VOL - II TUESDAY 16 ISSUE NO. 121 MAY, 2017 PAGE-8 BHUBANESWAR HE ALINGA HRONICLE (Air Surchange - 0.50P) T K CDaily Edition: R.N.I. No: ODIENG/2013/52530 FOLLOW US 2.50 ON TWITTER Popular People’s Daily of Odisha twritter.com/thekalingchronicle Triple talaq hearing: Issues of polygamy, 'nikah halala' Delay hits port roads Bhubaneswar (KC- National Perspective road connectivity to remain open for future adjudication, says SC N): Ports facilitators Plan under from Chhatrapur to NEW DELHI(K- "It may not be Mukul Rohatgi, ap- "The scope of re- nificance in the back- in Odisha Adminis- Sagarmala and rest Gopalpur Port and CN): The Supreme possible to deal with pearing for the Cen- ferring had all the drop of the remarks tration are in a wor- are facing uncer- Rail Connectivity to of the apex court that ried state as several tainty. Dhamra Port has it will only deal with major road and rail Several up-com- been included in the issue of triple connectivity to the ing Non Major Ports Sagarmala Projects talaq that too if it was upcoming ports in the fundamental to Islam. state are pending with The AG asked the Union Government. bench also compris- This will be a ing Justices Kurian major bottleneck in Joseph, R F Nariman, providing infrastruc- U U Lalit and Abdul ture to the Non Ma- Nazeer to make it jor Ports of this East- clear that the issues of ern State, pointed out polygamy and 'nikah Sanjay Rastogi, Prin- halala' are still open cipal Secretary Com- and would be dealt by merce & Transport other bench in future. with Government of "It will be dealt in India, said sources. all the three issues in tre, said that the is- three issues that was future," the bench In the recent Court today said it the limited time we sues of polygamy and divorce, nikah halala, clarified. meeting held by NITI was keeping open for have. We will keep 'nikah halala' were polygamy. All these The bench is Aayog, Mr.Rastogi adjudication in the them pending for fu- also part of the order three issues are be- hearing a clutch of raised the pending is- future the issues of ture," a five-judge of a two-judge bench fore this court by vir- petitions challenging sues and urged the polygamy and 'nikah Constitution bench which had referred to tue of the reference the practice of triple Centre to clear the halala' among Mus- headed by Chief Jus- the Constitutional order of the two- talaq among Mus- proposals, said offi- lims as the Centre in- tice J S Khehar said. bench the three is- judge bench," lims. The Centre cial sources. Both like Dhamra, other 11 Projects sisted deliberations The observation sues, including the Rohatgi said. has resumed its argu- road and rail connec- Gopalpur, Kiratania, have been pending on these aspects as was made when At- practice of triple talaq The Centre's as- ments in the case to- tivity is crucial for the Chudamani, Asta- with the Centre. well. torney General (AG) among Muslims. sertion assumes sig- day. port development in ranga, Balih-archandi A major road the state, said he. in Odisha would have connectivity like Out of 13 major been benefitted under Construction of four project proposals the scheme. lanning of road from Dissidence rise in BJD only two have been While develop- Jamujhadi on Na- Bhubaneswar(KCN): Parliamentary Party While attempting ate indiscipline. Rekha though he in- included in ambitious ment of four lane tional See page-7 Though Naveen without asking him to to pacify MLAs to Another senior vited a notice earlier Patnaik is not worried explain as to why he ensure that the dissi- MP Bhartruhari for giving a statement about the turmoil in defied the party Presi- dence disease did not Mahtab, who is also on the BJD’s possible India demands suspension of Biju Janata Dal dent. spread to the Legisla- the BJD leader in the relationship with (BJD), he is slowly Mr.Panda, ture Party, Naveen Lok Sabha, often cre- Congress. trying to contain dis- though a four-time has given a strong ates problem for Nobody knows Jadhav death penalty at ICJ; sidence, which is on MP with the blessings when Mahtab would rise. The issue is dis- of Naveen, has also be removed from cussed in political started making noise the BJD’s leadership circles as Biju through newspaper in the Lok Sabha. Pak calls plea unnecessary Patnaik’s younger articles and Twitter Though Mr.Patnaik NEW DELHI(K- and the right to consu- consular access 16 son goes slowly on posts. He has given does not hesitate to CN): Expressing ap- lar access. There