INDIA:c/b IPL

After getting out of the T-20 World Cup Indian captain M.S.Dhoni was arguing that the night parties after each IPL cricket matches has totally "ruined" the players which resulted in their unfitness.If they were so ehy didn't he said earlier .Why the India cricket team selection committee chose those people who have no fitness for playing in the international cricket series.It was crystal clear that Yuvraj,Gambhir.... were not fit in the field.If they (not these players,but all the players) had the capacity to dive in the IPL then why can't they do that here????
Sachin was opted out of the T-20 world cup because he didn't want to disturb the winning combination.Is this the winning combination??Most of the players were unwilling to field well in the tournament which resulted in their bad performance.I have agree with much desparation the Indian cricket team was one of the "third rate " cricket team in the tournament.They never one a game in the super eight contest.Only one team was there who have never won a game in this T-20 word cup 2010 in the super contests.Now I think it would be better if it were Bangladesh or any other.Atleast they will fight for it....But we can even now say that this India team can still take over teams like Kazakhstan and Bermuda.THANK GOD....

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SELECTORS PLEASE GIVE THEM TIME....

I don't know why the BCCI selectors are doing so?Why they rejected Saha and Mithun from the second test match against South Africa which will be played in Kolkata from Feb 14-th.Are these batsmen responsible for the lose in the first test match?If the Indian team has lost their first match all the players have the same responsibility and we cannot escape from it by saying that the middle order was very inexperienced and blame only the debutantes.Saha got out in the first innings by leaving the ball which hit the stump that was leaved by him thinking that it will not hit the target.If he was blamed for that then what about the other batsmen.I think Sunil Gavaskar was right in this context.All the other team members must realize their fault and should work hard well for the next test match.Because if you lost or keep that match a draw then it will be an utter waste by playing all the matches well in an earlier instant.The next match's win is important not only for but also for us.So PLEASE "TEAM INDIA"....

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INDIA "AS USUAL"

Indian cricket team never dropped the habit of breaking the pot in front of the gate.but at this time I will never forget to thank Suresh Raina for very valuable century which brought India not only to good score but also to back in the game.He scored a very useful 106 runs in 115 balls.Ravindra Jadeja also gave a good support to Raina .At the time when they joined,India were struggling at 60 for 5 in just 10 overs.
Now in reply Nehra gave India an early breakthrough in the first over itself and India is now fighting hard for victory....

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YUVI CELEBRATES....

It was the local boy Yuvraj Singh who was the birthday boy who came to his home ground to celebrate his 28-th birthday not only with the bat but also with the ball.With his all round performance Yuvi brought India to safe home by leveling the series 1-1.
Srilanka batting first scored a massive score of 206/7 in just 20 overs.Once again captain Sangakkara steered the Srilankan score par 200 with his fast half century and put the Indian bowlers under pressure.The rest of the batsmen also supported well and added fuel to the fire.
Chasing such a huge score of 207 India openers got off to a good start even though they were ready to take a lot of risks.Sehwag played his role well with a dashing 64 runs of just 36 balls.Then came captain Dhoni played a crucial knock of 46 runs but it was the birthday boy who came with a big treat of fours and sixes with a 60 runs of 25 balls which included 3 fours and 5 sixes.
This is the highest successful run chase ever made in the history of T-20 cricket.The previous best was 208 by West Indies against South Africa.
Both the sides will next meet for the 5 ODI series starting from the 15th of this month

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INDIAN TEAM-A BALANCED ONE....

Do you know why the present Indian team is now on the top of the world test ranking?Do you know what is the secret behind India's present fantastic performance?
The answer to these questions are as simple as throwing a pebble into a pond .Now the present team is a very balanced one in any of the department.India team is now having the best seven batsmen in the team.Starting from Sehwag,Gambhir,Sachin,Yuvraj,Dhoni,Dravid,Laxman.While coming to the pace attack leading bowlers are with this team Zaheer,Sreesanth,Ishant who can disturb any batting order.And of course the spinners also Harbhajan and Ojha.And also a lot gifted bench players like Murali Vijay and Karthik.
Really this Indian team is impossible and fabulous....

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INDIA WAY TO NO:1....

On the way to the world's no:1 team in the world of test cricket just one more day and 5 wickets are remaining.Now the current score of Srilankan second innings is274/6.Zaheer-Ojha 2-2 and Harbhajan-Sreesanth 1-1 disturbed the Srilankan innings periodically.With only 4 wickets remaining it has to be seen that how long Srilankan innings will last.
India have almost registered their victory in this match.The only obstacle now is the Srilankan captain Kumar Saangakkara who i playing fearlessly at 127* and he is trying his best to save the test match from the hands of India.And it will be interesting to see whether he ill be successful in his attempt...

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STUNNING SEHWAG....

The fabulous Brabourne stadium today witnessed one of the finest batting ever in the world test matches.Virendar Sehwag blasted 284 runs from just 239 balls took India to a huge total of 443 for 1 on the second day of third test series in Mumbai.India now leads by a score of 50 over Srilanka who scored a decent score of 393 in their first innings.Today India also made a record of scoring the highest runs in a day.Previuos best was 417 in their second innings.Sehwag smashed 40 boundaries and seven huge sixes in his way to the triple century.The Lankan spinners had an embarrassing day with both Muralidaran and Herath conceding over 100 runs in a single day.

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CENTURY WIN

With their win over Srilanka on Thursday India registered their 100-th win in the international test matches.Scoring a mammoth total of 642 in the first innings India with the help of Sreesanth was able to make follow on the target.Sreesanth who bowled well with a swing was able to pick 5 wickets stumbled the srilankan innings to 229.In their second innings Harbhajan and Ojha spins the Srilankans to 269 and acquired the victory of an innings and 144 runs;the highest against the Srilanka by India.Sreesanth declared the man of the match for his 5 wickets in the first innings.

