Hi!! I am bored!

Been loooooooong time I came here updating my blog after India played against Zim!

well, This is just gonna be a formal , no.. a scribbling may be! Have been watching films hearing a lot of music, and less of cricket!

Got really bored on seeing Australia losing to England 3-0 in the ashes. Yes, hope they come back!

Finch's 156 was lovely to watch, and what else?!

Pakistan winning against Zimbabwe and Younis Khan's 200 in the second Innings!

Dollar value going up! and petrol prices going up! but there are people like me, who put petrol for Just 100 rs. Earlier 1.39 lts for rs.100 and now approx 1.29 lts for rs.100!

Onion prices. Thank you! what else?! Gold prices! hats off to congress and the Indian economic system and Our Finance Minister says, we are having a tough time. Ok!

The new RBI governor. Welcome sir!

Gang rapes and the judgement!! 

UP riots! what else do we need to face?!

Syria! really Pity that country! chemical chemical! really dangerous! not again plz!

Kimi losing in Italian GP! I heard fans of him telling keep calm and let kimi do what he wants to do! Ok.

see you soon with the next post! Bbbyee!  - with Laav, Harish.S! oYE! How ever you call me! :)

India in Zimbabwe. A recap!

This was the series to test the bench strength and Virat was again given an opportunity to lead the team against Zimbabwe and this was the young Indian squad with lot of new faces. Pujara Made his debut, Mohit was given a chance, Unadkat proved his skill as a bowler. Ambati Rayudu scored some runs, Rahane scored a half century and he has been in the bench for a long time. Amit Mishra was excellent with the ball picking up 18 wickets and equaling the world record with Srinath did against New Zealand. Lot of things happened this series.
Match 1 : India won the toss and chose to field. Sikandar Raza (82) and Chigumbura (43) were the highest scorers for Zimbabwe and they made a modest total of 228. Mishra bowled well and picked up 3 for 43 in his ten overs
India had to chase with ease. The openers fell for low score and Captain Virat had to lead from the front, Virat scored an excellent century (115) and he along with Rayudu (63) made sure India secured a lead in the 5 match ODI Series . India chased down the total in 44.5 overs. Virat was the man of the match.
Match 2 : Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to field. Rohit sharma's poor form continued and he had to lose his wicket for just 1 run. Virat too did not last long and was back to the pavilion. Time for Dhawan to perform and he did so. The left hander scored a brilliant century after bring dropped behind and one at deep. He did not waste his chance and went on to score 116, Dinesh Karthik was another stand out performer this game scoring 69. Both the batsman made sure India was out of trouble and Vinay Kumar made a quick fire 27 from 12 balls and India put on a massive score of 294 in their 50 overs
Zimbabwe had to chase a huge target after winning the toss. Sibanda (55) was the only highest scorer for them followed by Chigumbura's (46) and Utseya's 52 and in 50 overs Zimbabwe scored 236/9. Unadkat picked 4/41 and Dhawan was the man of the match. India lead series 2-0.
Match 3 : India won the toss and chose to field. Indian bowlers were spot on. Zimbabwe batsmen struggled to get runs except for Sean Williams (45) and were all out for 183 in 46 overs. Amit Mishra 4/47 in his 10
Indian's had nothing much to chase,Rohit sharma failing again and useful 35 from Dhawan, Virat remained unbeaten on 68 to chase down the target in just 35.3 overs, Mishra was man of the match. India won the series 3-0
Match 4 : Having won the series. India won the toss and chose to field. Once again this was a kind of repeat, the bowlers were spot on and made sure Zimbabwe kept losing wickets. Chigumbura's half century made them to score 144 in 42.4 overs. This time Mishra picked 3/25 and Mohit sharma picked 2/26.
Pujara on his debut scored 13 and lost his wicket. Rohit and Raina put on a 100+ run partnership and chased down the target with ease, Both scored half centuries and got back their form. 145/1 in 30.5 overs. Mohit Sharma got Man of the match on his debut. India 4-0.
Match 5: Again, India won the toss and chose to field. As expected, Mishra and his googly fetched him six wickets for 48, with just a half century on the scorecard by Sean Williams (51) Zimbabwe all out for 163.
Pujara again failed to capitalize the opportunity and lost his wicket, 41 from Dhawan, 50 from Rahane and 48* from Jadeja won the match for India in 34 overs. Man of the match Amit Mishra for his 6 wicket haul.Series White Washed
India did show their class, This series was completely dominated by India, testing the bench strength and Virat's potential as a future leader.

