Cricket Mania

Chris Gayle is back..

2011-04-22T22:30:00.002+05:30

Christopher Henry Gayle, the Big man from Jamaica is back in the IPL 2011.....that too, big time.....scoring a century in his first game and thereby giving a strong statement to all the people who didn't believed himself. What an innings he has played..Simply awesome and powerful hitting.

Chris Gayle is one of the hardest hitters of the cricket ball in the world. But, surprisingly in the auction, no one thought that he should be in their team. Thereby he was declared unsold. Royal Challengers Bangalore smartly called up Chris Gayle to their team....and you all know what happened after that. He proved his talent and showed the world what he is made of. And you know what....he played the blistering innings against KKR, in which team he was in the past.

Chris Gayle had some issues with the West Indies Cricket Board. They did not pick him up for the T-20 and the ODI series against Pakistan. And therefore Chris was very much disappointed. He said he had no choice but to play in the IPL. He had a point to prove and here we are....He has made a strong statement to the world, to the selectors of his national team.

Now, forget all the controversial things, Lets get to the point, get to his innings. RCB had to chase down 172 which was quite a tough ask. Because their so called strong batting line-up haven't performed well in the recent matches. Here comes Chris Gayle, smashes the ball all around the park and pheww...the match is over with 2 overs spare. This guy was known for this, known for the big sixes, for the powerful hitting. And he showed why he is special. That six of 104 meters was clean and big. The longest hit in IPL 2011 so far. He scored 102* from just 55 balls with 9 fours and 7 big sixes. He is back...!!!!

Paul Valthaty - The Rising Star of IPL 2011

2011-04-22T14:04:00.004+05:30

IPL 2011, the new season, the new heroes.... Every season of IPL, there were some super stars, some extra ordinary young talents exposed to a great platform where they can share their dressing rooms with great international players, and announce themselves to the world of cricket.

Shaun Marsh, Virat Kohli, Pragyan Ozha, Rohit Sharma, R Ashvin, Murli Vijay, David Warner, Yousuf Pathan, Saurabh Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, Sidharth Trivedi....and so on.....these are all the young superstars of the IPL. And now with the new season there are some new rising stars....1 of them is Paul Valthaty who plays for Kings XI Punjab. He is the new sensation of IPL 2011.

This guy can bat..whoaa....he scored a century and won the game against Chennai Super Kings on his head. And doing so, he announced himself in the IPL. He scored 120* in just 63 balls. And the most impressive thing is he doesn't slog every ball. His batting is about timing and finding the gaps. 11 players didn't looked like enough on the field when he was batting. He was finding gaps as easy as any one can. He has got good temperament. He stayed till the end and helped his team to chase 190 odd runs with an over spare. Which was looking like very very tough ask for the Kings XI Punjab boys. But he did it with his super class.

Well, If you think that was his day so he managed to score runs and he will not that reliable, here's his answer. The very next match, he came out with extra ordinary performance.....and this time with ball in his hand....he took 4 wickets and gave just 29 runs. He is not finished yet... He scored 75 from 47 balls. And this time too, smart batting not just slogging or smashing the bat at everything. What an all round performance..!!! He deserved the man of the match award in both the matches.

He continued the form to the next match also and scored 47 from 31 balls, which was also an important knock for his team. And guess what, He now owns the Orange Cap which is given to the highest run scorer in the season. He is not gone crazy and over confidant, he is still focused and his aim is to get place in Team India. I wish him good luck for that and i hope he will play as good and achieve his goals.

The Helicopter Shot

2011-04-18T16:46:00.003+05:30

Is MS Dhoni the inventor of the helicopter shot???
Well, If you think yes he is, let me tell you something...you are absolutely wrong.

It is "The God", Sachin Tendulkar who invented this shot.

Sachin Tendulkar recently played the Helicopter shot in the IPL. All said he learned it from MS Dhoni, as Dhoni plays this shot very often. But, the reality is different. Sachin used to play this type of shot in the past. It's just that, he didn't play it very often. But, he played it. Here is the evidence.

Sachin used to play this shot in past. This vedio shows he played it in 2002. And Dhoni made his ODI debut in 2006. 4 years after the shot played by the great man. So, it is clear that Sachin invented the shot not Dhoni. But, I am taking nothing away from Dhoni. He plays this shot extremely well. He produces a lot of power by using his wrists and hits the ball out of the ground. There are no competitions here. But, it's just for knowledge that Sachin is the inventor of this shot. And Dhoni may be master at this.

