A Sydney at Mohali

Ishant Sharma has grown well as a test cricketer

Ishant couldn't last even a single ball despite Anil's advice  and became one of three victims of Clarke's  magical penultimate over of the match at SCG  in 2007-2008 and eventually loosing the game. But today, he stood more than an hour in the first innings and invloved in a crucial 81 run partnership with Laxman to seal the game for India. He has grown up as a cricketer. So, by everyway , I assure you " There is a (changed) Sydney at Mohali.... Be it poor umpiring... Be it a nail biting finish (However with a opposite result)"

Stags became Deaf by CSK's Whisle..!!

After a season of upsets by IPL teams in Season 1, fans turned out in large number to see their franchise team to be triumphant. CSK didn't even take a wrong step.. Right from the TOSS, to the match.. It was all CSK's moment. When everyone said "T20 CRICKET" is all about hitting fours and sixes.. This man, Subramaniam Badrinath, scripted his innings, by finding gaps and notching up quick signals. When CSK was struggling at 40/3, he paired up with Anirudha Srikanth,to up the run rate. Badrianth notched up boundaries time and again,while the muscular Man Anirudha Srikanth dealt in maximums pushing the opposition to the back foot. After the wicket of Anirutha, Albie and Badri added up important runs at the quickest pace of the innings to set a target of 151. Meanwhile Badrinath brought up his half century..

Badrinath acknowledges the applause from the crowd

The new jersey numbered 800 proved lucky for Muralidaran as he picked up Two scalps in the very first over. R.Ashwin too bowled equally well but was economical. Balaji, who was overshadowed by the spin duo , picked up three wickets. Bollinger finished the formalities by picking the last man to bowl Central Stags for 94,thus making CSK win by 56 runs

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar - A Man or Myth?

He is no less than the God in the Subcontinent. He is regarded as a living legend, as a live encyclopedia of cricket. He is the idol for many young cricketers. He has set benchmarks for himself to beat it and also for others to beat it. If you want to commit a error, then commit it when this LITTLE MASTER is batting.

He is none other than Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

Domestic Career:

Being inspired by India’s world cup triumph in 1983, He began his cricketing carrer with a bang early in his school days. In Azad Maidan Trophy in Februaury 1988, Sachin and his very own friend Vinod Kambli shared a record unbroken stand of 664 for third wicket while playing for their school Sharadhasram against St.Xaviers. Sachin remained 326 not out at the end of the match.

Even his maiden first class season was awesome. Watever he touched has turned to be gold. Scored Centuies in the maiden match of each of Indian Domestic Tournament, Viz – Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy.

• Sachin scored 100* for Mumbai against Gujarat in his Ranji debut season 1988-89 to become only the second youngest player then with 15 years and 232 days.
• He scored 103* for Rest of India against Delhi at Delhi in Irani Trophy debut season 1989-90 season.
• He scored 152 for West Zone against East Zone at Guwahati in 1990-91 Duleep Trophy debut season.

Man In white:

When he debuted for Team India in test, he was only the third youngest player (16 years, 205 days ) to do so. The other two were Mushtaq Mohammed (15 years and 125 days) and Aaqib Javeed (16 years and 189 days). With the tag of leading run scorer in Test, He is only second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar after scoring 10,000 runs.

Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990.He was only second youngest cricketer then to achieve this feat. Mushtag Mohammed was the youngest player in the history of test cricket. He scored a ton in early 1990. However now he has been pushed down to third by Mohamed Ashraful in 2001-02 calender.

He made himself a “World Figure” before he completed 20 years. He had already scored 5 centuries then. This unique feat is yet to be achieved by any cricketer in the history of test cricket.

On December 2005, in a Test Match against Sri Lanka, he achieved a unique feat of most test centuries then (35 then) surpassing the count of original MASTER Sunil Gavaskar (34). He currently has 48 test centuries under his belt. Aussie Skipper Ricky Ponting is next in list with 39 test centuries. He just 6 shy of 100 international centuries with 46 in One day internationals. He is first cricketer to score 50 international centuries.

When we take into account of 50 plus test scores, it again this man who tops the list. With 48 test centuries and 55 fifties under his belt, he currently has 103 fifty plus scores. Its again Ricky Ponting, who is second in the list with 91 fifty plus scores.

