JADEJA, PUJARA, VIJAY GETGRADE A CONTRACTS; RAINA,

HARBHAJAN MISS OUT

IT IS A WORLD SECRET:SHAHID ON EX KAREENA

QUANTICO TO TACKLE TRUMPIN UPCOMING EPISODE

NON-BAILABLE WARRANT AGAINST ACTRESS MAMTAKULKARNI IN IRS2000 CRORE DRUG CASEMUMBAI: Non-bailable warrant has been issued by a special cour tagainst former Bollywood actress Mamta kulkarni and alleged interna-tional drug mafia Vijaygiri aka Vijay Goswami in a 2,000 Cr drug bustcase. The investigating officers claim to have gotten 'clinching evidence'against the duo, based on which they intend to file a chargesheet. Thenon-bailable warrants were issued by a special cour t led by H Mpatwardhan on Monday. Both Kulkarni and Goswami are on the run eversince their names cropped up in the drug case. Shishir Hiray, special publicprosecutor for the prosecution, sought the warrant from the special court in a marathonsubmission and told the court that they have ample evidence against Kulkarni andGoswami and their alleged involvement in the drug case as prime accused. Based onthe confession of an arrested accused, Hiray said that Kulkarni andGoswami are main culprits in the case and had set up a well-oiled drug car tel. From procuring raw material of ephedrine from Indiato a well-planned transpor tation and manufacturing of methamphetamine in Kenya, the duo was involved in the entire process.

LOS ANGELES, (PTI) Josh Safran, the showrunner of Priyanka Chopra's"Quantico", has teased that the upcoming episodes will deal withPresident Donald Trump and his policies. "Quantico" debuted its lat-est series reboot on Monday in the US, effectively swapping in Trumpfor terrorism and kicking off the plot for the remaining nine episodesin the ABC drama's second season.Since Trump's election, "Quantico", like many shows currently airingon broadcast and cable, has shifted its lens away from fantasy in abid to reflect more of today's real-life political climate and culturallandscape. "We're in sor t of a paradigm shift for the show," Safrantells The Hollywood Repor ter. "We're now looking at the ways inwhich people profit off of terror and it allows us to build a plot aroundsomething that is real and possible."When asked if there are too many shows tackling Trump on TV, Safransays, "We're not special. That's the role of ar t in any time, to reflectthe time that it's in. If it's a time of good prosperity, often we don't lookto politics to write about, we look to write about different times ordifferent period of strife in peoples' lives.

NEW DELHI, (PTI) He is now married and a father to a baby girl but there isstill curiosity about Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor's past relationship withKareena Kapoor. Shahid, however, does not believe that there is anythingnew to add as his past is already a "world secret". During a interactivesession at an event here, the actor was asked about his secret past, to whichhe surprisingly said, "I have a secret past? How do you know about my secretpast? Were you spying on me? I can't confess to a secret."When someone in the audience said Kareena, Shahid gave a quick reply saying,"How is it a secret madam. It is a world secret. Do you have a question or you justwant to take the name." When no question was asked by the audience member,the actor joked, "She does not want to ask a questions. She is happy to have takenthe name." Kareena and Shahid famously dated between 2004-2007. Aftertheir break-up Kareena went on to date Saif Ali Khan and eventually married himin 2012. Shahid tied the knot with Mira Rajput in 2015 and their alliance was fixedby their respective parents. Incidentally, both Kareena and Shahid became first-time parents last year. Talking about his daughter, Misha and fatherhood, the 36-year-old actor said he is loving the new chapter of his life as nothing is moredelightful than watching his daughter waking up next to him every morning. "Beinga first timer, there's a lot to learn. I'm very new at it. All I can say is that it's themost enriching, empowering and beautiful experiences of my life."The actor said his little angel is his only source of positivity and happiness."Misha is a package of positivity, which I wake up to every morning next to me.Even on my worst days she gives me reasons to smile and I just feel very fortunateto be where I am and I hope that I can be a good father and a good parent."

DHARAMSALA - India sealed a memorable 2-1 series victory againstAustralia, with an eight-wicket win in the four th Test in Dharamasala,thus reclaiming the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On Day 4, KL Rahulscored his seventh fifty as India reached the target in less than asession. Captain Ajinkya Rahane scored a quick-fire 38 off 27 balls.Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja's stellar show with bat and ball put the Rahane-led team in the drivers' seat in the four th and final Test. "This is ourbest series win so far," said Kohli. "The maturity and responsibilityshown by the boys was great to see. The changes we made to our

MUMBAI: Comedian Sunil Grover has announced hisnew gig with Kiku Sharda following his fall out withKapil Sharma. Grover took to Facebook to share theposter of his upcoming gig scheduled to happen inDelhi on April 1. "Delhi see you on the 1st April. Yo!,"he shared the poster of the show, which features himdressed as his popular character of Dr Mashoor Gulatifrom 'The Kapil Sharma Show'.Following an in-flight tussle between him and Kapil,Grover posted a note on social media in which heasked the latter to "star t respecting human beingsalso apar t from animals." Grover, who plays the popu-lar characters of Dr Gulati and Rinku Bhabhi on Kapil'sshow, fur ther wrote, "Thanks for making me realiseit was your show and you have power to throw outanybody, anytime."You are the wittiest, and the best in your field. Butdon't act like a 'God'. Take good care of yourself.Wish you lot more success and fame." Kapil had dismissedtheir feud as "an argument" in a Facebook post but Grover, hasindicated that all is not well between them. He also took toTwitter to apologise to Grover, saying, "Sorry if I hur t youunintentionally. You know very well how much I loveyou. I am also upset. Love and regards."

