cricket news - India seal ODI series against West indies

         India clinched the ODI series by 4-1 against West indies. Rohit Sharma got the man of the series for his consistent batting throughout the series. He made 305 runs at an average of 76.25.

         The three top run-getters in the series are – Rohit Sharma (305), Virender Sehwag (265) and Virat Kohli (243).

Highlights of the series
         For the second year in succession, Virat Kohli is the top run-getter for India in a calendar year. Last year, he had amassed 995 runs at an average of 47.38 in 25 matches. Kohli remains the only batsman to manage 2,000 runs or more in ODIs since January 2010, aggregating 2376 at an average of 47.52, including seven centuries, in 59 matches.

        The dashing Indian opener Virender Sehwag scripted the remarkable feat of scoring the highest-ever ODI score of 219, thus achieving the unique distinction of being India`s highest individual scorer in both Tests and one-day internationals. He is the only player to score triple ton in test and double ton in ODI.

        Kieron Pollard made his maiden century (119 off 110 balls) at Chennai in the final match of the series.Pollard`s tally of 10 sixes is the most by a batsman against India, surpassing the 9 each by Ijaz Ahmed for Pakistan at Lahore on October 2, 1997 and by Shahid Afridi at Kanpur on April 15, 2005.

        Manoj Tiwary (104 retired hurt off 126 balls) posted his highest innings in ODIs - his first century.Tiwary has received his first Man of the Match award in ODIs.

cricket news- 3rd test between India and west indies ends in a draw

       India clinched the test series by 2-0 against West indies. Both Indian spinners Pragyan Ojha and R Ashwin plotted a west indies batting collapse as India came nearly pulling a 3rd test but at the end it was draw. Last day of the test match was sensational as it produced 16 wickets. R Ashwin got man of the match and as well as man of the series.

      After India conceded a lead of 108 runs, Pragyan ojha ( 6 for 47 ) and R Ashwin ( 4 for 34 ) bowled out West indies for 134 in their 2nd innings. And set a target of 243 off 64 overs on a flat pitch on 5th day.

      Resuming at the 4th day overnight score of 81 for 2, West indies completely lost their platform to score big on a 5th day at Wankhede Stadium Mumbai. West indies lost 8 wickets for just 53 runs before lunch of the 5th day.

  R Ashwin delighted on debut test series
      He got man of the series for his performance with bat and bowl. He took 22 wickets and made some runs. This is the right time to keep pushing limits he says in the Mumbai. He got 2 man of the match in this series, first one is on his debut test at Kotla pitch in New Delhi.
      He scored maiden test ton on the fourth day of the 3rd test. All the best for him in Australia. Finger crossed for India ....

Cricket news- India seal series against west indies

        India beat West indies in 2nd test on Thursday at Eden Gardens to take 2-0 lead in the ongoing series. India won by an innings and 15 runs. West indies, following on after being all out for 153, were dismissed for 463 in their second innings.

        West indies batsman Darren Bravo's sparkling century wasn't enough to avoid an innings defeat from India. West indies fought hardly in their second innings to avoid an innings defeat, but it was inevitable. Because India got huge first innings lead of 478 runs, as west indies bowled out for just 153 in their first innings in response to India's first innings score of 631 runs.

        Earlier India scored huge total of 631 for 7 in their first innings with the help of centuries from Rahul Dravid ( 119 ), M S Dhoni ( 144 ) and V V S Laxman ( 176 ). Gautam Gambhir ( 65 ), V Sehwag ( 38 ) and S Tendulkar ( 38 ) also made contribution to the team to get huge score.

        In response to India's mammoth total West indies bowled out for just 153. Pragyan Ojha took 4 wickets, U Yadav took 3 wickets and R Ashwin took 2 wickets. As a result of this India got huge 478 first innings lead and enforce the opponent to follow on.

        West indies batsmans struggled against spinners as we seen in first test also. They need to come up with   some tactics to face spinners.
        All the best for both teams for Mumbai test. Cricket fans are looking forward to Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international 100 in Mumbai. Finger crossed for Master Blaster's 100th century.......
        

