India clinched nail-biting match against West Indies

 

 

 

India registered a thrilling one-wicket victory over the West Indies in Cuttack in a nail-biting 1st one day international as tail-ender Varun Aaron hit the winning runs in the 49th over.Chasing  211 made by West Indies,India had a bad start of their innings,as they lost the top 5 wickets at the score of  59 runs.Rohit Sharma and Ravi Jadeja stabilized the innings by sharing an important partnership.Sharma hit three fours and one huge straight six in his crucial knock of 72.Ravi Jadeja scored 38 runs.

Earlier,West Indies managed to score 211 in their 50 overs as Darren Bravo scored 60 and Danza Hyatt 31. Yadav (2-33) and Aaron (2-47) were the leading wicket takers29 balls before he was bowled by Russell and when Raina gave his wicket away to be caught by Bravo off the same bowler for five, India were in deep trouble with just 59 runs on the board and half the side dismissed.

India leads the series by 1-0.The second game in the series is in 2nd December in Visakhapatnam.

Sachin’s Dream House

Sachin Tendulkar’s new house is located on Bandra’s West Perry Cross Road. The ‘dream house’ has been designed keeping in mind the master blaster’s comfort.

India Sealed The ODI Series Against England With 5-0 Whitewash

 

 

 

India beat England by 95-runs in the fifth One-Day International in Kolkata,thanks to spinners Ravi Jadeja who took four wickets and  Ashwin took three.

Earlier,Mahendra Singh Dhoni hammered belligerent 75 not out,hitting three fours and four sixes.England has not been able to dismiss him once from the last six matches.Ajinkya Rahane (42), Gautam Gambhir (38), Manoj Tiwary (24) and Suresh Raina (38) all contributed well.India made 271 for 8.

Samit Patel took three wickets for 57 by dismissing Jadeja, Kumar and Ashwin.

From England,openers Alastair Cook (60) and Kieswetter (63) were the top scorers.Cook hit eight fours while Kieswetter hit nine fours and one six.Other English batsmen could not contribute much with a bat.

World champions India moved to third place in the ICC ODI rankings.

INDIA BEAT ENGLAND BY 6 WICKETS IN 4TH ODI

 

 

Virat Kohli's unbeaten 86 and Raina’s swashbuckling 80 in 62 balls steered India to a victory by six wickets over England in the fourth One-Day International in Mumbai. India took a 4-0 lead in the series.Earlier,India also had a bad start of their innings,as they lost three wickets for 46.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Varun Aaron both took three wickets as England were bowled out for 220 after winning the toss.Tim Bresnan who was the top scorer with 45.Craig Kieswetter (29), Jonathan Trott (39) and Kevin Pietersen (41) could not play long innings,after losing four wickets cheaply.

India Clinched The ODI Series Over England

 

 

India registered a five-wicket win over England in the third One-Day International in Mohali to take the unbeatable 3-0 series lead,thanks to 91 from Ajinkya Rahane and 58 from Gautam Gambhir. With seven needed from the final over chasing a testing target of 299,Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit Tim Bresnan for two fours from the first two balls to guide India to a victory.

Earlier,Jonathan Trott's 98 not out as well as half-centuries from Kevin Pietersen (64) and Samit Patel (70 not out) provided England the platform to put up a mammoth total of 298 for four but India.

India Beat England By 8 wickets In The 2nd ODI

 

                         

India registered an emphatic eight-wicket victory over England with the help of Kohli’s Century-his seventh ODI century in Delhi in the second One-Day International in Delhi.Gautam Gambhir played a crucial knock of an unbeaten 84 in 90 balls.He hit ten fours in his innings while Kohli hit 16 fours.India also had a poor start as openers Parthiv Patel (12) and Ajinkya Rahane (14) fell to Tim Bresnan.

Earlier,England won the toss and chose to bat first.Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter were sent to the pavilion by Vinay Kumar with 1 run on board.Jonathan Trott made 34 runs before he edged to Mahendra Singh Dhoni bowled by Vinay Kumar.Kevin Pietersen (46), Ravi Bopara (36), Samit Patel (42) and Jonathan Bairstow (36) also contributed well with the bat.India bowled England out for 237.

