Imran Tahir eligible to play for South Africa,Imran Tahir south africa cricket leg spinner

the Nashua Dolphins legspinner of Pakistani origin, has been granted South African citizenship by naturalisation and is now eligible to play for the country. Tahir has also fulfilled the ICC's regulations for representing his new country, having not played for the country of his birth at any level for more than 4 years.

Tahir, 31, has been one of South Africa's most prolific domestic bowlers in recent times, with 535 first-class wickets at 25.09 from 127 matches. He was picked in the South Africa Test squad to play England in January 2010, but was left out at the last moment owing to issues over his residency paperwork. Those problems have been resolved now.

"Imran has made South Africa his home and has been married for some time to a South African," Gerald Majola, CEO of Cricket South Africa said. "He has been a leading wicket-taker in the top South African domestic competitions for the past few seasons and is highly respected by both his colleagues and his opponents. He certainly becomes a contender for selection to the Proteas squad now that he has met all the government, ICC and CSA regulations regarding his new nationality."

Tahir, however, won't be considered for the Cape Town Test against India that begins on January 2. "That will not be fair on anyone since the squad has prepared, but he will be considered for the one-dayers," CSA's convenor of selectors Andrew Hudson told

Broker film,Broker Nandi Committee RP Patnaik Director Broker Music Director sad New Year party

The whole world is celebrating the New Year eve in joy and ecstasy, except one self-style music director of Telugu Cinema Industry. When this music director won Nandi Award in best story category for his directorial venture, the industry is shocked. To prove his mettle, RP Patnaik, who thinks himself as a Mozart of Music, came with this latest venture and almost bit the mud. RP's latest directorial venture 'Broker' is heading towards a disastrous result, it appears. Most people don’t even know that a film named ‘Broker’ is released and there is no news about it in the media too. Many folks stated that he managed to bag the Nandi award because of his close friend and hot singer, who is also a jury member of Nandi Committee. Now, RP felt that whatever he writes off will make wonders and felt no need for publicity of the flick. As a result, there is no talk of the movie anywhere and RP is said to out of all celebrations, where people are rejoicing about the New Year.