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What's in for Indian ODI Stars at Sri Lanka
Yuvraj Singh is expected to perform superbly during the ODI series against Sri Lanka, starting August 18. Currently he is placed at 15th spot of ICC batting chart and is expected to move upward within first 10.
Indian ODI captain Mahendra
Singh Dhoni has the best potential to inch closer to top spot of ICC batting chart if he continues his
good form of the.
Dhoni is 19 points adrift of table topper South African Graeme Smith in
the latest ICC ODI batting list with 773 rating points to his kitty.
Gautam Gambhir (19th) is the other India batsmen in the top 20. He is well placed to move upwards if they perform well in the forthcoming matches.
Sixth-placed Sachin Tendulkar is likely to lose ground after an
elbow injury has sidelined him for the ODI series. A player loses one per cent
of his rating for missing every match.
Sri Lanka's 10th-placed Kumar Sangakkara can cause some reshuffling
in the top 10 while veteran teammate Sanath Jayasuriya (15th) also has the top
10 spot firmly within his sights.
In the bowlers' list, headed by
Australian Nathan Bracken, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is the highest ranked
Indian at 24th and is well placed to enter the top 15 with his current form and performance in Sri Lanka.
If India wins the series 5-0, it will go ahead
of New Zealand on 118 ratings points to third place and seventh-placed Sri Lanka
will drop to 98 ratings points and eighth position on the ladder.
On
the other side of the coin, India could drop to as low as seventh with 105
ratings points if it looses all its matches while Sri Lanka can climb three
places to fourth position.
If India wins 4-1, it will stay in fourth
place but will reduce the gap with New Zealand to one ratings point while Sri
Lanka will slip to 101 ratings points.
Posted at 11:32PM Aug 16, 2008 by CrickLogger in ODIs | Comments[0]
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ODI Schedule for India vs Sri Lanka
| Mon 18
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT |
1st ODI - Sri Lanka v India Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
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Wed 20
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT |
2nd ODI - Sri Lanka v India Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Sun 24
14:30 local, 09:00 GMT |
3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
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Tue 26
14:30 local, 09:00 GMT |
4th ODI - Sri Lanka v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
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Fri 29
14:30 local, 09:00 GMT |
5th ODI - Sri Lanka v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Posted at 11:20PM Aug 16, 2008 by CrickLogger in ODIs | Comments[0]
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Champions Trophy to Stay in Pakistan
Pakistan's cricket chief on
Thursday said that his country would host the Champions Trophy as planned but
that the International Cricket Council would appoint a commission to ensure
security.
"The Champions Trophy will stay in Pakistan and we thank all member countries for their kind support," Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Naseem Ashraf told a news conference.
Posted at 09:37AM Jul 25, 2008 by CrickLogger in ODIs | Comments[0]
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Panesar spins South Africa to follow-on
South Africa 247 (Prince 101, Panesar 4-74) and 13 / 0 (Smith 8*, McKenzie 1*) trail England 593 / 8 declared
Monty Panesar's impressive spell of spin bowling forced South Africa to follow on England, after the pacers provided a comfortable starting to England. England's collective and strong attack dismantled South Africa for 247 on third day and forced them to follow on.
Posted at 12:12AM Jul 13, 2008 by CrickLogger in Tests | Comments[0]
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Asia Cup: India Cruises into Finals
India easily cruised into finals with their batting might. This might be sounding so easy and that's how it was in the final 15-20 overs. It was more of singles than 2s and 4s and 6s in the final 15 overs, between Yuvi and Sharma.
Gautam Gambhir and Virendra Sehwag provided a blazing start to the Indian innings. Sehwag scoring 42 in 34 balls and Gambhir going for 68 and 61. The games slowed a bit with Dhoni and Raina but ot for long. Both of them provided a good middle order support carrying all the way to 253. Dhoni scored 67 off 62 balls with a towering six and Raina had 54 off 66 balls.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored a massive ton of 308/8 in 50 overs. Indian bowlers had no support from the pitch. Captain Dhoni tried his best, but it was all futile. Specifially, the pacemen had no role to play on the pitch.
Kapugedera's 75 with Jayawardene and Silva with 50 a piece contributed to Sri Lanka's 308.
Today's game against Sri Lanka was a repeatation of yesterday's game between India and Pakistan, to the extent that their scores were with in the difference of 1.
Karachi's pitch had no support for bowlers. It's like dead pitch that helped batsman score at their will.
Posted at 11:13AM Jul 03, 2008 by CrickLogger in General | Comments[0]
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Asia Cup: India's thumping win over B'Desh
India 284 for 3 (Raina 114* Gambhir 90) beat Bangladesh 283 for 6 (Kapali 115, Tamim 55)
Posted at 10:26AM Jun 28, 2008 by CrickLogger in General | Comments[0]
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Asia Cup: Raina 105*
India 257/3 Raina 106, Yuvraj 24(28)
Needs 27 to win from 54 balls (3rpo)
Posted at 10:14AM Jun 28, 2008 by CrickLogger in General | Comments[0]
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Asia Cup: India 235/3 after 38 overs
India 222-3 Raina 87(86), Yuvraj 22(24)
Posted at 09:59AM Jun 28, 2008 by CrickLogger in General | Comments[0]
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Asia Cup: SIX by Yuvi
India 222-3 Raina 85(83), Yuvraj 12(15) after 36 overs
B'Desh 283 in 50 overs
Posted at 09:35AM Jun 28, 2008 by CrickLogger in General | Comments[0]
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