Michael Schumacher : Coming back to life , being brought out of coma !!!

BACK TO LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael Schumacher's doctors have started the process of bringing the former Formula One champion out of the coma he has been in since a skiing accident a month ago, his manager said Thursday.

The 45-year-old Schumacher suffered serious head injuries when he fell and hit the right side of his helmet on a rock in the French resort of Meribel on Dec. 29. The seven-time F1 champion has been in an induced coma in Grenoble University Hospital since then, although his condition stabilized following surgery after initially being described as critical.

Former F1champ hit head on rock while skiing in Meribel, France on Dec. 29

The accident happened on a family vacation in the Alps as Schumacher was skiing with his 14-year-old son.

 

Schumacher earned universal acclaim for his uncommon and sometimes ruthless driving talent, which led to a record 91 race wins. He retired from Formula One in 2012 after garnering an unmatched seven world titles.

Schumi, as his fans affectionately call him, was famously aggressive on the track and no less intense away from driving. In retirement, he remained an avid skydiver, horseback rider, and skier.

 

 

And now doctors are slowly trying to wake him up.

Former F1 driver Michael Schumacher, shown here in 2006, fell while skiing and struck his head on a rock in December 2013.

"Michael's sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking up process which may take a long time," Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, said in a statement.

One reason for reducing the sedation is to see if the swelling has gone down in the patient's brain and to assess what level of functions has been retained.

Kehm said she was only providing an update now on Schumacher's condition to clarify media leaks, and that no further details would be provided. French newspaper l'Equipe first reported on Wednesday that doctors had started waking Schumacher.

"The family of Michael Schumacher is again requesting to respect its privacy and the medical secret, and to not disturb the doctors treating Michael in their work," Kehm said. "At the same time, the family wishes to express sincere appreciation for the worldwide sympathy. ... For the protection of the family, it was originally agreed by the interested parties to communicate this information only once this process was consolidated. Please note that no further updates will be given."

Schumacher was being kept artificially sedated and his body temperature was lowered to between 34 and 35 degrees Celsius, to reduce swelling in the brain, reduce its energy consumption and allow it to rest.

LATEST : Number of Subsidized LPG cylinder raised from 9 to 12

 " Subsidy Cylinders to go from 9 to 12 "

The Cabinet on Thursday approved raising the quota of subsidized LPG to 12 cylinders annually from nine and put on hold linking the Aadhaar platform to the subsidy scheme.

The government had on January 17 said the limit would be raised, minutes after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s public demand to PM Manmohan Singh at an All India Congress Committee meet.

Announcing the decision taken by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, oil minister M Veerappa Moily said raising the LPG quota will cost Rs. 5,000 crore in additional subsidy annually.

“In addition to the nine subsidised cylinders, people will get one cylinder each in February and March. Beginning April 1, people will get 12 cylinders per year at the rate of one cylinder per month,” oil minister Veerappa Moily said at a press conference after the Cabinet meet.

Moily also said the direct benefit transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme, where consumers in as many as get 289 districts in 18 states got the subsidy amount in their bank accounts so that they could buy cooking gas at market rate, has been put on hold.

Explaining the reasons behind the move to put on hold a scheme that was dubbed 'game-changer, he said there were complaints about implementation of the scheme and a committee has been formed to look into them.

"Pending the committee examining the issues, the Aadhaar-linked LPG subsidy transfer has been put on hold," he said.

DBTL, under which consumers got Rs. 435 advance money in their bank accounts so as to help them buy a LPG cylinder at market price, was this month extended to 105 districts including Delhi and Mumbai.

“Pradhan mantriji, nine cylinders aren’t sufficient. The Congress needs 12 cylinders. The women of India need 12 cylinders,” Gandhi had said to loud applause at the AICC session.

The demand to increase LPG subsidy had been gathering momentum within the Congress in the past few weeks, with Gandhi meeting the PM and Congress MPs including Sanjay Nirupam, PC Chacko and Sandeep Dikshit lobbying for it with oil minister Veerappa Moily. They believe the move will go down well with voters in an important election year.

