MUMBAI: At a glittering function at UB City in Bengaluru, the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tonight honoured the outstanding performances by cricketers in domestic Twenty20 competitions from across the world over the past year.

Significantly, just one of the award winners is not participating in the Airtel Champions League Twenty20.

That award Highest Individual Score went to Hampshire?s Michael Lumb for his electrifying 124 runs against Essex, an innings which took just 69 balls.
Also receiving awards tonight were Brad Hodge (most runs - cumulative), Anil Kumble (best bowling figures - match), Manish Pandey (best batting average ? season), Hamish Rutherford (best batting strike rate ? season), Samuel Badree (best bowling economy - season), Dirk Nannes (most wickets - cumulative) and Isura Udana (best bowling strike rate - season)

Lalit Modi, Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Chairman, commenting on the new awards specific to Twenty20 cricket said: ?The performances by these cricketers have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide and added to the popularity of the game and a phenomenal increase in the fans following globally. The fact that seven out of the eight awardees will be playing in the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 is testament to the quality of players who will contest the inaugural edition of the tournament starting tomorrow. I congratulate all the winners and hope that these awards will inspire domestic cricketers worldwide to perform even better and help take Twenty20 cricket to the next level.?

Manu Sawhney, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports, the Global Commercial Rights Partner to the Airtel Champions League Twenty20, further added, ?The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 is a marquee global tournament where only the best-of-the-best are set to compete for the ultimate honour. These awards recognise the stellar performances of cricketers in domestic competitions from all over the world. They represent the lifeline of this game that we all love. I am certain that the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 will provide immense support for the pipeline of cricket development, and that the global broadcast of this event will further the passion for cricket the world over.?
Diminutive Manish Pandey, of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, took the honours for the Best Batting Average with a tally of 168 runs at an average of 84. It was the 19-year-old Pandey?s heroics with Rahul Dravid in the IPL Semi Final that propelled the Royal Challengers Bangalore over the M.S. Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings.

Hamish Rutherford of the Otago Volts won the award for the Best Batting Strike Rate (167.94 with an aggregate of 220 runs). Victorian Bushrangers and Kolkata Knight Riders right-handed batsmen Brad Hodge earned the distinction of bagging the Most Runs (cumulative) for the two teams with a total of 627 runs in the season.

The Best Bowling Figures in a Match award was won by Indian spin legend and captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Anil Kumble, for his effort against the Rajasthan Royals during Season 2009 of the Indian Premier League in South Africa. Kumble led from the front with a fantastic spell of 5-5 that scuttled the Royals.

The Best Bowling Strike Rate award went to Isura Udana of the Wayamba Elevens with a high strike rate of eight and a tally of 16 wickets, while the Best Bowling Economy in a Season was captured by Samuel Badree of Trinidad & Tobago with 4.33 runs. Victorian Bushranger and Delhi Daredevil Dirk Nannes won the Most Wickets Award for his 27 scalps in the IPL and Twenty20 Big Bash.

Mumbai, October 07:The ATP Tour is in the Land of the Rising Sun ? Japan, and it?s the start of the Asian Swing in the ATP Tennis world. This is the longest-running ATP World Tour tennis tournament in Asia, first held in 1973. The venue is the Ariake Tennis Forest Park with it?s centre court is the Ariake Colosseum.This is an enormous tennis centre consisting of 48 tennis courts and a stadium with one of the first retractable roofs in tennis. You can watch the matches live from Tokyo on Ten Sports

This year tennis fans will be able to see some of the most exciting names in World tennis today, with the likes of Juan Martin Del Potro (ranked 5th in the world) Jo Wilfried Tsonga (ranked 7th ) and Giles Simon leading the field. The French flavour at this ATP 500 tournament is strong with Monfils joining Tsonga and Simon for the challenge. For Tsonga this will be his second visit, but for the other two, playing in this event would be a first.

Defending champion Tomas Berdych, will look to claim the title in this edition. The 2008 win was the Czech?s first ATP title on Asian soil. Ranked 16th in the world, he will face a tough challenge from the other world class players in the field.

This event marks the return of US Open champion Del Potro, to the ATP tour after winning the US Open. In 2008, Del Potro was the losing finalist, when Berdych took the title with a 6-1, 6-4 win.

World No.1 Roger Federer will sadly miss the Asian Swing, as the doctors have recommended that he take a break from what has been a hectic history-making run, this season.

MUMBAI: Aapka Vote, Aapki Taaqat ? Nation?s biggest and most widespread voter awareness campaign in India to motivate the Indian citizens to vote!

Zee News, nation?s most trusted news channel has announced the return of its voter?s awareness campaign initiative ?Aapka Vote Aapki Taaqat?. Moving ahead in its mission of encouraging the viewers to cast their valuable vote intelligently, the channel launched the second phase of the campaign for the forthcoming Assembly elections for Maharashtra, Haryana & Arunachal Pradesh.