Sunil Grover announces new live show with Kiku Sharda

INDIA WIN 4TH TEST FROM AUSTRALIABY 8 WICKETS, TAKE SERIES 2-1

fitness regime have paid off. It has been a team season. The respon-sibility has been shared."The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday congratu-lated Indian cricket team for retaining the No. 1 position in Test teamrankings and registering unbeaten series wins in the home season2016-17. The BCCI also announced the following cash awards afterthe historic Test series win against Australia - (i) Team India Testteam members - INR 50 Lakhs (ii) Team India Head Coach - INR 25Lakhs (iii) Team India Suppor t Staff - INR 15 Lakhs

NEW DELHI, (IANS) Test stars Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujaraand Murali Vijay were on Wednesday rewarded with Grade A cat-egory of the BCCI annual contracts, the amount of which has been doubledto Rs two crore from this season while middle order batsman SureshRaina failed to figure in the list.The trio joins Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwinand Ajinkya Rahane in the top category of the Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) contracts. Former skipper Dhoni has retained his place inGrade A despite retiring from Test cricket. All-rounder Jadeja, who wasearlier in Grade C was promoted to Grade A on the back of his sterlingperformances with the ball in the ongoing home season.The players getting the Grade B category of contracts include RohitSharma, Lokesh Rahul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, IshantSharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Jasprit Bumrah and YuvrajSingh. Raina, who was demoted to Grade B in the previous year, hasbeen omitted this time around. Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, whomade a comeback into Grade C last season, was the other cricketer to beleft out this year. Veteran Yuvraj Singh, however made a comeback andwas included in Grade B while opener Rahul and stumper Saha werepromoted. Grade C witnessed a few new faces in Manish Pandey, KarunNair, Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jayant Yadav,Mandeep Singh, Shardul Thakur and Rishabh Pant. Veterans Ashish Nehra andParthiv Patel also made a comeback to the list of contracted players while AmbatiRayudu and Amit Mishra retained their places in Grade C.

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'Phillauri': An astutely woven saga

topCAST: ANUSHKA SHARMA, DILJIT

DOSANJH, SURAJ SHARMA AND

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On the face of it, "Phillauri" is the story of a reluctant groom guided bya ghost who helps him overcome his fears about marriage. Set inPunjab, "Phillauri" star ts off as a simple story about an NRI Punjabiboy Kanan (Suraj Sharma) who returns to India to get married to hischildhood sweethear t Anu (Mehreen Pirzada). Being star-crossed - aManglik, he must marry a tree first, so that he may ward off any threatto his life. Reluctantly, he gets married to a tree and to his dismay, finds himselfbeing trailed by Shashi (Anushka Sharma) - a friendly spirit.Shashi used to live on the tree which Kanan married. And when thetree was chopped down as a par t of the wedding ritual - Shashi findsherself thrown into Kanan's world, not knowing what to do and figur-ing how she is facing such a predicament. In the course of the film'sjourney we find the tale layered with a poignant, unfulfilled romanticstory of a poet and a singer which in turn becomes the centre-plot ofthe film. Anushka Sharma in a new avatar, as the solemn yet friendlyghost, Shashi, essays her role with her usual panache and sincerity.Her chemistry with Diljit Dosanjh is palpable and he too portrays hischaracter with equal simplicity and ease.Suraj Sharma with his grumpy and confused demeanour essays Kananeffor tlessly. Mehreen Pirzada in her debut, as the on-the-fringe brideAnu, is confident and realistic. She aptly complements Suraj. Whilethe first half of the film meanders after establishing the premise, it isonly during the second half, that the film ensures you are gripped inits emotional saga. There are moments in the narrative that seemridiculous, as these are intentionally induced to add humour to theotherwise sombre narrative.While the screenplay oscillates between the present and Punjab dur-ing pre-independence period, the scenes bring out the contrast in the

culture. This is especially evident in the pre-wedding scenes of thetwo couples. Visually, the film is captured like a dramatised televi-sion serial but never theless it is magnificent. The production quali-ties as well as the costumes are painstakingly designed capturingthe era of 1919 with flourish, in sepia tinted frames. The effects and computergenerated images are flawless and of ace quality. They mesh seamlessly with thelive action drama. The music of the film is melodious, especially the soulfulnumber "Sahiba". But it is the number with the lyrics 'Mera dil fakira ho gaya'along with 'Dum dum' that captures the essence of the romance toperfection. "Phillauri" is a well made film from debutant director AnshaiLal and is wor th a watch.

