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India’s Tri-series Schedule

April 16, 2010 By: Track Monitor Category: Schedules No Comments →

BCCI today announced that India will play a One-day tri-series in Zimbabwe during May-June with Sri Lanka as the third team.

According to the BCCI announcement, the tri-series will start on May 28 with India taking on Zimbabwe in Bulawayo and the final is slated for June 9 in Harare. India will stay back for two Twenty20 matches on June 12 and 13 in Harare.

India replaced New Zealand, which pulled out citing security issues. India last toured Zimbabwe for two Tests and a One-day tri-series, involving New Zealand in 2005.

Schedule & Venue:

May 28: Zimbabwe v India, Bulawayo
May 30: India v Sri Lanka, Bulawayo
June 1: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Bulawayo
June 3: Zimbabwe v India, Harare
June 5: India v Sri Lanka, Harare
June 7: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Harare
June 9: Final, Harare
June 12: Zimbabwe v India, 1st Twenty20, Harare
June 13: Zimbabwe v India, 2nd Twenty20, Harare

Tags: BCCI, India, Sri Lanka, Tri-Series, Zimbabwe

India’s Tri-series Schedule

April 16, 2010 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News, Schedules No Comments →

BCCI today announced that India will play a One-day tri-series in Zimbabwe during May-June with Sri Lanka as the third team.

According to the BCCI announcement, the tri-series will start on May 28 with India taking on Zimbabwe in Bulawayo and the final is slated for June 9 in Harare. India will stay back for two Twenty20 matches on June 12 and 13 in Harare.

India replaced New Zealand, which pulled out citing security issues. India last toured Zimbabwe for two Tests and a One-day tri-series, involving New Zealand in 2005.

Schedule & Venue:

May 28: Zimbabwe v India, Bulawayo
May 30: India v Sri Lanka, Bulawayo
June 1: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Bulawayo
June 3: Zimbabwe v India, Harare
June 5: India v Sri Lanka, Harare
June 7: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Harare
June 9: Final, Harare
June 12: Zimbabwe v India, 1st Twenty20, Harare
June 13: Zimbabwe v India, 2nd Twenty20, Harare

Tags: BCCI, India, Sri Lanka, Tri-Series, Zimbabwe

India’s performance in Champions Trophy

October 03, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Champions Trophy 2009 No Comments →

India had one win, one wash out and one loss and they are out of the Champions Trophy. They started the tournament with the No.1 ranking but have ended up with a messy performance. Against Pakistan, neither batting nor bowling was excellent. Australia were well on their way to post a target close to 300 when skies started pouring. The performance was good against West Indies. It happened when the game between Pakistan and Australia was goint on. India would have had a good chance if only Australia hadn’t shown a nail-biting last ball victory.

Has India performed better in the tournament? Dhoni said “It is tough for me to decide if we were good in the tournament because we were off the boil only in one game. Even when we were chasing 300-odd runs against Pakistan if we had capitalised on the start we got, we could have won the game. That was our off game. The second game was washed out and the third one we won. It is really difficult to say if this performance was bad. I was much more disappointed about the World T20 performance as we were really off the mark.”

Dhoni also added that the team missed bowling all-rounder who can contribute with bat and even ball at the time of need. “One of the reasons the Australian side is good is because they can play up to six specialist bowlers and they can all bat. If you look at Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee, they can all bat and contribute a bit. I have always said we need to find a seam up bowler who can contribute with the bat because it always gives you the option of playing two spinners. At times, when you play five bowlers and six batsmen it is a worry because in day and night games chasing can become a problem if you lose early wickets. In this tournament we were forced to play with five bowlers and not all of them could bat.”

India had one win, one wash out and one loss and they are out of the Champions Trophy. They started the tournament with the No.1 ranking but have ended up with a messy performance. Against Pakistan, neither batting nor bowling was excellent. Australia were well on their way to post a target close to 300 when skies started pouring. The performance was good against West Indies. It happened when the game between Pakistan and Australia was goint on. India would have had a good chance if only Australia hadn’t shown a nail-biting last ball victory.

Has India performed better in the tournament? Dhoni said “It is tough for me to decide if we were good in the tournament because we were off the boil only in one game. Even when we were chasing 300-odd runs against Pakistan if we had capitalised on the start we got, we could have won the game. That was our off game. The second game was washed out and the third one we won. It is really difficult to say if this performance was bad. I was much more disappointed about the World T20 performance as we were really off the mark.”

Dhoni also added that the team missed bowling all-rounder who can contribute with bat and even ball at the time of need. “One of the reasons the Australian side is good is because they can play up to six specialist bowlers and they can all bat. If you look at Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee, they can all bat and contribute a bit. I have always said we need to find a seam up bowler who can contribute with the bat because it always gives you the option of playing two spinners. At times, when you play five bowlers and six batsmen it is a worry because in day and night games chasing can become a problem if you lose early wickets. In this tournament we were forced to play with five bowlers and not all of them could bat.”

