Dhoni and Gambhir seal World Cup Triumph for India - India celebrate victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Dhoni And Gambhir Seal World Cup Triumph For India

India celebrate victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

India 277-4 (Gambhir 97, Dhoni 91no) beat

Sri Lanka 274-6 (Jayawardene 103no) by 6 wickets
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final, Mumbai

Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit an unbeaten 91 and Gautam Gambhir 97 as India lifted their second World Cup crown with a six-wicket win in an enthralling final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai.
Mahela Jayawardene scored a sublime unbeaten century to guide Sri Lanka to 274 for six but India overhauled that score with ten balls remaining.
28 years after Kapil Dev lifted the Prudential World Cup, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did the honours in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This after he led the chase for 275 runs as India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup in style, justifying their tag of 4/7 favourites with bet365 going into the match.

India’s innings got off to the worst possible start as Lasith Malinga trapped Virender Sehwag LBW for a duck on the second ball of the first over. He struck again in the seventh over, this time inducing an edge from Sachin Tendulkar as India were reduced to 31 for two. He scored 18 runs off 14 balls and hit two fours in what could have been his last ODI.
Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli then steadied the innings with an 83-run partnership. Their stand lasted nearly fifteen overs and they provided the base for the victory to be built upon. Kohli was finally out caught by a magnificent effort by Tillakaratne Dilshan who dove to his left and completed a one-handed catch.

Gambhir carried on unflustered though and was joined in by Dhoni. Many questioned the logic of demoting Yuvraj Singh to number five especially as the Indian skipper hasn’t been in the best of forms. But he answered his critics with aplomb, as the left-right duo put up 109 runs for the fourth wicket. They countered the dual threat of Muttiah Muralitharan and Malinga as the dew too kicked in the latter overs. Gambhir played a watchful knock of 97 runs off 122 balls, never looking uncomfortable.

His knock included nine hits to the fence and he perished trying to hit a tenth boundary. The fact that he was mighty close to his hundred got lost for a moment as he charged to Thisara Perera and got bowled.

Dhoni though pushed up the accelerator as India sped towards the final mark. He struck 91 not out off 79 balls, including eight fours and two sixes, answering the critics who had been crawling on his back for a poor string of scores. When the end came, with ten balls to spare, man-of-the-tournament Yuvraj Singh was with him, on 21 not out off 24 balls.

Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka won a dubious toss. At the first instance, none of the two captains or match referee Jeff Crowe seemed to have heard the call made at the time of tossing. They got it right on the second toss-up and Kumar Sangakkara elected to bat first. It was a slow start for the best opening partnership in the tournament. Upul Tharanga and Dilshan were tied in knots by Zaheer Khan, who bowled a magnificent opening spell. In five overs, he bowled two maidens, gave away just the six runs and took the wicket of Tharanga, caught by Sehwag diving to his right.

From 17 for one in the seventh over, Dilshan and Sangakkara nearly built from scratch and put up 43 runs for the second wicket. Harbhajan Singh came in second change to bowl and got Dilshan to play onto his stumps. That brought out Mahela Jayawardene in the 17th over and he laid down the marker for the Indians defying poor form. He alone cultivated the runs and protected the middle order which could have collapsed after Sangakkara was out to Yuvraj, caught behind by Dhoni in the 28th over.

Thilan Samaraweera was out for 21 and Chamara Kapugedera lasted only six balls as the worst seemed close for the Lankans. But Perera, brought into the match at the last moment in place of Angelo Mathews, played the role to the hilt as the batting powerplay yielded 63 runs. The last ten overs of the Lankan innings garnered 91 runs even as Mahela Jayawardene completed a stellar hundred. He reached the century mark off 84 balls including thirteen fours, but it wasn’t enough on the day.

What is high cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a type of fat. Your body needs it for many things, such as making new cells. But too much cholesterol in your blood increases your chances of having a heart attack and stroke.

You get cholesterol from the foods you eat and from your liver. Your liver makes most of the cholesterol your body needs.

Desirable cholesterol is less than 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).
Borderline-high cholesterol is 200 to 239.
High cholesterol is 240 or higher.

What are the different kinds of cholesterol?
Cholesterol travels through your blood attached to a protein. This cholesterol- protein package is called a lipoprotein. Lipoproteins are either high-density or low-density, based on how much protein and fat they have.

Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are mostly fat with only a small amount of protein. LDL is the bad kind of cholesterol because it can clog your arteries. If you have high cholesterol, your doctor will want you to lower your LDL.

LDL levels:

Best LDL is less than 100 mg/dL.
Near best LDL is 100 to 129.
Borderline-high LDL is 130 to 159.
High LDL is 160 to 189.
Very high LDL is 190 and above.