Seven for Twelve!! - Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi has been the latest sensation after yesterday's brilliant performance with the ball and the bat. Pakistan were really struggling at their first odi against West Indies, West Indies being the home side, won the toss and decided to bowl first. Jason Holder was furious with his bowling who destroyed the Pakistan top order and picked up 4/13 in his ten overs and his career best as well!

Misbah To the rescue again :

This has been a frequent show in Pakistan side, with the side losing wickets and their captain Misbah has come to the rescue every time and this time he was really patient and the strike rate was almost less than 50 and he was supporting afridi who was on a rampage. Afridi scored a quick fire 50 and took his team to a decent total and before getting out, Afridi made a valuable 76 of 55 delivers, that knock included 5 6's and 6 4's with a strike rate of 138. Pakistan had scored a modest total of 224, Misbah with another half century of 121 balls.

With the likes of Gayle,Pollard and Bravo etc, the target looked quite simpler to the home side and they looked comfortable they way they had bowled . But things got changed, Gayle was run out and Irfan struck in his first over, Charles was back and top order was back to the pavilion.

Return of Shahid Afridi :

Afridi was quite a sensation yesterday, he picked almost every west Indian wicket and he had bowled one of the odi's best bowling figure. 9 overs, 3 maidens and 7 wickets, this kind of performance does not happen now and then, and when that happens that becomes the best of all. West Indies had lost all their wickets for 98 runs and no one ever imagined this low score from the home side, who had bowled so well. The magician Shaid afridi has done once again for Pakistan and he has announced his return in style!

India The Winners!! Yet Again.

India has been the best team again, beating Sri Lanka in the tri nation finals, they continue their good from after winning the Champions trophy in England.

MS Dhoni joined the team after he missed out some games due to Injury, mean time Virat Kohli had to lead the team and he did pretty well to take the team to the finals of the tri nation. Virat too scored the first century as a captain against the west Indies in a must win game, Rohit Sharma, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar( 4/8, against Sri Lanka) etc were the other crucial architects taking India to the finals knocking out West Indies.

Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl at :
Queen’s Park Oval. That was a very good toss to win and Bhuvi showed his swinging qualities again, he removed the openers for a low score. Sangakkara and Thirimanne had to steady the ship and they did so, the pair put on a 100+ run partnership and that was the time when Sri Lanka thought they started getting runs, Ishant Sharma got the wicket of Thirimanne and soon Ashwin chipped in with the wicket of Sangakkara and India were right back into the game. Once the pair was back to the pavilion, Sri Lanka did not find a chance to return, Indian bowlers picked wickets at regular Intervals and the pressure was on Sri Lanka every time. Jadeja picked 4/23, Ashwin, Ishant and Bhuvi took 2 each and Sri Lanka were bundled for 201 in 48.5 overs

When Indian openers came into bat, the target looked much easy, but the opening partnership did not last for long and Shikhar Dhawan was back to the pavilion for 16 and soon followed by Virat for 2. India lost both the wickets in quick succession and That was the time when DK and Rohit put on a 50 run partnership and things looked easy. DK lost his wicket for 23, Mahela took a beauty at slip, Herath announced his arrival. In the mean time Rohit brought up his half century and that was a patient innings and he did not carry on and lost his wicket for 58, herath with his second wicket and Raina batted well for his quick fire 32 and a 62 run partnership with Rohit Sharma, both the batsmen out in quick succession and Pressure on India, the arrival of Dhoni showed his calmness at the crease, but the wickets kept falling at the other end and Herath picked up 4 wickets totally for 20 runs and India had lost 9 wickets for 182 and Ishant Sharma accompanied Dhoni till the end, the Indian captain ensured he scored 15 runs of the final over of Eranga’s bowling, the Indian captain remained unbeaten on 45.

The winning shot was a flat six and Indians won the game with two balls to spare, Once again India had bet Sri Lanka in the final and the winning shot being a 6 from the same person as happened in the world cup finals.

Dhoni declared man of the match and Bhuneshwar Kumar declared Man of the series.

We are the Champions yet again! Keep cheering!

India into the semis of the CT-2013!!

India with it's splendid all round skills had qualified for the semis in the on going champions trophy in England. India bet West Indies yesterday to make sure they were the first team to qualify for the semi final, India earlier had won its first game against The South Africans. Shikar Dhawan was the stand out performer in both the matches with back to back 100's lifting India's spirits and hopes.

Against West Indies : India had won the toss and elected to field, and India was so lucky to get rid of the most dangerous Chris Gayle, caught at slip, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar gave India the first break through. Charles looked dangerous before he lost his wicket after a well made half century and Ravindra Jadeja was spot on yesterday and picked five for giving away just 36 runs in his 10 overs. Indian bowling and fielding were up to the mark.

West Indies Just managed a score of 233, with late fire works from Darren Sammy towards the slog overs and he scored an Unbeaten 56. Though this score looked good to defend, the Indian openers put on a century stand, the Indian batsman were brilliant to chase down the score in just 39.1 overs, Dhawan brought up his second ODI century of the tournament and his good form continues. Rohit Sharma too played sensibly before he was caught behind for a well made 52, his second half century of the tournament. Virat Kohli in his 100th odi for India scored a quick fire 22 of 18 balls before he was bowled by Sunil Narine. Dhawan and Karthik put on a 109* partnership as they completed the chase with ease, karthik scored an unbeaten 51 and Dhawan on 102*.

With this win, India qualifies for the next round, the semi finals.

Earlier, India opened their account winning against the South Africans, Indians having lost the toss and put into bat first made a huge score of 330, a brilliant century from Dhawan set up the game for India, the Indian openers had really come out well, putting on a 127 run partnership.
South Africa just managed to score 305 in 50 overs losing all their wickets.
Man of the match, game one : Dhawan (114)
Man of the match, game two : Ravindra Jadeja (5/36)

The record breaking t-20 Vs PWI

The home match for RCB against Pune Warriors and Gayle was at his very explosive best!


This one match will be remembered by everyone, when Gayle almost broke every record, he is a super human. The 175 runs he made included 17 6’s and 13 4’s, Pune had nothing to do and Gayle was at his very best and more over it was Chris Gayle’s day at M.Chinnaswamy stadium Bengaluru and for the fans who watched the match at the stadium, they could not have asked for a better match.

Pune, earlier had won the toss and decided to bowl and soon there was a Rain when RCB  came into bat and RCB openers Gayle and Dilshan had put on 11 runs in 1.2 overs. The play was stopped for less than a hour and Fans had to wait, and the wait provided too costly for the Pune warriors, once the covers were removed and the play resumed, Gayle was in full flow, the rain had stopped and the Gayle storm had just started.

There was no one in the Pune warrior contingent who could stop the super human Chris Gayle and he was on a roll, on the other end Dilshan was calm and watching Gayle going on a rampage. Pune warriors managed a score of 133 chasing RCB’s giant score of 263/5.

A quick look on the Records made Yesterday.

175* is the Highest Individual score made by any batsman in all t-20 matches

263/5 by RCB is the Highest ever total made by any team in this format

Gayle’s century took just 30 balls and the fastest

The 17 six’s struck by Gayle is the most in an Innings, in t-20 matches

Gayle’s has hit 11 centuries in t-20 format and the most

Fastest IPL 50, In just 17 balls

Best Opening partnership for RCB 167

Fastest opening century partnership, 7.5 overs

Gayle, first player to hit 150 six’s in the IPL

the Other contributions came from, AB, 31 from just 8 balls and Dilshan made a patient 33. RCB at their very best yesterday scoring 263/5 in the allotted 20 overs.

If there are words to describe Gayle, “Super Human” would exactly fit him. Its always an honor to have a guy like him on our RCB contingent and Bengaluru is so proud of him.

Keep cheering and keep Supporting! RCB provides many and much more entertainment.

From Chennai to Chinnaswamy!

RCB this time had called the FAB's to watch the RCB RR encounter and it was a quality time for me coming to Chinnaswamy for the first time.

The Fab's have been waiting for this day, the 20th of april the Home game of RCB against RR. It was a fun time for me traveling from Chennai to Bengaluru. Joined by my fellow fab   members from Bengaluru, we were waiting for the match to get started.

RCB had won the toss and decided to bowl, and we were seated at the N stand, RC Fan Terrace and that had the best view, seated comfortably, we started watching the proceedings. Me, coming to chinnaswamy for the first time, was thrilled to watch the red flags all over and cheering RCB every time when a wicket fell for RR and DJ's and the music made the event much more interesting and awesome.

