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y Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi y ) (born 1 March 1980 inKhyber Agencyof the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan[2]),

popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto: ) is aPakistani cricketer and current OneDay International (ODI) andTwenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the internationalcircuit

y . He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenyaand his Test debut on 22 October1998 against AustraliaAfridi is from theAfridi tribeof the Khyber Agencyin the FederallyAdministered Tribal Areasand hails from a Pashtun family. [2] He is married and has twodaughters, Aqsa and Ansha

Matches 27 320 42

Runs scored 1,716 6,667 671

Batting average 36.51 23.64 18.13

100s/50s 5/8 6/31 0/3

Top score 156 124 54*

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: ) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ,Pakistan [2]), popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto : ) is aPakistani cricketer andcurrent One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in theinternational circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia .

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI centurywhich he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, thesecond highest scoring over ever in an ODI. [3] He also holds the distinction of having hit themost number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket. [4] Afridi considers himself a better bowler

than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is theleading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 41 matches.

In June 2009 Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan , and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup . In his first match as ODI captain against SriLanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Testcaptaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Testcricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in


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limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup . Amongst his highlightswhile captaining Pakistan include leading the team to their first ODI series win in two-years,against New Zealand.

C ontents[hide]

y 1 Personal life y 2 International career

o 2.1 Ascending to the captaincy (20092011) y 3 Playing style

o 3.1 Batting o 3.2 Bowling

y 4 Records and achievements o 4.1 Test centuries o 4.2 ODI centuries o 4.3 ODI five-wicket hauls

y 5 References y 6 External links

P ersonal lifeAfridi is from the Afridi tribe of the Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and hails from a Pashtun family. [2] He is married and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha. [5]

International careerIn October 1996 at the age of sixteen Afridi was drafted into the ODI team during the four-nationSameer Cup 199697 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed .[6] Hemade his debut on 2 October against Kenya, however he didn't bat and went wicketless. [7] In thenext match against Sri Lanka , Afridi batted at number three in the role of a pinch-hitter . In hisfirst international innings, Afridi broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket, reaching hishundred from 37 balls. The eleven sixes he struck also equalled the record for most in an ODIinnings. [8][nb 1] Aged 16 years and 217 days, Afridi became the youngest player to score an ODIcentury. [10] Pakistan posted a total of 371, at the time the second-highest in ODIs, and won by82 runs; Afridi was named man of the match. [8]

Two years after appearing on the international scene, Afridi made his Test debut in the thirdgame of a three-match series against Australia on 22 October 1998. [11] By this point he hadalready played 66 ODIs, at the time a record before playing Tests. [12] He opened the batting,making scores of 10 and 6, and took five wickets in the first innings. [11] He played his secondTest the following January during Pakistan's tour of India ; it was the first Test between the twocountries since 1990. [13] Again opening the batting, Afridi scored his maiden Test century,


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scoring 141 runs from 191 balls. In the same match he also claimed three wickets for 54 runs. [14] After winning the first match by 12 runs, Pakistan lost the second to draw the series. [15]

In 2001, Afridi signed a contract to represent Leicestershire . In five first-class matches he scored295 runs at an average of 42.14, including a highest score of 164, [16] and took 11 wickets at an

average of 46.45;[17]

Afridi also played 11 one day matches for the club, scoring 481 runs at anaverage of 40.08 [18] and taking 18 wickets at 24.04. [19] His highest score of 95 came from58 balls in a semi-final of the C&G Trophy to help Leicestershire beat Lancashire by sevenwickets. [20] Derbyshire County Cricket Club signed Afridi to play for them in the first twomonths of the 2003 English cricket season .[21] In June 2004 Afridi signed with English countyside Kent to play for them in three Twenty20 matches and one Totesport League match. [22]

