Saturday, July 25, 2009
Dada's Second Innings As Captain
Ganguly met his team owner in England when he was there to watch ICC T20 WorldCup, they discussed about the captaincy issue as well as appointing a new coach.
"Ganguly and ShahRukh Khan had a discussion about this when the left-hander was in London last week. They have agreed in priniciple that Ganguly will lead the side," the source said."There were also discussions about the possible coaches. Wright and Bevan are the front runners. It is up to Shah Rukh to take the final call."
The decision is more likely to come about as the eligible candidates for captaincy- Ricky Ponting and McCullum will be busy with the national duty during the IPL 2010.
CLT20 Venues Decided
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
WC 2011 Logo Unveiled
The ICC cricket world cup 2011 logo was unveiled yesterday in Mumbai. Designed by Australian creative firm Witekite, the logo is intended to reflect the spirit of cricket in the hosting nations India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka.
The unveiling was attended by some senior officials and some of the cricketing legends Micheal Bevan, Aravinda de Silva, Clive Lloyd, who led the West Indies to victory in the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, Dilip Vengsarkar and Balwinder Singh Sandhu.
The event logo story - a celebration of cricket
The crowd is part of the action, hands up and cheering and shouting for their heroes. The circular shape makes a cricket ball hurtling down the pitch, seam up. Different player silhouettes and the crowd form a pattern around the seam.
The green seam indicates the one day ball and the green of the pitch and ground. The players and crowd surround this with motion and activity. The colours and figures on each side of the ball represent the event host nations coming together along with the world of cricket.
The colour and movement creates a festival, players and fans coming together from around the world to celebrate cricket in the sub-continent.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
IPL Among Top 10 In The World!
The famous SportsPro magazine in its july issue had published the Top 200 world's valuable sporting properties. The youngest among the list is IPL which is a 2 year old event is unbelivelbily ranked 6th in th list, worth $ 1.6 billion. Unsurprisingly the FIFA world cup occcupies 5th position with a value of $ 1.7 billion. Being just 1 position down to FIFA world cup is a very big achievement for IPL.
The top four places are filled by the American sporting properties:
National Football League (NFL) at $ 4.5 billion. It is followed by Major League Baseball (MLB) at $ 3.9 billion, the National Basketball Association (NBA) at $ 3.35 billion and Nascar stock car racing at $ 1.9 billion.
The Ferrari Formula One team (7th) at a value of $ 1.55 billion is followed by Manchester United Football Club (8th) at $ 1.495 billion. Dallas Cowboys (10th), with the NFL team valued at $ 1.278 billion.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Champions Or Chumpions!
The whole nation is disappointed by the performance of the team especially the poor form of skipper MSD.
Here are the reasons I feel why India lost the match:
1. Miserable batting by Jadeja, who scored 25 off 35 balls which is not desired strike-rate in T-20 format.But you dont expect a new player like him to shine in his first match, that too in the situation of do or die
2. With 9 required of 2 balls and lethal Yousuf on strike, Indian fans still had a hope that India would make it, untill Dhoni commited a big blunder. Dhoni was supposed to take 2 runs when Yousuf hit the ball for straight drive, instead Dhoni restricted Yousuf to take just 1 run, which changed the whole scenario of the game. This is not the first blunder done by the Indian skipper, earlier in the last match against WI Dhoni failed to hit the stumps even when the ball was quite comfortably in his hand to runout Bravo , which cost him heavily.
3. Dhoni has to be blamed for other reason also. When Dhoni came on to the crease at the last 6 overs India required runs at a rate of 12 per over. Slowly as the match progressed to the last 3 overs and India required runrate of over 13 Dhoni was still seen defencing the ball just for 1 run.
Well..you don't expect any batsmens to play a defence at the last overs fo the T-20 format. This shows Dhoni's ability to play in the tense situations. Surely he is not a match winner.
4. Poor fielding by Yuvraj in the last over of England's innings gifted 4 runs t England.
One thing is for sure, nothing went well for Dhoni throughout the tournaments.