When Dravid came in to bat, there was a huge cheer and the flags of Rcb were waving all over the ground and that was a lovely sight, he deserved it. Probably the only Rajasthan Player who got so much amount of cheer and applause from the crowd, when ever he hit a four and that was a lovely experience watching him bat at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

My co fab's included, Allen, Sachin, Nivedith G, Suhasini Mitra, Ayush Agarwal, Parthasarathy, Dibyashree De, Mukesh and Naresh. We kept cheering for every Rajasthan wicket and every run scored by Rcb.

Rcb has always got something for the Fab's and they do have a good fan engagement system and all the fans would have loved those.

Be that be the Bangaluru food, be that be the BMTC travel, I had loved  everything, just to cheer for this team and would always continue to do this and Visit the city more frequently.

Watching RCB win in the home is always special and when you are present during that occasion in the stadium that makes something more special and RCB has been unbeaten at home and they have won every match there proving a lot of entertainment. We have a long way to go this IPL and wishing our team all the best, we got the best players and we are growing more stronger. Hope the IPL-6 is ours! Keep cheering, keep supporting.

India go up 2-0 at Hyderabad

Day 1, Australia won the toss and decided to bat and This time it was Bhuvneshwar who removed the openers for a low score and Warner was Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s first test wicket and that was a beauty of a delivery and in no time Australia were 15/2 and both the openers back to the pavilion. Watson looked good before he was dismissed again by B.Kumar and three had fallen for Australia in quick time and Hughes who has not made much till now was sent back by Ashwin for a duck and Aussies had to lose their 4th wicket. That was the time when Clarke and Wade put on a 145 run stand for the 5th wicket. The pair batted until tea and post tea it was Bhajji who gave the breakthrough and broke the partnership, a brilliant catch by B.Kumar at backward point and Aus had lost their 5th wicket. Once Wade was out there was not any big scores, Henriques, Maxwell were back to the Pavilion and Jadeja,Harbhajan took most of the wickets post tea. Clarke who was batting on 91, had to sweep jadeja and lost his wicket, bowled and yet again the Australian captain had to lose his wicket to Jadeja and Aussies had to declare for 237/9 and Indian openers had three overs left for the day, they had to defend without losing wicket and they did the same same. It was stumps and India were 5/0

Day 2, India lost the wicket of Sehwag caught behind and India were 17/1 and Sehwag’s out of form worry continues. Pujara and Murali Vijay were watchful throughout that session and they did not lose wicket until lunch and India were 54/1 at Lunch and post lunch they started scoring so quickly and both the batsmen had scored their centuries as well and Aussies remained clueless to break this partnership and India remained 311/1 on day-2 stumps. M Vijay 129*, CA Pujara 162*

Day 3, both the batsmen continued from where they left and scored runs and they were well settled and Australian bowlers were struggling and both the batsmen had crossed their 150 and they looked comfortable and the lead was extending. This partnership was surpassing all the records and it was huge and finally maxwell got the breakthrough, a sudden bounce surprised vijay and a fine catch at backward short leg by Cowan and Vijay had to go for a brilliant 167 and that partnership with Pujara was massive and the pair had scored 370 for the second wicket. The loudest cheer, the crowd was cheering for Sachin who was next to come and Vijay was getting Applause as well. In quick time Pujara brought up his second double ton and his first being against England, He has been very efficient at no.3 and certainly Dravid will be a happy man seeing some like pujara bat at No.3 and scoring a double century. Soon after scoring a double century pujara lost his wicket to Pattionson, a short ball and a fine catch at in the deep by Doherty, a match winning 204. Once Vijay and Pujara got out, there was not any big contributions from the Indian batsmen and Maxwell picked most of the wickets on the day and adding 4 to tally and Doherty picking up three. Indians were all out for 503 and the lead was 266 and Australian openers were off to a good start and put on a 56 run stand before warner was clean bowled by Ashwin and soon followed the second wicket of Hughes and Aussies were 74/2 at stumps, day-3. Cowan 26*, SR Watson 9*

Day 4, It was expected India would finish off the things. Ishant Sharma dismissed Watson early and that was exactly what India was looking for, and Once Watson was back to the Pavilion, Aussies started to struggle and they felt hard to face the Indian spin once again and in quick time before lunch Aus had lost all their wickets for 131 and Ashwin picked up 5 for, once again and Ravindra Jadeja delivery to dismiss Clarke was a beauty, Clarke had been gifting his wicket to Ravindra Jadeja every time this series. Jadeja picked up 3 for 33 and a brilliant run out to send back Henriques and Ishant picked up one and India won by an Innings and 135 runs and India are up in the series 2-0.

