Dhoni, first 10-Million Man in Cricket: Forbes

Forbes magazine compiled the list of top earners in cricket and Dhoni over took Indian master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and achieved the first place. Dhoni also became the first cricketer to achieve 10-Million in a year through various mode of incomes.

Apart from Dhoni and Sachin, other Indian cricketers are Yuvaraj, Dravid and Ganguly.

Forbes listed top 10 cricketers in terms of their earning in a year which includes club and national team salaries, and commercial endorsements.

The list as per the earnings:

1. Dhoni - $10 Million
2. Sachin Tendulkar - $8 Million
3. Yuvaraj Singh - $5.5 Million
4. Dravid - $5 Million
5. Flintoff - $4 Million
6. Ganguly - $3.5 Million
7. Ponting - $3.5 Million
8. Brett Lee - $3 Million
9. Kevin Pietersen - $3 Million
10. Michael Clarke - $2.5 Million

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who plays for the Chennai Super Kings and tops the list as cricket's first $10 million-a-year man (that's $5,426 for each run scored).

Broad is the England's Most Valuable Player!

Stuart Broad was selected as England's Most Valuable Player. He took 64 wickets and scored 464 runs this season. He was followed by Kevin Pietersen, who lagged just 8 points than Broad.

In ODI Broad took 32 wickets at less than 5 runs per over average. Though Kevin Pietersen was close to winning this title, it is said that he missed it due to back spasm in West Indies during the 4th ODI.

Congratulations Stuart Broad!

England Tour of India - 2008 - Squad

The England team is touring India for playing 7 ODIs and 2 test matches. The England team is lead by Kevin Pietersen and India is lead by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The squad arrived in India and will be playing 2 limited overs practice matches. The first ODI begins on November 14 at Rajkot.

The England Squad for 7 ODIs:

Kevin Pietersen (c), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Samit Patel, Matt Prior (wk), Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, and Luke Wright

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The England Squad for 2 Test Matches:

Kevin Pietersen (c), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson , Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Matt Prior (wk), Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar, and Andrew Strauss

The Indian Squad for the first 3 ODIs:

MS Dhoni (c & wk), Virender Sehwag (vc), Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Murali Vijay, and Yuvraj Singh

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England tour to India 2008 - Schedule

England is touring India in November-December 2008. The team lead by Kevin Pietersen will be playing in 2 practice games, 7 ODIs and 2 Test Matches. With Dhoni's men in full form after beating Australia 2-0 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy will be ready to take on the English Challenge.


ODI Practice Games Schedule:

Sun Nov 09, 2008: Mumbai v. England XI in Mumbai
Tue Nov 11, 2008: Mumbai Cricket Association XI v. England XI in Mumbai

ODI Schedule:

Fri Nov 14, 2008: 1st ODI: India v. England in Rajkot
Mon Nov 17, 2008: 2nd ODI: India v. England in Indore
Thu Nov 20, 2008: 3rd ODI: India v. England in Kanpur
Sun Nov 23, 2008: 4th ODI: India v. England in Bangalore
Wed Nov 26, 2008: 5th ODI: India v. England in Cuttack
Sat Nov 29, 2008: 6th ODI: India v. England in Guwahati
Tue Dec 02, 2008: 7th ODI: India v. England in Delhi

Three-Day Practice Games Schedule:

Fri Dec 5 to Sun Dec 7, 2008: To be Decided v. England XI in Baroda

Test Match Schedule:

Thu Dec 11 to Mon Dec 15, 2008: 1st Test: India v. England in Ahemadabad
Fri Dec 19 to Tue Dec 23, 2008: 2nd Test: India v. England in Mumbai

Can the Indians continue the performance and outplay England to capture the No. 1 position in Test Rankings? Can Dhoni's team do it again?

All the best to both the teams!