The host Bangladesh will take on Pakistan and India in the tri-series tournament starting June 6th. Each team play others once and the top two teams will play the finals.
All matches are played in day-night under lights in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Match 1: June 8, Sunday: Bangladesh v. Pakistan
Match 2: June 10, Tuesday: India v. Pakistan
Match 3: June 12, Thursday: Bangladesh v. India
Match 4: Final: June 14, Saturday: To be decided
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Indian Team Announced for Tri-Series and Asia Cup!
The Indian Team for the tour to Bangladesh to play the Tri-Series with Pakistan and the home team Bangladesh and also for the Asia Cup was announced today.
With Sachin Tendulkar annoucing himself not available due to groin injury, Ganguly and Dravid did not make a come back. They are still not part of the one day squad.
Yousuf Pathan and left arm spinner Ojha have been included and it is going to be a very good opportunity for them. The performance of these young players in the IPL should have given the confidence to the selectors.
The team:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Gauam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha
With Sachin Tendulkar annoucing himself not available due to groin injury, Ganguly and Dravid did not make a come back. They are still not part of the one day squad.
Yousuf Pathan and left arm spinner Ojha have been included and it is going to be a very good opportunity for them. The performance of these young players in the IPL should have given the confidence to the selectors.
The team:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Gauam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha
Australia v. WI, 1st Test: Australia Wins the First Test!
The intersting chase in the 2nd innnings was in the cards in the first test between the home side West Indies and the touring Australia. Bowled out for 167 in the 2nd innings and with the lead of 119, Australia set 287 as the target for West Indies.
But, West Indies neither was able to chase the target nor could play for a draw. Though they ended day 4 at 46 for 1, they had 241 to get in 90 overs with 9 wickets. Stuart Clark rattled the batting of West Indies by picking 5 wickets.
Earlier, skipper Ponting scored his 35th test hundred, just 4 behind Tendulkar. He scored 158 in the 224 ball innings which comprised of 16 fours and a six. He was supported by Hussey (56), Hodge (67) and Symonds (70 not out). For West Indies, Edwards picked 5 wickets.
West Indies gave a good reply, but couldn't reduce the lead to less than 100 runs. Though Chandrapaul was hit by a Lee's bouncer, he scored a brilliant fighting 118. This was his 18th test hundred which came off 276 balls with 13 fours and a six. Morton scored 67, the only other half-centurian.
Started the 2nd innings with 119 runs lead, Australia were bundeld out for 167 in 56.5 overs. Symonds scored his second fifty and saved some pride for Australia. He was the top scorer in the 2nd innings with 79. Bravo picked 4 wickets, while Powell and Edwards picked 3 each.
SR Clark was declared man of the match.
Test: 1
Venue: Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Teams: Australia and West Indies
Captains: Rickey Ponting and RR Sarwan
Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Match Result: Australia won by 95 runs
Series Result: Australia leading 1-0
Man of the Match: Stuart Clarke off Australia
Score:
Australia 1st Innings 431 all out in 126.5 overs (RT Ponting 158, MEK Hussey 56, BJ Hodge 67, A Symonds 70, FH Edwards 5 for 104, DJG Sammy 2 for 78)
West Indies 1st Innings 312 all out in 106 overs (DS Smith 32, RS Morton 67, S Chandrapaul 118, DJ Bravo 46, B Lee 3 for 63, MG Johnson 2 for 63, SR Clark 3 for 59, SCG MacGill 2 for 100)
Australia 2nd Innings (lead by 119 runs) 167 all out in 56.5 overs (BJ Hodge 27, A Symonds 79, DBL Powell 3 for 36, FH Edwards 3 for 40, DJ Bravo 4 for 47)
Beat West Indies 2nd Innings (287 target) 191 all out in 67 overs (DS Smith 28, D Ramdin 36, DJG Sammy 35, DBL Powell 27, B Lee 2 for 81, SR Clark 5 for 32, SCG MacGill 2 for 43)
Click here to read 2nd Test Result!
Click here to read 3rd Test Result!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
First IPL Attracts People!
The first version of the IPL 20-20 is a grand success. The cricket lovers from all over the world are enjoying the game and it attracted big mass from the Indian citizens.
It would be the first time ever that a Indian cricket lover from Chennai or Hyderabad or Delhi wanted Sachin to get cheaply, if not in zero.