India crushed England in the First ODI

 

 

 

 

India beat England by 126 runs in the first One-Day International in Hyderabad with the help of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s swashbuckling 87 not out in 70 balls.He struck ten fours and one six in his 64th ODI half-century. Raina smacked an explosive 61 in 55 balls.

Earlier while batting first,India lost four wickets for 123 as Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli failed to convert their good start of their innings into big scores.

England were bowled out for 174 in reply to India’s mountainous 300 for seven from their 50 overs thanks to spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets apiece.

England began poorly, losing Kieswetter (7) to a catch at the wicket and Pietersen to a run out by Ashwin for 19.Only Alastair Cook stood firm at one end and batted nicely to make 60 in 63 with seven fours.But at the other end wickets were falling at regular intervals. 

England Tour of India 2011 Schedule

England team will travel to India for five match ODI series and one twenty20 internationals.   India v England complete Fixtures Series 2011 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30) Timing Teams Venue Results Sat 8 Oct 09:30 AM Tour Game - TBC v England Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad   Tue 11 Oct 09:30 AM Tour Game - TBC v England Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad   Fri 14 Oct (D/N) 14:30 PM 1st ODI - India v England Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad   Mon 17 Oct (D/N) 14:30 PM 2nd ODI - India v England Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi   Thu 20 Oct (D/N) 14:30 PM 3rd ODI - India v England Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh   Sun 23 Oct (D/N) 14:30 PM 4th ODI - India v England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   Tue 25 Oct (D/N) 14:30 PM 5th ODI - India v England Eden Gardens, Kolkata   Sat 29 Oct (D/N) 20:00 PM T20I - India v England Eden Gardens, Kolkata

INDIA’S TOUR OF ENGLAND 2011- SCHEDULE

India will tour England for four match test series, one T20I and five ODIs in July 2011. India is currently holding the number one position in ICC test ranking and recently has won the World Cup.So India would like to continue the winning run.

 

India v England  Series 2011 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Timing	Teams	Venue	Results
Fri 15 Jul – Sun 17 Jul 15:30 PM	Tour Game - Somerset v India	County Ground, Taunton
Thu 21 Jul – Mon 25 Jul 15:30 PM	1st Test - India v England	Lord's, London
Fri 29 Jul – Tue 2 Aug 15:30 PM	2nd Test - India v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Fri 5 Aug – Sat 6 Aug 15:30 PM	Tour Game - Northamptonshire v India	County Ground, Northampton
Wed 10 Aug – Sun 14 Aug 15:30 PM	3rd Test - India v England	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thu 18 Aug – Mon 22 Aug 15:30 PM	4th Test - India v England	Kennington Oval, London
Thu 25 Aug 14:45 PM	Tour Game - Sussex v India	County Ground, Hove
Fri 26 Aug (D/N) 19:00 PM	Tour Game - Kent v India	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Mon 29 Aug 19:00 PM	Tour Game – Leicestershire v India	Grace Road, Leicester
Wed 31 Aug (D/N) 22:30 PM	Only T20I - India v England	Old Trafford, Manchester
Sat 3 Sep 14:45 PM	1st ODI - India v England	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Tue 6 Sep (D/N) 18:30 PM	2nd ODI - India v England	The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Fri 9 Sep (D/N) 18:30 PM	3rd ODI - India v England	Kennington Oval, London
Sun 11 Sep 14:45 PM	4th ODI - India v England	Lord's, London
Fri 16 Sep (D/N) 18:30 PM	5th ODI - India v England	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

India Vs Bangladesh Full Highlights Cricket World Cup 2011

India vs South Africa highlights, 2011 Cricket World Cup

India World Cup Journey (1983-2011)

India vs Netherlands Full Match Highlights World Cup 2011

India vs Pakistan Semi Final Highlights World Cup 2011

India vs England Full Match Highlights World Cup 2011

India vs Australia Full Match Highlights World Cup 2011

India vs West Indies Full Match Highlights World Cup 2011

India vs Sri Lanka Final Full Match Highlights : Cricket World Cup 2011

Last ball ICC World Cup 2011 India vs Sri lanka Final Match - Dhoni's six

West Indies Beat India By Seven Wickets

 

Darren Bravo smashed 86 runs,hitting three fours and six huge sixes and Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked 75 runs,to help West Indies to register a second straight ODI win by seven-wickets against India in Jamaica.