On January 3, 2007 Sachin edged a run to score 5751 test runs away from home surpassing Brian Lara (5736). However he achieved in 75 away tests while Lara achieved in 66 tests.

In 2008-09 Border Gavaskar Trophy, Sachin guided Peter Siddle towars thirdman to score run to surpass Brian Lara (11,972) as a leading run scorer in Test cricket.

Although he begun his career as No 5 batsmen, he batted for India at No 4 position. Incidentally once when Matthew Hayden was asked Sachin Tendulkar, he said “I have seen the GOD. He bats at number 4 for India in tests.” He is again top in the leaderboard for scoring most number of runs in test cricket at number four positon. He has scored 11,534 runs with 42 centuries and 46 fifties.

He is only such player who easily gel with others. He has been involved in many partnerships. He and Rahul Dravid has involved in 18 hundred plus partnerships in tests. They holds the record for most centuries by any pair. He has been involved in 17 double hundred partnerships.

He is only player to aggregate 1000 runs against 7 different test playing nations. Moreover he has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was third cricketer then to achieve this feat after Former Aussie Skipper Steve Waugh and Current Indian Team Coach and Mr.fitness Gary Kirsten.

On August 3, 2010 by appearing in a test match against Srilanka, Sachin have become the most capped test player in tests (169) overcoming Steve Waugh (168).

Sachin further have a unique record of having been in the winning side in 56 matches while playing for India. He also has a dissimal record of being in loosing side in 45 matches when playing for India.

When coming to captaincy, He is not that good in it. He won India the inaugural Border Gavaskar trophy in a one-off match at Delhi. He also holds the record for highest individual score by any Indian Captain by scoring 217 against New Zealand in 1999-00. The previous record was held by Sunil Gavaskar (205 ).

Man in Blue:

Sachin has been considered as “Most Destructive Batsmen of this Era” in One Day International. When he debuted for Team India at the age of 16 years and 238 days, he was only second youngest cricketer to do so. Only Aaqib Javeed debuted younger than Sachin at he age of 16 years and 127 days.

Having scored 17,598 odd runs then in One Day Internationals, he is currently the leading run scorer in ODIs. He scored those runs at a stunning average of 45.12.

He holds record for most number of centuries(46) and most number of half centuries(93) in one day internationals, the most by any batsman. He is only 6 shy of 100 international centuries(46 + 48) and 1 shy of 150 international half centuries(93 + 56). Besides that he has been dimissed 24 times in the range 90-99.(17 in ODIs and 7 in tests). On one occasion,he remained not out on 96.

He once scored back-to-back centuries at Sarjah, out of which one is the final against Australia. He scored a flawless century to guide India home. He was brutal against Shane Warne in that match. Warne himself accepted “I’ll bowl with my helmets on. I fear that he would down the pitch and hit me for a six over my head.”

On February 24, 2010 when he directed C.Langveldt to point to score a run, he began the only batsmen to score 200* in one day internationals. He scored in 147 balls. He have three 175 plus scores and five 150 plus scores now.

Sachin begun his career as a middle order batsman. Once in a match against New Zealand, he was promoted to open the innings when India was chasing 145 runs. He scored a 40 ball 82, which is even now considered as one of few aggressive innings of then time. Since then he has scored 14,482 runs till now as a opener with 41 hundreds and 72 fifties in 318 innings.

Besides being a batsman, he is a descent bowler. He has scalped 200 plus victims. Further he has captured 5 wickets in a match twice. He is the first Indian to score a century and to capture 4 wickets in a match. He did it against Australia at Dhaka on October 28 ,1998.

As said earlier Sachin is the one who could easily gel with others. He along with Saurav Ganguly formed a attacking opener pair for India in ODIs. They scored 6609 runs with 136 matches with 21 centuries and 23 half centuries. He along with Rahul Dravid involved in highest partenerships in ODIs. This pair scored 331 runs against New Zealand for second wicket in 1999-00 at Hyderabad.

Sachin has scored 1000 runs in a calendar year 7 times . He scored in the following years 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007.