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Afridi's Test match batting career up to 30 December 2007,showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Afridi made his presence felt in the third Test against India in March 2005, scoring a quick-firesecond-innings half-century and taking five wickets in the match (including Tendulkar twice) tohelp Pakistan to win the game and register a series draw. [23] In April Afridi struck what at thetime was the equal second-fastest century in ODIs; he reached 100 off 45 deliveries againstIndia, sharing the record with

living and support his family. After gaining some experience, he started his own shop and brought two of his brothers to Bombay. Gradually, Hazare's income increased to around 800 per month, a decent income in those times.

of evil. The youth group brought all the tobacco, cigarettes and beedies from the shops in thevillage and burnt them in a Holi fire. From that day, no tobacco, cigarettes, or beedies are soldin any shop at Ralegan Siddhi. [11][12][13]


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[edit ] The Watershed Development programme

people of Ralegan have largely succeeded in eradicating social discrimination on the basis of caste. The Dalits have been integrated into the social and economic life of the village. Thevillagers have built houses for the Dalits, and helped to repay their loans to free them from their

indebtedness.[17]

[edit ] Collective marriages

On 20 July 2006, the Union Cabinet decided to amend the Right to Information Act 2005 toexclude the file notings by the government officials from its purview. Hazare began his 'fast untodeath' on 9 August 2006 against the proposed amendment in Alandi. He ended his fast on 19August 2006, after the government agreed to change its earlier decision. [34]

Anna Hazare also said that if the bill was not passed, then he will call a mass nation-wideagitation. [48][47] He called his movement as "second struggle for independence " and he will

continue the fight.[49]

Sania Mirza (Hindi- ), (born 15 November 1986) is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003. She is known for her

powerful forehand ground strokes. she is ranked as No.73 in the world according to theWomen's Tennis Association singles rankings, and reached career high ranking as 27 in theworld on 27 August 2007. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings.

In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government . In 2006, Mirza wasawarded a Padma Shri , India's fourth highest honor for her achievements as a tennis player. [1] InMarch 2010, The Economic Times named mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India

proud". [2]

[edit] Early lifeMirza was born to Imran Mirza, a sports journalist, and his wife Nasima in Mumbai ,Maharashtra . She was brought up in Hyderabad in a religious family. [3][4][5] Mirza began playingtennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was trained by her father and other family members. She attended Nasr school in Hyderabad and later graduated from St. Mary'sCollege. [6][7]

[edit] C areerIn April 2003, Mirza made her debut in the India Fed Cup team , winning all three singlesmatches. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming upwith Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.


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Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 18 in doubles . She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slamtennis tournament. She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slamtournament at the 2005 U.S. Open , defeating Mashona Washington , Maria Elena Camerin andMarion Bartoli . In winning, with Mahesh Bhupathi, the mixed doubles event at the 2009

Australian Open, she became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.In 2005, Mirza reached the third round of the Australian Open , losing to eventual championSerena Williams . On 12 February 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTAsingles title, defeating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals . As of September 2006, Mirza has notched up three top 10 wins; against Svetlana Kuznetsova , NadiaPetrova and Martina Hingis . At the 2006 Doha Asian Games , Mirza won the silver in thewomen's singles category and the gold in the mixed doubles partnering Leander Paes . She wasalso part of the Indian women's team that won the silver in the team event.

Mirza had had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season, finishing

eighth in the 2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the final of the Bank of the WestClassic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er , and reached the quarterfinals of the Tier 1 Acura Classic .

At the 2007 U.S. Open , she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for thethird time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals inmixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles withBethanie Mattek , including a win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur .

Mirza received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the MGR Educational andResearch Institute University in Chennai on 2008-12-11. [8] Her niece, Sonia Baig Mirza, studies

there.[edit ] 2008

Mirza reached the quarter-finals at Hobart as No. 6 seed. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in three sets.She reached the third round at the Australian Open as No.31 seed, where she lost to No.8 seedVenus Williams 76(0) 64, having led 53 in the first set. She was runner-up in the AustralianOpen mixed doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi where they lost 76(4), 64 to Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonji .

She withdrew from the Pattaya Open because of a left adductor strain.

Mirza reached the 4r at Indian Wells as No.21 seed, defeating No.9 seed Shahar Pe'er en route, but lost to No.5 seed Daniela Hantuchov .

