Will DADA be back????

  Now the chances are more for Sourav Ganguly-the most successful captain of Indian cricket team ever; to play in the forth edition of IPL. And that too in my home team Kerala Kochi Tuskers (KTK).Srilankan call back to their players before May 5 paved the way in Dada's favour.I am not sure it's a grape vine or not, but you can truly believe that this news is directly from the KTK desk.But the choice on Sourav Ganguly will depend more on the Mahela Jayawardena's availability to the team.On the other hand BCCI is trying their best to take back their words by Srilankan Cricket Association as most of the funds to the Srilankan cricket Association are from the BCCI.

THE BENGAL TIGER

    Also there was a rumor that Sourav Ganguly will be replaced for Steve Smith,Australian Spinner who was recently ruled out of IPL-4 due to his ankle injury.Also Kochi Tuskers are keen to take Ganguly on board after the kick-off of IPL season 4.Anyway it'll be a cream come true for most of the KTK fans if Sourav Ganguly plays for the team.
     Also I am much more interested in it as then onwards I will be a supporter of my home team Kerala Kochi Tuskers.Let's hope for the best....

I f still you can't believe my words, please go through the link below where you can read it from the official KTK website.
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CANCELLED....

The match between Srilanka and Newzland was abandoned due to rain ev-n on the reserve Day.the match on 19-th was post-poned to the reserve day, as on the first day also rain washed out the play. When rain obstructed the play Srilanka were on 203/3 in 43.4 overs. It was for the first time that a matcebbii abandoned due to rain in Dambullaebbii the teams were awarded one point each.

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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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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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INDIA-LAST BREATH....

Can India hold on his last breath????Today they are having the last chance to proceed in the T-20 world cup further.For that they have to beat Srilanka for atleast 20 runs.Then a mere win by Australia against West Indies will do the job for India.I'll explain how it is....
Now India have conceded 63 more runs than that they scored.For Srilanka and West Indies it is respectively 24 and 43 runs.Now if India win today's match by atleast 20 runs,then the difference goes down to 43 runs and that of Srilankawill increase to 44 runs.If West Indies also loose their game then definitely it will be more than 43 runs.Then with the help of runrate India can get into the semis with Australia.....

But the problem is that The match is in St'Lucia rather than Barbados which is more seemingly a typical Srilankan wicket.They will have the advantage of it.It is better to place a board like this infront of St'Lucia: "WELCOME FOR THE PACE-WEARY TEAMS ;YOU CAN CAN GET MAXIM FROM HERE...."

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GRAND FINALE....

Calm and composured Virat Kohli brought India to a comprehensive win over Bangladesh in their last league match yesterday.India's win registered in 43-rd over with 6 wickets in hand.Kohli was unbeaten in 102 runs at that time.With a boundary Kohli registered his second century and also India's win.
Early chasing a target of 248 runs India's openers gave a good starting till Karthik was out by the umpire's misjudgment.The next was Gambhir who scored 41 runs which include 5 fours.Yuvraj too went back to pavilion early with just 12 runs in his scoreboard.But dhoni gave a good support to kohli and scored 35 runs. Even though the wickets went down at regular intervals that didn't disturbed India's temperament.Later Suresh Raina with 18 runs were at the crease when India cruised ti their victory.
Now India will play against Srilanka in the final tomorrow in a day and night match.India topped the table with 13 points in their league matches....

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INDIA-LIKE TO CRUISE

With the match against Srilanka in Bangladesh on tomorrow India like to begin new yer with a stunning victory.India is also aiming at the top spot in the ICC world rankings.I f India could win this series and if Pakistan could defeat the Australians comprehensively then it will make the job of Dhoni more easier.Australia now ahead of India just for seven points.
So all best India....Go Ahead....

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KOTLA....SHAME....

As the final and the fifth ODI match between India and Srilanka was abandoned due to dangerous playing conditions and this would be the most embarrassment for the DDCA.From the start itself occasional deliveries reared up and one such delivery hit Dilshan which brought hin in severe pain and needed for an urgent first aid in the field iteslf.
The bad condition of the pitch was first reported by the Srilankans when one from Tyagi bounced to very high which was even difficult for Dhoni to hold.Soon they reported this matter to the umpires and later the decision came that the match has been abandoned.The Srilankan innings was at 83/5 as they lost early wickets and failed to move on to a good target.
Winning the toss Indian skipper Dhoni chose to field and the decicion soon hit the bull's eye as Zaheer got the wicket of last match centurion Upul Tharanga in the first ball itself.Sudeep Tyagi and Harbhajan also added to the Srilankan's worry as they bowled with correct line and length.Also the Indian fielding supported the bowling department very well.

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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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T-20 First match:India payed for their laziness...

In the first T-20 Srilanka have one the match by 29 runs.India who helped the Srilankan's to reach a big total was too big for the Indian's to reach the target in the restricted 20 overs.Indian fielders were competing against themselves as each of them dropped their catches and helped the Srilankan batsmen.Sangakkara who brilliantly scored 50 of 20 balls dashed all the Indian bowlers which was well supported by his team mates.
In response to the huge total of 215/5 in 20 overs India also started well with Gambhir scoring 50 in just 19 balls which was well supported by Sehwag.But any other batsmen couldn't do well and reached only 186/9 in 20 overs.
Kumar Sangakkara was awarded the Man Of The Match for his dashing 78 runs.

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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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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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