See an illustration of a clogged artery (atherosclerosis) .

High-density lipoproteins (HDL) help clear the bad cholesterol from your blood and keep it from clogging your arteries. HDL is the good kind of cholesterol. High levels of HDL (60 or above) can protect you from a heart attack.

HDL levels:

Desirable or high HDL is 60 mg/dL or above.
Undesirable or low HDL is less than 40.

Triglycerides are another type of fat in your blood. If you have high triglycerides and high LDL, your chances of having a heart attack are higher.

Triglyceride levels:

Borderline high is 150 to 199 mg/dL.
High is 200 or above.
Very high is 500 or higher.

What causes high cholesterol?

High cholesterol may run in your family. The foods you eat also may cause high cholesterol.

Causes include:

Your diet. Eating too much saturated fat and cholesterol can cause high cholesterol. Saturated fat and cholesterol come from animal foods such as beef, pork, veal, milk, eggs, butter, and cheese. Many packaged foods contain saturated fat such as coconut oil, palm oil, or cocoa butter. You will also find saturated fat in stick margarine and vegetable shortening. Cookies, crackers, chips, and other snacks usually contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oil or trans fat, which can raise cholesterol.
Your weight. Being overweight may raise triglycerides and lower HDL.
Your activity level. Not exercising may raise LDL and lower HDL.
Your overall health. Having diseases such as low thyroid can raise cholesterol. Cigarette smoking may lower HDL.
Your age. After you reach age 20, your cholesterol starts to rise. In men, cholesterol levels usually level off after age 50. In women, cholesterol levels stay fairly low until menopause. After that, they rise to about the same level as in men.
Your family. A disease called a lipid disorder can also cause high cholesterol. This rare problem is inherited from family members, and it changes how your body handles cholesterol. If you have a lipid disorder, your cholesterol may be well over 250 mg/dL. It may be harder to treat.

What are the symptoms?

High cholesterol doesn't make you feel sick. But if cholesterol builds up in your arteries, it can block blood flow to your heart or brain and cause a heart attack or stroke.

In some people, cholesterol deposits called xanthomas may form under the skin. They look like small bumps.

How is high cholesterol diagnosed?

Your doctor will use a blood test to check your cholesterol.

A lipoprotein analysis is the most complete test. It measures your total cholesterol: HDL, LDL, and triglycerides. You cannot have food for 12 hours before this test.
A simple cholesterol test can measure your total cholesterol and HDL. You can eat before this test. Sometimes doctors do this test first and then order a lipoprotein analysis if you have high cholesterol or low HDL.

How is it treated?

You and your doctor may decide first to treat your high cholesterol without medicine. Changes to your lifestyle and diet may be all you need. These changes include eating foods low in saturated fat, being more active, losing weight if you need to, and quitting smoking if needed.

If you cannot lower your cholesterol enough after trying lifestyle changes for a few months, you may need to take a medicine called a statin.

If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, or coronary artery disease (CAD), your doctor may want you to take a statin right away. This is because your chance of having a heart attack is higher.

Use this Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?

Research shows that people who have a high risk for heart attack could benefit from taking higher doses of statins to lower their LDL cholesterol as much as possible. The more these people can lower their LDL, the less likely they are to have a heart attack.

Things that increase your risk for heart attack include:

Having high blood pressure.
Smoking.
Having low HDL (good) cholesterol.
Having peripheral arterial disease, which is narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to the legs, abdomen, pelvis, arms, or neck.
Having diabetes.
Having a family history of heart disease.
Being age 45 or older if you are a man, and age 55 or older if you are a woman

Did you know........ Some interesting facts

Did you know........ . Some interesting facts

A zebra is white with black stripes.

All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.

The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

The word "listen " contains the same letters as the word "silent".

The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

India invented the Number System . Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

'Hippopotomonstroses quippedaliophobi a' is the fear of long words.

Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!

It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! )

A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap he ? )

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start

In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

Twenty-Four- Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.

Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ).

55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. Hello, zzzzz zzzz ?

How to avoid:

Check on the bottom of the bottle there is a triangle sign and there will
be a number on it. If the number is higher than or equal to 5 --> then this bottle is safe to use.

Whatever number under 5 will release the chemical. For most bottle water, the number is 1.

Did you know chemical released by plastic water bottles can cause cancer (It is not the water that affecting you but the chemical releasing from the bottle)

Value Has A Value Only If Its Value Is Valued By You

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a Rupee 500 note. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this Rupee 500 note?". Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you but first let me do this.". He proceeded to crumple the note up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?". Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?". And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson.

No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth Rupee 500/-. Many times in ur lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. You are special Don't ever forget it! Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.

"Value Has A Value Only If Its Value Is Valued By You"

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