t look? I just want to know that. Like whyare people so dressed up in heels and jackets and blow-dried hairand red lipstick, where are they going? "What's happening? Doyou know how much you have to walk? Do you know how uncom-for table it is? Like why are we doing this to ourselves girls? Likewhy?" On the work front, Huma will soon be seen with superstarRajinikanth in "Kaala".

BCCI anti-graft officials speak toShami's wife on his match-fixing link

KOLKATA, (IANS) Four officials of the Indian cricket board's anti-cor-ruption wing on Saturday landed in Kolkata and spoke to beleagueredpacer Mohammad Shami's wife Hasin Jahan over allegations that theplayer was involved in match-fixing. Sources said Hasin Jahan spentthe larger par t of the day at the city police headquar ters Lal Bazar,where the ACU officials interacted with her on the issue."I was not present at Lal Bazar. But I have learnt that the Board ofControl for Cricket in India officials spoke to her. She was at Lal Bazarfor the major par t of the day," Hasin Jahan's lawyer Zakir Hussain toldIANS. But he could not give any more details. However, another sourceclaimed that Hasin Jahan has handed to them some documents sup-por ting her allegations that Shami met a woman in Dubai who wassupposed to give him money sent by another person from Britain. Theofficials also spoke to Hasin Jahan's father and her two daughters.Shami is currently the focus of an investigation of the Kolkata Policeafter Hasin Jahan accused the pacer and his family of domestic vio-lence, attempt to murder and extra-marital affairs. She has also re-leased an alleged recording of her telephonic conversation with thepacer during which Shami rejected the accusations of adultery andclaimed that he met a woman named Alisba in Dubai who was sup-posed to give him money sent by a cer tain Mohammed Bhai fromBritain. Following the controversy, the Board of Control for Cricket inIndia (BCCI) decided to keep on hold Shami's annual player contract."The Committee of Administrators is concerned only with such por-tion of the said audio recording in which the person who it is claimedis Md. Shami is heard saying another person by the name of'Mohammad Bhai' had sent money to Md. Shami through a Pakistanilady by the name of 'Alisba'," the CoA had said in a letter to NeerajKumar, the head of the BCCI's anti-corr uption unit.

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PRESENTING SALMAN KHAN DIFFERENTLYIS A CHALLENGE: ALI ABBAS ZAFAR

MUMBAI, (IANS) After "Sultan" and "Tiger Zinda Hai", Bollywood di-rector Al i Abbas Zafar is set to work with Salman Khan again in "Bharat". He sayspresenting him differently in every project is a challenge. In "Sultan" and "TigerZinda Hai", Zafar managed to show Salman as a middle-aged wrestler and a RAWagent. Asked how does he approach the superstar and break his on-screen image,the director told IANS: "It is an interesting process to explore and the challengeremains how to present him differently. "I think it all starts with the script and theway we write the story. We always want to be sure not to repeat what he hasalready played on-screen and how differently we can project a character. 'Sultan'was a very different story from 'Tiger Zinda Hai."He pointed out how "Sultan" saw Salman essay an emotional man who losteverything, but in "Tiger Zinda Hai", he is seen doing something for the good in acrisis situation. "Salman is a quintessential hero and he has star power. His fanswant to see him in a certain way. I had to do justice to both - that is why Salman fansloved both the movies." Does the actor's larger than life image create any limitationfor a director to experiment with his character?Zafar said: "No, we have to consider the story and understand if he fits in the story.The question is, 'Is this the right story for Salman Khan to do'? Because everythingstar ts with the writing process." Zafar is collaborating with Salman for the third timewith his upcoming film "Bharat". He knows expectations are high. "I know that after

two back-to-back hits with him, people have huge expectations. I know I have todeliver the best, that there is a challenge, a pressure that I am feeling already. "The film is in writing process and it is too early to give out more details on it.Hopefully, people will like the story." Whether it is the loud-natured outspokenDimple in his debut film "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan", wrestling champion Aar faHussain in "Sultan" and Zoya, the Pakistani spy who is involved in hand-to-handcombat against terrorists to stand for peace in "Tiger Zinda Hai" - Zafar has alwayspresented women in strong characters in all his films. On that, he said: "Well, I thinkwomen are strong, and we are a country of strong, powerful women. We celebrateit. "I have grown up among strong women in my house, star ting from my mother.So I see no reason for projecting them another way. And when I amwriting a story of 'Tiger…', I pay equal attention to the female charac-ter so that the male counterpar t does not outshine.. "When peoplecome out of the theatre after watching the film, they should feel that itwas not just a Salman Khan film. It is a film for Katrina Kaif too.""Tiger Zinda Hai" will be shown on television on Sunday on Sony Max. Asked abouthis expectation from the TV audience, Zafar said: "Though the film has done greatbusiness at the box office, I know it for a fact that the film is yet to reach manypeople. "With television, it will reach out to every household. So, theviewership base is going to increase a lot.

Kangana Ranaut: Outsiders" infilm industry should not loseheart if they face discriminationNEW DELHI, (IANS) National Award-winning actressKangana Ranaut, who raked up the nepotism debate last year,on Saturday said "outsiders" in the film industry should not losehear t if they face discrimination."It is 'okay' to be discriminatedagainst if you are an outsiderbecause there are things thatone does to know as anoutsider newcomer. People arenot responsible for you (thenewcomer), you have to bepersistent, observant to knowthings. Today I am talking aboutit because I made it to this level.I learnt," said Kangana at asession of News18's "RisingIndia Summit"."I put my observation out thereand understand this is how itfunctions. In the beginning,everyone is treated in the sameway; don't think it is happeningto you only. Do not think theworld is like this to me, theworld is the way it is; it is notfair to anyone. You have got tomake sure that you work around it," she said. Citing an exampleof her early days, Kangana said, "I did not understand thedifference between shot and scenes, so if someone says youhave two scenes now, I used to think, my work will get over in 30minutes. "I did not know about brand building and brandendorsement… when a magazine told me that they wantto put me on their cover, I asked them to talk to my managerabout money. They banned me for five years but I did notknow the difference back then. So yes, coming from non-film background, I was also immature and no one wasthere to guide. I learnt."Asked about if she managed to change the viewpoint offilmmaker Karan Johar with her statement, Kangana said:"I am no one to do that, my intention was not that. Hebelieves in bloodlines, dynasty and such talents workedfor him, isn't it? I cannot make him believe in talents thathe does not believe in. but I can say what I want to say."I said it (about nepotism) out of observation, I am not anactivist here, though I would love to serve my society; nepotismexists everywhere, we have grown up seeing it. When I talked aboutit, perhaps people were subconsciously observing it, theywanted to talk about it. My comment worked as a catalyst."

