Top 5 Greenest Cities in the World

Here’s the list of the greenest cities in the world. As We now that climate change becomes a new thing that is now being debated. In order to maintain continuity of the earth as a planet inhabited by human beings, exploitation and greening energy usage for human needs in the present and the future have been considered. Several cities in the world has even tried to make their city as a green city with energy use pure from nature but does not exploit nature. Here’s the list of top 5 greenest cities in the world.

5. Vancouver, Canada
The city had just been trusted to hold the first winter olympics in earth with theme is sustainable or sustainability. The Comittee was using electronic waste as a medal and build a stadium which is very “green”. But this is not just a business because of the winter Olympics. Vancouver has been settled long ago. 90% of electricity needs in the town is supplied by hydroelectric. Meanwhile wind, solar, wave and tidal energy has been used extensively to keep the environment conservation in this city.

Vancouver at night

The city mayor of Vancouver, Gregor Robertson said on the official website of Vancouver that “Vancouver will be the greenest city in the world by 2020?. The citizens of Vancouver, that often referred as Vancouverites, want to live in a city that living, affordable and sustainable. We appreciate the extraordinary beauty of our natural environment, celebrate diversity, and working to build a bright future and green. Convergence of technology and environmental issues has changed the world economy. Vancouver is interesting and thoughtful city who wants to invest and work in a city that offers a green city promising future – a city that values our natural heritage and offer all the city element involved.

The beautiful Vancouver
4. Malmo, Sweden
This is one of the international city that focus on green space. Famous for their gardens, but also on sustainable urban development. It’s one of the largest cities in Sweden and really beautiful city. They have changed their environment to be environment-friendly area.

Beautiful Malmo Sweden
In this city you will find a lot of people cycling in the city because many roads built specifically for those who ride. This town really appreciate their green sky and did not want their green sky became polluted. Today approximately 20% of the population of Malmo come from different countries, making it the most cosmopolitan city in Sweden. This has contributed to the cultural life of the rich and the opportunity to enjoy lots of delicious and exotic food. These days the old industrial city has been replaced by suburban area of the modern middle class, residential neighborhoods and environmentally friendly.

Street in Malmo Sweden

3. Curitiba, Brazil

Curitiba is a city in southern part of Brazil and the capital of Rio Grande do Sul state (estado) since 1854. The city was founded in 1654 as a gold mining camp. Population: 1.8 millions (2007 estimate). From the early 19th century, it has received many immigrants from Germany, Italy, and Poland, and immigration continued during the 20th century with the arrival of Syrian and Japan, and the entry of massive migrants from rural areas.

A beautiful park in Curitiba Brazil
The city has many green spaces like parks and very beautiful botanical gardens such as Alemâo Bosque, Bosque de Portugal, Italiano Bosque, Bosque do Papa, Gomm Bosque, Bosque Gutierrez, Capão da Imbuia Bosque, Bosque da Fazendinha, Boa Vista Bosque, Bosque Reinhard Maack, Bosque Vista Alegre, Jardim Botanico, Memorial Ucraniano, Barigüi Parque, Parque Tanguá, Tingüi Parque, Parque das Pedreiras, Passaúna do parque, Parque São Lourenço, parque do Iguaçu e Zoo, Parque da Barreirinha, Parque dos Tropeiros, Parque do Bacacheri, Basseio público, Unilivre, and Vilinha. The city is focused to become the greenest city in the world. So residents advised to leave their cars at home.

Public transport stop near a garden in Curitiba Brazil
2. Portland, Oregon, US
The City, the home of Portland Blazzers NBA team, is really very active in welcoming new world filled with green and healthy to live. Although many US cities now prefer to use the fast lane, this is the first city to focus on alternative transit with light rail and bike path network extensively to encourage people to leave their cars at home. Also one of the first cities that pledged to reduce emissions and begin to use the sustainable building materials.

Beautiful green Portland
1. Reykjavik, Iceland
The capital of Iceland, a country that is very close to the north pole, has used the green pattern for the town where the supply of electricity is 100% supplied by hydroelectricity and geothermal energy, Transportation system also has a very green hydrogen buses, the greenest city in Europe and the world. And cities with the cleanest blue sky in the entire of the earth.

Beautiful Reykjavik Iceland
This city receives only 4 hours of heat in winter and a very bright night in winter, due to its geographic location is very close to the north pole. Along with the grow of industries and also the concept of a global green, this city has been used by many environmentalist to visit or people that just get some fresh air vacation.

Night in Reykjavik, Iceland
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Top Ten Reason to buy Audi A7

Now a car is a need of all people to travel from their home to their work place, market or any other place where they want to go. Buying a car is very difficult job and now it has become more with the increase in the variety of cars and new technologies that are being introduced by different motor companies. All these companies are making cars that most the people can buy but they also make expensive cars with all the latest technologies that might not be affordable by most of the people. Whenever you are interested in buying expensive and luxurious car, it becomes harder for one to select the car, because every company produces their cars with some new and attractive feature. That is why Audi- a German company is also producing such cars that attract the attention of most of the people who want to buy good expensive and luxurious cars and likes to spend their money on buying new cars. Audi has produced many good luxurious cars such as Audi A7 and A8. I am going to share top ten reasons to buy Audi A7.

Sharp Stearing

very sharp indeed

A very important item that a driver always notices while sitting in a car is the steering of the car. The steering of the Audi A7 car is sharp, linear and direct. The wheel is comfortable to handle but it is typical of Audi pattern steering.