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships , as No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier MaraJos Martnez Snchez , 60, 46, 97, having had several match points.


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Mirza was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she retired in her match against Iveta Bene ov because of a right wrist injury. She made it through the first roundat Women's Doubles in Beijing with Sunitha Rao , but lost in the second round to SvetlanaKuznetsova and Dinara Safina . Throughout 2008, Mirza was plagued by a slew of wrist injuries,requiring her to withdraw from several matches including those of the Roland Garros and US

Open Grand Slams.[edit ] 2009

Mirza began her year 2009 Moorilla Hobart International where she competed only in doubles partnering Francesca Schiavone , they lost in quarterfinal.

At 2009 Australian Open she win match against Marta Domachowska in first round, next sheloss match against 10th seed Nadia Petrova . In doubles she lost in first round partnering VaniaKing. But in mixed doubles Sania Mirza picked up her first Grand Slam title at the 2009Australian Open . Partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi , she beat Nathalie Dechy (France) and Andy

Ram (Israel) 63, 61 in the final in Melbourne . She then entered the Pattaya Women's Open Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of good performances. Shelost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 75, 61. She made the semis in doubles in the sametournament.

Mirza then competed in the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the second round to FlaviaPennetta . She then participated in the Miami Masters and lost to Mathilde Johansson of France inthe first round. Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei made thesemifinals of the doubles event. Mirza lost in the first round of the MPS Group Championships

but won the doubles title with Chuang. She lost in the first round at Roland Garros, losing toKazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva . She also lost in the second round of the doubles (with

Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi ). She participated in the 2009 AEGONClassic and reached the semifinals, losing to Magdalna Rybrikov of Slovakia 36,60,63,who eventually won the title.

Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grnefeld in the first round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships .She then fell to #28 Sorana Crstea in the second round. She competed in and won the LexingtonChallenger event, defeating top seed Julie Coin of France in the final. She also reached the finalof the ITF event in Vancouver but lost to Stphanie Dubois of Canada. Playing in the U.S Open,she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost 60, 60 to 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy. She also lost in the second round of the doubles event (partnering Francesca Schiavone ) toShahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko .

Mirza successfully qualified for the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo but lost in the first roundto Zheng Jie . Mirza won the first set but could not hold the lead, eventually losing to the Chinese

player 75, 26, 36.

At Osaka, Mirza won her first round match against 5th seed Shahar Pe'er 36, 63, 64. Mirzathen defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 64, 63 and in the quarterfinal she defeated 2nd seed Marion


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Bartoli 64, 20 by retirement. Bartoli conceded her match and Mirza moved on to the semifinalto meet 4th seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy.

[edit ] 2010

Mirza began her year at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She won her first round match againstStefanie Vgele in three sets, but was crushed by 4th seed Francesca Schiavone in the secondround. Mirza then two first-round losses at the Moorilla Hobart International and the AustralianOpen.

In February, Sania competed in the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open as the 6th seed, but lost to TatjanaMalek 63, 46, 36. She then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships but suffered a firstround deficit to Anabel Medina Garrigues . Sania was forced to withdraw from the Sony EriccsonOpen and BNP Paribas Open due to a right wrist injury. This injury also caused her to pull out of the French Open .

She returned at the AEGON Classic , where she lost in the second round to Thailand's TamarineTanasugarn in the three sets. Mirza then fell in the qualifying at Eastbourne , and lost in the firstround of Wimbledon.

Her bad form continued, as she lost in the qualifying rounds of both the Cincinnati Masters andthe Rogers Cup .

She then competed at the 2010 US Open Women's Singles Qualifying where she won threestraight matches. She defeated Ksenia Lykina , Elena Bovina , Catalina Castao to qualify for themain draw. In main draw she defeated qualifier Michelle Larcher De Brito 6-3,6-2. In next roundshe went down to 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2,6-4.