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Vidya was destined to do Begum Jaan: SrijitAMRITA SINGH AND DIMPLE KAPADIA PAYING OBEISANCE AT GOLDEN TEMPLE IN AMRITSAR.

Actors should pick impossibleroles: Shah Rukh KhanMUMBAI, (PTI) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says actorsshould choose to play difficult roles and try to por tray themto the best of their ability. The 51-year-old star says ar tistesmostly pick those characters which are somewhat easy tovisualise. "Actors go for roles with possibility. Instead anactor should choose the impossible and give it his or herbest even if it means to fail trying it," Shah Rukh tweeted.SRK was last seen in Rahul Dholakia's "Raees" in whichhe played a bootlegger from the western Indian state ofGujarat. The actor is currently busy with Imtiaz Ali's un-titled movie and another one with director Aanand L Rai inwhich he will be seen playing a dwarf.

Mumbai, Mar 22 (PTI) Director Srijit Mukherji says actress Vidya Balaninitially declined to be a par t of "Rajkahini" but he decided to approach heragain for the Hindi remake, "Begum Jaan". The actress instantly said yesfor the Hindi remake and Srijit believes Vidya was destined to be a par t ofthe project. Vidya will be seen as a brothel owner in a survival set againstthe backdrop of Par tition. "Vidya was destined to do this film. How destinyhas its own play and how eventually with lot of turns Vidya happens to be"Begum Jaan", is incredible. I was disappointed when she first said no forthe bilingual film but that's okay," Srijit told PTI. Srijit says Vidya had re-jected the original meant to be a Bengali-Hindi film due to health issues so he wentahead and made the Bengali version, featuring Rituparna Dasgupta in 2015. "Vidya wasnot in a right space... she was taking a break due to health issues. She couldn't take a riskas doctors had advised her to take rest. The bilingual project was planned inend of 2014 and Bangla version was planned in 2015."

Happy to be part of 'Padman': Twinkle KhannaMUMBAI, (PTI) Actress-producer Twinkle Khanna says her upcoming film "Padman" will encourage people to talk about things likemenstruation and sanitary napkins, which are still considered taboo in Indian society. "Padman" is based on life of ArunachalamMuruganantham, who invented first low-cost sanitary napkins in the country. "It (shoot) is going very well and Mr Muruganantham wasalso there. It's a wonderful project. It's a film which will bring awareness about something which has so far been cloaked and shamedand I am very happy to be a par t of the film," Twinkle told repor ters here at an event. "Padman" stars Akshay Kumar as Murugunathan,while Radhika Apte plays his wife in the movie. Actress Sonam Kapoor will also be seen in a special role in the film to be directed byR Balki. Twinkle was talking on the sidelines of launch of French Browns, by L'Oreal Professional.

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KAJAL AGGARWAL AT THE LAUNCH OF HER OWN MOBILE APP.

Is Gawli biopic a propaganda film?MUMBAI, (PTI) Actor Arjun Rampal says his upcoming biopic on jailed gangster-turned-politician ArunGawli is not an image-building exercise and steers clear of glorifying anything that is undesirable.The film, "Daddy", is based on Gawli (61), who is serving a life sentence in a murder case."We made it sure that this is not going to be a propaganda film around a character where you aregoing to be showing him as a good guy, or por traying him in a different image. It's not an image-building film. We were excited with his life and that's what we wanted to explore."The actor says the team had to convince his family that the story will be handled sensitively andGawli himself didn't want to be shown as a "hero. It took a lot of time to convince the family butfor tunately they came on board. When Arun Gawli came out on parole we had the oppor tunity tomeet him. He said, 'I don't want to be shown as a hero. Tell my story the way it is'," says Arjun.The 44-year-old actor was speaking at a special session on the making of "Daddy" at the 18thedition of FICCI Frames last evening. The film is directed by Ashim Ahluwalia and will mark his forayinto mainstream cinema after his feature-length documentary "John & Jane" and "Miss Lovely", both ofwhich bagged National Awards. Arjun says he was initially approached to play Gawli by another set ofproducers but it was so far removed from real life that he "hated" it.

Richa: Industry didn't consider me good looking; are you?MUMBAI, (PTI) Actress Richa Chadha says the Hindi film industry didn't consider her good lookingbecause of her skin colour and body type. "For the longest time, for most of the industry, I was not goodlooking. I was good looking only for my mom and dad, because I was dusky, didn't have a model-likefigure." The actress was speaking at the session 'Breaking the glass ceiling of misogyny in Indianmedia and enter tainment' at the 18th edition of FICCI Frames here.The session was moderated by filmmaker Imtiaz Ali. Asked if there is a difference between theapproach of male and female directors, Richa says her myth burst soon while working with MiraNair. "My third big job in life was to work with Mira Nair to assist in a shor t film, which hasn't beenreleased yet. I observed how she walked into the set and commended respect without ever raisingher voice."It was a bustling crew which would often fall silent, not out of fear but respect... I saw this womandirector, who could be my friend, could also be maternal towards me and I learnt so much from that.It's fun to work with good director, irrespective of gender." Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee, who hasfeatured in several award-winning films, helmed by both male and female directors, says the issueisn't gender specific. "It's very individual. It's not gender specific at all. You can have a very insensi-tive female director and a very sensitive male director. It's not gender specific." Tannishtha believesmuch of the gender divide in the country can be addressed and solved if the films star t showcasing femalecharacters differently.

