Chennai Rhinos win the inaugural CCL

Yellow fever sweeps CCL - Chennai Rhinos win the inaugural tournament ~ Sarah Salvadore

V FOR VICTORY: CCL champions Chennai Rhinos

Chennai is red hot and how! The Chennai Rhinos bagged the top honours at the first edition of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL). The final of the muchawaited CCL was all about glitz, glamour and cricket. The frenzy reached a new high as the Karnataka Bulldozers and Chennai Rhinos clashed in an epic encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium. The stadium was chock-ablock with fans who came to see their matinee idols slug it out with one another in a friendly game of cricket. With the IPL fever just subsiding, the match came at the right time and gave the crowds lots to cheer about. The captain of the Karnataka Bulldozers, Sudeep won the toss and decided to put the Chennai Rhinos to bat. Even though wickets fell at regular intervals, team Chennai put up a competitive score of 189/7. Despite having a great batting line-up the team from Karnataka fell short of target by 23 runs. The performance of the Chennai team has been consistent throughout the tournament. The fan support they received at the Uppal stadium was immense.

DHAN TE NAN - The match started with a bang as singer Anushka Manchanda took the stage and regaled the audience with hit numbers, including a Tamil song. During the innings break, the sizzling Shriya Saran made the audience groove along with her as she put up an energetic performance, dancing to popular tunes like Ringa Ringa, Dhinka Chika and Munni Badnaam among others.

CELEB CHEERLEADERS - If the field was teeming with stars competing against one another, stars were lined-up at the dugouts of both the teams, cheering their hearts out. Leading the brigade were veteran actors Mohan Babu and Shatrughan Sinha who came before the match could begin to wish both the teams. Players from the Mumbai Heroes — Sohail Khan, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Ashish Choudhary among others led by skipper Suniel Shetty, came to extend their good wished to both the teams. Dabangg girl Sonakshi Sinha too was present. Sridevi Boney Kapoor and Subhash Ghai enjoyed every moment of the game, while actor Priya Mani was cheering hard for the Karnataka team.

GAME SET - The presentation ceremony was equally exciting. Vishnu from the Chennai Rhinos bagged the man of the match award for his exceptional performance, while actor Dhruv from the Karnataka Bulldozers was adjudged man of the series. Sridevi then handed over the winners trophy Abbas and Sarath Kumar and the runners-up trophy to the skipper of the Karnataka team, Sudeep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Save the Planet - Japanese Workers Dress Down

Japanese Environment Ministry, encouraging its employees to dress more causally in-order to help reduce the use of air conditioners and reduce electricity consumption following the March 11 disasters. Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto has announced a souped-up "Super Cool Biz" campaign this year to relieve the pressure on the electricity grid after the March 11 quake-tsunami and ensuing nuclear emergency.

A fashion show organised by the government in a chilly Tokyo on Wednesday to highlight the campaign caused a stir on the Twitter microblogging site, with mixed reactions to the launch.

"Take a salaryman out of a suit, and he still somehow looks like a salaryman," said illustrator mister_tim.

"Japan launches 'Super Cool Biz' to dress down and save energy at work. People complain it's too cold. Put a bloody jacket on, then," university researcher Kanetaka Maki offered.

When the earthquake struck the northeast coast of Japan, the crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and other power stations triggered a drop in energy output.

Electricity companies have been scheduling power cuts and businesses have been cutting usage by dimming lights and turning off heated toilet seats, as well as installing low-energy bulbs.

Super Cool Biz encourages businesses and government departments to set the dial on air conditioners to 28 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Fahrenheit).

Employees in the ministry will set an example to corporate Japan by wearing cotton trousers, T-shirts and even loud Aloha shirts.

It is unclear how well the new regime will go down in a country where many are loath to challenge the status quo. In previous years, Cool Biz adherents have taken ties to work in their pockets and sneaked blazers into briefcases.

The prefectural government of disaster-hit Iwate has decided not to go as far as allowing jeans in the office to avoid making visitors feel "uncomfortable", the Kyodo news agency reported.

But the more conservative salarymen will be relieved to hear that the change in sartorial direction does not allow for flip-flops, shorts or vests.

The environment ministry announced results of the first Cool Biz campaign in October 2005, estimating that the campaign resulted in a 460,000-tonne reduction in CO2 emissions, equivalent to the CO2 emitted by about a million households for one month.

But for Wednesday's launch of this year's Cool Biz campaign the streets of downtown Tokyo's Ginza district have been more remarkable for the number of umbrellas and scarves on show than Hawaiian shirts.

The temperature in Tokyo on Wednesday morning was six degrees below the June 1 average of 21.8 Celsius, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency website.

Source-AFP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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