Earlier,India were bowled out for 251,thanks to Virat Kohli’s 94 and Rohit Sharma's 57.Andre Russell took four for 35 for West Indies.

In reply, the West Indies scored 255 for three in 48.4 overs.

India won the series by 3-2.

WEST INDIES BEAT INDIA BY 103 RUNS

 

 

Kieron Pollard smashed 70 in 72 balls,hitting two sixes and Simmons stroke 67 runs to guide the West Indies to their first victory in the series by 103-runs against India in Antigua.Carlton Baugh contributed with 39 runs and Russell made 25 runs.Pravin Kumar picked up three wickets for 37.

Chasing the target of 250 runs,India were bowled out for 146 runs.Anthony Martin grabbed 4 wickets for West Indies.Rohit Sharma was the highest scorer,who made 39 runs.No other batsmen could score much.

ROHIT SHARMA STEERED INDIA TO A SERIES VICTORY

 

Rohit Sharma smashed a swashbuckling knock of 86 runs,stroking five fours and two sixes in 91 balls to steer India to a three-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third One-Day International in Antigua to clinch the series win.India leads the series by 3-0.In spite of loosing six wickets for just 92,India successfully chased the target of 226 loosing 7 wickets.Harbhajan Singh showed an excellent performance with the bat,stroking 41 runs in 64 balls.Parthiv Patel continued his good form,making 46 runs.Praveen Kumar smacked the vital 25 not out in 15 balls. 

Earlier,West Indies once again struggled with the bat,loosing seven wickets for just 96.But West Indies made a strong comeback with the help of a powerful performance from Andre Russell,who smashed 92 in 64 balls,hitting eight fours and five sixes.Carlton Baugh contributed with 36 runs.Finally,West Indies reached a fighting total of 225 runs.Amit Mishra was a star of the show with the ball,grabbing three wickets for 28.   

Russell was named as the man of the match.

The fourth match of five match-series will be played at the same venue - the Sir Viv Richards Stadium - on 13th June.

INDIA BEAT WEST INDIES BY SEVEN WICKETS IN THE 2ND ODI

 

With the help of Virat Kohli’s crucial knock of 81 runs in 103 balls and Amit Mishra’s four wickets for 31,India registered a seven-wicket victory with a Duckworth/Lewis method against West Indies in the rain-interrupted second One-Day International.With this win,India took a 2-0 series lead.Parthiv Patel contributed with 56 runs in 64 balls.Suresh Raina played the role of a finisher,making 26 runs.

Earlier,with help of half-centuries from Ramnaresh Sarwan (56) and Lendl Simmons (53),West Indies posted 240 for nine. India reached a revised target of 183 for three  inside 37 overs.Leg-spinner Mishra grabbed the four important West Indian wickets of Kirk Edwards, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Carlton Baugh.Munaf Patel took 3 wickets for 35.

Kohli became the third fastest Indian to reach 2000 ODI runs, reaching his milestone in 53 innings to the 52 managed by both Sourav Ganguly and Navjot Sidhu.

The third match in the five-match series is on 11th June in Antigua.

Role of Dhoni In Winning the World Cup For India

 

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup against Sri Lanka.

In the final, chasing a challenging total of 275,India lost their opening pair cheaply.Dhoni promoted himself up the batting order,coming before Yuvraj Singh.When he came to bat, the situation was very demanding, with India needing more than six runs per over and three top order batsmen already dismissed.India was under extreme pressure.He started building a good partnership with Gautam Gambhir and ran quick singles and twos.

Dhoni was on 60 off 60 balls, but later accelerated by smashing boundaries all over, ending with 91 not out off 79 balls.He finished the match with a huge six over long-on off bowler Nuwan Kulasekara. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. 

