Sourav Ganguly : Bengal Tiger Cum Punjab Da Sher

Durga puja in Kolkata this time witnessed Sourav Ganguly not as Bengal Tiger but as Punjab Da Sher. Sourav Ganguly disguised himself as a Sardar on Ekadashi, the day of idol immersion.

Desperate to be part of this ritual, which he has missed for years, the ex-captain of India, Sourav Ganguly decided to give himself a new face.

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Shahrukh Khan, Deepika and Other VVIP's at Twenty20 Match At Mumbai

It seems 20Twenty cricket is being enjoyed more not only by the general public but also by the Bollywood Celebs and other VVIP's. Shahrukh Khan, who was seen at the 20Twenty World Cup Final match, was once again seen attending the 20-20 match at Mumbai on Saturday. But this time he was not alone as Deepika Padukone, model turned actress, was also seen at the spot accompanying Shahrukh Khan.

Not only the bollywood celebs, few politicians like Rahul Gandhi etc. also took time out of their busy schedule to watch the match.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar was also present for the match along with Ravi Shastri and BCCI president Sharad Pawar.

India Beats Australia in 20-20 Cricket Once Again

If Australians are 50 overs match Champions then we are also 20-20 Champions.

India made a great statement by beating the Australians in 20-20 match played yesterday.

Gautam Gambhir's blazing knock of 63 helped India crush Australia by seven wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.

Also, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik did well in the middle overs to restrict Australians for mere 165 runs.

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Australia Wins Future Cup Series Beating India in 6th ODI

Andrew Symonds knock once again helped Australians to beat India and with the Australia wins the Future Cup series.

Australian innings ended up scoring 317 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. In reply India could score 299 runs for 7 wickets.

Sachin Sourav gave a good start to India with 100 runs partnership but still not good enough. India gave a good fight this time and it could have been anyone's match before Uttappa got out. After Uttappa's wicket Dhoni got out immediately and all Indian hopes turned into ashes.

Andrew Symonds was awarded Man of the Match for his unbeaten 107 runs of 88 balls.

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Goodbye Cricket - Inzamam-ul-Haq

Record says itself about this great Cricketer.

Match - 119

Inningss - 198

Not Outs - 22

Total Runs - 8813

Highest Scores - 329

Half Century - 46

Century - 25

Averages - 50.07

Dhoni Defends Batsman after Crushing Defeat against Australia

Inspite of the fact that Indian batsman crumbled making a very low score against Australia in the fifth ODI, captain M.S. Dhoni refused to blame the batsmen for the defeat. N wats height after this, Dhoni described them as the best line-up at his disposal.

If this is the best, then what would be worse is out of my imagination.

Ganguly Was Dropped !! Was it Right ??

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Things are quite vague on whether Ganguly didn't play 2nd ODI because of hamstring injury or was he really dropped.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said after the 2nd match “Sourav has a hamstring injury. He was eager to play, but we were not willing to risk a batsman getting injured during the game. Therefore we decided to rest him for this game as well,” Dhoni .

But the BCCI Secretary, Niranjan Shah has clearly stated that Sourav Ganguly was dropped from the third ODI.

However, I would consider this decision as unfair. Because in his last ODI series, against England, Ganguly averaged 35.57, making three half-centuries and being involved with Sachin Tendulkar in three century partnerships.

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Australia Beats India by 84 Runs and Takes 1-0 Lead

Australia once again scored above 300 runs and this time there was no rain that could save India from the mighty Australians to be defeated.

Australia scored 306 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, India innings ended up for 222 in 47.3 overs.

With this Australia takes 1-0 lead in the 7 ODI Match Series.

B. Haddin was given Man of the Match Award.

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Australia

A Gilchrist c Tendulkar b Zaheer 0
M Hayden b Pathan 75
B Hodge c Dhoni b Sreesanth 3
M Clarke st Dhoni b Pathan 27
A Symonds c & b Sreesanth 87
B Haddin not out 87
J Hopes c Dravid b Sreesanth 4
B Lee not out 2

Extras (b- 4, lb-2, w-15) 21
Total (6 wkts in 50 overs) 306

Bowling : Zaheer Khan 10-1-55- 1; S Sreesanth 9-0-67-3; Irfan Pathan 10-0-47-2; Harbhajan Singh 10-0-57-0; Ramesh Powar 5-0-30-0; Sachin Tendulkar 3-0-22-0; Yuvraj Singh 3-0-22-0.

India

G Gambhir b Johnson 7
S Tendulkar c Symonds b Clark 16
R Uthappa lbw b Clark 41
Y Singh c Hayden b Hopes 10
R Dravid c Johnson b Hogg 31
M Dhoni c Hodge b Hogg 58
I Pathan run out 1
H Singh st Gilchrist b Clarke 4
R Powar b Clarke 17
Z Khan c Hodge b Hogg 3
S Sreesanth not out 7

Extras (b-4, lb-6, w-10, nb-7) 27
Total (all out in 47.3 overs) 222

Bowling : Lee 7-0-44-0; M Johnson 9-1-46-1; S Clark 6-0-14-2; Hopes 7-0-33-1; M Clarke 9-1-35-2;Hogg 9.3-0-40-3