It also had the relationship built across cricketing countries like Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, etc. The Indian plyaers shared the hotel rooms with foreign players and it should have improved the relationship.
The young Indian players had the opportunity to learn the culture of other countries and also the art of cricket from the experiened players like Gilchirst, Ponting, Fleming, McGrath, Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Jayasuriya, Ntini, Muralitharan, Pollock, Smith, Warne, Gibs, Watson, Hayden, Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, Dhoni, etc.
Though fair play award was announced, there were few stray incidents that happened which no one liked:
Harbhajan slapped Sreesantha and was banned for the remaining IPL matches. When the incident happened, Mumbai had 11 more matches to play. He lost 3 crores of Indian Rupee which is the match fee. He was later banned for 5 ODIs by the BCCI.
Warne complained that Ganguly was not sportive after Ganguly made Warne and his team wait in the hot sun for five minutes. Ganguly also did not accept the umpire's verdict when he was caught at mid wicket. He forced the umpire to refer the third umpire which ruled in favor of Ganguly because the replay was not conclusive. Later, the umpire was suspended for one match for listening to the player and not taking his own decision; Warne and Ganguly fined 10% of match fee.
Bangalore Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallaya fired his CEO Charu Sharma for the poor performance of the team. Brijesh Patel was brought in as new CEO. He openly critized both Charu Sharma and captain Rahul Dravid for not allowing him to pick the players he wanted during auction.
Mumbai Indians franchise owner launched an official complaint against the third umpire Suresh Shastri for the poor decisions. One run out was not given for Kings XI Punjab and a run out was given during Mumbai batting. Sachin mentioned that he those two runs could have saved the game for Mumbai Indians.
The media reported a rift between Kolkata Knight Riders owner Sharukh Khan and the skipper Ganguly over couple of issues. It was reported that SRK approached Ganguly to help him by talking to West Bengal CM on Entertainment Tax issue. The only ground in which entertainment tax is applicable is Kolkata and with Knight Riders playing 7 of their matches in that ground, forced to pay the tax, which SRK wanted to avoid. Ganguly did not help him. The other issue is about the decision of batting first or second in the match against Chennai Super Kings. SRK wanted Ganguly to bat second, but Dada batted first. Kolkata lost it by D/L method by 2 runs.
We have to wait and see how this tournament will be taken forward after the current T20!
Read: Man of the Match List
Read: Points Table
Read: IPL Scores Table!
It would be the first time ever that a Indian cricket lover from Chennai or Hyderabad or Delhi wanted Sachin to get cheaply, if not in zero.
It also had the relationship built across cricketing countries like Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, etc. The Indian plyaers shared the hotel rooms with foreign players and it should have improved the relationship.
The young Indian players had the opportunity to learn the culture of other countries and also the art of cricket from the experiened players like Gilchirst, Ponting, Fleming, McGrath, Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Jayasuriya, Ntini, Muralitharan, Pollock, Smith, Warne, Gibs, Watson, Hayden, Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, Dhoni, etc.
Though fair play award was announced, there were few stray incidents that happened which no one liked:
Harbhajan slapped Sreesantha and was banned for the remaining IPL matches. When the incident happened, Mumbai had 11 more matches to play. He lost 3 crores of Indian Rupee which is the match fee. He was later banned for 5 ODIs by the BCCI.
Warne complained that Ganguly was not sportive after Ganguly made Warne and his team wait in the hot sun for five minutes. Ganguly also did not accept the umpire's verdict when he was caught at mid wicket. He forced the umpire to refer the third umpire which ruled in favor of Ganguly because the replay was not conclusive. Later, the umpire was suspended for one match for listening to the player and not taking his own decision; Warne and Ganguly fined 10% of match fee.
Bangalore Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallaya fired his CEO Charu Sharma for the poor performance of the team. Brijesh Patel was brought in as new CEO. He openly critized both Charu Sharma and captain Rahul Dravid for not allowing him to pick the players he wanted during auction.
Mumbai Indians franchise owner launched an official complaint against the third umpire Suresh Shastri for the poor decisions. One run out was not given for Kings XI Punjab and a run out was given during Mumbai batting. Sachin mentioned that he those two runs could have saved the game for Mumbai Indians.
