Webinfosys's Updated News : Australian bowlers wreck Indian innings

Sachin Tendulkar played a lone ranger in his 400th ODI appearance but India put up a pathetic batting display and were bundled out for just 148 by fiery Australian pacers in the fifth match of the series in Vadodara on Thursday.

The hosts were skittled for a record low score at the Reliance Stadium of 148 in only 39.4 overs on a wicket which is traditionally batsmen-friendly.

Left arm pacer Mitchell Johnson grabbed five wickets after rocking India with a three-wicket first spell in which he sent back Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa and Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, all in single digits.

Tendulkar scored 47 but apart from that there was nothing noteworthy in the Indian innings.
Tendulkar hit nine fours in 73 balls during which he saw a procession of batsmen making their way back to leave the home team tottering at 43 for five in under ten overs.

After electing to bat, India suffered two blows in the very first over of the innings with Sourav Ganguly being run after a mix-up and Brett Lee (2-42) dismissing Rahul Dravid lbw for a first ball-duck, reducing India to five for two.

Wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist pouched six catches, four of these off Johnson, the fifth occasion the veteran stumper had done this feat.

Johnson, came back for a second spell and got rid off Irfan Pathan (26) and Murali Kartik for a duck to finish with splendid figures of 5 for 26, his career-best and first-ever five wicket haul.
Tendulkar dropped anchor at the other end, mixing caution with aggression.

The champion batsman, who joined Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya to have played 400 ODIs, put on 49 runs with Irfan Pathan (26) for the sixth wicket to repair the big damage.

Tendulkar departed halfway through when Lee returned for his second spell. He was caught behind off an out swinger.

The Indians were caught napping by the aggressive Australians, who came hard at them after their loss in Chandigarh.

The only man to baulk them and even counter-punch his way out of the mire was Tendulkar.
But in a way Tendulkar was responsible for the beginning of the shocking and steep slide of the Indian innings.

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Webinfosys's Updated News : ICICI Bank cuts interest rate on home loans

After State Bank of India, country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has cut floating home loan rates by 0.5 per cent to 11 per cent.

The new rates, implementable with immediate effect, will be applicable on new loans till October 31, an ICICI spokesperson said in Mumbai on Thursday.

The reduction follows the Finance Minister P Chidambaram asking banks to have a re-look at the interest rates to stimulate demand in the economy.

SBI had yesterday reduced interest rates on home and other retail loans by 0.5-1 per cent for different maturities as part of its festival offer.

The proposed rates are applicable for all new loans sanctioned on or after October 8 and is valid up to December 31, SBI had said in a statement.

SBI home loans are now cheaper by 0.50-1 per cent depending on loan maturities and amount of loan. The bank also gives discount if the salary account is with the SBI and further discount if a higher margin is available.

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Webinfosys's Updated News : Congress helping BJP to form government in Karnataka: JD-S

The Congress has given the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) an opportunity to form its first government in Karnataka on a platter, says the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), furious with the Congress for not backing it in the state and then recommending President's rule without dissolving the assembly.

The decision of the central government to not dissolve the assembly is part of a Congress conspiracy to force a split in the JD-S, whose chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's refusal to give up the post after 20 months forced former partner BJP to call off the alliance in Karnataka and triggered the current crisis.

"Where was the point in keeping the assembly in suspended animation when the governor recommended dissolution of the assembly. There appears to be a design in this. Now if the BJP succeeds in forming a government, the Congress will be solely responsible," said JD-S general secretary and spokesperson Kunwar Danish Ali.

He said the BJP had called JD-S leader and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda a betrayer and a back-stabber. "Yet, we did not allow the BJP to come to power," Ali told IANS.
He said the decision to keep the assembly in suspended animation could only encourage horse-trading.

Ali's apprehensions seem to be based on the open call on Wednesday to JD-S legislators by Karnataka's BJP leader BS Yediyurappa in Shimoga to come out and support a BJP government.
JD-S is the smallest group among the three formations in the state -- the Congress, the BJP and the JD-S.

Given the caste configurations in the state, many in the Lingayat community are unhappy with Kumaraswamy for not honouring the agreement with the BJP. Two legislators, Mahima Patel and Vijay Sankeshwar, have already announced their decision to quit the JD-S and support the BJP.

The BJP could emerge the winner in all this.

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