In this context I wanted to tell you 1 thing......Dhoni is the Leader of Team India.....and Sachin is the inventor of the Team India.

JAI HIND..!!!

IPL Team review : Chennai Super Kings

2011-04-15T23:15:00.001+05:30

IPL Team Owner: India Cements
Captain: MS Dhoni
IPL Team Coach: Stephen Fleming (NZ)

Squad: MS Dhoni (Cap), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Scott Styris, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Tim Southee, Subramaniam Badrinath, George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shadab Jakati, Joginder Sharma, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Srikkanth Anirudha, Yo Mahesh, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, Ganapathi Vignesh.

Chennai Super Kings......the winner of IPL 2010 and the Champions League T-20 2010. 1 of the best balanced teams in this season. The team led by the Captain Cool. The world cup winner captain is on high note. He has announced himself and his team with the 1st match....He has got a pretty good bunch of players. Team owners have done exceedingly well, They have retained their top 4 players. Dhoni, Raina, Vijay and Morkel are still with the team. And they have got Ashwin back also.

Well.....we all know what Dhoni can do....destructive batsman and a great wicket-keeper. He has got a talented team. Suresh Raina, the top run getters in IPL, the guy who is born T-20 player. Extremely talented and a true match winner and an extra ordinary feilder. Bonus part, he can bowl too. That too, some match winning performances by ball. Murli Vijay is also a very capable batsman. Michael Hussy and Scott Styris are there to strengthen the batting line-up.

CSK has got very good bowling attack. tThey don't have Oram and Murlidharan this time. But, they have Ashwin, Randiv, Bolinger, Kulashekhara, Albie Morkel and Jakati. These are the main bowlers of the CSK. And of course Raina can turn a few. Over all a very good bowling unit.

This season, CSK is 1 of the favorites to win. And they are surely into the top 3 strongest teams. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, this team can do wonders. Good Luck to the Super Kings.

BUT I AM SUPPORTING KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS THIS SEASON...Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo.... :D

War against corruption

2011-04-12T20:33:00.009+05:30

4^th april, 2011…it’s a date that marked the first step in the fight against corruption. Anna hazare started his fight with a handful of people at jantar mantar, where he fasted and promised to do so until and unless government accepts the lokpal bill.

Lokpal Bill was drawn up ostensibly to root out corruption at high places the prevailing in Indian politics. The bill involves setting up an authority who can investigate the corruption charges against prime minister, other ministers, and MPs..its important for the public to have believe in their constitution and government & for the upliftment of the country.

The fight that began with few number of people soon turned out to be a big protest. It was not a smooth sailing at all. End number of people supporting Anna hazare, breaking all barriers of religion, states, politics, parties…just one united cause and one voice..Voice against corruption.

And his efforts were worth it…on this very 9^th of April govt. agreed on this bill and passed it. Though its just the beginning…there is still a long way to go….

I also took part in the thanksgiving march for Anna after we won the battle against evil…it was a huge event..media..banners.. tricolor..posters..slogans.. everyone celebrating and thanking Anna in there own way… youngsters were present in a large number..whoever says that we aint responsible enough…should have been there. That was a feeling that, if described in words would be an understatement. A march From jantar mantar to India gate and then candle light march around India gate…..people in big number participated in the whole thing there were street plays by various groups giving the social messages about the corruption and how its stopping India’s development……there was so much of enthusiasm and patriotism among the people.

there are some pictures from the scene of protest at jantar mantar and celebrations at India Gate..

The increasing value of good governance will make such models more attractive and we the people will always support it.

JAI HIND!!!
Posted by : Binni Rawat (Delhi)
Email : binnirawat5@gmail.com

IPL Team review : Mumbai Indians

2011-04-11T18:15:00.001+05:30

Mumbai Indians

IPL Team Owner: Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Coach: Robin Singh (IND)

Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (Cap), Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, James Franklin, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Davy Jacobs, Clint McKay, Dilhara Fernando, Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ali Murtaza, Abu Nechim, Aiden Blizzard, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moises Henriques, Sarul Kanwar, Rajagopal Sathish, Tirumalasetti Suman, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare (wk), Santosh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav.

Mumbai Indians is one of the strongest and balanced teams in IPL 2011. Nita Ambani seems to be working pretty hard with the team. And they have done excellent job of retaining the match winners. 4 of them Sachin, Harbhajan, Polard, Malinga. Mumbai Indians performed extremely well in the last season of IPL and they were the most consistent team in the season 3. So, they must have thought to retain all the match winners. And they have done exactly that.

