Virat Kohli Has Infused a Youthful Energy Into the Indian Cricket Team
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Vol: 25 | No. 11 | November 2017 | R20 www.opinionexpress.in A MONTHLY NEWS MAGAZINE COVER STORY VIRAT ELEVAN Virat Kohli has infused a youthful energy into the Indian cricket team to propel it to a new height Thank You BIPL %DODML,QIUD3URMHFWV/LPLWHG www.balaji.co.in www.dighiport.in editorial Virat Kohli is pushing RNI UP–ENG 70032/92, Volume 25, No 11 EDITOR Prashant Tewari Indian cricket to ASSOCiate EDITOR Dr Rahul Misra POLITICAL EDITOR a new high Prakhar Misra country of 1.3 billion people just blindly follows Politics, Cricket and Bol- BUREAU CHIEF lywood. Just watch any TV channel for an hour; the content will have po- Gopal Chopra (DELHI), Diwakar Shetty litical news, prominent leader speech, and commercial with cricketer or a (MUMBAI), Sidhartha Sharma (KOLKATA), A Lakshmi Devi (BANGALORE ) DIvyash Bajpai film star. The amazing transformation was pushed by the advent of television in (USA), KAPIL DUDAKIA (UNITED KINGDOM) the 1990’s and it became bigger and bigger with huge money Rajiv Agnihotri (MAURITIUS), Romil Raj chasing politics, cricket and bollywood. Narendra Modi , Vi- Bhagat (DUBAI), Herman Silochan (CANADA), Dr Shiv Kumar (AUS/NZ) rat, Sachin, Shahrukh Khan, are household names in any part of the country courtesy TV, Radio, Newspaper and social me- CONTENT partner The Pioneer dia. The personality cult surrounds superstars is phenomenal Pratham Pravakta story for the people following them, the pressures to keep up LegaL AdviSORS the demands of over billion people are huge too. Leadership Vishnu Sharma Adv can transform a country, so the team of eleven men can be Vijai Krishna Adv motivated by aggressive competent leadership. Virat Kohli MARKETING DIRECTOR is outstanding sportsman and huge influence on the Indian Diwakar Shetty cricket team. The Indian Men’s Cricket Team is in the recent times seems to pos- ADMINIStrative DIRECTOR sess a Midas touch. It appears that everything that team under Virat’s command Amit Pandey Bal Mukund Gaur touches turns into gold. With the recent conclusion of One Day Internationals (ODIs) series against Australia, India has/the team has finished on the top of the Corporate COMMUNICation / PR Sanjay Mendiratta Cricket Ratings in both the Test Matches as well as ODIs. The phenomenal suc- M M Upadhaya cess of the team has been attributed to many/several factors, one such being the GRAPHICS & DESIGN smooth transition of the captaincy in the hands of Virat Kohli’s hands. In the test Writeword Commuications (Studio 8) cricket, India has quite successfully clinched last eight test match series in a row. Photographer it is just one short to equal/level the record of Australia, nine consecutive victories Ratan Shukla on a roll. The formidable form of the team must be decoded in detail and also the OVERSEAS MARKETING roles of young players especially Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah being pivotal OEMCL Ltd (Mauritius), OEHCL ltd (DUBAI) to achieve the desired goals on a consistent basis. AdvertiSEMENT / CIRCULation: On the economic front, Demonetization and GST has become the main political Delhi / NCR - Hemant Sharma: D 239 agenda of the present political scene. But the principle agenda that needs immedi- Defence Colony New Delhi 110024 INDIA Tel – 011 49060350 ate focus is NPA of the banks in India. There’s no doubt that the UPA left poison pills behind; but the Government must get tough. The Indian banking sector is in Mumbai - Vijay Kalantri – Advisor: New ExcelsIor BUILDING, 6tH Floor, A.K. NAYAK crisis and someone needs to call out the culprit, the UPA Government, which al- MARG, Fort, MUMBAI - 400001 (INDIA). lowed ridiculous loans to be approved. 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OPINIon EXPRESS NOVEMBER 2017 3 A Monthly News Magazine November 2017 CoveR Story Formidable Indian Cricket team of Virat Kohli P 6-13 No stopping for Virat Kohli: Mollah raining 15 Fastest batsman to score 16 10 richest Indian 9000 ODI runs cricketers of all time No Long-Term Damage To Modi Govt’s Image P 48 20 Creativity is a key for It is time for new ways in innovative cinema – 22 auctions for optimisation of Ravi K Chandran national resources India’s Banking Woes & Its 24 economic Impact Jinping emerges As China’s 40 Most Powerful Leader Since Mao 4 NOVEMBER 2017 OPINIon EXPRESS Super Srikanth becomes first Indian to win four Super Series titles in a calendar year Shuttler Srikanth continues with his Super run idambi Srikanth became the in a year (2010) and with the achieve- force errors from Nishimoto -- the Japa- first Indian and only fourth male ment; he is all set to reach his career- nese unable to control the shuttle started Kshuttler in history to lift four high of world No. 2 in BWF Rankings. sending it long. Within 16 minutes, Sri- Super Series titles in a calendar year as Srikanth was unstoppable and supe- kanth took the first game 21-14. he beat Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in the rior to the opponent. He won the first The second game began similarly men’s singles final at French Open. In point of the match with Nishimoto put- with the Indian racing off to a 4-0 lead. just 34 minutes, Srikanth beat Nishim- ting the shuttle wide. Thereafter, the A similar pattern followed with Nishim- oto 21-14, 21-13 to lift the French Open Japanese displayed some excellent in- oto gifting points to Srikanth. Despite a Super Series titles. tent coupled with good resistance and mini fightback, Srikanth lead 11-5 at the This is Srikanth’s fourth Super Se- cross court strokes to take a 9-5. It was breather. Srikanth began playing around ries title this year after he won the Den- the difference in points that seemed to with the Japanese thereafter moving mark Open Super Series Premier last have triggered something in Srikanth him all over the court. With stunning Sunday and the Indonesia Super Series and he took over the mantle from there control over the shuttle and brilliantly Premier and Australian Open Super Se- to show the kind of strokes he has been accurate smashing, Srikanth opened up ries in June earlier this year. playing since two weeks. Srikanth took an 18-12 lead. Nishimoto managed just Twice this year, Srikanth has won six consecutive points to lead 11-9 at the one more point after which Srikanth back-to-back Super Series titles -- Den- break. won three points in a row to clinch the mark and French this month and In- Srikanth didn’t let the momentum title. It is a great achievement by an In- donesia and Australia consecutively in drop from there. He played his classic dian sportsman; it must be rejoiced by June. Only Lee Chong Wei has done smashes and coupled with Nishimoto’s Indians. that before. inability to handle the pressure, Srikanth The 24-year-old surpassed Saina raced to a 15-10 lead. Srikanth varied the Report filed by OE News Desk, Nehwal’s record of three Super Series pace of his strokes and kept it simple to UK Bureau OPINIon EXPRESS NOVEMBER 2017 5 Cover story 6 NOVEMBER 2017 OPINIon EXPRESS By Prashant Tewari eadership can transform a country, FORMIDABLE so the team of eleven men can Lbe motivated by aggressive competent leadership.