is an times. Highlighting the dissident leaders. least importance to throw away leaders prehensions about the immediate threat to this and invoking Ar- The rumblings, the call given by the from the party, he is execution of former him to be executed ticle 36 of Vienna which originated in party supremo. giving opportunity to Indian Navy officer even before a decision Convention on Consu- the BJD Parliamen- Naveen had cat- leaders to rectify. Kulbhushan Jadhav, is passed," Mittal told lar Relations, Salve tary Party has now egorically said that Everybody in India on Monday de- the court in his open- said: "The graver the spread to the Legisla- the leaders should Odisha politics in- manded consular ac- ture Party, particu- come forward for dis- cluding Mr.Panda cess to him at the In- larly after the 8 May cussion and refrain and Mr.Mahtab know ternational Court of Ministry reshuffle. from giving com- that people vote for Justice contending BJD workers and ments on media. Naveen and not for that a Pakistan’s mili- leaders in different However, Mr.Panda them. However, se- tary court has awarded districts have ex- did not stop. nior leaders feel that him death sentence pressed their resent- The latest one they are not getting through a “farcical ments for not getting came when Mr.Panda the importance due to trial”. Eminent lawyer a berth in the Coun- expressed his views them in the party. Harish Salve and Min- cil of Ministers. on the ministry re- Though Naveen istry of External Af- Naveen has started shuffle and also on has now agreed to fairs Joint Secretary pacifying them by former Koraput MP lend an ear to the dis- Deepak Mittal led ing remarks. India’s charges, the greater making them under- Jayaram Pangi join- sident leaders, earlier India’s charge against decision to move ICJ the need for continued stand that he cannot ing BJP. Pangi from he used to engage his Pakistan in the UN’s over an issue with Pa- adherence of the accommodate MLAs Koraput and Amar official to note down highest judicial body. kistan has come after Vienna Convention. India contended that nearly after four de- Jadhav has been in ju- from all the districts Nayak of Jajpur have the grievances of the the situation was ur- cades. India’s main dicial custody without as the maximum joined BJP after be- MPs or MLAs. Se- gent as it was afraid contention is that it any communication number of Ministers ing suspended from nior leaders hesitate that Islamabad might was denied its consu- with his family.” India is limited to 22. the BJD some time to record their griev- hang Jadhav even be- lar rights to its national has called the trial ‘far- While some lead- ago. ances before any of- fore the hearing was and accused Pakistan cical’ as it was not pro- ers have realized Though Naveen ficer and wanted that over. The charge was of violating the Vienna vided chargesheet Naveen’s compul- is not worried over the Chief Minister denied by Pakistan in convention and con- against Jadhav, neither sions, others are si- Jairam Pangi and himself listen to its arguments later in ducting a "farcical was he provided with lent and a small sec- Amar Nayak, he, them. the evening where it trial" without a "shred defence counsel; and tion of the party is however, has been However, keep- contended that the of evidence". New Delhi came to busy in scheming and careful in not antago- ing in view the dissi- hearing was “not nec- "The execution of know about his death looking for an oppor- nizing dissident lead- dent activities, essary” as Jadhav was the death sentence sentence from the media. tunity to speak out. ers in general. Naveen has now been found guilty on cannot be done while Human rights treated as In a bid to give a Naveen, known inviting leaders to charges of espionage this court is hearing "basics" all over had message to the lead- for his image of come for discussion. and subversive activi- the appeal. Else, it will been thrown to the wind ers crossing ‘Laxman “Leader Killer” has What could be ties and hence does be a violation of the by Pakistan and the trial Rekha’ Naveen re- once again struck and another reason be- not fall under ICJ’s ju- Vienna Convention," had been vitiated, India moved Kendrapara preferred to remove hind the dissidence in risdiction. lead attorney Harish argued.Islamabad said MP Baijayant Panda Mr.Panda from the message to the party’s Naveen. However, the BJD is that the "Jadhav has not Salve said. Pakistan that the Permanent-5 from the position of post he was holding Parliamentary Party Mahtab has not leaders now find an got the right to get has turned down was informed about the the Spokesman of the in Delhi. that he will not toler- crossed the Laxman alternative See page-7 proper legal assistance India’s requests for case. 