Gambhir to lead Delhi Daredevils

September 22, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Champions League T20, IPL 2010 - IPL 3, Player News No Comments →

Gautam Gambhir will lead Delhi Daredevils in the next month’s Champions League Twenty 20 and also the captain for IPL 2010 with Dinesh Karthik as his Deputy. This decision has been taken as Virender Sehwag stepped down from captaincy wanting to focus on his batting. Sehwag is currently recovering from a shoulder injury and is not included in the Champions Trophy that begins in South Africa on Tuesday.
Sehwag said “I would like to thank GMR [the Delhi franchise owners] for their understanding in accepting my request to step down. Personally, I would like to concentrate on my own batting and contribute to the team.”
The 30-year-old Sehwag welcomed the franchise’s decision to appoint Gambhir as his replacement as he felt his long-time Delhi and India opening partner had shown great leadership abilities in the past. Gambhir has an aggressive and thinking mind and brought the same attributes to his captaincy when Delhi won the Ranji Trophy under his leadership in 2007, and during the second edition of the IPL, when he was in charge during the few games that Sehwag sat out.

Gautam Gambhir will lead Delhi Daredevils in the next month’s Champions League Twenty 20 and also the captain for IPL 2010 with Dinesh Karthik as his Deputy. This decision has been taken as Virender Sehwag stepped down from captaincy wanting to focus on his batting. Sehwag is currently recovering from a shoulder injury and is not included in the Champions Trophy that begins in South Africa on Tuesday.

Sehwag said “I would like to thank GMR [the Delhi franchise owners] for their understanding in accepting my request to step down. Personally, I would like to concentrate on my own batting and contribute to the team.”

The 30-year-old Sehwag welcomed the franchise’s decision to appoint Gambhir as his replacement as he felt his long-time Delhi and India opening partner had shown great leadership abilities in the past. Gambhir has an aggressive and thinking mind and brought the same attributes to his captaincy when Delhi won the Ranji Trophy under his leadership in 2007, and during the second edition of the IPL, when he was in charge during the few games that Sehwag sat out.

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Compaq Cup: Match 2: India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets

September 12, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News, Match Summary No Comments →

India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets in the Compaq Cup match played at Sri Lanka. With this Kiwis are out of the Sri Lanka tri-series.

New Zealand Daniel vettori won the toss and opted to bat first. But they lost wickets since the beginning and unable to handle Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra, Kiwis were bowled out for 155 in 46.3 overs. Skipper Daniel Vettori top scored with 25, while Jacob Oram contributed 24.

With an easy total, India started to chase but lost Dinesh Karthik in the beginning. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid did stand for sometime and Sachin top scored for India with 46. Following him it was Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina who completed the match with 35 and 45 runs not out.

Ashish Nehra was adjudged man of the match for 3/24.

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Rahul Dravid makes a comeback

August 16, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News, Player News No Comments →

Former Indian Cricket Captain Rahul Dravid makes a return to India’s ODI team for the tri-series in Sri Lanka and for the Champions Trophy next month. Rahul Dravid replaced Rohit Sharma, who managed 15 runs in three ODI innings in the West Indies and 43 runs in three innings against major opposition in the World Twenty20.
Also the selectors did not want to take risk including Virender Sehwag, who is yet to recover fully from his shoulder injury. He was not expected to make it to the Sri Lanka tri-series and now has been left out for the Champions Trophy as well.
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who opted out of the West Indies series, makes a comeback. Suresh Raina, who was out because of a hairline fracture of the thumb, also returns. Amit Mishra makes it into the ODI squad, replacing Pragyan Ojha as the back-up spinner to Harbhajan Singh. Dinesh Karthik and Abhishek Nayar have retained their places.
India’s ODI squad: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, RP Singh, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, and Abhishek Nayar

Former Indian Cricket Captain Rahul Dravid makes a return to India’s ODI team for the tri-series in Sri Lanka and for the Champions Trophy next month. Rahul Dravid replaced Rohit Sharma, who managed 15 runs in three ODI innings in the West Indies and 43 runs in three innings against major opposition in the World Twenty20.

Also the selectors did not want to take risk including Virender Sehwag, who is yet to recover fully from his shoulder injury. He was not expected to make it to the Sri Lanka tri-series and now has been left out for the Champions Trophy as well.