Moily had recently stated that 89.2% of the 15 crore LPG consumers use up to nine cylinders in a year and only 10% have to buy the additional requirement at the market price. If the quota is raised to 12, about 97% of the LPG consumers would be covered by subsidised LPG, he had said.

UNESCO REPORT : Indian poor kids illeterate despite education

Indian poor kids illiterate despite 4 years of education: UNESCO Report

In India, 90 percent of children from poor families remain illiterate despite completing four years of school education. Also, around 30 percent of children reach the illiteracy rate even after attending five-six years of school.

Other than this, only 44 percent of rural students in Maharashtra and 53 percent student in Tamil Nadu in Std V age group could perform two digit subtraction sums.

These are just a few to name among the many alarming findings in UNESCO's 11th Education For All (EFA) Global monitoring report. IT clearly depicts that though progress is taking place, most EFA goals to be achieved till 2015 are being missed. As per the report, the speed of achieving universal primary education, lower secondary education and youth literacy is woefully slow in various nations.

Keeping India in mind, the report said that though the rich young women have already achieved universal literacy, the poor are projected to reach there only by 2080. Reporting on the financial education trends, for all the nations, the report states that: "Around the world, governments are grappling with ways to reallocate their education budgets to those children most in need. Allocations per child still do not adequately reflect the costs of delivering quality education to the marginalized."

According to the report, in India analysis, Kerela being one of the wealthier states, spend merely 685$ per child on education. The figure is only 100$ in Bihar.

The reports have suggested that one of the new EFA goals after 2015 should be setting a target for all countries to allocate at least six percent of the GNP to education and at least 20 percent of the total government expenditure on education.

India has been in the list of those 10 countries that have progressed very fast in being able to reduce the children drop-out rate in recent years, but it has also created a learning crisis. Nearly 250 million children across the globe fail to learn the basics, one-third of which are based in South and West Asia.

The progress is too slow especially for the disadvantaged. Mathematics remains a struggle for many. The gaps between rich and poor states in India is widening day by say. Besides this, poverty decreases the chances of students continuing school education for a long time. In U.P. only 70 percent of poor kids make it Std V, whereas in MP only 85 percent of poor kids attend schools compared to 96 percent in rich children.

RESULTS : NICL AO EXAM !!!

RESULTS : NICL AO EXAM !!!

Expected soon,the result of rescheduled NICL AO Exam in December.

 

National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) re-exam results for Administrative Officer Post are expected to be announced shortly. 

The exam was previously held in September but due to the occurrence of some problems, the exam was held again in December.

 

NICL had conducted  re-examination on December 15th 22nd and 29th, 2013 at various examination centres. 

 

The results are expected to be declared soon on their official website.

A lot of candidates had appeared for the NICL AO re-exam and now are holding their breath for the results. A total of 1,434 vacancies are required to be filled. The candidates had applied online and will be selected on the basis of the written test and interview result.

The result of the same is expected to be on the computer screens soon. All the candidates can look for the result on the official website.

Victoria Beckham is Numero UNO !!!

Victoria Beckham has been named as the top role model for British women because of her fashion fortune.

More than 51% of the working women polled by magazine Garzia said that they look upto 39yr old wife of soccer Superstar David Beckham, the Daily Star reported.

 

According to the poll, Nigella Lawson ranked second.

IBPS PO/MT III INTERVIEW RESULTS DATE...

IBPS Successfully Conducted Interviews.

Candidates Are Eagerly Waiting For Interview Results.

"As Per Latest Sources IBPS May Release Results In The Middle Of February 2014"

 

F1 New Car Models Launched !!!

As the start of the 2014 season nears, every F1 fan knows one thing and that's that the new season cars are ready to be tested. The last week has been frantic especially on the F1 social media spaces as many cars were unveiled online.

 Force India was one of the first to launch their cars on Twitter.