And apart from that, MI have got new players like Andrew Symonds who is all-rounder and he also can turn the match around on his head. Rohit Sharma, one of the top run getters in IPL and consistent performer and also has the ability to bowl well in crucial times in the game. He also got hattick in last season. So, very much an all-round player, a rising star who has got a new mentor, The God himself, Sachin. Davy Jacobs, quite a blasting opener who can play shots all around and score very quickly.

Well, Mumbai Indians' strength is the Indian players. We have seen, the team which has good Indian players has always performed well. A team cannot rely on 4 foreign players to win the match. In this context, MI has got a good bunch of Indian players, as well as the foreign players. They are missing Saurabh Tiwari this season. But, they have got Rohit Sharma who can fit his place. Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ali Murtaza, Rajagopal Sathish, Tirumalasetti Suman... They are the talented young briged of Mumbai Indians. And of course this time, they have Munaf Patel also...

Over all, Mumbai Indians is a balanced team and have a good combination. which makes them favorites to win this season. Sachin is also in the greatest of form. And the have announced themselves in the 1st match. beating Delhi Daredevils comfortably in the end.

Ala rey......ala re ala....Duniya hilane aa gaya hai Mumbai Indians.

Best Sites To Watch DLF IPL4 2011 Live Online

2011-04-09T17:09:00.005+05:30

DLF IPL 4 has started....If you want to watch IPL 4 online, than here is a list of the best sites.

10 Best Sites To Watch DLF IPL 4 2011 Live Online For Free

Enjoy Cricket Online :)

DLF IPL 2011

2011-04-09T16:43:00.004+05:30

The IPL is back, bigger and better as they say. With 2 brand new Teams and lot of shuffling in the previous teams. So, this time....10 Teams will be in the battle ground.

Let's see the team squads for IPL 4. The names written underlined are the players which are retained in the team.

Bangalore Royal Challengers

IPL Team Owner: United Breweries Group - Vijay Mallya
Captain: Daniel Vettori
Coach: Ray Jennings (SA)

Squad: Daniel Vettori (Cap), Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Kaif, Abhimanyu Mithun, Zaheer Khan, Charl Langeveldt, Dirk Nannes, Ryan Ninan, Asad Pathan, Luke Pomersbach, Rilee Rossouw, Johan van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar, Mayank Agarwal, Sreenath Aravind, Arun Karthik, BN Bharath, Raju Bhatkal, Abrar Kazi, Nuwan Pradeep, Muralidharen Gautam.

Chennai Super Kings

Deccan Chargers

IPL Team Owner: Deccan Chronicle Holdings
Captain: Kumar Sangakkara
Coach: Darren Lehmann (AUS)

Squad: Kumar Sangakkara (Cap/wk), Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Jean-Paul Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Michael Lumb, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Kedar Devdhar, Manpreet Gony, Harmeet Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Chris Lynn, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Jaydev Shah, Sunny Sohal, Arjun Yadav, Ishan Malhotra

Delhi Daredevils

IPL Team Owner: GMR Holdings
Captain: Virender Sehwag
Coach: Greg Shipperd (AUS)

Squad: Virender Sehwag (Cap), David Warner, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, James Hopes, Colin Ingram, Andrew McDonald, Morne Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Umesh Yadav, Ajit Agarkar, Varun Aaron, Travis Birt, Robin Bist, Unmukt Chand, Ajit Chandila, Ashok Dinda , Aaron Finch, Robert Frylinckl, Yogesh Nagar, Rajesh Pawar, Aavishkar Salvi, Sridharan Sriram, Vikas Mishra, Matthew Wade, Tejashwi Yadav, Vivek Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Prashant Naik

Kings Eleven Punjab

Team Owner: Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Mohit Burma
Captain: Adam Gilchrist
Coach: Michael Bevan (AUS)

Squad: Adam Gilchrist (Cap/wk), Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Piyush Chawla, Ryan Harris, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan McLaren, Love Ablish, Siddharth Chitnis, Vikramjeet Malik, Nathan Rimmington, Nitin Saini, Shalabh Srivastava, Sunny Singh, Amit Yadav, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty

Kochi Tuskers Kerala

IPL Team Owner: Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd
Captain: Mahela Jayawardene
Coach: Geoff Lawson (AUS)