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DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN ASJUST AN ACTOR: ALIA BHATT

MUMBAI, (PTI) Alia Bhatt says would like to have multiple dimen-sions to her personality rather than being known as just an actress."I don't want to be known as an actor. I have told this to my mothermany times that I need to have layers to my personality. Whether itis producing something on TV, singing, social work or anything. So,I always wanted to have something which is not about me but aboutothers," Alia told repor ters here.Post the success of "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" there were repor tsthat Alia will take a six month break but Alia says she is goingon a shor t holiday. "I am not going on a big holiday or break. Iam going away for eight-ten days and that's ok... So, I will learnthings that I don't get time to do like sing, dance, cook andspend time with my cat." The actress in collaboration withMoon Frog, a game developer, today launched her own experi-ential game 'Alia Bhatt: Star Life'."I can't play games that frustrate me. I need the game to calmme down. I have played farmville and candy crush. I have ahectic life so I want to play games to relax." When it comesto playing games with her father Mahesh Bhatt, Alia is toocompetitive and wants to win every game that she plays. "Iam a competitive person and when I am competing with myfather, we both make sure we win.

For AR Rahman, every film is a journey: Mani RatnamCHENNAI, (PTI) Mani Ratnam, who gave A R Rahman his first break in 1992 film "Roja", says success has not changed the Oscar-winning composer's quest to explore unique sounds and he treats every film like a special journey. "The journey has been of 25 years.But, it feels like I met Rahman just yesterday. He sported the same smile then too, but everyone is aware of the heights he has scalednow," the director said while reminiscing about his long collaboration with Rahman."For Rahman, every film is a special journey. His quest to explore new, unique sound for his films continues even today. He worksreally hard to get the perfect soundscape for a film. From 'Roja' to 'Kaatru Veliyidai', it's been an amazing journey. Thank you," he toldrepor ters at the audio launch of the for thcoming romantic drama. Rahman said he would not have received a platform to explore refinedideas if not for Mani Ratnam and late veteran filmmaker K Balachander, who produced "Roja"."If not for Mani Sir, I wouldn't have received this platform. To implement high-end ideas and refined sounds, everything has to fall inplace in your collaborations. It was a divine happening when K Balachandar sir called me and introduced me to Mani sir for 'Roja'. I'mgrateful for that," Rahman told repor ters here. Ratnam said he was overwhelmed to see the Indian Armed Forces at work whileshooting for the film in Ladakh and Leh.

Shraddha was juggling between 'two worlds'MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Shraddha Kapoor, who was shooting for two films - "Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai" and "Half Girlfriend" -says it was difficult for her to juggle between the two characters. She was shooting for the biopic "Haseena…" where she is essayingthe role of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar. Then she got into the dubbing and promotions of "Half Girlfriend",where she plays a Delhi girl. "'Haseena' and Riya Somani in 'Half Girlfriend' are two very different characters. Since I was simulta-neously working on both the films, it was definitely challenging in its own way to juggle back and for th from both the characters andto get in and out of two worlds," Shraddha said in a statement. Based on Chetan Bhagat's novel "Half Girlfriend", the film adaptation isdirected by Mohit Suri.

Fashion is an extension of your personality: Athiya ShettyNEW DELHI, (IANS) Actress Athiya Shetty, who has been lauded for her style statements many a times, says she is not a fashionconscious person and added that fashion is an extension of an individual's personality. "I think fashion is an extension of your personality. While I liketo have fun with clothes, I would not call myself a fashion conscious person, Athiya told IANS over e-mail from Mumbai. The 24-year-old actress saysshe chooses her "outfits as per my mood. If I am feeling girly, I'll just wear a dress. If I want to be super comfortable, I'll just put on a T-shirt and jeans,"she added. On the acting front, Athiya is currently shooting for "Mubarakan". Directed by Anees Bazmi, the romantic comedy film also stars AnilKapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz. The film is slated to release in July.

