tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42717310053323668492024-03-20T09:48:36.959+05:30INDIAN CRICKETAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046620918197980283noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271731005332366849.post-41634737107964397212012-01-28T20:32:00.002+05:302012-01-28T20:33:29.663+05:30India 4-0 whitewash against Australia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whats happening to the Indian team?? Have they forgotten how to win overseas..Looks like this saga started and ended with Sourav Ganguly. He became the captain when the team was suffering from match fixing scandals and then led the team with an attitude "Do or Die" to win overseas but now again after his retirement we can see that the team has learnt nothing and they have lost 8 consecutive overseas Test matches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its this Indian team that won the ICC Cricket World Cup and with the greats of Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS laxman and Sehwag present in the team they were not able to even draw one test match rather they couldn't even survive 5 days of Test cricket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its a shame to see this kind of performance from the team where Dhoni's captaincy is making no sense anymore looks like he has forgotten how to lead the team, wrong field placements, poor bowling changes, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The poor show was from the batsmen all the way. The top order collapsed in every innings and neither there was any support from the middle order batsmen. Rahul Dravid called as "The Wall" due to his defensive abilities was bowled out 9 times, looks like he has forgotten how to guard his wickets. All the batsmen were out of form, poor shots selection and lack of ability in their techniques. Sachin Tendulkar looked a little comfortable against the Aussies but it looks like the burden of his 100th 100 is too much for him..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still the players think that they are not embarrassed after this kind of loss and are making excuses like let them come to India and we will show them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone knows how good we are in the subcontinent thats the main reason we won the World Cup but the team who goes and wins overseas is considered as the No 1 team and it looks like we lack that capability after the kind of performance we saw recently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I have said enough against the Indian team..but nothing can be done unless the BCCI makes some harsh decisions..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since Yuvraj Singh was ruled out of IPL5 due to injury there was no option left but for Ganguly to lead the PWI team. This adds more responsibility than the last edition where he was only a player but now with the lead coach Geoff Marsh not available, Sourav Ganguly will have to play the role of coach also for the team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PWI had a very bad last season. They came second last in the tournament but we very well know that DADA is the king of comebacks (remember his comeback in the Indian team). So it will be interesting to see how he leads the team and how they move forward in this year of IPL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The very exciting match will be between PWI and KKR when these two teams will clash in Kolkata. Who do you think the crowd will cheer for DADA or KKR?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am going with DADA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, Royal Challengers Bangalore has signed Chris Gayle for the upcoming season of Indian Premiere League just one day before the transfer window closes i.e just one day before retaining players for your squad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I dont know why they waited so long to sign the player who single handedly made RCB reach the finals of the fourth season of the Indian Premiere League. There was no bowler available to stop him with his explosive batting in IPL 4.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If RCB hadn't signed him today, then he would have been available for the auction starting on 4th Feb,2012 and then it would have been interesting to see which all teams are fighting to get a hand on Chris Gayle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reports say, that Mumbai Indians were very much keen on signing Gayle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year RCB bought Chris Gayle as a replacement for injured Dirk Nannes for $560,000 and that's the price Gayle will officially continue on. So, RCB will move into the auction with this sum reduced from their $2 million purse but as it is heard Gayle will earn more from endorsements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, i am just waiting to see how he performs in this season of IPL and can he produce the same kind of explosion with his bat as the last time.</span></div>
