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  • LYF Meet and Greet with RCB players

    LYF Meet and Greet with RCB players

    BENGALURU: As part of the association with IPL, LYF organized an IPL ‘meet-and- greet’ for its partners and gave them an opportunity to meet up close and personal with their beloved cricket stars from Royal Challengers Bangalore. LYF is the proud sponsor of 3 IPL teams – Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians.

    LYF had also engaged with its fans on social media through a creative teaser campaign around its first TVC that was released during the IPL season. The teaser creative (featuring a cut out of the female lead from the TVC) was released on social media ahead of the TVC going on air and the social media users were asked to #GuessTheActress. The contest generated huge excitement among fans and attracted massive participation during the 3 day period leading to the release of the TVC on air.

    16 winners of LYF #GuessTheActress social media contest got a chance to meet Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and Shane Watson at today’s meet-and- greet.

    About LYF:

    LYF smartphones + is a range of True 4G devices from Reliance Retail designed to bring the latest 4G technologies to consumers in India. The entire LYF range is VoLTE-enabled, which deliver a true 4G experience, a move that is unprecedented in terms of the technology revolution to be expected across price points. The brand allows consumers to stay on top of technological advancement with HD voice and video calls over VoLTE & Wi-Fi, multi-party audio and video conferencing, superfast downloads and seamless switching between voice and video calls. The range of LYF smartphones includes 4 series namely Earth, Water, Wind and Flame from the Elements Collection. LYF Smartphone + is about design excellence with smart, elegant looks and a simple user interface, and powerful features that make for a fantastic user experience. Be it at work or home or on the go, LYF Smartphone + is designed for a thrilling video experience.

    This is a press release dated 13 May 2016.

  • Steven Smith finishes the Ashes as number-one ranked batsman

    Steven Smith finishes the Ashes as number-one ranked batsman

    MUMBAI: Steven Smith has reclaimed the top spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen which were released following the conclusion of The Oval and P.Sara Oval Tests.

    The incoming Australia captain started the Ashes series at the top of the rankings on 913 points, but had lost his place to England’s Joe Root after the Trent Bridge Test. However, after scoring 143 in his side’s an innings and 46 runs victory at the The Oval, the 26-year-old has overtaken second-placed AB de Villiers, as well as Root, who has dropped to third following scores of six and 11. 

    Root had started the series in seventh place on 815 points and has gained 74 points and four places over the course of the series.

    There was further good news for David Warner who has moved up two places to ninth after scoring 85, while Chris Rogers concluded his career in 10th place (after climbing 13 places since the start of the series) as the second-highest left-handed batsmen in the rankings behind another illustrious retiree Kumar Sangakkara, who finished his career in seventh spot. 

    Sangakkara, who scored 32 and 18 in Sri Lanka’s 278 runs defeat at the P.Sara Oval, first reached number-one in the Test batting rankings in December 2007 against England after innings of 92 and 152 in Kandy.

    Sangakkara spent a total of 97 Tests and 812 days as the top-ranked Test batsman in the world and was last number-one in December 2014, before losing the top spot to de Villiers. His highest-ever points tally was 938, achieved on 1 December 2007, and that total is the highest-ever achieved by a Sri Lanka batsman to date and the joint sixth-highest of all-time.

    Meanwhile, Michael Clarke has finished his 115-Test career in 25th spot. Clarke surged to the top of the rankings in August 2009 and did so for the last time in February 2013. During this period, he topped the batting rankings on several occasions (totaling 11 Tests and 70 days).

    Clarke is one of the 30 internationals, including eight Australia batmen, to reach 900 points, which was incidentally his highest points tally that was achieved after the 2012 Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka.

    As an Australia captain, the 34-year-old from Sydney led his team to the top of the ICC Test Team Rankings from May 2011 to July 2014.

    The other big movers in the latest batting rankings are India’s Ajinkya Rahane (up two places to a career-high 20th), Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne (up two to 34th) and England’s Moeen Ali (up two to a career-high 48th), while there were also notable career-high gains for Adam Voges (up 21 to 53rd), and India team-mates Lokesh Rahul (up 30 places to 87th) and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha (up 15 places to 100th).