Akshay stresses on importance ofhaving toilets in homesMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Akshay Kumar says the research work for hisupcoming project "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" has opened his eyestowards the plight of women who have to go to open fields torelieve themselves. Stressing on the impor tance of personal hy-giene and health, the actor says keeping the house clean andhealth of one's family on priority is first step towards attaining thedream of "Swachh Bharat".The actor took to Twitter on Friday to share an over six-minute-long video titled "Soch Aur Shauch". And says he was shocked bythe findings of the research. He said: "Friends, 'Swachh Bharat' isonly possible only when 'ghar' is swachh and ladies of our familyare healthy." He said: "I initially wondered if I should talk aboutthis, as I knew many would point out that I am doing this videoonly for the publicity of my upcoming film. And, you are right. I amdoing this film 'Toilet Ek Prem Katha', and I do want as much pub-licity as possible for this par ticular topic." The actor added: "Whyshould I care about what others think? I feel that thoughts and faecesare both similar. There is no way that you could stop either. It isnature's call, that you have to answer."

LOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actor Tom Cruise has repor tedlyfallen in love with his "Mission: Impossible 6" co-starVanessa Kirby. According to a source, Cruise wishes tomake Kirby his four th wife. He has divorced Mimi Rogers,Nicole Kidman and Kat ie Holmes, repor tshollywoodlife.com. "He wants to make her the next MrsTom Cruise," the source said. The source shared thatCruise cast Kirby after seeing her performance in "TheCrown", in which she played Princess Margaret."Tomflipped for her work. He told the other 'M:I' producers thathe had to have Vanessa for a crucial role in the franchise'ssixth installment," the source said. "He's blown away byher endless charm and energy," the source added.

'EVERYONE WILL GETPREGNANT' AFTERWATCHING CHRIS PRATT'S NEXTLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actor Chris Pratt has gone gagaover his next superhero film "Guardians of the GalaxyVol. 2" and said that it is better than 1941 classic "CitizenKane". He even joked that people will get pregnant afterwatching the film. Pratt shared his thought about the filmover Facebook on Wednesday, repor tshollywoodrepor ter.com.He said that the James Gunn directorial will be the "great-est movie in the history of movies. Ever heard of 'CitizenKane'? We're much better. Seriously. Our movie justtested at over one million points. Rotten Tomatoes al-ready has it at 234 per cent fresh," Pratt wrote. "Every-one will get pregnant. Candy will fall from the sky. Globalwarming will stop. Dinosaurs will come back to life," headded. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" is slated to re-lease on May 5. Besides Pratt, the film will also featureZoe Saldana, Dave Batista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Dieseland Kur t Russell.

HELEN HUNT HORRIFIEDWORKING IN HOLLYWOODLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Oscarwinning actress HelenHunt was horrified work-ing in Hollywood afterdoing TV series"Shots Fired" due tothe level of diversitybehind the camera.Created by GinaPrince-Bythewood andReggie Rock Bythewood,"Shots Fired" - which will air onStar World Premiere HD in India - exam-ines how two racially charged shootings bring long festering ten-sions in this small North Carolina town to the surface.Hunt plays Governor Patricia Eamons in the series. "I'venever worked on a show where above the line and belowthe line, there were more people of colour," ew.comquoted Hunt as saying. She added: "When I went back towork on shows after, I was horrified that I show up all thetime on these sets where there's one (or two) black crewmembers and rarely a black director on great showsmade by smar t, progressive people." The series willpremiere on Star World Premiere HD on Saturday.

TOM CRUISE HAS FALLENFOR 'MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE'CO-STAR VANESSA KIRBY

SONAKSHI SINHA PROMOTES HER FILM NOOR ON THE SETS OF INDIAN IDOL SEASON 9.

April 5, 10:30am: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Chal lengersBangalore, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, HyderabadApril 6, 10:30am: Rising Pune Supergiants v Mumbai Indians,Maharashtra Cricket Association's International Stadium, PuneApril 7, 10:30am: Gujarat Lions v Kolkata Knight Riders, SaurashtraCricket Association Stadium, RajkotApril 8, 6:30am: Kings XI Punjab v RPSG, Holkar Cricket Stadium,Indore8 PM: RCB v Delhi Daredevils, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BengaluruApril 9, 6:30am: SRH v GL, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad8 PM: MI v KKR, Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiApril 10, 10:30am: KXIP v RCB, Holkar Cricket Stadium, IndoreApril 11, 10:30am: RPSG v DD, Maharashtra Cricket Association'sInternational Stadium, PuneApril 12, 10:30am: MI v SRH, Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiApril 13, 10:30am: KKR v KXIP, Eden Gardens, KolkataApril 14, 6:30am: RCB v MI, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru8 PM: GL v RPSG, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, RajkotApril 15, 6:30am: KKR v SRH, Eden Gardens, Kolkata8 PM: DD v KXIP, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiApril 16, 6:30am: MI v GL, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai8 PM: RCB v RPSG, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BengaluruApril 17, 6:30am: DD v KKR, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi8 PM: SRH v KXIP, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, HyderabadApril 18, 10:30am: GL v RCB, Saurashtra Cricket AssociationStadium, RajkotApril 19, 10:30am: SRH v DD, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium,HyderabadApril 20, 10:30am: KXIP v MI, Holkar Cricket Stadium, IndoreApril 21, 10:30am: KKR v GL, Eden Gardens, KolkataApril 22, 6:30am: DD v MI, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi8 PM: RPSG v SRH, Maharashtra Cricket Association's InternationalStadium, PuneApril 23, 6:30am: GL v KXIP, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Rajkot8 PM: KKR v RCB, Eden Gardens, KolkataApril 24, 10:30am: MI v RPSG, Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiApril 25, 10:30am: RCB v SRH, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