Cricket news- Worst day for Australian cricket team

        Australia all out for just 47 runs in their 2nd innings against South Africa in cape town. The test match produces 23 wickets.It was a raining of wickets in cape town. At 21 for 9 Australia were still 5 runs short of the lowest total in test history, but last wicket partnership of 26 between Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon  guided Australian team to 47. V D Philander took 5 for 15 in his debut test. Philander got good support from his counterpart D Steyn and Morkel.

       V Philander got Man of the match for his winning performance for South Africa.

      South Africa chased down the target of 236 set by Australia. South African captain Greame Smith and Hasim Amla both made centuries to secure win against Australia. Earlier Australia got first innings lead of 188 and was looking to secure easy win over South Africa. But South Africa utilized conditions well and bowled out Australia for just 47 in second innings.

       Earlier Australia made 284 in their first innings with the help of captain Michael Clark's 151 and bowled out South Africa for 96 to secure healthy lead of 188.

cricket news- Sachin Tendulkar crossed 15000 runs in test cricket

 S Tendulkar is the first to crossed 15000 runs in Test    
            Indian cricketer Sachin tendulkar completed another milestone as he crossed 15000 runs in test. He is the first man to do so. He holds the record of first man crossing 12k,13k and 14k runs in test cricket. He is the highest runs scorer and highest no of centuries in both format ODI and TEST.

FINGER CROSSED FOR SACHIN'S 100th INTERNATIONAL CENTURY
         Sachin Tendulkar needed one century to complete his and first man to reach 100th international century. Sachin holds the record of 51 centuries in test and 48 in ODI. All sachin fans are eager to see his 100th century. Sachin  scored unbeaten 33 on day 3. So lets hope he will get 100th ton tomorrow.

 R Ashwin delighted  on debut test 
        Ravichandran Ashwin took 6 for 47 in second innings of west indies to bowled out West indies for 180. This is debut test for Ashwin.


  

cricket news - M S DHONI COMPLETED ANOTHER MILESTONE

        Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday completed another milestone as he become the Indian wicketkeeper with highest number of dismissals in his kitty. He achieved this feet when he stumped out Kraigg Brathwaite. Pragyan Ojha who gave the opportunity to Dhoni to stumped out Kraigg Brathwaite and become Indian wicketkeeper with highest number of dismissals. He took 62 matches to achieve this milestone.
     
        M S Dhoni dismissed 199 in test carrier in that 173 are caught and 26 are stumpings.

        After Dhoni and Kirmani ( 198 victims from 88 matches ) Kiran more ( 130 from 49 matches ) and Nayan Mongia (107 from 47 ) are the other Indian wicket keepers to dismiss more then 100 in test cricket.

        Indian fans finger crossed for M S Dhoni to achieve wicketkeeper with highest number of dismissals in Test cricket as well as in ODI. Lets hope he will achieve this feet very soon.

     
        

cricket news - Young dashing cricketer Virat Kohli's Birthday

Happy birthday to Virat kohli

          Virat Kohli (born on November 5, 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia.He was the member of the Indian team which won the World cup this year. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket. He is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League. All cricket experts saying he is the future captain of Indian cricket team. Lets hope he will get captaincy in future.

  BIO
 Date of birth: 5 November 1988
Place of birth: New Delhi, India
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Major teams: India, Delhi, India Red,
                     India Under-19s, RCB
Virat Kohli Father: Prem Kohli
Batting style: Right-handed
Bowling style: Right-arm medium

          Once again wishing happy birthday to kohli , and more successes for him in future.

       

cricket news - India seal series with thrilling win

   India won the series by clinching 3rd ODI against England. India chased down the target of 299 set by England. The partnership between the Ajinkya Rahane and Gautam Gambhir took the game away from England. Gambhir's knock ( 59 off 60 balls ) gave good support to Rahane who made 91. After depart of  both Gambhir and Rahane it look like match was balanced but Indian captain M S Dhoni (35 off 31 )and Ravindra Jadeja (26 off 24 )are finished with a win.

      Earlier J Trott guided England to 298 by scoring unbeaten 98. He missed the opportunity to get 100. But credit goes to Kevin Pietersen ( 64 off 61 ) and Samit patel ( 70 off 43 ) who scored quickly. At the end it was belongs to India.
   