There is also smell of rumour that most of the Indian players where not happy with the behaviour of the skipper.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Can India Retain Their Title
No doubt India is a strong contender for the ICC T-20 champion title,thanks to the board tournament IPL which had made the players to cope up easily with this short format of the game.
If India retain their title the lion's share credit will be given to the IPL also if India fails to retain their title,the loss may be responsible because of IPL.In other words IPL can have a negative impact as well as positive impact.
Well..you know the +ve impact and coming to -ve impact,the players seems to be very tired after playing game continously for a long time,it has even made some players injury pron.
Its upto the players what impact they make out of IPL.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
ICC T20 Fixtures
Jun 05 22:00 IST Lord's, London
Jun 06 14:30 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 06 18:30 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 06 22:30 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 07 18:00 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 07 22:00 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 08 18:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 08 22:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 09 18:00 IST Lord's, London
Jun 09 22:00 IST Lord's, London
Jun 10 18:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 10 22:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 11 18:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 11 22:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 12 18:00 IST Lord's, London
Jun 12 22:00 IST Lord's, London
Jun 13 18:00 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 13 22:00 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 14 18:00 IST Lord's, London
Jun 14 22:00 IST Lord's, London
Jun 15 18:00 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 15 22:00 IST Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
Jun 16 18:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 16 22:00 IST Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
AKONvicted At IPL Closing Ceremony
What a closing ceremony it has been for the IPL season 2.
Fire works,Laser show,Flying candles,performance by Bollywoood star Katrina Kaif
made the closing ceremony of IPL-2 a worth watching till the midnight for the Indian fans.
Lot more spice to this receipe was added by my favourite singer AKON.
Akon is poor at dancing ,his work at IPL clsoing ceremony was to sing a song, shake some of his body parts.Akon sued the crowd with his most hit song SMACK THAT... followed by the songs RIGHT NOW NA NA NA and BEAUTIFUL of his latest album freedom.
It seems thats Akon gonna do a song for Indian fans and is planning for a concert in Mumbai next year.If it is so I will be the happiest man.
Its Deccan
Well..they were at the bottom of the table having won only 2 out of 14 matches in the first season of IPL .And in the second season a little was expected from them....They are Deccan Chargers.
Batting first the DC set up a mere total for the Royal Challengers Banglore.At one stage it looked like RCB could easily win the tourny till a good spell by Young lad Harmeet singh came as a disaster to RCB.Harmeet played many matches in IPL-2 but no match was good for him being the most beaten bowler for the chargers,but Gilly had trust in him and gave a berth to him in the final.Harmeet utilized this oppurtunity fruitfully with an impressive bowling figure,which led the charger to claim the tittle.
From being at the bottom of the table to winning the IPL crown ,it has been an extraordinary journey for the chargers.
Expect the same in the next seasons CHARGERS and hope that next time you have your city name Hyderabad on your logo
Monday, May 11, 2009
Racial Discrimination Among KnightRiders
The assistant coach of KKR, Bicheal is under scanner for racially abusing an Indian team mate during the practise session.The unfamous coach without realising the consequences of his act said to one of his Indian mate that "YOU INDIAN DO WHAT EVER I SAY......".
The name of the targeted Indian is not yet revealed.
According to a local news reporter the whole story of racial discrimination started when SRK organized a party for their only win in the tournament,the foreign(white) players and Indians(blacks) were seen partying seperately.This was also seen on the field with the behaviour of the players.
What so ever!!I think Bicheal('BITCH'al) will have a hard time after his stinking act.
If Shahrukh is a real Indian then he will remove this rubbish(Bicheal) out of the team,with out any hesitation.
What you think guys ,what should be the best punishment for the RUBBISH HOLE??
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
SRK To Sell KKR??
Team---------->Revenues--------->Expenses------------>Profit/Loss
KKR ---------->89 ---------->81 ------------>+8
RR ---------->55 ---------->50 ------------>+5
DD ----------> 71 ---------->79 ------------>-8
RC ---------->50 ---------->95 ------------>-45
DC ---------->64 ---------->84 ------------>-20
KX11 ---------->61 ---------->64.4 ------------>-3.3
MI ---------->70 ---------->91 ------------>-21
CSK ---------->74 ---------->80 ------------>-6
KKR and RR were only teams to have a good turnover.Clearly with this statistics,if I would have had a team then I would have quickly sold it.The frustration of the owners due to their team's turnover in the 1st edition of ipl was clearly seen.
