February 18, 2011
Can India Win The World Cup – 2011?
Can India win the world cup this time? Its been 22 years when India won the world cup, the only time, when the Kapils devils beaten the mighty West Indies in 1983. After that, India’s performance in the world cup was difficult to guess. In 1987, they were the favorites, but they could not cross the semi finals hurdle. In 1992 they were failed to make into the semis. In 1996 again they were failed to cross the semis. In 1999, they could not cross the super six stage. In 2003, they were beaten by the Aussies. Again in 2007, they could not cross the first round.
This time, Can India win the world cup?
Tournament schedule.
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | Group |
| 2/19/2011 | Bangladesh | India | Mirpur | Group B |
| 2/20/2011 | New Zealand | Kenya | Chennai | Group A |
| 2/20/2011 | Sri Lanka | Canada | Hambantota | Group A |
| 2/21/2011 | Australia | Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad | Group A |
| 2/22/2011 | England | Netherlands | Nagpur | Group B |
| 2/23/2011 | Pakistan | Kenya | Hambantota | Group A |
| 2/24/2011 | South Africa | West Indies | Delhi | Group B |
| 2/25/2011 | Bangladesh | Ireland | Mirpur | Group B |
| 2/25/2011 | Australia | New Zealand | Nagpur | Group A |
| 2/26/2011 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Group A |
| 2/27/2011 | India | England | Bangalore | Group B |
| 2/28/2011 | Canada | Zimbabwe | Nagpur | Group A |
| 2/28/2011 | West Indies | Netherlands | Delhi | Group B |
| 3/1/2011 | Sri Lanka | Kenya | Colombo | Group A |
| 3/2/2011 | England | Ireland | Bangalore | Group B |
| 3/3/2011 | South Africa | Netherlands | Mohali | Group B |
| 3/3/2011 | Pakistan | Canada | Colombo | Group A |
| 3/4/2011 | New Zealand | Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad | Group A |
| 3/4/2011 | Bangladesh | West Indies | Mirpur | Group B |
| 3/5/2011 | Australia | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Group A |
| 3/6/2011 | South Africa | England | Chennai | Group B |
| 3/6/2011 | India | Ireland | Bangalore | Group B |
| 3/7/2011 | Canada | Kenya | Delhi | Group A |
| 3/8/2011 | Pakistan | New Zealand | Kandy | Group A |
| 3/9/2011 | India | Netherlands | Delhi | Group B |
| 3/10/2011 | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Kandy | Group A |
| 3/11/2011 | West Indies | Ireland | Mohali | Group B |
| 3/11/2011 | Bangladesh | England | Chittagong | Group B |
| 3/12/2011 | India | South Africa | Nagpur | Group B |
| 3/13/2011 | New Zealand | Canada | Mumbai | Group A |
| 3/13/2011 | Australia | Kenya | Bangalore | Group A |
| 3/14/2011 | Bangladesh | Netherlands | Chittagong | Group B |
| 3/14/2011 | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Kandy | Group A |
| 3/15/2011 | South Africa | Ireland | Kolkata | Group B |
| 3/16/2011 | Australia | Canada | Bangalore | Group A |
| 3/17/2011 | England | West Indies | Chennai | Group B |
| 3/18/2011 | Ireland | Netherlands | Kolkata | Group A |
| 3/18/2011 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Mumbai | Group A |
| 3/19/2011 | Bangladesh | South Africa | Mirpur | Group B |
| 3/19/2011 | Pakistan | Australia | Colombo | Group A |
| 3/20/2011 | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Kolkata | Group A |
| 3/20/2011 | India | West Indies | Chennai | Group B |
| 3/23/2011 | Mirpur | |||
| 3/24/2011 | Colombo | |||
| 3/25/2011 | Mirpur | |||
| 3/26/2011 | Ahmedabad | |||
| 3/29/2011 | Colombo | |||
| 3/30/2011 | Mohali | |||
| 4/2/2011 | Mumbai | |||
January 23, 2011
Can India Win the Series against South Africa?
Can the men in blue win the final one day match against the hosts South Africans to win their first ever one series win in South Africa.
Lets wait and see
October 12, 2010
Sachin Scored Yet Another Double Century.
October 5, 2010
Thanks VVS Lakshman For Winning The First Test Againest Australia
Thanks VVS Lakshman and Ishant Sharma for you performance against Australia. You kept your head cool, played sensibly and won the test.
Chasing the target of 216, India were at 124/8, at the edge of a probable defeat. But, our Very Very Special Lakshman, with the back pain continued his batting with the help of Raina as the runner. He got excellent support from Ishant Shram. Both of them added 81 runs in 25 overs, taking India to the edge of a sweet win. But, the tension mounted when Hilfenhaus got Ishant out LBW, still India 11 runs behind the target. Ojha, the last man, again batted sensibly to take pass India to the required runs.