 The other teams also did their launches shortly after that. In case you weren't able to see the cars, here are the 2014 F1 cars which look radically different than they did last year, thanks to the new rules.

 The new rules are not just double points in the last race but also, a change in engines. The cars will not use the V8 engines that they did earlier but have V6 engines as part of the fuel saving exercise of the FIA.

 This now means, that Energy Recovery Systems (ERS) will become very important to performance and turbocharging will be allowed for the first time since 1988.

 Another change is the use of heat and kinetic energy in the Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) with more powerful units being used.

 This test at Jerez is very important as the new cars are made as per the rules and the designers insight into what will or will not work. Considering that, private testing has been banned and so the on track test here is very vital.

The cars look good and new, but how will they perform and which team has succeeded in cracking the rule book will be questions that will be answered only after the first few races. The F1 season of 2014 will start on March 16 in Australia .

NOW HAVE A LOOK AT THE CARS :

 

 

 World champions Red Bull who will see Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo drive the new challenger as they seek double titles No5 in 2015.

#RB10 A closer look from the front. #UnboltTheBull pic.twitter.com/zdZDnY89nF
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) January 28, 2014

 

Ferrari look like the strongest F1 driver's line up with Kimi Raikkonen returning to join Fernando Alonso at the team, a combine that has fans excited. The car was named by fans F14-T, here's the car:

Montezemolo: a renewed, committed team - now we need to focus. #F14T #ForzaFerrari http://t.co/a5qyyU2qF5 pic.twitter.com/lNWrQgKCPW
— Scuderia Ferrari (@InsideFerrari) January 25, 2014

 

At Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will be the old team combine and the duo will look to make their team work with the new car. Here's a look at the car:

The F1 W05 revealed #W05sup http://t.co/sFtbVcKfnw pic.twitter.com/1sX0MLWSbn
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) January 28, 2014

 

Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean, at Lotus will look to prove a point with this new car as the team will look to show that they can work well without Raikkonen. Here's a look at the car:

We just can't help it, here is another view of our new challenger #E22 #LotusF1Team pic.twitter.com/Y3L8Hdfx8m
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) January 24, 2014

 

Jenson Button will be joined by rookie Kevin Magnussen, at McLaren and have an all silver car. Here's a look at the car:

1.6 litres, 6 cylinders and a tidy 15,000 rpm. More #McLarenMP429 tech specifications here: http://t.co/QB8lkTgqYB pic.twitter.com/ATzg7Uyefs
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) January 24, 2014

 

Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez are the new faces at Force India and the new car is black with the team making comparisons to a panther on Twitter. Here's their car:

Exclusive for our #BestFans, the first image of our VJM07! Say hello to our 2014 contender #FeelTheForce #VJM07 pic.twitter.com/GlF38jHvTb
— Sahara Force India (@clubforce) January 22, 2014

 

 

Sauber will have Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutierrez driving this car.

Like the Sauber #C33-Ferrari? Go to http://t.co/eluuMIrqYY now to see what Monisha, @EstebanGtz and @SutilAdrian say! pic.twitter.com/4DJUkhUot5
— Sauber F1 Team (@OfficialSF1Team) January 26, 2014

 

 

Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas will drive the all blue Williams.

Another pic of the #FW36, this time from a side angle... pic.twitter.com/m1PL0COB4P
— Williams F1 Team (@WilliamsF1Team) January 23, 2014

 

""HELL OF AN ACHIEVEMENT"" : Brendon McCullum

 Captains Reactions After the 4th Match in ongoing INDIA vs NEW ZEALAND SERIES

 New Zealand Beat India in 4th ODI to clinch series 3-0 with one more to go.

New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum says beating World Champions India in a One-day series was "hell of an achievement" and acknowledged crucial contributions with the bat by Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson in their "emphatic" victory.

New Zealand today hammered India by seven wickets to take a 3-0 lead in the five-match series, with only one game left to play at Wellington on January 31.

