Laxman views on world cup

Laxman ,specialist test batsman said that openers sehwag and gambhir will be key to india's campaign at the world cup 2011.









 Openers are doing well and they are going to play a huge role in the world cup and india have a best chance to win world cup this time.And i don't put pressure on indian team by saying they are world cup favourites.
 This time event is going to happen in india so it will be favourable for india and crowd's encouragement will boost india , he said

            I feel so happy on getting padmashri award and it is for my contribution to india for past ten to fifteen years.
                         

Vengsarkar views on world cup 2011

Dilip vengsarkar, ex-selection committee chairman for BCCI and a key player in the world cup 1983 said
        






  

Dilip vengsarkar

          " Team india under MS Dhoni has all credentials to win the world cup.India is one of the best teams in world cricket at present and india is going to play in its own land and its also advantage.So india is the strong favourites to win the world cup",he said.


                      "Yuvraj and yusuf pathan will be key players and we have strong batting lineup with sehwag, sachin,gambhir,yuvraj,yusuf" ,he said.

ICC world cup 2011 teams

  ICC World cup is getting closer...all cricket fans are awaiting for that .... 

 This time world cup matches will be very competitive. Because all teams are now in great form (will  also include Australia.)

           

This time fourteen countries had qualified for the tournament. 

 they are divided into two groups

Group A

  Australia

  Pakistan

  New Zealand

  Sri Lanka

  Zimbabwe 

  Kenya 

  Canada

Group B

India

South Africa 

England 

West Indies 

Bangladesh 

Ireland 

Netherlands.

                     

                                                  India is also hosting but to win in the tournament india have to work hard... Pray for india to win guys...

Sunil gavaskar views on world cup

                                             






  Sunil gavaskar believes that india has balanced side because it has both young and senior players in balanced condition and so he believes india has all capabilities to win the world cup. Although expectations from the public will distract the players because india is going to play as host , he added

This world cup is open for all world team,unlike Australia have dominated the previous three editions  and now any other team can win the world cup yet india have more possibilities,he said...

India vs South africa 2010-11 full series

Whole series statistics  Timing	Teams	Venue	Results
Thu 16 Dec – Mon 20 Dec 14:00 PM	1st Test - India v South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa beat India by an inning & 25 Runs
Sun 26 Dec – Thu 30 Dec 13:30 PM	2nd Test - India v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	India Won by 87 Runs
Sun 2 Jan – Thu 6 Jan 13:30 PM	3rd Test - India v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	Match Ended as Drawn Test Series Drawn
Sun 9 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	1st T20I – India v South Africa	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban	India Won by 21 Runs India won  the series  T20
Wed 12 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	1st ODI – India v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	South Africa Won by 135 Runs
Sat 15 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	2nd ODI – India v South Africa	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India won by 1 Run
Tue 18 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	3rd ODI – India v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	India Won by 2 Wickets
Fri 21 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	4th ODI – India v South Africa	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	South Africa Won by 48 Runs (D/L Method)
Sun 23 Jan 13:30 PM	5th ODI – India v South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa won by 33 runs	South africa won ODI series

What an amazing batsmen cricketer yusuf is !!

          South african team showed once again that they are better team in the world. Posted total of 250/9 in 46 overs by the help of amla (116*) and van wyk (56).
       India faced target of 268 (Total after D/L). Once again India lost opening and middle order wickets speedily. On one stage india lost 8 wickets for 119,hero pathan played a well turned match in his way by hitting 4s and 6s. By that he achieved his 2nd ODI century in just 68 balls.
But unluckily he lost his wicket on 105 Which includes 8 4s and 8 6s .
Thats it india's winning dream came to end . India lost all its wickets for 234 and hence india lost the match and as well as the Series.

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        I didn't see a man like Yusuf pathan ... wat a performance in that pressure situation...

India vs south africa ODI

Good series till now.... Am i right




  Two close victories for India but unfortunate lost for India in 4th odi its victory was given by D/L method. 
Virat the man fired on his way but unfortunately his ton was also gone because of rain. In 3rd ODI
Yusuf , bhajji, and raina moved india to winning margin .

Any-have India india is in good way to face world cup 2011 because of their confident level. 


Its okay, important , final and series winner determining game to take place tomorrow. India and south africa are in DO OR DIE position to clinch the trophy.

Here comes the series statistics

Timing	Teams	Venue	Results
Thu 16 Dec – Mon 20 Dec 14:00 PM	1st Test - India v South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa beat India by an inning & 25 Runs
Sun 26 Dec – Thu 30 Dec 13:30 PM	2nd Test - India v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	India Won by 87 Runs
Sun 2 Jan – Thu 6 Jan 13:30 PM	3rd Test - India v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	Match Ended as Drawn
Sun 9 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	1st T20I – India v South Africa	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban	India Won by 21 Runs
Wed 12 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	1st ODI – India v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	South Africa Won by 135 Runs
Sat 15 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	2nd ODI – India v South Africa	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India won by 1 Run
Tue 18 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	3rd ODI – India v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	India Won by 2 Wickets
Fri 21 Jan (D/N) 18:00 PM	4th ODI – India v South Africa	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	South Africa Won by 48 Runs (D/L Method)
Sun 23 Jan 13:30 PM	5th ODI – India v South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	Not played

     IMO Dhoni's men are having huge capability and confidence and hence they will win.