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Who’s responsible? The batsmen, the million dollars IPL babies, are the primary culprits. In the previous two matches, they had showed a lack of application. At Perth, they concentrated harder on the job. You cannot accuse Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid or anybody else of throwing their wicket away. But unfortunately, the bowlers were too good for them. That’s sad. Because it means you are just not good enough anymore.</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The truth is this: our best batsmen are past their prime. They can still come up with the odd 50 abroad. But they cannot dominate a quality attack anymore as they have done in the past. The England fiasco should have opened our eyes. It didn’t. Now we only have ourselves to blame. Kohli doesn’t have a better technique than Dravid or Tendulkar. But he had something to prove at Perth. His determination made him succeed. Now he will be a much improved player for the rest of his life. Kohli went to Australia as a boy; he will return home as a man. It is a pity that Rohit Sharma didn’t get similar opportunities. The Test series would have been a great learning curve for him too.</span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But should he be sacked as captain? No. True he has performed below potential but this is a collective failure. When every batsman in the team fails, the captain cannot be the fall guy. And I wonder what coach Duncan Fletcher’s contribution has been all these months.</span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />To put it mildly, <i>we are in tatters</i>. Couldn’t come at a better time if you’re an optimist, because India has four full years to rebuild, re-develop and reform. The title will still be ours, but we can’t help but think:<i>Was it really worth it?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After winning the World Cup in 1983, the Indian team duly went on to lose a HOME series to an absolutely ruthless and angry Windies side. It may have felt worse, as a purist, but the fans were more than happy to see the biggest underdogs in Sport win that one ‘important’ game in the World Cup. Nothing would change that. Hence, a 4-0 drubbing at home held no importance. It was, after all, what was previously expected. The problem was- The team had over-performed during the World Cup. Things were back to normal, soon after that. World Order was restored. The Windies went on to dominate the 80s, inspite of being involved in a massive upset in the 87 World Cup against Australia. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">England, clearly the best cricket side in the world over the last TWO years, does not have one decent World Cup performance to their credit in the last decade. Their One-Day team has let them down too often, but there are ominous signs of a brighter ODI future after a young Alastair Cook has begun helming the squad. Their previous ICC tournament performances remain unimpressive- call it withering, choking or plain bad luck- but that does NOT change the fact that they are showing signs of Australian-style domination, looking set for a good four years to rule the stage in atleast 2 out of 3 forms of Cricket. India does not stand a chance to back up their recent World Cup win with the required reputation to boot. Australia are getting back to half of their previous powers, but will require a good amount of time to challenge England in Test match cricket. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Quite simply put, the question is</b>: <i>Would you rather be the Windies of the 80s- without a single official title to back them up</i> OR <i>would you be the Sri Lankan team of ’96 or the Indian teams of ’83 and 2011</i>. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">As a sub-continental cricket fan, the answer could be quite straightforward: <i>who is World Champion?</i>Sure, it sounds good enough. At the back of our minds, though- as is evident from recent T20 turnouts across the globe- is always the question, time and again with every Indian defeat: Are we really sure we want this? Are we proud of our team, <i>no matter what?</i>Or are the English fans happier and smug with their current unprecedented stature in the fluctuating fortunes of cricket<i>… much like Indian loyalists were when the team climbed to the top test ranking in the world without a major ICC tournament win to show for?</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Mahendra Singh Dhoni</b>, the captain that could do no wrong till just four months ago, is the current face of turmoil in Indian cricket. His career over the last few years is the perfect representation of the careful rise and minor dips that have plagued Team India. It is harsh to be severe on him after a nightmarish three months, but one can’t say we didn’t see it coming. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Simple facts</b>: Mahendra Singh Dhoni helmed the Indian cricket team’s rise from the Ashes in 2007 to the inaugural T20 World Cup win in South Africa. Soon after, he masterminded India’s decedent rise in ODI cricket after winning a series in Australia. When he took over as Test Captain, he completed India’s rise to number One in the rankings after smashing a meaningless century against a clueless Sri Lankan side in Mumbai. He was unbeaten as captain in every Test Series (7) until we came to England. He led India to their first World Cup win in 23 years in May 2011, and topped it off with a rise to number 2 in ODI rankings. Such was his international rise to fame- meteoric, intense, unprecedented, quick…but not painless</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Three IPL finals in four years, with TWO back-to-back titles for CSK. A Champion’s league title in 2010- capping off his perfect record or, as we would call it- the Grand Slam as a Captain of </span><span style="background-color: black;">a cricket team. Was there anything else left to achieve after the IPL win in 2011? How could anybody possibly possess show enough mental, physical and emotional endurance to win the world’s largest T20 competition just a month after winning the World’s biggest ICC competition? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Intense, meteoric and quick…<i>but very, very painful</i>. Something had to give. His form was brimming with overkill too- averaging a mere 25 in ODIs and 37 in Tests this year. But that never mattered, did it? </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">After excusing himself from the ODI series in the West Indies, he came back to achieve a 0-1 Test Series Win. Not something entirely unexpected against a Gayle-less Windies team. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">But, it was during the </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-family: Arial;">third and final test match</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> in Dominica, was where Dhoni seemed to have let his guard down- as captain, player and human being. Enough was enough. World Champions India were left to chase down a minor score of 180 at around 4 an over on a ‘relatively difficult’ pitch. We didn’t go for it.<i>Dhoni, it seems, was happy with the series in the bag</i>….</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Little did he know that, as Indian captain, that would have been the last time he was EVER in a position to win an international match this year. The ‘momentum’ carried on through the England tour, and Dhoni, the captain who could do no wrong- <i>he forgot how to win</i>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you want a clear picture of where Indian cricket stands right now, switch on your television and watch the ongoing Champion’s League T20 competition. Dhoni, once again the face that guides an army, had no idea what to do when Malinga went great guns on them in their first game. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When he walked back- other than the dark circles, multiplying grey hair and a weary look, Dhoni did something that no TV viewer may have ever witnessed: <i>He shrugged. Smirked. And sighed.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So its confirm now that the players who were replacement players in the last IPL like Ganguly & Gayle, can sign up with those teams only if they mutually agree! So, if Pune Warriors and DADA agree, then DADA can play for PWI!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the new rules, the Team that these players played for in IPL 4, have the first rights of refusal of the player & only of they reject the player, he will go into the auctions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we can confirm you the news, that yes, Sourav Ganguly will not enter the IPL auctions & will simple sign a contract of mutual agreement with PWI & play for them. </span></span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046620918197980283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271731005332366849.post-90166022263159884032012-01-14T19:33:00.002+05:302012-01-14T19:36:44.645+05:30Why Sourav Ganguly is one of India’s Greatest Test Batsman ever ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sourav Ganguly’s career test average is 42.17, certainly very good. And 41.07 in the famous No 6 position, which is still vacant, even after 3 years & 3 months of Ganguly’s retirement. But I will come to that part later. </span><strong style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">His best two averages came at No 4 & No 3 positions for India. At No 3 being his second best with 47 & at No 4 his average is 66, which is the best in the world.</strong><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> Yes even greater than the Legend Sachin Tendulkar, but we often forget to remember these facts. He was the captain, he was most successful in these positions, so if he really wanted, he could have batted there, especially at No 4, because he was even more successful than Sachin at that position, in fact the most successful player in the world. </span><strong style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But he was a Team player, and he played for the Team. He knew he can do well batting in No 3, 4, 5 or 6. This makes him great, the fact that he could do it at any position</strong><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, the fact that he sacrificed a greater part of his own career just to make sure the team does well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1200 days! Has there been any other cricketer in the world, whose replacement has been so hard to find. I’m not much of a cricket historian, but I can easily tell you the answer is NO. </span><strong style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">He has been that “Special” and he was that great of a Test cricketer, whose shoes are almost getting impossible to fill.</strong><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> Steve Waugh, someone with a much greater test record than Ganguly, was replaced with such ease, But why are we finding it so difficult to replace Ganguly?</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the fact remains, Greatness is not just by the stats you have, Ganguly’s stats were 7212 runs in 113 tests at an average of 42.17, [well that is pretty good too isn’t it?] but the kind of impact the player had on the team. When a player has retired for 3 years & the team is still missing him in every match, just shows you how special the player was.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Sachin Tendulkar said 2011 World Cup triumph was the proudest moment of his life as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to capture the "ultimate" prize. "I couldn't have asked </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">for more," said Tendulkar".</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Becomes first <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">overseas-born player</span> to represent <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Yorkshire</span> in the English County Championship. He scores 1,070 runs in 16 matches.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Scores his <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">first Test century</span> at home, in <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Madras</span>, hitting 24 fours and a six in his 165 during a thrashing of England.With South Africa needing just six to win off the final over in the Hero Cup semi-final, his bowling comes to the fore as he concedes only 3 runs, giving India victory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Opens an ODI innings for the first time, scoring 82 off 49 balls.