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid who have made a come back to the ODI squad

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid who have made a come back to the ODI squad

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who opted out of the West Indies series, makes a comeback. Suresh Raina, who was out because of a hairline fracture of the thumb, also returns. Amit Mishra makes it into the ODI squad, replacing Pragyan Ojha as the back-up spinner to Harbhajan Singh. Dinesh Karthik and Abhishek Nayar have retained their places.

India’s ODI squad: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, RP Singh, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, and Abhishek Nayar

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Match 3: West Indies Vs India: Dhoni helps India win

July 05, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News, Match Summary No Comments →

Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain’s knock as India battled bad weather to defeat the West Indies by six wickets through the Duckworth-Lewis method and take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match ODI series at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on Friday.
Needing 11 runs off the last over after the target was revised to 159 from 22 overs, Dhoni (46 not out) sent Jerome Taylor’s second delivery for a six over mid-wicket as India won with a ball to spare.
The One-dayer was almost reduced to a Twenty20 fixture as it witnessed as many as four stoppages due to rain during the West Indies innings – including a two hour and five minutes delay at the start of the match. The interruptions forced the overs to be brought down to 27 per side.
The West Indies, put into bat after Dhoni won the toss, rode on Ramnaresh Sarwan’s 62 to post a competitive 185 for seven and India were set a revised target of 195 following the D/L method.
The visitors needed a strong start and Dinesh Karthik (47 off 43 balls) and Gautam Gambhir (44 off 38) did just that. The duo put on 84 runs before a direct throw from Ravi Rampaul ended Karthik’s innings.
Gambhir and Dhoni took the score to 95 for one off 13.3 overs when rain intervened for the fifth time and following a 22-minute delay, the target was revised to 159 in 22 overs.
Needing another 64 runs from 51 deliveries, India lost Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh (2) in quick succession.
With 11 runs required off the last seven deliveries, Rohit Sharma too departed leaving Dhoni to see the team through. The skipper’s 34-ball unbeaten knock included a couple of boundaries besides the six in the last over.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain’s knock as India battled bad weather to defeat the West Indies by six wickets through the Duckworth-Lewis method and take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match ODI series at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on Friday.

Needing 11 runs off the last over after the target was revised to 159 from 22 overs, Dhoni (46 not out) sent Jerome Taylor’s second delivery for a six over mid-wicket as India won with a ball to spare.

The One-dayer was almost reduced to a Twenty20 fixture as it witnessed as many as four stoppages due to rain during the West Indies innings – including a two hour and five minutes delay at the start of the match. The interruptions forced the overs to be brought down to 27 per side.

The West Indies, put into bat after Dhoni won the toss, rode on Ramnaresh Sarwan’s 62 to post a competitive 185 for seven and India were set a revised target of 195 following the D/L method.

The visitors needed a strong start and Dinesh Karthik (47 off 43 balls) and Gautam Gambhir (44 off 38) did just that. The duo put on 84 runs before a direct throw from Ravi Rampaul ended Karthik’s innings.

Gambhir and Dhoni took the score to 95 for one off 13.3 overs when rain intervened for the fifth time and following a 22-minute delay, the target was revised to 159 in 22 overs.

Needing another 64 runs from 51 deliveries, India lost Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh (2) in quick succession.

With 11 runs required off the last seven deliveries, Rohit Sharma too departed leaving Dhoni to see the team through. The skipper’s 34-ball unbeaten knock included a couple of boundaries besides the six in the last over.

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Match 1: West Indies Vs India: India Won by 20 runs

