Praveen kumar and Rs60000 crore Question?

It was the moment of the match: when the non-English speaking 21-year-old Man of the Match in the clincher of the Australian tri-series, Praveen Kumar from Multan Nagar, an obscure adjunct to mofussil Meerut, enlisted the aid of team captain Dhoni, himself from ‘backward’ Jharkhand, to interpret for him as he was being interviewed by a local TV reporter. Found in translation, Praveen spoke for the so-called ‘other India’ as he recounted how he had been inspired to take up cricket by watching his hero, and now his teammate, Sachin, on television.

Witnessing the Hindi-speaking Meerut lad being rendered into English by the Jharkhand captain for the benefit of an Australian audience, Down Under commentators asked themselves in tones of envious wonderment where India got its young, hitherto unsung talent from.

Who were these guys? Where did they come from? Praveen, together with other newcomers like Ishant Sharma and Piyush Chawla, adequately answered the mocking question: with Rahul Dravid, Sourav, Kumble and Sehwag gone, whom did India have left to play for it, anyway?

Having a billion-plus population - the majority of it youthful - helps of course. Statistically, the chances of India producing a Praveen Kumar are some 62 times greater than those of Australia.

But sheer numbers, and the prodigality of latent talent that accrues as a benefit, are by themselves not enough.

Agreeing with Sunil Gavaskar who said that while everyone slammed Indian selectors for their failure to discover new talent, when they did find it in the unlikeliest of places few commended them for it, Wasim Akram implicitly acknowledged the democratisation of Indian cricket which could field a Praveen Kumar, and a Piyush Chawla and an Ishant Sharma, as contrasted with Pakistan whose team reflected that country’s feudal structure and elitist bias towards the privilegentsia of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

The ‘discovery’ of Praveen is the ‘discovery’ of that ‘other India’ that lies beyond the pale of our metros and our English-speaking elites and our 8 per cent-plus growth. And cricket is only the tip of the iceberg, or the surface of the gold mine. The much-lamented ‘other India’, far from being a liability, is a vast, largely untapped source of enormous human potential, of a myriad undiscovered Praveen Kumars, not only in sports but in all other areas of expertise, from IT to engineering, medicine to art.
Locating and utilising this hidden talent would be a far more efficacious and long-lasting way of deleting the ‘other’ from the ‘other India’ than the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver for farmers. The write-off in its proposed format has been questioned in many quarters, including from within the Congress itself, not least because it leaves out of its ambit dry-land farmers who are unable to secure bank loans and remain indebted to rapacious moneylenders.

For the sake of not just the national economy but, more importantly, for the sake of our society as a whole, rural uplift is a non-negotiable imperative. But debt relief, in whatever form, can only be one component - essential though it may be as a short-term measure - of such a programme. What is really needed is a massive, exhaustive talent hunt for all the budding Praveen Kumars - and his women counterparts - out there in the 'other India', waiting to be discovered in their various fields of endeavour. It’s a huge task - not just for the HRD ministry but for India Inc as well - which could prove even more hugely rewarding, in its multiplier effect. For every 'discovered' Praveen Kumar would act as an inspirational role model for others in the 'other India'.

Where are the funds, never mind the political will, for all this? That of course remains the Rs 60,000 crore question.
this is a article from http://www.timesofindia.com

Praveen kumar receives a great welcome at home

Praveen kumar got all praises and life time welcome in merut. He is one of their star to whom they can look after. Praveen mother said to media that she is geeting proposals of praveen marrige but Praveen refuses to marry in a near future because he want to concentrate on cricket.

Its time to celebrate.

Indian team started its celebration after a long but successful tour of Austrlia. All team members including Praveen kumar has returned today from two charted planes.
Here We are going to show you all the pics and videos of Indian team celebration.
Make sure to play videos one by one. I hope you will enjoy this.

last over from pathan in second final



Dhoni in a presentation ceremony


ponting the lost emporer


praveen our man of the match

Praveen is going to be awarded by U P Government.

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The hero of Australian tour team Indian fast bowler praveen kumar is going to be awarded by UP government by a Khel Ratna( medal). Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayavati was announcing this in vidansabha and saying that this merut player would get Rs 10 lakh as a price.

Praveen kumar became Man of the Match.

Praveen kumar as usual shown his potential on the day when it was dearly needed. Yesterday, when world champs Australia were chasing a small total of 260 on a flat wicket , at that time nobody was thinking that this new Indian boy could able to do miracle spell. He took 4 wickets in final match and helped India to win its first triseries final after 6 years. Last time when India won final was Natwest Trophy at 2001.

Praveen has done it again.

Praveen has proved it again that he is a very crucial player for Indian team. He has great potential as a allrounder. Last night in the first final of CB series he done a decent job. He bowled in the slog overs and handled the pressure well.
As every one was expecting due to the Injury of Ishant on his fingures Dhoni threw ball towards Praveen.
And Praveen bowled 46th 48th and 50th over.
In the 46th over Hussey was facing Praveen and there was every chance for Praveen to come in pressure and gave hussey few boundaries. But praveen controls his nerves greatly and not bowled a single loose delivery. This make us to beleive that India find 's of Allrounder end's here.

I have found one Youtube video of his one of his great performance of challenger series :-

Praveen Kumar leading cricketer from Uttar Pradesh India

This Uttar Pradesh bowler is long run player. He is going to stay for India. He is one of few players who become man of the match in just spare of three matches.
Usually a shy nature Praveen Kumar is very entertaining too. He does mimicry of Yuvraj Singh in dressing room & entertains us with his performance in the field.
Praveen is basically all rounder and what we have seen of him is just a half talent of his. He is a good batsman and soon I hope he will show his batting talent too.

Praveen has also made India proud because his example answers the Indian management criticism by the foreign boards that selection procedure is not good.
Praveen selection shows that players from states not known for cricket like UP are also coming up. Dhoni belong to Jharkhand. All we can say that it is good for Indian cricket that is why India is winning there matches by the help of these players.

Praveen Kumar , a cricketer from Uttar Pradesh

Praveen Kumar became man of the match and played better than expentation in yesterday's match.

Praveen kumar has capablities to swing the ball both ways.

That is what he shown in last cricket match played with Sri Lanka.

Praveen basically from merut plays for Uttar Pradesh in Ranji Matches.

I will show his video here from his ranji matches.

First of all We all want to know something more about this youngster. His full name is Praveen saket Kumar & his date of birth is 2 oct 1986.

He plays for four teams :- India, Air India, India Red and Uttar Pradesh.

His One day debut was against Pakistan on 17 febraury 2008 and his 20-20 debut was against Australia in recent tour on 1 february 2008.

By this data we can conclude that feb is lucky for Praveen.

Praveen Kumar has got his first Wicket

Praveen kumar has got his first Man of the Match Award on 26 feb against Sri Lanka.And for the surprise for most of the people his first target was Kumar Sangakara a great batsman of Sri Lanka.Video I am giving you is of Praveen kumar first international wicket.