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India’s fitness and media management is appalling

August 30th, 2011 admin

Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the rest of the series against England, that includes a further two Test matches and five ODIs that he could have played. The reason behind this is a new ankle injury to go with his hamstring issue.

Interestingly, on the first day of the first Test match against the English side, Zaheer Khan had suffered from a hamstring injury and quite laughably the Indian management had announced that Zaheer would be fit to play in the second innings of the first Test match.

Now it is revealed that he will miss the entire series, forget playing in the first game.

This will mean that the side will now be handicapped and will struggle through the third Test match as well.

The bigger question is that is the Indian team’s media and fitness management so appalling that they cannot for one, diagnose the ailment and secondly pass on the right information to the fans?

This is nothing short of taking the fans for granted, just like the pair of Ravi Shastri and Sunil Gavaskar have often taken their fans for granted. Time for everything to change.

Ojha, Kohli join Indian team after Yuvraj, Harbhajan injuries

August 30th, 2011 admin

The Indian team will have two new players in the form of Virat Kohli and Pragyan Ojha joining them for the rest of the tow games against England. And the reason, for their sudden inclusion, as expected, has been the injury problems that the side has been facing.

Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will now come back to England and miss the rest of the series.

It is interesting to see that Harbhajan is injured because even if he was not, there was a good chance that he would have had been dropped from the playing eleven. What his injury does is to allow Dhoni to play two spinners if necessary, especially on a pitch like the one at Oval.

What, however, needs to be seen is whether Ojha will get his chances and if he does, will he be able to get a lot of purchase from the pitch. Interestingly, both, Ojha and Amit Mishra, who will replace Harbhajan in the playing eleven, play for the same IPL team, the Deccan Chargers.

It will be fun to see the way they go in the rest of the series.

IPL 2012 should have cheaper tickets

June 13th, 2011 admin

With the fifth edition of the IPL to be played in 2012 around the same time as the ICC World T20, it will be worthwhile for the IPL governing council to do some serious thinking when it comes to their ticketing. The problem in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League was that not all matches were sold-out because of the high rates of the tickets and that reduced the atmosphere attached to the games.

The reduced atmosphere affects the way people watch it on the television as well which causes them to switch their tellies off. This is the reason why the IPL needs to look closely at the way they price their tickets.

In the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, the IPL tickets could be bought online and that meant that the pricing of them was done in conjunction with the site owners. This also meant that they could now lower the prices down.

While it is a given that the booking of IPL tickets will be done online by most fans in the 2012 edition of the tournament again, it remains to be seen whether the governing council will instruct the sides to reduce the price of the tickets.

The Chennai Super Kings are now the two time defending champions and will need to ensure that they can get going with the way they have been playing in the tournament so far. On the other hand, Mumbai and Bangalore are the two other consistent sides and will look to get going too.

Why India won the Cricket World Cup 2011?

April 5th, 2011 admin

India’s win in the ICC World Cup 2011 can be attributed to the following:

1.       Dhoni’s captaincy: Not too many captains have had such an ice-cool demeanour on the field as MS Dhoni. It stems from the fact that he can maintain his calmness under pressure and that means that the side has also been influenced by that in many ways.

 

2.       Zaheer’s bowling: He has been one of the most under-rated player for the side, but you need to give it to the man who has bowled so well – and picked up 21 wickets in the tournament. The batsmen did not top the run-getting charts but Zaheer was at the top of the bowling charts.

 

3.       Yuvraj Singh: He is an excellent talent, but he had gone into the tournament as one of those who would have probably not made it to the playing eleven. The things changed with this tournament and there was no looking back. He was the main difference between him and the rest of the sides – an all-rounder who could get the wickets.

 

IPL parties not responsible for T20 World Cup debacle: Tendulkar

May 29th, 2010 admin

Contradicting Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s views, senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said IPL parties cannot be blamed for India’s debacle in the recent Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.

India could not reach the semifinals of the Twenty20 World Cup and skipper Dhoni said late night parties and continuous travelling during the Indian Premier League took a toll on the players’ body.

Tendulkar, however, begged to differ and said every player should be aware of their responsibilities.

“Parties and performance are two different things that cannot be related and every player should know his responsibility,” Tendulkar told reporters after laying foundation stone of an extension of Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital.

Besides, Tendulkar said parties are not new in cricket. “Parties used to be held even in the past,” he said, laying stress on observing individual’s discretion in the matter. Read more »

England beat Aus to win ICC Twenty20 World Cup

May 17th, 2010 admin

Craig Krieswetter gave an excellent performance with his impressive 63 innings and crushed Australia 7 wickets to Crowned England with Twenty20 world cup in  the final of the World T20 at the Kensington Oval on Sunday.

Man of the match: Craig Kieswetter

It a comprehensive victory as Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen’s, the duo’s partnership gave a fine tune to the game after scoring a 111 to reach the set target with three full overs to spare.

Opting to bat, Australia manage to score 147 for six in reply England won the game without much difficulty and happily overcome with the defeat in their first world title in limited overs cricket.

But the resulting total never looked enough, and in the end England made it seem woefully short. England are Cricket T20 Champions of the World! Read more »

Australia beat Pakistan by three wickets

May 15th, 2010 admin

Michael Hussey put forth an impressive innings, who took three sixes in four balls for Australia to overcome Pakistan in their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final here on Friday, St Lucia.

Opting to bat first, Pakistan started off well as the fielding was awesome but lasting the inning with 191

On the other hand, Australia’s performance was not that impressive but in the meanwhile Hussey gave smashing hits with his six sixes which is all to finish an unbeaten 60 in just 24 deliveries for Australia to lead to the victory.

“By the end I was just swinging through the ball there … it was probably one of the best innings of my life,” said Hussey. Read more »

England beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets

May 13th, 2010 admin

England crushed Sri Lanka by seven – wickets in the first semi final – World Cup Twenty20 match here on Thursday at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia.

It’s a comprehensive victory for England, as the England team made the day after restricting to their opponents to 128 for six – and then knocked off with insufficient total of about four overs to spare.

The duo’s Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb partnership blow the wings of their team-mates after putting an impressive opening of 68 for England to reach the final. While Kevin Pietersen, gave a stunning performance by fulfilling the rest unbeaten 42 runs.

Kieswetter was in particularly fluent form and crashed two sixes and five fours in his 39 from 29 balls before he was bowled by a fuller ball from Lasith Malinga.

England will soon be playing with any one of these two Australia or Pakistan in the final match, which will be taking place on this coming Sunday.

Scores:

Sri Lanka: 128-6 in 20 overs;

England: 132-3 in 16 overs

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