The media reported a rift between Kolkata Knight Riders owner Sharukh Khan and the skipper Ganguly over couple of issues. It was reported that SRK approached Ganguly to help him by talking to West Bengal CM on Entertainment Tax issue. The only ground in which entertainment tax is applicable is Kolkata and with Knight Riders playing 7 of their matches in that ground, forced to pay the tax, which SRK wanted to avoid. Ganguly did not help him. The other issue is about the decision of batting first or second in the match against Chennai Super Kings. SRK wanted Ganguly to bat second, but Dada batted first. Kolkata lost it by D/L method by 2 runs.
We have to wait and see how this tournament will be taken forward after the current T20!
Read: Man of the Match List
Read: Points Table
Read: IPL Scores Table!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Strauss Take England to 1-0 Lead!
Struass century in the 2nd innings gave a victory to England in the 2nd test. Chasing a target of 294, Strauss played sensibly and scored a brilliant century off 186 balls with 12 fours. Skipper Vaughan scored an useful 48 and Kevin Pietersen scored 42. The second wicket partnership of 90 runs between Strauss and Vaughan proved vital for England. Third wicket partnership of 85 also added problems to New Zealand as they were not able to break the partnership.
Panesar who captured 6 wickets in the 2nd innings declard man of the match.
England is leading three match series 1-0 with the first test drawn.
Score:
Test: 2
Teams: England and New Zealand
Captains: MP Vaughan and DL Vettori
Toss: New Zealand won the toss and decide to bat
Result: England won by 6 wickets
Series Result: England leading by 1-0
Man of the Match: MS Panesar off England
New Zealand 1st Innings 381 all out in 90.3 overs (JM How 64, AJ Redmond 28, LRPL Taylor 154, JDP Oram 38, KD Mills 57, RJ Sidebottom 2 for 86, JM Anderson 4 for 118)
England 1st Innings 202 all out 83.3 overs (AJ Strauss 60, MP Vaughan 30, KP Pietersen 26, SCJ Broad 30, KD Mills 2 for 38, IE O'Brien 3 for 49, DL Vettori 5 for 66)
New Zealand 2nd Innings 114 all out in 41.2 overs (JM How 29, JAH Marshall 28, RJ Sidebottom 2 for 26, MS Panesar 6 for 37)
England 2nd Innings (target 294 runs) 294 for 4 in 88 overs (AJ Strauss 106, AN Cook 28, MP Vaughan 48, KP Pietersen 42)
Panesar who captured 6 wickets in the 2nd innings declard man of the match.
England is leading three match series 1-0 with the first test drawn.
Score:
Test: 2
Teams: England and New Zealand
Captains: MP Vaughan and DL Vettori
Toss: New Zealand won the toss and decide to bat
Result: England won by 6 wickets
Series Result: England leading by 1-0
Man of the Match: MS Panesar off England
New Zealand 1st Innings 381 all out in 90.3 overs (JM How 64, AJ Redmond 28, LRPL Taylor 154, JDP Oram 38, KD Mills 57, RJ Sidebottom 2 for 86, JM Anderson 4 for 118)
England 1st Innings 202 all out 83.3 overs (AJ Strauss 60, MP Vaughan 30, KP Pietersen 26, SCJ Broad 30, KD Mills 2 for 38, IE O'Brien 3 for 49, DL Vettori 5 for 66)
New Zealand 2nd Innings 114 all out in 41.2 overs (JM How 29, JAH Marshall 28, RJ Sidebottom 2 for 26, MS Panesar 6 for 37)
England 2nd Innings (target 294 runs) 294 for 4 in 88 overs (AJ Strauss 106, AN Cook 28, MP Vaughan 48, KP Pietersen 42)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Warne Eyeing Comeback for Ashes!
After the 16 month retirement episode, Warne is now eyeing a come back to the Australian test squad for the 2009 Ashes series. He was succesful in the previous Ashes which Australia won comfortably.
With his recent success in the IPL, he said, if Austrialian cricket and the skipper Ponting needs him, he will definitely come back for the Ashes.
He said, Stuart MacGill is performing well, but his fitness is always a question. In case if MacGill e is not able to make it to Ashes team for any reason, and if they need a spinner who can pitch in to help, he will be ready to do it.