8 0r 5 crores,this is not the profit the Franchise Owners were expecting.Moreover the loss incurred by many teams added worry to Lalit Modi,who is trying hard ragarding this issue.Im sure no owner will be happy by their turnover if their team wins the tournament.
With KKR at the bottom of the table there are talks that the KKR Owner Shahrukh Khan is
selling his team.The team performance and most importantly the profit are the major reasons behind this.
I wonder who will be buying the team,with probably a low profit turnover ratio??
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sachin Tussi Great Ho!
Atleast the highlights?
If no,you have lost one of the greatest batsmen in the world-Sachin's power packed show.
It was like a treat to watch the match.
Sachin and Sanath roped the best partnership in IPL with 127 runs in just 12.2 overs.
Sachin blasted 63 of just 49 balls with 3 hits over the fences.
At the moment it looks like MI and Deccan Chargers are the most dangerous ,each being successful in threating the opposition .
Well, Im supporting MmbaiIndians ,which team are you supporting????
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Dravid Shut'em Up
Dravid has given a clear indications that nothing matter before Experience.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Every Dog Has Its Day
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Cricket Cartoons
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Deccan Chargeless
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Why Wasn't It 2-0
I mean the series could have been won by 2-0 which could have boosted India's points in
the ICC Rankings.
Dhoni no doubt is a humble and a strong leader but the third test between India and NZ
indicated that even a strong leaders make big mistakes sometimes.The third test could have been easily won by India if Dhoni had declared the innings some time earlier.The test was drawn due to bad weather with NZ making 281 and India needing only 2 wickets for victory.
These are the incidents from which Dhoni must learn to rectify his mistakes.
ALL THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE DHONI
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Videos Download
One of the most unfortunate incident in cricket world.
Kapil and Kirsten Abuses eachother.
Must watch video
IF you like this video download it
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Black Clouds Around DADA
Monday, March 30, 2009
Dhoni Dating????
South Indian actress(name not revealed).Dhoni met his date for the first
time in chennai where the actress was promoting the team Chennai Super
Kings,team led by Dhoni.When asked the actress about this relation she
immediately refused it.She said "Dhoni is my good friend and nothing beyond
that".
Kya MAHI,Duniya ke samne apne risthe ko lane se itne darte ho???
Friday, March 27, 2009
India In Trouble At The End Of Day 2
Riding high Jesse Ryder made a maiden double century at the day 2 of the second test between NZ and India.McCullum,Vettori and Franklin also added trouble to India having played a good innings.This helped NZ to clinch a Giant score of 619 before declaring their innings with 9 wickets down.In rsponse to this India looked like they are going to have a good start but then came a big blow with Sehwag departuring early in the innings.Lots of hopes were on Gautam,but he disappointed the fans by playing a fluke shot.Then came Ishant as a night watchman.He could survive only 12 balls.The only thing that will be in the Blues mind will be to save the match.
With Rahul and Sachin on the crease India are 79/3 at the end of day 2.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
India Miss Dhoni
Dont know whether it was Dhoni missing the game or the pitch in the favour of
the batsmen,NZ made Indian feel fish out of water smashing 351/5 at the end of first day of 2nd test in Napier.
Dhoni's decision to be out of the game came just before few minutes the game started as he was suffering from back injury.
Sehwag then walked onto the ground with blue blazzer for the toss.Having winnig the toss Sehwag elected to bat first on the pitch which was favourable to the batsmen.
Sehwag's decision to bat first proved to be worthy with NZ struggling at 23/3 .
Then came Ross taylor and Ryder partnership which added 250 plus runs to their team total.Sehwag tried all his bowler including him but he was enable to break their partnership until Bhajji took the wicket of Ross Taylor.Taylor made 151 valuable runs.
At the end of the day Ryder was on 137 and Franklin on 27.
Wonder cant India manage a single game with out Dhoni?????
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Was That Over Confidence???