June 27, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News No Comments →

India has won the first of the four ODI series between India and West Indies at the Sabina Park in Jamaica by 20 runs.
After winning the toss, India opted to bat first and the opener Dinesh Karthik gave a good start joining with Man of the Match Yuvraj Singh.
Scoreboard:
India innings (50 overs maximum)
KD Karthik c Ramdin b Bernard 67
G Gambhir c DJ Bravo b Taylor 13
RG Sharma c DJ Bravo b Baker 4
Yuvraj Singh c Ramdin b DJ Bravo 131
MS Dhoni run out (Ramdin) 41
RA Jadeja c Ramdin b DJ Bravo 0
YK Pathan not out 40
Harbhajan Singh not out 21
Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 10, nb 3) 22
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 339
Fall of wickets:1-25, 2-32, 3-167, 4-253, 5-253, 6-298
Bowling:JE Taylor:10-1-74-1-7.40,LS Baker:9-0-62-1-6.88,DJ Bravo:10-0-66-2-6.60,DE Bernard:8-0-50-1-6.25,SJ Benn:10-0-50-0-5.00,CH Gayle:3-0-28-0-9.33
West Indies innings (target: 340 runs from 50 overs)
CH Gayle c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra 37
RS Morton c Dhoni b Pathan 42
RR Sarwan run out (Singh/Dhoni) 45
S Chanderpaul c Jadeja b Pathan 63
DJ Bravo c RG Sharma b I Sharma 8
DM Bravo c Singh b Harbhajan Singh 19
JE Taylor lbw b Pathan 21
D Ramdin c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra 29
DE Bernard c RG Sharma b Nehra 19
SJ Benn b Singh 7
LS Baker not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 19, nb 2) 29
Total (all out; 48.1 overs) 319
Fall of wickets:1-65, 2-100, 3-151, 4-188, 5-224, 6-241, 7-250, 8-294, 9-318, 10-319
Bowling:RP Singh:7-0-44-1-6.28,A Nehra:7.1-1-49-3-6.83,I Sharma:5-0-38-1-7.60,RA Jadeja:7-1-34-0-4.85,YK Pathan:8-0-56-3-7.00,Harbhajan Singh:10-0-56-1-5.60,Yuvraj Singh:4-0-34-0-8.50

India has won the first of the four ODI series between India and West Indies at the Sabina Park in Jamaica by 20 runs.

After winning the toss, India opted to bat first and the opener Dinesh Karthik gave a good start joining with Man of the Match Yuvraj Singh.

Scoreboard:

India innings (50 overs maximum)

KD Karthik c Ramdin b Bernard 67

G Gambhir c DJ Bravo b Taylor 13

RG Sharma c DJ Bravo b Baker 4

Yuvraj Singh c Ramdin b DJ Bravo 131

MS Dhoni run out (Ramdin) 41

RA Jadeja c Ramdin b DJ Bravo 0

YK Pathan not out 40

Harbhajan Singh not out 21

Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 10, nb 3) 22

Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 339

Fall of wickets:1-25, 2-32, 3-167, 4-253, 5-253, 6-298

Bowling:JE Taylor:10-1-74-1-7.40,LS Baker:9-0-62-1-6.88,DJ Bravo:10-0-66-2-6.60,DE Bernard:8-0-50-1-6.25,SJ Benn:10-0-50-0-5.00,CH Gayle:3-0-28-0-9.33

Yuvraj Singh celebrates his 12th ODI Century

Yuvraj Singh celebrates his 12th ODI Century

West Indies innings (target: 340 runs from 50 overs)

CH Gayle c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra 37

RS Morton c Dhoni b Pathan 42

RR Sarwan  run out (Singh/Dhoni) 45

S Chanderpaul c Jadeja b Pathan 63

DJ Bravo c RG Sharma b I Sharma 8

DM Bravo c Singh b Harbhajan Singh 19

JE Taylor lbw b Pathan 21

D Ramdin c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra 29

DE Bernard c RG Sharma b Nehra 19

SJ Benn b Singh 7

LS Baker not out 0

Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 19, nb 2) 29

Total (all out; 48.1 overs) 319

Fall of wickets:1-65, 2-100, 3-151, 4-188, 5-224, 6-241, 7-250, 8-294, 9-318, 10-319

Bowling:RP Singh:7-0-44-1-6.28,A Nehra:7.1-1-49-3-6.83,I Sharma:5-0-38-1-7.60,RA Jadeja:7-1-34-0-4.85,YK Pathan:8-0-56-3-7.00,Harbhajan Singh:10-0-56-1-5.60,Yuvraj Singh:4-0-34-0-8.50

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Match 1: West Indies Vs India: Both teams geared up for the start

