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

Dhoni bats for struggling Gambhir

Under-fire opener Gautam Gambhir earned sound backing from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ahead of the second Test against New Zealand starting on Friday.

The left-handed opener has struggled with the bat of late, aggregating 86 runs from his last 10 Test innings.

Gambhir, 29, missed India’s Test against Australia in Bangalore last month with a knee injury and his replacement Murali Vijay scored a solid 139, putting pressure on his more experienced team-mate to perform.

“Players do go out of form,” Dhoni told reporters at a pre-match press conference on Thursday.

“It happens to everyone in cricket. Gambhir has set the benchmark so high that expectations of him have grown. With Gambhir, it is more about the pressure to perform than the fear of failure.

“The kind of innings he has played in the past shows how good a cricketer he is. He

Ponting rejects Warne criticism

SYDNEY: Australian captain Ricky Ponting has rejected the criticism of Shane Warne about Nathan Hauritz, saying all the fields set for the off spinner were of his own choosing.

Hauritz suffered heavy punishment as India chased 207 to win the second Test at Bangalore, returning figures of 1-76 from 12 overs, including 22 from his first two overs before lunch.

He was treated with disdain by the young batsmen Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara, after returning the unflattering figures of 2-153 in the first innings.

Watching the play unfold on television from Australia, Warne pointed the finger of blame at Ponting.

“How the hell can Hauritz bowl to this field??” Warne wrote on Twitter.

“Feeling for Hauritz , terrible !! What are these tactics ? Sorry Ricky but what are you doing.”

However Ponting said Warne’s comments were made without a

Tendulkar and Vijay flay Aussies in second Test

BANGLORE: Sachin Tendulkar smashed his 49th Test century and Murali Vijay his first as India matched Australia’s batting prowess in the second and final Test on Monday.

Australia managed just three wickets as the hosts took their overnight score of 128-2 to 435-5 by stumps on the third day at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.

India, who lead 1-0 in the short series after winning the first Test in Mohali by one wicket, are 43 runs away from Australia’s 478, with five wickets in hand.

Tendulkar finished the day unbeaten on a monumental 191 and opener Vijay scored 139 during a record stand of 308 runs for the third wicket — a remarkable recovery from 38-2 in Sunday’s last session.

It was the highest third-wicket partnership in India-Australia Tests, surpassing the 222-run stand between Aussies Allan Border and Kim Hughes in Chennai in

Tendulkar leads India reply with 49th test century

BANGALORE: Sachin Tendulkar hit his 49th test century to help India reach 224 for two at lunch on the third day of the second and final test against Australia on Monday.

Resuming on 128 for two, Tendulkar hit a six off Nathan Hauritz to reach the century mark and was unbeaten on 106.

The other overnight batsman, Murali Vijay, was 73 not out having added 186 runs for the third wicket.

Tendulkar, who became the first man to score 14,000 test runs on Sunday, was in sublime form with boundaries flowing from his blade. He hit two fours off the day’s first over from Hauritz. AGENCIES

Sri Lanka bat against India in second Test

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat in the second cricket Test against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club on Monday.

India, trailing 1-0 in the three-match series, suffered twin blows when opener Gautam Gambhir and middle-order batsman Yuvraj were ruled out of the key match.

Gambhir has a knee injury, while Yuvraj developed high fever overnight.

The duo will be replaced by left-hand batsman Suresh Raina, making his Test debut after playing 98 one-day internationals, and opener Murali Vijay.

Sri Lanka changed the entire frontline bowling attack that won them the first Test in Galle on 10 wickets.

With Muttiah Muralitharan now retired and fast bowler Lasith Malinga injured, Sri Lanka replaced them with spinner Ajantha Fernando and Dilhara Fernando.

Also out were left-arm spinner Rangana Herath and seamer Chanaka Welegedara. Their places went to debutant off-spinner Suraj Randiv and fast bowler Dammika Prasad.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Venkatsai Laxman, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun, Ishant Sharma.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Dilhara Fernando, Suraj Randiv, Dammika Prasad.

India record easy 7-wkt win over Afghanistan

ST LUCIA: India defeated minnows Afghanistan by seven wickets with 5.1 overs remaining in a Group ‘C’ match in the World Twenty20 cricket here at Beausejour Stadium on Saturday.

Chasing an easy target of 116 runs, India achieved victory in 14.5 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Murali Vijay was the top-scorer with 48 from 46 balls. He hit three sixes and two fours and added 55 runs for the third wicket with Yuvraj Singh (23 not out). Later, captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni smashed two consecutive sixes to take his team to victory.

For Afghanistan, Hamid Hassan, Samiullah Shenwari and Dawlat Ahmedzai took one wicket each.

Earlier, Indian pacers bowled remarkably well to restrict Afghanistan at 115 runs for eight wickets after India captain Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first.

Afghan batsmen could not resist against Indian bowling as Ashish Nehra captured three wickets for 19 runs and Praveen Kumar claimed two for 14 while Zaheer Khan and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each.

Opener Noor Ali batted very well and succeeded in completing his first fifty in T20 internationals. He made exact 50 from 48 balls with four boundaries.

