Yesterday, India bagged the Asia Cup for the 5th time in the history. India played Srilanka in the finals at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. India won the toss & elected to bat first.
Gautam Gambhir & Dinesh Karthik opened the innings for India. Gautam Gambhir did not stay for longer period as he got run out in the very first delivery of the 7th over. After the fall of first wicket, all the top order batsmen did their job well & contributed very good runs which helped India to put up a good total on board. India by 50 completing the 50 overs, it had put up a total of 268 runs loosing 6 wickets. Top scorer for India was Dinesh Karthik who scored 66 runs from 84 deliveries which included 9 fours. Muttiah Muralidharan was the most economical bowler from Srilankan side. His economical rate was just 3.4 runs per over & did not pick any wickets.
Now, Srilankans wanted 269 runs in total to clinch the Asia Cup. Upul Tharanga & Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the innings for Srilanka. Dilshan returned to pavilion in the very 5th delivery of the 1st over itself. Srilankans started to loose wickets in very regular intervals. Things went very worse, when they lost Jayawardena, Mathews & Sangakkara when Srilanka had scored just 50 odd runs. Kandamby & Kapugedara was the last hope for Srilanka as they both have the tendency to bat till the end. In-fact they both played well but did not put up a strong partnership. By 44.4 overs, Srilanka lost all its 10 wickets scoring 187 runs. India thereby won the match by 81 runs. India won the Asia cup for the 5th time.Praveen Kumar & Harbhajan Singh were the most economical bowlers for India.
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June 25, 2010
June 19, 2010
Harbhajan Singh stars for India
Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat first. Salman Butt & Imran Butt were the openers for Pakistan. A 71 run partnership between these two had put Pakistan into an good position. Farhat was out & Shoaib Malik came to bat. Again there was a good partnership of 73 runs, Pakistan at this point of time looked very strong. Once Shoaib Malik & Salman Butt got out, Pakistan started to loose wickets in regular intervals. There was no good partnerships built further. Pakistan lost all 10 wickets in 49.3 overs scoring 267 runs.
Chasing 267 runs was a big challenge for India, as the highest run chase in this ground was just 212 runs so far. As usual, Gautam Gambhir & Virender Sehwag opened the innings for India. Virender Sehwag did not perform well today with both bat & ball. He departed scoring only 11 runs from 32 deliveries. Gautam Gambhir & MS Dhoni had put a good partnership of 98 runs which helped India to go in a positive track. After the fall of Gautam Gambhir, 3 more wickets fell in quick intervals. Suresh Raina was the hope for India when other top order batsmen failed to stay till the end. But things changed when India needed 7 runs from 6 deliveries. Suresh Raina got run out in the very first delivery of the 50th over. Praveen Kumar came to bat accompanying Harbhajan Singh, he scored 3 runs from 2 deliveries which was much needed at this time. Finally everything was on Bhajji when India needed 3 runs from 2 deliveries. Voila !! Bhajji made it, he hit the ball for a six. What a nail biting match was it. India won the match by3 wickets. Now, Pakistan & Bangladesh are out of Finals in Asia Cup.
June 17, 2010
Asia Cup: 2nd ODI
2nd match of the Asia cup was played today between India & Bangladesh at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. Bangladesh won the toss & elected to bat first.
Bangladesh openers gave a magnificent start where they scored 35 runs from just 17 deliveries. After the fall of the first wicket, they started to play moderately & were on good track. Wickets were falling at regular interval. At the 34th over, Bangladesh lost its 7th wicket when the score was 167 runs on board. After this, Virender Sehwag took remaining 3 wickets without giving any run to Bangladesh thereby by restricting them to just 167 runs. This was the best bowling figure for Virender Sehwag who gave just 6 runs & took 4 wickets by bowling 17 deliveries. Now, chasing 167 runs in 50 overs is a cake-walk for India.
Virender Sehwag was not magnificent in batting today as he departed scoring just 11 runs. Even Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma did not play well as they both got out in consecutive deliveries of Shakib Al Hasan. Skipper MS Dhoni & Gautam Gambhir put up partnership of 78 runs which helped India to reach their target very easily. Gautam Gambhir could not survive till the end as he got out scoring 82 runs. MS Dhoni finished the match by hitting 2 consecutive boundaries in a grand style. By 30.4 overs, India chased the target successfully scoring 168 runs & had lost 4 wickets. India won the match by 6 wickets with 20.2 overs remaining. Man of the match was Gautam Gambhir.
Bangladesh openers gave a magnificent start where they scored 35 runs from just 17 deliveries. After the fall of the first wicket, they started to play moderately & were on good track. Wickets were falling at regular interval. At the 34th over, Bangladesh lost its 7th wicket when the score was 167 runs on board. After this, Virender Sehwag took remaining 3 wickets without giving any run to Bangladesh thereby by restricting them to just 167 runs. This was the best bowling figure for Virender Sehwag who gave just 6 runs & took 4 wickets by bowling 17 deliveries. Now, chasing 167 runs in 50 overs is a cake-walk for India.