"This is a big moment for us. We are obviously proud with what we achieved in South Africa and England in those one-day series. But this series, they were the number one ODI team in the world when they arrived here and we knew how dominant their batting line-up. To have tipped them up and be sitting after the fourth game at 3-0 is a pretty good achievement for us," McCullum said at the press conference.

The host now target to win the last match as well.

 

"The last game is also very important and that 4-0 is what we want to strive for. But we won't let this opportunity to really enjoy what we have achieved pass us by either. I think it's a hell of an achievement what we have done tonight.

"We will worry about the next couple of days, tomorrow morning when we wake up. But we are obviously delighted at the moment and we should have another couple of guys who are fresh and ready to go in the next game as well," McCullum said.

"To beat a very, very good Indian team, especially in these conditions which I thought were more favourable to them, it was an emphatic win. We closed out the series which we have been talking about all through the summer, so we are really pleased with the effort tonight.

McCullum said the key to their win was execution of their batting plans.

"We continued the blueprint that we have shown with the bat built around Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson as seen in the last few games, and to execute that again tonight and get the rewards for it is incredibly satisfying. The boys are very, very happy at the moment," said McCullum.

 

Furious MS Dhoni urges Indian pacers to 'use their heads'

The only consistency shown by Indian pacers was in bowling short and wide against New Zealand - a weakness MS Dhoni feels cost his side heavily against New Zealand.

Hamilton:  A dejected India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday, held the poor performance of his pacers responsible for the visitors' humiliating 0-3 ODI series loss against New Zealand.

Trailing 0-2, India lost the fourth ODI by seven wickets against New Zealand here on Tuesday to slump to their second consecutive series defeat overseas.

"Frankly, our bowling was quite disappointing. This was a kind of wicket where one thing you don't want to do is to bowl short and wide. I think we consistently did that with the new ball and the older ball. We often complain about the five fielders outside the circle, but when you bowl short and wide it doesn't matter. I think the fast bowlers gave away too many runs. Talking about spinners, they bowled well and hit the right areas," Dhoni said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

 

Chasing 279 for victory, New Zealand reached 280 for three in 48.1 overs with Ross Taylor hitting a match-winning 127-ball unbeaten 112 to take the hosts home with 11 balls to spare and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match rubber.

This was India's second consecutive series defeat on the foreign soil after the South African tour.

Dhoni said lack of partnerships did them in as they lost wickets at "wrong time".

"We struggled at the top. I think the last game we got some kind of start going but this time game again we struggled. Once 10 overs are gone, we lost couple of wickets.

"We have to get some kind of partnership going, we did get some kind of partnership going late in the day but we lost wickets at the wrong time which means it puts pressure on the middle-order and that frustrates you because then you fail to get those extra 15-20 runs for par plus score," he said.

The skipper praised the New Zealand bowlers for hitting the right areas and not allowing the Indian batsmen free their arms.

"I think they bowled well. They put pressure on our batsmen to play those big shots and at times it did not pay. In the end, we were left doing the catching up job," Dhoni said.

Dhoni asked his batsmen to take up more responsibility and do well in the fifth and final match of the series in Wellington.

"We'll take it one game at a time. We have not done well in the series especially the batsmen. Most of our batsmen have got starts but they were not able to push on. It's important that people who get start they keep on building it. But that has not been the case in the series. Most of our batsmen got starts, but they were not able to hang on to it."

After wrapping up the series 3-0 in their favour, a visibly satisfied New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum expressed happiness over his team's performance, saying: "you don't blank the No.1 team too often".

"The conditions were tough tonight. Conditions suited India more than us and we lost the toss and gave them far too many runs in the end. We are going to enjoy this one and you don't blank the No.1 team too often and we will look to do that," McCullum said.

McCullum praised Ross Taylor and pacer Kyle Mills for setting up the comfortable win with their fine performances.

"We knew someone had to bat well and get a big hundred and Rosco (Taylor) did that. Mills is outstanding, it was good to give someone else an opportunity on a horses for courses thing on a quicker wicket. The blueprint of the batting shouldn't change. It was great that Rosco got a match-winning hundred and we're very happy," he said.