   

cricket news - Sachin is a trump card everywhere: Jonty Rhodes

         Former South African cricketer and currently Mumbai Indian's fielding coach Jonty Rhodes feels Sachin Tendulkar presence in the Indian squad will attract the audience to come and watch the match. He said the absence of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and too much cricket, is the reason behind the low attendance of the spectaculars at the first two ODIs between India and England in Hyderabad and New Delhi, respectively.

       Opponents also wish to watch playing Sachin Tendulkar against them. Opponent bowlers are happy to bowl him as he Idol for them. They also wish Sachin Tendulkar to score 100. Opponent spectaculars also wish to watch Sachin scoring. Shane Warne told in press conference during IPL 4 that Sachin Tendulkar is the man behind to attract spectaculars to stadium.

cricket news - India's second victory over England

          R Vinaykumar led the bowling attack of India. He took 4 wickets giving away just 30 runs.This is his career best performance. He got the support from other bowlers. U Yadav did well on slow wicket pitch.

 Virat Kohli and G Gambhir Jugalbandi
         India chased down the target of 238 set by England. By smashing his seventh one day international hundred in India's emphatic eight wicket win over England at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Monday, Kohli once again proved how he has become an integral part of Team India's success story over the last few years.
     
        Gambhir ( 84 off 90 ) played superb knock along with Kohli (112 off 98 ). Both players came to bat when India lost both opening batmans at the early stage of the Indian innings.

Cricket news - India's chances to lift worldcup

         India is the super hot contender to lift the trophy .It possesses great batting line up with great depth in their batting. A great mixture of experience and youth and a balanced bowling attach with experienced bowlers. A descent fielding side but the spark in batting is tremendous which promises to fire and perform in the subcontinental batting friendly condition which will support our spinners too so keep your finger's crossed because we are going to lift the trophy.

         India will definitely qualify for the quarterfinals.Quarterfinals are the knockout stage where one bad day can lift you out of the competition but if we play well there is no one stopping us.But our bowling is something on which work is to be done but it is a big stage we have to win every match.

Dhoni's luck behind to lift Worldcup

         Under Dhoni's captaincy team India won Inaugural 20-20 worldcup match, One of the IPL team Chennai super kings won IPL 3 and Champions league 2010. In all these tournaments his team had tied in beginning of the tournament. Indian team had tied against Pakistan in first match of the Inaugural ICC 20-20 worldcup match, CSK had tied against KXI Punjab in IPL 3 and tied against Victoria Bushrangers in Champions league 2010.

        In this worldcup India had tied against England team in Bangalore, so we are crossing our fingers for Indian team.

Cricket news - India v/s Netherland worldcup match

           India defeated Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla with more than 14 overs to spare. Another match winning performance by Yuvaraj Singh. He made 51 runs and got 2 wickets. He got his second successive man of the match and scored 3 half centuries in successive matches and looking solid.We hope he will continue his form throughout the tournament.

 Netherlands batting

           On choosing to bat, Eric Szwarczynski, playing his first match of the tournament, combined well with Wesley Barresi to put on 56, equalling Netherlands' best opening partnership in World Cups. There were only six boundaries in the first two Powerplays but aside from a couple of half-chances, it was easy going for Netherlands.

           Piyush Chawla, surprisingly retained after a horror match against Ireland, finally got the breakthrough in the 16th over, as he bowled Szwarczynski. The next dismissal came from Y Singh, whose wicket-to-wicket bowling got Barresi lbw. After that Netherlands couldn't put big score on board.

          

India's batting

          Chasing 190, India raced out of the blocks with Sachin Tendulkar becoming the first man to reach 2000 World Cup runs. Seelaar had Sehwag (39 of 26) slicing to point, and then dismissed both Tendulkar (27 of 22) and the promoted power-hitter Yusuf Pathan in the 10th over to rein in India.

          G Gambhir and Y Singh added 40 runs before Gambhir was bowled round his legs. It was left to Yuvraj and MS Dhoni to finish the game.

Cricket news -India V/s Ireland Worldcup match

            An Impressive All-round performance by Y Singh helped India to sensational victory.There was excitement right from the start as all eyes were on giant-killer Ireland. India had to huff and puff to pull off a win over a spirited Ireland.
        