Nobody can ever forget the captain’s vital knock in the final that helped India to win the World Cup after 28 years.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – King of Endorsements

 

Dhoni endorses 15 brands from clothes to cold Drinks. 

MS D.honi signed with Kolkata-based celebrity management company Gameplan Sports in April 2005.

Currently Dhoni has 20 endorsements, only Shahrukh Khan has more (21).

In 2007 Dhoni had 17 endorsements. In July 2010, Dhoni tied up with Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes and has been promised a minimum guarantee of Rs 210 crore over the next three years.

The following is the list of endorsements signed by Dhoni.

2005: Pepsico, Reebok, Exide, TVS Motors.

2006: Mysore Sandal Soap, Videocon,Reliance Communications, Reliance Energy, Orient PSPO Fan, Bharat Petroleum, Titan Sonata, Brylcream, NDTV,GE Money.

2007: Siyaram.

2008: Fashion at Big Bazaar, Maha Choco, Boost (health food), Dainik Bhaskar

2009: Dabur Honey, Kolkata Fashion Week,Aircel communications, Nova Scottia Premium shirts.

2010: Amrapali

Sachin And Saurav Praised Dhoni

 

Tendulkar praised Dhoni, claiming him to be the best captain he has played under. Tendulkar mentioned that it was Dhoni's calm influence that was rubbing off on all his team-mates and even under such extreme pressure from every corner the way Dhoni handles it and brings the best out of him was just incredible.

Saurav Ganguly also said in an interview to a news channel that Dhoni is the all time greatest captain of India and he has a great record to support this credential.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ODI and Test stats

                                                                                        

ODI Cricket

ODI career records by opposition
#	Opponent	Matches	Runs	Average	High Score	100s	50s	Catches	Stumping
1	Africa XI	3	174	87.00	139*	1	0	3	3
2	Australia	23	690	43.12	124	1	3	26	9
3	Bangladesh	9	247	61.75	101*	1	1	9	6
4	Bermuda	1	29	29.00	29	0	0	1	0
5	England	18	501	33.40	96	0	3	19	7
6	Hong Kong	1	109	-	109*	1	0	1	3
7	New Zealand	9	269	67.25	84*	0	2	7	2
8	Pakistan	23	920	54.11	148	1	7	22	6
9	Scotland	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
10	South Africa	10	196	24.50	107	0	1	7	1
11	Sri Lanka	38	1514	63.08	183*	2	12	38	9
12	West Indies	18	499	49.90	95	0	3	16	4
13	Zimbabwe	2	123	123.00	67*	0	2	0	1
Total	156	5271	51.67	183*	7	34	151	51

ODI Centuries:

ODI centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	Stadium	City/Country	Year
1	148	5	Pakistan	ACA-VDCA Stadium	Vishakapatnam, India	2005
2	183*	22	Sri Lanka	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur, India	2005
3	139*	74	Africa XI[64]	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai, India	2007
4	109*	109	Hong Kong	National Stadium	Karachi, Pakistan	2008
5	124	143	Australia	VCA Stadium	Nagpur, India	2009
6	107	152	Sri Lanka	VCA Stadium	Nagpur, India	2009
7	101*	156	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	Dhaka, Bangladesh	2010

Test cricket

Test performance:

Test career records by opposition
#	Opponents	Matches	Runs	Average	High Score	100s	50s	Catches	Stumpings
1	Australia	8	448	34.46	92	0	4	18	6
2	Bangladesh	2	104	104.00	51*	0	1	6	1
3	England	8	397	33.08	92	0	4	24	3
4	New Zealand	2	155	77.50	56*	0	2	11	1
5	Pakistan	5	323	64.60	148	1	2	9	1
6	South Africa	7	218	27.25	132*	1	1	6	1
7	Sri Lanka	6	363	60.50	110	2	1	15	1
8	West Indies	4	168	24.00	69	0	1	13	4
Total	42	2176	40.29	148	4	16	102	18

Test centuries:

Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	Stadium	City/Country	Year
1	148	5	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad, Pakistan	2006
2	110	38	Sri Lanka	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad, India	2009
3	100*	40	Sri Lanka	Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai, India	2009
4	132*	42	South Africa	Eden Gardens	Kolkata, India	2010