Squad: Mahela Jayawardene (Cap), Brendon McCullum, Michael Klinger, Owais Shah, VVS Laxman, Brad Hodge, Steve O'Keefe, Ravindra Jadeja, Balachandra Akhil, Deepak Chougule, Gnaneswara Rao, Raiphi Gomez, Parthiv Patel (wk), Muttiah Muralitharan, John Hastings, Sreesanth, Thisara Perera, Ramesh Powar, RP Singh, Steven Smith, Kedar Jadhav, Chandan Madan, Sushant Marathe, Prasanth Padmanabhan

Kolkata Knight Riders

IPL Team Owner: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla
Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Dav Whatmore (AUS)

Squad: Gautam Gambhir (Cap), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Shakib Al Hasan, Eoin Morgan, Jaidev Unadkat, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Iqbal Abdulla, Sarabjit Ladda, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Shreevats Goswami, James Pattinson, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Laxmi Shukla, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary

Mumbai Indians

IPL Team Owner: Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Coach: Robin Singh (IND)

Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (Cap), Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, James Franklin, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Davy Jacobs, Clint McKay, ADilhara Fernando, mbati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ali Murtaza, Abu Nechim, Aiden Blizzard, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moises Henriques, Sarul Kanwar, Rajagopal Sathish, Tirumalasetti Suman, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare (wk), Santosh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav

Pune Warriors

IPL Team Owner: Sahara Group
Captain: Yuvraj Singh
Coach: Geoff Robert Marsh (AUS)

Squad: Yuvraj Singh (Cap), Robin Uthappa, Graeme Smith, Jesse Ryder, Callum Ferguson, Murali Kartik, Ashish Nehra, Nathan McCullum, Angelo Mathews, Wayne Parnell, Jerome Taylor, Tim Paine (wk), Dheeraj Jadhav, Ganesh Gaikwad, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, Harshad Khadiwale, Mitchell Marsh, Shrikant Mundhe, Alfonso Thomas, Eklavya Dwivedi, Mohnish Mishra, Manish Pandey, Sachin Rana, Rahul Sharma, Imtiyaz Ahmed, Harpreet Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mithun Manhas, Shrikant Wagh

Rajasthan Royals

IPL Team Owner: Emerging Media, Lachlan Murdhoch
Captain: Shane Warne
Coach: Shane Warne (AUS)

Squad: Shane Warne (Cap), Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Shaun Tait, Rahul Dravid, Paul Collingwood, Johan Botha, Swapnil Asnodkar, Deepak Chahar, Aakash Chopra, Aditya Dole, Ashok Menaria, Pankaj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhishek Raut, Siddharth Trivedi, Dishant Harendra Yagnik, Ankeet Chavan, Nayan Doshi, Samad Fallah, Dinesh Salunkhe, Amit Singh, Stuart Binny, Deepak Chahar, Faiz Fazal, Sumit Narwal, Amit Paunikar, Pinal Shah

Apart from Mumbai Indians and Chennai Superkings, all the teams are relatively new, they have almost a new teams apart from few retained players. So, they will have to find the best combination of the teams. GOOD LUCK to all the teams and all the supporters....Have a Rocking Season.

JAI HIND..!!!

DLF IPL Season 4

2011-04-08T18:44:00.003+05:30

DLF Indian Premier League Season 4, The Baap of entertainment (considering ODI World Cup the Dada..!!) kicking off today. The season 4 will be bigger and better as the 2 new teams entering and few shuffles in the teams. We are all set for the blast.

Live Streaming of DLF IPL Season 4

There are 10 teams now fighting for the trophy. 51 days of non-stop cricketing action. So, stay connected for more posts and more entertainment.

I am supporting KKR, Kolkata Knight Riders this time. Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo re...!!!!

World Cricket Day : 24th April

2011-04-08T14:00:00.002+05:30

Sachin Tendulkar is "THE GOD" of Cricket....and ICC is planning to declare our Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar's birthday which is on 24th April, to be 'The World Cricket Day'!!

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar or Sachin Record Tendulkar I would say. The Greatest Batsman ever in the history of Cricket. This Little Master has got thousands of records to his name, and recently added a purple feather in his career, The ODI World Cup. Is there anything that this man hasn't achieved in world of cricket?? the Answer is NO, after the 2011 world cup. I have no words to describe what Sachin has done. Lets See what he has done in ODIs and Test Matches.

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave		SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	177	290	32	14692	248*	56.94			51	59		64	106	0
ODIs	453	442	41	18111	200*	45.16		86.32	48	95	1981	193	136	0

These numbers ae not enough to measure the greatness of this greatest batsman.
Here are some of the main records held by Little Master.

Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the One day Internationals and the Test Cricket.
Most number of hundreds in the ODI 48 and in the Test Cricket 51.
The 1st man ever who scored 200 in ODI history
Most number of nineties in the ODI
First Cricketer to pass 10000, 15000, 16000, 17000, 18000 runs in the ODI
First Cricketer to pass 12000, 13000, 14000 runs in Test Cricket.
He is the highest run scorer in the history of world cup and most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
Man of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.24. In 1992, at the age of 19.
Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. And the only cricketer to receive Padma vibhushan.
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 8 times
First batsman in the history who was given out through third umpire.
He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 61 man of the match awards only 7 times India has lost.
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket (and likely to go pas 100 centuries very soon)
Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
Maximum number of 150 plus scores in ODIs
Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI(he has more than 18000 runs now)
Maximum number of boundaries in a single innings 25
Heighest individual score in ODI cricket 200*

Well, this are only highlights of his career records. Sachin makes many records by scoring each and every run. Truely, He is the greatest, THE GOD of cricket.

Little Master, We salute you...for every single run, for every effort made for team India. This is a great tribute to the greatest batsman. The World Cricket Day will be on 24th April. And the whole world will be celebrating the Birthday of the cricketing legend.

JAI HIND..!!!

India win 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup (Picture Gallery)

2011-04-08T13:46:00.004+05:30

Toss controversy

2011-04-05T12:37:00.002+05:30

The sequence of events that unfolded at the 'toss controversy'

The toss began with Ravi Shastri speaking about the coin which itself was a specially minted coin for the finals of the World Cup 2011, and would later on be auctioned at the ICC website. He then called out loud the captains' name and country and also the match referee Jeff Crowe's and the mascot. M.S. Dhoni was then handed over the special coin by Jeff Crowe and he then tossed the coin high up the air. All eyes were on the coin and the coin landed in front of Sangakkara's and Jeff Crowe's feet. Ravi Shastri asked Jeff Crowe what side of the coin turned up. And Jeff Crowe replied heads and gestured towards the two captains. Then started the confusion with Dhoni walking in and telling Sangakkara that he would like to bat first, to which Sangakkara expressed surprise and said that he had called heads and not tails. The confusion ensued for a good 20 seconds with the two captains amidst a rather polite argument with neither ready to step down. Ravi Shastri looked rather fluttered and said that 'one is heads and one is tails', obviously not making sense of what the big deal that the players were making about it, to which the match referee quite shamefully admitted that I did not hear them. It was Ravi Shastri who sought to solve it, rather than the match referee Jeff Crowe, and brought up the question whether it would be retaken and told the match referee that it was his call. The match referee then picked the coin up again and told that he is doing it again and handed the coin over to Dhoni again. Ravi Shastri chose to relieve the tension with jest saying that: 'the problem was the noise, you couldn't hear (the call) it.' Dhoni tossed it up again. This time Ravi Shastri made sure that he announced Kumar Sangakkara's call out aloud and boomed into his microphone that heads was the call. The coin turned out to be heads and Sri Lanka eventually won the toss. A slightly aggrieved Dhoni shook hands with the Sri Lankan captain and moved aside. The Sri Lankan captain then walked up to the microphone and stated that the Sri Lankans would bat first. The rest was the usual questionnaire on the team composition and the mood within the respective camps. But the strange happening at the toss time gave rise to whispers of 'Toss Fixing' all throughout the stadium and elsewhere.

This is the exact sequence what happened at the time of toss, i found it from google.

What happened at that time is ridicules. I mean, at International level this should not be happening, surely not on the day which matters the most.

Sangakkara was happy to do it again. And I think if he would have called heads not tails, he would not agree to toss 1ce again. Any captain would not want to do it again if he had won the toss. Dhoni was annoyed, and rightly so. He had won the toss and yet he was told that he had to toss the coin again because referee didn't hear the call!!!!

Sangakkara forgot the spirit of the game and did something he shouldn't do. He is representing his country, he is the icon player and he should not do this. Le let his country down by doing this. Any player should not forget that he is representing his country and do such things.

All is well that ends well. In the end, We WON the match and won the World Cup, this is all what matters to me. But, we don't expect this kind of controversy from a player like Sangakkara. He has made his image whole career, and this might spoil it. Well, all i have written here is what i think. It might b correct or not but ICC has to investigate and clarify it to us. Cricket must be played with the sporting spirit, that's all we want.

JAI HIND!!

World Cup humara hai..!!!

