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india vs pakistan cricket match 25 december 2012

2012-11-01T14:10:00.001-07:00

Pakistan vs India cricket match in Bangalore

akistan will arrive in Bangalore for the India tour on December 22 and will play the first Twenty20 international on Christmas Day. The schedule, announced by the BCCI on Thursday, has the second T20 in Ahmedabad on December 27; Chennai will host the first ODI three days later and the two remaining one-dayers will be played in Kolkata and Delhi on January 3 and 6.

important dates:

December 25 - 1st T20I, Bangalore
December 27 - 2nd T20I, Ahmedabad
December 30 - 1st ODI, Chennai
January 3 - 2nd ODI, Kolkata
January 6 - 3rd ODI, Delhi

2012-11-01T14:04:00.003-07:00

match draw india vs south africa

India A 124 for 4 (Rahane 54, Anderson 2-20) and 369 (Tiwary 93, Bresnan 3-59) drew with
England XI426 (Cook 119, Patel 104, Yuvraj 5-94)

champions league winner 2012

2012-11-01T13:57:00.003-07:00

champions-league-twenty-20, 2012 winner

Brad Haddin lifts the CLT20 trophy, Lions v Sydney Sixers, final, CLT20, Johannesburg, October 28, 2012

who won rajni trophy

2012-11-01T13:53:00.000-07:00

Ranji Trophy

Bryce McGain went for 0 for 149 in 18 overs in his only Test, in 2008-09. He is mostly a forgotten legspinner now. He thinks he will never play a Test again. It still doesn't take away from his enjoyment of playing the game. He said if his mind were dictated by figures, he would have gone crazy 10 years ago. He said that being with his mates at 8am, for any level of cricket, on freshly cut wet grass, trying to turn the ball as hard as he can, he is happy to just be there. Perhaps only a legspinner, the most optimistic breed among cricketers, could have put it so beautifully.

Sri Lanka vs India

2012-02-13T09:32:00.000-08:00

Adelaide: The goals are set in their varying hues for India and Sri Lanka as the two teams get set to meet for the second time in the CB Series, on Tuesday. While MS Dhoni's side eyes a hat-trick of wins to further boost morale after having downed Australia, Sri Lanka will look for opening points of the series.

Match facts

February 14, Adelaide
Start time 1350 (0320 GMT, 0850 IST)

Big Picture

Nearly two months after landing in Australia, India finally enter a match as the more confident team. The monstrous last-over six from MS Dhoni which helped secure victory on Sunday made it two wins in two for India, and leaves Sri Lanka desperate for a win to stay in touch with the other two sides.

Dhoni's finishing skills and Gautam Gambhir's return to form may have grabbed most of the attention after the win over Australia, but India will be happier that two of their usual weaknesses were overcome. Firstly, the fielding was sharp; Virender Sehwag's diving catch to dismiss David Hussey snapped Australia's momentum. Also, the fast bowlers combined to put in a solid death-bowling performance, giving away only 57 runs in the final 10 overs to limit Australia to 269, when 300 seemed possible at one stage.

For Sri Lanka, the experienced batting has failed to click so far. The biggest worry for them is the form of their new captain, Mahela Jaywardene, who has not made a half-century in 11 international innings. The traditionally batting-friendly Adelaide surface should help Sri Lanka make more runs, but if they lose they are likely to be left needing to win four of their last five league matches to reach the final.

Form guide

India WWLWW (Most recent first)
Sri Lanka LLWWL

In the spotlight

Umesh Yadav got his first chance in the tri-series on Sunday, and made a big impact. He took two important wickets, kept the runs down, consistently bowled in the late 140kph range and hit a top speed of 151.3kph, prompting Gautam Gabmhir to call Yadav 'the find of the tour'. The rotation policy at the top of the order has gathered loads of headlines but Umesh's performance, and Vinay Kumar's strong show, leaves the management pondering about the fast-bowling combination.

For years, Dinesh Chandimal was touted as one of the most promising youngsters in Sri Lankan cricket. When he got his chance as a 20-year-old in 2010, he announced himself with a century against India. A year later there was a famous century in Lord's, but his scores proved infuriatingly inconsistent. It wasn't till the recent series against South Africa that he made it to 20 in consecutive innings, but he has now hit a more fruitful spell, and is becoming an important part of the Sri Lankan middle-order.

India beats Australia

2012-02-13T01:07:00.000-08:00

A supremely calm MS Dhoni guided India to victory, with two balls to spare, over a sluggish Australia in the ODI at Adelaide Oval.

Dhoni's composure was best measured by how he paced his innings. It bordered on the statuesque early, before he raised tempo with swift running between the wickets. He saved his one stroke to the boundary - a towering six over long on - for when he most needed it: the third ball of the final over delivered by Clint McKay, which began with 13 still required.

The next ball was a high full toss that Dhoni swung to deep midwicket, but the no-ball - called for height - gifted India a third run in addition to the two scampered between the wickets. The next delivery was helped around to backward square leg, and the final three runs were collected to take India alongside Australia on two wins from three matches.

India's chase was anchored by Gautam Gambhir's fluent 92, before Dhoni and Suresh Raina took the visitors close with a stand of 61. Raina perished in the 47th over and Ravindra Jadeja followed in the 49th, but Dhoni remained to collar the remaining runs. Test match difficulties notwithstanding, he remains the master technician in limited-overs matches.

Australia's fielding display was its least attentive of the Michael Clarke era. Only one catch of note went down but outfield fumbles were legion, and both Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja could have been run-out in the closing stages had in-fielders held their nerve.