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Blessed to have Deepika in my life: Ranveer SinghNEW DELHI, (IANS) Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh says he shares a relationshipof mutual admiration with Deepika Padukone, who he says he is "blessed" to havein his life. Ranveer was at the News18 Rising India Summit when he was askedabout his relationship status with Deepika and about his marriage plans. Dodgingthe question, Ranveer, who has never confirmed or denied a relationship withDeepika even as rumours have been around for some years, said: "It is a relation-ship of mutual admiration… I rate her very highly as an actor, and she doesn't."She says, 'You're just a ham'," he quipped, adding that she is "awesome" andthat "there's a lot to learn from her as an ar tiste." He acknowledged that his"Bajirao Mastani", "Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela" and "Padmaavat" co-star has helped him become a "well-rounded human being" and that he is"blessed to have her in my life". Ranveer was also asked if his quirky andflamboyant persona is his real self?He said it was in 2013 that something in him changed and he felt he didn't need totry and fit in. "I felt I should say what I feel like, dress the way I feel like. It's lesstaxing," he said, recounting how earlier he "was trying to be somebody I was not."Ranveer said his school friends don't find his flamboyance over-the-top or madeup because they have seen him so since the beginning."If you see the remarks in my repor t cards, they add up to things that he loves toenter tain, he's gregarious, vivacious and I was always pushing the style envelopeeven in the four th standard. When the cable TV came in, I caught on the hip-hopstyle with MTV and copied Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg with the baggy jeans. I wasahead of the curve, and I have always been this way."


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AMITABH BACHCHAN RAILS AGAINST 60 YEAR COPYRIGHTRULE, CALLS IT 'RUBBISH'MUMBAI, (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, son of late noted poetHarivansh Rai Bachchan, has questioned the stipulation in the copyright lawwhich allows exclusive rights to heirs of original literary work for 60 years afterthe death of the author.In the case of original literary, dramatic, musical and ar tistic works the 60-yearperiod is counted from the year following the death of the author, according to theCopyright Act, 1957. But Amitabh says this is "rubbish. Written copyright andwhatever else in the realm, lives 60 years after the passing with the elements ofthem that be the rightful? Really? So who designed 60 years? Why 60, why not61, or why not perpetuity," Big B wrote in a somewhat rambling blog. "Inheritors that come as natural heirs be natural right holders of creative copy-right… Right… but after 60 years, its natural inheritors, after the passing, the heirs become the public at large… ehh… Who did thisintellectual legality.. at what context. I believe it initiated in 1957 or so… and (I) am angered by its audacity."He said it is "rubbish" that what "gets left to a natural heir by father Harivansh Rai Bachchan, after his passing passed 60 years,belongs no longer to his domain or possessive copyright as willed, but becomes for the entire universe to tread, scratch, mutilate, usein commercial consideration on their own creative discretion". Amitabh, 75, was emphatic in saying "I oppose, disagree, lament, dispute, be in variance of,in vehement loud screams of voice"."My inheritance be mine… His writings be his, his heir be me, his writings be mine… Mine. I shall not and will not allow its dilution to general public. I bringmy inherited aesthetics to its creativity… It may be the worst ever… But it is my copyright." He questioned who built the law, and why. "How can individualproperty become public property? I fight for it," he said after questioning "why was not William Shakespeare made aware of copyright; why notBeethoven or Messrs Chopin and Tchaikovsky, or closer home Rabindranath Tagore?s"Had they known or made to know, they may never have wished for any other, but their progeny of generations to come… Andbecause no record has been kept of such, there is a loss of opportunity for them that were rightful heirs of them!"

CAMERON DIAZ NOTRETIRING FROM ACTINGLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actress Cameron Diaz is not retiring from theworld of acting. The news was confirmed by a publication which hadtaken her spokesperson's interview earlier. In an interview, Diaz'sspokesperson Selma Blair had joked that Diaz was done with acting.It was taken seriously by many as Diaz has not been seen in a singlemovie in the last five years, repor ts metro.co.uk. Blair made aclarification about her statement via a tweet. The post read: "Breakingnews. Guys please, I was making a joke in an interview. CameronDiaz is not retiring from anything. And for more breaking news - I amnow retiring from being Cameron Diaz's spokesperson."

EDDIE MURPHY TO STAR IN'TWINS' SEQUEL, SAYSSCHWARZENEGGERLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Eddie Murphy has joined the cast of the "Twins"sequel, confirms actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzeneggerrevealed this during a panel discussion at South by Southwest whenhe confirmed that Murphy, 56, was set for the long awaited sequeltitled "Triplets", repor ts deadline.com. He said the film's script is finished.He also spoke on the physical differences between the three triplets inthe movie, saying that it is about "Funny thing that happens in themixing of the sperm." The original 1988 film, which was directed andproduced by Ivan Reitman, saw Schwarzenegger, 70, and DannyDeVito, 73, starring as twins Julius and Vincent Benedict, who wereseparated at birth. Schwarzenegger opened up about the idea of Murphyjoining the cast in the past, and said that it was something everyonewas on board with. "Edd ie is hilarious. We've met severaltimes, and I think we all want to do it, but some things taketime to get off the ground," he said.