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Scores his first One-Day century on September 9 against Australia in Colombo, Sri Lanka.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Receives Arjuna Award for achievements in cricket.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Signs a then record sports management deal with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Worldtel for 30 crore rupees over 5 years</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Rated the No.1 batsman in the world by the prestigious Coopers and Lybrands ratings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1996</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Is the leading run scorer at the World Cup, topping the batting averages (with 87.16) while scoring two centuries.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Appointed captain of Indian cricket team.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Wins the Coopers and Lybrand Award for best Test Cricketer of the Year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Scores centuries in three consecutive Tests against the touring Australians; two further centuries and a fifty give India a 2-1 Test series win.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Single-handedly wins ICC quarter-final against Australia by scoring 141 in 128 balls and taking 4 Australian wickets.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Involved in a world record opening stand with Sourav Ganguly of 252 runs off 44 overs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Becomes the fifth player in ODI history to score 7,000 runs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Meets <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sir Donald Bradman</span> in Adelaide on the occasion of the Australian batsman’s 90th birthday celebrations. Bradman considers Tendulkar to be the best batsman in the world.</span></span></div>
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Breaks the record for ODI centuries by scoring his 18th (127 not out) against Zimbabwe on September 26.</div>
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Chosen as the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year Award.</span></div>
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Tops Amul Cricket Rankings.</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Receives </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Padma Shri, India’s civilian medal of recognition.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Makes highest score by an Indian in ODIs – 186 not out against New Zealand at Hyderabad.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Passes 5,000 runs in Test cricket during the First Test of the Asian Test Championship.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">It’s his 67th Test and his average of 53.19 includes 18 centuries and 20 fifties.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Scores his 19th Test century and 23rd ODI hundred.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Replaces Azharuddin for his second stint as captain of India.</span></span></div>
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Scores his <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">first test double century</span> (217 against New Zealand).</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Scores his</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> 25th ODI</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> century and passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">9,000</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> runs in ODIs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Becomes the first batsman in the history of limited overs cricket to score 10,000 runs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Equals <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Sir Donald Bradman’s record of 29 Test centuries</span> when he scores 117 against the West Indies at the Port of Spain, Trinidad.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">On September 5, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">becomes the youngest player from any country to play in 100 Tests.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Is the highest run scorer at the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2003 Cricket World Cup with 673 runs</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> at an average of 61.18; he also wins the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Player of the Tournament award</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In August he is voted the Greatest Sportsman of the Country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Hits an unbeaten 241 in the Fourth Test against Australia in Sydney, his highest first-class score. Puts on 353 for the fourth wicket with V V S Laxman as India draw the Test series 1-1.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Wins the ICC World ODI XI.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Equals <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 tons</span> in Test matches; by the end of the year he has broken it with a 109 against Sri Lanka in Delhi.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Becomes only the third player in history, after <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Gary Kirsten and Steve Waugh</span>, to score centuries against all Test-playing nations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Has elbow surgery which keeps him out for four months; scores 93 off 96 balls against Sri Lanka on his return.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Equals former Pakistan all-rounder <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Wasim Akram’s</span> record for ODI appearances by playing in his 356th match.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Plays his 132nd Test, the most by any Indian ever, at his home ground in Mumbai.</span></span></div>