Cool Steering Wheel Shape

curves curves

The shape of the steering wheel is way more better then the steering itself. The rim of the steering wheel is thin with the small diameter which helps in handling such big car. It also gives the sporty look and maximum buttons are on it that a driver requires using while driving for the comfort of the driver. This is the 9th top reason to buy Audi A7.

Luxurious Interiors

lean back;relax

 

Audi A7 car provides a very luxurious interior which is comfortable for the driver. Whenever you sit in a driving seat in a car you need to fix you steering wheel accordingly but in Audi A7 you don’t need to fix your steering it has a very good position that driver feels fully comfortable with it. While driving this car one can have the really comfortable feeling that other cars don’t provide.

The Touchpad Navigation

Go Columbus!

The touch navigation system which is very convenient for the driver to input the address of the destination or the telephone number via the touchpad input. It can also be used for many other functions.

Choose the Engine That You Want!

 Engine types

6. You can buy Audi A7 with two different types of V6 engines. One is 2.8 liter with 204 horse power supercharged engine and the second is 3.0 liters with 300 horse power supercharged engine. These engines can produce to drive this heavy car without any stress. The engine is strong and durable. You can get 0 to 60 just in 7 seconds. It is all-wheel drive with eight speed automatic transmission. It has 18 inch alloy wheels with five link front suspension and then track controlled trapezoidal link rear wheel suspension.

Increased Safety

Includes Blindspot warnings

Audi A7 has also included safety features for its driver because now-e-days no car is complete without few compulsory safety features such as airbags. This car provides airbags like all other with lane departure warnings and blind spot warnings. These safety features keeps you safe from some unfortunate event or accident.

Catchy Exterior

Its Aerodynamic you silly

The exterior of the car is eye catching aggressive looks on the front with typical Audi style front bumper and head lights and with Audi sign in center. The car is aerodynamic shaped which gives you the best performance and with the loss of minimum energy in overcoming the air while moving at high speed. It has a glass roof which increases the beauty of the car and the sloped rear roof give a lot of the room for luggage.

The Multimedia Interface

music rocks

The interior of the Audi A7 car is eye blinking luxurious and abundant space for the passengers to fit in easily and feel comfortable. Audi A7 has advanced MMI system with reduced number of buttons and the option of new head up display that project the maximum information on to the windshield. It has all digital instrument panels that help the driver to control everything easily while driving. These digital instruments panel include touch-pad which is great and intuitive and six buttons for the radio channels.

Fluid Seat Positioning

we told you; sit back; relax

2. When you sit in the driving seat of the Audi A7 you can set the seat according to your own adjustment. The seat can be adjusted to the right height and back of the of the seat at the right position so you can feel comfortable and sporty and you can still see the bonnet of the car which helps you in driving and judging the distance from the cars ahead. The front seats of the car has heaters and massage functionality in them covered in the Audi leather. The heating functionality has been provided by different cars but the special thing about Audi A7 is that its heater can be controlled by a simple button no require of dial button. It has the sync button to control the temperature settings of the seats.

Various Assistance Systems

nothing can beat autopilot

1. The top reason for one to buy Audi A7 is the navigation systems assistance and safety system. The information of the route to the destination is forwarded to the control unit of the head lights and the automatic gear transmission so that they figure out to handle the complex scenarios that can be faced in that route. This route data is also forwarded to the adaptive cruise control. This safety system has given the new type of safety to the driver and the passengers. It reduce the chance of sever accidents.

These are the ten reasons that explain why one should buy Audi A7. These points tell that how comfortable and driver friendly is this car and full of new features and strong durable engine. The exterior of the car is aerodynamics and includes all latest safety technology. Audi A7 is a car which has attracted those who love sporty car and family car al-together.

10 motor vehicle manufacturers in the world

10. Fiat (Italy)

The 10th and final manufacturer on this list is Fiat S.p.A., an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial and industrial group based in Turin in the Piedmont region. In 2008, 2,524,325 volume of units are manufactured. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. Though Fiat is Italy’s largest carmaker, Fiat-based cars are constructed all around the world, with the largest number produced outside Italy being built in Brazil. The Fiat group has received ‘The European Car of the Year award’ for 12 twelve times, more than any other manufacturer. In 2008, Fiat 500 has won the ‘European Car of the Year’ award.

9. Suzuki (Japan)

Suzuki Motor Corporation is the 9th largest automobile manufacturer in the world by production volume with almost 2.6 million units released during the year 2008. Suzuki has 35 main production facilities in 23 countries and 133 distributors in 192 countries. Suzuki was founded in 1909 as Suzuki Loom Works by Michio Suzuki. The company’s first 30 years were focused on the production and development of the complex weaving machines. Later he decided to diversify the products and based on the consumer demand, decided to build compact cars. In 1953, Suzuki scored the first of many racing victories when the tiny 60 cc “Diamond Free” won its class in the Mount Fuji Hill Climb .By 1954, Suzuki was producing 6,000 motorcycles per month and had officially changed its name to Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd.

8. Hyundai-Kia (South Korea)

At number 8 on the list of top ten motor manufacturers is South Korean manufacturer Hyundai-Kai who produced 2,777,137 cars during the year 2008. The Indian subsidiary of Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, the Hyundai Motors India, is the country’s second largest car manufacturer. The Hyundai Motor Company was founded in 1967. It became the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group when Hyundai Motor Company purchased 51% of South Korea’s second-largest car company, Kia Motors in 1998.