Sachin, till date has appeared in 442 matches in ODIs for India. He is currently second in the lists. Sanath Jayasurya till date has appeared in 444 matches.

Sachin was not good in captaincy even in ODIs. However he is only Indian Captain to score a century in ODI captaincy debut. He scored 110 against Sri Lanka at Columbo RPS. He won India a 4-1 ODI series Victory against Pakisthan in Toronto in 1997

He holds a awesome record of Most Man-of-the-Match awards(60) and Most Man-of-the-series awards(16) by any cricketer.

World Cup Campaign:

Tendulkar has scored the most number of runs in World Cup history. He has scored 1796 runs at a stunning average of 59.87 with 13 fifties and 4 centuries with the highest being 152 against Namibia in 2003 world cup. He also holds a record for scoring most runs in a single edition of a World cup. He scored a mamath 673 runs in 2003 world cup.

On the whole, he has scored the most international runs by any cricketer inclusive of all formats. He scored 31,350 runs till date with the bulk of them against Australia(5,753) at an average of 50.46 with 19 centuries and 25 fifties.

Too close yet too far:

Although he is considered as one of the all time greats of cricket, there are few feathers that Sachin is yet to achieve.

• Sachin has scored only 6018 runs in home soil. He is third in the list next to Ricky Ponting(6790) and Brian Lara (6217). Sachin is yet to top that list.
• Sachin is yet to score a triple hundered in Tests.
• Sachin is yet to score a century in each innings of a Test Match.
• Sachin has capped 442 ODIs, two shy of Sanath Jayasuriya (444*) .Sachin is yet to top that list.
• Sachin is yet to aggregate 500 runs in a series. His best has been 493 runs against Australia in 2007-08.
• Sachin is yet to be part of world cup winning team.

Quotes Unplugged:

The following are the few quotes about Sachin Tendulkar.

• Don Bradman, Australia: “Once When I watch him play, I told my wife he bats just like me.”
• Matthew Hayden, Australia: “I have seen the GOD. He bats at number 4 for India in tests.”
• Brian Lara, West Indies: “If Cricket is a Religion, then Sachin is the only God”
• Allan Border, Australia: “Its Scary! Where the hell do we bowl to him.”
• Anil Kumble, India: “I am fortunate that I have to bowl to him only in nets”
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni. India: “He has scored 16,000 runs. I have not even faced 16,000 balls.”
• Andy Flower, Zimbabwe: “What we need is Ten Tendulkar!”

Wish he achieves everything that is yet to be achieved by him in the game of cricket and in his personal life,

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

Rohit and Kohli Steals the show

Sunday match is always going to be excited. It was yet-again clash between India and Srilanka where both the teams are not with big names with India missing the most. A 154 stand between Rohit and Kohli sealed the game for India. Chasing 242, India crossed the line with 7 wickets and woth 29 balls to spare. Thanks mainly to Rohit Sharma's ton.

Descent Bowling:

Earlier Raina won the toss and asked his counterpart to bat. India opening bowlers Dinda and Yadav bowled well this time.They restricted lankans for 39/2 in 10 overs.Dilshan and Mathews slowely built a partnership. They lasted for 61 runs and soon after scoring his half century,Dilshan was run out. None really performed well for Lankans. Eventually they ended up scoring just 242 runs.Mathews,who is improving match by match notched up 75 runs.Dinda,Ojha and Jadeja picked 2 wickets each

Rohit and Kohli's Show:

Chasing 242 runs is not a tuff task. Indian openers failed this time too.soon Indian scorecard read 47/2 at the end of 10 overs. Rohit and Kohli joint hands in then. Kohli was playing with great patience right from his first ball. Whereas on the otherside Rohit didn't show any sort of patience initially.He came down the pitch to whack perara over deep cover but at the end of the day it was a swing-and-a-miss shot. He even lifted mendis toward long-on. He was fortunate then not to be caught. Both ran a lot of singles between them. Boundaries were hard to come. Both eventually went on to make their half centuries. Unfortunately Kohli departed for well-made 82 while Rohit went on to make his 2nd consecutive century,by cutting Mendis to square. After Kohli's dismissal, Raina came in and notched up the remaining runs and eventually scored the winning run for India.

