England HUMILIATED by INDIA

India trashed England 5-0 in the recently held series in India..India outplayed England in all the departments..The hosts stunned the visitors by whitewashing them!The series was termed as 'The Revenge Series' by a news channel..MS Dhoni termed the word 'revenge' too strong a word to be used! In the first match India played well and got to a score of 300..England started steadily but lost wickets at regular intervals..That too after the dismissal of captain Cook the wickets started to fall down quickly..India won the match by 126 runs ! India won the second game in which the total was more than 230! Virat Kohli hit a magnificent century..not to forget Gambhir's knock , India won the second game convincingly by 8 wickets..The third game was the most interesting one..The match was held at mohali..England made 298 with Trott scoring 98*..Anjikaye Rahne scored 91 runs and Dhoni's cameo at the end ensured a victory of 5 wickets!In the 4th ODI England made a modest 220..India chased down the total easily finishing it in just 40.1 overs..India won the match by 6 wickets..In the last game England looked good but Dhoni ensured that the brittle bowling attack of England got a good trashing as he scored 75* in 69 balls India's total was 271/8..Again the batting of England was brittle..England got out to a flyer as the score read 129-0..Both Cook and Kieswetter had jit half centuries..One who was seeing the match would have imagined alas england would win but england lost all the 10 wickets within a space of 47 runs and were bowled out for 176 all out..England won the only t20 by 5 wickets..MS Dhoni wasn't dismissed in the series!(not also one time)Thanks to a good knock from Kevin Pietersen..India struggled as the got only 120 runs from the quota of 20 overs! England finally had dismissed MS Dhoni!Robin Utthapa was recalled and he failed .. even yusuf pathan.. He was run out! England got out  to a good start and lost Kieswetter and Hales in the first 7 overs but the start was good enough..Raina played a good knock but he got out and even he dropped a catch of Kevin Pietersen when he was only on one! Had that catch been taken the game would have turned on its head ! But past is past! It was a good series for India as all the youngsters excelled and there was no services of Sachin,Sehwag,Zaheer due to injury and Harbhajan was dropped! Jadeja who was recalled did exceedingly well by bowling,batting and fielding brilliantly ! The thing i loved from england's fielding was the diving of the keeper,Kieswetter..India will play against West Indies after 2 weeks!
Man Of the series ( ODI ) : MS Dhoni
Man of the match (t20) : Kevin Piertersen

Mumbai Indians win CLt20!

Wouldn't you believe it!  Mumbai Indians were down with injuries even before the start of the tournament!They lost Sachin Tendulkar,Rohit Sharma,Munaf Patel,Ali Murtaza and many more! After the tournament started they lost South Africa's Davy Jacobs who injured himself while practicing..Harbhajan Singh led the side..The finals was all an Indian affair..It was between Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers of Bengaluru..The cLt20 consisted of two groups..Group A consisted of Chennai Super Kings,Mumbai Indians,Trinidad and Tobago,Cape Cobras and New South Wales Blues..Group B consisted of Royal Challengers Bengaluru,Kolkata Knight Riders,South Australian Redbacks,Somerset and Warriors..All the ten teams had a chance of qualifying to the Semi Finals but only four made the cut..They were RCB,MI,Somerset and NSW Blues..Trinidad & Tobago were awesome in the last two games and won it! They were really awesome and lost their first two games in a very very narrow margin..Suni Narine was the most awesomest bowler you would have ever seen..He spun the ball both the ways which made batsmen difficult to understand..Even they had a chance of qualifying but they failed..CSK lost the first game as MI's Malinga hit a cameo,37* off 18 balls..CSK won against Cape Cobras and lost to T&T and NSW Blues!They would have qualified if they had chased down NSW Blues total of 202 in 102 balls but even they failed..MI and NSW qualified from Group A and RCB who lost their first two games qualified with Somerset..Somerset were a good team rigt from the beginning and RCB gained a spot in the semi finals after winning against Redbacks which was a last ball thriller..KB Arun Karthik of RCB hit six runs which was required from one ball.!Somerset lost against Mumbai Indians..Malinga bowled beautifully in the semi finals and RCB chased down NSW's total of more than 200 in the semi final! David Warner hit back to back centuries( against CSK in the group stage and against RCB in the semi final )!And it was a mouth watering final between RCB and MI ..RCB needed 140 off twenty overs..One would have imagined that RCB would win after Dilshan got to a flyer..But Malinga got the initial breakthrough and Gayle and Virat struggled in the Chennai pitch which offered a lot for the bowlers..Bhajji and Chahal bowled well and RCB were restricted to 108 all out! It was a great event
Man of the series : Malinga
Man of the final    : Harbhajan
Golden wicket(most wickets):Malinga
Golden Bat(most runs):Warner

England TRASHES India!!

