The WALL....

      Whether it may be the plentiful turning or the unpredictable bounce, Rahul Dravid will always be there for  team India- that is why he is called "The Wall" of Indian cricket. His 32nd hundred was a resounding reminder of his value in the Indian cricket team. Also Rahu Dravid's ton gave West Indies an exacting target of 326 runs in the first test. At the end of third day West Indies are 131/3 still they have to score 195 runs to reach the target.

The Great Indian Wall....

       All the credits should be given to Rahul Dravid fro his slow and steady innings. Darren Sammy will be regretting for his simple dropped chance of Dravid, when Dravid was only at 6, even though he was the star of West Indies' bowling with four wickets. The next top scorer in the Indian team was Amit Mishra who scored 28 runs, number ten batsman of the team. Dravid was the patience of  West Indies bowlers in the morning session, as he scored just 23 runs in the first two hours of day three. His overnight partner Virat Kohli didn't last long as he edged the ball to the wicket keeper. Then the first innings hero Suresh Raina also couldn't do anything aven though he hung around for a couple of hours.
     As West Indies introduced Bishoo in to attack both Raina and Dhoni went back to pavilion in quick successions. With Praveen kumar was bowled out, India was having a lead of only 256 with only two wickets to spare. A quick end have raised the Inies hopes but the doggy Dravid shielded the tenth batsman- Amit Mishra and scored 56 vital runs. A flamboyant six from Dravid soon after his 32nd century  reached Indian lead to 300 runs and then Mishra also freed his arms for couple of boundaries. The six by Rahul Dravid is only the 19th of his 261 test innings. Another attempt of Dravid could only bring him  to the man at mid on and set a target for 326 runs fro West Indies.

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"Super Final...."

     Ooph....Even now I'm thinking about what to write in this post? because I have no words to describe  how thrilling the match would be.Yes I am saying the same match which going to place at Mohali  on Wednesday (30-03-2011). The match will be witnessed by a huge number of celebrities from Politics,Bollywood, IPL franchise owners  etc etc....Recently Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh also send invitation to Pakistan President and Prime Minister to  be present over the match.Also  Pak Prime Minister Yusouf Gilani have mentioned he that he will be present in the stadium.

     With the days becoming shorter the Mohali stadium near by areas are flooded with cricket fans.Around 1000 Pakistan's are flooding to the region through roadways to witness the match.With the advent of the match black market is also on the high such that even tickets are not available to be sold .I y also reported that no hotel rooms are free near the cricket stadium at Mohali.
  
    Let's see what is gonna happen in Mohali on Wednesday,Anyway I 'm thrilled, eagerly waiting for Wednesday.....

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Randiv banned....

SLC banned Suraj Randiv for deliberately bowling no-ball to Sehwag which denied him the century on monday's match.Also Dilshan who encouraged him was fined his 80% of his match fee.
It was a difficult option for SLC as they are heading for a very important match against Newzealand on 19-th . Srilanka has to win this match as a lose in this game will make them out of the tournament.

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Early blow to India....

As the rain spoiled second day of the first test Srilanka was in a hurry to score a huge total .Also they did that one in a more splendid way.Even though they lost yesterday's hero Paranivitana and then Samaraweera too without scoring in the early morning itself,rest of the batsmen done their job well and was able score in a faster manner.But then Jayawardane(48) Angelo Mathews(41) moved their score to 344/6.Then the eighth and ninth batsmen Hareth(80*) and Malinga(64) had very good and energetic partnership which boosted their score to 580/8 and declared their innings at that score.Avery promising total that never let this test to go away from their hands.Both Ishant and Mithun bowled well and could capture 3 and 4 wickets respectively.It was very nice to see Ishant Sharma taking wickets even though he was not uppto the mark.But it was warning to the opppnents that he can be more dangerous in the coming days.
In return India lost Gambhir in the early part of the innings itself.When Gambhir was at just two runs he was trapped in the crease with good swinger which took a shap swing in to the pads of Indian opener.Now Sehwag(29*) and Dravid(13*) is playing without any furry even though they showed some in the beginning.Now India is at 50/1 in 9 overs.We can Hope thatI nda will not lose more wickets till the stumps.....

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Srilanka as they desired....

It was all like an eagle which flies over the clouds to get a shelter from the rainy storms. Winning the toss Srilanka elected to bat first in the first test match in Galle International Stadium.Srilanka got a firing start as Dilshan(25) mainly targeted Ishant Sharma.After his fell back Sangakkara(103) and Paranivitana(110*) made dominating centuries and made clear that there is only a mere chance to loss in this test match.Abhimanyu Mithun got his maiden test wicket as Dilshan who like to charge down him but was caught behind by Dhoni.Then the partnership of Sangakkara and Paranivitana made a lot of headache to the Inidan bowlers.While Paranivitana was more concentrating on his defense Srilankan captain was in a good mood to take on the Indian bowlers.Without Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth Indian bowlers were below average.Indian spinner recovering from flu and hamstring was also not that good.Immediately after the tea,Sangakkara was mistimed a pullshot and was caught at the midwicket by Sachin Tendulakr in the bowling of Virendar Sehwag.Then Jayawardane(8) and Paranavitana brought the score upto 256/2 at the stumps on day-1.
Due to rain, even a single ball was not bowled and the second day's play was called-off.

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