June 26, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News No Comments →

West Indies and India are prepared for the first of four one-day internationals, in Jamaica, after extremely contrasting World Twenty20 campaigns in England. India entered the tournament as one of the favourites but failed very badly, losing all their matches in the Super Eights stage. As a result of their second-round elimination, India reached the Caribbean even before their hosts, who exceeded expectations by qualifying for the semi-finals, where they lost to Sri Lanka.
For India, a team shaken by defeat, injury and fatigue, this series is the last before a long break until the Champions Trophy in September. They will do well to focus on the task at hand, rather than think about the lengthy rest their tired bodies deserve.
India look weakened as they are without Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina and Zaheer Khan, four key players either injured or resting because of their hectic schedule in recent months. Their unavailability, though, opens up rare opportunities for players on the fringes of the national squad such as Dinesh Karthik, S Badrinath and M Vijay because the Indian one-day side has been a settled unit for a while now. It also gives others, such as Ashish Nehra, a new lease of life for few would have expected him to return after four years on the sidelines.
In West Indies side, the selectors have left out Lendl Simmons from the squad for the first two games. There are other twists in the team with Darren Sammy omitted, Runako Morton and Narsingh Deonarine recalled, and the uncapped Darren Bravo brought in.
Teams:
West Indies: CH Gayle, LS Baker, SJ Benn, DE Bernard, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, S Chanderpaul, N Deonarine, RS Morton, D Ramdin, R Rampaul, RR Sarwan, JE Taylor
India: MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, S Badrinath, G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik, P Kumar, AM Nayar, A Nehra, PP Ojha, YK Pathan, I Sharma, RG Sharma, RP Singh, M Vijay

West Indies and India are prepared for the first of four one-day internationals, in Jamaica, after extremely contrasting World Twenty20 campaigns in England. India entered the tournament as one of the favourites but failed very badly, losing all their matches in the Super Eights stage. As a result of their second-round elimination, India reached the Caribbean even before their hosts, who exceeded expectations by qualifying for the semi-finals, where they lost to Sri Lanka.

For India, a team shaken by defeat, injury and fatigue, this series is the last before a long break until the Champions Trophy in September. They will do well to focus on the task at hand, rather than think about the lengthy rest their tired bodies deserve.

MS Dhoni during practice session at Sabina Park in Jamaica

MS Dhoni during practice session at Sabina Park in Jamaica

India look weakened as they are without Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina and Zaheer Khan, four key players either injured or resting because of their hectic schedule in recent months. Their unavailability, though, opens up rare opportunities for players on the fringes of the national squad such as Dinesh Karthik, S Badrinath and M Vijay because the Indian one-day side has been a settled unit for a while now. It also gives others, such as Ashish Nehra, a new lease of life for few would have expected him to return after four years on the sidelines.

In West Indies side, the selectors have left out Lendl Simmons from the squad for the first two games. There are other twists in the team with Darren Sammy omitted, Runako Morton and Narsingh Deonarine recalled, and the uncapped Darren Bravo brought in.

Teams:

West Indies: CH Gayle, LS Baker, SJ Benn, DE Bernard, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, S Chanderpaul, N Deonarine, RS Morton, D Ramdin, R Rampaul, RR Sarwan, JE Taylor

India: MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, S Badrinath, G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik, P Kumar, AM Nayar, A Nehra, PP Ojha, YK Pathan, I Sharma, RG Sharma, RP Singh, M Vijay

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Dinesh Karthik replaces Sehwag in T20 World Cup

June 09, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Champions Trophy 2009, Player News No Comments →

India’s opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Twenty20 World Cup in England due to a shoulder injury.

Sources said Sehwag was advised to undergo a surgery for his shoulder injury.

The hard-hitting batsman, earlier, had to skip the opening match against Bangladesh including all the practice matches.

After Sehwag’s initial injury, Dhoni gambled with Rohit Sharma as Gautam Gambhir’s partner to open the innings. Rohit played well in the opening slot, and now, Rohit Sharma is likely to open for India in all the matches of the Twenty20 World Cup in England.

The BCCI named Dinesh Karthik as his replacement in India’s 15-member squad. Karthik is expected to arrive in London ahead of India’s first Super Eights match against the West Indies at Lord’s on Friday.

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Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians: Sehwag back in form

May 22, 2009 By: Spunky Category: IPL 2010 - IPL 3 No Comments →

Team Delhi are really looking unbeatable. The clouds of doubts over skipper Virender Sehwag’s form and fitness cleared out on Thursday as his team thrashed Mumbai Indians to finish on a high ahead of the semis.

A target of 165 and all eyes were on Sehwag (50 off 27 balls) as he walked in to bat at No. 3.

But there was absolutely nothing in his batting that showed that he was going through a bad patch. The ball kept hitting the middle of the bat right from the word go and Sehwag looked like the player we all know.

With the Mumbai Indians pacemen unable to extract lateral movement, it was just a case of stand and deliver for Sehwag. He hit through the line with effortless ease as the target kept coming down at a rapid pace.

