India is to play three test matches against srilanka. Suresh raina the consistent performer of the Indian team has made an entry into the test format of cricket. He has been included in the 16 men squad due to his consistent performances in recent matches. He showed remarkable performances in recent months, the remarkable century in 20-20 world cup and a good captaincy in tri series in Zimbabwe, and a good performance in all aspects helped him to make a place in test format. Will India compensate their test series loss in their previous trip in 2008 by the aggressive and effective squad which has been announced? Along with raina, yuvaraj Singh, ishant Sharma and sree santh have come back to the squad and the lord of cricket, sachin tendulkar has come back to the squad. Will India win the cup and maintain their no 1 position. Lots of expectations are waiting. Keep seeing procricket gear news for all the updates.
Filed under: Cricket gear — Pro Cricket Gear June 30, 2010
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Axed from the ODI squad due to lack of fitness and form, Yuvraj Singh is ready to make a Test comeback, when India selectors meet to choose the squad for the Lanka series on Saturday.
The selectors will meet in Chennai to select the Indian team for the three-match series in Sri Lanka.
“Yuvraj is almost a certainty tomorrow, more so especially after (captain Mahendra Singh) Dhoni made it clear how much he standards Yuvraj’s presence in the side,” a Board foundation said.
Before leaving for the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Dhoni was demonstrative in his praise for Yuvraj, predicting the left-hander would soon come back to International cricket.
“The kind of capacity Yuvraj is, I do not think it will be hard for him to come back in the side,” Dhoni had said.
“I am just eager that he will be back as soon as possible. I am a big fan of Yuvraj Singh. It is a delight to have him in the side.
“He is one of the best batsmen in the world. He can bat at number four. He is class of a batsman who can actually cash in on. He can play both the ways ? aggressive cricket and also play good defensive cricket. I do not think it is not easy for him to come back,” the India captain gushed.
Yuvraj’s last Test match was next to Bangladesh in January this year even though a ligament injury did not permit him to bat in the match.
Apart from Yuvraj’s addition, the Kris Srikkanth-led panel is likely to retain more or less the similar squad that played against South Africa earlier this year.
“See, the squad is more or less settled. Sachin Tendulkar is existing, while Virender Sehwag is also likely to get better from his injury,” the source said.
Pacer Ishant Sharma, who played in the Test series against South Africa, is also likely to hold his place, while leg-spinner Amit Mishra is set to be persisted with.
Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan captain, has said that he required former captain Younis Khan in the team for the tour of England but different issues, such as form and obedience, had not permitted the cricket bats man’s selection.
“I required Younis to be in the team but, moreover the issue of his recent form, there was also a bit of a disciplinary concern with Younis,” Afridi told Geo TV. “One must understand I don’t pick the team alone. The input of the coach and selectors is also involved in this course of action.”
Younis, whose ban had been upturned by the PCB after an appeal, was not included in Pakistan’s Test or Twenty20 squad for the trip to England. The squads were announced by the board after a conference attended by chairman of selectors Mohsin Khan, coach Waqar Younis, executive Yawar Saeed and Afridi in Dambulla for the duration of the Asia Cup. Cricinfo learned that the left over selectors in Pakistan were not involved or consulted at all in the choices.
Afridi also said that fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who made a return in the Asia Cup, would only play limited-over cricket for now. “We don’t want to throw away him or injure his enduring career by playing him in Test cricket,” Afridi said.
Even though Pakistan made an early exit from the Asia Cup, after whipping only Bangladesh, they competed hard against Sri Lanka and India. Afridi’s performances were remarkable in the tournament: he scored centuries against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and took three wickets at an economy-rate of 4.60. “The fact is that in the Twenty20 World Cup, I had taken the stress of captaincy which affected my individual form as well, but this time I focused on my individual performances,” he said.
Afridi will make a come back to Test cricket after four years when he leads the team in Pakistan’s ‘home’ series next to Australia in England this summer.
Filed under: Cricket gear — Pro Cricket Gear June 23, 2010
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Sri Lanka, who won the previous two editions of the region’s top one-day trophy, in 2006 and 2008, are cheerful after beating India by seven wickets in a league match on Tuesday. The prospect of winning a major one-day title in front of passionate home fans excited..
“A final is a final,” Sangakkara told the media on Wednesday. “Winning an Asia Cup particularly at home would be a special thing.
“It’s going to really motivate us and we are going to hit the ground in a row and really try and win it.” Sri Lanka and India qualified for the final after defeating Pakistan and Bangladesh, Asia’s other two Test nations, in the preliminary league.
Sangakkara said Tuesday’s triumph over India — which came lacking star bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekera, who were all rested — boosted his team’s morale.
“We are up for the test,” he said. “We feel good about the final.”
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni supposed his team was not under pressure after that defeat, but hoped for more steadiness from the bowlers to ease pressure on the batsmen.
“As a cricketer you see it as just one more game,” Dhoni said.
“There is no point thinking of it as a final. We are playing against Sri Lanka, that’s it.
