Gayle's gale couldnt stop South Africa's win

Herschelle Gibbs blitzed his way to an unbeaten 90 to lead hosts South Africa to a dramatic eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the first match of the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Championship on Tuesday.

Cricket's new avatar kickstarted with hosts skipper Graeme Smith winning the toss and inviting the West Indies to bat in a packed Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg.

It had seemed that Smith had squandered an opportunity to rake up the runs first up when the West Indies put up 205-6 in their allotted 20 overs. Chris Gayle brought Johannesburg to his feet with the first ever Twenty20 international century coming off only 50 deliveries as he hammered the South African bowlers to all corners of the park.

But Gibbs played one of his own blinders as he clobbered 90 not out from 55 balls as the South Africans cruised to victory with 2.2 overs to spare. The West Indies, on their part, were guilty of not backing up their batsmen as the bowlers sent down a total of 28 extras—a record—and dropped three catches to make matters worse.

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Airtel and Hutch under MRTPC scanner

NEW DELHI: After landing in trouble at telecom tribunal TDSAT, two of the country's biggest mobile players Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar have now come under the scanner of anti-monopoly watchdog MRTPC which has ordered a probe into their suspected cartelisation in raising tariffs.

The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Commission has directed its investigative arm Director General of Investigation and Registration (DGIR) to conduct a probe into the manner in which the companies raised tariffs last month. The Commission suspects these companies have formed a cartel and are distorting competition in the market, sources said.

The companies last month raised tariffs for STD, local calls, SMS and value-added services. But while even a small cut in rates is announced with fanfare, they refrained from publicizing the tariff hike and brought out customary notices by way of small advertisements tucked inside newspaper pages.

The three companies including Idea control around 86 per cent of the GSM-based mobile services market and raised local call charges by 20 per cent and STD charges by 20-32 per cent.

Cartoon: 20 20 world cup starts

No need to worry!.. Any way we cant bat more than 20 overs...