April 26, 10:30am: RPSG v KKR, Maharashtra Cricket Association'sInternational Stadium, PuneApril 27, 10:30am: RCB v GL, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BengaluruApril 28, 6:30am: KKR v DD, Eden Gardens, Kolkata8 PM: KXIP v SRH, IS Bindra Stadium, MohaliApril 29, 6:30am: RPSG v RCB, Maharashtra Cricket Association'sInternational Stadium, Pune8 PM: GL v MI, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, RajkotApril 30, 6:30am: KXIP v DD, IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali8 PM: SRH v KKR, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, HyderabadMay 1, 6:30am: MI v RCB, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai8 PM: RPSG v GL, Maharashtra Cricket Association's InternationalStadium, PuneMay 2, 10:30am: DD v SRH, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 3, 10:30am: KKR v RPSG, Eden Gardens, KolkataMay 4, 10:30am: DD v GL, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 5, 10:30am: RCB v KX IP, M. Ch innaswamy S tad ium,BengaluruMay 6, 6:30am: SRH v RPSG, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad8 PM: MI v DD, Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiMay 7, 6:30am: RCB v KKR, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru8 PM: KXIP v GL, IS Bindra Stadium, MohaliMay 8, 10:30am: SRH v MI, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium,HyderabadMay 9, 10:30am: KXIP v KKR, IS Bindra Stadium, MohaliMay 10, 10:30am: GL v DD, Green Park, KanpurMay 11, 10:30am: MI v KXIP, Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiMay 12, 10:30am: DD v RPSG, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 13, 10:30am: GL v SRH, Green Park, Kanpur8 PM: KKR v MI, Eden Gardens, KolkataMay 14, 6:30am: RPSG v KXIP, Maharashtra Cricket Association'sInternational Stadium, Pune10:30am: DD v RCB, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiMay 16, 10:30am: Qualifier 1May 17, 10:30am: EliminatorMay 19, 10:30am: Qualifier 2May 21, 10:30am: Final, Rajiv Gandhi International. Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad

Rising Pune Supergiants:Full squad: MS Dhoni, Steve Smith, R Ashwin, Mayank Agarwal, BabaAparajith, Ankush Bains, Ankit Sharma, Rajat Bhatia, Deepak Chahar,Daniel Christian, Rahul Chahar, Ashok Dinda, Faf du Plessis, LockieFerduson. Usman Khawaja, Jaskaran Singh, Saurabh Kumar, BenStokes, Mil ind Tondon, Manoj Tiwary, Jaydev Unadkat, AdamZampaSquad strength: 24 (16 Indian, 8 Overseas)Kolkata Knight Riders:Full squad: Trent Boult (5 Cr), Chris Woakes (4.20 Cr), Rishi Dhawan(55 Lakh), Nathan Coulter-Nile (3.5 Cr), Rovman Powell (30 Lakh),R Sanjay Yadav (10 Lakh), Ishank Jaggi (10 Lakh), Darren Bravo(50 Lakh), Sayan Ghosh (10 Lakh), Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Narine,Ku ldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Sur yakumar Yadav, P iyushChawla, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, UmeshYadav,Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Singh RajputSquad strength: 23 (14 Indian, 9 Overseas)Mumbai Indians:Full squad: Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Johnson, K Gowtham, KarnSharma, Saurabh Tiwary, A Gunarathna , K Khejrol iya, RohitSharma, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, AmbatiRayudu, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Gopal, Lendl Simmons, VinayKumar, Pa r th iv Pa te l , M i tche l l McClenaghan , N i t i sh Rana ,Siddhesh Lad, J Suchith, Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Tim Southee,Jithesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia.Squad strength: 27 (18 Indian, 9 Overseas)Gujarat Lions:Full squad: Suresh Raina, Akshdeep Nath, Shubham Agarwal, BasilThampi, Dwayne Bravo, Chirag Suri, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch,Manpreet Gony, Ishan kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati,Dinesh Kar thik, Shibil Kaushik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar,Brendon McCullum, Munaf Patel, Pratham Singh, Jason Roy,Pradeep Sangwan, Jaydev Shah, Shelley Shaurya, Nathu Singh,Dwayne Smith, Tejas Baroka, Andrew TyeSquad strength: 27 (19 Indian, 8 Overseas)Kings XI Punjab:Full squad: Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Matt Henry,Varun Aaron, Mar tin Guptill, Darren Sammy, Rinku Singh, David Miller,Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh, AnureetSingh, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Shaun Marsh, WriddhimanSaha, M Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa,Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Hashim Amla.Squad strength: 27 (18 Indian, 9 Overseas)Delhi Daredevils:Full squad: Angelo Mathews (2 Cr), Corey Anderson (1 Cr), Kagiso

