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India ahead in bowling
For India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni the India-Pakistan series does not assume any special importance and its simply “just another series”.
“It does not matter whether you are playing Australia, Kenya or Pakistan. You have to go in there and give your 100per cent,” he told reporters on the match eve here on Monday.”I have played a lot of matches against Pakistan. Led the side a couple of times in the Twenty20 World Cup. There is not much of a difference captaining against any team,” he added. Incidentally pakistan coach Lawson described the upcoming series as “Bigger than the Ashes”.
Dhoni feels that both teams have a “very good” bating line up but India are ahead in bowling. Asked whether Shoaib Akhtar led Pakistan pace attack poses any threats, he replied they have a good bowling attack. they have several players who bat and …
Dhoni shows the way
Is it Deepika Padukone or Priyanka Chopra Well, the Indian Captain ain’t saying anthing right now, but the buzz provides a lot of details. Apparently. MS Dhoni has been swept off his feet by the dainty Ms Padukone. grapevine also said that he had also invited Deepika to watch the India vs Australia T20 match in Mumbai.
And Deepika was very much there, lustily cheering on the captain and his team. Screens at the stadium flashed Deepika smiling face on the screen, followed by MSD shy grin. The duo has walked the ramp together in the past and dhoni is said to have ahuge crush on her. While the politically correct deepika has said she watched the match “for the entire team” ,dhoni is not saying much.
But we can tell you officially that nothing is cooking between dhoni and Priyanka, “This is completely baseless. Just because we …
Forget this game, Dhoni tells teammates
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday asked his team to “forget the humiliating nine wicket loss against Australia in the fifth Onedayer and concentrate on the remaining matches of the seven match series. “We need to forget this matches to play with our full capacity and for that we have to forget this game,” Dhoni said.
But despite the Indian batsmen crumbling like house of cards against Australia in the fifth Onedayer, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni not only refused to blame the batsmen for the defeat but also described them as the best line up at his disposal.
“Sachin, Sourav and Rahul, followed by Yuvaraj, Rpbin and me is the best order we have got,” Dhoni said after the nine wicket thrashing. “If we get good starts then we can accelerate to five or six an over …
Dhoni’s bowled over by deepika
His super sixes have sent the nation full of cricket crazy fans into a tizzy, but there’s more news on the dashing Mahendra Singh Dhoni off field, too.
The ace batsman has been bowled over. Hang in here because its only a lovely lady we are talking about. sources reveal that Mahi is quite charmed by the ‘D’gal, the newest Bollywood hottie Deepika Padukone.
Apparently he has a huge crush on her and has even asked his jour no friends about the lovely lady.In fact, a birdie goes on to say that recently Dhoni asked SRK about when he could see a special screening of Deepika’s latest film. Director Farah Khan, tongue in cheek, said when asked to confirm the tidbt, “why don’t you ask Deepika if she is a cricket fan?”
Even King khan was flattered to know that the Indian captain was such a fan, …
T20 heroes beat Aussies, finally
Finally, India managed to beat Australia. The Blues did win the T20 world cup, no doubt, but it took team India 12 games and almost four years to beat the real world champions and in a50-over match they last defeated the Aussies on jan. 18, 2004, in brisbane by 19 runs. On Monday, India barely managed to squeeze past pointing’s men to grab the winning pole by a wafer thin margin o f8 runs.
The T20 broughaha not with standing, the real story of our sponsors darlings has been that when that when it came to a real game of One Day cricket, our over hyped tigers have always huffed and puffed trying to match wits with the wizards of oz.
Even on Monday, the Australians were crusing towards an easy win chasing India’s 291/4 after Mathew Hayden top scored with …
Dhoni and co make merry
After the Twenty20 World Cup triumph, the Men in Blue have been in much demand. Their off field engagements seem to have taken precedence over cricket. Is this effecting their game?
It is a question that the players who undoubtedly would deny it need to look into seriously. A look at their activities during their two and a ahalf day sojourn in the city of the Nawabs would throw some light on the Nawabs would throw some light on the Australian teams landed in the city at a bout 3 pm on Wednesday. While some of the australilas including skipper Ricky Ponting rushed to the Australians including skipper Ricky Pointing rushed to the Rajiv Gandhi international Stadium straight from the airport for a fitness session. Six of the Indian players spent about an hour at a promotional event.
Two hours after that 10 members …
Sania Survives Casey Scare
Second seed Sania Mirza survived a scare from Australian casey dellacqua before beating her in a keenly contested three setter to advance to the quarter finals of the $175,000 Japan Open, here on Wednesday. Sania came through 6-4,3-6,6-4, after a few nervous moments in her second round match of the Tier 111 event.
After splitting the first two sets, Sania and Dellacqua played out an engrossing decider in which the Indian ace came out trumps to advance to the last eight.
However, the world No.29 Sania had to stave off stiff resistance from the 84th-ranked Australia in the final set. The 20 year old Hyderabadi rallied from being two service breaks down in the first and fifth game to go 4-3 up with a couple of fiery aces.
Dellacqua held her serve to make it 4-4 but also the plat from there on and was …
NHS treatment won Becks over
David Beckham tried to get his stack dad into a private hospital but the senior Beckham told him “Iam happy with the NHS.”