7. PSA Peugeot Citroen (France)

Peugeot Citroen, which of course is the producer of both Peugeot and Citroen models, is the seventh largest automaker in the world and the second largest in the Europe. The total volume manufactured for the year 2008 is 3,325,407 units. In December 1974 Peugeot S.A. acquired a 38.2% share of Citroën. In May 1976 they increased their stake of the then bankrupt company to 89.95%, thus creating the PSA Group. PSA’s old TU engine family has been replaced by Prince engine(link here) which was designed by the joint venture between PSA and BMW.

.6. Nissan (Japan)

Nissan Motors stands sixth in the list of top 10 motor vehicle manufacturers. It is among the top three Asian car companies. Nissan Motors was founded in 1932. Nissan faced severe financial difficulties in 1999 and entered an alliance with Renault S.A. of France. The Nissan VQ engines, of V6 configuration, have featured among World’s 10 Best Engines for 14 straight years.

5. Honda (Japan)

The Honda Motor Company secures the fifth place with total volume of 3,912,700 units as per 2008. The Civic and the Accord were in the top five list of sales. Honda superseded Nissan in 2001 and became Japan’s second largest car maker. Honda is also the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and the internal combustion engines. Honda produces more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. The company was founded by a self-taught engineer Soichiro Honda on 24th September 1948. The first production car from Honda was the S500 sports car. Also, Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura in 1986.

4. Ford (USA)

Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. Presently, it is world’s fourth largest car maker with 2,145,000 units of global sales. It should be noted however that Ford does have a popular range of vans and other non passenger vehicles. In 2007, Ford fell from second to third-ranked car maker for the first time in 56 years, behind only General Motors and Toyota. As of 2008, Ford has become the second largest automaker in Europe (only behind Volkswagen), with sales that occasionally exceed those in the United States and large markets in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Ford is the seventh-ranked overall American-based company in the 2008 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2008 of $146.3 billion.

3. Volkswagen group (Germany)

At third on the list is German business Volkswagen group with a total of 6,517,288 cars rolling off the production line in 2008. A large proportion of these cars are likely to be from the ‘Golf’ range. Volkswagen is second-largest market is China, where its subsidiary, Volkswagen Group China (VGC), is by far the largest joint venture automaker, selling more than one million vehicles in 2008. The Volkswagen Group constitutes the car brands like Audi AG, Automobili Lamborghini Holding S.p.A., Bentley Motors Ltd., SEAT, Skoda Auto and heavy goods vehicle manufacturer Scania AB. Recently, Porsche has united with the Volkswagen Group. It also holds the proud of parenting Bugatti Automobiles SAS which produces one of the world’s fastest car ‘Bugatti Veyron‘. The German luxury car company was founded on May 28, 1937 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler wanted a “people’s car”. Volkswagen literally means ‘people’s car’ in German.

2. General Motors (USA)

By sales, General Motors ranked as the largest U.S. automaker and the world’s second largest for 2008. General Motors had the third highest 2008 global revenues among automakers on the Fortune Global 500. Amongst GM’s more famous brands worldwide are Cadillac and Chevrolet. General Motors was established in 1908 by William C. Durant. GM was world’s number one car company for consecutive 77 years from 1931 to 2007. Because of the economic conditions, the car giant went bankrupt on June 1, 2009. On 10th July 2009, the company emerged from “Chapter 11 bankruptcy” reorganization. While no GM shares are currently available to the public, the company plans an initial public stock offering (IPO) in 2010.

1. Toyota (Japan)

Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corporation is the world’s largest car manufacturer. It has manufactured 9,237,780 units in the year 2008. The company was number one in global automobile sales for the first quarter of 2008. The widest produced model is likely to be ‘Corolla’ which is one of the most popular and best selling cars in the world. The Japanese giant has been severely affected by the 2007-2009 financial crises with a loss of US$4.4 billion. The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father’s company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. In 1934, it created its first product, the Type A engine, while still a department of Toyota Industries. It manufactured its first passenger car the Toyota AA in 1936. Toyota also owns and operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority shareholding stake in Daihatsu and Hino Motors, and minority shareholdings in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu Motors, Yamaha Motors, and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation.

Top 10 Batsmen in IPL : All-time Player Ranking

 The biggest cricket event, Indian Premiere League (IPL) is getting more and more popularity at international level. IPL is real warfare because here players come from different nations and make one team. This event is very challenging for all batsmen and bowlers to show their talent and skill. As per last three years IPL matches, many players gave good and strong performance for their teams by their unique playing style. The highest scorers of IPL are included in the top ten batsmen. Descriptions of top 10 batsmen in IPL are given below.

10, Yuvraj Singh:
Yuvraj Singh has great ability to hit the ball, which is always graceful and effortless. He is one of the most skillful attacking left-handed batsmen. His six sixes in an over and fastest score of 50 runs in 12 balls made him most popular cricketer. In first three seasons of IPL, He also performed well for Kings XI Punjab. During 2009 season, he made his first hat-trick in T20 cricket against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead in Durban where he hit his six sixes previously. Following the first hat-trick, he also made his second hat-trick against Deccan Chargers at the Wanderers Stadium. However, he was sold out for Pune Warriors during the IPL Auction for forth season and he held the captaincy of Warriors. Throughout all 54 IPL matches, Yuvraj made total 1188 runs.