Dhoni Tied The Knot with Sakshi-Know Sakshi

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Dhoni married Sakshi (née Rawat) on July 04, 2010. Sakshi is a native of Dehradun, Uttarakhand.Both,Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sakshi Rawat were school time friends and had studied together at DAV School, Shamily in Ranchi and their families also have very good relation.Father of Dhoni worked with Sakshi’s father in MECON, Ranchi. After the retirement of Sakshi’s father, their family shifted to their native place, Dehradun.At the time of their marriage,she was studying Hotel Management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata.The wedding took place only a day after the couple got engaged.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Best Captain Of India

                                                                          

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team.Dhoni’s record as a captain of India in all three forms of the game is the best among all the Indian captains to date.

Under his captaincy,India won:

-The 2007 ICC World Twenty20

-CB Series of 2007–08 ,

-The Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia

-The Test series against Australia and became the first team which whitewashed Australia after a gap of more than 20 Years.

-First ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand

-2011 Cricket World Cup

In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. 

Dhoni led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time.

Dhoni also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the  IPL 2010,2011and in   the Champions League 2010.

ODI records

On 31 October 2005 Dhoni scored 183* runs of just 145 balls against Sri Lanka in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, which is the highest score made by any batsman in the second innings (surpassing Lara's previous record of 153).

The innings featured 10 Sixes - the most by an Indian in an innings, and the fourth highest in ODI cricket after the 12 scored by Xavier Marshall of the West Indies, and 11 scored by both ST Jayasuriya andShahid Afridi.

He broke Adam Gilchrist's record of 172 for the highest score made by a wicket keeper.

The innings set the record for the most number of runs scored in boundaries (120 – 15x4; 10x6) breaking the record held by Saeed Anwar. However this was later broken by Herschelle Gibbs (126 runs in boundaries – 21x4; 7x6) against Australia during his knock of 175.

The score of 183* equalled Ganguly's innings during the 1999 Cricket World Cup as the highest individual score against Sri Lanka.

Among Indian batsmen who have played more than 50 matches, Dhoni has the highest average. Dhoni's batting average is also the highest amongst wicketkeepers in ODIs.

In June 2007, Dhoni(139*) and Mahela Jayawardene(107) set a new world record for the sixth wicket partnership of 218 runs against Africa XI during the Afro-Asia Cup.

Dhoni passed Shaun Pollock's record for the highest individual score by a number seven batsman in one-day internationals during his unbeaten innings of 139.

Incidentally, Pollock record stood for just three days as his score of 130 came in the first match of the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup while Dhoni's century came in the third and final match of the series.

Dhoni also holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings by an Indian wicketkeeper and joint International (with Adam Gilchrist) with 6 dismissals (5 catches and one stumping) against England at Headlingly 2 September 2007.

Dhoni holds the Indian record of most dismissals in ODIs. He went past Nayan Mongia's 154 for India on 14 November 2008 when he caught Ian Bell off Zaheer Khan at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground,Rajkot. However including 3 ODIs against Africa XI, his 155th dismissal was TM Dilshan caught off Munaf Patel at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 24 August 2008.

Dhoni, when he was on four during his innings of 23 against Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Saturday, completed 4,000 runs in ODIs. Having already effected 165 dismissals (125 catches + 40 stumpings), Dhoni became the sixth wicketkeeper after Adam Gilchrist, Andy Flower, Alec Stewart, Mark Boucher and Kumar Sangakkara to complete the "double" of 4,000 runs and 100 dismissals in the history of ODIs. Dhoni’s feat of completing the "double" of 4,000 runs and 100 dismissals in only 114 innings is a world record. He is the youngest wicket-keeper batsman to do so (27 years and 208 days).

