India 30 Member Preliminary Squad : Cold Goodbye to Seniors, Reward to Youngsters for Consistent Performace

BCCI has announced the the 30 Member Preliminary Squad for the ICC World Cup 2015 and had ended the hopes of its 2011 World Cup winners Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan. It has been a year since any them made to the ODI side.

Sehwag, the highest individual scorer of 2011 World Cup, Gambhir (the Man of Match of Final for me), scored crucial 97 in the Final, Yuvraj, Man of the Tournament, Harbhajan, who played an important role in every match and Zaheer, the highest wicket taker of the 2011 World Cup, were all omitted from the 30 Member Squad picked by Indian Selectors on Monday. All of them got a cold goodbye.

The selectors had decided to move on to the younger generation and to give edge to players who perform good in domestic cricket over the seniors who didn't perform well there. Only four players, Dhoni, Kohli, Raina and Ashwin were the part of 2011 winning side. The selectors thinks the new side have potential to defend the Cup and I hope the youngsters prove themselves on the biggest stage of Cricket.

30 Member Preliminary Squad : MS Dhoni (C), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedhar Jadhav, Robin Uthappa, Manoj Tiwari, Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha, Sanju Samson, R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Parvez Rasool, Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Mohd Shami, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Murli Vijay, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav.

My 15 Member Squad : MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa, R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane

Top Apps of 2014

Hey guys, in this post I am gonna write about some apps that I feel like are awesome. You may say like these are top apps of 2014 (till 30 November) according to me.
I am gonna write about Beach Buggy Racing, Bump sheep, Instagram and YouTube.

Beach Buggy Racing: You must have guessed from name, it is quite adventurous racing game. Commonly known as BB Racing, it is way too addicting game which has its animations quite good for a phone. It a large file which requires a minimum of 77 Mb, and also it uses a lot of RAM when it is running. It is available both on iOS(7.0 or later) and Android(4.0.3 or later) and is free on both, although there are some In-App purchases. The thing I like about it is that is not that type of game in which you can unlock a level only if all previous levels are completed, its all about stars in this game. Overall it's quite good game and I would give like 6.5 stars out of 10. 

BB Racing

Bump Sheep: A very simple and interesting game which also runs on both Android(2.2 or later) and iOS(4.3 or later). A minimum of 38 Mb is required to store it is your phone. A pretty good game which is a fun to play, has different modes to choose from like between player vs computer or player vs computer. I would rate it 7 stars out of 10.

Bump Sheep

Instagram: A photo sharing app, whose storage space varies with device, is damn awesome app to have on your phone. It requires a net connection to run and is good to stalk someone. An app which also runs on both iOS(6.0 or later) and Android (varies with device), is also addicting app. On this app you could find many celebrities and see the pictures they share. One can have his/her privacy by making their account private. I would give it 8 stars out of 10.

Instagram 

YouTube: An online videos watching app, YouTube is damn amazing at least for me. A website based application, on it one can watch music videos, watch knowledge based videos and much more and have great fun. Only one thing is quite disappointing that it requires a lot of internet Mb to run. I used like 500 Mbs in month of November only. It also runs on both Android (varies with device) and iOS(6.0 or later). I love this app and would give it of 9 stars out of 10.

YouTube

Images source: Google Play Store 
Give your reviews in comments below too.

Phil Hughes dies at the age of 25

Tomorrow is my BST exam, nothing studied and then I came to know about Phil Hughes. He was out of senses when I read "RIP PHIL HUGHES". Only 25 years of age and he is no more. The Cricketing World has suffer a major setback today. Thoughts and all prayers go out to his family and friends.

Two days back, a bouncer by Sean Abbot, clocking near 140km/h, hit him under the helmet, near his left ear, and he was down at the very moment. Experts said the impact was similar of being hit by a bullet. He was carried off on a stretcher at the SCG, and had CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before being taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma. According to Australian team doctor, Peter Brunker said he never regained conciousness. In a statement he said," It is my sad duty to inform you that Phillip Hughes passed away.He never regained conciousness following his injoury on Tuesday."
 This is how it all took place :

Hughes, played 26 Tests, made his debut at the age of 20 against South Africa, in 2009. In his second test, he became the youngest batsman to score two centuries in a single test match.

I mourn his loss and extend my deepest sympathies to his family and friends.
RIP HUGHES.

ICC AWARDS 2014

ICC Awards are awarded to best players in the field of cricket from 1 August to 31 July of next year. The Awards iclude Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year, ODI Cricketer of the Year, Women Cricketer of the Year, Emerging Player of the Year and some more.
Here is the list of nominees, my choice and the winners.

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year

AB de Villiers (SA)

Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Angelo Mathews (SL)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

My Pick : Mitchell Johnson, for his brilliant show in the Ashes.

Winner : Mitchell Johnson

ICC Test Cricketer of the Year

Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Angelo Mathews (SL)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
David Warner (Aus)
 

My Pick : Again Mitchell Johnson, for scaring each and every batsman and getting break throughs

Winner : Again Mitchell Johnson.

ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year

Quinton de Kock (SA)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Virat Kohli (Ind)
Dale Steyn (SA)

My Pick : Three are from SA. But for me Virat is the best ODI Player

Winner : AD de Villiers. This time I wasn't right.

ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year

Charlotte Edwards (Eng)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Sarah Taylor (Eng)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)

My Pick : Mithali Raj, one of the best Women Cricketer to play the game.

Winner : Sarah Taylor, the opening wicketkeeper-batsman.

LG People's Choice Award

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Ind)

Mitchell Johnson (Aus)

Angelo Mathews (SL)

Dale Steyn (SA)

Charlotte Edwards (Eng)

My Pick : I voted for Bhuvi.

Winner : Bhuvneshwar Kumar, well deserved.

ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year

Corey Anderson (NZ)
Gary Ballance (Eng)
Jimmy Neesham (NZ)
Ben Stokes (Eng)

My Pick : Gary Ballance, as this guy as lots of potential. 

Winner : Gary Ballance, this player will go ahead in his career. All the best, buddy. 

ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Alex Hales (Eng) - 116 not out (64b, 11x4, 6x6) v Sri Lanka (WT20), 27 Mar 2014
Aaron Finch (Aus) -156 (63b, 11x4, 14x6) v England, 29 August 2013
Rangana Herath (SL) - 3.3-2-3-5 v NZ (WT20), 31 Mar 2014

My Pick : My favourite performace was the Finch 156.

Winner : Finch 156. The way he demolishes every ball in the game was way beyond imagination.

ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year

Charlotte Edwards (Eng)
Meg Lanning (Aus)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)

My Pick : Mithali Raj.

Winner : Meg Lanning of Australia.

ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year

Calum MacLeod (Scot)
Preston Mommsen (Scot)
Mohammad Nabi (Afg)
Samiullah Shenwari (Afg)

My Choice : I don't know much about the Associates Team. Hope the best one will be awarded.

Winner :  Preston Mommsen.

David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year

All 12 members of the ICC Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires have been nominated

Winner :  Richard Kettleborough

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award

Katherine Brunt (England) Winner

Google AdSense : An overview

AdSense a program run by Google which allows publishers to display advertisements (which may be text, image, video or interactive media), that are targeted to site media and audience. Publishers who display ads on their website or blog can generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis.

It does not offer publishers with Google AdSense account due to new strict rules and regulations of it.
Often most of the AdSense applications get rejected. Mine too got rejected several times for my old blog and even now it is not accepted.

There may be many causes for its disapproval like people do not have about page on their blog (not even on ours), there is age restriction to apply for AdSense, the design of your blog should be attractive, there should be no paid traffic and most importantly content should be original.

But once it get accepted, publisher can start their earnings when the visitors click on ads provided and they could earn from few cents to couple of hundreds of dollars. Some sites earn a lot from AdSense which are like mashable ($600,000 approx), digital point ($500,000 approx), plenty of fish ($300,000 approx), techcrunch, digg and many others.

Don't be tensed if AdSense is not accepting your application because there some other alternatives which are also good. Some best AdSense alternatives are Chitika, Clicksor, Infolinks, Adbrite and Kontera. Although there is no AdSense alternative as Google pays best and has much higher CPC than others but if not accepted you can go for those mentioned above.


Sources: Wikipedia, Google images

Whatsapp Blue Tick Trolls

Whatsapp has made a drastic move, introduction of blue ticks. What does blue tick really mean? Blue ticks will indicate the sender that the message which was sent has been read. Earlier, Whatsapp had two type of ticks. One was the single tick which appears when the message was send, and the other one was two ticks, which appear when the message is delivered to the handset. And now the blue ticks, which will appear when text has been read. Now people can't say. "Ohh, Sorry. I haven't read your text."

Here are some trolls that have been made. (The ones I like the most)

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PS - All pictures are not mine. xD

Childhood Innocence

Diwali, the most prestigious festival of Hindus. Relatives meet each others, exchange of gifts, burning of crackers, the festival is full of excitement and thrill. This Diwali, the moment that moved me in a postitive way was seeing my Chachi and their kids (my small and cute cousins) after, I don't know how many years.

I last saw them, when my little cousin sister was only 2 or 3, and now she turned 7. When my little cousin sister and brother saw me and mhy family, they hesitated and were little nervous. Then, cheered up by my father, they did namaste to my parents and hi to me and my brother, but still they haven'y got mix with us. And that was too obvious. Then, we had plans for a movie, SRK starrer Happy New Year. We reached the cinema, get our tickets which were already booked through BMS. The responsibility of the cousins were given to me and we sat together. As we sat together, the talkings started. We shared the common popcorn tub, we shared laughs ( though some punches were adult, but still) we discussed what will happen next and much more. Our cousins were getting mixed with us, like they have known us for ages.

After the movie, we all gave our reviews to each other, then head towards Dominos. On the my little cousin bro was teasing her sister, so I caught hold of the boy and hand him to my sis thus, gain more love from her. Then, we reached home, have our pizzas and rolls. Afterthat, we all cousins enjoyed a quality time with each other. Teasing each other, making fun, imitating our little sis and much more. It's so amazing that few hours ago they were reluctant to us, but now they were enjoying beyond limits. Though, they are very small but the time spend with them was priceless. That is childhood, trusting everyone, getting mixed with all in just a few hours, making others smile with your cute and stupid actions. And once it is gone, you miss the hell of it.