Pujara was adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant 204

India win the first test!

Australia in India and we have won the first test at chennai and take a 1-0 lead!

After coming from a home series loss against England in the test series, India has started off with a win against Auatralia in the first test match held at Chennai.

The day-1 saw Aussies batting and dominating the whole day, with Clarke scoring a century while Warner and Henriques scored half centuries. Australians felt it difficult to face the spin. India had three spinners this time against the Aussies, Ashwin, Bhajji and Jaddu while Ojha has to sit out since Harbhajan was included in the playing 11 as a third spinner. Ashwin managed to pull up 6 australian wickets in the day-1 after Australia won the toss and decided to bat. Dhoni's decision to go with Jadeja worked out well and jaddu even managed to take a wicket on the opening day. Australia managed to score above 300 on the day-1 with their captain remaining unbeaten on 100 plus score.

The day two saw Australians adding the runs and they went on to score 380, Clarke topping the score card with 130. When the Indian openers were out to bat, they started off well Until Pattinson striked, India were 12/2 in no time. Both the openers Sehwag and Vijay were back to Pavilion and it was again in the hands of Pujara and sachin to make the ship steady. They did the same before Pujara was out and Pattinson broke that partnership and Pujara was out for 44 and India were 105/3. Virat Kohli then Joined sachin and they played until the stumps without losing any wickets. Both sachin and Virat had scored half centuries by the end of the day.

The day three, Sachin and Virat found hard to score runs and Sachin lost his wicket to Lyon, a beauty of a delivery from the off spinner and sachin had to go for a well made 81 and he had missed out a century, Virat was rock solid with his defense and Dhoni had to join Virat. They both played well and Dhoni was explosive with this batting this time and he did not took much time to settle and started hitting boundaries now and then and he had been targeting the off spinner Lyon. Virat too brought up a well made test century and the second against the Aussies and he was soon dismissed for a well made 107. Dhoni remained cool headed as he does usually and was stroking the ball well, and the same day saw dhoni scoring a double century as well. That double century was quick and he had hit 5 sixes and most of them came from lyon's bowling. India remained 515/8 with MSD and Bhuvneshwar kumar at the crease and this pair had already crossed a 100 run partnership.

The day four, saw Dhoni and B.Kumar continue their batting and Dhoni again hit a six of Lyon . Dhoni was in sublime touch before he was caught behind in Pattinson's bowling for a well made and match saving 224 and in quick time B.kumar was out too and India managed to score 572 with a healthy lead over 150.  Aussies when came into bat was struggling to face the spin and Ashwin again gave the breakthrough, getting his 8th wicket of the match. Australians kept losing wickets in regular intervals and looked like they were heading towards the innings defeat and at one stage they were 5/121 and Henriques was holding the australian innings till the stumps and aussies had lost nine wickets on day-4 and they had taken a lead of 40+ runs.

The day five did not take much time and jaddu took the final wicket of Lyon, aussies were all out for 241 and India needed a 50 run target to take a 1-0 lead. Once again India had to lose the openers early and it was Sachin and Pujara who saw India reaching the target safely and India won the match in chennai.

MSD was declared Man of the match for his brilliant 224

*Ashwin's 12 wicket haul

*The first two balls sachin faced in his first innings went for 4 and the first two balls he faced in his second innings went for a six!

Australia in India! the Squad

India’s squad was announced some days back and as expected Gambhir was dropped and he had a reason behind that. His poor show for a long time, may that be the test series against England and the ODI series against pakistan. He has not been like before and he has not got much of the runs, Dhawan his State mate got a surprise call up for the Team. Dhawan was quite Impressive in the first class cricket and Murali Vijay’s season in the first class cricket was good, he scored a century recently against the Mumbai in Irani cup as well and that should have Impressed our selectors to go with a right handed opener.

