India become the new champion of cricket by defeating Sri Lanka in final

India vs Sri Lanka final

Blue shirts have become the new champions of cricket by getting 6 wickets victory in India vs Sri Lanka final of ICC World Cup 2011 played at Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai. Blue shirts got the target of 275 after losing 4 wickets when 10 balls were remaining. Gautam Gambhir suffered by nervous nineties. Dhoni scored unbeaten 91 runs.

India vs Sri Lanka final: Lankan innings

According to details in India vs Sri Lanka final, guest captain Kumar Sangakkara win the toss and elected to bat first. Lankans goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Upal Tharanga, he scored 2 runs. This time captain came to join Tillakaratne Dilshan. Dilshan turned back to pavilion after scoring 33 runs. Sangakkara and Mahila Jayawardene batted sensibly and added 72 runs in the third wicket partnership. Sangakkara was taken by Yuvraj Singh when his score was 48. The fourth Lankan wicket fell on the total of 179, when Samaraweera was dismissed by the same bowler on the individual score of 31.

Chamara Kapugedera became the second wicket of Zaheer Khan. With the wicket he levels Afridi’s highest 21 wickets in the tournament. On the other end senior batsman Mahela Jayawardene continued to move his side’s total. Nuwan Kulasekara and Jayawardene added 62 runs in the mutual cooperation. Nuwan Kulasekara goes runout on 32. After completing the limited number of overs, Lankan side posted the total of 274/6 on the scoreboard. Jayawardene was unbeaten on 103. Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh got two wickets each.

India vs Sri Lanka final: Indian Innings

Following the target, the home side goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Virender Sehwag. Lasith Malinga not permitted him to open his score account. Little master Sachin Tendulkar failed to play a big innings this time and became the wicket of Malinga, Kumar Sangakkara made no mistake in taking his catch behind the wickets. After losing two wickets, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli played very sensibly and played beautiful strokes all around the ground. Both players added 151 runs in the third wicket partnership. The innings of Kohli was finished by Tillakaratne Dilshan when his score was 35.

This time captain MS Dhoni to join Gambhir once again India got success in making a big partnership and both players added 109 runs in the mutual cooperation. The innings of Gambhir ended when he was three behind from his century. Next Yuvraj Singh, along with Dhoni not permitted Lankan bowlers to create more hype and got their target on the second ball of second last over. At the Dhoni was notout on 91 while Yuvraj on 21. Lasith Malinga got 2 wickets in India vs Sri Lanka final.

Pakistan VS India Semi-Final: Blue Shirts set the target of 261

Blue shirts have set the target of runs for green shirts in the Pakistan VS India 2nd semi-final of ICC World Cup 2011, at Punjab Cricket Association Ground Mohali. Sachin Tendulkar played the innings of 85 runs. Wahab Riaz made his selection right by picking 5 wickets.

According to details Indian Captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. Aggressive Virender Sehwag played powerful strokes all around the ground. He hits five boundaries in the second over of Umar Gul. Sehwag was taken by Wahab Riaz when his score was 38. New batsman Gautam Gambhir and Tendulkar batted very well and added 68 runs in the second wicket partnership. Gambhir was stumped by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal on the score of 27. Virat Kohli failed to play a big innings and was dismissed by Wahab. His score was 9. Wahab not give the chance to dangerman Yuvraj Singh to open his score account and clean bowled him on very first ball.

The innings of Tendulkar ended on 85. He faced 115 balls for this score. MS Dhoni became the fourth wicket of Wahab, his LBW review carries no advantage. Harbhajan Singh bowled out by on 12. Zaheer Khan turned back to pavilion after scoring 9 runs. Ashish Nehra goes runout on the second last ball of innings. India posted the total of 260/9 in the limited number of overs. Wahab Riaz was the best Pakistani bowler with five wickets. Saeed Ajmal finished the innings of two Indian players.

Pakistan VS India 2nd Semi-Final

Pakistan now need 261 runs to win in 50 overs at 5.20 runs per over. Stay with us for more cricket live updates of Pakistan VS India 2nd semi-final.

India lose 7th wicket at 236 runs against Pak

MOHALI: India lost its seventh batsman, Harbhajan Singh, in the World Cup semifinal at 236 runs. Ajmal Saeed balled and Kamran Akmal stamped out Harbhajan after scoring 12 runs.

Earlier Pakistan took 6th Indian wicket of skipper Mahinder Singh Dhoni on 205 runs. He scored 25 runs and faced 42 balls before getting out by lbw on Wahab Riaz’s ball.

India lost its 5th wicket of Sachin Tendulkar on 187 runs. Tendulkar scored 85 runs but failed to make his historical 100th century in today’s crucial semifinal between India and Pakistan. Skipper Shahid Afridi took catch of Tendulkar on spinner Saeed Ajamal’s ball.

India lost its 4th wicket of Yuv Raj Singh on 141. Singh returned to pavilion without scoring any run as he was clean bowled by Wahab Riaz.

Before Singh, Kohli, Gambhir and Sehwag returned to the pavilion.

INDIA WIN TOSS AND ELECT TO BAT V PAKISTAN

India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
Pakistan named an unchanged team from the lineup who beat West Indies in the quarter-finals while India brought in paceman Ashish Nehra for off-spinner Ravichandran Aswhin.

Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who will retire after the World Cup, was left out of the Pakistan XI.

The winner of the clash will meet Sri Lanka in Saturday’s final in Mumbai.

India lose 2nd wicket at 116 runs against Pak

MOHALI: India lost its second batsman, Gautam Gambhir, in the World Cup semifinal at 116 runs.

Gambhir made 27 runs and became victim of Muhammad Hafeez.
Before Gambhir, Sehwag returned to the pavilion after making quick 38. Wahab Riaz got his wicket.

INDIA WIN TOSS AND ELECT TO BAT V PAKISTAN
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
Pakistan named an unchanged team from the lineup who beat West Indies in the quarter-finals while India brought in paceman Ashish Nehra for off-spinner Ravichandran Aswhin.

Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who will retire after the World Cup, was left out of the Pakistan XI.

The winner of the clash will meet Sri Lanka in Saturday’s final in Mumbai.

World Cup 2011: India beat West Indies by 80 runs

India beat West Indies by 80 runs in the last group match of ICC World Cup 2011, played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Following the target of 269, Caribbean side bowled out for just 188 runs in 43 overs. Zaheer Khan took three wickets.

According to details Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. The home side goes early in trouble by losing the big wicket of Sachin Tendulkar. He can score just 2 runs. New batsman Virat Kohli, along with Gautam Gambhir added 43 runs in the second wicket partnership. Gambhir was taken by Ravi Rampaul on 22. This time, the danger man Yuvraj Singh came to join the crease with Kohli. Both players batted very sensibly and picks their side’s total to 173. On this spot Kohli goes clean bowled by Rampaul. MS Dhoni turned back after playing the innings of 22 runs. On the other end Yuvraj continued to move his side’s score and completed his hundred.

The fifth Indian wicket fell on the total of 232 when Suresh Raina was bowled out by Darren Sammy on 4. The shinning innings of Yuvraj ends on 113. He was catch and bowled by Kieron Pollard. Yusuf Pathan became the fourth wicket of Yusuf Pathan, his score was 11. Soon after, Harbhajan Singh was taken by Andre Russell on 3. Russell finished the Indian innings by picking the wicket of Munaf Patel. After losing all wickets the final score of Indian side was 268 in 49.1 overs. Ravi Rampaul was the best West Indian bowler, he picked 5 wickets for 51 runs. Andre Russell was the second prominent bowler with 2 wickets.

Following the target, West Indies lost its first wicket on the total of 34 when Kirk Edwards was taken by Ashwin on 17. Darren Bravo and Devon Smith added 56 runs in the second wicket partnership. Suresh Raina took the wicket of Bravo when his score was 22. This time Ramnaresh Sarwan came to join Smith. Both players batted sensibly and added 65 runs in the mutual cooperation. The innings of Smith was finished by Zaheer Khan on 81. He made this score with the help of seven boundaries and a six. Soon after, Kieron Pollard was taken by Harbhajan Singh on just 1 run.

Devon Thomas became the sixth wicket of Indian bowlers. He can score 2 runs on 8 balls. Captain Darren Sammy (2), Andre Russell (0), Sulieman Benn (3), also failed to struggle against home bowlers. The resistance of Ramnaresh Sarwan ended on 39. Ravi Rampaul became the victory wicket of India. After losing all wickets the total of Caribbean side was 188 in 43 overs. Zaheer was the most successful Indian bowler with three wickets.