Virender Sehwag was not magnificent in batting today as he departed scoring just 11 runs. Even Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma did not play well as they both got out in consecutive deliveries of Shakib Al Hasan. Skipper MS Dhoni & Gautam Gambhir put up partnership of 78 runs which helped India to reach their target very easily. Gautam Gambhir could not survive till the end as he got out scoring 82 runs. MS Dhoni finished the match by hitting 2 consecutive boundaries in a grand style. By 30.4 overs, India chased the target successfully scoring 168 runs & had lost 4 wickets. India won the match by 6 wickets with 20.2 overs remaining. Man of the match was Gautam Gambhir.
June 15, 2010
Asia Cup: Ist ODI
In the Inaugural match of the Asia Cup, Srilanka played Pakistan at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. Srilanka won the toss & elected to bat first.
Upul Tharanga & Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the innings for Srilankan side. Both did not stay long as they got out scoring 11 & 18 runs respectively. Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene & Angelo Mathews help Srilanka to put up a decent total. Angelo Mathews stayed till the end of 50 overs & was unbeaten scoring 55 runs. Srilanka scored 242 runs from 50 overs loosing 9 wickets. Abdul Razzaq was very impressive on bowling side as his economy rate was just 3.37 runs per over & took a wicket. Shoiab Akthar's come back is very good as he also looked impressive with ball, his economy rate was just 4.1 runs per over & took 3 crucial wickets for his team.
Chasing the score of 242 runs set by the Srilankans, Pakistan opened its batting innings with the openers Shahzaib Hasan & Salman Butt. Pakistanis lost 2 quick wickets where they could not resist Lashith Malinga's attack. Shahid Afridi played a magnificent innings who scored 109 runs from just 76 deliveries which included 8 fours & 7 sixes. Akmal Brothers both could not stand for longer time as they both got run out. After the fall of Shahid Afridi all the pressure fell on Abdul Razzaq, but even he could not succeed as the co-strikers all got out. By the end of 47th over, Pakistan lost all its 10 wickets scoring 226 runs. Srilanka won the match by 16 runs. Man of the match was Shahid Afridi.
Todays top cricket news
From today Asia Cup tournament will be starting in which the events will be held in Srilanka this time. In the inaugural match, hosts Srilanka will be playing against Pakistan. In preivous 2 tournaments Srilankans were victorious & they will looking forward to make it a hat-trick using the favour of the home conditions.
India will be playing against the Bangladesh on 16th at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. India has won 4 titles so far, but their last win was 15 years ago, so even Indians will be looking forward to break the jinx this time.
South Africa have won the test match against the West Indies by 163 runs. Man of the match was Dale Steyn for his brilliant performance in bowling as well as in batting. He took 5 wickets & scored 39 runs in the first innings & in second innings he took 3 more wickets.
India will be playing against the Bangladesh on 16th at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. India has won 4 titles so far, but their last win was 15 years ago, so even Indians will be looking forward to break the jinx this time.
South Africa have won the test match against the West Indies by 163 runs. Man of the match was Dale Steyn for his brilliant performance in bowling as well as in batting. He took 5 wickets & scored 39 runs in the first innings & in second innings he took 3 more wickets.
June 11, 2010
Some updates on Cricket
Today West Indies will be playing the 1st Test match against the visitors, South Africa, at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain - Trinidad. But, due to the rain, the match has been delayed.
Saurabh Tiwary looks pretty confident about making his career very successful right from his debut in international matches. Tiwary is been added to the Indian team where he will be playing in Asia Cup which starts from 19th of this month. He has said that he will not disappoint the selectors for sure & can rely on him. Tiwary is the second player from Jharkhand who will be representing India in International Cricket after MS Dhoni. He had shown a very good performance in IPL-3 scoring 419 runs for Mumbai Indians.
Sourav Ganguly who was the former captain of Indian Cricket team will be leading Marylebone Cricket Club team against the Pakistanis at Lord's. Brain Lara, Chaminda Vaas, Ian Harvey are also playing for MCC. Pakistani's will be facing against some of the world class cricketer's at Lord's. After this, Pakistan will be 5-ODI & 4 test matches England team in July.
Saurabh Tiwary looks pretty confident about making his career very successful right from his debut in international matches. Tiwary is been added to the Indian team where he will be playing in Asia Cup which starts from 19th of this month. He has said that he will not disappoint the selectors for sure & can rely on him. Tiwary is the second player from Jharkhand who will be representing India in International Cricket after MS Dhoni. He had shown a very good performance in IPL-3 scoring 419 runs for Mumbai Indians.
Sourav Ganguly who was the former captain of Indian Cricket team will be leading Marylebone Cricket Club team against the Pakistanis at Lord's. Brain Lara, Chaminda Vaas, Ian Harvey are also playing for MCC. Pakistani's will be facing against some of the world class cricketer's at Lord's. After this, Pakistan will be 5-ODI & 4 test matches England team in July.
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