By our reporter

Melbourne, 11 May:Premier Ted Baillieu today launched the program for the 2012 Indian Film Festival of
Melbourne which will showcase the Indian film industry next month.

Mr Baillieu joined Festival Ambassador and Indian film star Vidya Balan and Festival Director
Mitu Bhowmick Lange to announce the program, which will feature 40 films and activities from
India and the sub-continent.

“The Victorian Government is committed to strengthening ties between Victoria and India as
well as developing a greater mutual understanding of our respective screen industries,” Mr
Baillieu said.

“The festival delivers on the Government’s election promise to develop an Indian film festival
and bring the best of Indian cinema to Victorian audiences and screen practitioners.

“We’ve established this festival as a key highlight on Victoria’s cultural and arts calendar as a
way of sharing the diversity and breadth of Indian cinema with Victorians.

“This festival program is packed with more than 40 films and activities, and it is a great
opportunity for Victorians to enjoy a unique film experience.”

Mr Baillieu said the festival would feature films from nine languages across India, Nepal,
Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

“There will also be more than 20 Australian premieres, one world premiere and an amazing
lineup of guests, including some of India’s biggest film stars who will be in Melbourne to open
the festival,” Mr Baillieu said.

“Leading actors including former Miss World Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor and Tamil
superstar Vijay will be in Melbourne for the festival which kicks off on June 11 with the
opening night film Kahaani.”

Released in India earlier this year, Kahaani stars Festival Ambassador Vidya Balan and has
already been a huge critical and commercial hit in India.

Mr Baillieu said leading filmmakers from all genres would attend the Festival to present their
films and interact with film lovers in Melbourne.

Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher said India had one of the
most dynamic film industries in the world and offered exciting opportunities for collaboration.

“The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne not only promotes Indian cinema to Victorian
audiences, it also adds to our expansive array of film industry events held annually,” Ms
Asher said.

“The Festival complements a number of initiatives the Government has implemented to build
ties with India’s film industry.

“Others include the Victoria-India Co-production Initiative and the Victorian Screen
Fellowships program which will be officially launched this year.”

Festival Director Mitu Bhowmick Lange said the Festival encompassed the true spirit of the
Indian film industry – right from mainstream Bollywood blockbusters through to more edgy
new wave Hindi films, to regional gems in Tamil, Bengali, Malayam and other languages.

“We invite Melburnians to celebrate the films and filmmakers of the world’s biggest cinema
producer, right in the heart of Melbourne,” Ms Bhowmick said.

Mr Baillieu announced Mind Blowing Films as the successful tenderer for the presentation of
the Festival and Vidya Balan as Festival Ambassador during the Super Trade Mission to India
earlier this year.

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne will take place from June 11 to 22 at Hoyts Melbourne
Central and Hoyts Chadstone, with free screenings at Federation Square. For further
information visit www.iffm.com.au

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By Neeraj Nanda

Melbourne, 8 May: Overseas students from China and India are on top applying for courses in Australia. Applicants from India who have been granted student visas have also considerably jumped. Among the sub continent countries Nepal has shown slight decline of from 5,799 (last year) to 5,471 (2011-12) and Pakistan has slightly increased from 3,907 (last year) to 4.378 (2011-12).

Applications increased by 2.1 per cent in 2011-12 (217,690) up from 213, 185 (previous year). The increase has been 16 % higher from India and 0.8 % higher from China, says The Student Visa Program Quarterly Report (quarter ending at 31st March 2012) released by the Australian Department of Immigration & Citizenship.
Total student visas granted in 2011-2012 (up to 31 March) were 191, 619. This is up 4.5 % compared to 183, 433 (last year).The grant rate for March 2012 was 89.6 per cent.
On March 2012 there were 344,468 student visa holders in Australia as compared to 381,080 last year. There was a decline of 9.6 % as compared to last year.
Offshore visa grant rates for Indian nationals increased considerably to 61.5 per cent compared to the previous three quarters (where they were 39.6, 45.0 and 53.8 per cent). Offshore grant rates for Chinese nationals remained high at 88.4 per cent compared to the previous quarter where it was 88.9 per cent, the report discloses.

