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L-R, Radio City's RJ Salil, RJ Archana, Singer Shankar Mahadevan, Mushtaq, Dadarao Bhilorey at Radio City's Kar Mumbaikar initiative at Vashi Toll Naka

Radio City's RJ Salil and RJ Archana filling the potholes in Vashi for the Kar Mumbaikar initiative

Radio City's RJ Salil and RJ Archana along with Singer Shankar Mahadevan filling potholes at Vashi for the Kar Mumbaikar initiative by Radio City

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Marriages in Bollywood have often hit the rocks and ended on a divorce. And unfortunately, another marriage has ended and that's of Gulshan Devaiah and Kallirroi Tziafeta. Talking to SpotboyE about the same, the actor spoke about their mutual decision and why they didn't announce the news on social media.

Devaiah stated, "We are amicably divorced! We both are doing okay. We did not put out a press or social media statement because our marriage is our private matter. That's all there is to say." And talking about his marriage in one of his media interactions last year, he spoke, "Being married is not easy. There are always ups and downs. The problem is that, in a marriage, you may be in love with your partner, but you don't know how to handle that person's presence in your space. But we are living and learning. As of now, we are together."

Gulshan and Kallirroi tied the knot in 2012! The lady, who's from Greece, always used to share some intimate and cute pictures with Gulshan on her Instagram account. On the work front, Devaiah will be seen collaborating with Ira Khan and Vijay Varma for a project soon.

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After delivering the hit song "Tera ban jaunga" in "Kabir Singh", singer Akhil Sachdeva has come up with a new Punjabi song "O jaanwaale", which features "Bigg Boss 13" contestant Himanshi Khurana.

"As a musician, it gives me great joy to give people music to hear, feel and heal during the lockdown. It's one of those melodies where there is a lot of pain and sadness involved. As soon as T-Series sent me a version of the song, I knew at once this song is for me," Akhil said.

 

 

 

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"O Jaanwaale" is a heartbreak song composed by Kunaal Vermaa, with music production and arrangement by Aditya Dev.

Sharing the making of the track amid lockdown, Akhil said: " 'O jaanwaale' is a heart-wrenching song that listeners will relate to. It has great repeat value. Interestingly, everyone involved in the making of this song is in different cities, at this point of time.

"It was definitely challenging to put this together but in the end I think every song has its own destiny and journey. I guess this was meant to be my lockdown release. Both Himanshi and I shot chunks of the footage from our respective smart phones in our respective homes," he added.

The song is presented by T-Series."

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In these sport-less days, it's timely to ask: "Is this the best batting in a session ever?"

No, I'm not talking about Donald Bradman's 309 in a day at Headingley 1930, where he scored a century in each of the first two sessions.

I'm not reminiscing about the carnage Virender Sehwag caused at Brabourne Stadium in 2009-10 when he broke his own record for the fastest Test 250, coming off just 207 balls.

And I'm not paying tribute to Barry Richards's 325 in 330 minutes when he pulverised a Western Australian (WA) Sheffield Shield attack that included great Australian speedsters Dennis Lillee and Graham McKenzie.

If you're looking for a clue to the innings I'm referring to, think about Richards's opponents that day and you're getting warm.

It was a pulsating innings in 1968-69 by Englishman Colin 'Ollie' Milburn when he was playing Shield cricket for WA against Queensland at the Gabba. On a steaming hot day, Milburn opened with Derek Chadwick and moved rather sedately to 61 by lunch, with WA a secure 92-0. In those days, the only way to obtain Shield scores—other than the stumps radio summary—was by calling a dedicated telecom number.

I called at lunch and when I phoned again in the tea break, the recorded message said: "WA 0-327, Milburn 242 and Chadwick 76." The commentator's drunk, I thought… nobody scores 181 in a session. That's a mammoth output for a team never mind an individual.

However when I heard the stumps summary, Ollie had indeed scored 181 on his own. His voluminous tally had been garnered off just 131 balls and was by some margin the most runs scored in an Australian session.