Tags: Australia, Brett Lee, ICC Champions Trophy 2009, India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mitchell Johnson

ICC Rankings: India tops after SA lost to Sri Lanka

September 23, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Champions Trophy 2009, Cricket News No Comments →

After the host South Africa’s lost to Sri Lanka in the opening match of Champions Trophy, India has moved from second place to the top of the ICC’s ODI rankings. India is yet to open their innings in the ongoing Champions Trophy. They are scheduled to take on Pakistan on September 26. Currently after South Africa’s defeat, India stands on top of the table with 126 points while South Africa has crashed to the third.

With South Africa dropping down, Australia has moved up to the second. Fourth place is held by Sri Lanka and following them is Pakistan at number 5. This ICC ranking are said to change more in the next few days as the Champions Trophy continues.

After the host South Africa’s lost to Sri Lanka in the opening match of Champions Trophy, India has moved from second place to the top of the ICC’s ODI rankings. India is yet to open their innings in the ongoing Champions Trophy. They are scheduled to take on Pakistan on September 26. Currently after South Africa’s defeat, India stands on top of the table with 126 points while South Africa has crashed to the third.

With South Africa dropping down, Australia has moved up to the second. Fourth place is held by Sri Lanka and following them is Pakistan at number 5. This ICC ranking are said to change more in the next few days as the Champions Trophy continues.

Tags: Australia, ICC Champions Trophy 2009, ICC Ranking, India, pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka

ICC Champions Trophy 2009: Will India perform better?

September 22, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Champions Trophy 2009 No Comments →

India’s warm-up match causes concern over the team’s performance as they are placed among the toughest teams in Group A with Australia, Pakistan and West Indies. Though Champions Trophy has kicked off today, India have their first match on September 26 against Pakistan in Centurion. India lost their only warm-up match to New Zealand and there seems to be uncertainity over opener Gautm Gambhir’s fitness.

India after staying on top of the ICC rankings and clinching the triangular series in Sri Lanka recently, Indians were humbled by 103 runs by a side that had lost to a local team in its previous match.

It is still not sure if Gambhir, who missed warm-up match, has really recovered from his groin strain. Also the other concern is about the bowling attack of Ishant Sharma and R P Singh from whom the side would expect some timely breakthrough during the tournament.

India’s warm-up match causes concern over the team’s performance as they are placed among the toughest teams in Group A with Australia, Pakistan and West Indies. Though Champions Trophy has kicked off today, India have their first match on September 26 against Pakistan in Centurion. India lost their only warm-up match to New Zealand and there seems to be uncertainity over opener Gautm Gambhir’s fitness.

India after staying on top of the ICC rankings and clinching the triangular series in Sri Lanka recently, Indians were humbled by 103 runs by a side that had lost to a local team in its previous match.

It is still not sure if Gambhir, who missed warm-up match, has really recovered from his groin strain. Also the other concern is about the bowling attack of Ishant Sharma and R P Singh from whom the side would expect some timely breakthrough during the tournament.

Tags: Gautam Gambhir, ICC Champions Trophy 2009, India, India Vs Pakistan, Ishant Sharma, New Zealand, pakistan, R P Singh, Sri Lanka

ICC ODI Ranking: India at no 2

September 15, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News No Comments →

After the victory over Sri Lanka in the tri-series Compaq Cup that concluded recently, India has regained the second spot in the ICC ODI ranking. India can clinch the top spot if they manage a good show in the Champions Trophy that begins on September 22 at South Africa.

There is just one point difference each between the top three rankings held by South Africa, India and Australia. There is also a chance for Australia to go to the top of the rankings if they manage a clean sweep against England.

After the victory over Sri Lanka in the tri-series Compaq Cup that concluded recently, India has regained the second spot in the ICC ODI ranking. India can clinch the top spot if they manage a good show in the Champions Trophy that begins on September 22 at South Africa.

There is just one point difference each between the top three rankings held by South Africa, India and Australia. There is also a chance for Australia to go to the top of the rankings if they manage a clean sweep against England.

Tags: Australia, Champions Trophy, India, ODI Ranking, South Africa, Sri Lanka Tri-Series

Sachin moves up the ODI Ranking

September 15, 2009 By: Spunky Category: Cricket News, Player News No Comments →

Sachin Tendulkar is back to the top-10 ODI batsman list in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for the first time in 10 months after scoring his 44th one-day century against Sri Lanka at the finals of the Compaq Cup 2009 in Colombo on Monday.

Tendulkar soared five places to 7th in the latest rankings which was released today. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni grabbed the top spot from Yuvraj Singh to lead the table among ODI batsman.

Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh leapfrogged Jacques Kallis of South Africa, Jacob Oram of New Zealand and Andrew Flintoff of England into second place after scoring 80 runs and picking four wickets in the tri-series.

Sri Lanka’s veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya has moved up four places to 17th spot after a tallying a total of 141 runs in the tri-series.

Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir dropped two places each after both missed the series due to injuries.

New Zealand’s Ross Taylor slipped five places to 22nd and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardena slipped seven places to share 37th spot with Australia’s Brad Haddin.

Among bowlers, New Zealand’s Kyle Mills dropped two places to fourth, allowing Daniel Vettori and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh to move up the order.

Comeback man, New Zealand’s Shane Bond, finds himself in eighth position in the rankings, while Thilan Thushara, Ishant Sharma and Lasith Malinga have all jumping six places each to 24th, 33rd and 42nd positions respectively.