 

Man of the Series Awards in ODI:

S No	Series (Opponents)	Season	Series Performance
1	Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	2005/06	346 Runs (7 Matches & 5 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 6 Catches & 3 Stumpings
2[69]	India in Bangladesh ODI Series	2007	127 Runs (2 Matches & 2 Innings, 1x50); 1 Catches & 2 Stumpings
3	India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	2008	193 Runs (5 Matches & 5 Innings, 2x50); 3 Catches & 1 Stumping
4	India in West Indies ODI Series	2009	182 Runs (4 Matches & 3 Innings with an average of 91); 4 Catches & 1 Stumping

Man of the Match Awards in ODI :

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match Performance
1	Pakistan	Vishakapatnam	2004/05	148 (123b, 15x4, 4x6); 2 Catches
2	Sri Lanka	Jaipur	2005/06	183* (145b, 15x4, 10x6); 1 Catch
3	Pakistan	Lahore	2005/06	72 (46b, 12x4); 3 Catches
4	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2007	91* (106b, 7x4); 1 Stumping
5	Africa XI[64]	Chennai	2007	139* (97b, 15x4, 5x6); 3 Stumpings
6	Australia	Chandigarh	2007	50* ( 35 b, 5x4 1x6); 2 Stumpings
7	Pakistan	Guwahati	2007	63, 1 Stumping
8	Sri Lanka	Karachi	2008	67, 2 Catches
9	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2008	76, 2 Catches
10	New Zealand	McLean Park, Napier	2009	84*, 1 Catch & 1 Stumping
11	West Indies	Beausejour Stadium, St. Lucia	2009	46*, 2 Catches & 1 Stumping
12	Australia	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	2009	124, 1 Catches, 1 Stumping & 1 Runout
13	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2010	101* (107b, 9x4)
14	Sri Lanka	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai ICC World Cup FInals	2011	91 Not Out

Test records

Dhoni's maiden century against Pakistan in Faisalabad (148) is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket keeper. Only three centuries by two players (Kamran Akmal and Adam Gilchrist – 2) were faster than Dhoni's 93 ball century.

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India defeated Australia by 320 runs on 21st Oct'08, biggest ever win in terms of runs for India.

Dhoni holds the record for most catches by an Indian player in an innings. He achieved this feat by taking six catches during the first innings of the third test against New Zealand in Wellington in April 2009.

Dhoni also equalled Syed Kirmani's record for most dismissals in an innings by an Indian wicket-keeper. Syed Kirmani has effected 6 dismissals (5 catches and 1 stumping) against New Zealand in 1976. Dhoni now has equalled that record for most dismissals with 6 dismissals (all 6 catches) against New Zealand in 2009.

Dhoni currently ranks third in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers. With the six dismissals in the first innings of the Test match against New Zealand in Auckland,April 2009, Dhoni has now been involved in 109 dismissals. The following is the list of top five Indian wicket-keepers, in terms of all-time dismissals in test matches: Syed Kirmani (198 dismissals), Kiran More (130 dismissals), Dhoni (109 dismissals), Nayan Mongia (107 dismissals) & Farokh Engineer (82 dismissals).

Dhoni is now the second wicketkeeper to have effected 6 dismissals in an innings apart from a fifty in each innings of a Test match. Denis Lindsay had accomplished the feat for South Africa against Australia at Johannesburg in December 1966 – 69 & 182 and 6 ct. + 2 ct.

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India reached their highest test score of 726–9 (decl) during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009. Their 2–0 victory in the series took them to the number 1 ranking in Test cricket for the first time in history.

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India did not lose a test match until the first test versus South Africa in Nagpur in Feb 2010. As a captain, he holds a record for longest unbeaten run in tests from his debut, 11 tests (8 wins and 3 draws). This record crossed former Australian captain Warwick Armstrong's run of 10 unbeaten tests (8 wins, 2 draws) from debut. In Dhoni's streak, however, there was a period of injury in which Virender Sehwag led the side (for 3 draws). So India's unbeaten streak was for 14 tests, of which 11 were Dhoni's.

