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Google reveals .... Ness Wadia is the son of Nusli Wadia and Maureen Wadia. Ness is the heir to the Bombay Dyeing company. His lineage comes from a very prestgious family. His father is the son of Neville Wadia who married Mohammed Ali Jinnah's only daughter Dina. Therefore he is the great-grandson of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. He comes from a mixed heritage which includes Muslim, Protestant, Catholics and Parsi. He is currently dating popular actress Preity Zinta. He made a cameo appearance in Preity's latest film Salaam Namaste. --------

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Today's masala news - Brett Lee earns $80,000 per scalp in IPL: Report Speedster Brett Lee returned home as the richest Australian cricketer, taking home a whopping $80,000 per scalp for his four wickets from as many games in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. More... Brett Lee earns $80,000 per scalp in IPL: Report May 02, 2008 13:53 IST Speedster Brett Lee [images] returned home as the richest Australian cricketer, taking home a whopping $80,000 per scalp for his four wickets from as many games in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. The paceman was bought for $900,000 at the IPL auction and earned more than $320,000 for his brief stint with Kings XI Punjab. Captain Ricky Ponting [images], who went for a relatively modest $400,000 to the Kolkata Knight Riders at the auction in February, emerges the highest-paid Australian batsman when earnings are worked out on a rupees-per-runs-scored basis. Ponting earned $3663 for every run, or $142,000 for the four games he played. The World Cup-winning captain, who made two golden ducks and scored just 39 runs for the tournament, admitted he would have liked to have scored more runs and his impact "wasn't that great", according to The Australian. Lee and Ponting were among the six players, who returned to Australia to prepare for the Caribbean tour where they will earn almost $13,000 a Test and $5000 a one-day international. But despite the money part, Ponting was concerned that the dollars players are earning in the IPL could drift them away from their home teams. "There's a real danger there that international players might just see the glitz and glamour of this event and not want to play international cricket any more, which I don't think would be great for the game," Ponting was quoted as saying by The Australian. All-rounder Andrew Symonds [images] was next in line, as his purse was heavier by $500,000 after playing just four appearances with the Deccan Chargers of Hyderabad. Symonds, who had a controversy-free tour of the sub-continent unlike last year, pocketed $3000 for each of his 161 runs. Each player is understood to have been paid on a pro-rata basis for the games played and received 10 per cent of that amount for each game they did not play. Matthew Hayden [images] ($134,000) and Michael Hussey ($125,000) both bring home more for two weeks' work than most Australians get for two years. Simon Katich fetched only $200,000 at the auction and earned just under $60,000 for his efforts. The New South Wales captain only played two matches.

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This is the greatness of India and IPL that the speedster Brett Lee returned home as the richest Australian cricketer, taking home a whopping $80,000 per scalp for his four wickets from as many games in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Also, all-rounder Andrew Symonds was next in line, as his purse was heavier by $500,000 after playing just four appearances with the Deccan Chargers of Hyderabad. Symonds, who had a controversy-free tour of the sub-continent unlike last year, pocketed $3000 for each of his 161 runs. These two are just the examples from 32 players getting benefited by India and IPL. This is the generosity of Indians all the other boards have realized this and all the players have felt it by hearts. So, this will definitely have positive impact on their behavioral patterns while playing against Indian team. Hope no more sledging, no more aggression...

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This is the greatness of India and IPL that the speedster Brett Lee returned home as the richest Australian cricketer, taking home a whopping $80,000 per scalp for his four wickets from as many games in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Also, all-rounder Andrew Symonds was next in line, as his purse was heavier by $500,000 after playing just four appearances with the Deccan Chargers of Hyderabad. Symonds, who had a controversy-free tour of the sub-continent unlike last year, pocketed $3000 for each of his 161 runs. These two are just the examples from 32 players getting benefited by India and IPL. This is the generosity of Indians all the other boards have realized this and all the players have felt it by hearts. So, this will definitely have positive impact on their behavioral patterns while playing against Indian team. Hope no more sledging, no more aggression...
that would be boring :((
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sledging of Australian tour level is not in the interest of the game...also, the perth test! Am I not sensing something in ^ it?
that was not sledging. That was just babies trying any which they can to win and not lose face. I heard they banned all mirrors :giggle:
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^^ hey thanks man! :two_thumbs_up: In other news,

