MUMBAI: With the ongoing cricket test matches, the broadcaster Channel7 is all geared up to showcase the seven contenders who have been shortlisted to compete with each other in the reality cricket show Scorpio Speedster on 3 December.

Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram along with Ajay Jadeja will select the fastest pace blower Speedster 2005.

The seven contenders shortlisted; Sunny Dhillon (Jaipur), Pawan Singh (Chandigarh), Vindo Sadhu (Ahmedabad), Abhishek Jagan (Bangalore), Sabir Ali (Kolkotta), Munis Ansari (Gwalior) and Parvinder Awana (Winner Speedster 2004).

With the interactive element and especially SMS, which has become a very crucial component, the viewers can opt to SMS who they think should be eliminated and adjudge the acclaimed Speedster 2005. The viewers can SMS to C7 Speed 7274.

Channel7 director Siddharth Gupta says: "What attracts television viewers today is drama, comedy and real life personalities behind the stories. With Scorpio Speedster, Channel7 hopes to redefine television viewing by developing programmes that not only touch ordinary lives, but transform them in more ways than one."

IMG, the sports, lifestyle and entertainment management and marketing company, in association with Channel7 will award the winner of Scorpio Speedster 2005 with a full season's training at the MRF Pace Foundation along with a grand cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs.