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Known for its descent and graceful behavior, India also got an evil record of highest number of murderers of the world residing in the country or it can be said that highest number of murder happens in India. The number is thrice than in Pakistan and twice that of in America.

According to a government report by National Crime Bureau, at least 50 lakhs crime were registered in 2007-08 which mainly includes that of rape, murder and drugs. The report includes 32719 murders against 16,692 murders in America and 9631 in Pakistan.

South Africa follows India in the crime list which reports 30960 murders. Austria registered lowest of 148 murders competing against 177 of Israil in 2007-08.

However the ratio of crime over population is very low in India. There are 3 murders and 4 rapes over one lakh population while it is 65.27 and 115.8 respectively in South Africa.

S P Ranjan Bhagat from Delhi Police told that most of the murders happen because of aggressiveness and family disputes. There is 1.08 % of increase in murders in the capital city in 2007 as compared to the previous year.

America tops in rape cases where 93,934 cases were reported followed by 54,926 cases in Africa. There are 18,359 cases registered in India.

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The ongoing racial clashes in South Africa claimed the life of a Fifty five-year-old Indian immigrant on Wednesday night.

Niten Singh, who was a photographer, was burnt alive by a mob in his home in Actonville, Johannesburg after being attacked by nearly 100 people from a local hostel at the photographer’s residence. No arrests have been made yet.

Johannesburg has been witnessing attacks on foreign nationals since almost two weeks. Locals have been targeting Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi nationals for taking their jobs. But now, even Asian immigrants are facing the brunt of the violence.

More than 24 people have been killed, hundreds injured and about 13,000 people have been left destitute since violence first erupted in the township of Alexandria, near Johannesburg on May 11.

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Indian team have finally written success story on Kanpur’s Greenpark pitch on the third day of third test against South Africa winning the test by eight wickets to level the series 1-1.

First test in Chennai was a dull draw followed by second test won by South Africa while the last and final test today is won by India to level the series.

After dismissing the rivals at a small score of 121 in second innings, India reached the target of just 62 runs for the loss of two wickets.

In the second inning of India, opener Virendra Sehwag gave 22 runs including two brilliant sixers off 12 balls. Wasim Jaffer was dismissed after making 10 runs. Suarav Ganguly (13) and Rahul Dravid (18) remained not out and took the team to reach the required target.

However the day started when Indian batsman continued from previous score of 288 for nine wickets of the first inning. Last wicket pair of India, Sharma and Sreesanth joined to frustrate the South Africans for a 46-runs partnership leading India to a score of 325, 60 runs ahead. South Africa had made 265 runs in its first inning.

In the second inning of South Africans, team is soon wrapped up at 121 as the Indian spinners dismissed the players one by one.

The pitch proved to be very favorable for the Indian spinners especially Harbhajan Singh. In 21 over of his bowling he gave away 43 runs at an economy of 2.04 taking away the four wicket giving India a serious chance of leveling the series.

South Africa remained under pressure from the very start of their batting. Harbhajan took 4 wickets while Virander Sehwag knocked out 3. Ishant Sharma and Sreesanth also took away 2 and 1 wicket respectively.

McKenzie was the first one to be knocked out by Sreesanth after making 26 runs. A hard blow came to Proteas when Amla is sent back to pavilion without opening his account by Harbhajan Singh.

Getting rid of Kallis(15) first and then bowling Smith(35) round his legs Sehwag proved how lethal he is.

Ishant Sharma took 2 wickets of Boucher (5) and Morkel (0). Sreesanth also dismissed Harris at no score.

Harbhajan took away the ninth wickets in the form of Steyn(7) while it was Virendra Sehwag who dismissed the last wicket of Ntini(0). Prince remained not out on the pitch with 22 runs.

It was India’s fifth win over South Africa in 21 Tests, their fourth at home, as against 10 losses and seven draws. It was only the eighth Test in Kanpur (out of 20) to have produced a result with India winning five of them and preserved the home team’s record of having not lost a Test match here. For complete update of the match please visit Cricket Updates.

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India leaded South Africa by 23 runs after the second day of third test on Saturday for Future Cup series in Kanpur. India ended the day on 288 at 88 overs for nine loses against the South African first innings total of 265. Ishant Sharma (0) and Sreesanth (9) remained on the pitch as the last wicket pair during the play.

Saurav Ganguly can be said the hero of today’s match giving 87 runs off 119 balls. It was his seventh fifty against South Africa while his 34th in test. Laxman also gave a satisfied contribution of 50 runs. Other players couldn’t contribute much.