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From Page-1 in BJP. The saffron party has been growing in the State and lotus has bloomed in different areas. Onion tears for farmers People, who feel suffocated in BJD, now prefer to join BJP. Jayram Pangi is an instance. Bhubaneswar (KC- reaped by the traders ing in the state with a the people of the neighboring states to gional Cooperative Veteran BJD leaders like Bijay Mohapatra, N): With more pro- of Chhattisgarh, al- capacity of 1.68 state. an extent of 2.5 Lakh Marketing Societies, former Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang of duction of Onion and leged Kharia. MT as the onion pro- which are operating Congress and Dilip Ray had earlier joined BJP. less facilities for stor- At times, onion duced in the state under the control of But all of them are sidelined in the saf- age and marketing, prices touch Rs.45 finds its way to OASM Board, these fron party as Dharmendra Pradhan is not ready the farmers of West- per kg in retail mar- Chhattisgarh, thanks institutions are hardly to accommodate any leader of substance. “The ern Odisha are forced ket in the State, but to insensitivity of the showing interest in leaders who quit BJD feel like fish out of wa- to sell their products the OSAMB hardly Agriculture Market- helping out the farm- ter,” said senior BJD MLA and former Minis- to the neighboring takes any steps for to ing system, officials ers. ter Mangala Kissan after meeting Naveen on Chhattisgarh with go for an organized attest. May 12. Mr.Kissan was among the people who much lesser price, move to help out the Chhattisgarh traders were not happy for not getting a berth in the thanks to callous ap- farmers, who are sell- This year the farmers are advancing money ministry. However, he has rejected the possi- proach of the Agri- ing their farm prod- of farmers of to the farmers before bility of leaving BJD. culture Marketing ucts at a throw away Kalahandi, Koraput, they go for crop and Naveen Niwas sources said that BJD System in the State. price, admit senior Sambalpur and taking their products supremo is just not bothered as to who leaves Odisha onions officials in the Direc- Kandhamal have @Rs.4-5 per kg, al- the party or not. According to sources, all the are being procured by torate of Horticulture. reaped bumper crop leged Sunil Bhatra, expelled leaders are joining BJP, so let the dead the traders of Absence of and they are lured by another farmer in woods leave suo mou, said one Naveen aco- Chhattisgarh and streamlining the agri- the traders of Nuapada. lyte. Madhya Pradesh in culture marketing Chhattisgarh to sell While the State It is not that Naveen is not trying to pacify an organized manner, system, the fermers their products as there Government had an- the dissidents but he has his own style. He while the Odisha are at receiving end, is hardly any move by nounced to set up quietly picked up a former Minister and se- State Agriculture admit officials. the State Government Onion Mission to nior lawmaker, Amar Satpathy of Badachana Marketing Board Odisha needs at to buy onion at a fair promote production in Jajpur district, and chose him as Govern- ment Chief Whip in the Assembly, thus giv- (OSAMB) looks least 4 Lakh MT of price. of onion and help out ing him Cabinet status. other way round, said onion per annum to Nuapada farmers the farmers, it is Jajpur was among over a dozen of districts Dhenu Kharia, a on- meet its internal re- are forced to distress likely to take the not getting representation in the Council of ion farmer of quirement and the sale as these farmers route of Potato Mis- Ministers. Similarly, to appease the party rank Kalahandi. State is producing are not able to sell sion, which has mis- and file in Kendrapara district, Naveen named While farmers in 3.95 Lakh MT. their products to erably failed to Pratap Kesari Deb as BJD’s Rajya Sabha can- Kalahandi, Nuapada, Cold storage fa- Government run or- achieve the much didate and also Pradip Kumar Amat as the Koraput are produc- cilities are poor as out LakhMT. So more However the ganizations. hyped vision to make Speaker of Assembly to make the party work- ing more and more