SACHIN TENDULKAR:Now IAF OFFICER....

Once again Sachin Tendulkar is going to fly high enough over our mind.But the difference is ,this time he is not in the cricket ground.Indian AIR Headquarters have made decision and almost finalized to make the 'Little Master' honorary Group Captain of Indian Air Force.It is for the first time that such a great honor is given to a cricket person. Who other is eligible for it apart from our Little Master who is having a fantastic cricket carrier of 20 years*.

There had been a great debate among the officers that what rank they will give to this cricket legend.Squadron Leader and Wing Commander will be too low for our master.The Indian Air Force have forwarded the necessary file to the Government as they required grant from the President and Prime Minister's office before the formal announcement.

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ASIA CUP FOR INDIA....

The under-fire Indian seamers gave India a truimphing win over Srilanka in the Asia Cup Final .Building a decent target of 269 Indian bowlers done their job well under the lights.It was after some time that Inidan pacers are getting into the real action.All the three pacers.Zaheer,Nehra and Praveen Kumar bowled well with accurate line and length and they were rewrded for what they have done.They also got the movement in both directions and also extra bounce which made it hard for the Srilankan batsmen to play.Inida is winning this Asia cup after 15 years.The last time they won was in 1995 in Sharjah.


Any way three cheers to the Inidan cricket team and Dhoni who is winning the fourth of the last seven tournaments final.....

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ASIA CUP FINAL

Once again India team spoiled a great opportunity to score a huge total in the Asia-Cup Final.Atleast India have scored 25 runs shorter than they needed.A bow to the Srilankan bowlers as they conceeded only 55 runs in the last 10 overs and also they didn't even gave away a single boundary in the last 5 overs which was India's batting power-play.
After struggling in the end overs Indian team have managed to score 268/6 in 50 overs.Without Sehwag,Gambhir and Karthik opened the Indian innings.Even though there havn't any big partnership betwen them Karthik managed to score a well directed 66 runs which was more meaningful in the Indian innings.Dhoni who himself had the batting promotion scored 38 runs .Once again Rohit Sharma(41) was searching for his partner but could not find any.Both Dhoni and Rohit was out in the eager of increasing the run-rate.In the end Ravindra Jadeja (27*) and Harbhajan Singh(7*) could not do much as they have been tied by some of the good bowling from the Srilankan pacers.
Now Seilanka need 269 runs to win this Asia-Cup.A nd to defend that Indian bowlers has to spare some good bowling and fielding figures as chasing the score would not do any harm to batsmen in the lights....

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Can India do it in 15 years????

In Dambulla India is looking to have an Asia Cup in their name after 15 years.India may be a superb or capable team these days ,but the unfortunate part is that they were not able to lift Asia Cup since 1995 inSharjah.And also the big Threat to the Indian team is that it is also another multi-international tournament and its final is to going to be played ion Thursday;ie;24-th June.

The worst thing is that it was the team of Srilanka that was reasonable for India's exit from the last four-tournaments,including 3 multi-international tournament final and the last from the T-20 World Cup.It was not an excuse for Dhoni that the last game they lost to Srilanka was because of the major players wre rested .India were at once 189/1 and they collapsed to 207 and especially saying they collapsed before Mehroof who had an hat- Trick last game.

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India v/s Pakistan

Even though all around us is about World Cup football and NBA Finals,it doesn't need much description .Ya, I'm talking about the same India v/s Pakistan in the Asia Cup cricket tournament.I'm sure it will be exciting and thrilling as usual.
Like Kobe Bryant who one-handedly gave LA Lakers their 16-th NBA Finals trophy There is no one in Indian cricket team who can give India a terrific victory over Pakistan.If team India has to win this match India has to play this game as a 'Team'.Only such effort can give India a ticket to the Asia Cup Finals.On the other hand Pakistan is trying to have a new face under the captaincy of a much experienced player like Shahid Afridi.The factor that give India a bit relieve is that the pitch is rather slow which will give them the advantage playing in the home-like environment.Also as said by Virat Kohli , Shoaib Akthar is not having much pace that he had a couple of years ago.Also Pakistan would be looking at Saeed Ajmal as the spinner option.This match would be rather between Indian batsmen and Pakistan bowlers.
Last time when they met in Champions Trophy , then captain Shoaib Malik had a ton which showed India the way out of the tournament.India would be likely to give an answer to that one....Any way it is going to be more exciting....
Now the live score is Pakistan is at 142/1 in 28 overs.Salman Butt is batting without any doubt and he is at 73 of 82 balls.Shoaib Malik is also giving him a good support at the other end at his personel score of 38 runs.....Enjoy the live show in TV in Neo Sports channel in India....

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SEHWAG HELPED INDIA

Yesterday it was all around Virendar Sehwag who did a an emphatic job to give India an emphatic win in their first match against Bangladesh in Asia Cup inSrilanka.Even though Sehwag couldn't do well with the bat He bowled a splendid spell which took 4 wickets in 2.5 overs while giving only 6 runs.

Bangladesh who found at one very strong 155/4,suddenly collapsed to 167/4, giving away their last four wickets without scoring even a run.Bangladesh were cruising with almost six runs per over till 31-st over.Tamim Iqbal and Kayes gave them a flying start as they were at 81/1 in 13 overs.After Iqbal got out at 22 runs.then came Ashraful also moved the score brilliantly but the rest could not....

In reply Gautam Gambhir(82) steered India to a better win with bonus point who later declared as the Man Of The Match.However Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni(38) scored the scored winning run in the 31-st over.

In the next match on Saturday India will take on Pakistan which is going to be goosebumps to most of the cricket fans as usual as it is......

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BANGLADESH AS USUAL....

