Once again India is out of the T20 World Cup, without qualifying for the semi-final stage. It has been very similar situation for India in the last two editions of the world cup. They entered the tournament in both the years after a very hectic IPL schedule. Last year India won both its matches in [...]
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India are out of the T20 World Cup!!!
Posted: May 12, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPL, WORLD CUPTags: Australian Cricket Team, India, Indian Cricket Team, Indian Premier League, IPL, MS Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Pakistan, Pakistan Cricket team, R Vinay Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Suresh Raina
Chennai Super Kings win IPL 3!!!
Posted: April 26, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Awards, Cricket, India, IPL, Sachin Tendulkar, WORLD CUPTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Cricket Team, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, MS Dhoni, Mumbai Indians, P Ojha, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, Suresh Raina
Chennai are the champions of IPL third edition. They defeated the favorites Mumbai Indians comprehensively in the finals. As I had written in my previous post that I was supporting both teams (Mumbai Indians a little more), so this loss for Mumbai Indians has not hurt much. Though I would have loved to have seen [...]
Few Great Quotes on Sachin Tendulkar!
Posted: February 27, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Anil Kumble, Australia, Cricket, India, Indian Cricket Team, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, South Africa Cricket team
Well I recieved an e-mail on the day after Sachin Tendulkar scored the mamoth 200* against South Africa. It contained a few quotes said by a few great players and others for Sachin Tendulkar. They were really awesome to read so I thought of putting them down over here. “Nothing bad can happen to us [...]
Sachin Tendulkar scales Mt. 200 in ODI’s!!!
Posted: February 25, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Australia, Australian Cricket Team, Brian Lara, Cricket, Double Hundred, ICC Rankings, India, Indian Cricket Team, Kapil Dev, ODI, Saeed Anwar, South Africa, South Africa Cricket team, Sunil Gavaskar, Zimbabwe
24 February 2010 will be remembered in history as the day when Sachin Tendulkar created history by becoming the first player ever to score a double hundred in a One Day International. He created this by scoring 200 not out against South Africa at Gwalior. This effort also helped India win the match and seal [...]
India vs South Africa – Clash for the No.1 Spot
Posted: February 1, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Australia, Australian Cricket Team, Cricket, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, South Africa Cricket team, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan
The test series between India and South Africa will be similar to clash of the titans. It will be clash for No.1 spot. The winner of the test series will become the no.1 test team in the world. With the No.1 title at stake and with so many injuries in the batting middle order, it [...]
INDIA thrash BANGLADESH 2-0 !
Posted: January 28, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Anil Kumble, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Cricket Team, Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, Zaheer Khan
Well the final scores do depict that India did Thrash Bangladesh, but to be honest it has not really been that easy as the final scores suggest. On the very first day of first test match, Bangladesh did put India in some sought of a humiliating position, by taking 8 wickets without much score on [...]
Sachin Tendulkar scales peak 13K in Test Matches!!!
Posted: January 25, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: India, Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa
Well I have just got a bit late to write this post but I was just waiting for the series to get over and then write about it. But I just could not wait anymore especially when he has scored his second hundred of the series. Sachin Tendulkar completed 13000 runs in Test cricket in [...]
INDIA – No.1 Test Team in the World
Posted: December 6, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Anil Kumble, Australia, Australian Cricket Team, Cricket, Gautam Gambhir, India, Indian Cricket Team, MS Dhoni, Pakistan, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan
India have finally reached the place where they had reached probably only in the dreams before. Yes India is now No.1 in the ICC Test Rankings, a brilliant feat to have achieved. I would say it all started with Sourav Ganguly who made the team realize that it can win matches overseas as well with [...]
Australia slip down in ICC Test Rankings : Down to No.4
Posted: August 28, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: Australia, Australian Cricket Team, Cricket, India, Indian Cricket Team, South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket Team
Finally Australia slipped to number 4 in the ICC test ranking and for the first time we have a no1 test team other than Australia. Since the ranking started, Australia has dominated the ODI and Test rankings. Although South Africa has replaced the Australians a few times at the top in this period in the [...]
Pakistan win T20- World Cup 2009
Posted: June 22, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, T20 World Cup
The T20 World Cup came to end yesterday and i must say pakistan deserved to lift the trophy. They missed it the last time around just by one good hit but this time they knew they had to make up for that loss. Although one should spare a thought for Sri Lanka as they were [...]
Indian Premier League-2 (IPL-2)– Finally is Over.
Posted: May 25, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
The IPL is over but still can’t really get out of its fever as yet. It has been 36 days of exicting cricket and finally it has come to an end. Although this tournament had to be shifted to South Africa at the last moment due to the General Elections happening in India still this [...]
IPL 2 – Finals
Posted: May 24, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Now both the semifals have finished and both the favourite teams have been defeated in the Semi-Finals. The top two teams at the end league phase the Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings have been shown the exit door by Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Well if you go to see one amazing fact [...]
IPL 2 – Semifinals
Posted: May 22, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Well the League phase of the tournament is over and it is come down to the last three matches of the tournament that are the semis and the finals. The four Semi-finalist of this years version of the IPL are Delhi Daredevils , Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers. I am a [...]
Indian Premier League-2 (IPL-2) Team List
Posted: April 17, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Following are the list of Indian and International players in each side participating in the IPL-2 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Captain : Mahendra Singh Dhoni Coach : Stephan Fleming Bowling Coach : Venkatesh Prasad Trainer : Gregory King No. INDIAN PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Matthew Hayden 2 Suresh Raina Michael Hussey 3 Anirudha [...]
Indian Premier League-2 (IPL-2) Schedule
Posted: April 16, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Following is the Schedule of Indian Premier League-2. The time of the match might not be correct but I will update it accordingly, although the order and the dates of the matches is correct. MATCH No. DATE TEAMS VENUE TIME(IST) 1 Saturday,18-Apr-09 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town 4pm to 7pm 2 Saturday,18-Apr-09 [...]


