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DAVID WARNER

Australian cricketer David Warner is the new hero of the ‘Delhi Daredevils’ IPL team. With the help of his unbeaten century, Delhi Daredevils earned 40 runs victory over ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ on yesterday. Warner gained unbeaten 107 runs from just 69 balls which includes nine fours and five sixes. Warner is the Twenty20 specialist batsman of Delhi Daredevils and he is also a player of Australian national cricket team.

BIOGRAPHY

David Andrew Warner was born on 27th October 1986 in Paddington, Sydney, Australia. He gained his school education from ‘Matraville Public School’ and ‘Randwick Boys High School’. “Lloyd” is his nick name. At the age of 15, he made first grade debut for the ‘Eastern Suburbs club’. He earned a contract with the Australian domestic cricket team ‘New South Wales’ in 2007. His better performance for NSW was against Tasmania in which he scored unbeaten 165 runs. It was the record highest one day score by a Blues player ever. He also gained 97 runs from just 54 balls against Tasmania. With the performance in the NSW, he was introduced into Australia’s Twenty20 squad in 2009. He is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket.He made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa and he scored 89 runs from 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes on that match. His 89 runs was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut and the equal fifth highest score ever in Twenty20 internationals. He is also gained second fastest 50 in Twenty20 International history in the match against West Indies in 2010. Warner is also a player of Delhi Daredevils IPL team. In the second season of IPL, he played in seven games and he gained 163 runs at an average of 23.28. His best performance is continued in the third season of IPL. In this IPL, he gained an unbeaten 107 runs from just 69 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders. In addition, he is now playing for English County Champions ‘Durham. Warner is best known for his left handed batting style. He also showed his talent in fielding and spin bowling.

AKSHAY KUMAR

Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi, Akshay Kumar is the top tax payer in Bollywood for the year 2009-10. He has to pay Rs 18 crore as tax in this year. He is also the highest tax payer in the previous year and he paid Rs.31 crore in 2008-09. He earned the big amount money through the big movies and bigger brand endorsement deals. He considered the paying tax is his duty to give back to the society what he has received. Akshay Kumar is th action and romantic hero of the Bollywood and appeared in more than 90 films.

BIOGRAPHY

Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September, 1967 in a middle class family in Jalandhar in Punjab, India as the son of a government worker. His original name is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia. He gained school education from Don ‘Bosco School’ and his college years were in ‘Khalsa College’. He also studied martial arts in Bangkok while working as a chef. Then he came back to Delhi and he tried his luck in modeling. Modelling give him a chance to act in the movies. He started his acting career with the movie “Saugandh” in 1991. After that, he never looked back and went on give numerous hits. He became popular with the super hit action film “Khiladi” in 1992 and after that, he appeared in many ‘Khiladi’ series movie like “Main Khiladi Tu Anari”, “Sabse Bada Khiladi”, “Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi”, “Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi”, “International Khiladi” and “Khiladi 420″. The year 1994 proved to be a good year for Kumar, because his action films like ” Main Khiladi Tu Anari” and “Mohra” were the highest grossing films of that year. He also showed his versatility in acting by playing romantic characters in movies like “Yeh Dillagi” and “Dhadkan”. He also done comedy in the films like “Hera Pheri” and “Garam Masala” which received all round applause from the public. In the film “Ajnabee” he appeared in villainous Role and he won ‘Filmfare Award’ for ‘Best Performance in a Villainous Role” in 2001. His other notable films are “Aankhen”, “Awara Paagal Deewana”, “Mujhse Shaadi Karogi”, “Garam Masala”, “Ek Rishtaa”, “Namastey London”, “Welcome”, “Kambakkht Ishq”, “Blue”, “Singh Is Kinng”, “De Dana Dan”, etc. His upcoming movies are “Housefull”, “Helloo India”, “Action Replay”, “Khatta Meeta” and “Patiala House”. Akshay Kumar is also appeared as the host of TV reality show “Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khilad”. He is married to Twinkle Khanna, the daughter of the famous Bollywood actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia and they have a son Aarav.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Akshay Kumar gained many awards in his acting career. Indian Government honored him by giving ‘Padma Shri’ in 2009 and ‘Rajiv Gandhi Award ‘ in 2004. ‘University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada’ honored him by giving ‘Honorary Doctorate of Law’ to him. He was awarded the highest Japanese honour of “Katana” and a sixth degree Black Belt in Kuyukai Gojuryu Karate. He is one among the 15 international celebrities who have been invited for the Olympics torchbearer rally to Canada. He is the winner of ‘Filmfare Best Villain Award’ for the film “Ajnabee”,’Filmfare Best Comedian Award’ for the film “Garam Masala”. In addition, he was nominated for ‘Filmfare Best Actor Award’ for the film “Yeh Dillagi”, ‘Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award’ for the film “Dil To Pagal Hai”, ‘Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award’ for the film “Khakee”, ‘Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award’ and ‘Filmfare Best Comedian Award’ for the film “Mujhse Shaadi Karogi”, ‘Filmfare Best Actor Award’ for the film “Namastey London”, ‘Filmfare Best Actor Award’ and ‘Asian Film Award for Best Actor’ for the film “Singh Is Kinng” etc. In addition, he gained ‘IIFA Awards’, ‘Zee Cine Awards’, ‘Star Screen Awards’, ‘Stardust Awards’, ‘Global Indian Film Awards’, ‘Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards” etc.