Happy Days for Bangladesh Cricket

Bangladesh have had a slow but steady progress over the years since being made a test nation. Slowly but surely then will grow into a fierce force if they are not already. One thing is for sure is that they can no longer be called Minnows. And Now they entered into the Finals of Asia Cup by defeating World Champions and Runners in their league matches, by these victories Bangladesh is no longer an ordinary team to play.

India's vice captain Virat Kohli smashed a career-best 183 to power India virtually into the finals of the Asia Cup as he led the chase of a mammoth 330-run target to beat archrivals Pakistan by six wickets on Sunday.
Sachin Tendulkar (52) and Rohit Sharma (68) were the other chief contributors of this must-win game that took India to second place in the points table, behind Pakistan who have already booked a berth in the summit clash. Bangladesh, though, can still spoil India's party if they beat Sri Lanka by a bonus point on Tuesday; however, that's highly improbable and an India-Pakistan final is the most likely scenario.

Tendulkar's first feeling after scoring hundred hundred's

 Guys have a look of our cricket god's career.

 
Here goes the first feeling of master blaster after scoring his hundred hundreds....

"I thanked God for whatever has come my way... You should not take things for granted...Till the end you have to be on your toes... Whatever planning the team has, you have to execute it... After scoring 100, my job was not over...The 100 wasn’t the only thing on my mind...To get a good total was the aim… I was sort of looking at the scorecard and the run rate... I was avoiding looking at my personal score..."

hmm..great isn't it.., that's why he is considered as a God of Cricket world..

The 5-year drought ends...

The 5-year drought ends... Quick: When's the last Dravid scored a Test century outside the Indian sub-continent? If you are racking your brains, then it's only natural. The Wall’s last such knock came in the West Indies tour of 2006. A five-year drought is too much for a great like Dravid. It's good for Indian cricket that the overseas Wall is back. In fact, Dravid stood tall amongst all Test players in the world till he became captain. Right from his debut, his career average had been steadily increasing. During his captaincy, it stood at a superlative 58, way ahead of both Sachin and Brian Lara.

rohit helped his side to lead the odi series 1-0 against west indies

In a contest of ordinary batting line-ups, India had the extra bit of quality to successfully chase an under-par West Indies total. West Indies seemed to lack enterprise and skill to handle India's bowling, but their bowlers and fielders were spirited in the defence, dragging India down. The top order faltered after a quick start, but Rohit Sharma and captain Suresh Raina steadied India from 104 for 4.

It was a slow and low track all right, fast becoming the norm in the West Indies now, but wasn't treacherous enough to justify either West Indies' total or the struggle India had to go through to get there. The only batsmen that seemed at ease were Marlon Samuels, Raina and eventually Rohit. Samuels' half-century injected some life in West Indies' limp innings after early wickets and an extra cautious Ramnaresh Sarwan had left them crawling to 74 for 3 in 25 overs.

Raina did much the same for India with a busy effort, but it was Rohit who was the most interesting study. There were two Rohits on display. The first came out, saw Devendra Bishoo spin one across him, and started slogging at everything. That Rohit refused to work hard, and looked to slog his way out. That Rohit batted alongside Shikhar Dhawan, who scored his maiden half-century in unconvincing manner and looked to get out any moment.

It was during a period of play the legspinners Bishoo and Anthony Martin kept a tight leash on, with Darren Sammy and the alert fielders providing the support cast. For 13.2 overs India didn't get a single boundary. The edginess was apparent. S Badrinath played 11 straight dots before edging Bishoo to make it 61 for 3. Rohit's ways rubbed off to Dhawan, who started trying to hit every ball for four, finding either an edge or a fielder. His wicket, through a slog sweep that gave Martin his maiden wicket, was a freight train coming.

Rohit, though, was over the self-destructive period by then. And also a critical moment in the 24th over when a close lbw shout was ruled in his favour. He played Bishoo for the turn, and the straighter one kissed his back pad before hitting the bat. And it was right in front. The umpire couldn't really be faulted for not being completely sure it had hit the pad first, but West Indies could claim that the DRS would have got them their man.