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Responds to questions about his longevity by scoring an unbeaten 141 off 148 balls in a DLF Cup match against the West Indies, giving him 18 more ODI tons than the players who are equal second on the list of ODI century-makers, Sourav Ganguly and Sanath Jayasuriya.</div>
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Announces a joint venture with the Fortune Group and Manipal Group to launch healthcare and sports fitness products under the brand name ‘S Drive and Sach’.</div>
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A series of comic books by Virgin Comics is due to be published featuring him as a superhero.</div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two good innings proved enough for the hosts to create history as they become the first team to win World Cup title at their home ground. Guatam Gambhir (97 from 122) and MS Dhoni (91 not out from 79) played superbly against one of the most disciplined bowling attacks in the cricket world to help India achieve a stiff 275 runs target in front of the packed Wankhede Stadium.</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046620918197980283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271731005332366849.post-1533919307260511232012-01-14T02:43:00.000+05:302012-01-14T18:42:42.814+05:30Sachin Tendulkar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<strong style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Early Life </span></strong><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /></b><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24th of April, 1973 in Mumbai to a Marathi Novelist, Ramesh Tendulkar. Sachin got inspired to play cricket from his elder brother Ajit, and started playing the game at an early age in his school, Sharadashram Vidya Mandir. Under the guidance of his coach, Ramakant Achrekar, he learnt the basics of the game and showed his prowess along with his school mate and another future batsman of the Indian team, Vinod Kambli. </span>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /></b><span style="background-color: black; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Tendulkar has shown some of his best batting performances against the Cricket team of Australia, one of the strongest teams during his period. As a matter of fact, the legendry Sir </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /></b><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">In his overall Test Career, Sachin Tendulkar has played 186 Test matches and has scored 15409 runs in them, including 51 centuries and 65 half-centuries, with an average of 56.03 runs and a highest score of 248 Not Out. In these matches, he also grabbed 45 wickets giving away 2445 runs at an average of 54.33 runs. </span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">In his One Day International (ODI) Cricket career, however, Sachin has played 453 matches till date, and scored 18111 runs including 48 centuries and 95 half-centuries, with an average of 45.16 runs and a highest score of 200 Not Out. </span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /></b><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Rahul Dravid was born on the 11th of January 1973 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh and was brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka. He studied at St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bangalore and St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore. </span><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Dravid had begun playing Cricket at quite an early age, and made a place for himself in the State Cricket team at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels. In the year 1991 he made his debut in Ranji Trophy while playing against Maharashtra. He scored 82 runs in the match, which was eventually resulted in a draw. In the year 1991-12 he also represented South Zone in the Duleep Trophy. </span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /></b><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Rahul made his debut in One Day International (ODI) Cricket with an ODI match between India and Sri Lanka, played at Singapore on 3rd of April, 1996. He scored just 3 runs in the match. His debut in the Test Cricket was made on the June 20th, 1996 with a Test match against England, and he scored 95 runs in the match. </span>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046620918197980283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271731005332366849.post-50948284807290438282012-01-14T02:28:00.000+05:302012-01-14T02:34:40.372+05:30Sourav Ganguly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /></b><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Ganguly started playing Cricket at a very early age, as he got inspired by his elder bother Snehashish who played Cricket for Bengal. Interestingly, Sourav started playing with his left hand so that he could use his brother’s Cricket gear who himself was a left handed batsman. In his school days, Ganguly was the captain of St. Xavier’s School. </span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><b><br style="text-align: justify;" /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Sourav Ganguly made his Test Cricket debut at Lord’s Cricket Ground, in which he scored a century with 131 runs. This has been the highest score a batsman has achieved at Lord’s in his debut Test match. </span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Throughout his Test Cricket career, Ganguly played 113 Test Matches and scored a total of 7212 runs, including 16 centuries and 35 half-centuries. He scored 900 fours and 57 sixes as a Test