9, MS Dhoni:
As well ODI match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership has also improved the test match ranking and especially his successful three years for the Chennai Super Kings franchise in IPL. He is right-hand batsman and his far-from-polished wicketkeeping technique is vey awesome. His captaincy also proved most favorable to win World cup 2011. He performed well in each of the first three seasons including one winning season. Now, once more time, his team reaches close to win the Champions League of season four. Since 2008-2010, he made score of 1232 runs from total 46 innings of IPL.

8, Kumar Sangakkara:
Kumar Sangakkara is a left-handed top-order dazzling batsman of Sri Lankan team who joined IPL by signing the Kings XI Punjab franchise. He has the appetite for runs. He made 94 runs in just 56 balls against Mumbai Indians franchise in the IPL opening season. He gave his tribute of alluring batting as a player of Kings XI Punjab for three seasons, but in forth season he was sold out for Hyderabad Deccan Chargers. He made 1315 score into the 48 IPL matches that include 158 fours and 21 sixes.

7, Virender Sehwag:
India’s top aggressive player, Virender Sehwag aka Nawab of Najafgarh is right-hander opener and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He is well-known for his attractive attacking batting style that is regularly compared with Sachin Tendulkar. Sehwag made many records in ODI and Test matches. Due to his well performance, he also takes place in top batsman of the IPL. For first two season of the IPL, Sehwag led the Delhi Daredevils franchise, but to focus on his batting, he transferred captainship to Gautam Gambhir. Opportunely, he is only player of his team who once again signed for Delhi Daredevils franchise and one more time got chance to lead the team. From 50 IPL matches, he scored 1384 runs including 168 fours and 60 sixes. He is orange cap holder for IPL season four.

6, Adam Gilchrist:
Adam Gilchrist is one of the aggressive batsmen of the cricket. Actually, he announced his retirement from all form of cricket matches but not for the IPL. Gilchrist was signed for the Deccan Chargers franchise during the opening IPL season. He showed his power of batting in the opening of season by making the second fastest hundred in the IPL in only 42 balls. He detained as captain instead of VVS Laxman during IPL season two. Under his captainship, the team performed well and entered into the semifinals. In the match against Delhi Daredevils, Gilchrist made striking score of 85 in just 35. In the end, he became Player of The Tournament and he also became first player who scored 1000 runs in the IPL. For the IPL season 4, he has played for Kings XI Punjab. Adam Gilchrist made score of 1400 from the 55 matches.

5, Gautam Gambhir:
Gautam Gambhir is forever opener batsman for any form of cricket matches. He is energetic and solid batsman of the Indian team. He can be proved more forceful batsman than Virender Sehwag. He plays match without taking any risks. At the starting of the IPL, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils franchise. In opening season, he scored 534 runs in 14 matches and placed at second highest run-scorer of season. He is at fifth place of high score with total 1402 runs in 51 matches. Throughout the IPL Players Auction 2011, he was bought with highest-ever record breaking bid of $2.4 million (Rs 11.04 crore) by Kolkata Knight Riders.

4, Rohit Sharma:
Rohit Sharma India’s young cricket star is also famous for his striking batting ability. He plays his all bat shots with his knack to find the gaps. At debut of IPL, he was sold for the Deccan Chargers. In first season of the IPL, he made 404 runs sores at 36.73 averages. During first season of IPL, he also held the desirable Orange Cap. He also played his role as vice-captain of the Deccan Chargers in 2009 season. He played for Deccan Chargers last three seasons, but now he signed Mumbai Indians franchise. Since 2008, he scored total 1452 runs that consist 119 fours and 63 sixes in 55 matches that’s one of the IPL highest scores. Once he made 26 runs in Mashrafe Mortaza’s over when required 21 runs to win match against Kolkata Knight Riders.

3, Jacques Kallis:
South African team’s brawny colossus, Jacques Kallis aka JH Kallis is also one of the top ten batsman of the IPL. He is a powerful batsman who hit the ball with his rock-solid technique. He is leading most complete all rounder. He debuted in IPL by playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise and he averaged 16.85 runs per innings. But this year season, he joined Kolkata Knight Riders franchise. Since 2008, he scored 1473 runs including 165 fours and 24 sixes in total 53 IPL matches.

2, Sachin Tendulkar:
All-time prolific batsman and leading cricket icon, Sachin Tendulkar always plays with the purest principles that consists economy of movement, correctness in stroke-making, and perfect balance. He is god of cricket. He is already top of the ODI matches and he also leads in IPL matches. He has scored runs in all conditions at any parts of the world and his score of 100 at age of 19 on a lightning-fast pitch at the WACA is one of the best example of it. In IPL, he has played for his home side franchise Mumbai Indians since IPL debut. He is captain of his IPL team. During 2010 IPL season, Tendulkar scored 618 runs in 14 innings and hit the most runs in an IPL season record of Shaun Marsh and also received the title of player of the 2010 tournament as well Best Batsman and Best Captain awards. He is one of the top IPL batmen with score of 1535. Tendulkar scored 100 in 66 balls against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in current season.

1, Suresh Raina:
Suresh Kumar Raina alias Sanu, 24 years old is aggressive left-hander batsman. This blue-eyed boy has ability to hit the stumps from the infield and this ability turn up him on the top. He is also capable to attract applause by his electric fielding ability. He is top with highest IPL score 1695 in the 57 IPL matchs. He is only cricket star who scored over 400 runs in each IPL’s season. Since IPL debut 2008, he played for Mahendra Singh Dhoni captained franchise Chennai Super Kings. During 2010, he became man-of-the-match with 55 not out from 35 balls in the final winning match and was on the place of third-highest run-scorer in IPL. For the 2011 season, he was retained for Chennai Super Kings.