Bishop asks Irfan to keep his hands to himself' date=' and Irfan grabs at Bishop's groin (?) when Bishop says "on your way"...wtf is this..I thought Irfan was straight[/quote'] WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA????? I just saw the highlights but it stops right at the point bish says keep ur hands to urself. How many grabs did Pathan make? :D Evidence added: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cpA7VS2w4]YouTube - IPL: 22nd Match - Punjab v Kolkata - Post Match Presentation[/ame] There is certainly some dynamic between these two lol. Seems a night out at the bar has got them in each other's closet :P
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Mist lifts over Warne’s affinity for 23 What’s with Shane Warne and his liking for number 23 is a question that has confounded this hack for quite a while, especially as it is something that the almighty Google search just doesn’t answer! More... Mist lifts over Warne’s affinity for 23 Varun Gupta , Hindustan Times Jaipur, May 05, 2008 First Published: 02:47 IST(5/5/2008) Last Updated: 02:50 IST(5/5/2008) The explanations have ranged from reasonable to simply inane to downright side-splitting. What’s with Shane Warne and his liking for number 23 is a question that has confounded this hack for quite a while, especially as it is something that the almighty Google search just doesn’t answer! That the number adorned his Australian jersey and continues to occupy its pride of place on the Jaipur one must be common knowledge, as will be the pendant, which he wears around his neck that has 23 inscribed on it. But why 23? Agreed cricketers are superstitious people and can believe that certain numbers are harbingers of sporting good fortune. But Warne is surely not so impressionable. He is a bit of an iconoclast, a pragmatist who scoffs at age-old traditions and customs. Some ventured that Warne was a starry-eyed kid besotted with the “jammin and dunkin” figure of the legendary Michael Jordan, who also wore number 23, and decided to follow suit. Others, less imaginative, offered that it was perhaps the obsession with David Beckham, whose Real Madrid jersey too adorned number 23. Beckham, incidentally, said that he swapped his number 7 for 23 in deference and awe of Jordan. But this just doesn’t wash as Warne became a superstar long before Beckham did. One British journalist who had followed Warne’s career surmised rather cheekily that 23 was perhaps the number of women Warne sleeps with in a week, an observation that was offered to raise a few harmless guffaws, of course. Generally, 23 is regarded as a mystical number. Twenty-three is the lowest prime that consists of consecutive digits. The ancient Chinese believed numbers conveyed sexuality. Even numbers are feminine, odd numbers are masculine and prime numbers are considered the most masculine, conferring special status on 23 which is made up of two consecutive prime numbers and the only even prime number —- 2. John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, was obsessed with the number. It featured prominently in his battle with mental illness. His breakdown began when he claimed that a photograph of Pope John XXIII on the cover of Life magazine was in fact his, the proof being that 23 was his favourite number. Incidentally, Nash published 23 scientific articles. Also, 23rdians are a group of people who believe in the mystical power of 23 and see it in multiple combinations throughout daily life. Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times. But to relate all this to Warne’s penchant will be taking things a bit too far, simply because Warne will never give two hoots for such facts, however interesting and grotesque. So finally, after weeks of fervent attempts, it took Darren ‘Chuck’ Berry to provide the elusive answer. Cornered at the end of a hallway, Berry, Warne’s close friend of many years, revealed that as a kid, Warne’s hero was a legendary Australian rules footballer and Hall-of-famer, Dermot Brereton. Brereton played his game hard, was a bit of a showman and sportsman extraordinaire. He donned number 23 on his jersey and Warne was completely in awe of him, looking to emulate him at every front. Brereton was famous for his knack of parking his Ferrari wherever he wanted, particularly right outside nightclubs. The best possible parking space at any venue in Australia is called a “Dermie”. He also had a way with women and was a bit of a loose cannon. Any similarities between the two are purely intended.

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When Bhajji slapped, coach Rajput clapped I sense there is something more behind Bhajji slapping Sreesanth who is also known as Disco-Shanti at ICF.

Video evidence placed before BCCI-appointed commissioner Sudhir Nanavati in the Harbhajan-Sreesanth slapping row shockingly shows the Mumbai Indian coach Lalchand Rajput applauding the slap. :omg: Sources in BCCI said Nanavati, an Ahmedabad-based lawyer who was in Mumbai on Tuesday to conduct the probe, was shown the video of the ugly incident which took place after a match between Mumbai Indians and Team Mohali on April 25. "What I saw was shocking but it has made my job easier. It will also help me in my further investigation," Nanavati told reporters in Mumbai. IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah and joint secretary M P Pandove were present at the screening. Nanavati also took the statement of match referee Farokh Engineer who had fined Rajput 50 per cent of his match fee while banning Harbhajan for 11 matches. Nanavati is understood to have told those present at the screening that the attack on Sreesanth seemed to have been pre-meditated by Harbhajan and, from the reaction that it evoked from Rajput, he needs to now find out whether Rajput was privy to the plan to slap Sreesanth. Nanavati is likely to question Rajput. Nanavati, who is expected to submit his report to BCCI president Sharad Pawar on Monday, has already spoken to umpire Amish Saheba, who was suspended for a match after criticising Sreesanth’s behaviour. Harbhajan and Sree Santh have been asked to appear before Nanavati on Friday.
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IPL holds exclusive rights of the video as part of promotional material for next year :-D I heard a movie is being planned in Bollywood where Bhajji realises he has slapped his long lost brother and he breaks into uncontrllable sobs ( the family song plays in the background )....it remains to be decided whether it was Sree who was abandoned at an early age or Bhajji...most TV soap companies are planning to attend an auction where the story rights would be bid for :hysterical:

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breaking news on a local channel....some video clips are available and the headlines are "Bhajji tried to slap Sree again and again"

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