Man-of-the-match Taylor said he was happy to deliver the match-winning knock for his team in a crunch game.

"It was nice to go out there and put that hard work in nets and throw-downs to good use. I've been known as a bottom hand player and it was good to show this side of my game too," he said.

 

Wayne Rooney to have new Manchester United deal worth 65 million pound !!!

Ace striker Wayne Rooney has agreed for a new long-term Manchester United deal worth 65 million pound to stay with the club till 2019.

Rooney, who has been linked with a move away in recent times to Chelsea, has committed to play for United.

 According to talkSPORT, the 28-year-old striker will now stay at Old Trafford until 2019.

Rooney has been with United for a decade, and helped the club to a succession of major triumphs, including five Premier League titles and the 2008 European Cup.

 Speculation on Tuesday suggested the 28-year-old will now stay with the champions until 2019. 

 

Since Sir Alex Ferguson retired last year, United have found life tough under new boss David Moyes.

However, this Rooney news, along with the surprise signing of Juan Mata from Chelsea, will give the Reds an enormous boost ahead of the final few months of the season.

 

The relationship between Rooney and Ferguson was a fractious one indeed, and it has become apparent that the striker is a lot happier under the new manager.

Despite the problems at the club – the Reds are 14 points off the top of the Premier League and have been knocked out of both domestic cups this month – a team including Mata, Rooney and Robin van Persie could well still make a decent challenge for a place in the top four.

 

IPL 2014 Auction Update

IPL'14 : Sehwag, Yuvraj attract top base price of 2Cr each

For the upcoming player auctions of the Indian Premier League 2014, a list of 233 capped players from across 10 countries have been distributed to all eight franchises, with 46 Indians being valued at top base price (of Rs 20 million or Rs 2 Crore each). According to a report, the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Pragyan Ojha and Yusuf Pathan are some of the names who have been valued at top base price.

Among the international stars, success in previous edition of the IPL and the Ashes 2013-14 has landed Mitchell Johnson in the same bracket as a Sehwag or Yuvraj. Along with him are his teammates, Brad Haddin and Steven Smith. Even though the likes of Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes are giving the tournament a miss after their 5-0 drubbing against arch-rivals Australia, their swashbuckling teammate Kevin Pietersen could see multiple franchises flex their financial muscle for him. Pietersen's teammate Jos Buttler, who is known for his big-hitting, is surprisingly missing from the auction list, according to an ESPNCricinfo report.

Latest big-hitting sensation from New Zealand, Corey Anderson and the current No.1-ranked batsman in T20s, Alex Hales, could also spark a vigorous bidding war. However, in Hales's case, a clause in the agreement with his County Nottinghamshire says he can participate in the IPL only if he secures the most lucrative deal possible.

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who has been a part of the IPL in all of the previous six seasons, will not be seen during this year's tournament. Teammate Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Angelo Mathews will be part of the auctions and will be interesting to see where they attract interest from, owing to the fact that they will not be available towards the end of the tournament due to international commitments. Australian skipper Michael Clarke too has decided to stay away, in a bid to extend his international career despite a persistent back problem. (Virat Kohli wants Yuvraj Singh at RCB?)

Among the older lot of players, recently-retired Jacques Kallis, who tasted IPL success with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012, finds himself in the top-bracket while Australia's Brad Hogg and Muttiah Muralitharan have been valued at Rs. 15 million and Rs. 10 million, respectively. (IPL 2014 player retention: Contrasting team strategies and intriguing mentalities on offer)

The IPL player auctions will be held on February 12 and 13 in Bangalore. Indian currency will be used in all transactions for the first time. (How IPL teams retained their favorites)

 

Following players have been valued at maximum base price of Rs 2 crore each: Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Robin Uthappa, M Vijay, George Bailey, Brad Haddin, Brad Hodge, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Pattinson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Alex Hales, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Jacques Kallis, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Marlon Samuels.