India's next is game is against Zimbabwe on 3rd of June.

Hope India win that match.

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

Taylor and Erwin set up a victory for the hosts

It was a good match for all the spectators who switched on their TV sets to view a clash between under –string Team India and ambitious Team Zimbabwe. At the end of the day, it was the red that tasted the success. Thanks mainly to Brendon Taylor and debutant Craig Erwin who set the match for Zimbabwians by successfully chasing the target of 285 with 10 balls to spare and by having 6 wickets in hand.

A Charged Rohit

Earlier Indian Skipper Raina won the toss and elected to bat on a strip that was flat. Reports suggested that it would offer turn to spinners. Indian openers Murali Vijay and Dinesh Kartik shared a 50 run stand which includes 26 extras,thanks mainly to Chigumbura. Murali Vijay was unfortunately run out while attempting a 2^nd run which later proved t obe too risky. Incame Virat Kohli too was ran out by Chigumbura for a duck without even facing a ball. Soon kartik too was sent back to hut. Then Raina and Rohit Sharma played sensibly to build a partenership. However the run rate was moving slowly. Spinners slowed down the runrate well. In a period , Indian innings was almost without a boundary for 99 balls until Raina slogged over deep midwicket for 4 runs. Raina too departed for 36 runs. Rohit, whose strike rate was below par initially, later went to pace up his innings well. Once he scored his 50, he started to use his feet well and started finding gaps well and more frequently. He, eventually went on to make his maiden century, which comprises of 3 sixes, With a elegant cover drive. Jadeja on the other hand, who had poor tournament in West Indies, played well with Rohit and went on to score run-a-ball 61. Their partnership proved vital . With cameo from Yusuf Pathan, who scored 11 runs off 5 balls with a 6 and a 4, India set a mighty target of 285 for Zimbabwe. For Zimbabwe Mpofu bagged two scalps.

Depleted Pace Attack

Zimbabwe openers Brendon Taylor and Masakadza gave tuff time for the 3 debutants Indian pace bowlers. They kept well with run rate and shared a opening partnership of 88. Taylor continued and went on to make his fifty and shared a 61 run partnership with Lamb. When Lamb was dismissed, debutant Erwin stepped into the field. He showed great patience and potential and rotated the strike between the wickets well. Meanwhile Taylor was dismissed for well made 81 by Vinay Kumar, thereby becoming his first ODI scalp. Then incame Charles Coventry. He was brutal and cleared the fence often and with ease. Soon Coventry was dismissed by a beauty of Vinay Kumar. He went for a cameo of 32. Skipper Chigumbura then took the responsibility to take his team home. Erwin, meanwhile, made his maiden fifty . With run-a-ball required in last 30 balls and batting powerplay under operation in the same period, it was just like a cake walk for Chigumbura and Erwin. They chased down the target with 10 balls to spare and by keeping 6 wickets in hand.

India takes on Srilanka on Sunday. Hope they win that encounter

Craziest Indian Cricket fan,

Ragul

Cheers and Claps for Team India..!!

Well..I am not a born poet..Many of friends' blog has one poetry or the other. I had intentions to write but didn't come well. So here I have posted my first poetry (pls..call it so) piece using English and Hindi

Cheers and claps for Team India..!!
They will rock this whole dhuniya..!!

Indian Openers are Sachin and Sehwag
who gives opposition just a whack

Cheers and claps for Team India..!!
They will rock this whole dhuniya..!!

In comes then is Gambir
As sensational as Ranbir

Cheers and claps for Team India..!!
They will rock this whole dhuniya..!!

Raina,Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh
All are IPL Kings

Cheers and claps for Team India..!!
They will rock this whole dhuniya..!!

Harbajan, Nehra and Zaheer
bowls to break the furniture


Cheers and claps for Team India..!!
They will rock this whole dhuniya..!!

