SRILANKA TOOK THE REVENGE....

For the Asia cup loss Srilanka took the revenge against India in the final of the Micromax tri-series on saturday. I can say that it was not the team Srilanka but especially Dilshan with a brilliant hundred, who was very much involved in the no-ball controversy.Winning the toss Srilanka elected to bat first in the final and build a huge total in of 299 runs in 50 overs.Dilshan scored 110 runs which was backed up by captain Sangakkara's by 71 runs.
In reply team India was all out for 223 runs with around 4 overs to spare.None of the Indian batsmen could build the partnership and they had to pay for it.Only captain Dhoni showed some resistance as it was also in vein as it lacks support from his teammates.

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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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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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