HARPER LEE'S ESTATE SUESOVER BROADWAY ADAPTATIONOF 'MOCKINGBIRD'WASHINGTON, (IANS) The estate of "To Kill a Mockingbird"author Harper Lee is suing the producers of a much-anticipated Broadway adaptation of the US novel, sayingthat screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's script deviates too muchfrom the novel and violates a contract. In a complaint filed onTuesday in the federal court in Alabama, the estate said that somecharacters were altered and alleged that the script did notpresent a fair depiction of small-town Alabama in the 1930s.

INDULGE IN FASHION FIESTA AS JASHN COMES TO TORONTOTORONTO - Jashn is coming to Toronto and bringing with it allthe new age Indian designers to showcase their creations. Theevent is being held from April 27 to 29 at Red Rose ConventionCentre in Toronto. The Vogue Wedding Company, a luxury wed-ding advisory service from fashion bible Vogue, is suppor tingthe event and showcasing the works of Sulakshana Monga,Jainee Rajni Sharma, Asha Kamal Modi (Ar t Karat), ArpanVohra, Mohey Manyavar, and Prerana Grover. Jashn is cofounded by Chetan Sharma, popular Indian television face. It isbeing brought here by Sharad Lall and Rajiv Malhotra in asso-ciation with their Indian counterpart, the renowned fashion showcoordinator and former Miss India, Liza Varma.The designer to look for especially is Anju Modi. Iconic Indianactors and female leads like Deepika Padukone, PriyankaChopra, Shraddha Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Tabu, JacquelineFernandes and Kangana Ranaut, have found their styles in AnjuModi. The critically acclaimed costume designs for Ram-Leela,garnered her the Life OK Screen Award & the Star Guild Award,along with a nomination for Filmfare 2013 for Best Costume.Anju Modi has pushed boundaries with her latest project -Bajirao Mastani. A period/romantic saga by visionary DirectorSanjay Leela Bhansali, the movie features the lead actorsRanveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, and Priyanka Chopra inensembles inspired by the Persian and Maratha era of theIndian history. For more details go to www.jashn-toronto.com



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I reject Bollywood songs fortheir lyrics: Jasbir JassiMUMBAI, (IANS) Popular singer Jasbir Jassi, known forsongs like "Dil le gayi kudi Gujarat di" and "Laung dalashkara", says he now rejects offers to sing Bollywoodnumbers due to their double meaning lyrics. Jassi visitedthe Hungama office for a special meet-and-greet sessioncalled Hungama Spotlight, where he launched and cel-ebrated his latest single with DJ Shaan titled "Bulleya",read a statement.On his thoughts about today's music, Jassi said: "I some-times have a problem with some of the Punjabi songs andvideos because they are representing Punjabi music in awrong way. "Today it is difficult to sit with our family andenjoy new Punjabi songs. My problem is people try tocopy the West, but I feel there is still more time for peopleto accept it. That's the only reason that I get so many offersfrom Bollywood but I have to reject many songs becauseof their abusive or double meaning lyrics."Of course I feel bad doing so, but I cannot help it." Hewants to sing for Bollywood, but would prefer a soulfulsong. "I would like to explore some Sufi music. I have onlygiven par ty and dance numbers, so I want to sing a Sufisong now so that people know I can sing that genre too."He also urged the government to play 40 to 50 per centclassical, indie, folk music on television and radio, aswell as to develop a "culture policy. If there will be noculture policy, our culture will die and then ar tistes like uswill also die. I will soon be launching more indie tracks."Jassi said he is proud of singers like Guru Randhawa,Diljit Dosanjh and Harrdy Sandhu who are taking Punjabimusic to new heights. "I think they are amazing singers. Itis only because of them that people have started enjoyingtraditional Punjabi songs."

Madhuri's fluid grace missingin Jacqueline's 'Ek do teen'MUMBAI, (IANS) Let's not mince words. JacquelineFernandez is a very beautiful girl with a svelte figure. Butshe is no Madhuri Dixit. Not by a long shot. When Madhuridanced, the world stood still, and not just to stare but alsoto wonder how such graceful movements could flow out ofsuch diminutive limbs."Ek do teen" in "Tezaab" is the ulti-mate iconic 'item' number. It oozes the elixir of enchant-ment. Cut to Jacqueline Fernandez, whose reper toire andrange of facial expressions go from A to B as opposed toMadhuri's A to Z. She is dressed like Madhuri was in theoriginal song, though the costume, as expected, is a lotskimpier. But that's about it. There is none of Madhuri'sbridled comehitherness in Jacqueline's all-out act of bra-zen seduction. Alarmingly, the new version of "Ek do teen"has added a whistle to the dancer's treasure trove of titil-lation. It sounds disturbingly like a clarion call for the malegaze to fall lustfully on the dancer. Not a very elegant wayto get attention.The choreography and the male chorus line-up are bru-tally blatant in displaying the sexual primeval instinct.While the original Madhuri song was a cover t invitation toseduction, this is an all-out red carpet welcome to a mat-ing game where the "Ek do teen" becomes a countdown tothe sex act. This is perhaps the millennial "Ek do teen".Raunchy, robust and sexed-up to a brimming point. Theitem girl comes on stage, slips off the jacket on top of herskimpy dancing outfit (the outfit changes at least threetimes in the two-minute video) and launches into a con-vulsive jig as though to say, "Madhuri was then. I am now."