Y Singh made record in Worldcup history
            Y Singh got man of the match for his All-round performance. He took 5 wickets first time in his career and he made 50 as India chasing 208.This is the first time in Worldcup history that person has taken 5 wickets and made 50 runs in same match. He is the first left arm spinner to take 5 wickets in Worldcup.


Y Singh became a big hurdle for Ireland
            Ireland suffered an early jolt when they lost Stirling and Joyce at the score of just 9 runs. But a brilliant batting display by their captain William Porterfield, who scored 75 runs off 104 balls helped Ireland put 207 runs on board .
            But, Yuvraj Singh had other plans. First he dismissed Kevin O'Brien cheaply and then accounted for Porterfield's wicket to push the 'giant-killers' to the wall.


India's Batting was tested by spirited Ireland
            India's strength is batting lineup.India have shown their batting ability in Warmup matches and also against England and Bangladesh.But batting against Ireland made India to think about batting. Sehwag and Gambhir got out very early in unexpected manner. Somehow Sachin and Virat seemed to build good partnership. But Sachin fell for  Dockrell and Kohli got out by run out,Which did put India in trouble again. Y Singh and Dhoni's partnership made useful 67 runs contribution. After that match belong's to Y Pathan as he made quick 30 including 3 massive sixes. 

Cricket news - India V/s England Worldcup match

        Wow, It was an amazing match.Stunning performance by both team.We shouldn't forget that we did set a target of 339 for England and we couldn't make it to win.It has left the team plenty to think.
    
 Explosive batting line up
       All we know that India have strong batting line up in the world.Indian batmans have shown their ability in warm-up matches and also in league matches.India made 370 against Bangladesh and 338 against England.All top order batmans are in form.
       Y Singh got some confidence as he played well against England.He scored 58 of  50 balls including 9 boundaries this is what India needed before start of the worldcup quarterfinals.  


Bowling concern
      Indian team bowlers need to work hard.Z Khan,H Singh and Munaf Patel bowling well.But we can't expect too much from these bowlers. There is lot of worry for Indian team as if 3 fast bowlers required.As already A Nehra got injured and Sreesanth has been expensive against Bangladesh.
      India really need to do well in powerplays and death overs.Z Khan is the best bowler in powerplays and in death overs.But others need to do well.



DEFENSIVE CAPTAIN 
       Both Bangladesh and England thrashed India's bowlers. Somewhere, they also exposed captain Dhoni's lack of planning when it comes to making the best of depleted resources. There seems to be no boldness or innovativeness in his captaincy either, qualities that yielded him success in the first place. Even while defending scores in excess of 300, Dhoni has been overtly defensive. No attacking fields in sight, which means too many singles have been conceded which reduced the pressure on the opposition.
 
India need to tackle Powerplays
      Like most teams, India haven't cracked the Powerplay code yet. On Sunday, they made just 32 off the five overs, between 36 to 41.Should all out attack be employed in the Powerplay, or should the batsmen be more careful? The debate is on. 

Cricket news -The ticket chaos- India v/s England match

           India v/s England Worldcup match will be held on sunday in Bangalore as per the schedule. Previously the match was scheduled in calcutta , due to some reasons later shifted to Bangalore. Obviously this would be a happy news for Bangalore cricket fans.But ticket distribution as per BCCI will be the bad news for Bangalore cricket fans.According to BCCI,  distribution of tickets shoul be made available for Calcutta fans also.BCCI mentioned clearly that maximum number of tickets should be made for Calcutta fans remaining for Bangaloreans.

 Bangalore fans are crazy about cricket      
           Bangaloreans have lot of craze for cricket.They were eagerly waiting to buy ticket since the match has been shifted to Bangalore from Calcutta.Since less number of  tickets available for Bangaloreans, this made people rush to the counters.Policeman had no choice but to lati charge peoples to control the crowd.

Anil Kumble and co.
          Anil Kumble and his co.including J Srinath have already requested fans to control their aggression over the tickets.For A Kumble and his co it has been very difficult situation to handle.All the best for A Kumble's group for hosting this match in Bangalore.

          Definitely stadium will be full on sunday.Hopefully match will be very tuff contest between India and England.

cricket news -Does India really begins well in World cup??

         Certainly, India won the first match played against Bangladesh.Virender Sehwag  and Virat Kohli's Partnership(203) made the huge pressure on Bangladesh team as India made blistering 370. Obviously it was a big score to chase for Bangladesh team, also played very well as they made 283.


