Thursday, June 9, 2011

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

 

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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.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Role of Dhoni In Winning the World Cup For India

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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

clip_image001[10] Australia

23

690

43.12

124

1

3

26

9

3

clip_image002[7] Bangladesh

9

247

61.75

101*

1

1

9

6

4

clip_image001[1][2] Bermuda

1

29

29.00

29

0

0

1

0

5

clip_image002[1][2] England

18

501

33.40

96

0

3

19

7

6

clip_image003[7] Hong Kong

1

109

-

109*

1

0

1

3

7

clip_image001[2][2] New Zealand

9

269

67.25

84*

0

2

7

2

8

clip_image003[1][2] Pakistan

23

920

54.11

148

1

7

22

6

9

clip_image002[2][2] Scotland

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

10

clip_image003[2][2]South Africa

10

196

24.50

107

0

1

7

1

11

clip_image001[3][2] Sri Lanka

38

1514

63.08

183*

2

12

38

9

12

clip_image004[4] West Indies

18

499

49.90

95

0

3

16

4

13

clip_image001[4][2] 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

clip_image001[5][2] Australia

8

448

34.46

92

0

4

18

6

2

clip_image002[3][2] Bangladesh

2

104

104.00

51*

0

1

6

1

3

clip_image002[4][2]England

8

397

33.08

92

0

4

24

3

4

clip_image001[6][2] New Zealand

2

155

77.50

56*

0

2

11

1

5

clip_image003[3][2] Pakistan

5

323

64.60

148

1

2

9

1

6

clip_image003[4][2] South Africa

7

218

27.25

132*

1

1

6

1

7

clip_image001[7][2] Sri Lanka

6

363

60.50

110

2

1

15

1

8

clip_image004[1][2] 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.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Best Captain Of India

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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

 

 Rohit Sharma creams a drive through the covers

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. 

Sunday, June 5, 2011

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

S Badrinath helped India weather a top-order wobble and set up a 16-run win in the 200th Twenty20 international

 

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.