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Melbourne: Inspired by the huge success and influence of Bollywood movies, SBS is bringing a taste of Bollywood to Australia with a brand new show, Bollywood Star.
This four-part series, made for SBS by WTFN Entertainment (Bondi Vet, Keeping up with the Joneses), follows the search for an Australian Bollywood star: an unknown who will go on to win the prize of a lifetime – renowned Bollywood producer and director Mahesh Bhatt is offering a coveted place in his next movie to one Australian to become the next Bollywood Star.
Michael Ebeid, SBS Managing Director, explained the competition saying, “The series will follow the hundreds of hopefuls who will audition for a part in a Bollywood movie as they’re whittled down to six finalists who will travel to Mumbai to immerse themselves in Indian culture and experience the glitz and glamour of the Bollywood movie scene. The final winner will be selected by Mahesh himself and take away the prize of a role in his next feature film.”
National auditions will be held in Sydney on Saturday October 22 at the National Art School, Taylor Square, Sydney. More information on how to audition is available at www.sbs.com.au/bollywoodstar.

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By News Bureau in New Delhi

INDIA’s NUCLEAR DETERRENCE (NO – FIRST – USE) IN ACTION : The 17 meter Agni-5 ICBM launched successfully by India from Wheeler island (Chandipur), Orissa on 19th April 2012.The three-stage, 17-metre tall Agni-V, weighing 50 tonnes, is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead of 1.1 tonnes. This missile can go up to 5000 km and can hit any country in the world except the US. India joins the U.S., Russia, France and China, which have ICBM capability. With India’s policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, Agni-V will provide the country with depth in deterrence. How much did it cost is not known?

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Purpose of the Event: To show case the multi-cultural nature of the Little India Traders by utilizing

the Indian Bollywood Theme to bring families together as fun day. The word Bollywood is easily

identify with in all communities consensus meaning dance, music, film and clothes.

Bollywood Festival will transform the street into Indian Bazaar feel, where the shops will have

market style stalls on the pavement. So take a moment to visualise the shops strewn with

garlands of paper flowers to enhance this look, using the featured colour scheme of pink, gold, red

and yellow. Smell the fragrance incense and wafting smells of fresh curries being cooked and serve

alfresco outside the five cafes and restaurant.

Listen to the sounds of tabla players and dancers weaving their way down the footpath. Take a

moment to stop at the chai cart set up serving freshly brewed chai, letting visitors new to this

refreshing drink to sit and linger taking in the sounds and sights. Or to sit and allow the henna

artist to tattoo ones hands are with age old symbols.

Behind the shops, central stage will be host to the famous Bhangra Dancers, Fijian Meke, Dhool,

DJ Baba, Belly Dancers,Tabla, Sitar players, African Drumming and M.C. Azim and Nalihi to name

just a few who will entertained with music and dance. Colours that are dazzling to the eyes as

beautiful Saris, Salwaar Kameeza, Punjab outfit and alternative clothing are parade on stage

showcasing the clothing traders.

One segment is Bollywood dance for those who would love to learn this. And some basic lessons

in stress release through yoga which will be held later in the afternoon at the Pop/Up/ Park. Other

activities at the Pop/up/ Park for children will be Vic Cricket workshop, Jumping Fun castle, face

painting, clowning and small rides for younger children.

Vic Cricket will be hosting coaching lessons that are age related, so for the younger children, it will

be focused on eye hand co-ordination and balance. Older age group will focus on friendly matches

and pointers on skills. Cricket creates a sporting activity for children that break down cultural

barriers, creating physical fitness, team players, good sportsmanship. One could hope the next

upcoming Australian players could come from these many nationalities. Cricket has the ability to

break down barriers as it’s so strongly followed by the south Asian population.

We the traders of the Little India precinct are proud of the cultural diversity of Indian, Fijian

Indian, Fijian, Egyptian, Serbian, Cambodian, Pakistani, Afghani, Australian and Lebanese who

work together in creating this amazing community.

Sponsors are the Office of Multiculturalism, ANZ Mobile Lenders Rowville, Clayton, Places Victoria,

Bank of Melbourne, Mission Australia, Punjab Sweets Bikaneer Sweets and the Greater City of

Dandenong.

Big thank you to Bristol Paints Doveton\ and the following presenters on stage Bollywood Jhoom,

Shem Belly Dancing, Mai Nachungi Dance, Shriram Iyer, Kubra Elyas, Vikrant Raj Bollywood

Dancer , Kushaal Prasad Dhool Drum, Valvish Dhool Drum, Raj Kumara, Traditional Dancer, David

Pal Tabla & Harmonia, Naval Moudgil , Radhey Sitar with more to come

Media Partners Indus age, Hello Bollywood, SAT, Santa Banta, Beyond India, Indian Link will be

identified on the events programme and posters and will be publicly thanked on stage for their

help in bringing this festival to fruition.