ZAREEN KHAN TO HOST 'MTVTROLL POLICE'MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Zareen Khan has stepped in tohost "MTV Troll Police" in the absence of host RannvijaySingha. At the moment, Rannvijay is busy with "RoadiesXtreme". "Trolling as a concept is affecting many lives andit was about time that someone takes an initiative to ad-dress this growing epidemic around us. I'm glad that MTVtook this lead with 'Troll Police' and is dealing in a methodwhich appeals to the youth," Zareen, who first appeared asa guest in an episode of the show, said in a statement."Being a victim myself, I relate to these incidents so oftenbe it on television or on my social media accounts and itappalls me the kind of language one uses. I was keen toexpress this and understand the psyche on the commentsmade by them," she added. The actress will be accompa-nied by strong women personalities for the show. The TVshow brings celebrities and their trolls face-to-face. Zareenhas already star ted shooting for the show, which is airedon MTV. "On my first episode as a host, I will be joined bya woman who's known for being for thright and strongheaded - Mandira Bedi. Trust me, it will definitely be anexciting episode for the viewers who will witness womentaking charge and with this, I hope it encourages womenand one and all to step up because ignorance is not al-ways bliss," she added.

Fans will see my less savouryside with 'The Story': SwaraMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Swara Bhasker says web series"The Story", will reflect some flaws in her personality,opening up her "less savoury" side to her fans. "The Story"is a web series on ZEE5, and features celebrities turningstorytellers to let viewers know about a tale - bizarre,humorous and terrifying - of their own personal lives.Swara, who features in one episode, says she is not sureif fans will get to know about "lesser known facts" abouther. "But fans will definitely get to see a less savouryside of me. Some flaws in my personality will be re-flected in this episode of 'The Story'," the actress said in a state-ment. She also said the story she will tell is not "100 per cent accu-rate", but is closely based on actual things that happened.

Challenge in writing, not casting for two hero films: Siddhar thMUMBAI, (PTI) Siddhar th Anand's next venture features Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff, and the director says the real challengeis getting a story that does justice to both the actors. "It's the script that plays a crucial role here as both the actors should feel thattheir roles are good enough and feel secure as well. For the two-hero films, the challenge lies in writing and not casting," he toldPTI. Anand, who has worked with Hrithik in "Bang Bang", says once the story was written, Roshan and Shroff were the obviouschoice for him. "Both of them respect each other's talent and craft. It became easy to get them because of their image of a mentorand protege. So it will not be hard to sell this (idea of mentor and protege) to audiences," he said.He said both the actors have read their parts and loved it. There is no overlapping for any sor t of competition. The film would alsostar Vaani Kapoor, and Anand feels glad that the "Befikre" actor accepted the offer. "It is a Hrithik-Tiger vehicle and we wantedVaani for it, and we are glad she said yes to it. It is her ability as a dancer and performer that added value to my scenes. Therewill be no action sequences for Vaani in the film," he said. Post this film, Anand and Shroff will collaborate for the second time forthe Indian remake of Sylvester Stallone's Hollywood film franchise "Rambo".

Alia's onscreen brother to play Rani's studentNEW DELHI, (IANS) Actor Rohit Saraf, who played actress Alia Bhatt's younger brother in the film "Dear Zindagi", will soon beseen as a student of actress Rani Mukerji's character in "Hichki". "I cannot share a lot about my character, but I'll be playing therole of a student in the school that Rani ma'am is teaching. All I can say is that this character gave me an oppor tunity to explorea new emotion that I hadn't on screen before," Rohit told IANS. It is not a cameo, he shared."It's a significant role and I play a crucial par t in the narrative. It has allowed me to access par ts of me that I hadn't so far. So, inthat sense it's a unique role for me," said the young actor. How important is it for him to feature in films with big names? "I havealso worked on a Norwegian production ('What Will People Say'). This film doesn't have what you'd traditionally call a 'star'. Tome, what's impor tant is the character, the script and the director."When I get to work with big names, it's always a bonus. Besides, to me, Rani ma'am and Alia Bhatt are much more than just bignames. I believe stardom is not just built on the success or failure of an ar tiste's films," he said. To become stars like Rani andAlia, he feels one has to go through a "persevering journey which has its own ups and downs, failures and successes."

Anupam visits Priyanka on 'Quantico' setNEW YORK, (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher met Priyanka Chopra on the sets of her TV show "Quantico" here. He postedphotographs from their meeting on Twitter on Thursday morning. "Thank you dearest Priyanka Chopra for your love and warmth.It was wonder ful to come and see you on the sets of 'Quantico'. You are a star. As a fellow Indian, I am so proud of you and yourachievements. Keep our flag flying. You are the best. Indian actor, our ambassador abroad," he wrote.In response, Priyanka posted: "Thank you for dropping by Anupam Kher sir. Was absolutely wonder ful to see you again. Meredesh ki khushboo… Good luck with what your here to do! Can't wait to see you again. Soon." While Priyanka is busy shooting forthe third season of her spy thriller show in New York, Anupam is shooting a TV pilot there. Priyanka plays FBI agent Alex Par rishin "Quantico", which will return to the small screen on April 28. Besides "Quantico", she is working on Hollywood projects like "AKid Like Jake" and "Isn't It Romantic".

Documentaries can bring change: Naseeruddin ShahMUMBAI, (IANS) Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah says documentary cinema has the power to bring about a change in the society.The actor was present here on Wednesday, along with eminent filmmakers like Nandita Das, Rajkumar Hirani and RahulDholakia, on a panel discussion hosted by the Indian Documentary Foundation.Sharing his viewpoint, Naseer said: "I think I star ted watching some of the good documentaries when I went to FTII, Pune…Though I have been par t of many films that addressed social issues and with the intention of bringing change in society, I think Ihave understood that documentary films can bring a change in our society."They used to run documentary films before every feature film and they were so boring that people used to reach the cinematheatres late. They have done more harm to documentary films. Common people have the notion that documentaries are boring."However, (af ter) watching some of the international documentaries along with some made by Shyam Benegal, Mani Kaul, Irealised their impor tance," he added.The panel discussion was conducted by Javed Jaffri, actor and co-founder of Good Pitch India, a non-profit organisation thatsuppor t documentary filmmakers. They also launched a campaign called #FILMSFORCHANGE.

