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సచిన్, కోహ్లీలను వెనక్కి నెట్టిన స్మిత్
ఆసీస్ బ్యాట్స్మెన్ స్టీవ్ స్మిత్ అరుదైన ఘనత సొంతం చేసుకున్నాడు.యాషెస్ సిరీస్లో భాగంగా ఇంగ్లాండ్తో జరుగుతోన్న తొలి టెస్టులో కెరీర్లో 25వ సెంచరీ నమోదు చేశాడు. ఈ మైలురాయిని తక్కువ ఇన్నింగ్స్ల్లో సాధించిన రెండో బ్యాట్స్మెన్గా నిలిచాడు.
సచిన్, కోహ్లీలను వెనక్కి నెట్టిన స్మిత్
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Published : Aug 4, 2019, 9:31 PM IST
| Updated : Aug 4, 2019, 11:20 PM IST
ఆస్ట్రేలియా క్రికెటర్ స్టీవ్ స్మిత్ టెస్ట్ కెరీర్లో మరో మైలురాయి సాధించాడు. ఇంగ్లాండ్తో జరుగుతోన్న తొలి టెస్టు నాలుగో రోజు ఆటలో శతకం ఖాతాలో వేసుకున్నాడు. ఫలితంగా టెస్టుల్లో వేగంగా 25 సెంచరీలు చేసిన రెండో బ్యాట్స్మెన్గా ఘనత సాధించాడు. ఈ ఫీట్ సాధించేందుకు 119 ఇన్నింగ్స్లు తీసుకున్నాడీ కంగారూ బ్యాట్స్మెన్. ఆస్ట్రేలియా దిగ్గజ ఆటగాడు డాన్ బ్రాడ్మన్(68 ఇన్నింగ్స్) అందరి కంటే ముందున్నాడు.
టెస్టుల్లో 25 సెంచరీలు పూర్తి చేయడానికి విరాట్ 127 ఇన్నింగ్స్లు తీసుకున్నాడు. భారత క్రికెట్ దిగ్గజం సచిన్ తెందూల్కర్ 130 ఇన్నింగ్స్ల్లో 25 శతకాలు చేశాడు.
తొలి టెస్టు రెండు ఇన్నింగ్స్ల్లోనూ శతకాలు చేసిన స్మిత్.. ఈ ఘనత సాధించిన ఐదో ఆస్ట్రేలియా బ్యాట్స్మెన్గా పేరు తెచ్చుకున్నాడు.
ఇవీ చూడండి...సైనీ ఓ మంచి పేసర్... భవిష్యత్ స్టార్: కోహ్లీ
ఆస్ట్రేలియా క్రికెటర్ స్టీవ్ స్మిత్ టెస్ట్ కెరీర్లో మరో మైలురాయి సాధించాడు. ఇంగ్లాండ్తో జరుగుతోన్న తొలి టెస్టు నాలుగో రోజు ఆటలో శతకం ఖాతాలో వేసుకున్నాడు. ఫలితంగా టెస్టుల్లో వేగంగా 25 సెంచరీలు చేసిన రెండో బ్యాట్స్మెన్గా ఘనత సాధించాడు. ఈ ఫీట్ సాధించేందుకు 119 ఇన్నింగ్స్లు తీసుకున్నాడీ కంగారూ బ్యాట్స్మెన్. ఆస్ట్రేలియా దిగ్గజ ఆటగాడు డాన్ బ్రాడ్మన్(68 ఇన్నింగ్స్) అందరి కంటే ముందున్నాడు.
టెస్టుల్లో 25 సెంచరీలు పూర్తి చేయడానికి విరాట్ 127 ఇన్నింగ్స్లు తీసుకున్నాడు. భారత క్రికెట్ దిగ్గజం సచిన్ తెందూల్కర్ 130 ఇన్నింగ్స్ల్లో 25 శతకాలు చేశాడు.
తొలి టెస్టు రెండు ఇన్నింగ్స్ల్లోనూ శతకాలు చేసిన స్మిత్.. ఈ ఘనత సాధించిన ఐదో ఆస్ట్రేలియా బ్యాట్స్మెన్గా పేరు తెచ్చుకున్నాడు.
ఇవీ చూడండి...సైనీ ఓ మంచి పేసర్... భవిష్యత్ స్టార్: కోహ్లీ
PAKISTAN HAJJ PREPS
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Islamabad – 31 July 2019
1. Various of Hajj pilgrims during training session, UPSOUND (Arabic) "Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am. Verily all praise and blessings are Yours, and all sovereignty. You have no partner"
2. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sabir Sultan, Master trainer:
"I spend a whole month teaching and guiding pilgrims. We help them physically, spiritually and in Islamic teachings, and we tell them that a Hajji (hajj pilgrim) is a representative of Allah. When a pilgrim returns after they perform Hajj, a change will happen in his/her life, his/her Hajj should be perfect as well as Hajj pilgrim should be a good person."
3. Various of trainer teaching pilgrims, how to wear Ihram (Hajj dress)
4. Pilgrims during training session
5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammad Shoaib, pilgrim:
"The trainer taught us, how to wear Ihram (hajj dress), how to Tawaf (hajj ritual) of Khana Kabba. Before that I don't know about the basic principles of Hajj or how to perform Umrah. I learnt it here."