Those early hiccups negotiated, the other Rohit was the one batting in a sweat-drenched shirt, running hard, looking to convert ones into twos, scoring his first 30 runs without a boundary. Raina came in and nudged a couple of boundaries to calm things further. Rohit's first boundary was a treat: an inside-out chip for six off Sammy. The two added 80 in 14.3 overs without looking hurried at all. Raina perished looking to things finish off in the Batting Powerplay, and a physically struggling Rohit would have had to dig much deeper had Martin held on to a simple return catch from Yusuf Pathan at 189 for 5.

Another half-centurion in the match, Sarwan, got off to a much better start than Rohit did, but played himself into a shell, providing another critical period in the game. West Indies had got off to a similar start as India, losing two wickets after a quickish start, but Sarwan's 63-ball stand with Kirk Edwards featured 38 dots. Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh - who went for 108 in their 30 overs for five wickets - bowled well, but not least because the batsmen allowed them to. Neither of the two looked to drop and run a quick single, nor was a single fielder put under pressure. Harbhajan reaped the rewards as Edwards top-edged a straighter one.

Samuels, though, brought the urgency, attacking Yusuf, becoming the first man to have a strike-rate of over 50. After a spell of 12 overs for 56, at 130 for 3, they asked for the Batting Powerplay. Forty-three came off the Powerplay, but West Indies also lost Sarwan to a tickle down the leg side. The real blows came after the Powerplay as Raina snuck one short delivery through Samuels' legs, and Harbhajan did Bravo in with a doosra that dipped and kicked. The rest could add only 23 to the 191 for 6 in the 45th over, providing India with a seemingly easy chase. As it turned out, it took a dehydrated, cramping-up, and a slightly fortunate Rohit to pull it off.

India 217 for 6 (Rohit 68*, Dhawan 51) beat West Indies 214 for 9 (Sarwan 56, Samuels 55, Harbhajan 3-32) by four wickets

Indian one the only t20 match against west indies

The current cricket captain of India of the West Indies tour, Suresh Raina has the previous experience to lead the team in the year of 2010. But that series was not a good memory for Raina. Although India was able to win one match between the two against England, they were defeated in both the matches against Zimbabwe and failed to reach the final. After one year, in the same condition Raina is again the captain of India in this West Indies tour. Although it is very tough to tell the ending, his starting has become very good.

Yesterday in Port of Spain, India got victory over West Indies by 16 runs in the only T20 match of the tour. The captain of West Indies, D Sammy won the toss and invited India to do batting first. He proved his decision fruitful taking 4 wickets in 56 runs. But all other bowlers of West Indies were helpless to the Indian batsmen. As a result India was able to collect total 159 runs losing 6 wickets. Mainly the partnership of the fifth wicket of Badrinath and R Sharma saved India. Badrinath scored 43 runs from 37 balls with 5 boundaries. On the other hand, Sharma scored 26 runs from 23 balls with 2 over-boundaries. Before that the opener Patel added 26 runs in the scoreboard playing 20 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. Pathan and Harbhajan Singh were unbeaten up to the last scoring 15 runs each. Sammy got 4 wickets for West Indies giving only 16 runs. Besides, Bishoo and Barnwell got 1 wicket each.

In order to chase the 159 runs of India, West Indies lost the two openers in the beginning. Fletcher and Simmons scored 11 and 9 runs respectively. Bravo and Samuels tried to save the team from dangerous position. But in the sixteenth over, these two batsmen became out in 2 balls difference in the ball of Harbhajan Singh. Bravo scored 41 runs from 41 balls with 5 boundaries. Samuels scored 27 runs from 29 balls with 3 boundaries. AT last, Barnwell became very aggressive and tried to reach the goal. He scored 34 runs from only 16 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes remaining not out up to the last. But he could not reach the target. West Indies had to finish the innings in 143 runs losing 5 wickets. Harbhajan Singh got 2 wickets for India. Besides Kumar, Ashwin and Patel got 1 wicket each. Badrinath of India became the man of the match.