In September Sania competed in the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open . In firstround she defeated Katie O'Brien 6-3,1-6,6-2. Next she defeated 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4,6-3 to reach quarterfinal, where she lost fighting to Shuai Zhang 6-4,1-6,6-4. In 2010Guangzhou International Women's Open she won Doubles title partnering Edina Gallovits .

In 2010 Tashkent Open she lost in first round to Ekaterina Bychkova .

In October, she represented India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games , as the 2nd seed. Shedefeated Brittany Teei , Marina Erakovic , and Olivia Rogowska before losing to Australia'sAnastasia Rodionova in the final. In doubles, she partnered with India's Rushmi Chakravarthi ,

losing in the semifinals to Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers . Then for the Bronze Medal 'smatch, Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi beat another Indian team of PoojashreeVenkatesha and Nirupama Vaidyanathan .

Mirza lost in the qualifying round of 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open and first round of ITF eventin Taipai .


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In November, she represented India at the 2010 Asian Games . The unseeded Indian defeatedVenise Wing Yau Chan in first round. Next she defeated 6th seed Shuai Zhang in straight sets 6-2,6-2 to enter into quarterfinal. In quarterfinal Mirza won against 2nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-2,6-3 to move in semi final, where she went down fighting to 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 7-6(7),3-6,4-6 and won Bronze Medal in singles. In Mixed Doubles she partnered with India's

Vishnu Vardhan losing in the finals to Yung-Jan Chan and Tsung-Hua Yang , win Silver Medal .In December she competed at 2010 ITF event in Dubai. In first round she defeated 6th seedKsenia Pervak 6-2,6-3. Then she eaisly defeated Korina Perkovic 6-1,6-2 to move intoquarterfinal. In quarterfinal she face Top seed Julia Grges of Germany. She beat her in straightsets 6-1,7-6(8) and in semi final she won against 8th seed Evgeniya Rodina 6-3,4-6,6-4 to reachfinal. In final match she beat 5th seed Bojana Jovanovski 4-6,6-3,6-0 to clinch singles title.

[edit ] 2011

Mirza started her 2011 ranked World no. 141.

Mirza started her year with the ASB Classic Open in Auckland . She needed one more win toqualify for the tournament, but lost in three sets against Sabine Lisicki . In doubles, she partneredRenata Voracova of Czech Republic and reached the semifinals, but lost to Katarina Srebotnik and Kveta Peschke .

She then competed at the 2011 Australian Open Women's Singles Qualifying where she wonthree straight matches to qualify for the main draw. In the first round she went down fighting toformer world no. 1 Justine Henin 57,63,61. She partnerd Voracova for doubles but lost in thefirst round also.

She received a wildcard to play in the Dubai Tennis Championships . She defeated AkgulAmanmuradova 6-3, 6-1 in the first round. She lost to qualifier Ayumi Morita in the second. Indoubles, she has partnered with Russian Elena Vesnina . They beat Timea Bacsinszky and IvetaBene ov in the opener. Next, they beat Alexandra Dulgheru and Selima Sfar before going downto Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko in the quarterfinals.

Mirza received a wildcard to play at the Qatar Ladies Open . She made quick work of Serbianqualifier Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 7-5. She was crushed by 5th seed Jelena Jankovic 6-0, 6-1 inthe second round. In doubles, Mirza paired with Vesnina and won her first Primary Mandatoryevent of WTA tour after defeating American pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and MeghannShaughnessy in the final of Indian Wells .

Mirza competed at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open Women's Singles Qualifying , where she wonagainst Han Xinyun of China and Voracova in first and second round respectively, thus qualifiedfor the main draw . In the first round she defeated world no. 62 Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain

by 6-2, 6-4. In the next round Mirza lost to Maria Kirilenko of Russia 5-7,6-3,6-0. Mirza pairedwith Vesnina and defeated 5th seed Zheng Jie (China) and Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei ) by6-2, 4(10)-6(7), but went down to pair of Daniela Hantuchov (Slovakia) and AgnieszkaRadwanska (Poland) by 6-4, 6-3 in second round.


