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
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
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!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Match 7: Easy 4 Points missed by India!
What seemed to be an easy win for Indians with bonus points actually turned upside down! Aussies finished this match with 5 points almost confirming their birth to the final.
Indian batting collapses in regular intervals and Aussies ensured that no big partnerships are built in the innings.
Chasing a moderate score of 204 in 50 overs, India were 4 down for 59 in 16 overs. Sachin's leg before decision again raised questions, but Pathan and Gambhir built the innings to 55. Both of them were timing the ball well and India was crusing along well with no hurry and tension. But, it did not last long as Pathan (14), Gambhir (34) and Rohit Sharma (1) were dismissed in a span of 8 balls leaving India struggle.
Though it looked like Yuvaraj and Dhoni were building the innings, the poor shot selection of Yuvaraj landed in the hands of Stuart Clark at long-on. Dhoni suffered hamstrung and had Rohit as a runner for him. The turning point of the match was the run-out of Dhoni when Rohit did not make his crease on time.
After that, it was tail-enders and Aussies did a good job in wrapping them up.
Earlier, except Michael Clark, rest of the batsman did not make a big contribution. He was the single man army who take the score beyond 200. The irresistible Ishanth and Irfan caused the damage in Australian innings. Ishanth took 2 wickets and Irfan ended with 4.
Gilchrist was the first to go bowled through inner edge of Ishanth. Ricky followed him scoring 10 off 14 balls caught at point of Munaf Patel. Hayden dismissed in the next over for 13. Andrew Symonds also didn't last long and he was caught by Uthappa for 3; Hussey followed by at 5. Hopes provided a short company to Clark and when he was 19 was beautifully stumped by Dhoni of Harbhajan.
Struggling at 112 for 6 at one stage, Clark and Hogg built the innings with a 72-run partnership 15 overs. Hogg was run out giving chance to Clark, the in-form batsman. Clarke was dismissed trying to increase the score caught by Ishanth in the deep of Irfan.
Final Score
Australia 203 for 9 in 50 overs (Michael Clark 79; Brad Hogg 32; Ishanth 2 for 32; Pathan 4 for 41) beat India 153 in 41.2 overs (Gambhir 34; Yuvaraj 26; Dhoni 37; Bracken 2 for 21; Johnson 3 for 42; Hopes 2 for 16; Hogg 2 for 30)
Man of the Match: Michael Clark (Australia)
Saturday, March 1, 2008
5th Match: Sri Lanka scores first winning points!
The 21 over match should have set the mind-set of 20 over game for the Sri Lankans while chasing the target of 154.
The match was reduced to 29 overs a side and Tendulkar after the early loss of Shewag for 14, was timing the ball well. He scored 32 off 30 balls with 4 fours, fell immediately after Shewag. Gambhir, the in-form batsman was runout for 35. The score was 113 for 3 in 20 overs. With 9 overs remaining, Rohit Sharma played a beautiful innings of his life so far, with 70 not out off 64 balls with 6 fours and a six. He and Dhoni (31 off 26 balls with 3 fours) add 68 runs 7.4 overs and that helped India to reach 195 in 29 overs.
Sri Lankan' run chase begun with Dilshan and Jayasuria opening the innings. Jayasuria started with his usual batting and took only 13 balls for his 27 with 2 fours and 2 sixes. When Jayasuria was out, the score was 45 in 3.5 overs. In 7 overs, the score was 69. Dilshan contribution was huge for the Sri Lankan innings. He scored 62 off 59 balls with 6 fours and a six. Jayawardane played a sensible innings and he scored 36 off 35 balls. Sreesanth's bowling was very poor, he conceded 34 in his first 2 overs! He was the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lankan's and he finished with 48 off 3 overs. Sri Lanka won with 2 overs to spare!!!
Final Score:
India 195 for 5 in 29 overs (Tendulkar 32; Gambhir 35; Rohit Sharma 70 Not Out; Dhoni 31) lost to Sri Lanka 154 for 2 in 19 overs by D/L method (Dilshan 62 Not Out; Jayasuria 27; Jayawardane 36 Not Out)
Man of the Match: Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
The match was reduced to 29 overs a side and Tendulkar after the early loss of Shewag for 14, was timing the ball well. He scored 32 off 30 balls with 4 fours, fell immediately after Shewag. Gambhir, the in-form batsman was runout for 35. The score was 113 for 3 in 20 overs. With 9 overs remaining, Rohit Sharma played a beautiful innings of his life so far, with 70 not out off 64 balls with 6 fours and a six. He and Dhoni (31 off 26 balls with 3 fours) add 68 runs 7.4 overs and that helped India to reach 195 in 29 overs.
Sri Lankan' run chase begun with Dilshan and Jayasuria opening the innings. Jayasuria started with his usual batting and took only 13 balls for his 27 with 2 fours and 2 sixes. When Jayasuria was out, the score was 45 in 3.5 overs. In 7 overs, the score was 69. Dilshan contribution was huge for the Sri Lankan innings. He scored 62 off 59 balls with 6 fours and a six. Jayawardane played a sensible innings and he scored 36 off 35 balls. Sreesanth's bowling was very poor, he conceded 34 in his first 2 overs! He was the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lankan's and he finished with 48 off 3 overs. Sri Lanka won with 2 overs to spare!!!
Final Score:
India 195 for 5 in 29 overs (Tendulkar 32; Gambhir 35; Rohit Sharma 70 Not Out; Dhoni 31) lost to Sri Lanka 154 for 2 in 19 overs by D/L method (Dilshan 62 Not Out; Jayasuria 27; Jayawardane 36 Not Out)
Man of the Match: Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
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