Vinoo Mankad caused controversy in 1947 when he ran out Australian batsman Bill Brown for backing up at the non-striker's end during his run-up. This act of running out a non-striker backing up too early is now colloquially referred to as "Mankading". While it infuriated Australians at the time, Don Bradman defended Mankad's actions, noting that the laws allow the bowler to run out a non-striker who is not in their ground by the time of delivery.
30. Amul’s take on the elusive 100th Hundred of Sachin Tendulkar which
took some time to come …..
#SRT 16th March 2012
40. Peter Jackson, director of the Lord of
the Ring used the Spectator voice in
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers .
(Crowd roar was recorded during
interval)
The movie also won Oscar for best
sound editing.
57. This Indian cricketer opening batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler, he played in 44 Tests and
made 2109 runs at an average of 31.47 including five Test Centauries with a top score of 231. He also
took 162 wickets at the average of 32.32, including eight five-wicket hauls.
He is one of the three cricketers to have batted in every position, from the first to the last, during his
Test career.
His full name was X Mulvantrai Himmatlal Y .In cricket circles and for an average Indian he was
Popularly known as XY.
Mankad caused controversy in 1947/48 on India's tour of Australia, and involved Australian batsman Bill
brown. His act infuriated the Australian media but, Sir Don bradman in his autobiography defended
XY…!! Cricket world is remembering him for an act in due course is known by his name Y.
Name XY and put Funda on his act, also tell me the popular name of the act named after him.
59. Vinoo Mankad and “MANKADING".
Mankad caused controversy in 1947/48 on India's tour of AUSTRALIA, when he ran out Bill Brown backing up in the
second Test.
In other words, he broke the wicket at the non-striker's end during his run-up while the batsman at that end was
out of his ground. He had done the same thing to Brown in the game against an Australian XI earlier on the tour,
but his running out of Brown infuriated the Australian media, and running someone out in this way is now referred
to as “MANKADING".
However, Sir Don Bradman in his autobiography defended Mankad, saying:
For the life of me, I can't understand why [the press] questioned his sportsmanship. The Laws of Cricket make it
quite clear that the non striker must keep within his ground until the ball has been delivered. If not, why is the
provision there which enables the bowler to run him out.
By backing up too far or too early, the non striker is very obviously gaining an unfair advantage.
61. After 5 matches his career numbers read 21 wickets at an astonishing 9.67 average including,
well, _ /_(2 words)
All that had happened in a Cricket Career spanning only 20 days.
Then he faced an accident during parachute training; the incident put an abrupt end to his cricket career.
He did not give up on sport: he started playing golf, and soon played for India in France and Pakistan.
He went on to restructure the Army Golf Course in Delhi Cantonment and the Dehra Dun Golf Course.
HE started started his cricket match against Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) at Army Headquarters for the Services Team.
Who is this Amazing Player and Also FITB.
Additional info:
He served in the India-Pakistan wars in 1965 and 1971,
and reached the rank of Major General in the
Indian Army.
63. Joginder Singh Rao
After 5 matches his career numbers read 21 wickets at an astonishing 9.67 average including,
well, 3 hat-tricks
Rao has taken two hat-tricks in the same First-Class innings (barring Albert Trott he remains the only
other one to do so)
He also remains the only bowler to take three hat-tricks
in his first two First-Class matches.
64. He is the Associate Vice President at GMR Sports, the company that runs Delhi Daredevils.
He has never played in a one day international ever .
But has won a Cricket World cup winning medal in his name.
Name him.
67. He was an Egyptian by birth and
He is the only Cricketer to be born in one country
and play test cricket for two other countries....?
70. Who holds the record for
Fastest International T20 hundred?
76. AB de Villiers (129*) and Virat Kohli (109) became the second instance of two batsmen
scoring centuries in the same T20 innings.
Which pair of batsman created the record first time ?
78. Kevin O'Brien (119) and Hamish Marshall (102)
scored centuries for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in 2011
79. Which pair of batsman created the record first
time ?
Victor Richardson was Australia's vice-captain
during the Bodyline series of 1932-1933.
He later went on to captain Australia.
We all know his grandsons Well…Name them.
(Clue : its Cricket )
83. Mani Ratnam developed a script—originally written in English—into a film and
named it " X ".
His uncle Krishnamurthy agreed to produce the film but imposed a condition
that it should be made under a limited budget in Kannada, to which he
agreed.
As a debutant, Mani Ratnam wanted to make sure that the technical aspects
of the film are good. He persuaded Balu Mahendra to do the cinematography
as he found the latter's work to be very impressive.