And of course, there was his trusted partner Gautam Gambhir at the other end. It seemed that the duo had decided to take charge of the business atleast at the end of the tournament. Even after Gambhir got out, Sehwag, along With Tillekeratne Dilshan, carried on for a while, but Harbhajan Singh struck off successive balls to bring some life back into the game.

Bhajji (4/17) removed AB de Villiers and Rajat Bhatia too to create some flutter, but Dinesh Karthik and Amit Mishra stemmed the rot to ensure a four-wicket win. Earlier, Delhi’s leading paceman Dirk Nannes, too, looked in fine form, removing Sanath Jayasuriya and JP Duminy early.

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Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals: Delhi won by 14 runs

May 18, 2009 By: Spunky Category: IPL 2010 - IPL 3 No Comments →

Scoreboard of the 50th match between Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals at Bloemfontein on Sunday.

Delhi Daredevils innings (20 overs maximum)
G Gambhir         c & b Patel      8
V Sehwag           lbw b Patel     2
AB de Villiers   not out         79
TM Dilshan        b Botha        33
D Karthik            not out        23
Extras     (lb 1, w 1, nb 3)     5

Total     (3 wickets; 20 overs)     150

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-15, 3-102

Bowling              O     M     R     W     Econ
MM Patel          4     0     39     2     9.75
A Singh              3    0     23     0      7.66
SK Trivedi        1     0     9     0        9.00
J Botha              4    0     23     1       5.75
SK Warne         4     0     28     0      7.00
RA Jadeja        2     0     13     0      6.50
AS Raut             1     0     10     0      10.00
YK Pathan       1      0       4       0     4.00

Rajasthan Royals innings
RJ Quiney        c Nannes b Nehra     6
GC Smith          c Salvi b Nannes     0
N Ojha               c Sehwag b Salvi     9
J Botha             c Sehwag b Maharoof     37
R Jadeja          c Karthik b Salvi     24
Y Pathan        c Karthik b Maharoof     1
AS Raut           b Mishra         11
SK Warne       st Karthik b Mishra     6
A Singh           st Karthik b Mishra     0
SK Trivedi     not out         6
MM Patel       not out         23
Extras     (lb 6, w 5, nb 2)     13

Total     (9 wickets; 20 overs)     136

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-8, 3-24, 4-79, 5-82, 6-98, 7-99, 8-99, 9-107

Bowling                 O     M     R     W     Econ
A Nehra                3     0       8      1      2.66
DP Nannes           4     0     33      1     8.25
AM Salvi              4     0      19      2     4.75
MF Maharoof     4     0      27     2     6.75
A Mishra              4     0      33     3     8.25
TM Dilshan          1     0      10     0     10.00

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat first.

Man of the match: AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils)

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Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab: Must win for Punjab

May 15, 2009 By: Spunky Category: IPL 2010 - IPL 3 No Comments →

The Kings XI Punjab, who need to win all of their remaining matches if they want to make it to the semi-finals, have a mountain to climb in Bloemfontein, on Friday as they take on the league leaders Delhi Daredevils.

Mathematically, it may be possible for them to put in a late charge for the final top spots should they lose, but captain Yuvraj Singh is under no illusions as to what is needed after his team were comprehensively beaten by the Mumbai Indians on Wednesday night.

After his teams defeat against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday, Yuvraj said, “We simply did not bat properly except for Sunny Sohal.”

“We did not have enough runs on the board. We have got to win all our games now. We have plenty of areas to work on starting with our batting, then our bowling and our fielding. We seem to put down catches at vital times and do no hit the right areas when we bowl.”

They will need Yusuf Abdulla, the South African who was such a big hit at the beginning of the tournament, to turn in a stellar bowling performance if they are to send the Delhi Daredevils to what would be just their third defeat of the season.

The Delhi Daredevils boast of an impressive batting line-up, as was discovered by a hapless Chaminda Vaas of the Deccan Chargers on Thursday night. Vaas was smashed all around the park for 23 in his last over by Dinesh Karthik, and the Deccan Chargers will also attest that the Delhi Daredevils have potent bowlers in Dirk Nannes, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra and all-rounder Rajat Bhatia.

The Deccan Chargers lost seven wickets for 12 runs in just 17 balls as the Delhi Daredevils snatched victory in a close finish. Medium pacer Bhatia destroyed the lower order with impressive figures of 4-15.

With 16 points from ten matches, another victory for Delhi could see them become the first team to seal their spot in the semi-finals.

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