2011-04-04T23:03:00.005+05:30

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup....14 nations, 6 weeks 49 matches and 1 CHAMPION, THE TEAM INDIA.......surely deserving the cup. Yes, TEAM INDIA has won the World Cup 2011 and repeated the history. We have done it. After Motera and Mohali, it was Mumbai's turn and we have won, we have done it in style.

At the start of the tournament....all said this is the cup that counts, and we have made it count. And the credit goes to the team members for all the hard-work done. Every individual gave his 100%, in fact more than 100%, that's why we have won. The Final was the pressure game...and it was Team India who took the pressure and performed well. They were surely deserving the title, the way they played.

Sri Lanka won the controversial toss and chose to bat 1st. Jayawardene played crucial innings and scored an unbeaten ton, and with some help of Kulasekhara and Parera the Sri Lankan team scored 274, which was a very good total considering the World Cup final. But. Team India had their own plan. After Sehwag and Sachin, Kohli and Gambhir played sensibly and put up a partenership which was required at that stage. And than it was Dhoni show. He played 1 of his most precious innings. Kulasekhara bowling and dhoni hit his helicopter shot......and the world cup is ours... Let's relive the match again..

All I want to say is "World Cup humara hai..!!!"
Very Very well played Team India....You made us proud and gave us a moment which we will never forget. hip hip hurreyyyyyyyy...

JAI HIND!!

Memories of 1983 Cricket World Cup

2011-04-01T16:06:00.002+05:30

1983 Cricket World Cup...the 3rd ever Cricket world Cup, hosted by England..and WON BY TEAM INDIA..!!!
Lets relive the entire tournament's highlights in the video.

Can any one decide why we won the Wolrd Cup?
Is it the great innings of 175 by Kapil Dev that helped us to reach the semi final?
Is it Mohinder Amaranth's all round performance?
Is it the blistering innings of Srikant in the final?
Is it the banana ball of Sandhu who got out dangerous Gorden Grinich?
Is it the great Catch by Kapil Dev of Sir Vivian Richards who was literally taking the Indian bowling apart?

We might not have won if any of the above would not have happened. It was all about the team performance, where every individual played beyond his abilities and gave more than 100% to play their important part in the victory. They created the history by beating the strong West Indian team.

I wasn't there...when Kapil Dev lifted the World Cup at Lords. But, I have been watching the final of 1983 World Cup many times. The Cup that inspired entire nation including Sachin Tendulkar. The memories and repeat telecasts still inspires us and we relive the victory.

Now, Its time to create history again, to win the world cup and show the world that we are the Champions. In this final there will b immense pressure on the players. But, they have to produce the performance never before, the performance that can win us the world cup, the performance which they can take proud of forever, the performance like champions. For that they just need to focus on their job, and play as 1 unit. 1 for all...all for 1. It's only team performance that can win and every player will play their role and lead TEAM INDIA to Victory.

In the Final, whoever plays should be able to handle the pressure and should be playing for pride, for victory. Weather it is Ashvin or it is Nehra, it doesn't make any difference. The team management will decide who will play according to the pitch. but, whoever plays, should understand their responsibilities and their role. Well, that's all I have to say.

Team India, It's the cup that counts. your best ever chance to do something for Sachin and of course for the 121 crore fans. From the 3 M, Motera and Mohali have been won, It's now turn of Mumbai. to all the supporters, keep supporting and keep praying for them, and they will do it....."Yeh World Cup to humara hai..!!!" Team india....De Ghuma ke ghuma ke world cup de...

Chak de India....JAI HIND..!!

Now its Pakistan's Turn...

2011-03-28T17:17:00.003+05:30

Team India had kangaroo curry at Ahmedabad, Now its time to have Pakistani Biryani...

Team India have to clear 3 M... Motera, Mohali, and Mumbai...Motera has been won, now its turn to win Mohali and win against their traditional rival. We have seen a great match of India Vs Australia, which was played in my hometown Ahmedabad, and we won by 5 wickets...Australia out of this world cup by our knock out punch. This win proves Indian metal, and proves how strong team we are. India have secured their place in the semi final against Pakistan. And its time to have some Pakistani biryani.

Well, Pakistan's team have 1 feature, that is go at the opponent as hard as they can, play with junoon. And that junoon gets its pick when they play against India. But remember, when they come hard at India, they are sent back to Pakistan at the double speed they come. We have seen it lot of times in recent past. Team India have never lost against Pakistan in all the World cup since 1975. And who can forget the last encounter in the 2003 world cup?? Truly a great match. Sachin smashed the ravalpindi express to all the parts of ground and even out of the ground, played 1 of the greatest innings in his life. And Yuvraj Singh finished that match with his half century. Same performance is required now, Sachin and Yuvraj are in best of forms now a days.

