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HDIL INDIA COUTURE WEEK 2009

India keeps a very good position in the global fashion market. Fashion weeks are one way to promote the Indian fashions in the world. Now, the second edition of the ‘HDIL India Couture Week’ is going on India. This six-day star studded glamor event was started on 11th October, 2009 in Bombay. This mega event was organized by Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), and it will be ended on 16th October, 2009. India’s famous real estate company HDIL is the main sponsor of this event. The famous fashion designers including Monisha Jaising, Pallavi Jaikishan, Varun Bahl, Manish Malhotra, Manav Gangavani and Suneet Varma are participating in this event. It is a platform for Indian fashion designers to show their latest products to the public. Really, it is the celebration of Indian fashion, and it showed India’s fashion heritage by showcasing leading couture designers.

ABOUT THE EVENT

The couture week started with a jewellery show by designer Queenie Dhondy, Farah Khan, Maheep Kapoor and Devaunshi Mehta. The famous Bollywood actors Hrithik Roshan, Dimple Kapadia, Twinkle Khanna, Raveena Tandon, Dia Mirza, Sanjay Kapoor, Suzanne Roshan, Genelia D’Souza, Farah Khan Ali,Boney Kapoor, are walked the ramp for these desingers. Hrithik Roshan and his wife Suzzanne is appeared in black outfits. Sanjay Kapoor walked the ramp with his wife Maheep and daughter Shania for his wife’s jewellery line. Dia Mirza showed up in a white and brown gold dress with matching purse and high heels. Famous producer Karan Johar launched his own clothing line in this mega event.Beautiful actress Sridevi attracted the audience in the second day of the ‘HDIL India Couture Week’. She looked stunning in a black gown as she walked the ramp for jewellery designer Queenie Dhody. Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amisha Patel, Uday Chopra is also walked the ramp. Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif walk the catwalk for Salman’s ‘Being Human’ charity.

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 2009 ODI SERIES

The cricket fans all over the world waiting of the upcoming cricket series between India and Australia. The Australian cricket team will tour India from October 25 to November 11, 2009. The series consist of 7 ODI’s. India’s dashing duo Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh returned to India’s 15-member squad. The Vetran batsman Rahul Dravid who failed to impress selectors failed to enter the squad. There will be a two-day gap between most of the fixtures, there will be just a day’s rest between the 3rd and 4th ODIs, to be played in New Delhi and Mohali respectively. Mumbai will host the last ODI between India and Australia on November 11th 2009. All matches are played as day and night. The matches except 6th ODI starts at a local time 14:30 and GMT 09:00. The 6th ODI starts from 9.00am onwards. Australia is more confident than India by winning the Champion trophy 2009. At the same time, India would look back to come strongly against Australia in their attempt to compensate for their poor show in Champions Trophy. Australia captured the previous 7 match series in India with 4-2. Recently, the team India not played well . They lost the ICC World Twenty20 2009 and Champions Trophy 2009. So the Indian cricket fans expecting a strong performance from the team. However, India’s performance in the bi- lateral series is not at all bad. They did not lose any of their bi-lateral ODI series since their defeat to Australia at home in September-October 2007. Indian team would like to give their best in the upcoming series. It would be a huge test for Australia in India, and they would not find it easy to break Dhoni and his men, given India’s home advantage and return of Virender Sehwag in the team.

India v Australia ODIs Fixtures

October 25: India v Australia 1st ODI, Vadodara (D/N)
October 28: India v Australia 2nd ODI, Nagpur (D/N)
October 31: India v Australia 3rd ODI, Delhi (D/N)
November 2: India v Australia 4th ODI, Mohali(D/N)
November 5: India v Australia 5th ODI, Hyderabad (D/N)
November 8: India v Australia 6th ODI, Guwahati
November 11: India v Australia 7th ODI, Mumbai(D/N)

TEAMS

Indian Squad (For 1st and 2nd ODI): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Munaf Patel, Sudeep Tyagi.

Australian Squad: Ricky Ponting (c),Michael Hussey (vc), Doug Bollinger, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jon Holland, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White, Tim Nielsen