He said, it is all in the hands of skipper Ponting. "If Australia really needed me and there was no one else around, and Ricky thought I could do the job, you would weigh up the options," said Warne.
"If Stuey MacGill fell over and broke his leg, and there were no other spinners around, and Ricky came out and said, `Mate, can you please help us out for this one-off tour? We need you', that is something I would weigh up," he said.
So, let us see if the greatest spinner is able to come back!
Monday, May 19, 2008
1st Test: England v. New Zealand: Ends in a Draw!
The first test between England and New Zealand played at Lords ended in a draw on the fifth day. Rain played the spoil sport for most of the time. The entire game saw only 284.1 overs all the five days put together as aginst the 444 overs leaving out the 6 overs for side change. There was a shortage of 160 overs which would have given a result.
Jacob Oram scored a quick fire century to help New Zealand go for a draw. Trailing by 42 runs in the 2nd innings, New Zealand were 269 for 6 when the play was called off. At one stage, they were struggling at 115 for 4, but the 137 run partnership betwen Oram and Flynn (and McCullum who got retired hurt) gave hope for New Zealand to go for a draw. He scored 101 in 121 balls with 15 fours and 2 sixes.
Click here for 2nd Test Results!
Click here for 3rd Test Results!
Earlier, England Skipper Michael Vaughan scored a brilliant hundred to give a lead of 42 runs. He was the last batsman to get out for 106 off 214 balls with 11 fours. The 48-run partnership for the 8th wicket between Vaughan and Sidebottom helped them go past New Zealand's first innings score.
Flintoff did not play this test as he was injured.
Vettori was declared man of the match for his five wicket haul in the first innings.
The 3 test series is now has two more test matches to go with no result in the first match.
Test: 1
Venue: Lords, England
Teams: England and New Zealand
Captains: Michael Vaughan and Daniel Vettori
Toss: England won the toss and decided to field
Match Result: Drawn
Series Result: 0-0
Man of the Match: Daniel Vettori off New Zealand
Score:
New Zealand 1st Innings 277 all out in 86.2 overs (JAH Marshall 24, BB McCullum 97, JDP Oram 28, DL Vettori 48, RJ Sidebottom 4 for 55, JM Anderson 3 for 66, SCJ Broad 2 for 85)
England 1st Innings 319 all out in 111.3 overs (AJ Strauss 63, AN Cook 61, MP Vaughan 106, SCJ Broad 25, CS Martin 2 for 76, JDP Oram 2 for 45, DL Vettori 5 for 69)
New Zealand 2nd Innings (trail by 42 runs) 269 for 6 in 86.2 overs (JM How 68, DR Flynn 29 not out, JDP Oram 101, RJ Sidebottom 2 for 65, JM Anderson 2 for 64)
Click here for 2nd Test Results!
Click here for 3rd Test Results!
Jacob Oram scored a quick fire century to help New Zealand go for a draw. Trailing by 42 runs in the 2nd innings, New Zealand were 269 for 6 when the play was called off. At one stage, they were struggling at 115 for 4, but the 137 run partnership betwen Oram and Flynn (and McCullum who got retired hurt) gave hope for New Zealand to go for a draw. He scored 101 in 121 balls with 15 fours and 2 sixes.
Click here for 2nd Test Results!
Click here for 3rd Test Results!
Earlier, England Skipper Michael Vaughan scored a brilliant hundred to give a lead of 42 runs. He was the last batsman to get out for 106 off 214 balls with 11 fours. The 48-run partnership for the 8th wicket between Vaughan and Sidebottom helped them go past New Zealand's first innings score.
Flintoff did not play this test as he was injured.
Vettori was declared man of the match for his five wicket haul in the first innings.
The 3 test series is now has two more test matches to go with no result in the first match.
Test: 1
Venue: Lords, England
Teams: England and New Zealand
Captains: Michael Vaughan and Daniel Vettori
Toss: England won the toss and decided to field
Match Result: Drawn
Series Result: 0-0
Man of the Match: Daniel Vettori off New Zealand
Score:
New Zealand 1st Innings 277 all out in 86.2 overs (JAH Marshall 24, BB McCullum 97, JDP Oram 28, DL Vettori 48, RJ Sidebottom 4 for 55, JM Anderson 3 for 66, SCJ Broad 2 for 85)
England 1st Innings 319 all out in 111.3 overs (AJ Strauss 63, AN Cook 61, MP Vaughan 106, SCJ Broad 25, CS Martin 2 for 76, JDP Oram 2 for 45, DL Vettori 5 for 69)
New Zealand 2nd Innings (trail by 42 runs) 269 for 6 in 86.2 overs (JM How 68, DR Flynn 29 not out, JDP Oram 101, RJ Sidebottom 2 for 65, JM Anderson 2 for 64)
Click here for 2nd Test Results!
