As we all know that Asia Cup is going to start from 19th of this month, top teams like India, Srilanka & Pakistan will be looking ahead win the cup in which pride comes into picture. Srilanka have shown some brilliant performances against India in recent days. Some of the great names where India is been struggling with are Dilshan, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Thushara & Lashith Malinga. On the other hand, Pakistan has also shown extra-ordinary performances which was given by the Akmal brothers. Now, Shoaib Akthar's entry to the team will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the other teams. Even Pakistan will be looking forward to clinch the title. Indians are also equally strong & have to tendency to destroy all these teams, but recent performances has not helped the team. Too many injuries has affected the team & also some of the great performers like Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar & Yuvaraj Singh will not be playing in this tournament. This is definitely might impact the teams, but on the other hand we can see some young player showing amazing performances such as Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli & so on.
Currently, South Africa is playing a test match against West Indies. Today is the 4th day of the match & the 4th innings is going on. As of now, West Indies need 305 runs to win the match. Right now, West Indies have lost 5 wickets & have scored 154 runs. Dwayne Bravo & Denesh Ramdin are playing & have scored 16 & 2 runs respectively. Right now, South Africa are into the winning track as they have already removed the top order batsmen. Still 5 more wickets needed to win the match for them.
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June 14, 2010
Ind vs Zim : 2nd Twenty20 match
On 13th, India played Zimbabwe in the second Twenty20 match at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India won the toss & had put Zimbabwe to bat first.
Zimbabwe opened the batting account with their openers Hamilton Masakadza & Brendan Taylor. Hamilton Masakadza did not survive for longer period as he got out in the 13th delivery of the match. Zimbabwe played moderately & their run rate was just over 6 runs per over. They were loosing wickets at the right time. Tatenda Taibu played till the end of the innings which Zimbabwe to put up a decent total. He was unbeaten scoring 45 runs from 40 deliveries which included 2 fours. Zimbabwe finished its batting innings by playing entire 20 overs & had put up a total of 140 runs loosing 5 wickets. Ashok Dinda looked impressive from Indian bowling side. His economy rate was just 3.75 runs per over & had took 2 important wickets.
As Indians are well experienced to this type of game, this total was hardly a big deal for the visitors. India lost its first wicket in the fifth over, it was Naman Ojha. After this fall, Murali Vijay & skipper Suresh Raina played well to lead Indian team to chase the target successfully. By the end of 18th over, India chased down the target of 140 runs set by the hosts. India scored 144 runs loosing 3 wickets. Suresh Raina was unbeaten scoring a magnificent 72 runs from 44 deliveries which included 6 fours & 2 sixes. Man of the match & the series was Suresh Raina for his brilliant performance throughout the series.
Zimbabwe opened the batting account with their openers Hamilton Masakadza & Brendan Taylor. Hamilton Masakadza did not survive for longer period as he got out in the 13th delivery of the match. Zimbabwe played moderately & their run rate was just over 6 runs per over. They were loosing wickets at the right time. Tatenda Taibu played till the end of the innings which Zimbabwe to put up a decent total. He was unbeaten scoring 45 runs from 40 deliveries which included 2 fours. Zimbabwe finished its batting innings by playing entire 20 overs & had put up a total of 140 runs loosing 5 wickets. Ashok Dinda looked impressive from Indian bowling side. His economy rate was just 3.75 runs per over & had took 2 important wickets.
As Indians are well experienced to this type of game, this total was hardly a big deal for the visitors. India lost its first wicket in the fifth over, it was Naman Ojha. After this fall, Murali Vijay & skipper Suresh Raina played well to lead Indian team to chase the target successfully. By the end of 18th over, India chased down the target of 140 runs set by the hosts. India scored 144 runs loosing 3 wickets. Suresh Raina was unbeaten scoring a magnificent 72 runs from 44 deliveries which included 6 fours & 2 sixes. Man of the match & the series was Suresh Raina for his brilliant performance throughout the series.
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