India would just like to forget this tour as India didn't win a single match..India lost 4-0 in the Test Series,lost the one off T20 and lost the ODI series 3-0..Most of the matches were interrupted by rain and again umpiring was not up to the mark..There was  review system in all the matches played and Raina once again suffered the most..India who have the weakness of short ball mostly got out playing the wrong shots for the deliveries which were bowled short..India were plagued by injuries..Virender Sehwag played only 2 tests;the 3rd and the 4th! England defeated India in all the tests!! India lost its No.1 rankings in Tests after losing all the 4 matches..The last match was a thrilling one in which England won by an innings and 8 runs..Sachin Tendulkar and Amit Mishra batted splendidly..At times when a review was taken HotSpot  revealed nothing..In the 3rd test match.Dravid's bat touched the lace of his shoe but he was given out and dravid didn't take a review! Dravid's batting..!! gosh!! a person could learn how to be patient from him..He notched up 3 centuries! he was adjudged as India's Man of the series and Kevin Pietersen was adjudged England's..He scored a double century in the 1st test at Lord's!! India's bowling was brittle..India lost Zaheer Khan in the 1st test..He suffered a hamstring injury after bowling 13 odd overs!! India lost the one off T20...England won in the last over thriller!! Samit Patel was the hero and Eoin Morgan also made 49..In the ODI series,India lost 3 matches..all by D/L method!! not in a single match 100 overe were played!! The first match was abandoned,The second match was reduced to 23 overs..The 3rd match would have been really a nightmare for India until MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja rescued India!! Ashwin played few amazing strokes at the end of the innings but England won it by 3 wickets..The 4th ODI ended in a tie..At 48.4 overs the rain came and both the scores were tied!! Again by D/L method the match ended in a tie!! In the last ODI Virat Kolhi scored a century,Rahul Dravid hit a half century and MS Dhoni's 50 off 26 which was studded by 2 monstorous sixes ensured that India reached a score of 304 for 6 in 50 overs but again the skies opened up and England's target was reduced to 241 runs from 34 overs 11 england did it successfully !! Debutant Bairstow scored 41 off 21!! MS Dhoni was adjudjed The Man of the series for scoring 3 consecutive 50's!! India slips to 5th in the ODI ranking and England rise to 4th place!!

The ICC Awards Function

Cricketer
of the Year :  Jonathan
Trott
Test Cricketer of the
Year : Alastair Cook
ODI Cricketer of the
Year : Kumar
Sangakkara
People's Choice Award :
Kumar Sangakkara
Spirit of Cricket Award :
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Emerging Player Award :
Devendra Bishoo
ICC Associate and
Affiliate Player : Ryan
ten Doeschate
Twenty20 International
Performance of the
Year : Tim Southee
Umpire of the Year :
Aleem dar
ICC Women's Cricketer
of the Year : Stafanie
Taylor
Four Indian Cricket
Team | ICT player
named in ICC ODI Team
of Year:
TM Dilshan, V Sehwag,
K Sangakkara, AB de
Villiers, S Watson,
Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra
Singh Dhoni [Captain &
WK], G Swann, Umar
Gul , D Steyn, Zaheer
Khan, L Malinga

Bamy Army wins against Sri Lanka!

Well the England versus Sri Lanka series was a tour which Sri Lanka would like to forget..The finalists of the 2011 World Cup lost in both Test Series and in the ODI series.Sri Lanka won the only T20.Sri Lanka lost the test series 1-0 and the ODI series 3-2..Sri Lanka lost the first match of the Test Series by an innings and 14 runs..The second and the third  test matches were drawn..Then Sri Lanka bounced back by winning the only T20..In the ODI series,England won the first match but Sri Lanka fought back by winning the second and the third ODIs,but England were no less and won the remaining 2 ODIs..Thus England won the ODI series against Sri Lanka..Alastair Cook captained the ODI Team for England..England will now face India..The series starts from July 21!!

India wins in the carreabian !!

India,after being crowned the world champs,have maintained their winning momentum..India,with a second string team in the ODIs,won the series 3-2 Suresh Raina led the young Indian side for ODIs and regular captain MS Dhoni  captained India in the Test Series..West Indies,without Gayle in ODIs and in the Test Series fought back by winning the last 2 ODIs..In the Test Series,India won 1-0..in the 3 match Test series..West Indies were really struggling without Gayle and the key players also failed to fire..In the last test debutant Kirk Edwards scored 110,while Chandrepaul scored 116 n.o. .The first Test was won by India , the second and the third test ended in a tame draw..All the tests were affected by rain and umpiring was worse..Suresh Raina suffered the most..One of the umpire even opted out of the final test!!

Man of the series - (ODI) Rohit Sharma
Man of the series - (Test) Ishant Sharma

Chennai Super Kings win IPL 4

Well Well....Chennai Super Kings have been outstanding throughout this tournament..They in fact deserved to win this tournament...The side was balanced...Batting and bowling were superb....Fielding...goodness me...What a superb fielding...One of the best you might have ever witnessed...The Royal Challengers Bengaluru were too dependent on Chris Gayle....Since his arrival The RCB won 7 out of their 7 matches....Chennai had a great home record winning all the 7 matches...The Chennai were never dependent on a certain guy..Whenever one guy fails;the other guy compensates...Murali Vijay who was in patches performed very well...Vikay scored 95 runs of just 52 balls...Mr.Cricket,Mike Hussey scored 63 runs of 45 balls..The opening duo (Vijay and Husssey)shared a sizzling 159 run partnership off just 14.5 overs...Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat that would help spinners a lot...The RCB's would have never expected such a start in whiche Gayle was gone for a 3 ball duck...Saurabh Tiwary hit a few lusty blows but it was too late for the RCB team...Ashwin was the pick off the bowlers..Even Jakati was among the wickets...Totally it was a team effort from CSK which won them the grand finale....


                                  Brief Scores: CSK : 205/5 in 20 overs (M.Vijay 95;M.Hussey 63;MS Dhoni 22;Gayle                    2 for 34;Aravind 2 for 39)
                                                        RCB : 147/8 in 20 overs (S.Tiwary 42 n.o.;V.Kolhi 35;Z.Khan 21;R.Aswin 3 for 16Jakati 2 for 21)