Man of the Match Awards in Tests:

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match Performance
1	Australia	Mohali	2008	92 & 68*

India Began The ODI Series With A Win

 

 

India beat West Indies by four-wickets in the first One-Day International in Trinidad and took a lead of 1-0 in the series.Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan scored his maiden ODI half-century before he was caught by Simmons off Anthony Martin.India made a bad start to their innings.Parthiv Patel was run out for 13. Virat Kohli was caught behind for two.Subramanian Badrinath was caught behind off Devendra Bishoo for 17.But the star of the match was Rohit Sharma,who was the leading scorer,hitting unbeaten 68 in 75 was balls.He was well supported by the captain,Raina who made 43 in 50 balls.

Earlier,West Indian batsmen continued their poor batting display and just managed to reach the total of 214 for nine.Ramnaresh Sarwan made 56 runs.Marlon Samuels hit 55 runs.Other batsmen struggled on a slow pitch.Dwayne Bravo smashed 22 in 20 balls in the end.Harbhajan Singh returned with three for 32.Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel and captain Suresh Raina picked up two wickets each. 

India vs West Indies 20-2O:India Beat West Indies by 16 runs

 

India began their tour of the West Indies with a 16-run victory over West Indies with the help of  Badrinath’s swashbuckling knock of 43 runs in 37 balls in the Twenty20 International at Queen's Park in Trinidad.Rohit Sharma scored 26 in 23 balls.Christopher Barnwell took wickets of both Badrinath and Rohit Sharma.Parthiv Patel smacked 26 in 20 balls before Sammy dismissed him.Sammy returned with the figures of four for 16.Harbhajan Singh and Yusuf Pathan both scored 15 not out each in last overs,so India managed to reach the score of 159 for six.

Earlier, India had a shaky start as India lost Shikhar Dhawan (5), Virat Kohli (14),captain Suresh Raina (2) cheaply.

West Indies had the bad start,as they lost Fletcher for 11,caught by Kohli and Lendl Simmons for 9.Fletcher was bowled by Munaf Patel.Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels tried to steady the ship.Bravo made 41 in 41 balls and Samuels 27 in 29 before Harbhajan removed both of them.Barnwell smashed two fours and three sixes in his quick 34 in 16 balls.but the hosts were restricted to 143 for five.

India’s Tour Of West Indies (2011) – Schedule & Fixtures

 

Indian team will play one twenty-20 internationals, five match ODI series and three match test series against West Indies on the tour of West Indies.

 

India v West Indies Series 2011 Schedule & Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Sat 4 Jun

23:30 PM

T20I - India v West Indies

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

 

Mon 6 Jun

19:00 PM

1st ODI – India v West Indies

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

 

Wed 8 Jun

19:00 PM

2nd ODI – India v West Indies

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

 

Sat 11 Jun

19:00 PM

3rd ODI – India v West Indies

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

 

Mon 13 Jun

19:00 PM

4th ODI – India v West Indies

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

 

Thu 16 Jun

19:00 PM

5th ODI – India v West Indies

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

 

Mon 20 Jun – Fri 24 Jun

19:30 PM

1st Test – India v West Indies

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

 

Tue 28 Jun – Sat 2 Jul

19:30 PM

2^nd Test – India v West Indies

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

 

Wed 6 Jul – Sun 10 Jul

19:30 PM

3^rd Test – India v West Indies

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Match-74:Chennai Super Kings Clinched The IPL 2011 Title

 

 

The Chennai Super Kings retained the IPL title by crushing Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in the final IPL 2011 at Chennai.Murali Vijay played an outstanding innings of 95 off only 52 balls, hitting four fours and six sixes to set up a winning score 205 for five for the Chennai Super Kings.Hussey stroked 63 runs off 45 balls, with three fours and three sixes.Dhoni contributed by smashing quick 22 runs off 13 balls with two sixes.

Chasing a mammoth total,Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Gayle for a duck.Virat Kohli showed some resistance,scoring 35 runs off 32 balls.Top scorer was Saurabh Tiwary who scored 42 runs.all other batsmen did not contribute much with the bat.Ashwin took three for 16 in four overs,including the most valuable wicket of Gayle.Shadab Jakati picked up two for 21.

Match-73:Gayle steered Bangalore Into IPL Final

 

Chris Gayle hammered an explosive 89 in 47 balls,hitting nine fours and five sixes,as the Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Mumbai Indians by a large margin of 43-runs.Mayank Agarwal smashed 41 in 31 balls.Challengers made 185 for four.