of 115 cold storages production of onions State is forced to im- While they are the state surplus in ers happy in Boudh district. onions, benefits are only 35 are function- are not helping out port onion from the approaching the Re- potato. However, BJD Supremo was surprised when first time MLAs like Raseswari Panigrahi of Sambalpur and Dibya Shankar Some businesses in Asia disrupted by cyber attack, authorities brace for more Mishra of Junagarh in Kalahandi were aspir- ing to become Ministers when Kalahandi per- SINGAPORE/ larly hard-hit. though a British- ers appear to largely hospital functions month and on Fri- formed worst in the panchayat elections. WASHINGTON(KCN): A spokesman for based security re- be out-of-date de- that proved too day to fix a vulner- Dr Panigrahi made her supporters hit the Asian governments the Hong Kong Ex- searcher who vices that organi- difficult to patch ability that al- streets, even as she utterly failed to contain and businesses re- changes and Clear- thwarted an earlier zations deemed not without possibly lowed the worm to the growth of BJP in her area. However, ported some disrup- ing, one of the version of the worm worth the price of disrupting crucial spread across net- Patnaik has not so far addressed the grievances tions from the region's biggest told Reuters most of upgrading or, in operations, secu- works, a rare and of Padmanav Behera, a senior MLA and WannaCry ranso- bourses, said all sys- these reports had some cases, ma- rity experts said. powerful feature that former Minister from the Dalit community. mware worm on tems were so far been proven false. chines involved in Microsoft re- caused infections to However, Naveen has taken Niranjan Pujari Monday but working normally. In Hong Kong, manufacturing or leased patches last surge on Friday. from Sonepur district in the Ministry. cybersecurity experts "We remain highly Gazeley said his team Political analysts feel that Naveen’s re- warned of a wider vigilant," he said. had found a new ver- sponse to contain the growing dissidence and impact as more em- Companies have sion of the worm that scheming by the disgruntled elements is slow. ployees turned on warned users and didn't use e-mail to staff not to click on lure victims. Vedanta posts fourth-quarter And things are fast getting worse for the their computers and ruling party. Leaders now see a future in BJP checked e-mails. attachments or links. Instead, it loaded as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting The ransomware One school in South scripts onto hacked more endeared to the people of the State. The that has locked up Korea barred its pu- websites where users smartest saffron strategist, Amit Shah is out more than 200,000 pils from using the who clicked on a ma- internet. Taiwan's licious link would be profit helped by higher revenue to capture Odisha. computers in more From Page -1 than 150 countries government appeared infected directly. He to have escaped ma- said it was too early Vedanta Ltd, the In- the fourth quarter 26.67 billion rupees, Highway (NH)-16 to Dhamra Port via has been mainly dian unit of diversi- ended March 31, according to spread by e-mail, hit- jor infection, possibly to tell how many Basudebpur with a length of 58 Kilometer because regulations websites had been af- with a cost of Rs.600 Crore is not included in ting factories, hospi- tals, shops and there require all de- fected. Sagarmala. schools worldwide. partments to install Gazeley added Similarly four lanning of road from "Most of the at- software updates as that several major Phulnakhara on NH-16 to Astaranga Port via tacks are arriving via soon as they are avail- companies in Asia Charichhak- Kakatpur-Astaranga with a e-mail, so there are able. had been hit by the length of 74 Kilometers will cost Rs.682 crore many 'landmines' South Korea's ransomware, but "the is also not considered. waiting in people's presidential Blue last thing they want to Four lanning of the road from Rameswar in-boxes," said House office said do is come out in pub- on NH-16 to Baliharachandi Port via Michael Gazeley, nine cases of lic and admit it." He managing director of ransomware were declined to elaborate. Birapratappur-Atharanala-Brahmagiri- found in the country, In a blog post on Sunamuhi will entail an investment of Rs.500 Network Box, a Hong Kong-based but did not provide Sunday, Microsoft crore is not included cybersecurity com- details on where the President Brad Smith