It was like the same story that was repeating again and again.The same story of carelessness and missed chances.Bangladesh only the so called "batsmen" was guilty for failing to convert a good start which was once a time 81/1 in just 13.1 overs....But there after the story went out of control and the wole team suddenly collapsed to 167 .The man who done all this was the part time off-spinner Virender Sehwag who found his life-time best career figures of 4 for 6 runs in 2.5 overs.
The only worthwhile Partnership in the Bangladesh's innings was by Mahmudullah (23) and Mushfiqur Rehman (30) of 55 runs in the middle.Bangladesh's captain Shakib Al Hasan opted for batting first after winning the toss.The openers gave them a flying start as Tamim Iqbal(22) and Imran Kayes(37) used the powerplay as effectively as they could.Indian bowlers found it hard at this time as they were hunting for one wicket even though they were a bit unlucky. As India found their first wicket and then the well experienced Ashraful's wicket it all the way to India's hand.Then Virendar Sehwag with his magic spell took the game away from the Bangladesh's hand .
At present India is now at 71/1 in 13 overs.Even though Bangladesh got the early wicket of Virendar Sehwag(13) Gambhir and Kohli are now building a smart partnership.If India could chase this low-scored game with in 40 overs they will get a valuable one point which will be very beneficial for them in the coming matches

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ATLAST INDIA WON....

I t looked like an impossible task for the Indian Cricket team and that too to defeat a team like Zimbabwe; as they hadn't any against them in the Tri-series.But they proved in the two T-20 matches against Zimbabwe that they are no more underdogs.
In the first T-20 Indian captain Suresh Raina opted for fielding first.It was quite a simple total for a team like India. When the bowling department mainly focused on the line and length,Zimbabwe batsmen found it hard to score runs and they was able to put only 112 runs in their score board.In bowling Vinay Kumar(3/24) Praghyan Ojha(2/11) and Ravindra Jadeja(2/21) showed their responsibilities.But in the early part of the Indian reply they found it hard to score even 70 runs as they were struggling at 46/4.But then came Virat Kohli(27) and Yusuf Pathan(36) who steered India to a comfortable 6 -wicket victory in the first T-20 with five overs to spare.
In the second T-20 match again Zimbabwe was given the duty to score first and India to chase it by Suresh Raina.Once again Indian bowling and fielding department done exceptionally well to restrict the hosts to modest total 140 runs.Thanks to Taibu (45) and Coventry (28) for their crucial innings.
In reply it was Indian Captain Suresh Raina who did the rest of the job.With a stunning 72 runs of 44 balls he moved India to blistering win in the second T-20 too. Also Indian opener Murali Vijay (46) runs gave Raina good support and had a good partnership of 79 runs for the second wicket....

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A WISE MOVE????

At last the selectors have agreed that it is high time now and they have to stop experimenting and start to concentrate on the players now.Only Yuvraj's exclusion from the team was the surprising one.But it is also a clear cut message to the players that no one can retain their position if they didn't played well,can even be a well established "star".....

Krishnamachari Srikanth and his co-selectors declared the team India for the Asia Cup in Srilanka with lots promising players.Sachin Tendulkar was opted out and Yuvraj was excluded from the team.Apart from this no other surprises.With the vision of World Cup 2011 Indian selectors are now trying to send the best team to the Asia Cup .

With only four teams in the tournament,each team will play against each other and the top teams will clash in the final.A hope TO India too from me....

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ZIMBABWE DISPATCHED INDIA....

Team India received their second mauling in a week as they have been defeated by Zimbabwe for the second time in the Tri-series.This time a more convincing win for Zimbabwe with a bonus point....
It was a shock repeat for Team India who displayed a pathetic play in the tournament.Compelled to bat Indian team could score only 194/9 in 50 overs and that too thanks to Ravindra Jadeja for his 51 runs.If he was not there conditions will be even worse. Zimbabwe's bowling attack was very tight which is evident from the Indian openers score cards.Murali Vijay has to use56 balls for his 21 runs.Both openers could score only 61 runs in the first 20 overs.
Needing only a low score to chase,Zimbabwe started slowly,but only in the first four overs.Then they changed their gear and started to score quickly.When they are sure about their victory they took their batting powerplay and reached the target with 11.4 overs remaining which gave them valuable 5 points and they are through to the finals.
Now fro India toreach the final on June 9 they have to win the match against Srilanka and for th next match between Srilanka and Zimbabwe.

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A TEST FOR YOUNGSTERS....

Young Indian Cricket Team is now having one of their great "test".I'm not saying about the test match but a real test .A test to show who all are eligible for a place in India Cricket team in future.A young Indian team lead by Suresh Raina are now in Zimbabwe in a Tri-series.Totally a young and a new Indian cricket team.Not only India but also Srilanka is also trying with a new team.
In their first match against Zimbabwe ,India had a disappointing lose even after scoring 285 runs.Rohit Sharma(110) and Jadeja(61*) helped the Indian team who struggled in the earlier part of the game.Then in reply with three bowling debutantes India bowling doesn't created trouble to the Zimbabweans in part of the game.ll the Indian bowlers were below average as Zimbabwe moved to a 7-wicket victory;their highest against India.
But in their second match against Srilanka they were all refreshed.Again winning the toss Suresh Raina elected to field first.Srilankan's find it hard to score runs on a dead slow pitch and also this time Indian pacers bowled with a target.They could score only 242 runs in 50 overs.In reply even though the Indian openers tried to reach pavilion as fast as possible then came Rohit Sharma(101*) and Kohli(82) brought India toa 7-wicket victory ;more often a much needed one....
Rohit Sharma has scored two back-to-back tons which really showed his outstanding talent.In both the matches Rohit Sharma was there to help the Indian team and scored his first ODI century in his 44-th match and again in his 45-th match....

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