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

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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