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Monday, June 6, 2011

1st One Day International Match

Toss : West Indies Won the toss and elected to bat first.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

India Starts Tour with a Win in T20

Toss: West Indies have won the toss and choose to bowl.
India Started tour with a wonderful win with West Indies, in the only Twenty20 International in Port of Spain. India started with a dull opening, but the middle order batsman S Badrinath (Man of the Match) played a important role in the India Innings . While Sammy of West Indies took 4 wickets.

Overview of Score Board:
India: S.Badrinath - 43, PA Patel - 26, Rohit Sharma -26, Sammy 16/4, Barnweel - 24/1
West Indies: DM Bravo - 41, Barnwell - 34, MN Samuels - 27, Harbhajan Singh - 25/2, P Kumar- 27/1

Friday, June 3, 2011

India Probable Team for West Indies T20

India :
1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Parthiv Patel (wk), 3 Suresh Raina (capt), 4 Virat Kohli, 5 & 6 two out of S Badrinath, Rohit Sharma and Manoj Tiwary, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Munaf Patel, 11 R Ashwin/R Vinay Kumar/Amit Mishra/Ishant Sharma.

West Indies Probable Team for T20 Match :
1 Lendl Simmons, 2 Andre Fletcher (wk), 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Danza Hyatt, 6 Darren Sammy (capt), 7 Christopher Barnwell, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Ashley Nurse, 10 Devendra Bishoo, 11 Ravi Rampaul

Gayle Out of Squad for India Series

After IPL-4 also West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) does not selected Chris Gayle for T20 match and first 2 ODI Match with India. The selectors were not willing to choose Gayle, who slammed the West Indies Board on radio after he was not piked in the squad to take on Pakistan last month. In a statement naming the squad to face India, the WICB explained the omission of Gayle, who was named as Player of the Tournament in IPL.

Although allrounder Kieron Pollard is back for first two ODI, while the fast bowler Kemar Roach has been rested for series.

Twenty20 squad: Lendl Simmons, Andre Fletcher (wk), Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Danza Hyatt, Darren Sammy (capt), Christopher Barnwell, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Ravi Rampaul, Krishmar Santokie.

Squad for first two ODIs: Lendl Simmons, Kirk Edwards, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy (capt), Carlton Baugh (wk), Andre Russell, Anthony Martin, Devendra Bishoo, Ravi Rampaul.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

India Tour of West Indians

India tour of West Indies starts on 4th June 2011 and it finishes on 6th July 2011. There are total 5 ODI Matches, 3 Test Matches and 1 T20 match in between these two teams.

India Vs West Indies 2011 Schedule :

Firstly there is an T20 Match in between these two teams.
  • West Indies V India - Sat 4 June 2011, Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad
After this there is 5 ODI series.
  • 1st ODI : West Indies V India - Mon 6 June 2011, Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad
  • 2nd ODI : West Indies V India - Web 8 June 2011, Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad
  • 3rd ODI : West Indies V India - Sat 11 June 2011, Sir Vivian Richards, Antigua
  • 4th ODI : West Indies V India - Mon 13 June 2011, Sir Vivian Richards, Antigua
  • 5th ODI : West Indies V India - Thu 16 June 2011, Sabina PArk, Jamaica
Test Series
  • 1st Test : West Indies V India - Mon 20 - Fri 24 June, 2011, Sabina Park, Jamaica
  • 2nd Test : West Indies V India - Tue 28 June - Sat 02 July 2011, Kensington Oval, Barbados
  • 3rd Test : West Indies V India - Web 06 - Sun 10 July 2011, Windsor Park, Dominica
India One Day Squad :
  • Suesh Raina(C)
  • Harbhajan Singh(VC)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin
  • Subramaniam Badrinath
  • Shikhar Dhawan
  • Virat Kohli
  • Praveen Kumar
  • Amit Mishra
  • Munaf Patel
  • Parthiv Patel(WK)
  • YUsuf Pathan
  • Wriddhiman Saha(WK)
  • Ishant Sharma
  • Rohit Sharma
  • Manoj Tiwary
  • Vinay Kumar
India Test Squad:
  • MS Dhoni(C)
  • VVS Laxman(VC)
  • Subramaniam Badrinath
  • Rahul Dravid
  • Harbhajan Singh
  • Zaheer Khan
  • Virat Kohli
  • Amit Mishra
  • Abhinav Mukund
  • Pragyan Ojha
  • Munaf Patel
  • Parthiv Patel(WK)
  • Suresh Raina
  • Ishant Sharma
  • Sreesanth
  • Murali Vijay
India Twenty - 20 Squad :
  • Suresh Raina(C)
  • Harbhajan Singh(VC)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin
  • Subramaniam Badrinath
  • Shikhar Dhawan
  • Virat Kohli
  • Praveen Kumar
  • Amit Mishra
  • Munaf Patel
  • Parthiv Patel(WK)
  • Yusuf Pathan
  • Wriddhiman Saha(WK)
  • Ishant Sharma
  • Rohit Sharma
  • ManojTiwary
  • Vinay Kumar

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Indian Premier League - 2011

The 2011 Indian Premier League season was the fourth season of the Indian Premier League. The tournament was held and the opening and closing ceremonies were held in M.A Chidambaram Stadium. The season started from 8 April and end on 28 May 2011. This season two new teams were added there are Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerela. Winner of this IPL 2011 is Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore stood in second position.


INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2011 Records :


Winners : Chennai Super Kings.

Runners : Royal Challengers Bangalore.


Statics :

Most Runs:

  1. Chris Gayle
  2. Virat Kohli
  3. Sachin Tendulkar
  4. Shaun Marsh
  5. Micheal Hussey.
Most Wickets :
  1. Lasith Malinga
  2. Munaf Patel
  3. Sreenath Aravind
  4. Ravichandran Ashwin
  5. Amit Mishra

  • Most Sixes : Chris Gayle
  • Highest Score : Paul Valthaty
  • Highest Run rate : WP Saha
  • Most Sixes in an innings : Chris Gayle
  • Most runs from Fours and Sixes : Chris Gayle

  • Most Wickets : Lasith Malinga
  • Best Bowling Figures in an innings : I Sharma
  • Best Avg. : ss Mundhe
  • Most Runs conceded in an innings : SK Trivedi

  • Most Catches : KA Pollard

  • Highest Partnership for any wicket : Adam Gilchrist and Shan Marsh {206 Runs for 2nd Wickets}

  • Highest Runs by a Team : Punjab {232/2}

  • Largest Victory : Punjab against Bangalore. Punjab won by 111 Runs.

me the only team to have won the IPL on more than one occasion.[2] Despite Bangalore failing to win the title, one of the team's players, Chris Gayle was named as the tournament's best player. He scored 608 runs in twelve innings[3] – the most in the tournament – as well as picking up eight wickets, having joined the team after the start of the season due to an injury to another overseas player, Dirk Nannes.[4] Mumbai Indians' Lasith Malinga set a new record for most wickets taken within an Indian Premier League season, claiming 28 wickets during the campaign,[5] but Mumbai had to settle for third place in the tournament, having lost to Bangalore in the second qualifier. Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai will all represent India in the Champions League tournament in September. The Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Award was again won by the Chennai Super Kings for topping the fair-play table.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League(IPL) is professional league for 20-2o cricket competition in India.It was initiated by Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI). It consists of 10 different teams which represents 10 different cities in India. According to Global sports salaries review, it is second highest-paid league.

Indian Premier League



The Indian Premier League(IPL) is professional league for 20-20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) in the year of 2008. According to global sports salaries review,IPL has second highest-paid league. IPL is scheduled for every year. Up-to now they conducted 3 and 2011 is 4th Edition of it. Firstly it started with 8 teams and at present there are 10 teams.

For the IPL 2011 they introduced two additional teams. Every team represents different cities in India. And team franchises are decided by winning bidding conducted by BCCI.

The teams in IPL are Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knights Riders and the new teams this year are Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

The inaugural session for this League is in between Kolkata Knight Riders and Bangalore Royal Challengers on 18th April 2008 in Bangalore.

IPL Trophy
The diamond-encrusted trophy of DLF Indian Premier League(IPL) Cricket was designed by Orra design team. Orra diamond brand owned by Antwerp-based Rosy Blue Group. It comprises of a player in a gold leafing. He is shown holding a bat in his hand, next to a map of India. On the map the names of all the IPL teams have been engraved, symbolized by ten rubies. Every year, the winners of the IPL T20 tournament are presented with a replica of this trophy, along with the prize money.

Winners and Runners-up

Season Winners Runner-up
2008 Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings
2009 Deccan Chargers Royal Challengers Bangalore
2010 Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians
2011 Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore
  • Still now Chennai Super Kings has highest brand value of the Teams of worth($ 70.16 m).
List of Statistics and Records :
  • Batting Records :
  1. Most Runs : Suresh Raina
  2. Best Strike Rate : Kieron Pollard
  3. Best Average : Shaun Marsh
  4. Highest Score : Brendon McCullum
  5. Most Runs in a Series : Sachin Tendulkar
  6. Most Sixes : Adam Gilchrist
  • Bowling Records :
  1. Most wickets : RP Singh
  2. Best Strike Rates : Doug Bollinger
  3. Best Averages : Doug Bollinger
  4. Best Economy : Ravichandran Ashwin
  5. Best bowling figure : Sohail Tanvir
  6. Most wickets in a series : RP Singh
  • Man of the Match Awards : Yusuf Pathan

  • Orange Cap Winners :
  • 2008 : Shaun Marsh
  • 2009 : Matthew Hayden
  • 2010 : Sachin Tendulkar
  • 2011 : Chris Gayle

  • Purple Cap Winners :
  • 2008 : Sohail Tanvir
  • 2009 : RP Singh
  • 2010 : Pragyan Ojha
  • 2011 : Lasith Malliga

  • Players of Series :
  • 2008 : Shane Watson
  • 2009 : Adam Gilchrist
  • 2010 : Sachin Tendulkar
  • 2011 : Chris Gayle

  • Highest Total :
  • Chennai Super Kings
  • Lowest Total :
  • Rajasthan Royals