___Snow and Winter Grips USA___

A Deadly Chill had much of the US and Canada in its wintry grip on Tuesday, as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures lower than on the surface of Mars. It was so cold in Chicago that the polar bear at the Lincoln Park zoo- who admittedly had not built up the winter fat stores of her wild cousins - was brought inside to warm up.

 

    All of Canada and all the US states bar tropical Hawaii recorded temperatures below freezing on Tuesday, even usually sunny and warm Florida and California. But the most dangerous cold-cold that can cause frostbite in a minute and death in a matter of hours-hit the Midwest, dragged down as the 'polar vortex' brought frigid air from the Arctic. Schools, businesses and government offices were closed. Water mains and household pipes froze. Airplanes were grounded, trains were halted and roads and sidewalks became ice rinks.

The town of Embarrass, Minnesota, recorded the lowest temperature in the US on Tuesday at a frigid -37 degrees Celsius. Then there was the wind chill: a calculation that represents how much colder it feels when the blinding gusts hit you in the face.

    That dipped as low as -52 degrees Celsius in Montana and was in the -40 to -50 degrees Celsius range in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

That's cold enough to toss a cup of boiling water into the air and watch it turn into snow before it hits the ground.

    The Mars Rover has been sending back daily temperature readings from its tour of the Red Planet ranging from -25 to -31 degrees Celsius.

"To be fair, though, Mars is still way colder," the Smithsonian Institute wrote in a blog post. "The Curiosity rover is driving around in a crater at, roughly, the equivalent latitude of Venezuela."

 

      But then again, Mars is 78 million miles further away from the Sun. For a more Earthly comparison, the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station recorded a temperature of -23 degrees Celsius and a wind chill factor of -35 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

The brutal chill came as people in the Great Lakes region were still digging out from two massive snow storms which dumped more than two feet of snow. More than 500 people spent Monday night stuck on a train that was stranded by snowdrifts on the line between Detroit and Chicago. Commuter rail - and even Chicago's famed elevated trains - were also knocked out of service by the snow and frigid temperatures froze switches and signals.

         Nearly 2,500 flights were cancelled in the US on Tuesday and 3,400 were delayed. That brought the total of flights cancelled since the latest snowstorm hit on Thursday to more than 18,000.

Toronto's Pearson Airport temporarily halted ground operations early on Tuesday because of  "equipment freezing" and out of concern for the safety of airport personnel, it said on its twitter account.

PEPSI IPL 2014 : The RETENTION GAME !!!

PEPSI IPL'14 : The IPL RETENTION LIST

 A total of 24 players have been retained by their respective franchises

Twenty four players have been retained, including fourteen Indian players (of which three are uncapped) and ten overseas players:

Chennai Super Kings	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies
	MS Dhoni	India
	Ravindra Jadeja	India
	Suresh Raina	India
Kings XI Punjab	David Miller	South Africa
	Manan Vohra	India (uncapped)
Kolkata Knight Riders	Gautam Gambhir	India
	Sunil Narine	West Indies
Mumbai Indians	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
	Kieron Pollard	West Indies
	Ambati Rayudu	India
	Rohit Sharma	India
	Harbhajan Singh	India
Rajasthan Royals	Stuart Binny	India (uncapped)
	James Faulkner	Australia
	Ajinkya Rahane	India
	Sanju Samson	India (uncapped)
	Shane Watson	Australia
Royal Challengers Bangalore	AB De Villiers	South Africa
	Chris Gayle	West Indies
	Virat Kohli	India
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Shikhar Dhawan	India
	Dale Steyn	South Africa

Ranjib Biswal, Chairman IPL, commented: “The regulations were drafted taking into account franchise, player and fan feedback.  Continuity of the core players in the teams is very important and the retention of these twenty four players, coupled with the “rights to match” (RTM) to be used in the auction, is a good sign.  I am very pleased to see three uncapped Indian players in the list of players retained.  The IPL is a great platform for young talent.”