India was dull at start as both the openers- Virendra Sehwag and Waseem Jaffar were sent to pavilion after a small score of 35. Sehwag (8) was dismissed by Dale Steyn while Jaffer (15) was sent back by Marckel.

Dravid and Laxman gave a partnership for 78 runs giving a little stability to the team. But soon the joint venture got disrupt when Dravid was catch out by Markel. Dravid gave 29 runs including 4 fours for 106 balls. Later Markel dismissed Laxman as soon as he completed his half century.

Yuvraj Singh contributed 32 runs to the team and was catch out by A.B. De Villiers on Harris’s ball. Captain Dhoni also gave an increment of 32 points to the team score.

Bhajji and Piyush were fragile at the ground with scores of 6 and 4 respectively.

Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel were the most successful South African bowlers with figures of three for 60 and three for 57 respectively.

Ganguly said that it was his best knock in difficult pitch like that of Greenpark stadium. He said, “There was pressure since I was coming back. In terms of difficulty of surface, it’s number one innings.”

“I wanted to play my normal game. On such surfaces, it’s how you think matters. If you think about the delivery that goes through the top, you will get out to normal deliveries.” Former captain Saurav Ganguly added after the day’s play. Watch the live proceedings of the third day of second test between India and South Africa.

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Tags: Ganguly, India, Ishant, Laxman, Sehwag, South Africa, Sreesanth

It was the first day of third test of India against South Africa of Future Cup Series in Kanpur. Indian team has shown an appreciable play on the Green Park pitch dismissing South Africa at a small score of 265.

Indian team led by M S Dhoni in the absence of injured Anil Kumble gave a good performance today. Electing to bat, the two South African Greame Smith (69) and Neil McKenzie (36) openers provided a solid start of 61 runs before the young Piyush Chawla celebrated his return to Test cricket by scalping McKenzie in his very first over.

With score reading 108/1 in 32nd over it looked that Indian players might have to feild for a long time under the scorching sun. But soon all batsmen were returned to pavilion one by one.

After Nell, it was Hashim Amla(51) who joined Smith till 152 runs for a single loss. Hashim Amla was then dismissed by Ishant Sharma.

Yuvraj took a single wicket of Captain Smith giving a hard blow to Proteas. Thereafter all the remaining wickets were struck off one by one.

Playing his first match after a long break, Piyush Chawla bagged two wickets - de Villiers(25) and McKenzie(36).

Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh remained the most successful bowler. Giving 53 runs in 31 overs, he snatched 3 wickets while Indian pace bowler Ishant Sharma permitted 55 runs in 12.3 overs and send 3 batsmen back to pavilion.

Virendra Sehwag dismissed Prince (16) as the sixth wicket. Later Harbhajan dismissed Morkel(17) while Ishant Sharma strikes and dismissed Boucher(29).

Finally Ishant took away the last wicket as Harris (12) and wrapped the team at 265 only.

Harbhajan took off the ninth wicket also in the form of Steyn without allowing him to open his account giving a brilliant catch to Mohammad Kaif.

India was trailing the series by 0-1. India has to win this match to level the series and retain its second position in ICC ranking. Watch the full coverage of the first day.

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The situation for Indian team at Ahmadabad is really tough, India is playing the second test match of the future cup against South Africa at Ahmadabad. Today is the third day of play and India is on the verge of the inning defeat.

At the tea India is batting at 191 for the loss of 4 wickets and Ganguly is batting at 59 along with Dhoni who is batting at 28. India is still trailing by 227 runs and only 6 wickets are left.

Today early morning South Africa decided to declare their inning at their overnight score and they give India a target of 419 runs to save the match by an inning. Then Sehwag started brilliantly by hitting two sixes in the very first over of Steyn.

Within a very short time Sehwag became the victim of Ntini and India moved to 31 for the loss of one wicket. After that Dravid felt at 64 while he scored only 17 runs. Then Jaffer got out at 19 and India reached to 3 down for 70 only. After that Laxman and Ganguly played some good cricket but Laxman too fell cheaply at 35 while at that time India were 125 for the loss of 4 wickets.

From then Ganguly and Dhoni are playing and they have scored a partnership of 66 runs. For complete coverage please visit Cricket Updates.

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Today was the first day of play between India and South Africa at Ahmadabad. While first test match played at Chennai was a dull draw, while the second match became quite interesting because of the superb bowling display by the African team.

When Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat first at Motera, spectators were became too happy. They thought that they can be able to see the firing batting by the likes of Sehwag, Ganguly and Laxman. Also players like Dravid popularly known as the wall and Jaffer were there who can provide stability to the Indian inning.