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Mirza participated at the Premier-level Family Circle Cup in Charleston . In singles, she defeatedAlison Riske (Round 1), Vania King (Round 2) and Sabine Lisicki (Round 3), but went down inthe Quarter finals in 3 sets against Peng Shuai . In doubles, Mirza has reached the finals alongwith Vesnina and defeated Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond (Round 1), Alla Kudryavtseva &Anastasia Rodionova (Round 2) and Peng Shuai & Zheng Jie (Semi finals). The pair beat

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy for the second time this season in finals 6-4,6-4. Mirza won her 11 WTA Tour Doubles Title and second of the year.

[edit] P ersonal lifeIn 2009, Sania Mirza got engaged with a childhood friend Sohrab Mirza, however thisengagement did not last long. [9] Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on 12 April2010. [10][11] The wedding was held in Hyderabad, India. The online attention the weddinggenerated made Mirza the most searched woman tennis player in 2010 according to GoogleTrends. [12] The couple planned to settle down in Dubai.[13]

[edit] C ontroversyThe short tennis clothes she has to wear in the court has drawn criticism from some Muslimreligious groups, with Mirza being a practising Muslim who prays five times a day and fastsduring Ramadan .[5] According to one report published 8 September 2005, an unnamed Muslimscholar had issued a ruling , saying that women's tennis attire is not suited to Islam. [14] Jamiat-ulema-e-Hind rejected rumors about disrupting her game saying that they do not stop anyonefrom playing, although they found female tennis players' dress code objectionable. Nevertheless,Calcutta police tightened security measures to protect her. [15]

After Mirza spoke at a conference on safe sex in November 2005, some groups said she wasdetached from Islam and that she was a "corrupting influence on the youth." Mirza clarified her stance by saying that she was opposed to pre-marital sex. [16]

In 2006, some newspapers reported that Mirza declined to play doubles with an Israeli tennis player Shahar Pe'er for fear of protests from India's Muslim community. [16] However, when sheteamed up with Pe'er for the 2007 WTA Tour of Stanford, California , there was no reaction.

Mirza was pictured resting her feet and showing the soles of her bare feet as she watchedcompatriot Rohan Bopanna play in the 2008 Hopman Cup , with an Indian flag in front. [17] Shefaced possible prosecution under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act after a privatecitizen complained. Mirza protested, "I love my country, I wouldn't be playing Hopman Cupotherwise."

On 4 February 2008, Mirza said that she would stop appearing in tennis tournaments held inIndia, starting with the 2008 Bangalore Open the following month, citing the series of controversies and upon advice by her manager. [18]

[edit] C areer finals


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[edit ] WTA Tour singles finals 4 (1 3)

Outc ome No. Year Tou rnamen t Loca t ion Su rfa ce Opp onen t inFinal

Score inFinal

Winner 1. 2005 Hyderabad Hyderabad HardAlona

Bondarenko6 4, 5 7,6 3

Runner-up

1. 2005 Forest Hills Forest Hills HardLucie

af ov3 6, 7 5,6 4

Runner-up

2. 2007 Stanford Stanford, USA HardAnna

Chakvetadze6 3, 6 2

Runner-up

3. 2009 Pattaya City Pattaya City Hard VeraZvonareva

7 5, 6 1


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Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open, during her first-round women's doubles match

[edit ] Doubles

[edit] Wins (15)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: S tar t ing in 2009

G rand Slam tournaments (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (1)

Tier II (2) Premier 5 (0)

Tier III (3) Premier (0)

Tier IV & V (2) International (2)

ITF Circuit (4)

No. Dat e Tou rnamen t Su rfa ce Par tner Opp onen ts in thefinal Score

1. 7 January 2002 Manila, Philippines Hard RadhikaTulpule

Dong Yanhua Zhang Yao

6 4, 6 3

2. 3 Mar. 2003 Benin City, Nigeria Hard RebeccaDandeniya

Franziska Etzel Christina

Obermoser 6 3, 6 0

3. 22 Feb. 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Liezel HuberLi Ting Sun Tiantian