Zaheer Khan awarded as the Man Of The Match. We are not taking away the performance of Zaheer, but for us its VVS Lakshman is the Man of the Match.
From the Australia’s point of view, they have taken the 9 wickets, including the Master Blaster, Dangerous Sehwag, The Wall Dravid, the inform Raina, and the Indian Skipper MSD. But, they could not take the wicket of their favorite VVS.
Now we have proved that, India did’t got the First Rank so easily… India deserve to be the No 1 Test Team.
Are you listening Mr. Ricky Ponting and Mr. Kumara Sangakkara
September 27, 2010
Champions League T20 – 2010 Winner Chennai Super Kings
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IPL 2010 champions Chennai Super Kings defeated Warriors by 8 wickets to become the Champions of Champions League T20 – 2010.
Warriors won the toss and chose to bat. They were in a good position by scoring 44/1 in 5.3 overs with the inform Jacobs scoring 34 or 21 balls. But, spinners put breaks on the scoring rate of Warriors. The turning point of Warriors innings was the wicket of Jacobs. The reverse sweep from Jacobs against Ashwin cost him his wicket. After that, its Super Kings spinner all over. M Muralitharan’s 16/3 (in 4 overs) and Ashwin’s 16/2 (in 4 overs) helped the Super Kings to restrict the Warriors for 128/2 in their 20 overs.
In reply, Chennai started cautiously, by scoring singles and doubles, not taking any risks. At end, they finished the game by scoring 132/2 in 19 overs.
M Vijay of Chennai Super Kings is the Player of the match
R Ashwin of Chennai Super Kingg is the Player of the series
June 25, 2010
India Won Asia Cup – 2010 After 15 years
At last, India won the Asia Cup 2010 by defeating the favorite Sri Lanka by 81 runs. Electing to bat after winning the Toss, India managed to score 268/6 in their 50 overs.
Sri Lanka manged to score only 187 in 44.4 overs. Actually Sri Lanka lost their chances in the first 16 overs only by losing 5 wickets for 51.
Congrats to Indian Cricket Team for Winning the Asia Cup 2010 after 15 years.
June 23, 2010
Can India Win Asia Cup – 2010?
India’s last Asia Cup win was in 1995 when India defeted Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. After that India could not win the Asia Cup which means that since 15 years, India did’t win the Asia cup. Will the waiting will end?
Surprisingly, till 1995, when India won all the Asia cups in which it participated. In 1986 India did not participated in Asia cup. After 1995, India managed to enter into the finals 3 times, but ended as runners-up.
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Year |
Winner |
Runner-up |
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1984 |
India |
Sri Lanka |
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1986 |
Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
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1988 |
India |
Sri Lanka |
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1990 |
India |
Sri Lanka |
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1995 |
India |
Sri Lanka |
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1997 |
Sri Lanka |
India |
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2000 |
Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
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2004 |
Sri Lanka |
India |
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2008 |
Sri Lanka |
India |
Already India last 3 mathces consecutively in the recent tournament held in Zimbabwe. India wants to an end to their losing track. India without Sachin and Yuvaraj will take on the underdogs Bangladesh on 16th June.
Lets hope India will bring the Asia cup back to India.
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Schedule |
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Date |
Team |
Team |
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Jun 15 |
Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
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Jun 16 |
India |
Bangladesh |
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Jun 18 |
Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh |
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Jun 19 |
India |
Pakistan |
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Jun 21 |
Pakistan |
Bangladesh |
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Jun 22 |
India |
Sri Lanka |
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Jun 24 |
Final |
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June 17, 2010
India Vs Bangladesh : Asia Cup 2010
Virender Sehwag’s performance helped into to defeat Bangladesh in their Asia Cup opener and win bonus point also. Sehwag performance this time was with ball not with bat. His spell 2.5-0-6-4 restricted the Bangladeshies who were 81/1 at one stage. It was Sehwag’s best spell in ODIs, eclipsing his earlier three for 25 against South Africa at Colombo in 2002.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, the Bangladeshies had a good start and they were 81/1 in 13 overs. But, two wickets in two successive overs by Nehra pull them back. Then it was the party time for the spinners. Bangladesh last their 6 wickets for only 12 runs thanks to Indian spinners.
Chasing 168, India had moderate start by scoring 37 runs in 6 overs when Sehwag was out. Kohli and Gambhir added 43 runs for the second wicket. India was in trouble with Rohit Sharma was out for duck. But skipper Dhoni and Gambhir consolidated Indian innings by added 78 runs in 15 overs. After scoring 82 runs, Gambhir got out. Dhoni and Raina finished the match and secured a bonus point also.
Gambhir awarded the player of his knock of 82 runs
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