All dream went away when Team India losth the early wicket of Jaffer and then the flow came off. Within 20 overs India became all out for a small score of 76.

Sachin was unfit for today’s match and in place of him Team India has choosen Irfan Pathan. With his inclusion Team India was equipped with five specialist bowlers in the team. Batting line up was not looking so bad.

Irfan Pathan became the highest run scorer in the Indian inning, he made 21 not out. While Dhoni became the second highest scorer after making 14.

From South Africa’s side Steyn took five wickets with Ntini dismissing three wickets and Morkel took two wickets. Watch the complete proceedings of the first day of Second test in Ahmadabad.

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Mohammad Kaif is back in the Indian team after a gap of 2 years, when he last played a test match against West Indies in 2006. Kaif has replaced the injured master blaster Sachin Tendulkar for the upcoming second test match between India and South Africa.

The 2nd test between India and South Africa is scheduled to begin from 3rd April to 7th of April in Ahmedabad. Sachin got the groin injury while playing in Australia. It got more painful on the fifth day of the first test between India and South Africa in Chennai. On the last day Sachin was coming in and out on the field.

Indian skipper Anil Kumble ‘Jumbo’ has confirmed his injury, adding that he has a tummy problem too.

Team India selectors has picked up Mohhamad Kaif for his place, while they ignored the in form Indian opener Gautam Gambhir. Gautam Gambhir has done quite well in the recent tour of Australia.

Over all no one is understanding why this decision has been taken by BCCI.

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First test match of Future cup series in M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai ended after a dull draw between South Africa and India on Sunday. South Africa played cautiously in its second batting. At the end of the match South Africa scored 331 runs at loss of five. McKenzie with 155 runs and Boucher with 11 runs were remain unbeaten on the pitch as the match was finalized.

During the second batting of South Africa, the openers Smith and McKenzie gave a speed start. Smith was dismissed yesterday after making 35 runs and Amla joined McKenzie then. Before the team agreed to draw, McKenzie hit 13 boundaries and a six during his 445-minute stay at the crease. He hit a double century in his previous Test.

South Africa got its first stroke from India by losing Amla at Kumble’s ball. Amla delivered 81 runs to the team. Kallis and Prince couldn’t contribute much after Amla. Both were dismissed by Harbhajan after making 19 and 5 runs respectively. De Villiers gave his 11 and was claimed by Sehwag.

The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium did not have any significant help for the bowlers on the first four days and was not expected to behave any different on day five.

The match will always be remembered for Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid. Sehwag, who smashed 319 in India’s first innings, was deservedly named man of the match. He broke his own record of 309 runs in 2004 in Multan against Pakistan, although he couldn’t cross Lara’s record of 400 runs. Sehwag had taken India to a mammoth 627 in reply to South Africa’s first innings total of 540.

Dravid who completed his 10,000 runs in Test, is the third Indian and world’s sixth batsman to achieve the milestone. With this, the former Indian captain has also completed his 25th century.

The second Test will be played in Ahmedabad from April 3-7, with the third Test in Kanpur from April 11-15.

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Triple Century of blasting batsman Virendra Sehwag led India to beat the huge score of South Africa. Today on the fourth day of the first test match of Future cup Series, India scored a brilliant record of 627 runs, 87 points more than the rival team. Sehwag was dismissed by Ntini at a mammoth record of 319. he crossed his own score but unable to beat Lara’s record of 400 runs.

Dravid has achieved the milestone of 10,000 runs in test. Dravid also gave his century with 111 runs and was knocked out again by Ntini after lunch. He became the sixth player to tally 10,000 Test runs reaching the milestone in the first Test against South Africa. He is the third Indian player after Sachin and Sunil Gavaskar to achieve this target.

South Africa scored 540 runs in its first inning and India replied the rivals with 468 runs on second day at only one loss. South Africans seemed very helpless in front of the star batsman Sehwag. He gave the opponent team a hard nut to crack. Sehwag is the second player who achieved the milestone of making two triple centuries in test matches after Brain Lara.

Other players including Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dhoni couldn’t use their bats much. They all got dismissed one by one very soon. Dhoni gave only sixteen and Ganguly contributed 24. Sachin, Harbhajan and R P Singh were sent to pavilion without opening their account. Laxman gave 39 while the captain (Kumble) couldn’t achieve more than 3. Sreesanth was the last player with only 4 runs in hand.

In the second inning of South African team, the players have recorded 131 runs in 33 overs at the end of the day at one loss. Smith had made 35 runs and was knocked out soon. McKenzie and Amla are now the overnight players with 59 and 35 runs respectively.

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