Just when you think the Bollywood thriller is running out of steam there comes"Raid", a film so taut and clenched, so caustic and brimming with political sarcasmthat you wonder where was director Raj Kumar Gupta hiding himself for so manyyears? So yes he made "Ghanchakkar". We all make mistakes, okay? Not that Iminded Gupta's unexpected swing into zany comedy. But smartly-spun, tautly-narrated political thrillers are his forte. "Aamir" and "No One Killed Jessica" hadproved it. "Raid" proves it again. So welcome back, Mr Gupta. Here's your deal. Anhonest-to-goodness income tax officer, played with incorruptible smoothness byAjay Devgn, who gives away nothing (at least, nothing that we can see on his face)is pitched against a burly swarmy corrupt seedy politician in the hotbed of Lucknow'spolitics. What happens when Amay Patnaik (Devgn) takes on Rameshwar Singh(Saurabh Shukla) on the latter's home turf? Strongly imbued in the spirit of socialreform, the Idealistic Bureaucrat as revisited in this film, is a bit of an anomaly.Devgn's Amay fights that very system which has created him. Idealistic heroes tend to come across as single-minded implacable determinedbullies. Devgan is all of this. It is remarkable how willingly he lets Saurabh Shuklachew up every scene in which they're together. Editor Bodhaditya Banerjee slicesAacross the large canvas of characters to capture people in their most anxiousmoments. It's a narrative of tremendous tension and nervous anxieties but neversurrendering to a frenzied cutting-away of the material to play on the urgency of themoment. It's done in the spirit of a pre-determined moral battle, a raider's Ramayanso to speak, that the plot so doggedly takes on in the pursuit of a Good versus Badmorality tale where the winner often appears to be a loser because he is so one-note in his determined idealism.Saurabh Shukla has all the fun. And Devgan lets him. It is this spirit of passive

resistance that the narrative so virilely assumes that makes "Raid" a rivetingwatch. The more Devgan's goodness shines down on the plot, the more Shukla'sdecadent corruption showers its reeking beneficence down on the plot that ironi-cally gets its sustenance not from Devgan's Rama-like heroism but Shukla'sRavan-esqe rhetorics. While Devgan and his raiders of the lost assets pool theirtalents to create a moribund army of wealth retrievers, the film's fuel surchargecomes from the heated exchanges between the bureaucratic hero and the politicalrenegade.The two actors play against one other with brilliant brio. The suppor ting cast islargely credible and sometimes remarkably engaging (Shukla's antiquated yetaler t mother is a howl). But Ileana D'Cruz brought in for the sake of romanticglamour sticks out like a sore thumb with her patently Lakhnavi chikan-attiredperformance. Not her fault, though. What can she do when the plot is almostuniformly focused on its frenetic fight against wealth stealth with loads of savagehumour and unexpected pauses to consider what makes corruption such a thriv-ing industry in our country.By the time the raid on Rajaji's ill-gotten wealth is over, the director has made adarkly humorous telling point on what it takes to call a dishonest politician dishon-est. Your job, perhaps. But hell, someone has to do the dir ty job before anotherJessica is killed randomly by a wealthy wayward reveler in a bar. Don't miss"Raid". One of its many pleasures is to watch the two principal actors in full controlof their characters, even as the director guiding their exchanges, stands back to letthe plot grow hot without burning itself out. It takes a lot of will-power to stand backand let the corrupt steal the thunder from the incorruptible. "Raid" tells us virtuositymay be boring. But it is still a rare bird worth capturing in the palm of your hand.

PSL 2018: LUKE RONCHI'S THIRD HALF-CENTURY OF THE LAST FOUR MATCHES HELPED ISLAMABAD UNITED DEFEAT MULTAN SULTANS BY 33 RUNS.

DONAGHEY SCORES TWICEAS BEAST DOWN NORFOLKBRAMPTON - Cody Donaghey scored two goals and ChrisDriedger made 34 saves as the Brampton Beast defeatedthe Nor folk Admirals 4-3 on Friday night. Brampton wel-comed Nor folk to the Powerade Centre for the second timethis season. The Beast had a hot first period star t inyesterday's game and they kept the momentum going inthis contest. With the Beast on the penalty kill, BrandonMarino broke into the offensive zone with speed and droppeda pass to the trailing Jordan Henry.The burly defenseman rung the first shot of the post beforefollowing up on his own rebound and potting a shor t-handedgoal at 2:21. Brampton continued their shor t-handed as-sault in the first. This time is was Brandon MacLean speed-ing past the Admirals defender for a short-handed chance.He was hauled down and was awarded a penalty shot onthe play. MacLean made no mistake as he swung wide toopen up Admirals netminder Ty Reichenbach before firing aquick bullet through the wickets to give Brampton a 2-0 leadat 11:19. The Beast would head to the first intermission up2-0 and ahead in shots by a 13-11 count.

BEAST DROP CLOSEDECISION TO CYCLONESBRAMPTON - Tyson Wilson and Chris Leveille scored forthe Brampton, but the Beast dropped a close game toCincinnati by a score of 3-2. The Brampton Beast took onthe Cincinnati Cyclones live from the Powerade Centreon Sunday afternoon. The Cyclones drew first blood witha goal from Justin Vaive at 10:28. He was able to con-ver t on a pass from out of the corner to put the Cyclonesup 1-0.Brampton fired right back with a point shot blast fromTyson Wilson. Brandon Marino star ted the game by send-ing the puck to Jackson Leef on the half boards. Leeffound Wilson, who one-timed a floating shot past Cy-clones netminder Jason Kasdor f at 11:08. With the gametied at one, Chris Leveille would beat the buzzer andgive Brampton a 2-1 lead with his 17th of the year at19:59. David Vallorani found Leveille with a per fect passthat the speedster ended up roofing past a sprawlingKasdor f.The Beast would head to the first intermission up 2-1and ahead by a shot count of 13-10. The only scoring inthe second period was a Cyclones breakaway goal byShawn O'Donnell at 12:31. That tally tied the game up 2-2. Both teams traded some chances as the period wenton, but neither would find twine again as time tickeddown and finally expired. Shots on goal after the secondonce again favoured Brampton to the tune of 25-16.

