Friday 11th April, 2008 15 IPL profile: Kolkata Knight Riders by Shahida Jacobs NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Owner: Shah Rukh Khan Bollywood and cricket are two of India's big pastimes, so what better way to make the fans sit up Recording of Government Securities Transac- and take notice than by blending the two together through Shah tions in the Central Depository System Rukh Khan (known as the King of Bollywood) and the IPL? (LankaSecure) of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Coach: John Buchanan Coached Australia's all-con- General public is hereby informed that it is mandatory to record all scripless Treasury bills and Treas- quering team from 1999-2007, a ury bonds transactions in the Central Depository System (CDS) named as LankaSecure, maintained period during which they won two at the Public Debt Department of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to obtain the legal ownership World Cups and a record 16 con- (title) of government securities. secutive Test matches. 'nuff said. All Primary Dealers (PDs) and Licensed Commercial Banks (LCBs) are permitted to deal in govern- Captain: Sourav Ganguly ment securities and are authorized to act as custodians for their customers in LankaSecure. Accord- Having made a successful ing to the System Rules governing the administration of LankaSecure, PDs and LCBs are bound to ensure that the legal ownership of government securities are duly and instantly transferred to their comeback to the Test team after a customer accounts maintained in LankaSecure as and when transactions take place and non adher- spell out in the cold, the IPL will ence to this is considered as violation of laws. Consequently, customer’s name, address, national now give the former Indian skip- identity number or company registration number or any other identification number approved by the per an opportunity to prove that CBSL of their customers should be recorded in LankaSecure when a customer obtains legal owner- he is far from finished with the ship of a security. Changes of ownership or owner details of a security within their securities holdings shorter versions of the game. should also be recorded. Squad While, it is mandatory for all PDs and LCBs to record customer transaction details of government Ishant Sharma, Murali Kartik, securities in LankaSecure whether or not customer has not requested to do so, all investors of Ajit Agarkar, Chris Gayle, Ricky government securities are hereby advised to request their respective PD/LCB to record transaction Ponting, David Hussey, Brendon details and ownership in LankaSecure as and when they enter into a transaction. McCullum, Mohammad Hafeez, Benefits of recording legal ownership of government securities in the CDS: Salman Butt, Umar Gul, Tatenda a) A customer will be able to prove his/her ownership in the case of a payment default by Taibu, Laxmi Shukla, Saurasish Sourav Ganguly a dealer/bank Lahiri, Siddarth Kaul, Iqbal of his ban, the Knight Riders look or as wicketkeeper-batsman? b) A customer will be able to claim his/her investments in the case of liquidation of a Abdulla, Wriddhiman Prasanta to be lacking one or two bowlers. Why You'll Watch Them dealer/bank Saha, Rohan Banerjee, Yashpal Ajit Agarkar is coming to the end It will be exciting to watch c) A customer will receive periodic statements confirming his/her investments status from Singh, Aakash Chopra, Debabrata of his career while youngster McCullum, Gayle (the only bats- the CBSL Das, Cheteshwar Pujara. Ishant Sharma has hardly played man with a T20 International cen- d) A customer can have access to “Security account viewing facility” to view the details of Strengths any Twenty20 matches. tury), Ponting and Ganguly fire at his own investments through internet. McCullum and Gayle - who are Key Player: the top of the order. A list of Primary Dealers, Licensed Commercial banks and Government securities retail outlets are likely to open the innings - are Yes, we know all too well about Peculiar Fact given below for reference. made for Twenty20 cricket. Add their powerful batting line-up. If "I chose the name Knight Ponting, Ganguly, Butt, Hafeez, one batsman fails there's always Riders from the term 'Knights In SCHEDULE REFERRED TO ABOVE Hussey and Agarkar and you have another to bail him out, but that's Shining Armour' who go out to a pretty formidable batting line- not the case for the bowlers. Umar fight wars. Winning and losing is Primary Dealers (PDs) up. Local players Chopra, Saha, Gul will be expected to carry the all part of sport, we will play to Kahul, Banerjee, Pujara, Singh Knight Riders' bowling attack. win." - Team owner SRK. He also 1. Bank of Ceylon 7th Floor, Bank of Ceylon Head Office, BoC Mawatha, Colombo 01 011-2541938 will compete for the few, if any, The Knight Riders spent chose the name so that he can con- 2. Capital Alliance Ltd. Level 5, “Millennium House”, 46/58 Navam Mawatha, Colombo 01 011-2317777 remaining batting positions avail- $125,000 on Zimbabwean wicket- nect with the youth of India, as 3. Ceylinco Shriram Securities Ltd. 281, R. A. De Mel Mawatha, Colombo 03 011-2564936 able. keeper Tatenda Taibu despite opposed to the 1980s TV series 4. Commercial Bank 21, Bristol Street, Colombo 01. 