Cricket batsman. His highest score in Test Cricket was 239 runs, and the overall Batting Average was 42.17 runs. </span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">In the One Day International (ODI) Cricket, Ganguly played 311 matches and made a total score of 11363 runs comprising of 22 centuries and 72 half-centuries. The record included 1122 fours and 190 sixes, and the overall Batting Average was 41.02 runs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><b><br style="text-align: justify;" /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Ganguly made a comeback to the Indian Cricket team in a tour match against Rest of South Africa, in which he scored 83 runs leading India to victory. In his first Test Cricket innings after the comeback, he grabbed 51 runs in a Test match against South Africa. He also came back to the Indian ODI team in the year 2007, and in his first ODI innings after the comeback scored 98 runs in a match against West Indies. </span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Ganguly’s score of 66 runs was the highest in the first round match of the Indian team against the Bangladesh team in World Cup 2007, although the Indian team lost the match by 5 wickets. </span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">He was named the Captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the IPL Twenty-20 Cricket tournament 2008. In a match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals during the tournament, Ganguly scored 51 runs off just 39 balls, which was his highest Twenty-20 Cricket score. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Most number of Test victories as India captain; more than 10,000 runs in ODI cricket; highest ODI score by an Indian in World Cup; first Indian captain to win a Test series in Pakistan; India captain in most number of Tests </span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, commonly known as Sourav Ganguly has been a member of the Indian Cricket team, and regarded to be one of the most successful Captains ever of the Indian Cricket team. As a matter of fact, the Indian Test Cricket team won 21 Test Cricket matches out of total 49 that were played under his Captainship, which is one of the best success rates any Captain of the Indian Test Cricket team has ever managed to accomplish. Not only this, Ganguly, fondly known as Dada by his fans and Maharaj by his teammates, has to his credit the feat of having nurtured a number of efficient players who played under his Captainship. These include Virender Sahwag, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh among others. </span></span></span>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046620918197980283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271731005332366849.post-76069161550611909962012-01-14T02:16:00.000+05:302012-01-14T02:16:19.479+05:30Anil Kumble Ten Wickets Haul<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Anil Kumble achieved the historic feat of grabbing all ten wickets in an innings against archrivals Pakistan at Delhi's Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium. India went into the match already 1-0 down in the two match series, eager to avenge the narrow 12-run defeat by Pakistan in Chennai a week previously.</span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Having won the toss and electing to bat, India found the off-spin of Saqlain Mustaq too hot to handle and were all out for 252 early on day two. With the pitch providing generous assistance to spinners, Kumble and Harbhajan Singh bowled out Pakistan for a measly 172. </span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Early into day four, India were all out for 339 in their second innings and set Pakistan a target of 420 runs. Post-lunch, Kumble got his first success when he had Shahid Afridi caught behind by Nayan Mongia. The very next ball, Ijaz Ahmed was trapped LBW and Kumble was on a hat-trick. </span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">As the spin wizard went about weaving his web around the hapless Pakistanis, the specter of matching Jim Laker's record started emerging. Pakistan's tail folded out to Kumble's guile and precision and when Washim Akram fell as the last man, Kumble's name made its entry into the record books alongside that of Jim Laker's.</span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Kumble's analysis of 10 for 74 masks the fact that he took all ten Pakistani wickets in one 21.3 over spell, conceding only 49 runs in the process.</span></span>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046620918197980283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271731005332366849.post-61916003153200732322012-01-14T02:14:00.001+05:302012-01-14T02:15:09.903+05:30Famous Kolkata Test Victory 2001<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Before the Kolkata Test, the Australian juggernaut has piled up 16 consecutive Test wins and India was already down 0-1 in the three Test series. With their back to the wall, Indians came up with a memorable performance to win the Test and level the series.</span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">As the Test progressed, Australia appeared to have carried on from where they had left in the first Test and put up a challenging total of 445 despite Harbhajan Singh registering India's first ever Test hat-trick. In reply, India were bundled out for a paltry 171 and asked to follow on by Steve Waugh. Still 274 behind, India were losing early wickets with the well-set VVS Laxman holding fort at one end.</span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">After Ganguly's departure, Rahul Dravid joined Laxman and what followed was a mammoth partnership of such magnitude that it changed the cricketing fortunes of this country. They just went on and on and the 376-run partnership helped India put together an overwhelming 657/7 declared.