The Paisa Vasool Index takes a look at the fast and medium fast bowlers who provide the best value for money in the IPL.

Virender Sehwag of Delhi Daredevils is currently the best performing captain. Shane Warne of Rajasthan Royals and V V S Laxman of Deccan Chargers offer the next best value for money, partly because they carry smaller price tags than the other captains.

If franchise owners like Mukesh Ambani, Vijay Mallya or Shahrukh Khan want real numbers to tell them which of their players have really been paisa vasool (good value for money) this index below provides the answers.

In today's world if the diamond is over one carat in size it will usually come with a certificate from the laboratory specifying the inclusions, color and size. The carat itself is made of one hundred particular parts called points. While it is possible to estimate the weight of a mounted diamond, the lab uses ultrasensitive scales to achieve an exact weight, measured 3 decimal places, although the third decimal place is not usually mentioned at the retail level.

Six Indian-American high school juniors and 19 others, all named 'Leaders of Tomorrow', will discuss ways to heal the ills faced by society at a meeting later this month on the Bentley College campus at Waltham, Massachusetts. The students are winners of the 2008 Tomorrow 25, an international leadership competition for high school juniors organised by Bentley College, in cooperation with Time magazine.

The Australia left-arm pacer topped the list because he took the largest number of wickets (21) at an economy rate of just 4.04.

As the long and arduous Commonwealth Bank Series nears its end, Nathan Bracken leads the list of the most valuable players (MVP). Bracken has taken the largest number of wickets, and at an excellent economy rate.

After his second century in the CB tri-series, Gautam Gambhir leads the list of Most Valuable Players.

After his knock of 76 in 70 balls at Adelaide, Yuvraj Singh has now reduced the gap between him and Sachin Tendulkar in the race to be this season's most valuable Indian ODI player.

Statistical highlights of the tri-series one-day international between India and Australia in Adelaide on Sunday.

If Yuvraj's woeful form continues he will soon lose even his second place to Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

"The limited X-ray material, the absence of a full post mortem examination and CT scan, have meant that Cary, who has been consulted in this case, is unable categorically to exclude the possibility of there being a gunshot wound to the upper trunk or neck," the report said.

It is being called a miracle as such a surgery hasn't been conducted in Canada. The surgery saved the life of the mother and the baby was safely delivered through the C-section.

Asked if he would agree to a power-sharing deal with Musharraf, Zardari told a magazine: "It's too early and our wounds are too deep to think of having any working relationship with the ruling party or President Pervez Musharraf."

Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday will become only the seventh Indian to complete a century of Test matches and he will be the oldest among Indians to accomplish this feat.

A report by the British Medical Association says that the risks of massive doses of radiation while carrying out the scans do not outweigh the risks for people who are not displaying symptoms. It is thought that one fatal cancer would be caused for every 2,000 people having twice-yearly CT scans.

CA boss James Sutherland has written to the players saying he would not grant them consent to play unless his organisation is involved in the negotiations.

The researchers, and other experts, add that while they are comfortable tracing a link between CT scans and cancer, they don't have sufficient empirical evidence to go out on a limb and quantify the magnitude of that risk

Sachin Tendulkar is just a whisker ahead of Yuvraj Singh in the race to be India's most valuable player of the 2007-08 ODI season.

After his 97 at almost run-a-ball, Sachin Tendulkar continues to be India's most valuable player (MVP). Yuvraj Singh is only a few points behind him.

If we look at the ongoing India-Pakistan ODI series, Salman Butt leads the list because he has scored so heavily.

All the interesting one-day international statistics that you wanted to know related to India and Pakistan.

The top seven most valuable players in the recently-concluded India-Australia seven-match one-day international series were all Australians.

After the fourth match of the 7-match ODI series, Symonds appears to be the favourite to win the player of the series award, especially if he can also pick up a few wickets.

Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly occupy positions 2 to 5.

A detailed look at matches between the two countries.

Although he did nothing of note in the Twenty20 World Cup final against India on Monday, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi still emerged as the tournament's most valuable player (MVP).

Shahid Afridi continues to lead the table of the most valuable players (MVP) in the ongoing Twenty20 World Championship.

A look at the top performers at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.

Yuvraj Singh's second place is more predictable, because he always scores quickly and bowls a bit too.

Sachin Tendulkar is again India's most valuable ODI player after his blazing 94 in 81 balls at the Oval.

Two 70+ knocks have ensured that he's over 100 points ahead of Sachin Tendulkar.

The Indian captain leads the list of India's most valuable ODI players in the current season.

The Rediff player performance tracker is published after every ODI match in the current cricket season.

Facing acute shortage of trained and expert professionals, corporate houses have adopted the strategy of tying-up with educational institutions to overcome the crunch of skilled professionals in the highly competitive market.

The only change in the squad for the NatWest ODI series is Munaf Patel, who is making a comeback in place of S Sreesanth.

As India and England go into the first Test of the three-match series at Lord's on Thursday, here's a look at the highs and lows between the two teams.

Although he failed with the bat, Sachin Tendulkar made up by taking two wickets in the third and final one-day international against South Africa in Belfast on Sunday.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni drops to the sixth place after failing with the bat.

India has so far played four ODI matches after the disastrous 2007 World Cup: two completed games against Bangladesh, and one each against Ireland and South Africa.