Little India hopes there will be continuing festivals held within this cultural precinct. Will transform

the street into Indian Bazaar feel, where the shops will have market style stalls on the pavement.

So take a moment to visualise the shops strewn with garlands of paper flowers to enhance this

look, using the featured colour scheme of pink, gold, red and yellow, incense and smell the fragrance.
- Media Release

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By Neeraj Nanda

Melbourne: Bollywood starlet Vidya Balan will launch the Indian Film Festival 2012, here on 11 May, 2012 at the Hoyts Melbourne Central. The program will include the screening of Vidhya Balan’s recent box office hit ‘The Dirty Picture’.
‘Ooh La La’ Vidya Balan is the brand Ambassador of the festival to be held in mid-year.The full program and details of the festival will be announced during the launch.Vidya had last last year visited Melbourne as part of the Bollywood Film festival organised by the Mind Blowing Films.

Talking to Indian Express, Vidya said that she is delighted to be named as the brand ambassador of the said festival and that she loves the format of the festival and the wide range of films screened there. She also added that the festival not only showcases the best of Indian cinema, but also provides a platform for young, upcoming filmmakers through its short film competition.

“Recalling her association with the Melbourne city, she said that when she was in Melbourne, she was smitten by the city and its love for films and its multi-cultural spirit. She added that she is confident that the festival will contribute greatly to add to that spirit,” reports the Indian Express.

Director of the Festival and co-director of the Mind Blowing Films, Mitu Bhowmick Lange said,
“This contract allows us to develop a fantastic festival program,including both”mainstream
and niche arthouse Indian cinema, regional films, and a focus on fostering relationships
between filmmakers in Australia and India.”

The 10-day festival will take place in mid-2012 and will showcase the depth and diversity of the Indian film industry. The festival , according to reports, has been awarded to the leading Bollywood company Mind Blowing Films,who were earlier holding their own similar festival over the years. The Victorian Government is expected to considerably fund the Victoria’s Indian Film Festival 2012.

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India ended the game on 165 all out in 39.3 over. Australia won the game by 87 runs.

9.05PM: India 126/7, 32.5 overs, Dhoni 14 off 49 balls (lbw b Hilfenhaus). Dhoni’s innings comes to a sad end and there goes India chances of winning this game. Except some fireworks from Pathan but the ask is too high even for him.

8.38PM: India 104/6, 26.3 overs, Jadeja 8 off 17 balls (c Watson b Christen). Million dollar IPL baby Jadeja edges one to slip – Ashwin in to keep Dhoni company.

8.07PM: India 89/5, 19.2 overs, Raina 8 off 7 balls ( c Wade b Watson). India in deep trouble now – they have left way too much for the second half. Jadeja walks in and this is the last recognised pair. Pathan’s condition is unknown so this pair will have to do bulk of the work.

7.47PM: India 83/4, 16.6 overs, Gambhir 23 off 48 balls ( b McKay) – India loses another wicket. Dhoni arrives at the crease. If there was ever a time for a captains innings this would be it. Can Dhoni create some Magic again?

7.47PM: India 79/3, 15.6 overs, Kholi 21 off 26 balls ( c Christian b Watson) – Kholi wastes another start, flicking one straight to the fielder and India now on the back foot. Can they keep that run rate over 5 an over?

7.07PM: India 35/2 6.6 overs, Tendulkar 14 off 15 balls (run out) – Costly run out for India. Brett Lee came in his way un-intentionally while going for the ball and then stopped mid pitch blocking Tendulkar’s straight run. Sachin walks back frustrated. Kholi arrives at the crease.

6.44PM: India 7/1 1.6 overs, Shewag 5 off 11 balls (c & b Hilfenhaus) – Superb catch by Hilfy low down on the follow through. Gambhir in.

6.35PM: India 0/0, 0 overs. Sehwag and Tendulkar open the innings.

5.54PM: Australia 252/9 50 overs, D Christian 24 run off 32 balls (c Jadeja b Sehwag) – Shewag gets a wicket off the final ball but not before Australia get 13 off the last over to reach above 250. All in all, it was a good performance by India taking regular wickets to keep Australia to only 47 runs off the final 10 overs.