Conceptualized with an objective to encourage people to be responsible and cast vote for the right candidate for the good governance, AVAT will be the Nation?s biggest educative drive for voters. In an effort to spread maximum awareness among voters through the AVAT platform, Zee News has lined up various interactive and engaging activities.

Zee News marketing initiative, ranges from information about the current candidates to the previous assembly?s contenders, political manifestos, rallies and discussion sessions. The campaign will also spread valuable poll related knowledge amongst viewers through print, radio and the web platform to maximize its effectiveness.

So keep watching Zee News and participate in its signature campaign for a better tomorrow. Think; listen before you vote?.Suno, Chuno, Vote Karo!!

MUMBAI: Following a tough year for the world‘s markets and industries have we finally reached a turning point? What are going to be the key driving points for economic growth and stability? Are India‘s industries in the right place and being driven by the right people to make the most of future opportunities? These are just some of the many questions that Bloomberg UTV‘s new programmes address in assessing what the future holds for India in what has the potential to become a very dynamic 12 months.

From the biggest events in Bollywood to the hottest trends? From interviews with stars to those bubbling under? tracking the business of entertainment and adding a dash of nostalgia? the biggest live gigs? the best DVD picks and the shows to watch out for on TV, E-Turn captures it all in a breezy weekly show that promises to inform and entertain! This week we ask ‘What‘s Your Rashee?‘ Short interviews with the film‘s director and leading pair will give behind the scenes secrets on the making of the film. The show will also be asking ‘Has reality TV become a platform for past stars to reach back into the spotlight?‘ The show has done well from the time of its launch. In fact in the opening week, it has garnered a channel share of 0.06 which was highest in the genre at the time of telecast.

2nd WAVE Saturday 1.30 pm, Sunday 8.00 pm

THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING GOOD Saturday 10.30 pm, Sunday 9.30 am

Through a series of one-on-one interviews Gurcharan Das explores how day to day issues of corruption and inefficiency is holding India back. At every step, he traces India‘s journey from the Mahabharat and looks at how one of the greatest challenges of India is the daily difficulty of being good. In the show, with some of the most erudite men in the country, Gurcharan Das, business guru and one of India‘s finest economic thinkers, will explore the ideas that make India great and indeed if we cannot surmount the difficulty of being good, India cannot become great. The show has featured some of India‘s most prolific speakers. From Infosys‘ Nandan Nilekani, Senior advisor of the Boston Consulting Group, Arun Maira, leading social, cultural and political critic Ashis Nandi, former Citi India head and chairman, NASSCOM Jerry Rao and former president of NASSCOM, Kiran Karnik. The upcoming episode will feature prominent Indian politician Salman Khursheed.
Tune in for all the excitement during the weekend on Bloomberg UTV.

MUMBAI: The Khiladi of Bollywood, the action star has done it again. For his upcoming movie ‘BLUE‘ Akshay Kumar has all together set a new level of actions and stunts in Bollywood. Music India brings to its viewers exclusive chat with Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta.

Akshay Kumar shared that underwater shooting was a great experience altogether but at the same time it was difficult and challenging task. During the shoot of underwater, accidently Akshay Kumar head hit a rock and his head started bleeding, thanks to almighty, he was saved by the action director. The risk was high as there were sharks and could have attacked on him. The sharks could have made lunch of Akshay Kumar if he had bleeded more severely.

Lara shared her experience of working in Blue and thinks is a great opportunity of working with Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, and Zayeed Khan. Lara had first refused to work for Blue, but Akshay convinced her that she can do the role and she suited the best for it. Lara lost weight and groomed her look for the character as her character needs to wear bikini because most of the shooting is under water. Lara always dream of working in the movie in which the music is given by A.R.Rahman. Her dream came true in the movie Blue, as the marvelous music is given by no one other than legendary A.R.Rahman.

Catch all this and more only on Music India.

Schedule:

Date Day Time
13/10/2009 Tuesday 22:00
15/10/2009 Thursday 12:30
16/10/2009 Friday 18:00

MUMBAI: After a long and tiring day at work, break away from the trials and tribulations of life and just de-stress on your ride back home with Radio City 91.1FM?s show, evening show Joyride. Join RJ Rohit this fun journey from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Its guaranteed entertainment with melody music, lively conversations and loads of fun.

The show has a lot of interesting features like Shaking news, which is the take on the worst news of the day, Tum Ban Jao Karamchand is the mystery game that gives listeners a chance to play detective, Senti- Mental, a spoof of Simi Garewal style of interviewing celebrities.

And of course Window seat at 8pm where Rohit makes one lucky listener?s dream come true and plays the best music of the golden 90?s

A complete fun-a ?minute de-stresser with great music. The show Joyride lives up to its name.