Not Including Raina in the test squad was a surprise. He had been looking good. My pick would have been Raina instead of Dhwan or Murali Vijay. Though India needed a left handed opener in order to replace Gambhir. Raina had a good show over all in the Irani cup, came up with a century and a half century and was in a good touch. Raina needs a chance in the test squad. Wasim Jaffar who has been one of India’s consistent run getter in the first class cricket was dropped once again and I still wonder on what basis they had retained Sehwag? The selectors always had an option to pick the Mumbai Opener Jaffar and they could have given him a chance now at least.

Harbhajan makes a come back once again. He was in and out of the team and hope he takes this chance as his second come back. He might have been selected as the third spinner along with Ashwin and Ojha and the Turning pitches in India can help him pick wickets against Australia and Bhajji has an impressive record against Australia in India. Bhuvneshwar Kumar really needed a test call and as expected he got one, he has been very impressive swinging the ball and I just see him as Praveen Kumar. Both the bowlers who have not got much pace but their ability to swing the ball could cause trouble to the batsman earlier in the innings. Kumar was an very Impressive pick in the squad and hope he does well in the debut test series.

Ravindra Jadeja, a bowling all rounder. Being so impressive against Pakistan series and England series and his good form with both the bat and ball has gained him a spot in the test squad, and his two triple hundreds would have also been a reason for the selectors to pick him as well and Dinda also gets a place in the squad along with Ishant Sharma.

The squad : MS Dhoni (capt.), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli,
Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra
Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin,
Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda.

The Third ODI win!

India might have lost the series against  Pakistan. But that one last match of the series got back the hope and lifted the spirit.

After the home test series lost against England and home ODI series against Pakistan. Team India was really looking for something to get back. So as the Third and the last ODI against Pakistan, played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi with the cold climate being a factor, India won the Toss and decided to Bat, dropping Sehwag this time for the Third ODI and Rahane was his replacement. Even this time the top order failed to provide the team with runs. Indian top order did find difficult to face Junaid Khan and Mohammad Irfan, the pace bowlers who has been troubling the Indian batsmen throughout this series. With the Top three failing to get big scores, Yuvi started off well hitting 18 runs of Umar Gul's over but he was not able to continue. Losing his wicket to Hafeez for 23. Once again in the hands of Raina and Dhoni, Raina has been so patient throughout the series batting along with dhoni and building partnership with MSD. Raina and Dhoni added 48 for the 5th wicket before Raina got out for a patient 31 and India was really struggling losing 5 wickets for just 111 runs with lot of overs left behind, Dhoni needed someone to stay along with him till the end, Dhoni was in great form this series a 100 and 50 to his name and unbeaten on both the occasion. Ashwin too lost his wicket without scoring and Jaddu who has been in and out of the team, was the only recognized batsmen to bat along with Dhoni. The captain who has been playing so well just lost his wicket to an out side off delivery from Umar Gul. Jadeja was the only hope for the Indians and the only thing the batting team required was to bat throughout the Innings, but Indians just managed to bat 43.4 overs and were all out for 167 and Jadeja making a valuable contribution of 27 runs down the order was the last man to get out. Ajmal picked 5 wickets for 24 and Pakistan needed 168 to win and every one thought this series would have thought this would be a white wash.
But the Indian bowlers did well to defend this low score and Indian fielding this match was top class. The Pakistani batsmen just managed to score 157, ten runs short of what India scored and the Debutant Shami Ahmed was brilliant with the ball, 9 overs 4 maidens 23 runs and a wicket and Ravindra Jadeja was equally brilliant, 10 overs and Just 19 runs and a wicket, Ishant Sharma took three for 36 and Ashwin 2 for 47 in his ten. Bhuvneshwar Kumar who gave a promising start to his career picked up 2 for for 31. Dhoni  was adjudged as the Man of the match, said it should have been given to the Indian fielding for successfully defending this low score.

Ind-Pak Secind T-20

2nd T-20  Played at :
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad. Pakistan won the toss and made India to bat, again Gambhir and Rahane provided a good start for India and both Gambhir and Rahane were so quick in getting runs, Gambhir hit three consecutive 4’s before being Dismissed by Gul in the same over and Rahane too lost his wicket following Gambhir. India were 2/53, when Virat came along with Yuvi. Two new batsmen at the crease and they picked singles and 4’s now and then, Virat got run out and that was a unnecessary lose of wicket when they were playing so well, a direct hit from Ajmal from short fine leg. MSD joins Yuvi and the brutal strikers of the ball were at the middle and they both added 97 in just 7.2 overs and Yuvi hitting 3 consecutive 6’s of saeed Ajmal was a treat to watch, yuvi hit a total 7 6’s and four 4’s in his match winning 72 of just 36 balls and MSD giving him a good company made 33 and India put on a big score this time, 192 for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.