India mey har jagah par cricket mania
As famous as the cronicles of Narnia

__________________________

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

Different Day-Same Story

Indians expected India to win this encounter. But they didn't. They lost to west Indies by 14 runs and are on the verge of exitting from T20WC. Gayle was brutal as ever for his 98. He was earlier dropped by yusuf Pathan and Dhoni while he was on 47 which then turned out to be a costly miss

Bad Decision again

India won the toss and elected to bowl first. India played with the same playing XI. Initially the run rate of windies was quite slow. courtesy some good bowling for Harbajan Singh. and Asish Nehra who picked three wickets.Then it started to peak at the right time. Gayle was brutal. He reached his fifty and then hardly took single. He just dealt in boundaries and unfortunately missed a ton. He ran himself out when he was on 98. Ecentually windies set a target of 170 for India

Different Day - Same Story

It may be a different oppositon. It may be a different set of bowlers. It was the same story but on yet another day. Bounce was the weapon used by windies. Eventually they succeded too. Openers were sent back at the early of the innings. Raina gave India some hope of Victory. But due to poor short selection he was out. After his departure , India lost wickets at regular interval. None was upto their potential. They ended up scoring just 155 runs

To Qualify for Semis , India should now win Srilanka either by 21 runs or should chase down the target within 17.4 overs. Also Australia should beat West Indies.

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

Aussies dumped Indian batting attack

Match set.. Clash between the "Best Bowling Attack" Vs "Best Batting Attack".. Ultimately only one can be victorious at the end of the day. And who was that? It was the mighty Aussies, mainly due to the slam bang hitting of Watson and Warner(MOM), which yielded them a 49 run victory over India in the first Super-8 encounter.

W for Wictory

Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Harbajan started the bowling for India. First over was maiden. It was just an indicator for "Silence before storm." Watson and Warner then stromed into the Indian Bowling attact to bring 104 run stand between them. Jadeja was severe on the receiving side. Both Watson and Warner hit Jadeja for 3 consecutive sixes in two overs. Aussies scored only 24 runs in the last 4 overs and eventually reached 184/5

Lone Charger

When India stepped in for batting,their target was as mighty as ever. So they have to pile up maximum runs in their first 6 overs. In that process, they lost their top 4 batsmen for just 23 runs in 5 overs. Hopes of victory faded for Indians. However Rohit sharma was lone fighter scoring 79 runs in 46 balls and remained not out, leaving the selectors a strong message with is bat. India were bowled out for 135 in 17.4 overs.

India now should win both the encounters against Sri Lanka and West Indies to enter the semis.

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

India Tops Group-C

It was fine sunday for every one in India....Suresh Raina just become a third cricketer to score an International T20 hundered after Chris Gayle(117) and Brendon McCullum(116*)..India won South Africa by 14 runs and eventually qualified for the Super 8's by topping the Group-C

Shaky Start:

Greame Smith won the toss and asked the opposition to bat first. India had two changes in the Playing XI that played against Afghanisthan. Gambhir and Zaheer were not fit. So Piyush and Karthik had a nook in. India has a very shaky start. In the very second ball of the match there were the mix up between two openers ran to the same end. Luckily they didn't get out. Fortunate fluctuated more than ever. Both the openers were soon dismisssed. Vijay for a golden duck, while Karthik got out for a 17 ball 16.Thinks would have been even worse for India if Raina was got caught in a legal delivery. He was brilliantly caught a mid-off by Kleinvelt when he was on 5, but he was furtunate as it was a no-ball. Yuvraj and Raina had well made 88 run partenership. Yuvraj flicked one on his pads to a six in fineleg which marked that he was on road to form. Yuvraj Scored 37 off 30 balls before he was dismissed by Kleinvelt. Yusuf Pathan was dismissed cheaply for 11 runs. Meanwhile Raina slowly progressed to his maiden century. He was brutal as ever. Once the scoresheet called 4,4,4,6 by Raina off kleinvelt. He hit Albie Morkel for a six over mid-on to bring up his maiden century.With later cameo by the Skipper Dhoni India set a target of might 187 for the proteas.

Good Responce:

Bosman and Kallis came to open the South African innings. Bosman was cheaply removed by Pathan when the scoreboard showed 21/1 in 4.4. Gibbs and kallis steadied the ship. They couldn't find any boundaries till 12th Over. They got occationaly courtesy edges that flew off the bat. After 13 over, Smith started to take aerial root. He was vulturish against Jadege slogging him over the midwicket for Six. He contributed with 36 runs before he was run out by Praveen Kumar. Kallis made his fifty and started to anti up the run rate. In that progress he hit Harbajan for a consecutive sixes. Later he was dismissed for 73 by chawla. AB Deviliers and Albie Morkel scored good Cameos. Infact Albie Morkel pulled Yusuf Pathan for a 104 m six over mid wicket. Eventually they ended up at 172/5 in 20 overs.