Development of four lanning of road from pany. cyber attacks were appeared to tacitly ac- Basta on NH-16 to Choumukha connecting In China, the discovered. knowledge what re- Subarnarekha Mouth Port via Putura, Baliapal world's second-larg- In Australia, Dan searchers had already and through village road length 43 Kilometer est economy, energy Tehan, the govern- widely concluded: will be Rs.494 crore is pending . giant PetroChina said ment minister respon- The ransomware at- Similarly Rail connectivity to payment systems at sible for tack leveraged a Subarnarekha Port length of 45 Kilometer some of its petrol sta- cybersecurity, said hacking tool built by just three businesses the U.S. National Se- having cost of Rs.900 Crore and similar Rail tions were hit, al- though it had been had been hit by the curity Agency, that connectivity to Astarang Port length of 74 Ki- bug, despite worries leaked online in lometer having cost of Rs.1480 Crore is pend- able to restore most of the systems. Sev- of widespread infec- April. ing for approval. eral Chinese govern- tion. There were no The non-profit Rail Connectivity to Gopalpur Port hav- ment bodies, includ- reported cases in U.S. Cyber Conse- ing a length of only 7 kilometers with a cost ing police and traffic New Zealand. quences Unit re- of Rs.160 Crore is also pending. authorities, reported BRIEF RESPITE search institute esti- fied energy group compared with a loss Thomson Reuters An official said that development of four they had been im- Cyber security mated that total losses experts said the would range in the Vedanta Resources of 211.04 billion ru- data. lanning from Jamujhadi on NH-16 is likely to pacted by the hack, PLC, reported a con- pees a year earlier, the How Vedanta- be covered by NHAI in Bharatmala Project. according to posts on spread of the hundreds of millions ransomware had of dollars, but not ex- solidated quarterly metals and mining owned Balco man- And Gopalpur Port Rail Connectivity will official microblogs. The official slowed since its ap- ceed $1 billion. profit, as revenue group said on Mon- aged aluminium price be considered by the Indian Port Rail Corpo- pearance on Friday Most victims surged, driven by im- day. (http://bit.ly/ crash ration Limited (IPRCL) under Joint Venture China Daily newspa- per, citing Chinese but that the respite were quickly able to proved commodity 2rh8ncs) Consolidated Model, said sources. tech firm Qihoo 360, might only be brief. recover infected sys- prices and higher zinc Analysts on aver- revenue surged about However as these major projects are miss- said that at least For one thing, the tems with backups, volumes. age expected 35 percent to 246.12 ing the Sagarmala list, it will be difficult to 200,000 computers attackers or copycat said the group's chief Consolidated net Vedanta, which re- billion rupees. Shares take up by other Ministries as Port Connec- had been affected in attackers may have economist, Scott profit stood at 29.88 cently completed the of the company were tivity is one of the major mandate the ambi- China, with schools developed new ver- Borg. sions of the worm, al- Infected comput- billion rupees buyout of Cairn India up 1.8 percent as of tious Sagarmala Program. and colleges particu- ($466.09 million) in Ltd, to post a profit of 0941 GMT. BHUBANESWAR, TUESDAY, 16 MAY, 2017

www.thekalingachronicle.com THE KALINGA CHRONICLE SportS Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 8 Arsene Wenger urges Arsenal fans to ignore boycott call LONDON(KCN): trast to the Blues, Ar- sages urging the 67- against the Black Cats. cott. Don't sell your same old. manager. games. We have 69 Arsene Wenger has senal have not won the year-old to quit and "By doing this, points, we can get to called on Arsenal fans English title since marches before we can send a message 75," said Wenger. to turn out in force for 2004 and Wenger has games, with some to Stan Kroenke "That will be four Tuesday's game come under renewed empty seats visible at (Arsenal's US-based points more than last against Sunderland pressure this season recent Emirates fix- owner) and Arsene year, so let's focus on rather than take part in with his side in danger tures. Wenger that Arsenal finishing as well as we a boycott designed to of failing to qualify for Now there are should be doing so can." hasten his removal as the Champions calls for mass boycott much better." Arsenal won 4-1 manager of the Lon- League. of Tuesday's match at Arsenal