Ranking Table Of Top 10 IPL Players

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SK Raina	60	58	9	1732	98	35.34	1237	140.01	0	12	1	149	71
SR Tendulkar	49	49	8	1647	100*	40.17	1382	119.17	1	10	2	205	20
AC Gilchrist	60	60	1	1603	109*	27.16	1123	142.74	2	9	6	177	82
JH Kallis	56	55	3	1549	89*	32.95	1380	112.24	0	14	5	172	27
RG Sharma	59	56	9	1529	87	32.53	1172	130.46	0	11	2	127	64
G Gambhir	54	53	8	1471	86	32.68	1183	124.34	0	10	3	175	15
V Sehwag	50	50	3	1384	119	29.44	816	169.60	1	9	4	168	60
MS Dhoni	57	49	15	1374	70*	40.41	996	137.95	0	8	2	108	52
KC Sangakkara	50	47	2	1367	94	30.37	1072	127.51	0	9	4	161	23
YK Pathan	57	52	5	1268	100	26.97	804	157.71	1	6	1	110	74

Top 10 Fast Bowler of ICC Cricket World

There are many great fast bowlers in the ICC Cricket history so it is very difficult to make a list of top ten fast bowlers of ICC Cricket World. Fast bowling is one of the two main forms of bowling in cricket. Many people think that only speed belongs to fast bowling and all the imaginative features of bowling belongs to spin bowling. But reality is different from it, because mastering in lots of techniques and arts such as swing in the air, swing off the pitch, bounce, cutter, etc. are required to become a fast bowler.
The main goal of fast bowling is to create difficulties for the batsman to hit the ball cleanly by bowling the hard cricket ball at high speed and bringing it to bounce off the pitch in an unpredictable fashion or move sideways through the air. People, who practice fast bowling, are known as fast or pace bowlers. List of top 10 Fast Bowler of ICC Cricket World is provided below.
10. Shoaib Akhtar:

Shoaib Akhtar is right arm fast bowler from Pakistan. He has achieved the fastest delivery in his bowling speed, at 161.3 km/h (100.2 mph) twice at a cricket match against England and set an official world record. He became one of the the #1 fastest bowlers in cricket with his ability to bowl fast yorkers and quick bouncers. Unfortunately, he has been involved in some disputes during his career.
Shoaib Akhtar was prohibited for five years on 1 April 2008, for publicly condemning the Pakistan Cricket Board. However, he was suspended from the five years ban by the Lahore High Court in Pakistan in October 2008 and he was chosen in the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 Quadrangular Tournament in Canada. Akhtar is a legend of Pakistan cricket as per Pakistani judge, Rana Bhagwandas. Unfortunately, I placed Akhtar at number 10 due to his lack of concentration on bowling length, sorry Akhtar!!
9. Ashish Nehra:

Ashish Nehra is a left-arm fast bowler in cricket from India. Since 1999, he has represented India at the international level. In 1999, he played his first test cricket against Sri Lanka at Colombo. In 2001, he played his first ODI against Zimbabwe at Harare. His performances are remarkable in the cricket matches. He also performed very well in the World Cup matches.
However, he did not make his place stronger in Indian team till 2006 due to his consecutive back and ankle injuries. In ODI cricket, his career statistics are improved than in Test cricket. Ashish Nehra is very good bowler at slow pitches but recently he has missed to play 1st ODI match of Cricket World Cup because of his fitness problem. Everyone is hoping that he will recover very soon and back in important tournament of ICC World Cup 2011.
8. Zaheer Khan:

Zaheer Khan is a Left arm fast-medium bowler from India. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Indian cricket team. He is famous for his ability to swing the ball in both ways and performs amazingly on flat pitches of the subcontinent. Zaheer Khan is also an initiator of the art of reverse swing bowling. He has records in both departments like bowling and the batting.
Zaheer Khan was forced to be out of the team due to his injuries during 2003 and 2004. He was dropped again in late 2005 after returning from injury. But he was recalled to the team as its leading pace bowler when he shown his strong performances on the domestic circuit. Zaheer Khan is fit to play in the World Cup 2011. He was the 4th highest wicket taker of the 2003 World Cup.
7. Stuart Broad:

Stuart Christopher John Broad is a right-arm seam bowler in cricket from England. He also performs as a left-handed batsman. He was chosen as the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year in August 2006. England won the 2010 ICC World T20 with the help of instrumental bowling of Stuart Broad.
Stuart Broad played very well in the test matches and ODI and helped England in winning. Recently, he took another five-wicket haul and England won their World Cup 2011 warm-up against Pakistan. He also made record as a batsman; he made the second-highest ever Test score, his first century in first-class cricket, against Pakistan in August 2010.
6. Brett Lee:

Brett Lee is a right-arm fast bowler from Australia. He played both matches like test and ODI for Australia. Besides a good bowler and lower-order batsman, he is an athletic fielder. Brett Lee was granted a scholarship to be present at the Australian Cricket Academy when he played for the Australian under 17 & 19 teams.
Lee was forced to be out of the Australian under-19 team to tour India because of stress fractures in his lower back in March 1994. But after that, he was selected to represent the “Australian A team” on a tour to South Africa. In January 2006, the ICC ranked Lee as the No. 1 ODI bowler in One-day Internationals.
5. Shane Bond:

Shane Bond is a right-arm fast bowler from New Zealand who plays for Warwickshire in English domestic cricket and Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket. He has faced many injuries, mainly recurring stress fractures of the back. Shane Bond has undergone back problems, knee injuries and an abdominal tear in recent years.
Shane Bond has limited appearances in both international and domestic cricket due to these problems, and a late start to his fully professional cricket career. He only appeared in 18 Test matches for New Zealand since his debut in 2001/02 season. In December 2009, Bond was retired from Test cricket at the age of 34. Bond was chosen to play in the 3rd season of the Indian Premier League for the Kolkata Knight Riders in January 2010.
4. D.E. Bollinger:

Douglas Erwin Bollinger is a left-arm fast bowler from Australia. At present, first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues and international cricket for Australia are played by D.E. Bollinger. He also plays as a left-handed batsman. He picked up a hat-trick in dismissing the Redbacks' brittle top order in an ING Cup match against South Australia in the 2004–05 season.
Bollinger played his first ODI five-wicket haul against Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on 1 May 2009. He was awarded with Man of the Match award in his first ODI match as he picked up 5/35. D.E. Bollinger has played very well and helped Australia in winning the ODI. He also played for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
3. Mitchell Johnson:

Mitchell Guy Johnson is a left-arm fast bowler in cricket from Australia. He also plays as left-handed batsman. Over 90 wickets are taken by Johnson in his first 21 Tests. On 2 October 2009, he was awarded with the International Cricket Council's 2009 "Cricketer of the Year" award, and the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. He was identified by the former Test fast-bowler Dennis Lillee as an "once-in-a-lifetime prospect".
Johnson scored his first ever Test half-century, against India in Perth, on 19 January 2008. He has played very well and helped Australia in winning the test, ODI and IPL matches.
2. Umar Gul:

Umar Gul is a right arm fast medium bowler from Pakistan. Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 series have been played by Umar Gul for the Pakistani cricket team. He became famous as the leading wicket taker and as one of the most successful bowlers in Twenty20 cricket. Umar Gul began playing First-Class cricket due to his stunning and shinning performances.
Gul made his place on the international front after playing just 9 Class-A matches. He started the hard-ball game after taking part in every local tape-ball tournament and he soon became a ground-breaking pacer. 34 Tests, 80 ODIs and 34 T20s have been played by Umar Gul during his 8 year old career. 125 Test, 119 ODI and 47 T20 wickets are included in his records.
1. Dale Steyn:

Dale Willem Steyn is a right-arm fast bowler in cricket from South Africa. Test and One Day International cricket have been played by him for South Africa. Steyn has made the record for the fastest player to reach 100 wickets in Test Match cricket. At present, Steyn is the number one ranked Test bowler in the world and he contains the third best bowling strike rate of all time in Test match cricket.
He played his first test match for South Africa at England's tour on 17 December 2004. Dale Steyn has made great performance due to his incredible passion and intensity. The bowling technique of Steyn is outstanding and his run up is controlled into the crease with an effortless running style. Dale is allowed to get into consistent and stable release positions by the basics, orthodox and side ways on his delivery stride.

Top 10 Aggressive Batsmen of ICC Cricket

An aggressive batsman is known for making extremely high scores in short times and presenting less possibility of annoying draw. Aggressive batting does not mean to hit the ball forcefully, but it means to give challenge to bowlers and fielders. Here is the detailed list of top 10 aggressive batsmen of ICC cricket that I like most.
Aggressive batsmen have the ability to concentrate on how to play the ball and they always look for opportunities to score in every ball. Mostly, they play after looking the match situation. Aggressive batsman's batting becomes handy during limited overs situations. Every batsman has their unique style of playing. When aggressive batsman plays, the fielding team is always under pressure. The batsmen who scores high in fewer balls, are included in top list of aggressive batsmen. You will find some top aggressive batsmen of ICC Cricket below.

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10) David Warner:
A quick-scoring left-handed Australian cricket team opener, David Warner is only Australian cricketer in cricket history who was selected for national team without playing any first-class cricket match.
His remarkable aggressive performance for New South Wales and Durham had reached him for the contract with the Delhi Daredevils in the Twenty20 IPL tournament. He has switch hit talent by using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed position. He is also energetic fielder and a part-time spin bowler.
He holds the record of highest one day score of 165 runs for the New South Wales Blues against Tasmania. Once again he had chance for break the record of the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket against Tasmania, but he missed it and scored 97 runs off 54 balls. As his international debuts, he was selected for the Australia's Twenty20 squad in January 2009 on the basis of his domestic match performance. In the Twenty20 International tournament, he played against South Africa and made 89 runs off 43 balls including second-fastest half century of Twenty20 International history. During T20 match against the West Indies, he scored 67 runs in just 29 balls wherein he broke his own record of 50 in 19 balls and made 50 runs in 18 balls. After this achievement he became the second highest high century scorer of Twenty20 International following Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh.