South Africans came so close yet they were so far.

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

A Good Encounter on the cards

Having won the first encounter against Afghanisthan with ease,India will now look to carry on their winning momentum.. On the other hand South Africa would like to open their campaign on a winning note..So the day is all set to have a clash between the top two contenders of this world cup..

Mix-up

India picked Ravindra Jadeja ahead of Rohit Sharma who was instrumental in bring Deccan Chargers to the Semifinals of recently concluded IPL. Will India again step in to the field with the same playing XI or will they bring in Rohit? These are the questions that would be going in the minds of Gary and Mahi

On the other hand South Africa too have the same sort of problem. They have the problem in their opening slot. South African squad has 4 openers viz Smith, Gibbs, Bosman and Kallis. Ultimately only two can open. Gibbs wil be one among them. who the other going to be? Will they drop Gibbs and pick the inform Bosman? or Will they open inform Kallis who was second leading run scorer in the recently concluded IPL?

Statistics Favour India:

India lead the head on head encouter by 2-1 against South Africa in T20I

When comes to T20 WC, they are on tie with 1-1 each.

When asked about their fatigue, Dhoni replied, "Most of our players look quite fresh, even after the IPL. This is something we have learned from the World Twenty in England last year. I don't think that will hamper our performances but it will be a big challenge."

This shows his confidence on his players.

The team that control their nerves ultimately triumph this encounter.

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

Nehra and Vijay sets India An easy Win..!!

India was as clinical as ever When chasing down Afghanisthan's 115.. Vijay, on his maiden International T20 match, carried his form from IPL, and played a superb innings of 46 ball 48.. Dhoni chipped in with a cameo of 6 ball 15 to drive India home with 31 balls to spare..India goes to the top of the table of Group-C..

Good Toss to win:

Earlier today, Indian skipper Dhoni won the toss and opted to field..Afghan Opener Noor Ali played sensibly and reached his 50(4 x 4)..Apart from him and Stanikzai, noon really batted upto their potential...Nehra soon found their weakness to the short pitched deliveries and consistently threatened them with the same.. He was rewarded with three scalps.. Praveen picked two while Zaheer and Jadeja picked one each...

Afghanisthan did better than to compete in this match..They should look positive from this match and prepare themselves well..

Meanwhile India's next encounter is against proteas tommorrow...India hope that they carry their winning momentum..Chak de India..

Craziest Indian Cricket fan,

Ragul

Brutal Battle T20 WC

Finally It has Come... Time to wear the Deep Blue jersey... Time to represent our Nation...Time to say "They are my boys".. Time to fight.. Time to

play with pride.. Time to clinch the title..

Being crowned as champions in the year 2007, Team India enters the ICC WC 2010 as a hot favourites..!! How much chance they have to regain their title?

Factors that g0es for India:

• Raina's Supreme form
• Vijay's late inclusion in the squad,thanks mainly to Sehwag's injury
• Harbajan's form both with bat and ball

Factor that goes against India:

• Yuvraj's poor run with the bat
• India's doesn't have any bowler who can really threaten the opposition with his pace
• Indian Batsmen does look off -socks while facing short pitched deliveries

Charged up Skipper Dhoni,Staight from his victorious IPL campaign, will serve as X factor for India...

A Team that is ready for a brutal Battle... !!

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

Wishing God , "A very Happy Birthday"

He is considered as a God by many around the world..!!

He showed his courage when he faced Waqar Younis even after he was bleeding and his shirt was full of blood...!!

He showed his humbleness time and again by thanking God and his beloved dad whenever he scores half a ton or a ton or even a double ton...!!

He showed his spirit of cricket when he prefered to walk to the pavilion just by offering a smile even if he know that the decision is absurd...!!

He showed his character time and again by dedicating his innings..!!