Pakistan have their spin attack which has given many problems to the other teams. But, i think India have better players of spin and they don't need to be worried about it. Gautan Gambhir is the best batsman against spin bowling in our team. And of course Sachin and Sehwag are there to attack. Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh are also goo against spin. So, over all we don't need to worry about that. And in the batting department Pakistan lacks consistency, we just need to bowl well. Pakistan haven't made big score in this tournament yet. So, bating department is their weakness. We need to attack at their batting. And remember we are playing at home. The crowd is with us all the time and with their support we will win.

In short, Team India cannot afford to loose this match. so, Go and conquer the storm and win. 120 crore people want them to win and they are behind Team India.....I wish the match gets interesting and high voltage and at the end India win and secure their place in the final of the world cup. Come on Team India....De ghuma k ghuma k world cup de.

Invitation to the big special feast to all the Indians,
venue : Mohali Stadium
they will be served Pakistani biryani on 30th march.

JAI HIND!!

India Vs Pakistan in this world cup

2011-03-23T19:16:00.001+05:30

For all the die-hard fans of Indian and Pakistan cricket teams, something is coming.....can you guess what it is??? 2011 World Cup Semi Final, a match of India Vs Pakistan, that too in India..

Well, most of us expected India Vs Pakistan in finals.....but, surprise....they will fight for a place in 2011 World Cup Final(*conditions apply...If India win against Australia, and Pakistan looks almost through to the semis.) India Vs Pakistan match is always a treat to the fans, full of excitement, always high tempo, high voltage game. And that too, in a World cup, and also the semi final, absolute treat. I think the most precious match for both the teams, because they just can't afford to loose against each other. And of course it's the Semi Final of the world cup.

India Vs Pakistan.....one cannot predict who will win, cannot say what's going to happen....But, he can predict something for sure...A great battle full of Excitement, full of Jhunoon, full of drama, full of energy and obviously full house. The streets will be empty, shops closed, atmosphere like a holiday or a festival...all of us will be concentrating on just one thing. the Jung of India Vs Pakistan. No one can measure the excitement levels of the fans. Even the players are excited to perform their best against their traditional rivals. And there is immense pressure on them to do well and win the match for the Nation. Well, If we check records in world cups, India have the Upper Hand over Pakistan. Our Team India have never lost against Pakistan in any of the world cups. And this time, there are no vacuum, no chance of loosing. They just can't afford to loose against Pakistan. The match will be played in Mohali, India, so...we will get crowd behind us, a lot of support from the people.

Team India will be depending upon their best performers Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan. Because they can handle any pressure and give their best when team needs. Youngsters will also be tested and i hope they perform up to their abilities, hold their nerves in the pressure.And i have mentioned about the Team India in previous posts. Over all, we require an outstanding team performance to beat Pakistan, because they will be coming hard at us, we have to stand still and calm and deliver a winning performance, a Victory which will never be forgotten, the most precious gift to the 120 crore fans of Team India.

First of all, we need a victory against Australia. I believe that we are going to win and will be facing Pakistan in the Semi Final...GOOD LUCK Team India..De Ghuma ke, Ghuma ke world cup de....and all you supporters remember "Team aise hi nahi jeet ti, Jeetana padta hai..!!!"

JAI HIND.!!!

Team India in this world cup

2011-03-19T18:34:00.003+05:30

The ICC Cricket World cup 2011 has started and the 1st round is about to get over. Team India is certain to go to the next level as Bangladesh have lost against South Africa. But, the question is, had Team India performed as well as they were expected to perform?? I think NO, they haven't performed well.

Before the start of the tournament, India were the favorites, favorites for the Title. All the cricketing experts said that India have the strongest team, ON PAPER i should say. Although it doesn't look like they are the strongest team. I agree that the team India is defiantly the strongest team on paper. But Cricket is not played on paper. We have to perform well to win. there are 3 departments...batting, bowling and fielding.

