World Cup cricket bonanza from Sulekha.com

Bangalore, Mar 16 (UNI) Sulekha.com, the social networking site connecting Indians worldwide, has announced the launch of a new cricket website, http://cricket.sulekha.com, that brings a ringside view of the exciting action of World Cup 2007, under way in the West Indies.

The website would offer in-depth coverage of all the matches through live scores, updates, contributions from Sulekha.com members who blog about the teams, players and matches, and experts offering insightful opinion and detailed analyses, according to a release here.

Former Indian cricketers W V Raman and V B Chandrasekhar, along with renowned cricket journalists Suresh Menon, Rahul Banerji, G Rajaraman, Gulu Ezekiel and Vedam Jaishakar, would share platform with Sulekha bloggers to contribute their views, the release said.

''Using the Sulekha.com social networking platform, millions of Indians the world over connect with each other daily in various ways. cricket.sulekha.com is a unique platform for all Indians to come together and share their love for the game. The passion and excitement of World Cup 2007 will capture everyone's attention during the next couple of months and this is our way of delighting our members,'' Sulekha.com CEO Satya Prabhakar said.

Sulekha.com was also organising an exclusive blogging contest in connection with the World Cup, wherein the best blog post stood to win a cash prize of US Dollars 1,000, the release said.

UNI