5.43PM: Australia 232/8 47.3 overs, Brett Lee 4 run off 16 balls (c Kholi b Sehwag) – Shewag strikes – Important wicket for India as Lee knows how to use the long handle.

5.24PM: Australia 217/7 43.1 overs, McKay 1 run off 2 balls (st Dhoni b Sehwag) – Slick work by Dhoni. Big cheer as Brett Lee comes to bat.

5.19PM: Australia 212/6 42.1 overs, D Hussey 54 off 64 balls (c Dhoni b Yadav) – Yadav strikes again!! Australia into the tail now with McKay coming to the middle.

5.10PM: Australia 203/5 39.5 overs, D Hussey 50* off 59 balls. Hussey will be looking to stay till the end and get Australia to around 280.

5.06PM:Australia 201/5 39.2 overs, Wade 56 off 66 balls (c Dhoni b Yadav) – Good timing for India – they have broken the partnership.

4.58PM: Australia 194/4 37.3 overs, Wade 52* off 59 balls – Wade and Hussey are taking the game away from India.

4.10PM: Australia 119/4,  23.5 overs – Controversy – Hussey looks like he was obstructing the ball with his hand during a Raini throw at the stumps but pulls his hand away at the last moment. The ball eventually hits his hand and India appeals. The umpires are taking a long time to make a decision. The final decision is not out.

3.58PM: Australia  107/4, 21 overs – D Warner 68 runs off 66 balls (c Raina b Jadeja) –  Good wicket for India as that partnership looked to take the game away from India. Even though Pathan had clashed with Raina, he held onto the catch, both are now up and don’t look injured.

3.55 PM: Australia 104/3, 20 overs – Australia going along at over 5 runs an over despite losing 3 wickets.

3.42PM: Australia  81/3, 16.4 overs – David Warner 50* off 48 balls –  Warner is playing well today and  made most of his chance selection replacing the injured Clarke.

3.26PM: Australia  57/3, 13.2 overs – Big appeal for a bat pad turned down against D Hussey. Hot spot shows ball did not hit bat.

3.24PM: Australia  57/3, 13.2 overs – M Hussey 10 runs off 21 balls (run out by Irfan/Ashwin). The other Hussey arrives at the crease. It will be crucial for India to contain him.

2.48PM: Australia  26/2, 6.2 overs – Forrest 7 runs off 18 balls (b Kumar).  Forrest chops it on. Michael Hussey comes in.

2.29PM: Australia 5/1, 2.2 overs – Watson 1 run off 7 balls (c Yadav b Kumar).  Australia have lost their captain.

2.20PM: Australian opening combination of Warner and Watson can tear any side to pieces. Get ready for a thrilling contest.

2.16PM: Indian team enter the field and go into a huddle straight away. No doubt they will want to put behind the chatter of disunity and play to win.

2.10 PM: With Clarke out with a sore back, Warner comes in as the replacement and has a golden chance to resurrect his ODI career.

Update: P Kumar has replaced V Kumar which we presume is injured.

Australia: D Warner, S Watson(C) , D Christian, X Doherty, P Forrest, R Harris, B Hilfenhaus, D Hussey, M Hussey, B Lee, C McKay, M Wade (W), D Warner

India: M Dhoni(C/W), R Ashwin, G Gambhir, R Jadeja, Z Khan, V Kohli, P Kumar, P Patel, I Pathan, S Raina, V Sehwag, R Sharma, R Sharma, S Tendulkar, M Tiwary, P Kumar, U Yadav

2.05PM: Sachin Tendulkar honoured with life membership at the SCG. He is the first overseas player to receive such an honour.

2.00PM: Shane Watson said that this is a must win match for Australia.  Technically this not a must win for both the team – but it would be harder for India to come back as they would need a bonus point win in their last match to qualify and rely on Australia to beat Sri Lanka in the final qualifying match.

1.55PM:  Australia has not bowled first in this series and India are yet to bat first!

1.50PM:  Toss – A big surprise as Shane Watson come to the middle with Michael Clarke out of the side with injury. Shane Watson wins the toss and elects to bat.