Muralithatan Broke 2nd Record Of Wasim Akram Of Most World Cup Wickets

Muralithatan Broke Record: This is the latest news udpate that the 11th match of ICC Cricket Cricket world Cup 2011 is continue in R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo under flood lights. Muralitharan is now on the second bowler who has become the world’s leading bowler of international cricket who got Over-50 wickets in world cup matches. He got 56 wickets now. He made this record today against Pakistan by getting wickets of Umar Akmal.

Before this Pakistani magic bowler Wasim akram and Sri lankan Muthaya Muralitharan were on the second by getting 55 wickets.
GD McGrath is on the top by taking 71 wickets.

There are only three bowlers who got Over-50 wickets in the big event of world cup cricket. GD McGrath is on the top bowler who took 71 wickets in ICC world cup. Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir on 5 February 2009 in Colombo to surpass Wasim Akram’s ODI record of 502 wickets. Muralitharan overtook West Indian Courtney Walsh’s record of 519 Test match wickets to become the highest wicket-taker in May 2004.

Name                              Mdns     Wkts   B-B   Avge   4wI   5wI
GD McGrath 42             71       7-15  18.19       -         2
M.Muralitharan 14             56      4-19  19.67      3          -
Wasim Akram 17             55      5-28  23.83     2          1

Irfan Pathan Out From World Cup Squad

World cup preliminary squad has been announcing by India and Irfan Pathan is not able to get his place in world cup preliminary squad. Kris Srikkanth, chairman of the selection committee said that it is the most suitable team selected for India as players has a lot of experience in playing in home conditions. He hoped that team will do good in world cup.

The 30 men squad includes MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, M Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Parthiv Patel, R Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Dinesh Karthik, Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Pragyan Ojha and Praveen Kumar.

So far ODI team against South Africa is also not selected and it will be announce before 12th January before first game. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara is also selected in the world cup squad. In the squad three wicket keepers are also included. Parthiv Patel, Dinesh Karthik is the other two keepers along with captain MS Dhoni.  Yousaf Pathan is also able to get his place in the squad due to his majestic inning of 123 runs against New Zealand.

India under pressure in South Africa cricket Test

CENTURION: South Africa’s fast bowlers ripped out three Indian batsmen cheaply when the first Test got under way after a rain delay at SuperSport Park here on Thursday.

India, sent in to bat, were 55 for three at tea.

Dale Steyn had Virender Sehwag caught at third man for nought before Morne Morkel struck twice within five balls to dismiss Gautam Gambhir (5) and Rahul Dravid (14).

Sachin Tendulkar was unbeaten on 22 and was the only batsman able to score boundaries in front of the wicket, twice pulling Lonwabo Tsotsobe to the fence and driving the same bowler through the covers for another four.

Gambhir was caught at first slip when he pushed away from his body and Dravid was trapped leg before wicket by a delivery which cut back sharply to provide Morkel with his 100th wicket in his 29th Test. Morkel took two wickets for four runs in seven overs,

Dhoni Signs Rs 260 Million deal To McDowell’s Soda

Indian captain MS Dhoni has signed Rs 260 million deals to promote McDowell’s Soda. Vijay Mallya the owner of the group said that they got an interesting deal and they are going for it. It is the biggest deal signed by a sportsperson in India. Dhoni has made many commercial contracts and becomes the popular sportsman in India.

Three deals of amount Rs 2.1 billion has been signed by Indian captain in July. Dhoni was also contracted with Seagram’s Royal Stag Mega Cricket Signs till July. Seagram’s Royal Stag Mega Cricket Signs is also contracted with Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, and Harbhajan Singh and is the biggest competitor of UB Group.

Dhoni was the most paid cricketer in India with earnings of $10 last year. $8 million of his earning came from endorsements. Dhoni is also lefts Tendulkar behind in earning from contracts.

Dhoni was also name as test captain of World Team by ICC and he also led his team and win series from Australia. Dhoni is resting from international cricket during ODI series against New Zealand. He will be captain of Indian team during South African tour. Indian captain is rocking at the moment.

India takes on Kiwis in second ODI today

Staff Report

NEW DELHI: After beating New Zealand in the first ODI comprehensively with a second string side, India will be looking to impose itself on the Kiwis even more to ensure that no resurgence happens.

India has rested regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior players, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zahir Khan,

New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori and his deputy Brendon McCullum, who missed the first match, are likely to feature in the 2nd ODI.

Teams:

India (From): Gautam Gambhir(c), Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, S Sreesanth, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Jaidev Unadkat, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary, Vinay Kumar

New Zealand (From): Jamie How, Brendon McCullum(w), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Kane

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