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9) Yuvraj Singh:
Yuvraj Singh is one of the most talented attacking left-handed batsmen because his shots are very graceful and effortless. He became most popular cricketer after hitting six sixes in the 2007 T20 World Cup with fastest score of 50 runs in 12 balls.
As U-19 Punjab cricket team player, Yuvraj Singh kicked off his domestic cricket career in 1996. Then in 2000, he joined Indian ODIs cricket team. A partnership with Mohammad Kaif during the NatWest Series final in July 2002 was most excellent inning for him because this inning was resulted into India’s victory. In 2003, he made his first century against Bangladesh. Afterward he also made hundreds runs in match against Zimbabwe team and Australia team in which he scored 139 in 119 balls at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
After titled as the man of the series in 3 successive series, against South Africa, Pakistan and England, he was included in the top ten of the ICC ODI batting rankings. After Rahul Dravid’s resignation from the captain, Yuvi was appointed as vice captain of ODI matches. At Rajkot, he made 138 runs score in just 78 balls against England which was second fastest century after Mohammad Azharuddin' century.
During 2007 match against Pakistan, he was taken in India's Test squad, but not got place in 11 players in first test match. In 3rd test match, he was included for playing by reason of Sachin Tendulkar injury. His partnership with Sourav Ganguly made 300 runs with his highest Test score of 169 runs.
By the side of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, he struck six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad. That superb performance was being helpful to make half century in just 12 balls, the fastest in any form of international cricket. He also won a Porsche 911 car for his 6 sixes achievement as well Rs.10,000,000 in cash. He also hit the 119 meters longest six of the tournament against Australian bowler Brett Lee. He also made 70 runs in just 30 balls and was awarded as the Man of the Match against Australia during the World Twenty20 semifinals at Durban. He is 5th Indian Batsman who has crossed the 7,000 run score.
Yuvi spotted as icon player and captain for IPL’s Kings XI Punjab team in first two seasons, then this status is specified to Kumar Sangakkara. In T20 cricket 2009, he achieved his first hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the same ground where he hit his six sixes. As his second Twenty20 hat-trick, he took wickets of Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao. Currently, he is on 25th position with 627 ratings in ICC ODI championship batting rankings and on 60th position with 416 ratings in ICC test championship.

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8) Suresh Raina:
Suresh Raina is an aggressive left-handed batsman of Indian team as well as an occasional off-spinner. As fielder, he has expertise to strike the stumps by delivering the ball from the infield.
Suresh Raina comes from heaven of India famed state Jammu & Kashmir. Since July 2005, he has been a member of Indian cricket team. Even joining Test squad since 2006, he did not get first chance to play in Test match till 2010. He plays in the Ranji Trophy and Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy for domestic team of Uttar Pradesh. At starting of his international career, he was dropped from the national team because of his bad performance in 15 ODIs. During eighteen month of dropping, he scored lot of runs in domestic cricket prior to return to national team for Asia Cup 2008 in which he scored century in just 66 balls, the second fastest century in Indian ODI record. Following this performance, he has been taken in India's full-strength ODI and T20 team.
Raina also played for IPL’s Chennai Super Kings team during 2008 and 2009. Indian Premier League season 2010, he became third-highest runs scorer and he also get title of Man of the Match in final. In the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 match against South Africa, he scored 101 runs off 60 balls that includes five sixes and nine fours and became third player for a Twenty20 international century following the West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle and New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum.
As second test debut, Raina was included in the Test squad for tournament of Sri Lanka in July and August 2010 where he got chance to play as a replacement for team-mate Yuvraj Singh’s unwell condition. In this match, Sri Lankan team gave target of 4/642 and on other side Indian team put in critical condition because they made 241 runs by losing 4 wickets, that time Raina entered in to ground to join Sachin Tendulkar. Raina attained a century as well as a double century partnership. He is on 88th rank with 297 rates in ICC Test championship batting rankings.

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7) Sachin Tendulkar:
The God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is one of the best and often record braking batsmen in the cricket history. He is most inspired run scorer in cricket world. Currently, Sachin Tendulkar is the most ODI scorer and the highest centuries maker.
A right-handed Indian batsman, Sachin started his cricket career at just age of 16 through domestic first-class match between Bombay and Gujarat in which he scored 100 not out. He scored first double century for Mumbai. He is a single player who scored a century in his first three tournaments Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy.
As debut in Test match, he played against Pakistan in 1989 at little age. Tendulkar made 53 runs in 18 balls during 20 over match in Peshawar and he scored his opening ODI century in 1994 match against Australia in Sri Lanka. That score placed him 79 ODIs. Two times captaincies were being failure to do well. He also achieves the victory of highest number scored centuries record in Test match and ODI cricket match. As one of the five Wisden Cricketers for 1997, he was also selected for Wisden 100 and he became all time 2nd best test batsman and best ODI batsman. In his Test matches career, he has been awarded as Man of the Match 13 times and Man of the Series 4 times. For ODI matches, he has been 60 times Man of the Match and 14 times Man of the Series. He was also selected for the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy that was awarded by the International Cricket Council to its selected Player of the Year. Sachin is on first rank with 883 ratings in ICC Test championship batting rankings. In ICC ODI championship batting rankings, he is at 14th rank with 671 ratings. And by the way his double century knock against south africa was mind blowing and may be it will be not broken by anyone!!!

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6) Chris Gayle:
Captain and opener of the West Indies cricket team, Chris Gayle is famous for his hard-hitting left-handed aggressive batting. He bowls handy right-arm off spin style.
Chris Gayle, Jamaica native carried out the record of highest innings in 2007 World Twenty20 with score of 117 against South Africa. During December 2009 the third Test match against Australia, Chris Gayle recorded the century in just 70 balls as fifth fastest century of Test match history. He also hit approximately 140 metres longer six. Gayle made 117 against South Africa that became the highest innings in a Twenty20 International.
He also gives good performance in ODI and Test matches. He played his first debut match from the Jamaica team. He succeed to score of two triple centuries in Test cricket match and became fourth cricketer with two triple centuries as of 16 November 2010 following Donald Bradman, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag. According to ICC ranking, Chris Gayle is 5th batsman with high ratings of 738 and 9th all rounder with 296 ratings.