7 6, 6 4

4. 15 Aug. 2004 London, G reat Britain Hard RushmiChakravarthi

Anna Hawkins Nicole Rencken

6 3, 6 2

5. 10 Oct. 2004 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Shelley

Stephens

Surina De Beer Chanelle

Scheepers 6 1, 6 4


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[edit] Finals (2)

Year Cham p ion ship Par tnering Opp onen ts in Final Score

Runner up 2008 Australian Open Mahesh Bhupathi Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjic

7 6(4), 6 4

Winner 2009 Australian Open Mahesh Bhupathi Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram

6 3, 6 1

Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once atournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2010 Australian Open .

Tou rnamen t 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career Win-

Loss


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G rand Slam To u rnamen ts

Australian Open A A 3R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 9 7

French Open A A 1R 1R 2R A 1R A 2 4

Wimbledon A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 4 6

US Open A A 4R 2R 3R A 2R 2R 11 5

Win- Loss 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 4 5 4 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 1 25 22

Olymp ic G ame s

Summer Olympics NotHeld

A Not Held 1R NotHeld

0 1

Year-End Cham p ion ship

WTA TourChampionships

A A A A A A A 0 0

Tou rnamen ts Final s 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4

Tou rnamen ts Won 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Overall win/lo ss 20 5 50 8 3320 2024 3019 2625 1112 2918 5 1 219 131

Year End Ranking 399 206 31 66 32 99 58 166 N/A

y LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament. y A = did not participate in the tournament .

[edit] References1. ^ "Sania Mirza gets Padma Shri". Rediff . http://im .rediff .com/sports/2006/jan/25sania .htm . Retrieved 9

March 2009. 2. ^ "DAY IN PICS-Sania Mirza". http://economictimes .indiatimes.com/pictures/videos/pictures/33-women-

who-made-india-proud/sania-mirza/articleshowpics/5661392 .cms. Retrieved march 09 2010 . 3. ^ Johnson, Martin (16 January 2008). "Sania Mirza is failing to fly the flag for India". The Daily Telegraph,

UK (London). http://www . telegraph .co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/2289112/Sania-Mirza-is-failing-to-fly-the-flag-for-India.html. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

4. ^ The enigma that is Sania Mirza- tennis star and so much more Sportingo.


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5. ^ a b AmeliaG entleman (5 February 2006) India's most wanted G uardian. Retrieved on 30 September2009.

6. ^ "Biography of Sania". Saniya Mirza. 15 November 1986. http://www .saniyamirza.org/biography .html. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

7. ^ "Indian Sports personalities Sania Mirza". Webindia123.com. 15 November

Mahara sh t ra Legi sla t ive Council

Incu mben t

Assu med offi ce

1990

Mini st er for PWD, Mahara sh t ra

In offi ce

27th May, 1995 1999

Pre siden t of Bhara t iya Jana ta Par t y

Incu mben t

Assu med offi ce

25th December, 2009

Pre ceded by Rajnath Singh

BornMay 27, 1957 (age 53)

Nagpur, India

Na t ionali t y Indian


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Poli t ical par t y Bharatiya Janata Party

Sp ous e( s) KanchanG adkari

Children Nikhil, Sarang and Ketki

Alma ma ter Nagpur University

Occup a t ion Lawyer, Industrialist

Religion Hindu

Web site nitingadkari.in

N itin Gadkari (Marathi: ) (born 27 May 1957)is a senior Indian politician and thecurrent President of the Bharatiya Janata Party .[1] He is best known for the works during histenure as a PWD Minister in the state of Maharashta when he constructed a series of roads,highways and flyovers across the state including the Yeshwantrao Chavan MumbaiPuneExpressway [2]