6. Various of pilgrims at vaccination registration desk, volunteer assists them
7. Women seated
8. Signboard reading (Arabic): "International vaccination"
9. Pilgrim receiving vaccination injection
10. Pilgrim receiving polio vaccination drops
11. Various doctor talking to pilgrim
12. Various of female pilgrim receiving vaccination injection and polio drops
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Joya Fatima, doctor:
"We are doing three types of vaccination over here for the Hajji's, for the pilgrims. And we are carrying out the meningitis vaccine over here, the influenza vaccine and the polio drops."
14. Various of pilgrims packing medicines in transparent plastic bags
15. Pilgrim walking towards vaccination centre
16. Various of pilgrims buying bags, Hajj dresses, shoes, bottles
17. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Aftab Ahmed, pilgrim:
"There is lot of importance of Hajj in Islam. For the person who can afford, the Hajj is a religious duty for him. There is a Fatwa of Hazrat Umar (Muslim caliph). If the person can afford and he does not perform Hajj, he should be declared as a non-Muslim and pay Jaziya."
18. Various of airline staff handing over passports and tickets to pilgrims
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Islamabad – 1 August 2019
19. Various pilgrims packing personal belongings
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Haseeb Ahmed Siddiqui, Director of the Directorate of Hajj :
"Now the whole immigration is been conducted as a pilot project at Islamabad and if this project, and by the grace of God so far it has been successful, proves (to be) successful that will be implemented in all major cities where Pakistani pilgrims proceed in future."
21. Various of pilgrims carrying luggage and leaving Hajji camp for airport
22. Pilgrims hug goodbye before leaving
23. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sajjid Kiyani, Pilgrim:
"I have been trying to perform Hajj for the last four years but this year I am going with my mother and sister. I will pray for forgiveness and may Allah accept my prayers for external life."
24. Pilgrims boarding bus
25. Various of pilgrims sitting on bus, reciting UPSOUND (Arabic): "Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am. Verily all praise and blessings are Yours, and all sovereignty, you have no partner"
26. Driver driving bus
27. Various of bus leaving Hajji camp
LEADIN
Muslims in Pakistan are making final preparations before embarking on the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Special training and vaccinations are being given, to ensure the pilgrims travel safely.
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Pilgrims fill the Hajj complex in the Pakistani capital.
They're here to pray and learn about the journey they're about to embark on.
This year as many as 20,0000 Pakistanis will make the journey to Mecca, the birthplace and spiritual home of Islam.
A strict set of guidelines and requirements are laid out by the Islamic canonical law, or Shariah, that every pilgrim must adhere to during their visit to Mecca.
Under the watchful eye of their trainer, pilgrims will cover every aspect of the pilgrimage, from attire to behaviour, from the various rituals and their proper chronology and method.
"I spend a whole month teaching and guiding pilgrims," says, trainer Sabir Sultan.
"We help them physically, spiritually and in Islamic teachings, and we tell them that a Hajji (hajj pilgrim) is a representative of Allah. When a pilgrim returns after they perform Hajj, a change will happen in his/her life, his/her Hajj should be perfect as well as Hajj pilgrim should be a good person."
Sultan demonstrates how to wear the special garment called an 'Ihram'.
Ihram clothing is specially designed for Hajj, otherwise it cannot be performed.
Pilgrim, Muhammad Shoaib says, "before I didn't know about the basic principles of Hajj or how to perform Umrah. I learnt it here."
The pilgrims receive vaccinations for influenza, meningitis and polio before they can be cleared to fly.
Dr. Joya Fatima explains, "we are doing three types of vaccination over here for the Hajji's, for the pilgrims."
"We are carrying out the meningitis vaccine over here, the influenzas vaccine and the polio drops."
Outside the Hajj centre there is a shop were pilgrims can buy essentials from bags to shoes.
Pilgrim, Aftab Ahmed notes that, "there is lot of importance of Hajj in Islam."
Islam requires that all Muslims who are financially and physically able make the pilgrimage at least once to Mecca.
"For the person who can afford, the Hajj is a religious duty for him. There is a Fatwa of Hazrat Umar (Muslim caliph)," says Ahmed.
A Fatwa is a non-binding legal opinion on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified jurist in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government.
Ahmed goes on to say that "If the person can afford and he does not perform Hajj, he should be declared as a non-Muslim and pay Jaziya".
Jizya or jizyah is a per capita yearly tax historically levied on non-Muslim subjects, called the dhimma, permanently residing in Muslim lands governed by Islamic law.
For the first time this year a pre-departure immigration facility was opened at Islamabad International Airport.
The facility hopes to help ease the procedure for pilgrims heading to Saudi Arabia.
On hand: a team of Saudi officials to carry out the immigration process for Pakistani pilgrims before they leave for Mecca.
Haseeb Ahmed Siddiqui, Director of the Directorate of Hajj, explains, "the whole immigration is been conducted as a pilot project at Islamabad and if this project, and by the grace of God so far it has been successful, proves (to be) successful that will be implemented in all major cities where Pakistani pilgrims proceed in future."
In a statement, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony said the project aims to reduce the immigration process of Pakistani pilgrims by 10-12 hours.
With their documents, immunisations and luggage in order, and training complete, the pilgrims are ready to start the journey to Mecca.
Pilgrim, Sajjid Kiyani says, "I have been trying to perform Hajj for the last four years but this year I am going with my mother and sister. I will pray for forgiveness and may Allah accept my prayers for external life."
The Saudi Arabian government oversees the Hajj pilgrimage every year, as part of its stewardship of Islam's holiest sites.
Hajj this year will begin August 9 and finish August 14, 2019.
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