BANGLADESH BOWLINGLACKS CONSISTENCY, SAYSCOACH WALSHCOLOMBO, (AFP) Bangladesh interim coach Cour tney Walshurged his bowlers to bring consistency to a must-winTwenty20 showdown against Sri Lanka that will book thevictors a berth in the tri-series final. The T20 minnows havetriumphed in just one of their matches in Colombo, withtheir bowlers struggling in batting-friendly conditionsthroughout the tournament at R. Premadasa Stadium.Rubel Hossain has displayed the most consistency withfour wickets but paceman Mustafizur Rahman has provedcostly with an economy rate of close to 10. The winnerof Friday's final league match will book a title clash withpowerhouse India, and Walsh expects the best from hiswards. "The bowlers have not bowled consistently aswe would have liked but that does not mean they are badbowlers overnight," Walsh told repor ters in Colombo."The improvement is coming but probably not quick aswe would have liked. It is different conditions and theyare trying to get it right." The West Indian great said hehoped Mustafizur "comes back to his best", adding heshowed moments of bri l l iance in the Pakistan SuperLeague. Walsh, who has been working with Bangladesh'sbowlers since 2016, was assigned coach for the tri-se-ries after Chandika Hathurusingha quit."There is a lot of planning behind the scenes as to howwe want to play and approach. We need to convince theplayers as to what we think is the best," he said. "At theend of the day, the players and the coaching staff knowwhat is the best for Bangladesh cricket." Hathurusinghasaid his side, who won their opener against India, wouldnot bow to pressure. "It's a very crucial game, but we'repreparing as normal. The advantage we had is that we playedthem recently," he said. "We know a lot about them and theyknow a lot about us as well. There's nothing that both thingscan do as far as surprises go.

KARTHIK STARS AS INDIABEAT BANGLADESH IN

NIDAHAS TROPHY FINALCOLOMBO, (IANS) Wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Kar thik (29 runs off eightballs) played a brilliant cameo towards the end as India beat Bangladesh byfour wickets in the final of the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series at the R.PremadasaStadium here on Sunday. Coming in the second last over with scoreboardreading 133/5, Karthik announced his ar rival at the crease through two sixesand a four in first three balls which narrowed the gap between remainingballs and required runs.The drama unfolded in the last over when India needed five runs in the lastball. Kathik slammed a flat six over extra cover to clinch the issue. Chasing167, skipper Rohit Sharma (56) once again led from the front with his classyknock but failed to finish off the proceedings. Middle-order batsman ManishPandey (28) played sensible innings but was dismissed when needed themost. Then came Karthik who took India to victory.India star ted off on a steady note as openers Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan (10)scored 32 runs in three overs but then Dhawan was dismissed by Shakib AlHasan. Suresh Raina (0), who also played a crucial role along with Rohit inthe last match could not disturb his score this time as the Uttar Pradeshbatsman was dismissed in the very next over by Rubel Hossain. But incom-ing batsman Lokesh Rahul (24) and Rohit forged a crucial 51-run partnershipbefore Rahul was sent packing by Hossain in the 10th over. Just when thingsseemed good in the middle, Rohit depar ted with Nazmul Islam picking up thecrucial wicket in the 14th over. His 42-balls innings was laced with fourboundaries and three sixes.Needing 69 runs in 40 balls, it was all on new two new batsmen Pandey andVijay Shankar (17). Pandey displayed some superb shots while Shankar alsosupported handsomely at the other end. But with 37 needed in last three overs,Shankar played four dot balls which mounted the pressure and as a result, Pandey,while trying for a big one, was caught by Sabbir Rahman off Mustafizur Rahman.Pandey played 27 balls and slammed three boundaries. Experienced bats-man Kar thik then joined Shankar and guided India to victory.For Bangladesh, Hossain picked up two wickets. Earlier, top-or -der batsman Sabbir Rahman dragged Bangladesh out of a holewith a well paced 50-ball 77 to help his team post a fighting 166/8. Af ter spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (3/18) and Washington Sundar(1/20) took four wickets between them to leave their rivals reeling at 68/4at one stage, Sabbir mixed caution with aggression to hit seven fours and foursixes before Jaydev Unadkat (2/33) took his wicket.In the last over, Mehidy Hasan (19 not out) took 18 runs off Shardul Thakur (0/45) who had a forgettable outing. Openers Tamim Iqbal (15) and Liton Das(11) got off to a steady start but just when they looked to step on the gas, in-form Sundar put a spanner in their works, stretching his purple patch with theball. Sundar bowled a slower one just outside off stump, forcing Das into aslog sweep which went straight up in the air to Raina who completed an easycatch near short fine leg. In the next over, the dangerous Iqbal followed suitthanks to an acrobatic catch by Thakur on the very edge of the long-onboundary off Chahal's bowling. Chahal removed Soumya Sarkar (1) in thesame over, the batsman sweeping straigh to Dhawan at square leg, asBangladesh looked in disarray inside the Powerplay tottering at 40/3 in sixovers. At the halfway stage, Bangladesh were 68/3 with Rahman andMushfiqur Rahim (9) trying to stem the rot. In the very first ball of the 11thover, Chahal grabbed his third wicket as Rahim miscued a widish googly,skying the ball over backward point where Shankar took a fine diving catchrunning to his right. The pair added 35 runs for the fourth wicket. Mahmudullah(21), who hit the winning six in the last do-or-die game against hosts SriLanka, took time to get going and along with Sabbir looked to build a par tner-ship. Bangladesh struggled to find the boundary with Mahmudullah breakinga four-over drought with a sublime shot between backward point and shor tthird man off Unadkat in the 13th over. Mahmudullah's run out brought an endto their patient association of 36 runs for the fifth wicket but Sabbir lived up tohis reputation of a promising young player by smacking Shankar for twosixes in the 17th over and Sundar for one in the previous over.