1.30PM, Live from the Sydney Cricket Ground:

India will be looking to control their own destiny in their quest to reach the finals of the CWG series in Sydney today.  Sitting at the bottom of the table after a resurgent Sri Lanka beat Australia in the last game at Hobart, India will look to win the next two games and book their place in the finals.  Their top order will have to fire and the return of Dhoni after a 1 match suspension will boost their middle order and give them a good chance to win against the wounded Aussies who have lost their last game to Sri Lanka.  The key will be those last 10 overs of the innings where India have handed over the advantage to the opposition.

There has been a lot of chatter regarding team unity and the best way to answer the critics is to win.  Australia will not make it easy and a win in this game will guarantee them a spot in the finals –  a good reason for them to go for the kill.

Australia: M Clarke (C), S Watson, D Christian, X Doherty, P Forrest, R Harris, B Hilfenhaus, D Hussey, M Hussey, B Lee, C McKay, M Wade (W), D Warner

India: M Dhoni(C/W), R Ashwin, G Gambhir, R Jadeja, Z Khan, V Kohli, P Kumar, P Patel, I Pathan, S Raina, V Sehwag, R Sharma, R Sharma, S Tendulkar, M Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, U Yadav

Sri Lanka - Played 6 , Won 3, Lost 2, Tied 1, Bonus Points 1 -> Total Points 15

Australia - Played 6 , Won 3, Lost 3, Tied 0, Bonus Points 2 -> Total Points 14

India         – Played 6 , Won 2, Lost 3, Tied 1, Bonus Points 0 -> Total Points 10

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New Delhi & Melbourne: The Premier of Victoria Mr. Ted Baillieu is leading the state’s largest-ever trade mission to India this week with more than 220 Victorian companies to boost Victoria’s two-way trade and investment partnership with Indian businesses and the Indian community.
Mr Baillieu said this trade mission would focus on Victoria’s strengths to generate more jobs for Victorians and substantial new export opportunities and investment for Victorian businesses.
“The program will also build on the strengths of the growing Indian community based in Victoria to further broaden cultural ties through tourism, film, education, sport and other linkages,” Mr Baillieu said.
“India’s rapid economic expansion – which saw its GDP grow by 8.5 per cent in 2010-11 – offers significant opportunities to grow Victoria’s trade and investment partnerships with India.
“Victoria is not waiting, but doing everything in its power to capitalise on new opportunities in high growth markets, particularly India and China. There is extraordinary growth occurring and Victoria is moving quickly.
The trade mission will include ten major sectors of the Victorian economy including automotive, aviation and aerospace, cleantech, education, food and beverage, ICT, life sciences, professional services, sustainable urban design and tourism.

Senior economic ministers will also attend the trade mission including Minister for Innovation, Services & Small Business and Tourism & Major Events, Louise Asher, Minister for Manufacturing, Exports & Trade, Richard Dalla-Riva, and Minister for Technology and for the Aviation Industry, Gordon Rich-Phillips.
“More than 300 company and institutional leaders will be a part of this trade mission,” Mr Baillieu said.
A media release from the Premier says, “This mission will build on the successful trade mission to India involving 60 companies that was led in April this year by Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business, Louise Asher. That trade mission is estimated to have generated more than $63 million in new exports, $19 million in capital investment and more than 500 jobs in Victoria.”

The Super Trade Mission will engage with businesses in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune from 21 to 26 February.

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FINAL: India 151 All out lose the game by 65 runs. They never really recovered from the twin strikes by Starc of Kholi and then Rohit. Raina departed not much later and it was left to Dhoni and Jadega to get the remaining runs at over 10 runs an over. With 5 wickets down before the 100 was up winning was always going to require a captains innings which did not eventuate. Wade was declared Man of the Match.

9.34PM:  India 77/5, 14.2 overs – Wicket – Raina (4 off 9 balls) out to Christian caught by David Hussey. Another blow for India and now Dhoni needs to play a captains innings to win this one. Jadega who got picked ahead of Shewag also has a golden chance to cement his place in the teams lineup.

9.10PM: India 65/4, 11.4 overs – Wicket – Rohit Sharma (21 off 21 balls) now departs caught behind. Twin blow by McKay. India on the back foot as Dhoni comes in to join Raina.

9.08PM: India 64/3, 11.2 overs – Wicket – Virat Kholi (31 off 34 balls) out caught by Ponting in cover. Big wicket for Australia as they have broken the 50 run partnership that threatened to take the game away.