He managed to get other crew members B. Lenin (for editing), Thotta Tharani
(for art direction) and Ilaiyaraaja (for music composer music), all leading
craftsmen in their respective fields then.
For the male lead, he cast " A “ after watching his performance in the Telugu
film Vamsa Vruksham (1980).
Lakshmi who was a leading actress then, was signed up as the female lead.
The film explored the relationship between a young man and an older woman.
Although an average grosser at the box-office, the film fetched Mani Ratnam
the Best Screenplay Award from the Karnataka State Government for the
year in 1983
Now name the first Manirathnam movie X and the Hero A..?
86. Now one one India's most popular actor for 5
decades:
Which is the only movie in which Shashi
Kapoor played an elder brother to Amitabh. ?
In all the other movies starring the duo, Amitabh has
essayed the role of the elder sibling including huge
hits like ‘Deewar’, ‘Suhaag’, ‘Do Aur Do Paanch’ and
‘Namak Halaal’.
Clue: Sanjeeev Kumar too is in this films star cast
89. Now one about a film of my favourite actor Rajnikanth :
When Y was only 13 years old she played Rajinikanth’s
stepmom in the Tamil film ‘Moondru Mudichu’.
Name the very famous Actress Y?
92. This 1975 Hindi movie was banned by the then-prime
minister Indira Gandhi as it was rumored to be loosely
based on her life.
The producers added a scene where Aarti played by
Suchithra Sen. (supposedly Gandhi) tells her father
that Indira Gandhi is her idol and she wants to serve
the country like her, to show that the film does not
depict her life.
The film was approved by later government and
premiered on national television. Name the movie .
Clue: Sanjeeev Kumar too is in this films star cast
95. X was offered a lead role in the international
project ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ 1962 by director David
Lean.
However for reasons unknown, the actor declined
the offer.
The role subsequently went to Egyptian actor Omar
Sharif.
Give me X
101. X started his career as a body double- that
too for actress Sandhya in the film
Navrang...
Give me X
104. Ten days after its premiere in Milan, the film was seized by
the Italian courts, and director Ruggero Deodato was arrested
and charged with obscenity.
He was later charged with murdering several actors on
camera, and faced life in prison.
The cast had signed contracts requiring them to disappear for
a year after shooting, to maintain the illusion that they'd
died. When the actors appeared in court, alive and well, the
murder charges were dropped.
In short the director had to prove in court that actors were
alive and was not killed during the movie.
Name the movie
.
107. In 1986 a sequel for the movie Commando was written by
Steven E. de Souza, and revised by Frank Darabont, with
an eye to having John McKiernan direct.
The script was based on the book
'Nothing Lasts Forever' (1979) by Roderick Thorp, but
Schwarzenegger wasn't interested in reprising the role.
The script was then reworked with a new central
character, eventually played by a famous name and a new
movie was released in 1988
Name that movie
.
110. Steven Spielberg tried to sit down with X many more times but
was always given the brush-off.
When actor Bruce Dern asked X why he was not meeting
Spielberg X replied,
“Isn’t that the boy who made the fish movie?… I could never
sit down and talk to him… because I look at him and feel like
such a whore’.”
Huh? Then X started explaining more....
“Because I’m the voice of the Jaws ride (at the Universal
Studios them park). They paid me a million dollars.
And I took it and I did it. I’m such a whore. I can’t sit down
and talk to the boy who did the fish movie…
I couldn’t even touch his hand.”
X died in 1980 and the two could never meet ...cruel fate it
is.
Hint : Spielberg admired X
Who is this very famous Person X.?
.
114. In the last 100 years of Australian cricket, only
one player has donned the Australian national
cap without playing a single first-class match:
.
117. In the Durban Test against South Africa
in 1992, Tendulkar became part of a
historic event.
November 1992 at Kings mead, Durban for
the South Africa vs. India series.
.
119. Karl Liebenberg was the third umpire with
Cyril Mitchley the on-field umpire, referring
the run-out decision in this match. Sachin
Tendulkar became the first batsman to be
dismissed (run out) by using television
replays in the second day
of the Test scoring 11
.
120. Which famous Director started his
career as an actor in these
movies…?
He also was the male lead in the
1970s Umang,
and Gumraah (1976)
.
126. X was captaining the Baroda Under-16
side in a match where his team was
reeling at 23/4, chasing a 350 plus
score.
X went on to score a splendid double
hundred and helped Baroda win the
match on the basis of first innings
lead.
Who is X ?
What's the outcome of that innings
which we see very frequently now???
.
129. He scored a century on test debut.
Clearly he enjoyed the feeling.
He followed it up with centuries in his
next two matches and remains the
first test cricketer to score three
centuries in his first three tests.
Identify him
.