011-2328193 Weaknesses already having Brendon starring the one and only David Already deprived of the servic- McCullum in their squad. Will Hasselhoff. 5. First Capital Treasuries Ltd. 165, Kynsey Road, Colombo 08 011-2308852 es of Shoaib Akhtar in the wake McCullum play just as a batsman, (cricket365.com) 6. HNB Securities Ltd. 11th Floor, “HNB Tower”, No. 479, T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10.011-2661199 7. NSB Fund Management Co. Ltd. 225, Galle Road, Colombo 03. 011-2564706 8. Nat-Wealth Securities Limited 17A, Barnes Place, Colombo 07 011-4703000 9. People’s Bank Treasury House, 34, Sir Mohamed Macan Markar Mw., Colombo 03 011-2304484 10. Sampath Surakum Ltd. 110, Sir James Peiris Mawatha, Colombo 02 011-2305842 11. Seylan Bank Asset Management Ltd. Level 3, Ceylinco Seylan Tower, Galle Road, Colombo 03 011-2456341 Government Securities Retail Sales Outlets 1. NSB Fund Management Co. Ltd. Centre for Banking Studies, 58, Sri Jayawardenapura Mw., Rajagiriya. 011-2456337 2. NSB Fund Management Co. Ltd. Central Bank Regional Office, 2B, Vidyale Place, Matale 066-2232400 3. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Central Bank Regional Office, 341, First Stage, New Town, Anuradhapura025-2236456 4. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Central Bank Regional Office, 35, Anagarika Dharmapala Mw, Matara 041-2232056 5. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. EPF Collection Centre, Central Bank, 2nd Flood, Ceylinco House, Col. 01011-2434750 6. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Bank of Ceylon Bldg, 72A, Bandaranayake Mw, Ratnapura 045-2226340 7. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Bank of Ceylon Bldg. 17, Hill Drive, Keppitipola Rd., Badulla 055-2223066 8. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Bank of Ceylon Bldg., 115A, D. S. Senanayake St., Ampara 063-2244938 9. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. 1st Floor, Co-operating Bldg, 11, Lawson St. Nuwara Eliya 052-2222026 10. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Cey Bank House, 88, Dalada Veediya, Kandy 081-2203961 11. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Bank of Ceylon Super Grade Branch, Kachcheriya Rd., Kurunegala037-2229066 12. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Bank of Ceylon Bldg, 286,286/1, New Town, Polonnaruwa 027-2226206 Chris Gayle Ricky Ponting 13. Lanka Clear Pvt Ltd. Bank of Ceylon Bldg., 56, Stanley Road, Jaffna 021-2228150 Licensed Commercial Banks (LCBs) 1. Bank of Ceylon 4, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, Colombo 01 011-2446790 Harshana couldn’t adapt to 2. Citi Bank, NA 65C, Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 7 011-2447316 3. Commercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd. 21, Bristol Street, Colombo 01. 011-2430420 4. Deutsche Bank A G 86, Galle Road, Colombo 3. 011-2447062 conditions quickly – Utzinger 5. DFCC Vardhana Bank Ltd. No. 73, W. A. D. Ramanayake Mawatha, Colombo 2 011-2371371 6. Habib Bank Ltd. 140-142, 2nd Cross Street, Colombo 11. 011-2329412 by Revata S. Silva in Tehran altitude conditions.” player who was amongst top 300 in Sri Lanka coach Dominik “Though he’s 22 now, this is the nineties and adapted quickly 7. Hatton National Bank Ltd. HNB Tower, 479, T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10 011-2664664 Utzinger said Wednesday (9), that the first time that he played at a to the conditions.” 8. ICICI Bank Ltd. 58, Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 7. 011-4242424 their best player Harshana high altitude, where the ball gen- Full results on Wed. (9): Day 1 9. Indian Bank No. 57, Sir Baron Jayathilake Mawatha, Colombo 1. 011-2323402 Godamanna’s unexpected loss to erally has a higher bounce than at – Group ‘A’ Pak. Bt UAE 3-0, Viet. 10. Indian Overseas Bank 139, Main Street, Colombo 11. 011-2324422 Malaysia’s Selvam Veerasingham a low altitude like in Sri Lanka. Bt Syria 2-0. was mainly due to “Godamanna’s As a result, he missed about 80% Group ‘B’: Malaysia Bt SL 2-1, 11. MCB Bank Ltd. 8, Leyden Bastian Road, Colombo 1 011-2448765 inexperience of playing in high of service returns. Selvam is a Iran Bt Tajikistan 3-0. 12. National Development Bank Plc. 40, Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2 011-2448448 13. Nations Trust Bank Ltd. 242, Union Place, Colombo 2. 011-4313131 Sixth MCA Mini Snooker 14. PABC Bank Ltd. 450, Galle Road, Colombo 3. 011-2565565 15. People’s Bank 75, Sir Chittampalam A Gardiner Mw., Colombo 2 011-2329822 Abdeen impresses 16. Public Bank Berhard 340, R. A. de Mel Mawatha, Colombo 3. 011-2576289 17. Sampath Bank Ltd. 110, Sir James Peiris Mawatha, Colombo 2. 011-2300260 by Lakmadu Champika of Seylan Shanthiram Bank defeated R.