Youth scores over experience as ONGC, PNB enter Nehru hockey final!
Gurwinder Singh Chandi may be out of the national team but going by his performance at the ongoing Nehru hockey tournament here so far, his employers ONGC will not be complaining.
On Thursday, he gave further proof of why he is rated highly by scoring a hat-trick in the team's 4-2 win over Bharat Petroleum in the semi-finals. The result also put ONGC in their second successive final of the tournament.
The initial period had both teams trying to size up each other, except for an occasional foray into the other half. The first goal came in the 24th minute. After an exchange of passes between Chandi and Akashdeep Singh from the half line till inside the striking circle, the latter found his view to the goal blocked by BPCL goalkeeper Swinder Singh. Instead of taking on the keeper and a couple of defenders himself, Akashdeep passed it on the run to Chandi, who made no mistake in slotting the ball in.
The second came immediately on resumption, Chandi this time slightly lifting the ball into the net from an acute angle. A third goal four minutes later saw Chandi deflecting the ball in off a goalmouth melee.
Being 0-3 down is not a familiar situation for a team like BPCL, and they tried to regroup and go on attack. It seemed to work, Hari Prasad reducing the margin in the 48th minute, but Diwakar Ram converted a penalty corner six minutes later to make it 4-1. Though Jarnail pulled one back in the dying minutes for BPCL, they were never truly in the match, and the result reflected it.
Dhanush's 'Kolaveri di' song is the new youth anthem!
In the minimalist video of the viral hit 'Why this Kolaveri Di', actor and occasional singer Dhanush can't help grinning as he repeats the now-famous catchphrase of the song over and over again. He's clearly having a lot of fun, getting a kick out of mouthing lyrics that are so absurd they make one burst into spontaneous giggles.
Perhaps it is this sense of absurd fun - its whacked out irreverence, its 'f#@# it, just chill' attitude - that's made the song a humongous hit across the nation, with close to 3.79 million views on its official YouTube video in less than a week and a top trending topic on Twitter the past three days.
"We had a real blast writing and recording this song," says Dhanush in an exclusive telephonic interview from Chennai. Although he's sung a few ditties here and there in previous films, this is by far the biggest hit and will feature in his film "3", directed by his wife Aishwarya Dhanush, megastar Rajnikanth's daughter. Incidentally, the music of the film, including this song, has been composed by 21-year old Anirudh Ravichander, Rajnikanth's nephew.
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