Archive for April, 2011

  • 02 Apr

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    India wins the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

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    Mahendra Singh Dhoni impressive (91 not out) and Gautam Gambhir  smashing 97 innings  lead India to their second Cricket World Cuptriumph after thrashing Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the ICC World Cup 2011 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai here on Saturday.

    Man of the Match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

    Chasing 275 for a win, India made 277 for four wickets in 48.2 overs and brings the ICC World Cup World Trophy, 2011 for the Nation (India) – Today!s

    Thanks to captain Dhoni, who made a remarkable scores that includes two sixes and eight fours in his 79-ball innings and raced to fifty in just 52 balls. Dhoni scored a 109 innings along with partner Gambhir in the fourth wickets, which is considered to be the highest run chase for India in World Cup finals, for the challenging 275-run target.

    Though, Gambhir was bit disappointed as he was about to reach to score a hundred  in the World Cup final but meanwhile Lankan all-rounder Thisara Parera clean bowled him in the 42nd over.

    However, Sachin Tendulkar also could stay long as he and Virendra Sehwag had to leave the ground after Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga dismissed them. Though, Sachin Tendulkar was moving smoothly as he hit two fours in his 14-ball in 18 innings before Malinga stopped him in the seventh over.

    Initially, Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against India.  However, Jayawardene played on a remarkable note as he score unbeaten 88-ball 103 as he hit 13 fours and raced to his hundred in just 84 balls

    For India, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh took two wickets each to stop Sri Lanka innings before Jayawardene started dominating the proceedings with Nuwan Kulasekara 32.

    Finally, the cricket fever of world cup is over with its all sensations till 2015. Congrats to India.

    Winner of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 – Team INDIA

    Cricket World Cup 2011 Team India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.


  • 01 Apr

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    Difficult to call favourites between India and Sri Lanka

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    So it is that time of the year when India take on Sri Lanka in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The two teams have quite clearly been the best in the business and that should hold them in a good stead for this important game.

    India will have the advantage in the sense that they are playing at home. Sri Lanka’s record in India has been anything but exciting. They have barely managed to win any game here and off the last 39 matches here, they have won only 11.

    India will look to play S Sreesanth in place of Ashish Nehra who is injured whereas the batting of Angelo Mathews will be missed by the Lankans and he will be replaced by Thisara Perera.

    Between the two teams it is going to be very difficult to choose the winner, but one thing is certain that the team batting first will have a huge advantage going into the game.

    That said they will need to score at least 250 in the first innings.