It has been very irritating to see MS Dhoni promoting himself ahead of Suresh Raina in the recent T20 matches for India. This too when Suresh Raina is in tremendous form. MS Dhoni is not exactly a natural free stroking player in a team filled with players of that kind. India has Yuvraj Singh,Suresh...
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Match 4: Bangladesh Vs India: India won toss, decided to bat first
Indian skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first against Bangladesh in the fourth Twenty20 World Cup match at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday. India are one of cricket’s most marketable and followed teams.They are the defending ICC World Twenty20 champions and the ‘rockstars’ of cricket. India’s loss in a...
Match 3: Australia Vs West Indies: Gayle and Fletcher stunned Aussies
Australia began their quest for the ICC World Twenty20 title against the West Indies at the Oval on Saturday with Andrew Symonds been sent home. The Group C which is termed as the Group of Death has Australia, West Indies and Sri Lanka. The first and crucial match for the Aussies ended with a...
Match 2: New Zealand Vs Scotland: NZ win by 7 wickets
Ross Taylor’s unbeaten 21 saw New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over Scotland in their opening Group D match in the ICC World Twenty20 at the Oval here on Saturday. In a match reduced by rain to just seven overs per side, Scotland made an impressive 89 for four thanks to rapid innings from...
India Vs Bangladesh: Rain threatens to wash out India’s opening
Heavy overnight rain threatens to wash out India’s opening ICC World Twenty20 encounter against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Saturday. It started raining late Friday evening and has since lashed the city through the night. The weather forecast is also not too bright, with more rainfall predicted for rest of the day. Defending...
Match 1: England Vs Netherlands: Netherland upsets England in the opener
Netherlands beat England by 4 wickets in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 at the Lord’s. Needing seven off the last over Ryan ten Doeschate and Edgar Schiferli ran for their lives and with two needed off the last delivery Stuart Broad missed a run-out from his follow through and the...
ICC World T20 Teams
Teams: New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (c),Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Kyle Mills, Iain O’Brien, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (c), Abdur Razzak, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mithun Ali, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Raqibul Hasan, Rubel Hossain,...
India-Pakistan Warmup looked like T20 Finals
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has described India’s warm up clash against Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as one of the best matches they have played but reckons that doing an encore in future would be difficult. He said it was one of the best games but difficult to replicate it in future....
ICC World T20 Warm-up: Dhoni looks at the positives
Indian Teams warm-up match against New Zealand ended with the Kiwi’s winning by 9 run. The Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to go much into the team’s defeat. Dhoni preferred to look at the positives and said he was not unduly worried about the loss. He was happy with a couple of batsmen...