Mumbai Indians could only reach 142 for eight in reply.Tendulkar top scored with 40 in 24 balls, hitting seven fours.Syed Mohammed took two wickets for 25.Daniel Vettori played a captain’s role,taking three for 19.

The final of IPL- 2011 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings on 28th May,Saturday.

Indian Team Got Selected For West Indies Tour

 

India will be without Tendulkar, Dhoni, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Gambhir and Ashish Nehra for the ODIs.Tendulkar, Sehwag, Gambhir will be unavailable also for the Tests.Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag are suffering from shoulder injuries. Yuvraj Singh has a respiratory infection.

Suresh Raina will captain the ODI team in the absence of Gambhir and MS Dhoni.There will be a new coach,Duncan Fletcher with the team for the tour.

Test squad: MS Dhoni (capt), VVS Laxman (vc), M Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel.

Limited-overs squad: Suresh Raina (capt), R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh (vc), Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan.

Match-72:Mumbai Eliminated Kolkata To Get One Step Closer To Final

 

 

 

The Mumbai Indians beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets in the eliminator of IPL 2011 at Mumbai.Blizzard hammered 51 in 30 balls and Tendulkar smashed 36 in 28 balls which set the platform for the victory for Mumbai Indians.James Franklin scored  29 not out and Harbhajan Singh made 11 not out in just five balls,carried them home at the end with four balls to spare.

Earlier,Knight Riders set the target of 148 for Mumbai Indians,in spite of loosing 4 wickets at 20,thanks to Ryan ten Doeschate who made 70 not out in 49 balls.Munaf Patel destroyed the top order,taking 3 wickets for 27.

Mumbai will now face the Royal Challengers Bangalore to book the place in the final to  play against the Chennai Super Kings .

Match-71:Raina Guided Chennai Into IPL 2011 Final

 

Suresh Raina hammered an explosive unbeaten half-century (73 off 50 balls),hitting six towering sixes and four fours,to guide Chennai Super Kings into the final beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets.Chennai Super Kings managed to score the required 58 runs in the final four overs.Morkel hit two sixes and Raina one in the 19th, the Super Kings needed 12 to win from the final over,which they managed score in first four balls of the last over.Badrinath smashed 34 in 32 balls.Dhoni smacked 29 in 19 balls.

Earlier,Royal Challengers Bangalore set the challenging total of 175 for four for Chennai,thanks to Virat Kohli who stroked an excellent unbeaten 70 in 44 balls,hitting five fours and three sixes.Mayank Agarwal hit the vital 34 runs.

The Royal Challengers will have a second chance to book a place in the final,as they will play the winner of the second play-off eliminator between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Match-70:Mumbai Beat Kolkata By Five Wickets

 

 

The Mumbai Indians snatched a victory on the last ball of the last league match of IPL 2011,winning by five wickets against Kolkata at Kolkata.James Franklin was Mumbai's hero in the final over.He smashed 45 off 23 balls with five fours and one six.Sachin Tendulkar scored 30 runs off 29 balls, with five fours in his classical style.

Earlier,Kolkata set the total of 175 for seven in 20 overs.Kallis was the top scorer,scoring 59 runs off 42 balls,hitting four fours and three sixes.
Tiwary scored 35 runs off 22-balls,hitting five fours and one six.Yusuf Pathan smashed speedy 36 runs off 27 balls, with four fours and one six.

Match-69:Royal Challengers Reached Top Spot

 

The Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed defending champions Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets at Bangalore in their last league game of IPL 2011.Chris Gayle hammered power-packed 75 not out off 50 balls,hitting four fours and six sixes for Bangalore.Kohli made 31 runs off 29 balls with five fours

Earlier,Chennai had a worst start of their inning,losing the top order cheaply.Dhoni played a captain’s knock,stroking 70 not out off only 40 balls,including six sixes and three fours which helped his side to reach the reasonable total of 128 for 8.Zaheer Khan,Aravind and Daniel Vettori took two wickets each.