Click here for 3rd Test Results!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
West Indies Announces Squad for Australian Test!
The West Indian Cricket Board today announced their 14-member squad for the first test against Australia, starting on Thursday May 22.
The skipper Chris Gayle is yet to recover from the groin injury he suffered during the one day series against Sri Lanka.
It's been a month since he suffered the injury and is still to recover. He will not be playing the first test as he is yet to recover. The team will be lead by Ramnaresh Sarwan. Dwayne Bravo will be his deputy.
This will be a good test for Sarwan as a captain and for the entire squad as they are playing against the world champions.
The Squad: Ramnaresh Sarwan (captain), Dwayne Bravo (vice-captain), Sulieman Benn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Hinds, Amit Jaggernauth, Runako Morton, Darren Sammy, Devon Smith, Brenton Parchment, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Jerome Taylor.
Good luck West Indies!
The skipper Chris Gayle is yet to recover from the groin injury he suffered during the one day series against Sri Lanka.
It's been a month since he suffered the injury and is still to recover. He will not be playing the first test as he is yet to recover. The team will be lead by Ramnaresh Sarwan. Dwayne Bravo will be his deputy.
This will be a good test for Sarwan as a captain and for the entire squad as they are playing against the world champions.
The Squad: Ramnaresh Sarwan (captain), Dwayne Bravo (vice-captain), Sulieman Benn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Hinds, Amit Jaggernauth, Runako Morton, Darren Sammy, Devon Smith, Brenton Parchment, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Jerome Taylor.
Good luck West Indies!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Rain Irritates England and New Zealand!
In the first test match between New Zealand and England played at Lords, rain halted play again on the third day.
Rain spoiled the sport in all the three days so far and is expected to rain again during the remaining two days.
After put into bat by England skipper Vaughan, New Zealand ended the day 1 at 208 for 6 in 52.1 overs. Rain spoiled the remaining 37.5 overs.
The remaining wickets were taken and New Zealand lost all the wickets afer lunch. They were all out for 277 with McCullum scoring 97 and skipper Vettori scoring 48.
England ended day 2 at 68 for no loss in 21.3 overs. Rain impacted another 35 overs on Day 2.
The third day saw just about 9 overs and rain took away the rest of the overs. Not sure how many overs will be bowled on 4th day. Only weather god knows it.
Short Score:
Toss: England won the toss and decided to field
Captain: Vettori and Vaughan
Score:
New Zealand 1st Innings 277 all out in 86.2 overs (JAH Marshall 24, BB McCullum 97, JDP Oram 28, DL Vettori 48, RJ Sidebottom 4 for 55, JM Anderson 3 for 66, SCJ Broad 2 for 85)
England 1st Innings 89 for no loss in 30.2 overs (AK Strauss 31 batting, AN Cook 53 batting)
Rain spoiled the sport in all the three days so far and is expected to rain again during the remaining two days.
After put into bat by England skipper Vaughan, New Zealand ended the day 1 at 208 for 6 in 52.1 overs. Rain spoiled the remaining 37.5 overs.
The remaining wickets were taken and New Zealand lost all the wickets afer lunch. They were all out for 277 with McCullum scoring 97 and skipper Vettori scoring 48.
England ended day 2 at 68 for no loss in 21.3 overs. Rain impacted another 35 overs on Day 2.
The third day saw just about 9 overs and rain took away the rest of the overs. Not sure how many overs will be bowled on 4th day. Only weather god knows it.