His innings is best summed up by Rod Marsh, who was also playing for WA. "Ollie hit every shot in that session hard enough to reach the boundary," claimed Marsh, "it's just that they managed to stop a few."

What makes that innings of 243 even more memorable is the comment the rotund Milburn made in the lunch break. Spying a fellow cricketer with a thirst, the freely perspiring Milburn looked across the dressing room at Marsh and said; "F*#k me Rodney it's hot out there—I won't be roonin' too many after lunch."

Milburn hit 38 fours and four sixes in his extravaganza—he was a man of his word. One six was a pull shot smashed straight at an unfortunate Geoff Gray fielding on the boundary. Such was the power of the shot that the ball burst through Gray's hands, hit him in the chest and continued on over the boundary while the fielder was almost impaled on the pickets.

Colin Milburn playing his characteristic aggressive game

Gray received a memento from Milburn's innings; a lifelong scar where the stitches were inserted. Knowing Milburn and his thirst, he would've scorned rehydration in an ice bath that night, rather he'd have drunk what was on ice.

Tragic end to career

Milburn only played nine Tests prior to a career-ending accident because of the conservative nature of England's selections in those days. He blazed his way to a century in his last Test innings and just as he appeared set to establish a permanent place in the England side, he tragically lost an eye in a car accident. I played two Tests against Milburn in the 1968 Ashes series. He scored a memorable 83 at Lord's that included two sixes. I don't recall the second but I'll never forget the first.

It hit the Grandstand scoreboard with such force that some of the numbers flew off their hinges and rained down on the spectators.

My last meeting

Appropriately, the last time I saw Ollie was in a Manchester bar during the 1989 Ashes series. Sadly it wasn't long after that night out that Ollie died of a heart attack aged only 48. A mate of mine rang to tell me the bad news: "Ollie died in the car park of the Brittania pub." "Was he going in or coming out?" I asked. "Apparently he was coming out," was the response. "That's good," I said, "he would've died happy."

And I'll bet the reported 2038 patrons at the Gabba on Nov 22, 1968 go to their grave believing they witnessed the best ever batting in one session.

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Top Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne on Monday said that he and his team would be "pretty devastated" if India don't make the trip Down Under for a Test and limited-overs series later this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

India's tour of Australia will begin with a T20 tri-series in October and is scheduled to end with a four-match Test series in December. The speculation about the tour is due to the travel restrictions currently in place and the uncertainty surrounding how long it would take to control the pandemic.

Replying to a query on the tour in an online press conference, Labuschagne said: "Well, it would mean that we are not playing cricket which is pretty devastating for myself, the rest of the team and for the country."

In between, there is the T20 World Cup, scheduled for an October 18 start, but the mega event's future is also shrouded in uncertainty due to the global crisis.

Australia has reported significant drop in positive cases with parts of the country relaxing lockdown rules. Just over 6,800 people have tested positive for the virus with less than 100 deaths in the country so far. Labuschagne lauded Australia's healthcare system and its response to the crisis so far.

"Australia has done very well with the quarantine and isolation, so we've been able to get our number down relatively quickly. With a limited amount of deaths and our healthcare system has been so good during this time," he said.

Labuschagne, currently placed at No.3 in ICC Test rankings after a brilliant year, hoped that Australia's control over the pandemic would be enough to ensure that India tour without any hassles.

"Hopefully, because of all that good work we can actually get India over here in 3-4 months or 4-5 months," he said. "Everything is changing so quickly, so it's really hard to put my finger on how everything's going to pan out. Hopefully, it pans out well but if it doesn't it will be very disappointing."

In the meantime, Labuschagne, who has enjoyed a breakout year in Tests and ODIs, is working on sharpening his skills during this forced break. "The way things have unfolded has been awesome. For me it's been about, one, taking it all in and being really happy and proud of that," Labuschagne said.

"But also then looking at, 'righto, how I can get better?' and looking at different parts of your game on and off the field that you can work on to make sure you're continually getting better," he added.

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