Kapil Dev's comments that Yuvraj is not hungry enough seem to have provoked Yuvraj to get back in form and perform to show the legendary Kapil that Yuvi can perfom. Yes, Yuvi can comeback.
Yuvi had his sceond heroic performance in two ODIs against England. In both the ODIs, he was, mainly, responsible for crushing victories against England. He scored 118 in the second ODI while grabbing 4 economic wickets. If you can recall, he had scored 138 not out during the first ODI. Two consecutive centuries in ODI - wow!
In the second ODI, it was a real heroic performance. When Yuvi joined Ganmbhir, India was reeling under pressure at 29/3 in the early overs. Together, they played a very pationate innings, controlling themselves. They played quock singles and doubles to keep the score board trickling and consistently raising the run rates.
Later, England collapsed to 238 all out
after Yuvraj ended a 96-run second-wicket partnership by removing Owais
Shah (58) and Matt Prior (38) in successive overs before returning 4-28
bowling slow left-arm spin on a sluggish pitch.
He returned to dismiss Andrew Flintoff (43) and skipper Kevin
Pietersen (33) in the same over after their racy 74-run fourth-wicket
partnership had kept alive England hopes before they lost four wickets
for eight runs.
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.
BCCI is continuing to put pressure on world cricket bodies, especifically ECB, to dissociate from ICL, a rival cricket league in India. This is in continuation of the BCCI tactics to lable ICL unathorized.
BCCI (IPL) is the driving force behind the Champions League while the rules for
the tournament are currently being framed by Cricket Australia.
Two weeks after the ECB announced the US$5 million Champions League
Twenty20 tournament, England are in danger of not being part of the
event with the BCCI officially deciding on Sunday to bar players
associated with the "unauthorised" Indian Cricket League (ICL).
The Champions League was announced by England in a press release on
June 7 which said that the ECB, Cricket Australia, the BCCI and Cricket
South Africa had "reached an agreement for the staging of the inaugural
Champions League this autumn".
The tournament, to be held in
September-October, will involve the top two Twenty20 domestic teams
from participating nations. Western Australia and Victoria from
Australia, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings from the Indian
Premier League in India along with the Dolphins and Titans from the
Pro20 in South Africa have already qualified.
Peter Moores, the England coach, has said a change in the team is likely
for the second Test in Wellington starting on Thursday. England lost
the first Test in Hamilton by 189 runs after being bowled out for 110
chasing 300 on the fifth day.
Yuvi had his sceond heroic performance in two ODIs against England. In both the ODIs, he was, mainly, responsible for crushing victories against England. He scored 118 in the second ODI while grabbing 4 economic wickets. If you can recall, he had scored 138 not out during the first ODI. Two consecutive centuries in ODI - wow!
