What next for India? New Zealand Series

Here is the squad for the Test and One Day series between India and New Zealand.

The Royal Battle to Unforgettable Glory

Border Gavaskar Trophy 2010, perhaps  the most awaited test series of the year… for it was the clash of two world class teams, Numero Uno test team India and the second best test team Australia.

Preview CL: Mumbai Indians

Probably, the favorites for the Champions League T20, Mumbai Indians are a serious contender and sure semi-finalists. The presence of Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo strengthens the team. The team is placed along with Royal Challengers, Guyana, South Australia and Highveld Lions. They were the finalists of the Indian Premier League 2010 and just missed the cup. They were the most consistent team in the whole IPL.

No Referral System for Indo- Aus Series

We saw a lot of Wrong Decisions in the Match between India and Sri Lanka recently due to which India lost the game. So, we blame the Umpires for wrong decisions. But, it was available the Tri Series and because India did not want it, it was not used. So somehow India paid the price for not accepting the URDS system.

Preview CL: Royal Challengers Bangalore

Much was spoken about this team in IPL 3. There was a surprise package from the RCBians IPL 2 and Inaugural Champions League. This CLT20 2, The Royal Challengers of Bangalore look boosted in the presence of the Foreign Trio of Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor and Cameron While who have preferred playing for the Men in Red than their home teams.

Uthappa wins it for RCB, CSK short by 36

BANGALORE”S UTHAPPA GIVES A HIGH TOTAL FOR CSK TO CHASE:-

It was not the best of starts for the Team in Red. The Ace Player, Jacques Kallis who was not out for the previous 4 games got out for 19 even before the powerplay got over.So, the untested middle order was put to test. It was a quiet start for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Pandey, Kohli and Morgan all were back to the hut even before the team went for the kill.

But, Uthappa kept his bat swinging. The Banglorean exploded and went for the attack in the 18th over. He went after Ashwin for a mighty sixer in that over. The main kill just started in Balaji’s over where he hit him for three consecutive sixes over the park. 245 runs of the over. He did all to manage to a total of 171 which no one thought of.

CSK SHORT BY 36 RUNS- MIDDLE ORDER CRUMBLES

Not the best starts the Kings wanted. Parthiv Patel edged the swinging ball of Praveen Kumar in the first over itself. The Mongoose man kept quite for a bit and played running game. But, soon he bought in the Mini Mongoose which goosed up Vinay Kumar for consecutive fours in an over.

But, it was unfortunate for the Big fellow Hayden as he fell short of his crease and took a long hop to the hut. After Hayden’s wicket in the 10th over, wickets started tumbling. Vinay Kumar troubled the batsmen and first got out George Bailey, then Suresh Raina, then Murali Vijay. A Bad outing for CSK, Albie and Badri couldn’t do much to get a win.

Squads:

Royal Challengers Bangalore :
JH Kallis, MK Pandey, RV Uthappa, V Kohli, R Dravid, EJG Morgan, MV Boucher, P Kumar, A Kumble, DW Steyn, R Vinay Kumar.

Chennai Super Kings :
PA Patel, ML Hayden, M Vijay, SK Raina, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, JA Morkel, R Ashwin, L Balaji, M Muralitharan, S Tyagi.

Points Table after this match:

Team	M	W	L	P	N.R.R
Delhi Dare Devils	5	2	3	4	–0.919
Deccan Chargers	4	3	1	6	+0.450
Kings XI Punjab	4	1	3	2	–0.276
Knight Riders	5	2	3	4	–0.851
Mumbai Indians	4	3	1	6	+1.330
Chennai Superkings	5	2	3	4	–0.004
Rajastan Royals	4	1	3	0	–0.953
Royal Challengers	5	4	1	8	+1.331

ICC World Cup 2011

With less than a year to go for the World Cup, India prepares to host the World Cup in a superb fashion. There are renovations seen in many stadiums. Here are the schedules:-

Date and Time	Match	Weather
2011
Sat Feb 19	1st match – India v Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A
2011
Sun Feb 20	3rd match – Sri Lanka v Canada Hambantota International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Sun Feb 20	2nd match – Kenya v New Zealand MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Mon Feb 21	4th match – Australia v Zimbabwe Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	N/A
Tue Feb 22	5th match – England v Netherlands Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	N/A
Wed Feb 23	6th match – Kenya v Pakistan Hambantota International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Thu Feb 24	7th match – South Africa v West Indies Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Fri Feb 25	9th match – Bangladesh v Ireland Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A
Fri Feb 25	8th match – Australia v New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	N/A
Sat Feb 26	10th match – Pakistan v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sun Feb 27	11th match – India v England Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Mon Feb 28	12th match – Netherlands v West Indies Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Mon Feb 28	13th match – Canada v Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	N/A
Tue Mar 1	14th match – Kenya v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Wed Mar 2	15th match – England v Ireland M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Thu Mar 3	17th match – Canada v Pakistan R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Thu Mar 3	16th match – Netherlands v South Africa Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Fri Mar 4	19th match – Bangladesh v West Indies Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A
Fri Mar 4	18th match – New Zealand v Zimbabwe Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	N/A
Sat Mar 5	20th match – Australia v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sun Mar 6	21st match – India v Ireland M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Sun Mar 6	22nd match – England v South Africa MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Mon Mar 7	23rd match – Canada v Kenya Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Tue Mar 8	24th match – New Zealand v Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Wed Mar 9	25th match – India v Netherlands Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Thu Mar 10	26th match – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Fri Mar 11	28th match – Bangladesh v England Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	N/A
Fri Mar 11	27th match – Ireland v West Indies Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Sat Mar 12	29th match – India v South Africa Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	N/A
Sun Mar 13	30th match – Canada v New Zealand Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Sun Mar 13	31st match – Australia v Kenya M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Mon Mar 14	33rd match – Bangladesh v Netherlands Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	N/A
Mon Mar 14	32nd match – Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Tue Mar 15	34th match – Ireland v South Africa Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Wed Mar 16	35th match – Australia v Canada M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Thu Mar 17	36th match – England v West Indies MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Fri Mar 18	37th match – New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Fri Mar 18	38th match – Ireland v Netherlands Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sat Mar 19	40th match – Bangladesh v South Africa Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A
Sat Mar 19	39th match – Australia v Pakistan R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sun Mar 20	41st match – Kenya v Zimbabwe Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sun Mar 20	42nd match – India v West Indies MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Wed Mar 23	Quarter Final – TBC v TBC Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A
Thu Mar 24	Quarter Final – TBC v TBC R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Fri Mar 25	Quarter Final – TBC v TBC Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A
Sat Mar 26	Quarter Final – TBC v TBC Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	N/A
Tue Mar 29	Semi Final – TBC v TBC R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Wed Mar 30	Semi Final – TBC v TBC Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Sat Apr 2	Final – TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A

Maxertainment 3: Praveeen Kumar gets 1st hat trick of 2010

The 6th in the history of Indian Premier League and first this year, Praveen Kumar become 1st person to take the hat trick this year in M Chinnaswamy stadium at Bangalore.

He got it in a low scoring match and his 3 explosions meant that Rajasthan was restricted to a under hundred.

Brought back into the attack in the 17th over, Praveen removed Damien Martin, Sumit Narwal and Paras Dogra consecutively.

Here is a video of Kumar’s hat trick from IPL Youtube