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THIS TEAM IS REALLY UNPREDICTABLE

It was the team that some days before made a great come back and made the brilliant Australians a bit worried.The same team was horribly managing to make their score board to carry to a hundred run while the team was 32 for 5.Then Praveen Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja managed India to brought a decent score and finally they posted a score of 170 on a good batting wicket in Guwahati.
In reply Australians reached the target without any worries and clinched the series for 4-2 with only one match to be played on tomorrow.

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HUGE BLOW TO THE INDIANS

It was a huge blow when I heard of Yuvraj's injury.What happened to this Indian Team?The bad luck is always following the Indian team since the T-20 world cup second edition and now in the form of injuries to the main players.
Now just look at the Indian batsmen.Sachin,Gambhir,Dravid,Dhoni.Besides them Raina,Yusuf,Abhishek and Kohli who are trying to make a sure seat in the Indian cricket team.Without considering the first four batsmen can you say that the Indian Team is really strong now?If all the four batsmen got out very early in the innings then can you say that the team can reach a decent score....?All the new substitute batsmen in the team now, if w check their recent performance can say that they are not at all consistent.
On the other side, bowling department is another cause that make headache.Without Zaheer Indian bowling is very weak nowadays.Ishant is not in form and other bowlers are also giving away runs very frequently.
In this context can you say that India can win the tomorrow's game against the T-20 Champions pakistan....?Also the team's performance in the warm-up match is also not allowing to think me like that.......

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DRAVID IN, ROHIT OUT....

Yesterday the Indian team for ICC Champions Trophy and for the Tri-nation series in Srilanka was declared. As everyone expected Rohit Sharma who was trying hard to come back in his rythm was excluded and "Mr.Cool" Dravid was included in the Indian squad.After 2 years Dravid was included in the Indian team where he last played was in Nagpur in October 27 against Australia.With Dravid in the middle order hopes are strong for a good Indian total.Dravid with risky wristy shots and and his leaning shot in his toes would definitely help the Indian middle.On the other hand Rohit was troubling to cope with the short pitches were he was tested by the west Indian pace attack last month.
Beside Dravid;Meastro Sachin Tendulkar was also back in the squad which would also help the Indian team to a great extent.Ansewring to the press chief selector Krishnamachari Srikanth reveals that this team has the fine chance for winning both tournaments who pick the same team for the ICC Champions Trophy and Triseries.

The squad: Sachin,Rahul,Yuvraj,Raina,Yousaf Pathan,Harbhajan,R.P.Singh,Ishant,Amit Mishra,Dinesh Karthik,Abhishek Nair,Nehra,Praveen Kumar.

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SEHWAG AND ZAHEER UNFIT

It was reported recently that Sehwag and Zaheer may miss the Champions Trophy.Both Sehwag and Zaheer were injured to their shoulders' during the IPL season-2.Even though Sehwag was there in the team for ICC T-20 he was not played and was send back to the country due to his injury in the shoulders.Without Zaheer Indian pace battery will not be full charged,even then we can hope more from Ishant and Harbhajan.We can also hpoe more from the Indian batsmen too....

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JUST ONE MORE STEP

According to latest ranking published by ICC now the Indian team is in the second position with Australia in the third position.The first in the table occupied by the mighty South Africans.

SOUTH AFRICA :127
INDIA :126
AUSTRALIA :117

The above table shows that the Indians are far above the Australians who was in the top position for about 4 years.But the problem is that the Indian Team is not having any tournaments in the nearby period.Even though the Indian team have failed miserably in the T-20 World Cup they are performing well in the one-day and test matches and soon will be able to be in the top....

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Thinking of you,DADA....

We can see the touch of God,his majesty everywhere.In football if it was with Diego Maradona,in cricket he would be there in the offside of Sourav Ganguly.Yes Dada,you are gifted,a natural striker of the cricket ball through the pin hole gap in the offside.
Someone said"Leader is the one who leads from the front...." and Ganguly purely showed it.It was his risk to make a batsman like Sehwag to open the innings,it was his choice to retain Yuvraj,Harbhajan in his team.It was his mind that made Javagal Srinath to come back to the International cricket after his first retirement.Yes, you were always right.It was Ganguly who taught the Indian team to go for the victories than a dead draw in test matches.We say "why take chances?" but Ganguly thought in an another way "If you need victories then why don't you take risks????"
It was he who supported Greg Chappel to be the coach of Indian cricket team after John Wright left that position.Even though it was Greg who criticized the most about Ganguly's performance and always wanted him to be out of the Indian cricket team and atlast he suceeded in his "mission".Here comes the memory of words that Dr.Abdul Kalam one's said "Waves are my inspiration not because they rise and fall but after each fall they rise again...."Ganguly was also like these waves,after his fall from the team he came back like a hurricane.The batting figures shows that in 8 test matches he scored runs with an average of 58.98 including 5 centuries.
(even Sachin Tendulkar doesn't posses this).Even then Ganguly was criticized.They all waited eagerly for a low scoring game of Ganguly even though they got only a few.

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A Great Indian Cricket Fan

As most of the cricket fan I'm also a damn fan of the Indian Cricket team.Here in this blog you can see my views on each of the Indian cricket team's performance whether it may be a One-dayer,Test or a T-20 format.It maybe supportive or a critic.Whatever it may be it's for the betterment of our Indian Cricket team....

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