have away to Stoke City on don giants. Arsenal have fin- home to Sunderland. won six of their last Saturday but they are The veteran ished in the top four of But Wenger, who seven games with now waiting on the fit- French boss has still to every full season since yet again refused to their only defeat com- ness of Laurent announce if he will be Wenger took charge comment on his Arse- ing against north Lon- Koscielny (calf) and staying at the Emirates 21 years ago but, after nal future, said Mon- don rivals Tottenham Alexis Sanchez Stadium when his cur- Liverpool's 4-0 win at day: "My message is Hotspur, who on Sun- (thigh) ahead of the rent contract expires West Ham on Sunday, always the same, it is day beat Manchester match against bottom- after the end of the they now need slip- to support the team. United in the last of-the-table Sun- season. ups from either the A statement on match at White Hart derland. The Gunners Merseysiders or onlinegooner.com Lane to ensure they "Sanchez will have just three games Manchester City to suggested that Atletico would finish runners- have a test today left before their cam- help them maintain Madrid's Diego "We are calling seat to a tourist or give "If you are in any up behind Chelsea. (Monday)," said paign concludes -- two that proud record. Simeone or Juventus's on fans that feel the it to a mate. Let yours doubt, look at our sea- Arsenal, second Wenger. "Yesterday it in the Premier League This season has Max Allegri would same way to boycott be one of the many son and compare that to shock champions didn't look too good, against Sunderland already seen a number now be better at man- tomorrow evening's gaps in the stands that to Chelsea, Juventus Leicester last season, but with him you and Everton before an of 'Wenger out' pro- aging Arsenal than match against send a direct and un- and Atletico Madrid. could win more points never know. He's so FA Cup final newly- tests by supporters Wenger. Sunderland," the state- arguable message to We are a bigger club this term but fail to keen. Maybe it was crowned champions groups, including The statement ment said. the directors. You do than all three of them qualify for the Cham- just a kick. It could be and London rivals planes flying over then asked fans not to "Please consider not want to watch any but we are being held pions League. a possibility that he Chelsea. grounds carrying mes- turn up at the game joining us in this boy- more of the same old back by a greedy "Our chances de- recovers for tomor- In marked con- owner and a past it pend on winning our row." India will have edge over Pakistan at Delhi Daredevils's young batsmen Champions Trophy: Chris Gayle need consistency, says Rahul Dravid NEW DELHI(K- The eight-team scored only 200 runs. NEW DELHI(K- "We are disap- back some young In- seven last year, six Dravid refused CN): Star West Indies tournament will be "This is cricket CN): Disappointed pointed obviously. dian talents, mixing this year and I think to pick a favourite out batsman Chris Gayle played in June, with and these things do after Delhi Daredev- We had the expecta- them with experi- the close games we of Mumbai Indians, said on Monday that defending champions happen. Last year we ils failed to make it to tions of qualifying for enced overseas play- lost probably cost India will have the India pooled with were fantastic but this Rising Pune Super- edge when they take South Africa, Paki- season we failed to on arch-rivals Paki- stan and Sri Lanka in click in unison. In this stan in a much antici- Group B. edition, we were pated group match at India have not struggling in all de- the upcoming Cham- played outside the partments, so all we pions Trophy cricket sub-continent for the can do is rebuild as an tournament. last eight to nine individual and will The 37-year-old months, so it should regroup again for the made it clear that be a tough task for next season," Gayle both India and Paki- Indian batsmen to ad- added. stan are his favourites just to foreign ground Fellow West for winning the eight- and weather condi- Indies star Sunil nation tournament tions. Narine has been in which starts from But Gayle clari- great form with the June 1 in England and fied that Indian bats- bat in this year's IPL. Wales. men will not struggle Primarily an off-spin- "That will be the in England as they ner, Narine has been biggest match of the have played there ear- employed as an tournament and to be lier and are familiar opener by the frank that's my two with the conditions. Kolkata Knight Rid- teams as well. So, it "No, I don't ers and the move up will be a nice match. think that. Indian bat- the order has done And yes, India is ting line is superb and wonders for his form. holding an edge experienced as well. The 28-year-old against Pakistan The good thing is that has scored 214 runs when it come to an everybody has played from 14 matches, in-