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TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2018 s p o r t s

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS [25 players]MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo. Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, AmbatiRayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner,Lungisani Ngidi, Asif K M, N Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi

DELHI DAREDEVILS [25 players]Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, RahulTewatia, Mohammad Shami, Gautam Gambhir, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw,Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, SayanGhosh

KINGS XI PUNJAB [21 players]Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Andrew Tye, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Karun Nair, Mujeeb Zadran, Ankit SinghRajpoot, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Singh Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Christopher Gayle, Ben Dwarshuis, Akshdeep Nath,Manoj Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, Manzoor Dar, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS [19 players]Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Kar thik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla,Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, CameronDelpor t, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi

MUMBAI INDIANS [25 players]Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis,Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendor ff, Jean-Paul Duminy,Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, MayankMarkande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan

RAJASTHAN ROYALS [23 players]Steve Smith, Benjamin Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane,Darcy Shor t, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Ben Laughlin, Stuar t Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, AnureetSingh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE [24 players]Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sar faraz Khan, Chris Woakes, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Brendon McCullum, WashingtonSundar, Navdeep Saini, Quinton De Kock, Mohammed Siraj, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin De Grandhomme, M. Ashwin, Par thiv Patel,Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Pavan Deshpande,Anirudha Ashok Joshi

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD [25 players]David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan Arman, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda,Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi,Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal

IPL 2018: COMPLETE SQUADS OF EIGHT TEAMS

MOLLIE JEPSEN AND ALANA RAMSAY TOOK OVER WOMEN'S STANDING SUPER COMBINED PODIUM, NETTING A GOLD AND BRONZEMEDAL FOR CANADA. GERMANY'S ANDREA ROTHFUSS WON SILVER IN PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA.

Kevin Pietersen quits cricketLONDON, (IANS) Former England captain Kevin Pietersenon Saturday called time on his cricketing career with a four-word Twitter message, writing 'Boots up! Thank you. "'Bootsup! Feet up! Family, animals, golf! H O M E!'," Pietersenwrote in a tweet. The 37-year-old has been away from inter-national cricket since January 2014, when he played the lastof his 104 Tests during the Ashes series in Australia, whenEngland were swept 0-5.Since then, he had been playing in the various domestic T20leagues across the globe and in February this year, he hadindicated that the ongoing edition of the Pakistan SuperLeague (PSL) would be his last professional outing. His side,Quetta Gladiators, have made it to the play-offs of theTwenty20 event, but Pietersen opted out as the remaining matcheswill be played in Pakistan. He scored 155 runs in eight innings for Quettaat an average of 19.37 and a strike rate of 134.78.Pietersen, born in South Africa, had an illustrious career for England. Hefinished up in Test matches when still in his early 30s with 8181 runs at47.28, including 23 centuries and 35 half-centuries. He remains the fifthmost prolific run-scorer for England in the format, behind Alastair Cook,Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart and David Gower. He was equally effec-tive in the One-day International arena, scoring 4440 runs in 136 outingsat an impressive 47.28. Pietersen captained England in three Testmatches as well as 12 ODIs in 2008. The second-highest scorer forEngland across all formats behind Cook, Pietersen also featured in 37Twenty20 Internationals, in which he scored 1176 runs with seven half-centuries and was awarded the Player of the Tournament when En-gland won the ICC World T20 title in 2010. He has been a very popularpick for T20 franchises across the world, stepping out exactly 200 timesand scoring 5695 runs. Making his Test debut in the 2005 Ashes series,which England famously won 2-1, Pietersen made an immediate im-pact by scoring a half-century in each of his first two innings. He playedhis last representative game in England for Surrey last year.Apart from being active in the T20 circuit, Pietersen hasalso been actively involved in the conservation of rhinos inSouth Africa, campaigning against poaching in his nativecountry, where he has relocated since wrapping up with theEngland national team.

Bangladesh-Sri Lanka matchmarred by controversyCOLOMBO, (IANS) The Twenty20 International (T20I) cricketmatch of the Nidahas Trophy between Sri Lanka andBangladesh on Friday was marred by some unpleasant ac-tions at the ground. Although Bangladesh edged past Sri Lanka in anail-biter match, they could have done this in a better way. WhenBangladesh needed 12 runs from the last five balls, pacer Isuru Udanabowled two shot balls which resulted in Mustafizur Rahman's wicket.Bangladesh players thought that the square leg umpire had sig-nalled a shoulder height no-ball, which the umpire didn't give.Skipper Shakib Al Hasan came to the boundary rope and askedhis batsmen to come off the field. Later, Bangladesh substitutefielders also got into the action with Sri Lankan captain ThisaraPerera. But when umpires inter fered, play was resumed andMahmudullah pulled Bangladesh out of trouble waters andhelped them to seal the match by two wickets.When asked about the matter after the match, Tamil Iqbal said:"It's very emotional. We saw the leg umpire signalling a no balland that's why we were complaining. That created the confu-sion. "It's a gentleman's game, everyone should have behavedbetter, especially from our team, we could have done it nicely.It's all done and dusted now." Shakib also commented on theissue and said: "We are friends. Emotions take over some-times. I need to be careful as the captain and the leader ofthe team." Bangladesh will face India in the final on Sunday.