     

    In the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, Australia’s Mitchell Johnson has climbed two places to sixth after recording match figures of four for 86 runs in London, while Ravichandran Ashwin’s match tally of seven for 118 in Colombo has helped the off-spinner overtake Rangana Herath into eighth place on 769 points, one point behind South Africa’s Vernon Philander. 

    Arising from the conclusion of the fifth Ashes Test, there were gains for Peter Siddle (up three places to 14th) and Nathan Lyon (up two to 16th), while the highest England movers again were Moeen (up four places to 30th) and Ben Stokes (up one place to a career-high 41st). Mitchell Marsh has rocketed 36 places to a career-high 71st place.

    Meanwhile, there were career-high gains for Sri Lanka duo of Dhammika Prasad, whose six for 125 runs in Colombo has helped him move up four places to 25th, while his team-mate Tharindu Kaushal has moved up one place to 59th.

    The biggest mover in the bowling rankings, though, was India leg-spinner Amit Mishra whose match haul of seven for 72 has helped him move up 42 places to a career-high 39th. 

    Ashwin has also gained ground on Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan in the ICC Player Rankings for Test All-rounders and has reduced the deficit on the leader to 43 points.

    The deciding third and final Test between Sri Lanka and India starts at Colombo on Friday. If India wins the series 2-1, it will overtake New Zealand and move into fifth place. However, a Sri Lanka series victory would see it progress to 96 points and overtake India into sixth place. In the event of a 1-1 tied series, Virat Kohli’s side would remain in sixth place, four points clear of Mathews’ men.

     

    Click here for ICC Test player rankings

  • IPL season 8 fever transcends on to Twitter

    IPL season 8 fever transcends on to Twitter

    MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League mania is reaching a crescendo on social media. The excitement of the eighth season of the tournament continued this week on micro blogging site Twitter with close to 62.7 million live impressions.

     

    Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) fans are roaring on Twitter making them the favourites this week. The team in yellow is closely followed by defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (@KKRiders) and 2013 champions Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan). Given their popularity, the most talked about game this week was Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings.

     

    The top Tweets Per Minute (TPM) moments during the match window for the same period are as follows:

     

    – Kings XI Punjab wins in the super over against Rajasthan

     

    – Royal Challengers Bangalore’s AB de Villiers hits 24 off one over by Lasith Malinga from Mumbai Indians

     

    – AB de Villiers falls for 42 to Kieron Pollard from Mumbai Indians with RCB on 129/6

     

    – Dwayne Smith of Chennai Super Kings brings up his 50 versus Mumbai Indians

     

    – Chennai Super King’s Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Bravo bring up 107 off 7 overs against Mumbai Indians

     

    Ranking of most mentioned IPL teams on Twitter from 16 – 22 April, 2015.

     

    Chennai Super Kings leads the pack closely followed by Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. Rajasthan Royals are next in the list keenly followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad complete the final tally.

     

    Most Retweeted Tweets about the Indian Premier League for the same period is as follows:

     

    #MIvCSK (17 April)

     

    #RCBvMI (19 April)

     

    #RRvKXIP (21 April)

     

    #RRvCSK (19 April)

     

    #DDVSvKKR (20 April)

     

    #KXIPvKKR (18 April)

     

    #SRHvKKR (22 April)

     

    #SRHvRR (16 April)

     

    #SRHvDD (18 April)

     

    Some of the most retweeted moments are given below. KKR’ s Shah Rukh Khan congratulating his boys was the most retweeted.

    @iamsrk: Always & Everytime…a mature innings..@GautamGambhir. & my man @iamyusufpathan in the thick of things again. Morne & Umesh deadly. Love KKR –https://twitter.com/iamsrk/status/590212393260621824

     

    @realpreityzinta: OMG ! What a game I’m still shaking  SUPER OVER !!! @lionsdenkxip Are u Kidding me Still shaking I swearSo proud #KXIP – https://twitter.com/realpreityzinta/status/590584295535828993

     

    @mohitfreedom: #RRvsCSK Even in these T20 matches, u can’t come close to athleticism of @SauravGhosal  Sure to be No1 sometime soon and fly #India’s flag –https://twitter.com/mohitfreedom/status/58975497091376742

     

    With the momentum gathering pace, the game has only begun.