Rabada (5 Cr), Pat Cummins(4.50 Cr), Ankit Bawne (INR 10Lakhs), Aditya Tare (25 Lakhs),Murugan Ashwin (1 Cr), NavdeepSaini (10 lakh), Shashank Singh(10 Lakh), JP Duminy,Mohammed Shami, Quinton deKock, Shahbaz Nadeem, JayantYadav, Amit Mishra, Shreyas Iyer,Zaheer Khan, Sam Billings, SanjuSamson, Chris Morris, CarlosBrathwaite, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant,CV Milind, Syed Ahmed, Pratyush Singh.Squad strength: 26 (17 Indian, 9 Over-seas)Sunrisers Hyderabad:Full squad: Tanmay Agarwal,Mohammad Nabi, Ekalavya Dwivedi,Rashid Khan, Pravin Tambe, Chris Jor-dan, Ben Laughlin, Mohammed Siraj,Shikhar Dhawan,Bhuvneshwar Kumar,David Warner, Moises Henriques,Naman Ojha, Ricky Bhui, KaneWilliamson, Siddar th Kaul, BipulSharma, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh,Ben Cutting, Abhimanyu Mithun,Mustaf izur Rahman, Bar inderSran, Deepak Hooda, Vi jayShankar.Squad strength: 25 (16 Indian, 9Overseas)Royal Challengers Bangalore:Full squad: Pawan Negi, TymalMills, Aniket Choudhary, PraveenDubey, Billy Stanlake, Virat Kohli,KL Rahul, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle,Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel,Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, SarfarazKhan, S Aravind, Kedar Jadhav, ShaneWatson, Stuar t Binny, SamuelBadree, Iqbal Abdul la, TravisHead, Sachin Baby, Avesh Khan,Tabraiz ShamsiSquad strength: 24 (15 Indian, 9Overseas)

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New Zealand's Southee ruled of thirdTest vs South AfricaHAMILTON, (IANS) New Zealand suffered a major jolt on Thurs-day after vice-captain and strike bowler Tim Southee was ruledout of the third cricket Test against South Africa with a ham-string tear. Southee's injury is the third major casualty for thehosts in the current series, with fellow pacer Trent Boult andveteran batsman Ross Taylor already nursing injuries.Southee's absence leaves New Zealand with four other seamoptions: Neil Wagner, Matt Henry, who is yet to play in theseries, and all-rounders Colin de Grandhomme and JimmyNeesham for the Test, star ting on Saturday. With the Hamiltonpitch likely to remain slow and low, the Kiwis will most likely retain theirslow bowling duo of Jeetan Patel and Mitchell Santner. This is Southee'ssecond injury of the summer. In September, he was ruled out of the three-Test series in India after an ankle ligament strain. He went on to play thefour home Tests against Pakistan and Bangladesh, against whom hepicked up his 200th Test wicket, before sitting out the first Test againstSouth Africa in Dunedin and being brought back for the second. Mean-while, South Africa too have an injury concern of their own withwicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock damaging a tendon on his rightindex finger and could need up to six weeks on the sidelines. A late callwill be taken on de Kock's availability on Friday afternoon. DeKock's injury may prove costly to his Indian Premier League(IPL) franchise Delhi Daredevils, with the 10th edition of thecash-rich T20 tournament star ting on April 5.

Teenaged Mehedi Hasan earnsmaiden ODI call-up for BangladeshDHAKA, (IANS) Ahead of the three-match One-dayInternational (ODI) cricket series against Sri Lanka,star ting on Saturday, Bangladesh bolstered their spinattack with the inclusion of teenaged offie MehediHasan. The 19-year-old impressed everyone by taking10 wickets in the Test series against the islanders, hasfor the first time earned a call up to the limited overssquad, according to a repor t by espncricinfo. Mehedihas 27 wickets in as many List-A matches, having lastplayed for Kalabagan Cricket Academy in the DhakaPremier League last year. Mehedi was initially selectedin the Bangladesh U-23 squad for the upcoming ACCEmerging Nations Cup, but has now been replaced by U-19 spinner Naeem Hasan. Meanwhile, a hamstringinjury has forced Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman KushalPerara to remain on the sidelines for the opening twogames of the series against the Bangladeshis.

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SHOAIB MALIK OF PAKISTAN IS BEING CONGRATULATED BY HIS CAPTAIN AFTER HE HIT THE WINNING RUNS AGAINST WESTINDIES IN FIRST T20I AT BRIDGETOWN.