1st of all, we have the great batting line-up full of experience and talent. But, the consistency is not there. Perhaps the batsmen know that we are little weak in the bowling department. So, they try to over compensate for that. in trying this they don't perform as they could or as they should. We are getting great starts, but failing to capitalize on them. they can't wack every ball out of the park. but, they should play sensible cricket and have some thinking behind the innings. Batting powerplay doesn't mean you have to score 100 runs in 5 overs. play smart cricket and you will get 40-50 odd runs easily. just hit a boundary or two every over and you will get those runs. And i think if Virat Kohli is ordered the 7th man in, its a waste of talent. He is very good at the top, to build an innings, not so good to go out and play shots from 1st ball. Suresh Raina can do that, so if it is 7th number, MS Dhoni should prefer Raina. that's all....I know they have the talent and experience. Its just that we have to perform well. and I know we will....

In the bowling department, it's the same thing. talent is there but performance isn't matching up to their abilities........Why Dhoni is keen to play Piyush Chawla in every match?? I think he must get R Ashwin in the team, who is a wicket taker and good in a containing role. And Ashish Nehra doesn't look in good form. We should play only 2 fast bowlers. 1st is Zaheer and 2nd Munaf or Sreesaanth. And 2 spinners Harbhajan and Ashwin. 5th bowling options may be Yuvraj, Pathan and Raina or Sehwag. Ashwin can also be used to bowl in powerplays. In the knock out matches, we will require better bowling performance. I hope we will get the correct combination.

Fielding.......well there in nothing much i would say.It will remain the same, some excellent fielding with some sloppy work....

In short, We have the ammunition to fire, and i wish they fire at the right time...and India get the CUP. any thing less than that must not be accepted.

So, Team India.....world cup de De ghuma ke, ghuma ke, ghuma ke

JAI HIND!

India mange cup

2011-03-18T15:17:00.002+05:30

Cricket is not just a game for India, it's a religion.......and Sachin Tendulkar is "THE GOD".
More than a billion people and one and only wish, ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011. They all say that India has the greatest team ever in this world cup. and now WE want the greatest team to win, and win the world and give the greatest and the bestest gift to us and also to THE LEGEND himself, Sachin Tendulkar. Although i know that cricket is the team sport, it's played for the team. But this time we want the cup for "THE GOD".

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar......is there any thing that this man hasn't done for us, for team INDIA? Well, the answer is all you know. He has given his every breath, every effort and every moment to the team and to cricket world. And now it is time for the team to deliver something to him, give a special gift, WORLD CUP, The only achievement Sachin hasn't got in his great career. He desperately wants it and so do whole India.

Now, Let's get realistic. We have the team that can win us the cup.
the leader is the captain cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Calm, cool headed leader and of course a Lucky captain. We have probably the best opening combination, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, the most destructive batsman. than Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli to follow, both strong in technique, good at building innings.....than Yuvraj singh and MS Dhoni who can hit the ball all over the park. and than comes a special talent, Yusuf Pathan, true hard heater, who can clear any ground easily and win matches from nowhere. Suresh Raina can b replacing any player, who is also a match-winer in the Indian conditions. So, we have the most powerful batting line-up.
The bowling department is perhaps weak comparing other teams. but we have got some good bowlers. Led by Zaheer Khan. there are some impressive fast bowlers S Sreesaanth, Munaf Patel, and Ashish Nehra. In the spin department the turbonater, Harbhajan Singh is the leader with talented R Ashvin and leg spinner Piyush Chawla. Over all very good bowling unit.

SO, we have a very good team. good enough to beat any side in the world, good enough to win the world cup. now, we want the performance, the winning performance from them to win the world cup and also the billions of hearts. I know they can do it, WE can do it. so support TEAM INDIA....and remember 'Team aise hi nahi jeet ti, jeetana parta hai..!!!'

A small dream by this true fan of team India - Sachin scores his 50th ODI hundred and over all 101st....India win the WC final. and Sachin gets the man of the match as well as man of the series and of course the CUP. :)

We are with you TEAM INDIA......Go and perform, and WIN.....we are always here to support you.

JAI HIND!

"The MahaKumbh" of Cricket

2011-03-18T13:22:00.001+05:30

2011 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP, the 10th world cup and probably the most awaited one, has started from Sher-e-Bangla stadium with Sehwag's bang.

India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the co-hosts of the tournament. And 14 nations are playing for the world cup. All the big teams, those are the test playing nations, aiming at the top and they are capable of achieving the 1st place. That is the main reason why it is the most awaited event of the cricketing world. India, Australia, South Africa, Sri lanka, England, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies are the strong contenders. looks like almost all the well known teams could go to the top. All the teams have some extremely talented players and some consistent performers. It could be any body's game. But, i am supporting the TEAM INDIA.