BEAST BLOW LEAD ANDLOSE CLOSE GAMEBRAMPTON - Chris Leveille scored on the power play butthe Brampton Best would drop a close game to the ReadingRoyals by a score of 4-3. The Brampton Beast welcome theReading Royals to town for the final School Day Game of the season.Brampton jumped out to an early lead courtesy of Alex Foster. The bigforward received a perfect pass from David Vallorani and was able towire a wrister into the back of the net behind Royals star ter BrandenKomm at 7:18. The Royals fought back and tied the game at8:38 off a slick backhand from Adam Schmidt, but Bramptonwouldn't be denied for long. With the Beast on the power play,Vincent Dunn found Jordan Henry who sent a shot towards thenet. Chris Leveille redirected the bouncing puck and the Beastregained the lead at 13:16.Brampton wasn't through yet, andMatt Petgrave stretched the lead to 3-1 with a shot from the dotat 18:21. Jeff King picked up his seventh helper of the season on thetally. The Beast would head into the first intermission up 3-1 andknotted up at shots 14 apiece.

BRAMPTON BEAST BACK ATPOWERADE CENTREBRAMPTON, ONTARIO - Chris Driedger made 25 saves butthe Brampton Beast dropped a narrow 2-1 decision in ashootout to the Toledo Walleye. The Brampton Beast wereback at the Powerade Centre for a Sunday afternoon tiltagainst the Toledo Walleye. Brampton would control the playfor much of the first and were rewarded with the games firstgoal cour tesy of Jeff King. Stefan Fournier found King streak-ing in all alone, and with time and space, King made nomistake as the deked and slid a backhand past Walleyestar ter Angus Redmond at 5:43. The Walleye would answernear the end of the first period off a wicked wrister fromMike Borkowski that eluded Beast netminder Chris Driedger.That tied that game one apiece at 18:00. Shots at the end ofthe first were 15-4 for Brampton. The second period cameand went without a goal from either side. Brampton had abevy of chances but Redmond remained firm in the Toledonet to keep it a 1-1 score. The shots on goal at the end of twofavoured the Beast by a count of 29-12.

BIRMINGHAM, (IANS) India's star shuttler P.V. Sindhu lost to Japanese second seed Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-finals of the All EnglandOpen BWF World Tour Super 1000 here on Saturday. The Rio Olympic Games silver medallist lost 21-19, 19-21, 18-21 in an hour and 19minutes to Yamaguchi, who will face top seed and defending champion Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women's singles final on Sunday.It was Yamaguchi's four win in 10 meetings with Sindhu and she fully deserved it for the way she took Sindhu head on. In the first gamebetween Sindhu and Yamaguchi at the Arena Birmingham, the Indian made it a mere formality by taking a 16-8 lead before easing up. ButYamaguchi refused to sur render, equalising at the 17-point mark before Sindhu realised that the job is half done. The Indian then secured twopoints to lead 19-17 before winning the game 21-19.In the second game, Yamaguchi consistently put pressure on Sindhu and the latter always had to play the catch up game. Yamaguchi was up12-9 but the Indian fought back and equalised with straight three points. But the Asian Games medallist Yamaguchi managed to move aheadand led 18-14 before again the Indian showed her fighting ability to force Yamaguchi to sweat. The Japanese won 21-19.Sindhu proved to be stronger at the beginning of the decisive third game. The three-time World Championships medallist dictated the play andraced to a 13-7 lead. But Yamaguchi refused to give up, pulling through difficult moments to equalize at the 14-point mark to make it an opengame. Later, Sindhu led 18-17 but the Japanese snatched four consecutive points to clinch the game 21-18 and storm into her maiden AllEngland final. In the other semi-final, world No.1 Tai got past Chinese eight seed Chen Yufei 21-15, 20-22, 21-13 in an hour and four minutes.

SINDHU LOSES IN ALL ENGLAND SEMIS

WEST INDIES QUALIFY FOR 2019 CRICKET WORLD CUPHARARE (IANS) Rain came to the rescue of the West Windies, who qualified for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating defending championsScotland by five runs via the Duckwor th-Lewis (DL) Method in a Super Six fixture of the World Cup Qualifier. Scotland, chasing 199 for a place in theWorld Cup, were 125 for five in 35.2 overs when a heavy downpour prevented further play in the match. When play was called off, Scotland needed74 runs in just over 14 overs at the Harare Spor ts Club. While the result ended Scotland's hopes of featuring in their second successive World Cup andfour th overall since 1999, Afghanistan and Ireland are now back in contention if rain affects Thursday's match between the United Arab Emirates andZimbabwe. If there is no result, then net run-rate will determine the second qualifier behind the Windies. In the Super Six winner-takes-all match, theWindies, put in to bat, lost Chris Gayle on the very first ball of the match, his seventh career golden duck, and then saw Shai Hope return to the pavilion12 balls later to slip to two for two. Evin Lewis (66, 87b, 7x4, 2x6) and Marlon Samuels (51, 98b, 4x4) revived the Windies' innings by adding 121 runsfor the third wicket in 168 balls. But Lewis depar ted and 12 runs later Samuels and Shimron Hetmyer also returned to the hut. The Windies innings waswrapped up for 198 in 48.4 overs, with the last eight wickets falling for just 75 runs in close to 18 overs.Scotland bowlers maintained a very discipline line and length as is evident from the fact that they delivered 174 dot balls and conceded just 12 foursand three sixes. The most impressive of the lot was 26-year-old Safyaan Sharif who picked up the prized scalps of Gayle, Hope and Rovman Powellconceding 27 runs. Brad Wheal also rose to the occasion and bowled his heart out, to be rewarded with figures of three for 34, while off -spinner Michael Leask snapped up the wickets of Samuels and Hetmyer off successive deliveries to finish with two for 36.



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