C ontents[hide]

y 1 Background, Family and Education y 2 Political career

o 2. 1 Support for Privatization o 2. 2 Chairman of NRRDC o 2. 3 Other works during his Tenure o 2. 4 Positions Served in the Past and Serving

y 3 Industrial career y 4 Awards y

5 References y 6 External links

[edit] Background, Family and Education


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y G adkari formulated the scientific methodology of BOT projects, initiated traffic surveys, workedout IRR (Internal rate of return) and made the govt . of maharashtra change the concessionperiod of toll policy. [c itation needed ]

y During recession, he channeled 5000 crore into infrastructural projects which strengthened thecement, steel and bitumen industry of India . [c itation needed ]

y G adkari implemented self-employment scheme for civil Engineers which enabled 18,000Engineers to work independently . [c itation needed ]

y He organized the great plantation drive in Nagpur which planted 40 lakh trees in 2 years . Heaimed to make Nagpur the G reenest City in India. [c itation needed ]

y He has visited countries like Israel, Italy, France, G ermany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan,China, Hong Kong,Singapore, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Braziland Srilankaas part of theIndian Delegation for MSSIDC, MSRDC,G ovt. of Maharashtra and G ovt. of India. [c itation needed ]

[edit ] Positions Served in the Past and Serving

y ExMinister, G ovt Of Maharashtra [11] y Chairman, Purti G roup Of Companies[12] y President , Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State [13] y Ex-Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council[14] y Former Minister for Public Works Department, Maharashtra State [15] y Member of Legislative Council, Maharashtra State [16] y Elected to the Maharashtra G ovt. Legislative Councilin 1989 from graduates constituency,

Nagpur Region. [17] y Re-Elected in the year 1990. [18] y Re-Elected in the year 1996 and elected unopposed in 2002. [19] y Inducted in the Maharashtra State G overnment Cabinet as the Minister for Public Works on May

27 1995. [20] y Ex-Member of the High Power Committee for Privatisation,G overnment of Maharashtra . [21] y Ex-Chairman,Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation , India. [22] y Ex-G uardian Minister for Nagpur District,G ovt. of Maharashtra . [23] y Ex-Chairman, Mining policy Implementation Committee,G ovt. of Maharashtra . [24] y Ex-Chairman, Metropolis Beautification Committee,G ovt. of Maharashtra . [25] y Ex-Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council, ChairmanNational Rural Road

Development Committee [26] y Chairman, Review Committee of CPWD,G ovt. of India. [27] y

State President of Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra. [28]

After a successful stint as PWD Minister, Gadkari took over as President of the MaharashtraState Unit of the BJP in 2004. In 2009, when the BJP National President Rajnath Singh 's termended in December, Gadkari succeeded him as the youngest ever President of BJP. [29]

[edit] Industrial career


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Nitin Gadkari does not consider himself a career politician .[30] He is known to control theseestablishments in the following way;

y Poly sack Industrial Society Ltd - Founder and Chairman. [c itation needed ] y Nikhil Furniture and Appliances Pvt. Ltd - Promoter and Director. [c itation needed ] y Antyodaya Trust - Founder and Member . [c itation needed ] y Empress Employees Co-operative Paper Mills Ltd - Founder and Chairman. [c itation needed ]

Gadkari is also an agriculturist . He has not only promoted but also has major interests in thefields of money, Water Management , Solar Energy Projects and the use of modern tools inagriculture. Recently, he started exporting fruits to various countries under the banner Ketakioverseas Trading Company. [citation needed ]

[edit] AwardsHe has been honored with the Bombay Bhushan Award and has also been felicitated by various

organizations in Mumbai .[citation needed ]

[edit] References1. ^ Rajnath steps down, G adkari takes over as BJP president 2. ^ BJP's new chief seen as moderniser 3. ^ Former carpet boy as new carpetbagger - Indian Express 4. ^ KanchanG adkari, wife of State President BJP NitinG adkari 5. ^ G adkari emerges as front-runner for post 6. ^ [1] 7. ^ http://sdmahajan . tripod .com/epw_paper .pdf (unpublished paper) [v erifi c ation needed ] 8. ^ "NitinG adkari wants G anga Cauvery Link of national rivers!". Agricultureinformation.com.

2010-05-12. http://www .agricultureinformation .com/mag/?p=6429 . Retrieved 2010-12-22.

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