Short Score:
Toss: England won the toss and decided to field
Captain: Vettori and Vaughan
Score:
New Zealand 1st Innings 277 all out in 86.2 overs (JAH Marshall 24, BB McCullum 97, JDP Oram 28, DL Vettori 48, RJ Sidebottom 4 for 55, JM Anderson 3 for 66, SCJ Broad 2 for 85)
England 1st Innings 89 for no loss in 30.2 overs (AK Strauss 31 batting, AN Cook 53 batting)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
No need to prove to anybody: Akhtar
After ripping apart the Delhi Dardevils top-order with a tornado-like opening spell in his maiden Indian Premier League outing, Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar said he had put everything into his bowling and had 'no points to make to anybody'.
"I just wanted to win the game. I have no points to make to anybody," he said.
Facing quite a few controversies for the last few months, Shoaib said "I was stressed but put everything behind me".
The Rawalpindi Express thanked his teammates, coach John Buchanan, captain Sourav Ganguly and team owner Shah Rukh Khan.
"Sharing the dressing room with SRK and Sourav was fantastic. They backed me. And I am really happy to perform. They put faith in me. And I am happy to deliver".
On his performance, Akhtar said "For me, my team is the most important thing. Kolkata is my home team. Eden Gardens is my home ground".
Akhtar said "Whenever I play I give hundred per cent". On whether he had expected success on his first IPL match, he said "I gave my best, thankfully the wickets came".
"It has been four months since I played my last game".
"Things were going the right way. It was a team effort, even the fielding was great."
Ganguly said "He came to the country with lots (of things) happening behind him. But he showed lot of character".
Delhi captain Virender Sehwag, who became Akhtar's first victim, also paid tributes to the fast bowler.
"This is the best spell of Twenty20 bowling I have seen. He is a great bowler".
He, however, denied that the Delhi side was done in by Shoaib's pace. "We are used to pace. We are all international players. I, Gautam (Gambhir), and (Manoj) Tiwary".
Sehwag said "Actually we batted too positively against Shoaib".
Meanwhile, asked bout his youthful exuberance in the field during the day, Akhtar replied tongue-in-cheek "I hope the national selectors are watching".
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sachin Given Padma Vibushan! Most Special: Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar expressed his gratitude to the Indian government for conferring him with the Padma Vibhushan.
The msater batsman said that, "It`s truly a great honour to accept this award as this is recognised by the Government of India. I have played for so many years and when government recognises your effort, gives you the second highest civilian award in the country, it`s very, very special, " the Little Master was quoted as saying."
The Mumbaikar is among five sportspersons selected for this year`s Padma awards.
"I came to know about it yesterday through my wife. I was extremely excited by it but since I was in the middle of the match, it was important to keep my focus on the game," he said. He received the award from The Honourabl President of India Pratibha Patil.
Congratulations Sachin!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Dravid says, T20 may not help in longer versions
"Success in T20 may not automatically translate into success in the four-day Ranji or Tests," Dravid, whose team will take on Kings XI Punjab here tomorrow, told a pre-match press conference here.
He said batsmen scoring runs in T20 cannot be rated as better player because they will need to prove themselves in the longer version of the game.
"T20 is unique and lot of young Indian players are excelling in this format. Whether they can take this confidence to the next level is debatable. It's not going to be easy and the skills with which you achieve success in T20 may not help you give you success in Ranji and Tests," he said.
He also said, "It's hard to rate what is a good performance in this format."
"Whichever team you are a part of, you want to win and want to do well," he said.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Australia tour of England for Ashes!
Australia to tour England for the Ashes next year between June and September. They will play 5 test matches, 7 one day internationals, 2 four day matches, 1 three day match, 1 two day match, and 2 Twenty-Twenty.
This is going to be a big test for both Australia and England. Australia will be missing few key players from their side--McGrath, Warne, Gilchrist, Hogg, MacGill, etc. The wicket keeper will be new and they have to ensure that he aligns with the team.
This is going to be a big test for both Australia and England. Australia will be missing few key players from their side--McGrath, Warne, Gilchrist, Hogg, MacGill, etc. The wicket keeper will be new and they have to ensure that he aligns with the team.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Dhoni into Singing!
Dhoni will be singing for the first time in an album! He will be singing in Hindi for his IPL team, the Chennai Super Kings. He has been roped in to get more attractions into the team and also for selling the CDs and most importantly attracking the kids.
Already, Dhoni is the hero in the minds of many young Indians and kinds.
By entering into music, he will surely be a competition to others! Guys, get ready to listen to Dhoni!
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