Needing 193 to win this series, Pakistan Openers Jamshed and Shehzad added runs quickly and they both put on a opening partnership of 74, Ashwin got the breakthrough and soon followed the second wicket and it was Yuvi striking with the ball and both the openers were back to the pavilion. Hafeez was brilliant with the bat and he was so quick in getting the runs and Pakistan managed to score 10 runs in every over and Indian bowlers were under pressure until Hafeez Got out. Hafeez scored 55 of just 26 balls with a strike rate of 220 and once Hafeez got out, India were right on the track,Dinda picked up three in his second spell and made sure India was safe. India won the second t-20 with 11 runs and leveled the series 1-1. Yuvi was declared man of the match and Hafeez was the man of the tournament.

The ODI’s will be more interesting and keep watching! Hope India wins that. Bleed Blue!

India Pakistan first T-20

When ever both the teams play, the excitement is always on and most of the time it would be a close finish game with more tense moments and being a t-20 game everything felt in place. The first t-20 Pakistan won the match by 5 wickets and with just 2 balls remaining with Shoaib Malik anchoring the Pakistan Innings.

1st T20I Played at :
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Pakistan won the toss and chose to field Indian Openers Gambhir and Rahane started so well and added  77 in 10.5 overs, Rahane made a quick fire 42 of 31 with strike rate of 135 and Gambhir was a bit patient, scoring 43 of 41 balls with strike rate of 104. India did get a good start but they did not capitalize on that, India started to lose wickets in regular intervals and were struggling to get runs. Big Guns, Yuvi, msd, Raina and Virat  failed to get runs and India managed to score only 133 for the loss of 9 wickets in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Gul was the stand out performer for his 3 for 21 in 3 overs.

When Pakistan came into bat, needing 134 to win, this was not a big target to chase in forms of t-20 cricket, but India did manage to build pressure in form of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pakistan lost 3 quick wickets for just 12 runs. Kumar was so accurate and brilliant in swinging the ball both ways. Pakistan were really struggling and that was the time when the Pakistan captain Hafeez and Malik put on a match winning partnership of 106, both the batsmen scored 50 plus runs. A little argument between Kamran and Ishant was unforgettable during this match and this even saw both the players fined by ICC match referee. Pakistan were under pressure when they lost two quick wickets of Hafeez and Kamran resp, Shoaib malik took the game away from India. Needing 10 runs to win of the final over from Ravindra Jadeja, Malik hit him a six signalling the win for the visitors. Hafeez was the man of the match, for his match winning 61 of 44 balls, while Malik remained unbeaten on 57.Bhuvneshwar Kumar was brilliant for his 3 wickets for just 9 runs in 4 overs, and this match being his Debut.