Fucale Slams the Door as Beast Shut Out KometsBRAMPTON, ONTARIO - Brampton Beast netminder ZacharyFucale put in an astonishing effor t on Sunday af ternoon, stoppingall 30 shots he faced to earn First Star honours as the Beastheld on to defeat the For t Wayne Komets 1-0 at the PoweradeCentre on Sunday afternoon. Luke Pither scored the lone goal ofthe game near the end of the second period to help the Beastend their season series with the playoff-bound Komets with anexcellent 4-0-1-0 record.The first period may have been scoreless but it wasn't without itsfair share of action. The Beast ran into penalty trouble in theopening frame and found themselves shor thanded three times,including a pair of 5-on-3 advantages for the Komets but Fucale andthe Beast fended them all off. The Komets outshot the Beast 17-6after 20 minutes. Brampton's stellar defensive play continued to

hold in the second period as the Beast managed to kill off anothertwo penalties. The Beast offense picked up as well, as they fired 12shots on goal to For t Wayne's six. Just as it seemed that there wasgoing to be another straight scoreless period, Luke Pither sent ascreaming one-timer toward Komets star ter Pat Nagle at 19:47.After appearing to make save, the puck slowly tumbled over thegoaltender's glove and trickled over the goal line, giving Pither his16th goal of the season.It would have been a tense third period if it wasn't for the stellargoaltending effor t from Fucale. He added another six saves to histotal and fended off a strong For t Wayne attack to give the Beastsome breathing room atop the Nor th Division standings.Brampton's penalty kill was nothing shor t of incredible on Sundayafternoon as the Beast killed off all eight opposition opportunities.

Beast Move Back Into FirstPlace With Big Win Over ElmiraELMIRA, NEW YORK - Brampton Beast forward Luke Pithernetted a pair of goals, Willie Corrin recorded a goal and twoassists and both Brandon Marino and Connor Crisp eachrecorded a goal and an assist to help propel the Beast backto first place in the Nor th Division with a big 6-2 win overthe Elmira Jackals at First Arena on Saturday night.Beast star ting goaltender Zach Fucale turned in another solidperformance and made 28 saves and recorded an assist topick up his 24th victory of the season. Jordan Henry addedan empty net goal for his 14th tally of the season, tying him withMathew Maione for the most goals scored by a Beast defenseman ina single season, set by Maione in the 2014-15 season.These two North Division rivals traded chances throughout the major-ity of the opening period before the Beast finally broke through. BrandonMarino dove over a defender to reach a Connor Crisp rebound and slidhome his 17th goal of the season. The goal was Marino's 100th point asa member of the Beast and gave the club a 1-0 lead at 17:32.With only 35 seconds left in the first period, Luke Pither tookcontrol of the puck in the slot and sent a laser beam on goalthat beat Jackals star ter Jason Kasdorf for a power playgoal, giving Pither goal number 14 on the season, sendingthe Beast into the first intermission with a 2-0 lead.Pither remained hot to star t the second period and scoredhis second power play goal of the game just 6:39 into thesecond frame, ripping another sizzling shot over the gloveof Kasdorf, pushing the Beast lead to 3-0. Kenton Miller gotone back for Elmira in the final minute of play of the secondperiod, cutting the Beast lead to 3-1 heading into the secondintermission. The Beast held a 26-21 edge on the shot clockafter 40 minutes of play.The potent Beast offense would not be denied when thepuck dropped in the third period. Beast defenseman WillieCorrin attempted a slap shot from the point but broke his stickon the play. There was enough momentum on the puck to send ittoward the goal and that's where Connor Crisp got a piece of it to redirectit behind Kasdorf, giving the Beast another power play tally at 7:13.The Jackals thought they had scored at the 10:45 mark of thethird period to cut the deficit to 4-2, but the officials over-turned the goal cal l and the score remained 4-1 forBrampton. Jackals Head Coach Mike Duco earned a game mis-conduct for throwing equipment onto the ice.It was the Beast who came out flying after the overturned goal as WillieCorrin sent a shot on goal from the point that beat Kasdorf cleanly for hiseighth goal of the season, pushing the Beast lead to 5-1 at 11:20. MarkBennett scored at the 13:55 mark to make it interesting, but JordanHenry sealed the win with an empty net goal from his own end at18:18, giving the Beast 77 points, good enough for top spotin the Nor th Division, one point ahead of the Reading Roy-als, who have played one more game than the Beast.

Waugh finds elements of himself and Ponting in Kohli's captaincySYDNEY, (IANS) A day after his successor Michael Clarke slammed the Australian media for "tarnishing" India skipper Virat Kohli'simage, former Australia captain Steve Waugh on Thursday went one step ahead in complimenting the Indian, saying he sees a bit ofRicky Ponting and himself in the way Kohli goes about his business."There's probably elements of Ricky (Ponting) and myself in his captaincy, but having said that he's his own man," Waugh was quotedas saying by cricket.com.au. "He's the new face of India, he can get in your face, he's aggressive, he's positive, and he leads in acer tain way so the other guys know how he wants the team to play. (But also) I'm glad he's got a bit of me in his captaincy," he added.Waugh, the most successful captain in Test history with a winning percentage of 71.92, is also impressed with Kohli's body languageand the way the 28-year-old encourages his team-mates. "He's obviously a very aggressive captain, he encourages a lot of talkamongst his troops and he's got positive body language and they're all the traits that I liked in my sides," he said.

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