India vs South africa 3rd ODI today

Both team had won one match. Remaining three game will determine the series and the 3rd match will  start
at 6.00 p.m at G.M.T 5.30+(India time)

           This time india will miss Sachin tendulkar due to injury




India squad

1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/keeper)
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Murali Vijay
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. R Ashwin
6. Piyush Chawla
7. Harbhajan Singh
8. Zaheer Khan
9. Virat Kohli
10. Praveen Kuma
11. Ashish Nehra
12. Munaf Patel
13. Yusuf Pathan
14. Suresh Raina
15. Rohit Sharma

South Africa Squad

1. Graeme Smith (captain)
2. Hashim Amla
3. Johan Botha
4. AB de Villiers (wicketkeeper)
5. Jean-Paul Duminy
6. Faf du Plessis
7. Imran Tahir
8. Colin Ingram
9. David Mille
10. Morne Morkel
11. Wayne Parnell
12. Robin Peterson
13. Dale Steyn
14. Lonwabo Tsotsobe

World cup 15 member squad

 World cup squad had been announced today . Unfortunately rohit sharma dropped from the squad and piyush chawla added in the squad. Munaf patel got a chance and Tamilnadu spinner Ravichandiran ashwin got chance. And Indian bowlers sreesanth and ishant are also dropped.
 The fifteen member squad are as follows

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk)
• Virender Sehwag
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Gautam Gambhir
• Virat Kohli
• Yuvraj Singh
• Suresh Raina
• Harbhajan Singh
• Zaheer Khan
• Munaf Patel
• Praveen Kumar
• Yusuf Pathan
• Piyush Chawla
• R Ashwin
• Ashish Nehra.

Dhoni - 2nd ODI victory

Dhoni said that the batting in this match gave disappointed but bowlers like munaf patel brought india back in the series.
             " we got good start and after that we lost some wickets and hence we couldnot able to post a big total and moreover during batting powerplay we lost some crucial wickets . Bowlers brought us back in the game especially munaf did well and that's why he won the man of the match", he added.

India vs South africa 2nd ODI - 2011 results, scorecard

India got a greatest comeback in the match after recording a victory by 1 run and levelled series 1-1.

  By this match we can conclude that openning pair lagging in our team.Once again openning batsmen , suresh raina had gone out for low runs . After that dhoni and yuvraj joined together and shared a 83 run partnership score for India and India bowled out for 190.

In second innings south africa lost consistent wickets and even after getting great partnership between smith and ingram they lost match to india.

Scorecard
India innings                                      R    M    B       4      6      SR
 M Vijay c Morkel b Tsotsobe         16    30   32 3 0 50.00
SR Tendulkar b Botha                      24   78   44      2      0    54.54
V Kohli run out (Miller)                     22   43 34    1       0    64.70
Yuvraj Singh c Steyn b Tsotsobe   53     74   68    4        0 77.94
MS Dhoni b Tsotsobe                      38 101   61 1         0   62.29
SK Raina lbw b Tsotsobe                  11 22   14    1        0    78.57
RG Sharma lbw b Morkel                 9 29 14   1 0       64.28
Harbhajan Singh c Miller b Morkel 3 8      7    0       0      42.85
Z Khan c Tsotsobe b Steyn              0 5         3 0     0       0.00
A Nehra c Botha b Steyn                 1      10       3 0 0 33.33
MM Patel not out                              6 4        4    1      0      150.00
Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7

Total (all out; 47.2 overs for 190) (4.01 runs per over)

RSA bowling
    Bowling O M R W Econ

DW Steyn 9.2- 1 -35- 2 -3.75 (1w)
LL Tsotsobe 10- 2- 22- 4- 2.20
WD Parnell 7 -0- 43- 0- 6.14 (1w)
M Morkel 8- 0 -32 -2 -4.00
J Botha        10- 0- 35- 1- 3.50
JP Duminy 3 -0 -19- 0 -6.33 (1w)


RSA scorecard
  
    South Africa innings                               R M B 4s 6s SR
HM Amla c †Dhoni b Patel                       4 8 9 1 0 44.44
GC Smith  b Patel                                  77 135 98 8 0 78.57
CA Ingram lbw b Harbhajan Singh 25 47 30 1 1 83.33
AB de Villiers c †Dhoni b Nehra 8 14 13 1 0 61.53
JP Duminy c Vijay b Sharma 13 38 19 1 0 68.42
DA Miller c sub (Chawla) b Khan 27 36 28 3 1 96.42
J Botha lbw b Khan                              4 18 7 0 0 57.14
WD Parnell c Yuvraj Singh b Patel 12 50 27 1 0 44.44
DW Steyn run out (Yuvraj Singh) 6 19 14 0 0 42.85
M Morkel c sub (Y Pathan) b Patel      6 16 11 1 0 54.54
        LL Tsotsobe not out                      1 4 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (lb 5, w 1) 6

Total (all out; 43 overs for 189) (4.39 runs per over)

India's bowlig


Bowling         O M R W Econ
Z Khan         9- 0- 37- 2- 4.11
M Patel            8- 0 -29- 4- 3.62
A Nehra         7- 1- 44- 1- 6.28
Harbhajan 10- 0 -32 -1- 3.20
S Raina         6- 0 -27- 0- 4.50
R Sharma         2- 0 -12- 1- 6.00
Yuvraj Singh 1 -0- 3- 0- 3.00

Man of the match: Munaf for his 4 wicket haul.

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