My father reminded me a couple of days ago that Cricket World Cup is just around the corner. It starts in 2 weeks and West Indies will host the event. India’s first two opponents, Bangladesh (Mar 17) and Bermuda(March 19), won’t be difficult to overcome. First real match for India will be against Sri Lanka on March 23. I don’t know if I’ll get to watch any matches, but will definitely follow the games on the internet.
Here is a great ad by Nike. Click on the image to see the video. It shows the real excitement of cricket. Thanks to Patrix for the link and his excellent post.
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Another loss for Indian Cricket team as Jayawardene powers Sri Lankan win. This time, we had no excuses. The venerable captain was back after serving his suspension. He made 51 and joined the 10,000 run club. Sri Lanka was pushed in a corner and were 95 for 6 at one time. Jayawardene just turned the match around with grit and determination. It must have been a great innings to watch.
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Here is the current roster of Indian Cricket team:
# *Rahul Dravid
# Sourav Ganguly
# Virender Sehwag
# VVS Laxman
# Yuvraj Singh
# Mohammad Kaif
# Jai P Yadav
# Suresh Raina
# Venugopal Rao
# +MS Dhoni
# Anil Kumble
# Harbhajan Singh
# Irfan Pathan
# Zaheer Khan
# Ashish Nehra
# Lakshmipathy Balaji
1. What is Ganguly doing in the official team when he is banned from playing by the ICC?
2. Ever since I remember, the Indian cricket team contained one or two or sometimes even more players from Mumbai. They have always played major roles in successes and failures of the team. In the current team, there is not even one player from Mumbai. Is it because suddenly there are no good quality players from Mumbai or is it politics?
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This article appeared in NY Times, a couple of days ago. A historical perspective on cricket. Thanks, Mayuresh for the forward.
Click on the following link to read it…
Read more…
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Tendulkar becomes India’s highest run-scorer
What is the use if he couldn’t save India from a pathetic loss?
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India lost the last test match to Pakistan in Bangalore by 168 runs. It was just disgusting. Pakistani batsmen were playing as if the Indian bowlers were a bunch of school kids and our stalwarts except Sehwag, couldn’t even play through the day to end the match in a draw. Kumble could score 37 and Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman together make 37 and Ganguly was out on 2. Smacks of match-fixing. Or was it some political play? Be nice and don’t beat Pakistan, our loving brothers, in two test series in a row.
Whatever it was… it was fu(&ing disgusting.
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How pathetic!!! Is there something wrong with the scorecard of Indian second innings? The bottom half of the batting order scored more runs than the top half. Interesting, eh?!
India 2nd innings (target: 543 runs) R M B 4 6
A Chopra b Gillespie 1 16 0 0
V Sehwag c Clarke b Warne 58 94 8 0
*R Dravid b Gillespie 2 6 0 0
SR Tendulkar c Martyn b McGrath 2 14 0 0
VVS Laxman c McGrath b Kasprowicz 2 9 0 0
M Kaif c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 7 8 1 0
+PA Patel c Gilchrist b Gillespie 32 53 6 0
AB Agarkar not out 44 61 8 0
A Kumble b Gillespie 2 17 0 0
M Kartik c Gilchrist b McGrath 22 27 4 0
Z Khan c Martyn b Warne 25 17 2 2
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (all out, 53.3 overs) 200
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First of all, congratulations to the Indian team for a great win. It took 2 overs on the morning of the 5th day to take the last wicket to officially complete the match.
About the first ever triple century (309) by an Indian cricketer in a test match….
- The fact that he scored it against Pakistan in Pakistan made it even better. 
- Viru hit a six when he was on 295 to cross the 300 mark. He must be crazy or has balls of steel to try such a bold shot. During the last series in Australia. He got out on 195 while trying the same stunt to hit a six to cross the 200 mark. Amazing…
- Pakistani team missed multiple opportunities (7-8) to dismiss him, twice in one over.
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Kumble takes India to brink of historic win
Indian team is so close to winning the first test match with Pakistan. It may end on the first ball of the last day. Impressive performance by Kumble and what about that triple century by Sehwag…. Excellent.
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Finally, it is time to celebrate for the Indian Cricket team. It is such a sweet sweet victory. Congratulations!!!!!
Laxman and Pathan lead India to series win
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