 SEHWAG's INTENTION
         Sehwag told before start of the World Cup that he would like to bat 50 overs as he made almost in first match itself against Bangladesh.He made 175 off just 140 balls. Sachin and Gambhir didn't get the big score but they got good start.India's strength is batting line up..

  VIRAT KOHLI
        Virat Kohli looks like having made that No 4 slot his own, which is very good news for India. Kohli is bringing stability and assurance to that spot, and it's not as if there's no momentum in his batting. Kohli's unbeaten 100 at Mirpur took him just 83 balls, which means he can turn it on when necessary. Kohli's good form means that even if the openers have an off day, he can hold fort.

Fielding factor
       Indian team fielding is not upto the mark . India is far behind the other teams in fielding. Somehow Raina and V Kohli are very athletic and they can impress the audience.

Cricket news - Perfect Warm up matches for Indian team

              Through two matches (against AUS and NZ) Indian team players got their rhythm before World Cup matches start. Only Yuvaraj Singh didn't get the opportunities to show his batting skill v/s NZ.Yuvaraj Singh is a very good All-rounder and he need to bat longer so that he will get his form back.It just a matter of time, he will be the real match winner for India once he get the form & can handle matches single handedly.

Fans are happy
       Nice to see  MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla at their best form and of course in form V Kohli, SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag, G Gambhir maintaing it.Such performances is generating hopes on Indian fans.
  
11 men squad
          Now the problem for Dhoni is who will be the best eleven.Who should make cut into eleven between Yuvaraj and Raina. Dont be surprised if Piyush chawla get chance to play instead of these two players, with his batting also being pretty good.Looking the positive side of this, Dhoni have enough options and can choose according to the match conditions and against whom we are playing.

         But whatsoever, we are eagerly waiting  for the first match of Indian against Bangladesh. Wishing all the best.........
       

Cricket news - Win World Cup for India

 Can Indian team lift the World Cup this time ??
        After 28 years Indian team again eying on World Cup. In 1983 Kapil Dev led team won the WC title . After that only once Indian team managed to make it to final under S Ganguly captaincy (2003). Present team is looking good and have the quality to lift the WC.

        This WC tournament will be the last for many cricket legends like S Tendulkar, R Ponting, J Kallis, M Muralidharan etc.

   Indian team want to gift the WC for Sachin

        Sachin is God of cricket who made most records. Sachin has the highest no of runs and hundrends in TEST as well as in ODI, double century in ODI,and lots more. However, his 21-year international career is missing one notable achievement: a World Cup title. Can Indian team gift their mentor a WC this time ?? only time can give you the answer.
        Indian team emerged as a best side after IPLs, most players in form, individual players of match changing capabilities like V Sehwag , Y Pathan, V Kohli increases the probability of winning.
        With warm up matches coming we are crossing our fingers for Indian team..........
      

Cricket news - The IPL AUCTION 2-2011

         In IPL Auction 2-2011 , the team franchises were mainly eying on Indian cricketers, those who are most suitable for 20-20 matches like Gautam Gambhir , Yusuf pathan , Rohit sharma , Robin uthappa , Yuvraj singh , Irfan pathan , Saurabh tiwary and other players. Because these players are very dangerous in this format and have the ability to handle the match independently. Because of all team owners wanted these players the money rate increased almost 10 times than their Base price.

         According to the rules of the IPL Auction 2011 no team can spend more than $ 9 Million to buy players. The teams which retained their players will also fall in a restriction and price of those players would be included. In IPL Auction 2, owners spent money 2 times the previous auction . so they couldn't have the choice to buy players like Robin uthappa by RCB , Vinay kumar by RCB , Saurabh tiwary by MI , Rohit Sharma by DC , Irfan Pathan by KXI and many more .

  What happened in IPL Auction 1 ??
        Only few players got around 5-6 crore namely MS Dhoni (6 crore by CSK) , A Symonds (5 crore by DC) and remaining players got around 2-3 crore except Icon players.

 The selection of player depends on
      1) Player availability for tournament
      2) which type of player
      3) demand during the Auction ( increse in the money rate due to bidding competition b/n owners)
      4) Player suitability for team