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India prays for cancer-stricken Yuvraj
Support for Yuvraj, who was named the man of the tournament after India's World Cup triumph, poured in from team-mates, officials and politicians across the country.
New Delhi, (AFP): India's World Cup star Yuvraj Singh will recover from a cancerous tumour, his doctor said on Monday, as politicians, sports officials and his team-mates rallied around the ailing all-rounder. Yuvraj is undergoing chemotherapy treatment in the United States for a rare condition, mediastinal seminoma, a malignant tumour located between his lungs.
Nitesh Rohatgi, a senior Delhi-based oncologist who has been treating the 30-year-old cricketer, said he was confident Yuvraj will recover from the disease. "It is curable with the help of therapy and will not hinder Yuvraj's career in the long-term," Rohatgi, a consultant of medical oncology at a New Delhi hospital, told reporters.
"I must stress it is not lung cancer. It is located between the two lungs, rather than in the lungs. It's a rare disease, but something which can be cured. I am confident he will be cured and return to cricket like before," said Rohatgi, adding that Yuvraj will be able to start active training by May.
Yuvraj will on Wednesday start the third week of a nine-week chemotherapy treatment in the United States and will be able to do light training as he improves, the doctor said.
Support for Yuvraj, who was named the man of the tournament after India's World Cup triumph in April last year, poured in from team-mates, officials and politicians across the country.
"Wish Yuvraj a speedy recovery! Asking officials to find the quantum and nature of help required. Government should and will help him," Indian sports minister Ajay Maken wrote on Twitter.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh wrote on the micro-blogging site that "whatever Yuvraj is dealing with, we need to support him, leave him alone and allow him to recover soon".
"He is a born fighter. I request media to respect Yuvraj's privacy and allow him to concentrate on his recovery. He will be back with a bang," said Harbhajan.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he did not know about the illness as he had not been in touch with Yuvraj, but he told the Press Trust of India news agency: "He is a pleasure to have in the side."
Left-handed Yuvraj had a dream run in the World Cup, scoring 362 runs with his aggressive batting and grabbing 15 wickets with his disciplined spin bowling across nine matches.
But his family said in November that the all-rounder had been battling a golf ball-sized non-malignant lung tumour which first affected him during the tournament. Yuvraj has not played competitive cricket since that month when he took part in two of three home Tests against the West Indies.
Vijay Mallya, who owns Indian Premier League (IPL) side Royal Challengers Bangalore, said he was "devastated" by the news while Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna said "all our prayers and good wishes are with him".
"Here's wishing Yuvraj Singh a speedy and complete recovery. On a good day there are few cricketers more exciting than him," Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said.
Former diplomat and cricket-mad politician Shashi Tharoor tweeted: "Yuvraj, you are a brave guy and a hero to millions. You will beat this illness. We are all praying for you to be Man of this Match. God bless."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also wished Yuvraj a speedy recovery. Yuvraj has scored 8,051 runs in 274 one-dayers and 1,775 runs in 37 Tests since making his international debut in 2000.
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AUS vs INDMelbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne To be played
Melbourne, Australia
Australia's premier sporting venue, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is famous for two things – it's the biggest cricket stadium in the world, and second, its light towers are the tallest for any sporting venue. Essentially a multi-sport facility, 'The G' as it is referred to in common parlance, the Melbourne Cricket Ground can accommodate over a 100,000 people. While cricket is the main summer sport at the MCG, during winters, the MCG serves as home to Aussie rules football. Host to the first-ever Test match and the first-ever One Day International, the MCG has since gone on to regularly host Australia's customary 'Boxing Day' Test matches. In existence since 1853, 'The G' has also played host to Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Home to the Victorian Bushrangers, the MCG was recently added to the Australian Heritage Register, making it a heritage site. Memorable moments here include the underarm delivery by Trevor Chappell, Pakistan winning the 1992 World Cup and Darrell Hair no-balling Muralitharan for throwing.
Ground Statistics
In:
First Match Played: March 15, 1877 - Australia beat England by 45 runs
Last Match Played: December 26, 2011 - Australia beat India by 122 runs
Matches Played 104
Matches Tied 0
No Result: 15
Most Successful Team: Australia
Wins by Team Batting First: 53
Wins by Team Batting Second: 36
Most Prolific Batsman: Don Bradman (1671 Runs)
Highest Individual Score: 307 by Bob Cowper
Most Prolific Bowler: Dennis Lillee (82 Wickets)
Best Bowling Analysis: 9/86 by Sarfraz Nawaz
Result:1st Tri Series International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5th February,2012-Sunday played between Australia and India.
Australia overwhelmed India by 65 runs in the opening tri-series international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The tourists were bowled out for 151 - another unimpressive batting performance - chasing 217 under Duckworth-Lewis method.
The contest was reduced to 32-over-per-side following the loss of more than three hours of play due to rain.
4th Test between India and Australia
Horary Chart as on 24th January, 2012 Tuesday at 04:42 AM Ahmedabad (India) : Vrischiks Lagna (Scorpio Asc.) indicates astrological forecast for the 4th Test Match between India and Australia played at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide-Australia during 24th to 28th January, 2012 will either end in DRAW or Australia will WIN this match.
(Written on 24th January,2012 Tuesday 04:45 AM).
Result:
Australia Won the Toss and elected to Bat. Australia 604/7 (DEc.)
India 272/10
Australia 167/5 (Dec.)
India 201/10
Australia WON by 298 Runs.
T 20 2nd Semi Final between Hobart
Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers at Blundstone
Arena, Hobart.
Date: 22nd January, 2012 Sunday 07:00 PM i.e. 13:30 IST.
Astrologically Forecast as per Horary Chart at 19:14 on 21st January, 2012 Saturday-Ahmedabad (India) indicates if Hurricanes will Win the Toss and Bat First, they will WIN this match otherwise match will going in favour of Sixers Team. Sixers Team has 80% chances to WIN this match against 60% of Hurricanes Team.
MEN IN FORM:
Owais Shah (Hobart Hurricanes) and Moises Henriques (Sydney Sixers).
WHAT MARK WAUGH SAYS:
This game could go either way but I'm going for the Sixers, I think they've got good momentum at the right time and I think they've got a slightly better all-round team.
The Hurricanes rely too much on Owais Shah and Travis Birt. Both batsmen have been playing well and they're very dangerous but it's hard to keep fronting up every game and winning it for your team.
The Hurricanes have been good, there's no doubt about it, and there's nothing in this game but I'm just going to go for the Sixers.
Result: Sixers WON by 7 RUN.
Hurricanes: 7/146 Sixers 6/153
ODI South Africa V/S Sri Lanka on 22nd January, 2012 Sunday at
07:00 PM-New Wunderers Stadium:
Astrologically Forecast as per Horary Chart at 19:14 on 21st January, 2012 Saturday-Ahmedabad (India)
Indicates this match going in favour of Sri Lanka.
Result: Sri Lanka WON the match by 2 Wickets. SA 312/4 (50) SL 314/8 (49.5)
( Forecast Written On 21.01.2012 Saturday 19:44) |
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