</span><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Pursuing a challenging target of 384 runs of a minimum 75 overs, Australia were 161 for 3 at tea on the final day. Post tea, Australian wickets started falling in a heap with Harbhajan Singh (6/73) and Tendulkar (3/31) knocking the stuffing out of the visiting side. All out for 212, Australia's 16 match winning streak came to an end in a 171 run loss.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">22nd March 2001, India wins the Border Gavaskar Trophy (IND v AUS 3 Matches Test Series). 2nd Test at Eden Gardens when Australia leads the series 1-0 and forces India to Follow-on, India comeback strongly by the 376 runs partnership between Laxman(281 runs) & Dravid(180 runs) and Harbhajan Singh’s wicket fest including a Hat trick . Since then India dominates the series and wins last 2 Tests as well as the Series 2-1. Man of the Series Harbhajan Singh takes 32 wickets. Indian captain </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Sourav</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"> Ganguly wins the popular Rivalry against Australian captain Steve Waugh.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">13th July 2002, India wins the Trophy by a thrilling 2 wickets victory over England at Lord’s. Yuvraj Singh(69 runs) and Man of the Final Mohammad Kaif(87* runs) has seized the initiative back for India after a sudden collapse has seemed to dash their hopes when they are chasing huge 326 runs.Indian captain </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Sourav</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"> Ganguly celebrate the winning moment by taking his shirt off and flying it over head at the historical Lord’s balcony as he takes revenge against English All-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s charged topless around the Wankhede Stadium a few months earlier.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">30th September 2002, after two days of one innings play and second session rain, the ICC Champions Trophy</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"> 2002 is sharing between Sanath Jayasuriya’s Sri Lanka and </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Sourav</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"> Ganguly’s India. Both the final India restricted Sri Lanka 244 & 222 runs but not able to complete the chase due to rain.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">6th December 2009, India is only the third team after Australia and South Africa to surge to the top of the ladder since the Test Championship was first introduced in May 2001. India’s ascent to the No.1 position in the ICC Test ratings is largely due to their improved performances overseas which were started under the captaincy of Sourav </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Ganguly and continued under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, & current Indian captain M. S. Dhoni. Basement of this success majorly constructed by the Fabulous 5 of the Indian Cricket (Tendulkar, Kumble, Ganguly, Dravid & Laxman). Shewag, Harbhajan, Zaheer Khan, Dhoni & Gambhir the Young Stars are also contributed consistently to achieve the No. 1 spot in Test ranking.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">24th September 2007, India won the inaugurate ICC World T20 Championship by beating Pakistan by 5 runs in a thrilling final at Johannesburg, South Africa. Indian T20 captain M. S. Dhoni becomes first captain ever to lift the trophy of ICC World T20 Championship. Player of the final Irfan Pathan’s brilliant bowling (4-0-16-3) and Indian Opener Gautam Gambhir’s excellent knock (75 runs of 54 balls) helps India to win the final. . One of the </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">biggest</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"> record in the tournament done by Yuvraj Singh by hitting 6 sixes in an over & scoring 50 in just 12 balls.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">This is one of the biggest </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">achievement of Indian cricket team. Indi</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">a beats defending champion West Indies </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">in the final by 43 runs. When Indian captain Kapil Dev lifts the World Cup </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">at Lord’s in England, the World gets the 2nd champion of the ODI cricket after </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">West Indies</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">. Man of the Match in the Final & Semi-final Mohinder Amarnath’s all-round performance </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">in the tournament helps India to become the World Champion.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: white;">The record-breaking Indian master blaster, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar made yet another record Wednesday when he scored the first-ever double century in the One-Day Internationals.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">He made the record during the second ODI against South Africa at Gwalior.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Tendulkar made 200 from 149 deliveries to first break the world record of Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry of 194 runs each and then embarked upon rewriting cricket record books as he completed the first ever double century in ODI cricket format from just 147 balls hitting 35 boundaries and 3 sixes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Saeed Anwar made the record in 1997 when he scored 194 runs against India in Chennai, while Charles Coventry equalled the record last year when he scored 194* not out against Bangladesh in Bullawayo.</span></span>
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