గ్లోబల్ టీ20: మరోసారి యువరాజ్ మెరుపులు

భారత మాజీ క్రికెటర్ యువరాజ్ సింగ్ గ్లోబల్ టీ20లో మరోసారి మెరిశాడు. విన్నిపెగ్తో జరిగిన మ్యాచ్లో 26 బంతుల్లో 45 పరుగులు చేసి ఆకట్టుకున్నాడు.

యువరాజ్

Published : Jul 30, 2019, 1:28 PM IST

గ్లోబల్ టీ20లో టీమిండియా మాజీ ఆటగాడు యువరాజ్ సింగ్ దూకుడు కొనసాగిస్తున్నాడు. ఇటీవలే అంతర్జాతీయ క్రికెట్కు రిటైర్మెంట్ ప్రకటించిన యూవీ తనలో ఇంకా సత్తా తగ్గలేదని నిరూపిస్తున్నాడు. తాజాగా విన్నీపెగ్‌ హాక్స్‌తో జరిగిన మ్యాచ్‌లో మరోసారి మెరుపులు మెరిపించాడు. 26 బంతుల్లో 4 ఫోర్లు, 2 సిక్సర్లతో 45 పరుగులు చేశాడు.

ఇంతకుముందు ఎడ్మాంటన్‌ రాయల్స్‌తో జరిగిన మ్యాచ్‌లో యువరాజ్‌ 21 బంతుల్లో 3 ఫోర్లు, 3 సిక్సర్లతో 35 పరుగులు చేసి జట్టు గెలుపులో కీలకపాత్ర పోషించాడు. అదే జోరును విన్నీ పెగ్‌తో జరిగిన మ్యాచ్‌లో కొనసాగించాడు యువీ.

విన్నీపెగ్‌ హాక్స్‌తో జరిగిన మ్యాచ్‌లో యూవీతో పాటు రోడ్రిగో థామస్‌(65), పొలార్డ్‌(52)లు రాణించగా టొరంటో ఏడు వికెట్ల నష్టానికి 216 పరుగులు చేసింది. 217 పరుగుల లక్ష్యంతో బరిలోకి దిగిన విన్నీపెగ్‌ చివరి బంతికి విజయం సాధించింది. క్రిస్‌ లిన్‌(89), షమాన్‌ అన్వర్‌(43), సన్నీ సొహాల్‌(58)లు సత్తాచాటారు.

ఇవీ చూడండి.. 'ప్రపంచకప్ ఫైనల్ను జీవితంలో మరోసారి చూడను'

