Sunday, 26 April 2009

All eyes on Bollywood royalty at IPL matches breaks Bollywood's obsession with fair skin


ALL eyes will be on the pavilions at the Sahara Oval St George‘s grounds during the next week to catch a glimpse of Bollywood‘s rich and famous as cricket fans soak up two weekends of Indian Premier League (IPL) action in Nelson Mandela Bay.Some of Bollywood‘s A-list celebrities are expected to fly into Port Elizabeth and support their teams with the Bay fortunate enough to be hosting two consecutive IPL games tomorrow and on Monday, Freedom Day, and then another two clashes next weekend .Neresha Chetty of Durban was selected to represent the Chennai Super Kings in the search for Miss Bollywood SA from the crowd attending the IPL match between the Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils, at Sahara Kingsmead on Thursday. A day earlier Carla Dennis was picked from the crowd in Cape Town during the match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals held at Sahara Park Newlands in Cape Town, South Africa.Meanwhile, billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani is also expected to be in town to support his team, the Mumbai Indians.Ben Tippett, a representative of sports, entertainment and media company IMG World which co-ordinates the teams‘ logistics, said Khan had watched his team play in other South African cities during the IPL tournament but wasn‘t sure yet if he would be in Port Elizabeth for the long Just as the Indian Premier League (IPL) was getting South Africans worried about Bollywood's obsession with the fair-skinned actresses, two dusky beauties were chosen at Cape Town and Durban games over the past few days to participate in the Miss Bollywood contest.

Todays Kolkata VS Chennai IPL match rained off!!




Kolkata Knight Riders VS Chennai Super Kings match result


Steady rain caused the abandonment of the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders without a ball bowled at Newlands Saturday.Rain fell throughout most of the day and it never seemed likely that play would get under way.It was raining since morning and the match was called off without a ball being bowled.Both the teams badly needed a win as each of them has lost two matches out of three.Chennai Super Kings now stand at third position in the points table due to a superior net run rate while Kolkata Knight Riders occupy fifth spot.

But players and a handful of spectators were kept waiting for two hours 45 minutes after the scheduled start before the umpires decided that it would not be possible to play even the minimum number of five overs a side.Bad weather continued to play spoilsport at the Newlands cricket ground in Cape Town as continuous rain washed out the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings on Saturday.Brendon McCullum led Kolkata and Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai got one point each after the abandonment of the tie.