  • Kohli, De Villiers, Gayle, Dhoni & McCullum are Top 5 batsmen on social media: TO THE NEW

    Kohli, De Villiers, Gayle, Dhoni & McCullum are Top 5 batsmen on social media: TO THE NEW

    MUMBAI: Off late the ICC Cricket World Cup has been the most talked about event on digital platforms, with most official broadcasters providing live online and mobile streaming and users consuming digital content on the go.

     

    For millennial population, who have been born in 21st century, social media has emerged as the most preferred channel to consume cricket content.

     

    According to TO THE NEW Digital’s holistic metric called Social Impact Index, the top five batsmen on social media have been Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Chris Gayle and Brendan McCullum. 

     

    Kohli got 44 per cent of his positive mentions for his century against Pakistan on 15 February, 2015. His negative mentions saw another spike around 3 March, 2015 on his abusive remarks to the journalist. His Net Sentiment Score is +6 per cent, which would have been better if not for this incident. Kohli has lost his mentions mostly to the other performers in the batting lineup namely Shikhar Dhawan, who has won some hearts on social media with his mentions increasing 1,224 times on 22 February, 2015.

     

    About 56 per cent of the mentions can be owed to AB De Villiers’ fiery innings of 162 against West Indies on 27 February,  2015. De Villiers has the Highest Net Sentiment Score of +42 per cent amongst all the players till now in CWC15.

     

    Gayle’s stand out performance of the first ever Double ton in CWC15 was very well greeted by the social media audience. Gaylestorm received a whopping 78.56 per cent of his positive mentions for the innings on 24 February, 2015. Gayle has continued to impress his followers with his witty tweets and fierce batting attributing to a Net Sentiment score of +37 per cent.

     

    Dhoni has been Social Media’s favorite throughout CWC 15 and unlike others who received mentions basis their performances, Dhoni was the most talked about captain on the day of Cricket World Cup 2015 opening ceremony. Dhoni has also received good mentions during all the India matches and a Net Sentiment score of +8 per cent that can be attributed to his excellent captaincy throughout CWC15.

     

    McCullum has been the most impactful player in the tournament for New Zealand with his brief but thunderous contributions with the bat which is quite evident from his Net Sentiment score of +12 per cent.

  • India – South Africa match garners 2 billion impressions: TO THE NEW report

    India – South Africa match garners 2 billion impressions: TO THE NEW report

    MUMBAI: India’s stellar performance against South Africa during the Sunday match did not enthral fans at just the stadium and homes but also set social media abuzz. Digital services provider – TO THE NEW has come up with a comprehensive report on the post match analysis of India versus South Africa that trended on social media platforms.

     

    According to the report, the match generated an estimated two billion impressions, which were garnered from 4,16,339 Twitter mentions by 3,18,041 users. Close to 77 per cent of these came from males while 23 per cent was by females.

     

    When the conversation is further broken up, 58 per cent (2,40,509 mentions) came from re-tweets, 39 per cent (1,62,852 mentions) came from regular tweets while the remaining three per cent (12,978 mentions) were from replies.

     

    In terms of tweet volume, the top five cities from where tweets came from are Mumbai (25 per cent), New Delhi (19 per cent), and Bangalore (10 per cent). Pune and Chennai complete the list with five per cent each volume.

     

    The report also provides the geographical breakup of the social media buzz. India stands at 73.80 per cent followed by Saudi Arabia at a distant 9.40 per cent. Neighbouring Pakistan is placed at 4.50 per cent, USA at two per cent while other countries put together made up for 7.40 per cent.

     

    When these tweets were analysed in terms of sentiments, a majority of 75 per cent of the tweets were positive in nature while 23 per cent were negative. A minor two per cent were neutral in nature.

     

    When it came to player mentions M.S Dhoni topped the Indian list as the Indian captain was the most mentioned on Twitter. The list is then followed by Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina and Mohammad Shami. From South Africa, Hashim Amla topped the charts followed by AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir and Quinton De Kock.

     

    The top trending hash tags were #INDvsSA, which received 145,356 mentions, #CWC15 received 38,636 mentions. The hash tag #SAvsIND came third with 7,777 mentions. The other prominent hash tags were #maukamauka, #wontgiveitback, #dhawan, and #poonampandeykobulao.

     

    The report also states that compared to the pre-match buzz, there is around 7,384 per cent increase in mentions around the hashtag #INDvsSA.