Rohit Sharma was the top scorrer for India making 43*.India has won the ODI series eith 3-1 lead.
Who is to be blamed for India's loss???post your comments now!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
SEHWAG - Bowler Destructor, Runs Constructor
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Two New Venues For IPL
Monday, March 9, 2009
43 and still counting..
Rain Abondens 2nd ODI
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Black Pages In Book Of Cricket History
Atleast 5 members were killed in this terror strike including the driver of the Srilanka cricket team.This is the most tragedic inicident in the world of sports.The Srilankan team soon after the incident were airlifted to AbuDhabi from where they fly to their home.
Intelligence says that the incident was well planned and that the Terrorists aim was to make the Srilankan team hostages.All the 12 gunmen escaped with out any injuries.How could they escape ??I mean,there were many videos broadcasted in tv channels showing the Terrorists opening the fire and roaming freely at the incident site.Thats shows the security level in Pakistan.The Indian and Kiwis who were playing their ODI were seen wearing a black band around their arms to protest against this incident.India won the match by 53 runs d/l method.
Let me know your views on this assault in the comments.
Friday, February 27, 2009
INDIA FAILS AGAIN!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
INDIA BEATEN IN 1ST T20
It was a bad day for the Indains as the kiwis chased successfully a mere score of 166 in 18.5 overs with 7 wickeets remaining,thanks to the powerful knocks by Mc Cullum and M.Guptill with 56*(49) and 41(28) runs respectively.The crowd enjoyed the match with both teams striking a poweful hits over the ropes .The match recorded 24 sixes 13 India and 11 by NZ which is a new World Record in T20.From the Indian side Raina's inning of 61 runs from 43 balls with 5 6's and 2 4's helped India to set a score of 162.
Dhoni's critics now have araised and claims that the Dhoni's days of Fortunes has finished.what say??Do you think its Dhoni's LUCK which makes him a successful captain.Post in your comments.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Comments By The Players
RAMEEZ:"India will crush NZ"
VETTORI:"Sachin greater than Ponting and Lara"
Ishant Sharma: "I wants to clock 150 KMPH in New Zealand"
Dhoni:"IPL much bigger than NZ T20"
Fixtures For NZ Tour
1st T20I - Feb 25, 2009
AMI Stadium, Christchurch
2nd T20I - Feb 27, 2009
WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington
ODI
1st ODI - Mar 03, 2009
McLean Park, Napier
2nd ODI - Mar 06, 2009
WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington
3rd ODI - Mar 08, 2009
AMI Stadium, Christchurch
4th ODI - Mar 11, 2009
Seddon Park, Hamilton
5th ODI - Mar 14, 2009
Eden Park, Auckland
Test
1st Test - Mar 18, 2009
Seddon Park, Hamilton
2nd Test - Mar 26, 2009
McLean Park, Napier
3rd Test - Apr 03, 2009
WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Indian Team For Newzealand Tour
T20 squad
1. MS Dhoni (c)(wk)
2. Irfan Pathan
3. Virender Sehwag
4. Ravindra Jadeja
5. Gautam Gambhir
6. Munaf Patel
7. Yuvraj Singh
8. Pragyan Ojha
9. Yusuf Pathan
10. Dinesh Karthik
11. Rohit Sharma
12. Suresh Raina
13. Harbhajan Singh
14. Zaheer Khan
15. Ishant Sharma
ODI Squad
MS Dhoni (c)(wk) Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar
Suresh Raina Yuvraj Singh
Harbhajan Singh Yusuf Pathan
Ishant Sharma Zaheer Khan
Irfan Pathan Munaf Patel
Rohit Sharma Pragyan Ojha
Dinesh Karthik Praveen Kumar
Test Squad* MS Dhoni (c)(wk)
* Virender Sehwag
* Gautam Gambhir
* Rahul Dravid
* Sachin Tendulkar
* VVS Laxman
* Yuvraj Singh
* Harbhajan Singh
* Zaheer Khan
* Ishant Sharma
* Munaf Patel
* Murali Vijay
* Amit Mishra
* L Balaji
* Dhawal Kulkarni
* Dinesh Karthik