5) Shahid Afridi:
A Pakistani all rounder, Shahid Afridi is one of the aggressive batsmen of the world. Currently, he is the captain of the Pakistani national team for the One-day and Twenty20 international cricket matches.
Shahid Afridi made a record of making fastest one day International century in 37 balls and for this record people gave him a nickname "Boom Boom Afridi." Second highest scoring ODI record was also done by Afridi with score of 32 in a single over. As well as aggressive batsmen, he bowls in leg break googly style. Some times his aggressive style of batting creates threat for getting out. So he is also described as the most inconsistent batsman in cricket. During the third Test match against India in March 2005, he scored a quick-fire half-century and took five wickets. Afridi achieved the record of first 50 wickets taker in Twenty20 history.
The success of 6000 runs, 100 catches and 250 wickets combination was also achieved by Afridi in ODI record. He also faced many controversies during his cricket career. In ICC’s ODI rating, he is on position of third all rounder with 348 points, on 34th position of batting rankings with 583 points, and on 20th position in bowling ratings with 597 points.

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4) Brendon Mccullum:
Brendon McCullum is an aggressive batsman of the New Zealand international team. He is famous for the fast scoring rate. Brendon Mccullum is opener for the ODI matches and plays as middle order in Test matches.
He plays aggressively by hitting the ball in to the stands. He also got honor of Test cricket’s specialist batsman. When he was included for a five-week stint at Glamorgan in June 2006, he was called as "especially suited player to Twenty20 cricket". In World Cup 2007, he made a new record of 50 runs in only 20 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes and got a strike rate of 247.61 against Canada in St Lucia. He made record for highest individual score on 18 April 2008 for the Kolkata Knight Riders against Bangalore Royal Challengers during a Twenty20 innings by smashing 158 runs in just 73 balls with 13 sixes and 10 fours. He missed the world record for just 12 runs, but he was listed in the record of top sixth-wicket partnership of 339 runs with Martin Guptill.
He was appeared with his medium bowling in the Twenty20 World Championship in 2009. Following Chris Gayle's record of 117 in T20I, he was second player with 116score. On 4 May 2010, he completed 1000 runs in T20 international and became first player with this score. As of current players rating of ICC, Brendon Mccullum is on 26th position with 664 ratings in Test match and on 27th position with 608 ratings. In highest ratings, he got 674 points.

3) Yusuf Pathan:
India’s rising all-rounder, Yusuf Pathan is an influential and aggressive right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.
In Yusuf Pathan cricket career, he initially played cricket for the Baroda Under-16 team in the Vijay Merchant Trophy in 1999-2000. Due to his striking performances in the Deodhar Trophy and Twenty20 domestic tournament in the 2006-07, he got chance for the Twenty20 World Championship which played in South Africa. Then he was signed by Rajasthan Royals for in the Indian Premier League 2008 in which he made 435 scores and got 8 wickets. He also made record of fastest half century of the IPL’s first season in just 21 balls.
After his good performance in IPL, he was selected for the Indian ODI team. He was also selected for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 championships in England. He made fifty in 29 balls during the second ODI against England in Indore. During last season of the IPL, he recorded a century off 37 balls as well as eleven successive hits to the boundary. During IPL auction for season 4, he was sold with second highest bid of $2.1 million for Kolkata Knight Riders.

2) Kieron Pollard:
Kieron Adrian Pollard is aggressive all-rounder of the West Indies cricket team. Pollard delivers right–arm medium-fast bowling.
Kieron Pollard was raised in poor family by his single mother. He began his cricket career with West Indies Under-19 cricket team and in his first ODI match he also made high score of 53 runs in 49 balls. Surprisingly, he was selected for 15-man squad to play as part of 2007 Cricket World Cup, which was his first international cricket match. As all-rounder, he hit three wickets and scored 76 runs in the semi-finals for Trinidad and Tobago against Jamaica and became the man of the match.
Pollard recorded 54 runs off 18 balls in Hyderabad during the 2009 Champions league T-20 against New South Wales. Following his performance in 2009 Champions League Twenty20, the Southern Redbacks and Somerset signed him for their domestic Twenty20 matches. Then he was also selected in the West Indian squad for the ICC World Twenty20 2010 due to his last impressive performance at Indian Premier League.

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1) Virender Sehwag:
Virender Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman as well as occasional right-arm off-spinner of Indian cricket team. Virender Sehwag is usually famous for his amazingly attacking batting style.
He is also called as nickname Viru and Nawab of Najafgarh. Delhi native, Virender Sehwag has started his career in Indian cricket team in 1999 with first One Day International and in 2001 associated the Indian Test cricket team. For his 2008 performance, he received honor of winning Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World and became first player in India for retaining this award. As per current test match rating of ICC, he has positioned at 6th rank with 790 ratings and as per ODI match he is at 13th rank with 679 ratings.
Sehwag also made many records; made 284 runs in a single day against Sri Lanka and achieved third position in a single day highest run scorers list. He became only Indian batsman who scored two triple centuries in Test cricket match. As well in the record of Test cricket, he also became one of four high score batsmen. And in last word for viru is, he never change his batting style even if he is on 99 that's why I give him 1st rank.