5th odi and only t-20 vs SL

India Vs Sri Lanka ODI Series, the 5th and the final ODI Played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, India winning the toss and electing to bat, this match saw some changes in the Indian line up with Sehwag been rested and Rahane taking his place as the opener. Indians lost the wicket of Rahane early for nine runs and Kohli at No.3 this time did not make much impact, he too lost his wicket for 23 runs, but Gauti looked solid at the other end. Rohit Sharma’s poor run continued in the 5th and the final odi as well as he lost his wicket for just 4 runs. It was the time when Manoj Tiwary Joined Gautam Gambhir and they both added 110 for the fourth wicket, Manoj Tiwary scored a well made 65 before he was dismissed by Malinga, followed by Raina for a duck Indians struggled a bit at 5/197, it was the time when the Indian Captain joined Gambhir. In the mean time Gambhir brought his yet another half century and continued his good run against the sri lankans, when the things were just going on well for India, Gambhir lost his wicket for 88. Dhoni made a quick fire 58 of 38 balls and a healthy contribution from Pathan took the Indian score card to 294/7. Needing 295 to win, the lankans lost the wicket of Dilshan for a duck, though Tharanga was quick in making runs, he was not able to carry on and lost his wicket as well. It was Irfan Pathan on both the occasion. Both Chandimal and Mathews failed to make big scores. It was Thirimanne and Jeevan Mendis, the pair added 102 for the sixth wicket partnership and things looked certain for sri lanka and they were marching towards a consolation win before Thirimanne was run out for a well made 77 and in no time the home team started losing wickets and the Indians we spot on taking wickets at the regular intervals, though the run rate needed was 5 per over, the sri lankans have lost all their wickets for 274 in 45.4 overs. India winning the match comfortably by 20 runs. Jeevan Mendis and Thirimanne were the star performers for the lankans making 72 and 77 respectively. For the Indians it was Irfan Pathan bagging the man of the match award for his second 5 wicket haul, he took 5/61 in his 10 overs. India won the odi series 4-1. The Only T20 - Played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka winning the toss and opting to bowl, India did lose the wicket of Gambhir early on, but Virat Kohli was in genuine touch,he was stroking the ball so well and at the point of time, almost every ball he faced, that touched the boundary ropes and he brought his highest runs in t-20 intl making a match winning 68 of 48 ball that included 11 4’s and a six. Raina as usual down the order contributed a quick fire unbeaten 34 along with the captain Dhoni scoring an unbeaten 16 and the Indians batting first managed to score 155 in their 20 overs. Needed 156 to win, The Lankans once again lost the wicket of Dilshan again for a duck, though Mahela was in good touch, Pathan was too good in removing the top three in quick time. Angelo’s 31 was the top score for the Lankans. All together the home team managed to score only 116 in 18 overs. Dinda was the stand out bowler for India picking 4 wickets for 19 runs, but once again it was Pathan adjudged man of the match for his brilliancy in swinging the ball early on and removing the top order that ensured a win for India in the t-20 game as well. Over all India had a good series with a complete domination over the lankans.

Thrid and fourth odi Vs SL

The third ODI: At Colombo, saw the Sri Lankans winning the toss and opting to bat. The openers Dilshan and Tharanga who scored 50’s in their last game failed to provide a good start in the third odi, with Zaheer Khan and Pathan removing the sri lankan top order for just 20 runs on the board, time for Mahela and Sangakkara to do some rescue work. They both batted brilliantly and both came up with the half centuries and took the score till 141 before mahela was out for a well made 65 and once India got the break through they soon found to get another one, the wicket of Sangakkara for 73. Angelo Mathews and Jeevan mendis took the sri lankan score to 286, with a quick fire 71 from the sri lankan all rounder. Zaheer was the stand out bowler for India picking up 2 wickets for 39 runs in 10 overs. When India chased, Sehwag was too early to fall for just three runs and it was once again upto Gambhir and Kohli, the duo added 105 before Kohli lost his wicket for a well made 38, as Dhoni promoted himself up the order things got slowed down for India, Dhoni too lost his wicket on the very first ball of the batting power play followed by Rohit Sharma the very next ball for a duck, Malinga it was doing the honors on both the occasions. Gambhir stood firm and brought his 11th odi ton before he was run out for a well made 102 of 101 balls. Raina and Pathan took Indian run chase from there and proved the depth of Indian batting line up and won the match. Raina scored an Unbeaten 65 and Pathan remained unbeaten on 34. Raina was declared Man of the match for his brilliant match saving knock till the end. India now lead 2-1 after this match The fourth Odi : At Colombo, saw the Sri Lankans again winning the toss and opting to bat. This match had a smart move by Dhoni, with Rohit Sharma already struggling to get his form and there were news that he should be replaced by Manoj Tiwary, he made both of them play in the fourth ODI. As the Sri Lankan openers gave a steady start, things certainly looked like they would put up a huge score in the board,but the indian bowlers fought back really well and Manoj Tiway was truly amazing, he picked up four wickets giving away just 61 runs in his 10 overs and all together Indian bowlers managed to keep the sri lankan score card for just 251 runs, apart from top order batsmen there was not any big contributions made by the Sri Lankan batsmen. Indians coming into the chase, lost the wicket of Gambhir early on for a duck. Sehwag and Kohli added 50 plus for the third wicket before sehwag was dismissed for 34 and Rohit still struggling to get runs was out for 4,followed by Tiwary, did not last long and was out for 21. Raina and Kohli the future of Indian batting line up put on a unbeaten 146 run partnership, in between this partnership Kohli brought up his 13th odi ton in just 86 matches followed by AB who did that in 121 matches and Raina too brought his half century and India winning this match along with the 5 match odi series as well. Virat Kohli was the man of the match for his unbeaten 128. It’s 3-1 with more one match to go in this series.