His attitude was well seen whenever he said "All I need is 1 run more than the opposition"

To his honour, he is the first Indian Sportsperson whose wax statue has been placed in the museum of Madame Tussauds Museum in London..!!

He is turning 37 today..!! The man even after spending two decades in the International Cricket is enjoying every moments of his' in the ongoing IPL season 3..!! I wish he gets all the success in life and in cricketing field..!!

I wish he brings INDIA a much needed World Cup..!!

He is "SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR" - Mission Personified

Wishes from a Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,
Ragul

A WC without a "Fear Factor"

Last year in the IPL semifinal between DD and DC,the Indian Dashing opener Virender Sehwag injured his shoulder and paid a huge price. He missed team India's T20 WC campaign. The WC campaign didn't last long. The short lived campaign was full of controversies. The News ,that Sehwag hid his shoulder injury from his skipper,spreaded like a wild fire.,Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was keen to break the romours that were spreading through media. Newspaper called the headlines as "Drift Between Indian Captain and Vice Captain". So, to break these romours, he brought the entire squad in front of the pressmeet to show that they were all united and were ready for defending the championship. Bringing entire squad in front of the pressmeet was strange.But doing the unexpected thing is Team India's policy. They were expected to defend championship, but unexpectedly they were sent out from super eight stages.

This time around, just before another WC campaign, Viru has again injured his shoulder. Will this affect Team India's performance in WC? or Will they be crowned as champions? Only time knows.

I am not taking any credit from M.Vijay who has been named as a replacement for Viru. He had a dream IPL season. He is that sort of batsman who purly depends on his footwork and timing. He can play in front of the wicket just driving you in 'V' or he may even loft you over midwicket for a maximum.

Virender Sehwag is a factor that any opposition would fear for. India is going to miss that factor for sure..

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul

"Mera Pass MAA hi" -- Says CSK

Its rivalry clash between KXIP (who defeated the CSK in 1st leg of this season) and CSK in do or die situation for CSK...."Big players must perform in Big games"....A very well known cricket in the cricketing field....A unbeated half century from the Captain Cool Ensured that CSK stormed in to the semis...

Kings dont 'singh' anymore..

So much pressure on a good batsman, be it anyone, would falter under such circumstances.. Cricketers are not machines.. they cannot be scoring centuries all the time.. So is the case of Yuvi.. One of India's cherished players..

Entertainment Kaa BAAP

Its IPL season….IPL is Back In India… Is that true?

At this time,The point table shows as below...

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Mumbai Indians	9	7	2	0	0	14	+1.118	1573/177.0	1392/179.1
Delhi Daredevils	10	6	4	0	0	12	+0.287	1653/197.0	1614/199.1
Rajasthan Royals	11	6	5	0	0	12	-0.139	1780/210.4	1785/207.5
Royal Challengers Bangalore	10	5	5	0	0	10	+0.351	1600/187.5	1613/197.3
Chennai Super Kings	10	5	5	0	0	10	+0.159	1697/198.0	1674/199.0
Kolkata Knight Riders	10	5	5	0	0	10	-0.329	1577/199.2	1622/196.5
Deccan Chargers	10	4	6	0	0	8	-0.634	1575/199.2	1670/195.4
Kings XI Punjab	10	2	8	0	0	4	-0.700	1642/198.2	1727/192.2

Nothing to worry for Mumbai Indians as they have to win just a match of their 5 matches....

Not a tuff job,if sachin continues to bat like the way he is batting now....

Three hot spots....yet to be decided....Spat between remaining 6 teams but for KXIP.....

DD, RR, KKR, RCB, DC and CSK have been benifited by the arrival of Colligwood, Watson, Brendon, Peterson, Harris, Bollinger....

Few things to be noticed here is the dominance of Aussies in the IPL....

RR

No need of any introduction as the skipper himself as aussie,the team just picked up their momentum only by the performances of Watson.who is an australian.....

CSK

Aussiee Eagle with the bald head....Bollinger.....Just then disembarked....Came to the pitch.....Bowled 4 overs and just like a miser gave only 15 runs,....Took an awesome catch to get rid of RR's lethal weapon....he is again an australian...

Mongoose Rider "Haydos" is again an Australian....

DC