Middle-order batsman Ashgar Stanikzai also played well and made 30 from 33 balls with three sixes.

They were the only batsmen in the double-figures and both added 68 for the fourth wicket stand but after three quick dismissals the Afghan batsmen could take their score only to 115 as their overs quota ended.

India omitted four players – Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Piyush Chawla and Dinesh Karthik – from the final eleven.

This was qualifiers” Afghanistan”s first match in the World Twenty20.

India win toss, put Afghanistan into bat

ST LUCIA, GROS ISLET: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and decided to field first against Afghanistan in the teams’ Group ‘C’ match in the World Twenty20 cricket here at Beausejour Stadium on Saturday

Former champions India omitted four players – Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Piyush Chawla and Dinesh Karthik – from the final eleven..

This was qualifiers” Afghanistan”s first match in the World Twenty20.

Teams
Afghanistan: Nowroz Mangal (captain), Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq, Raees
Ahmadzai, Dawlat Ahmadzai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Hamid Hassan, Samiullah
Shinwari, Noor Ali, Ashgar Stanikzai, Shahpoor Zadran

India: Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wk), Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish NehraDhoni.

Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings 54th match Full Scoreboard

Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab 54th match at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and choose to field. Kings XI Punjab made 192/3 in 20 Overs. Chennai Super Kings made 195/4 in 20 Overs. Chennai Super Kings won the match by 6 wickets. Man of the match : Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings 54th match Full Scoreboard

Kings XI Punjab Batting
Mahela Jayawardene c S Tyagi b A Morkel 21(8b,2/4,2/6)
Shaun Marsh not out 88(57b, 8/4,5/6)
Kumar Sangakkara (c & wk) b R Ashwin 33(24b,5/4)
Yuvraj Singh lbw b S Raina 1(4b)
Irfan Pathan not out 44(27b,4/4,1/6)
Extras: (lb 2, w 3) 5
Total: (3 wkts, 20 ovs) 192

Chennai Super Kings Bowling
Sudeep Tyagi 2 0 24 0
Doug Bollinger 4 0 39 0
Albie Morkel 4 0 48 1
Ravichandran Ashwin 4 0 20 1
Suresh Raina 4 0 33 1
Justin Kemp 1 0 12 0
Shadab Jakati 1 0 14 0

Chennai Super Kings Batting
Murali Vijay st K Sangakkara b R Powar 13(11b,2/4)
Matthew Hayden c K Sangakkara b R Powar 5(8b,1/4)
Suresh Raina c K Goel b J Theron 46(27b,5/4,3/6)
Subramaniam Badrinath st K Sangakkara b P Chawla 53(36b,7/4,2/6)
MS Dhoni (c & wk) not out 54(29b,5/4,2/6)
Albie Morkel not out 14(8b,2/4)
Extras: (lb 5, w 4, nb 1) 10
Total: (4 wkts, 19.4 ovs) 195

Kings XI Punjab Bowling
Ramesh Powar 4 0 28 2
Irfan Pathan 3.4 0 44 0
Vikram Singh 3 0 40 0
Piyush Chawla 4 0 28 1
Juan Theron 4 0 43 1
Yuvraj Singh 1 0 7 0

CSK Vs MI 37th Match Video Hghlights

CSK Vs Mi 37th Match at the Chidambaram stadium of Chennai. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat. Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 24 runs. Man of the Match award : Suresh Raina

Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians Full Scoreboard

Chennai Super Kings Batting
Murali Vijay b Harbhajan 14(17b,2/4)
M Hayden c Satish b Pollard 35(31b,2/4,1/6)
Suresh Raina c Dhawan b Bravo 23(18b,2/4,1/6)
MS Dhoni c and b Pollard 31(18b,4/4)
M Hussey not out 14(15b)
S Badrinath not out 30(22b,4/4)
Extras: 18 b:1 lb:1 nb:1 w:15
Total: 165-4 (20)

Mumbai Indians Bowling
Ryan McLaren 3 0 25 0
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 23 1
L Malinga 4 0 36 0
Abu Nechim 2 0 26 0
D Bravo 2 0 21 1
K Pollard 4 0 27 2
R Satish 1 0 5 0

Mumbai Indians Bating
Shikhar Dhawan b Thushara 16(18b,2/4)
S Tendulkar c Vijay b Thushara 45(35b,6/4)
Saurabh Tiwary c Hayden b Jakati 149(18b,1/4)
A Rayudu st Dhoni b Raina 3(4b)
D Bravo c Thushara b Tyagi 2(3b)
K Pollard c Vijay b Ashwin 5(6b)
R Satish run out (Badrinath) 4(5b)
Ryan McLaren lbw b Ashwin 1(3b)
Harbhajan Singh b Bollinger 33(23b,2/4,3/6)
Abu Nechim not out 4(7b)
Extras: 14 b:0 lb:5 nb:2 w:7
Total: 141-9 (20)

Chennai Super Kings Bowling
S Tyagi 3 0 20 1
D Bollinger 4 0 39 1
R Ashwin 4 0 22 2
T Thushara 2.3 0 16 2
Shadab Jakati 4 0 28 1
Suresh Raina 2.3 0 11 1

Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians 37th Match Video Highlights

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