8.35PM: India 13/2, 3.2 overs – Wicket – Gautam Gambhir (5 runs off 8 balls) pokes at a short one and nicks it to the keeper off Starc’s bowling. Now the pressure is on Kholi and Rohit – India’s young guns. Indians need a consolidation period and cannot afford to lose more wickets. They also need to keep an eye on the run rate required which is nudging over 7 runs per over.

8.20PM: India 9/1, 1.5 overs – Wicket – Sachin (2 runs off  6 balls) plays the drive upishly and is taken brilliantly by Ponting on the bowling of Starc .

8.15PM: India 0/0, 0 overs – India need to chase 217 runs as per the D/L method. They have opened with Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar. Good choice given Ghambir was the match winner in the last game and hence the inform opener.

7.45PM: Australia  216/5, 32 overs – End of innings with Daniel Christen 17* off 16 balls and David Hussey 61* off 30 balls. Australia scored 30 runs in the last 3 overs to take the advantage away from India. Indians will have thir work cut out chasing at a required run rate of 6.75 runs an over. They will no doubt look for a solid opening partnership from their openers and hope to not lose early wickets. They will also look to their Twenty20 win on friday and play a similar style run chase.

7.16PM: Australia  154/5, 26.1 overs – Wicket – Michael Hussey 45 runs off only 32 balls falls to Vinay Kumar caught in the deep by Kohli.

7.10PM: Australia 150/4, 25.2 overs – Hussey brothers (Michael 44*, David 19*) combine as Australia reaches 150runs in 153 balls.

6.50PM: Australia 122/4, 23 overs – Wicket –  Wade out on 67 as Rohit strikes again to keep Australia in check.

6.30PM: Australia 39/3, 14.4 overs – Wicket –   Michael Clarke out caught in the deep on Rohit Sharma’s part time spin. Dhoni’s gamble works.

6.18PM: Australia 35/2, 11 overs – Play resumes with Kholi in the attack and overs reduced to 32 overs per side.

6.00PM: Australia 35/2, 11 overs – Swami Army keeps MCG entertained as covers come off.

3.08PM: Australia 35/2, 11 overs – Wade hits a 6 and then a 4 off Vinay Kumar as the forcasted thunderstorms hit the MCG. Heavy rain now and players are off the field, covers are on.

2.55PM: Australia 19/2, 7.5 overs – Wicket – Ricky Ponting bowled by Vinay Kumar. Another wicket for the young paceman taking the ex-Australian captain and putting India on top. Out comes Clarke.

2.45PM: Australia 15/1, 5.1 overs – Wicket – David Warner bowled by Vinay Kumar. Ricky Ponting arrives at the crease to a generous applause by the crowd.

2.40PM:Australia 11/0, 4 overs – Tentative start with only 11 runs off 4 overs – a run rate of only 2.75 runs an over.

Australian Team -  David Warner, Matthew Wade (wk), Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (captain), David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Daniel Christian, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Starc, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty.

Indian Team - Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni (captain & wk) Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar.

2PM Toss - Dhoni wins the toss and puts Australia into bat first in overcast conditions in Melbourne. No doubt Dhoni wants to replicate his winning strategy in the last Twenty20 game on friday by putting pressure on Australia on the field.

Game 1 – 5th February, 2012 – Day Night- Australia vs India @ MCG

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By Neeraj Nanda

Melbourne, February 6: Cricket Australia said today that it’s National Selection Panel has named Ben Hilfenhaus in the squad for Australia’s Commonwealth Bank Series ODI against Sri Lanka this Friday (10th February) in Perth, due to the foot injury sustained by Brett Lee during Friday’s KFC T20 INTL against India at the MCG.

Cricket Australia had on Thursday (5th February) confirmed Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has been diagnosed with a broken foot following a fielding incident in Friday night’s KFC T20 International against India at the MCG.

Cricket Australia team Doctor Trefor James said:

“Brett Lee sustained a fracture of his right foot when he was struck by a ball in the last over of his spell during the KFC T20 against India at the MCG on Friday night.

“He was able to complete the over however the foot became more painful and swollen the following day. An x-ray has confirmed a fracture of the small toe and we now expect Brett will return to cricket in four-six weeks.”

A decision regarding a replacement player for Lee will not be made until after today’s first Commonwealth Bank ODI against India at the MCG. Squad members will return to homeports until Wednesday when the squad will congregate in Perth for Friday’s second match, Cricket Australia media release says.

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