Ted, 59, is recovering in the london Chest Hospital from a heart attack he suffered last week. England star David 32, was so impressed with the staff and care he agreed his dad should stay there. He had offered Ted a private bed when he flew in from the US. An insider said: “Ted was happy where he was.” Grateful Becks later thanked the hospital staff by helping carry out rubbish bags from the ward. A hospital source said:” Tthe woman he took the bags off said nobody has ever done that.” Becks also thanked each of the medical staff individually.
ODI ticket not sold in black, maintains HCA president
Stung by the strong criticism against the way sale of tickets for the India-Australia ODI were are handled, Labour Minister and Hyderabad Cricket Association President G. Vinod on Wednesday vehemently denied the charge that tickets meant for public were sold in black. He also did not agree that the ticket prices were high.
At the same time. Mr.Vinod justified the HCA issuing complimentary passes to corporate houses, covering 13,000 out of the 39,000 seats available in the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium at Uppal, the venue for ODI on Friday. He said the HCA was obliged to the corporate houses as they had donated heavily “when none offered a single paisa” for the stadium construction. Visakha Industries alone offered Rs.4.3 crore.
As such,40 ‘Corporate boxes’ had been provided in the stadium, each against a donation of Rs.16 to Rs.20 lakh. Similarly, the HCA was obliged to …
Dreams Unlimited
As the country celebrates the Twenty20 world cup triumph, a and with them, the ideal of truly democratic India gets manifested for many of these boys come from small hitherto unknown towns, and have overcome tremendous odds.
India captain triumphant, MS Dhoni, is a case in point. The son of lower division goveronment clerk, he played from jharkhand, a low ranking Ranji side. However, his talent was spotted in spite of the odds, and eversince with a blazing 148 against pakistan, there has been no looking back. Back in hometown Ranchi, every other boy wants to copy his hairstyle and bat like him. A gain, Irfan Pathan may now be getting accolades for every wicket taken, and brother Yusuf for every boundary hit, but during their childhood at the Baroda mosque, where they grew up, they got more reprimanded than praised.
Back in Rae Bareli, the small …
Boys are back
mumbaikars had scarcely bid adieu to their favourite deity when they poured back onto the streets to welcome the boys who had come back with the Cup. Cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his T20 team got a reception fit for the gods. When they finally reached wankhede Stadum after an exhilarating if exhausting five hour victory lap from the airport, the cavalcade stretched two kilometers into Marine Drive.
There was no indication of any of this in the morning. The sky was overcast and it was raining heavily when the flight landed at 8.30am. There was not a soul on the road to the airport and busloads of raucous NCP workers at the terminal only confirmed fears that the parade would be a damp squib. But by the time the team got onto the bus at 9 am, the crowds, perhaps alerted by television, began …
We are the Champions
After Dhoni and his daredevils lifted the World T20 Cup at Johannesburg on Tuesday evening, the bubly flowed like there was no tomorrow. The ecstatic cricketers, high on their victory, sang and partied all night.
The morning after, however, Dhoni ensured that normalcy was restored. ” The euphoria has not worn off, but things are normal. It’s another day,” the T2O captain told TOI from Johnnesburg, before asking “what’s the scene like back home?” When informed that people had gone crazy celebrating, he said, ” I spoke to my parents and friends, and friends, and I was told that at one of the famous squares there were over 50,000 jubilant people.
Ab India aake pata lagega kaisa mahol hai
How was he feeling about the historic win? “It was the biggest India-Pakistan match ever simply because it was World Cup final and we won,” said …
India Win World Cup Twenty – Twenty
There’s somne thing about India and World Cups in South Africa. The last time India played a World Cup here, it reached the final at Johannesburg. Australia were too good in that 2003 final, but this time there was no denying with infectious exuberance. Holding their nerve to win a match that made a roller coaster ride look like a yawn, the team won the final by 5 runs and wowed the world. Then it was time for a victory lap around the field, tricolour held proudly aloft even as skip-per M S Dhoni bared his chest.
It was a fitting finale to a tournament that has been high on thrills, and a fitting triumph for a team that believed in itself when hardly anybody else did. Led by a cool captain who urged them to just enjoy themselves, the players went out and …
Now for the icing on the cake
India versus pakistan at the Wanderers on Monday. A dream World Twenty20 final. More good news: The indian camp is in high spirits, confidence levels are sky high.
On saturday, it all came together in Durban. The fans mobbed the team bus after the win against Australia. Sehwag tossed his team shirt at the screaming hordes from the players area at Kingsmead. Chants of ‘India zindabad’ rent the air.
At the team hotel, drum beats, dancing and feverish chanting greeted the team. The players did not try to duck the limelight. Irfan pathan raised a clenched fist as he waded through the crowds. Dhoni embraced well wishers.
The celebrations were more privite: The palyers sang and danced in their rooms late into the night. But when they did come down to the jewel of India restaurant, the crowds were still there. Some …
Can inspired indians tame the awesome Aussies?
It’s taken just a Week and a half to reach the bussiness end of the World Twenty20.India and Australia deserve their semifinal sports.The Indiana have shown indomitable spirit to win two do or die back to back matches convincingly, and quality for the semifinals.
After the loss to Zimbabwe, Australia eased past England, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, but was done in by Shoib Malik and Misbah ul Haq relentless hitting in its match against pakistan. But the Twenty20 Australia squad hasn’t been as intimidating as some of the past teams.
Lack of Twenty20 experience hampered the start of the campaign, but the team has progressed well. “We feel like we are getting better everyday. We had a kind of along break. The less competitive games you play going into a big tounament you need some time to get back into the swing of things, the pressure …
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