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Tehran - 19 June 2019
1. Mother La'ya Taghizadeh and her son Taha Shakouri suffering from liver cancer walking in Mahak Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre's ward
2. Close-up of Shakouri's hands wearing a peripheral venous catheter
3. Shakouri playing with his mother seated behind him
4. Pan from Shakouri to Taghizadeh kissing him
5. Pan of women bringing a children's books cart into the room
6. Pan of women passing a children's book to Shakouri
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) La'ya Taghizadeh, mother of eight-year-old Taha Shakouri who is suffering from liver cancer:
"It is a great thing that we are being supported here. My husband is a simple grocery store worker. This is a very costly disease and every injection is about 18 million tomans (around 1,380 US dollars. One toman is equivalent to 10 rials) and because of that we need their financial support very much."
8. Pan from Shakouri laying down at mother's feet being rocked as his mum sings a lullaby as he receives chemotherapy
9. Taghizadeh and and Shakouri in hospital bed
10. Wide exterior of Mahak hospital
11. Mid of hospital's entrance
12. Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, Managing Director of Mahak Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, seated for interview
13. Dr. Ahmadian speaking
14. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, Managing Director of Mahak Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre:
"Unfortunately when it comes to cancer, most of the medicines our kids use must be imported into the country. As a result, most of the time these medicines are scarce or really overpriced."
15. High-angle of mother sitting next to her cancer-stricken son reading him a book
16. Low-angle of mother reading for her son
17. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, Managing Director of Mahak Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre:
"Organisers of sanctions claim that they have not targeted lives of ordinary people, patients and children for humanitarian reasons. But contrary to what they falsely claim, children with cancer have been affected and we can see its consequences on their treatment process."
18. Mid of medicines and drugs on pharmacy shelves
19. Wide of pharmacists examining medicines on shelves
20. Reverse of pharmacists standing in front of medicine shelf
21. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Dr. Peyman Keyvanfar, pharmacist:
"There has been a very sharp increase in the prices of medicines, sometimes up to three to four times for some supplements making them unaffordable for many of our recipients given the economic situation and their low incomes."
22. Pan from street to 13-Aban Pharmacy downtown Tehran where rare medicines are usually found
23. Tilt-down of people standing outside pharmacy holding bags of medication
24. Man walking on street holding his wife's chemotherapy medicine in bag
25. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hosseingholi Barati, husband to leukemia-stricken wife and father of three:
"The government does not give sufficient assistance to patients with special diseases. My wife has blood cancer and I have spent 100 million tomans (approximately $7,700 US dollars) so far. (Reporter: What is your job?) I am a simple worker. I am under a ton of strain. I have sold everything I owned and have borrowed money from family and friends. I have three children too."
26. Hamid Reza Mohammadi walking towards his motorcycle
27. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hamid Reza Mohammadi, father and husband of daughter and wife suffering from muscular dystrophy:
"The US says they have not sanctioned medicine. If not, then why are people having a hard time to obtain their required medication? I am not just talking about my own prescription drugs, I'm talking about cancer patients and chemically injured war veterans whose medicine can't be found on the market."
28. Mohammadi sitting on motorcycle and pushing the kick-start lever
29. Wide of Tehran's skyline
STORYLINE:
Taha Shakouri keeps finding remote corners to play in at a Tehran children's charity hospital, unaware that his doctors are running out of chemo medicine needed to treat the eight-year-old boy's liver cancer.
With Iran's economy in freefall after the US pullout from the nuclear deal and escalated sanctions on Tehran, prices of imported medicines have soared as the national currency tumbled about 70% against the dollar.
Even medicines manufactured in Iran are tougher to come by for ordinary Iranians, their cost out of reach for many in a country where the average monthly salary is equivalent to about 450 US dollars.
Iran's health system can't keep up and many are blaming US President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign for the staggering prices and shortages.
The sanctions have hurt ordinary Iranians, sending prices for everything from staples and consumer goods to housing skyward, while raising the spectre of war with the US.
Taha's mother, Laya Taghizadeh, says the hospital provides her son's medication for free - a single treatment would otherwise cost 1,380 US dollars at a private hospital.
She adds the family is deeply grateful to the doctors and the hospital staff.
"It is a great thing that we are being supported here. My husband is a simple grocery store worker and this is a very costly disease," says the 30-year-old mother.
The Iranian rial has plunged from 32,000 to 1 US dollar at the time of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers to around 120,000 rials to the dollar these days, highly affecting prices of imported medicines.
The nuclear deal had raised expectations of a better life for many Iranians, free of the chokehold of international sanctions.
The landmark deal lifted international sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear programme but now the deal has all but unravelled and new and tougher US sanctions are in place.
While the United States insists that medicines and humanitarian goods are exempt from sanctions, limitations on trade have made many banks and companies across the world hesitant to do business with Iran, fearing punitive measures from Washington.
The country is cut off from the international banking system.
Last week, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said budget cuts because of the drop in crude exports have dramatically affected his department.
The US sanctions have targeted all classes of Iranians, he added.
"Unfortunately when it comes to cancer, most of the medicines our kids use must be imported into the country. As a result, most of the time these medicines are scarce or really overpriced", said Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, head of the Mahak Children's Hospital, which is run through charity donations and supports some 32,000 under-16 children across Iran.
The banking sanctions have blocked transactions, preventing donations from abroad, he said.
Transfers of money simply fail, including those approved by the US Treasury.
"Organisers of sanctions claim that they have not targeted lives of ordinary people, patients and children for humanitarian reasons", said Ahmadian.
"But contrary to what they falsely claim, children with cancer have been affected and we can see its consequences on their treatment process."
Official reports say Iran produces some 95% of the basic medicines it needs and even exports some of the production to neighbouring countries.
But when it comes to more sophisticated medication and medicines for costly and rare illnesses and medical equipment, Iran depends heavily on imports.
And though the state provides health care for all, many treatments needed for complicated cases are just not available.
Many prefer to go to private hospitals if they can and avoid long waiting lists at state ones.
Long lines form every morning in the 13-Aban Pharmacy in central Karimikhan Street where people come looking for rare medicines for sick family members.
Hamid Reza Mohammadi, 53, spends much of his free time going in search of drugs for his wife and daughter, both of whom suffer from muscular dystrophy.
"Two, three months ago I could easily get the prescription filled in any pharmacy", Mohammadi said, reflecting how quickly things have deteriorated.
"The US says they have not sanctioned medicine. If not, then why people are having a hard time to obtain their required medication? I am not just talking about my own prescription drugs; I'm talking about cancer patients and chemically injured war veterans whose medicine can't be found on the market," said Mohammadi.
Pharmacist Peyman Keyvanfar says many Iranians, their purchasing power slashed, cannot afford imported medicines and are looking for domestically manufactured substitutes.
"There has been a very sharp increase in the prices of medicines, sometimes up to three to four times for some", he said.
Those who still have some cash often turn to the black market but these days they have to pay up to three times more for the same drug than they paid last year.
Many travel from rural areas to bigger cities in search of drugs for their loved ones.
Hosseingholi Barati, a 48-year-old father of three, came to Tehran from the town of Gonbad Kavus, about 550 kilometres (350 miles) to the northeast, looking for medication for his leukemia-stricken wife.
He says he has spent 7,700 US dollars so far on her illness.
"It's a huge strain", he said.
"I have sold everything I owned and borrowed money from family and friends."
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