“I think the bowlers have done graciously for us in patches. But it will be really good to win a few games where you put 240 or 260 on the board and win.
“You can’t all the time anticipate your batsmen to score 280 or more and build you win the game.
“It will be good if we be capable of doing that. But then once more our strength has been batting. We are a side that relies more on our batting than our bowling.”
India will miss destructive opener Virender Sehwag, who was ruled out of Tuesday’s match and the final due to a hamstring injury sustained against Pakistan last week.
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DAMBULLA: Harbhajan Singh may have scored the winning runs in spectacular fashion against Pakistan very last Saturday but he was at pains to point out on Monday that he is not an allrounder.
“I am not an allrounder,” he clarified later than the team’s nets session here, “Firstly, I’m a bowler who can bat a bit and I want to keep it like that. I don’t want to take too much of stress on myself by being called an allrounder. There is only one allrounder India have created, and that was Sir Kapil Dev. After Kapil Dev, we haven’t even shaped an allrounder half as good as him. But I want to keep contributing with Cricket bat .
He added that he was contented to have earned India a hard-fought success. “At any time you play for your country, and you win matches from a tight circumstances, you feel great. You feel cheerful and swollen with pride since the whole country is watching. It’s good I hit the six and we won, but this tournament isn’t over yet.”
Conversation about Tuesday’s game against Sri Lanka, he said: “If we do well in this match, that will send a good message to the opponent before the final. Sri Lanka are a very good side.”
Asked if the youngsters in the Indian team had frustrated, Harbhajan said, “I think we shouldn’t think of them as youngsters. They are here because they are good enough.”
Pakistan team captain Shahid Afridi, seen here making an appeal, cracked a glorious 124 off 60 balls as Pakistan ruined their Asia Cup campaign with a 139-run rout of Bangladesh on Monday.Afridi smashed 17 boundaries and four sixes to lead Pakistan to their maximum one-day total of 385-7, before Bangladesh replied with 246-5 in the day-night match.
Junaid Siddique top-scored for Bangladesh with 97 after sharing a second-wicketstand of 160 with Imrul Kayes, who made 66.It was Pakistan’s lone victory in the four-nation tournament and came later than India and defending champions Sri Lanka had already eligible for Thursday’s final with two wins each.
Bangladesh depart home beaten in all three matches.
Pakistan’s total surpassed their previous best of 371-9 against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996, a match in which Afridi cracked the fastest one-day century ever off 37 balls.Pakistan, who had lost narrowly to both India and Sri Lanka, used the game to exhibit their batting power after openers Imran Farhat (66) and Shahzaib Hasan (50) put on 81 by the 13th over.
There was another half-century from Umar Akmal, who complete 50 during a fifth-wicket stand of 136 with Afridi.Pakistan hammered 120 runs in the last nine overs as the Bangladesh bowling drooping under the spectacular assault.
Pakistan’s innings was stained by the peculiar dismissal of Umar Amin, who was run out by Mohammad Mahmudullah while moving from the off to the leg-side at the non-striker’s end after completing a single.
Amin’s bat was in the air as he walked across the popping crease and was clearly not trying to pinch a single when Mahmudullah ruined the stumps.Umpires Billy Doctrove and Bruce Oxenford referred the decision to the TV umpire, who stated Amin run out.
India and Sri Lanka clash in the last league match on Tuesday to get ready for the final at the Rangiri stadium in Dambulla.
The One-day international (ODI) clash between Australia and England in Southampton Tuesday will be the 3,000th ODI and International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said the limited-overs format is far from reaching its end.
ODI cricket has been facing a threat from Twenty20 cricket.
The first recognised ODI took place in Melbourne Jan 5 in 1971 and it was also between Australia and England.
‘That game at the Melbourne Cricket Groundwas arranged at very short notice after a Test match had been washed out and nobody was really sure what would happen,’ said Lorgat.
‘When around 46,000 people showed up to watch I think the organisers realised they were on to something big. Since that day it has been hugely successful and we have been treated to some of the great moments of cricket through ODIs.
‘Centuries in World Cup finals by Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Aravinda de Silva, Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist coupled with some amazing other individual performances throughout the history of the one-day gamefrom players like Richard Hadlee, Javed Miandad, Herschelle Gibbs, Joel Garner, Muttiah Muralitharan and Graham Gooch have entertained generations of cricket fans all over the world.’
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India is to play three test matches against srilanka. Suresh raina the consistent performer of the Indian team has made an entry into the test format of cricket. He has been included in the 16 men squad due to his consistent performances in recent matches. He showed remarkable performances in recent months, the remarkable century in 20-20 world cup and a good captaincy in tri series in Zimbabwe, and a good performance in all aspects helped him to make a place in test format. Will India compensate their test series loss in their previous trip in 2008 by the aggressive and effective squad which has been announced? Along with raina, yuvaraj Singh, ishant Sharma and sree santh have come back to the squad and the lord of cricket, sachin tendulkar has come back to the squad. Will India win the cup and maintain their no 1 position. Lots of expectations are waiting. Keep seeing pro cricket gear news for all the updates.
