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SUNDAY, December 15, 2013

1Born on May 25, 1983, Vasudevan Arundhadi Jagadeesh, or VA Jagadeesh, also Jagadeesh, is a Kerala cricketer born in Kottarakkara of Kollam district. He is popularly known as ‘Jaggu’. In 2013, he had stabilized the innings on the third afternoon after the early losses, helped the home team progress past 200. He shared a stand of 197 for the third wicket with Manpreet Juneja before Doug Bracewell dismissed Jagadeesh nine short of what could have been his seventh first-class century. Jagadeesh batted serenely waiting for the loose balls to go after but he saw the three bigger batsmen all fall to aggressive shots off spin playing for India “A” against West Indies “A” at Shimoga.
In 39 First-Class matches, Jagadeesh has scored 2212 runs with an average 35-96 including 6 centuries and 10 half-centuries, with a top score of 199 runs, while in 42 List A matches, Jagadeesh has a total of 1585 runs with an average of 44.02 including 4 hundreds and 7 fifties and a top score of 119 runs. In 13 T20 matches, Jagadeesh has scored 252 runs, averaging 28 runs, with a top score of 49 runs.
As a part-time bowler, he has best bowling figures as 1/0 in First Class matches, 2/9 in List A matches and 2/23 in T20 format.

 

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Questions of this week:
1.     How many runs Hashim Amla scored in the 3rd ODI of the India-SA Series recently?
2.    For which team Pragyan Ojha played in Indian Premier League (IPL) Season-6?
3.     Who was adjudged man of the match in the 2nd ODI of the India-SA Series?
4.     Who won cadet boys title in the 35th State Table Tennis Championship, organized by J&K Table Tennis Association?
5.     Who is Robin Singh?
Answers of the last week:
1. 119 runs 2. Rajasthan Royals 3. Shikhar Dhawan  4. Ian Dev Singh  5. Former International cricketer.
The best entry of this week was received from Sanjay Dhar, Lane-1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were Tushar Mahajan, H No-55, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu; Rajesh Sumbria, Krishna Nagar, Jammu;  Kanahya, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu; Sunil Singh, Talab Tilloo, Jammu and Piyush Bhat, New Plots, Jammu.

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