the play-offs of the the play-offs," Dravid ers and experienced us." Indian Premier said after his side lost bowling attack. The former India giant, Kolkata Knight League (IPL) yet to Royal Challengers Couple of guys din't captain also felt that Riders and Sunrisers again, team mentor Bangalore by 10 runs kick on at the right the loss of experi- Hyderabad -- the Rahul Dravid felt that in their last leage time. But no excuses, enced batsmen like teams who have young batsmen need game on Sunday we had opportunities J.P. Duminy and made the play-offs. to be more consistent here. and we havn't taken Quinton de Kock due "Mumbai (Indi- with their perfor- "The youngsters them." to injuries before the ans) finished top of mances. played brilliantly for Dravid also be- start of the league de- the table and are Delhi finished us and I believe that moaned Delhi's in- railed their plans. looking quite strong. sixth with 12 points they have the poten- ability to pull off "Few of the from 14 games, with tial to become huge close matches as the changes were obvi- But, Kolkata Knight their batting line-up, stars. Players like main reason behind ously forced due to Riders have shown ICC event," Gayle in England," the ex- cluding the fastest leargely boasting the Rishabh (Pant) and their disappointing injuries. Unfortu- they have got danger- told reporters in a plosive opener said. ever half-century in likes of Rishabh Pant Sanju (Samson) have run. nately for us at the ous players, while promotional event. Playing for the IPL when he (366 runs), Sanju really proved their "We were unable start of the season, Sunrisers too have "In white ball Royal Challengers plundered 54 runs off Samson (386), mettle against good to win a lot games after the auction, got quality players cricket, you cannot Bangalore (RCB) in a mere 15 balls Shreyas Iyer (338) bowling line-ups. from close situations Quinton and JP, who like David Warner, call for one team. Ev- the Indian Premier against Royal Chal- and Karun Nair (281) They need consis- and that proved to be were probably our eryone will have a League (IPL), Chris lengers Bangalore. Shikhar Dhawan, chance, especially in Gayle has this season floundering to deliver tency, though. But our downfall this sea- two experienced Commenting on up to their potential. there is no question son. Including today, players, pulled out of Yuvraj Singh, Rashid England where the failed miserably with Narine's form, Gayle conditions will be the bat unlike earlier Dravid said that about ability and tal- out of around eight the IPL because of Khan... Pune have different. So, you editions of the tourna- said: "Sunil is doing the batsmen, picked ent in them." close matches, we injury and we had to been performing re- have to see the con- ment. great. It's good to at the auction as part "All are very tal- could manage just 2- look for replacements ally well collectively. watch him like this. I ditions before you In the nine of a "larger context" ented. Nobody re- 3 wins from those po- at the last minute and, So, we can expect can pick that one league matches that love how he is hitting despite not having leases experienced sitions," he said. which, I guess, isn't team as your he has played this those sixes. So, no experience, have Indian players in the "You need eight easy when most of quite a few exciting favourite," he added. year, Gayle has tips from my side." shown brilliance but auction. We honestly wins to qualify in this the players are matches in the play- lacked consistency. took the decision to tournament, we got taken," he reasoned. off stage," he said. Printed, Published & Owned by Arabinda Mekap & Printed at Mayur Offset Printers, D-1/11, Sec-A, Zone –D, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar-751010, Dist.- Khordha & Published at N-4, F/24, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Dist.- Khordha, Pin 751015, Phone: (0674) 2550751/2555116, Fax No. : 0674-2550504, E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] Editor: Dr. Prabitra Mohan Samantray