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.

West Indies Batting Collapsed Once Again

West Indies got defeat against India and will play against Pakistan team in the quarter final. West Indies ended at number 4^th position in the group while India reached number 2 spot. Now India will meet Australia in the quarter final and Pakistan will go against West Indies.

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

Sri Lanka opt to bat against India

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against India in the final of the tri-nation ODI cricket series at the Ranagiri International Stadium here Saturday.

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillekaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (captain-wicketkeeper), Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Suraj Randiv, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera.

India: Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain-wickerkeeper), Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel. AGENCIES

6 Indian cricketers get showcause for pub brawl

MUMBAI: Six Indian cricketers who were involved in a pub scrap with fans (at Tequila Joe”s in St Lucia) last Tuesday, have been issued showcause notices on Tuesday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The players being reprimanded are Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla and Zaheer Khan, sources revealed.

BCCI secretary N Srinivasan issued the showcause notice to these players at board president Shashank Manohar”s behest, chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty told reporters after the board officials had a meeting at the BCCI headquarters.

“The manager of the Indian team, Ranjib Biswal, today met the board president. The board president and secretary took information from him regarding the West Indies tour and also from the written report (submitted by Biswal earlier),” Shetty said.

A local newspaper has also learnt that four of these players Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra and Ravindra Jadeja are also to be omitted from the side that will be chosen to tour Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup next month.

The BCCI officials” meeting lasted for over two hours. The officials also deliberated on the detailed report of coach Gary Kirsten. The board is now expected to prepare a new code of conduct for the players besides issuing the showcause notices.

The officials were however happy with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni”s handling of his team though they felt that he had erred in cricketing decisions.

“The board has no issue with the captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the president doesn”t doubt his integrity,” said a source.

Biswal, on Saturday, had submitted his report to the board detailing the happenings of St Lucia and also the reasons behind India”s poor performance in the tournament. The manager”s first-hand information of the brawl that happened between the Indian players and some fans from the US over dinner has led to strong action by the board.

Sources added that there were a few more players than those being show-caused at the pub but they had no role to play in the fracas and hence will be left with a warning for now.

Raina ton helps India set 187-run target for SA

GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: Opener Suresh Raina’s brilliant century helped India set a huge target of 187 runs for South Africa here on Sunday.

After South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to field against India in the Group C World Twenty20 match, the Indians piled up 186 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 20 overs at the Beausejour Stadium.

Raina”s century, 101 off 60 balls, was the centre-piece of India”s big total in the Group ”C” match. He smashed five sixes and nine fours and became only the third batsman to score a Twenty20 international century.

Only West Indies” Chris Gayle and New Zealand”s Brendon McCullum had previously made centuries at this level.

Together with Yuvraj Singh (37) he added 88 runs in 10 overs for the third wicket partnership after the pair came together with India 32 for two in the sixth over.

However, no other batsman could make any good contribution in an effort to accelerate the run-rate.

South African pacer Rory Kleinveldt claimed two wickets while Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis and Albie Morkel took one wicket each.

India made two changes from the side that beat Afghanistan by seven wickets here on Saturday.

Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was ruled out with stomach illness and his place was taken by Dinesh Karthik.

And, in a tactical switch, leg-spinner Piyush Chawla replaced fast bowler Zaheer Khan.

This was South Africa”s first match of the tournament and the Proteas opted to use the big-hitting Loots Bosman as captain Graeme Smith”s partner at the top of the order.

Teams
India: Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wk), Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Ashish Nehra

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Loots Bosman, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher (wk), Albie Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Morne Morkel, Rory Kleinveldt, Dale Steyn.

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.

ICC T20 Rankings

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Twenty20 cricket is threatening existence of the other older versions, Test and one-day cricket, “said International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat in the T20 format will help cricket to grow beyond its” traditional “boundaries.

ICC cricket parent body has a system of positions in cricket for teams and players. Sites determined by the players live give characters using statistical formulas. Although even the ICC itself has agreed that the ratings are not quite measure the greatness of teams or players, the rankings have often been burning issues in world cricket.

T20 team placement: On this day, Pakistan no.1 team ratings 128.39. After South Africa in second Sri Lanka in the third and India fourth. For more information about T20 team click here

T20 batsman order: Jayasuriya leads, followed by Yuvraj Singh and Chris Gayle. For more info about T20 batsmen click here

T20 bowler’s rankings: Pakistan bowler Umar Gul is currently leading, followed by a second Pakistani Shahid Afridi. For more info about T20 Bowling Click here

T20 snooker player: Apart from the batsmen and Bowling is the ranking of players. Obiously, All Rounders, the advantage due to Jayasuriya Shahid Afridi just as in other sports. For more info about T20 Player Click here

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