Mandira Bedi goes strapless

Small screen's diva Mandira Bedi is back with a bang! Well the pretty lady who shot to fame through Cricket is returning to cricket. In 2003 during the world-cup series Mandira had become a household name and she was more so popular for her sizzling outfits (as they say so - her noodle-strap blouses / dresses) almost mixing cricket and glamour.

Seems like this time the lady, who will be hosting the popular cricket show 'Extra Innings' for IPL series, the T-20 event, is planning to go one step further. If the current reports are to be believed than Mandira at the recently held IPL Press meet went ahead saying, obviously in good humour that they believe in raising the bar, as they can see her strapless (this time). Probably hinting about her would-be appearance in the show.

Well Mandira, people are waiting with bated breath, probably not for the 4s and 6s but watching you.

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IPL ideal for World T20 preparation: Yuvraj Singh

Mumbai : Flamboyant Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh sees the second edition of the Indian Premier League in South Africa as the perfect dress rehearsal for cricket playing nations ahead of the World Twenty20 Championship in England in June.

"The IPL has come at the right time to help all (countries) to prepare for the T20 World Cup. It will give all the players lot of practice as each team will play at least 14 matches.

It's going to get better, the World T20 Cup (because of IPL)," the left-hander told reporters here today.

Yuvraj, who is the captain of Kings XI Punjab, co-owned by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, was here along with the latter to announce Emirates association with the Mohali-based outfit as its official team sponsor.

Yuvraj, who did not have a successful Test series in New Zealand which India won 1-0 to rewrite history in Kiwi soil after 41 years, said the Kings XI would play similar to what they dished out last year en route the semi-finals in the first edition of the cash-rich T20 league.

"We won 8-10 games (actually ten out of 14 before losing to Chennai Super Kings in the semi-finals on May 31,2008) last year. We will play in a similar fashion," he said.

He, however, refused to be drawn into a debate on the controversial multiple captaincy theory put forth by Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan.

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