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Pakistan scandal throws focus on India: On Tuesday the young Indian cricketers were warned of the serious dangers of corruption following the Pakistani team alleged in illicit gambling in England. Anil Kumble, former captain of India team was asked for the same, as he is feared that the players from India in future could be dragged, he said that of course he has been worried for the same. The young players now a days who have never been played for India, engage their own agents, Kumble said the same. The Pakistani seamers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer bowled no balls in England during the Lord’s test, over the weekend A British tabloid claimed that the report was given by a middleman. 150000 pounds (230000 dollars) were paid to the middleman, Mazhar Majeed, for the information of the spot fixing practices. In South Asian betting circles is widespread. Majeed told the newspaper that he also worked for an Indian party which paid him for the information, and he claimed that he is an agent of many Pakistani cricketers. The Scotland Yard investigators claimed that they have proved the identity of the Indian Party, which has a huge influence over the ICC(International Cricket Council), which has failed to make the game neat and clean some critics have been attacking ICC. Nearly 70 percent of the global revenues of the game accounted in India, so called financial powerhouse of cricket, for match fixers and betting syndicates it is regarded as the hot bed.

Match fixing scam: With the shocking news of new cases of spot fixing of the cricket matches by Pakistani players is the old tradition of the Pakistani players, it is said by a former Captain Mohinder Amarnath of India, and he added that the culprits should be banned for lifetime in all the three types of cricket (Test, One Day and T-20). Those who are involved has not only disgraced their country but also defamed the game of cricket. They do not have the right to enter the ground. At the same time former Captain of India Bishan Singh Bedi also said that the Pakistan Cricket Board is not serious about this shameful matter. It was seen earlier also that the Pakistan Cricket Board has not any ear to spot fixing in cricket, which is very disgraceful. Greg Chapel the former Captain of Australian Cricket and the selector of the team ignored to comment on this matter. It was all open to the world by a sting operation by a Britain tabloid ‘The News of World’ and it is suggested by the press that first test of recently played series between Pakistan vs England and the January Sydney test between Pakistan and Australia was also the target of these fixers and bookies. Seven players of Pakistan including the Captain Salman Butt are alleged to be involved in the matter.

India Vs New Zealand: 6th ODI of the three nation Micromax Cup tri-series last league match has been played on 25th Aug., 2010 at Dambulla between India and New Zealand. The winner India entered the final and will play Sri Lanka, New Zealand has gone out of the tournament. Yet it was another one sided match in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Sri Lanka. India won the toss and elected to bat first on the though pitch. Against 224 runs of India set for the victory, New Zealand at the receiving end were out for only 118 runs this time. Only one man was able to dictate the terms in this match with his bat is only and only Virendra Sehwag who scored 110 runs for 93 balls only, helped Indian team to give a huge target to New Zealand. In the modern era, why Virendra Sehwag has been rated so high by the experts, the message has been sent to the team mates of Indian team also in this match. On the pitch where batsmen of New Zealand and India failed play the ball, here 16 fours and one huge six has been hit by Virendra Sehwag and played a brilliant inning. On a fresh wicket electing first to bat, it was looked that India will fold out one again cheaply. But thanks to Virendra Sehwag and MS Dhoni’s superb partnership thirty eight runs off seventy five balls for the fifth wicket and 107 runs made India to give a challenging total to New Zealand. At the end it supposed to be the turning point of today’s match. The three batsmen Sehwag , Ravinder Jadeja and MS Dhoni only to reach double figures, but the middle order Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh were struggling and collected only 15 runs by all of them. In 30.1 overs Kiwis were out for 118 runs against a target of 224 given by Indians. 52 runs of 35 balls by Tailender Kyle Mills helped Kiwis to cross the 100 runs and saved New Zealanders from embarrassing defeat of 53 runs for eight wickets. And they were looking down in 23rd over at 53/8. K. Wiliamson was thirteen runs, T Southee was on 10 runs and G. Elliot was on eleven runs were main contributor of the New Zealand team. The man of the match was declared to Virendra Sehwag for knocking the [...]

Arjun Atwal won the championship: The Wyndham Championship has been won by Arjun Atwal by one stroke on Sunday, in 24 years to win the PGA tour he is becoming the first Monday qualifier. Atwal after each of the 1st 3 rounds led and shared to lead, he shot the final round of 67. He earned $9,18000 after finishing at twenty-under 260. To win this tournament and qualifier he has been the 1st Indian-born player to win first on the tour and win follows since 1986 Southern Open by Fred Wadsworth. David Toms was sixty four and was nineteen under. Michael Sim and John Mallinger both shot sixty twos and joined by Justin Leonard sixty five and John Rollins sixty five at eighteen under. Late in the low scoring day for a few dizzying moments, The lead of 18 under was shared by 7 players. At three stroke lead for the final round was carried by him, for most of the day he was at 19 under, but bogeyed the par-3 No. 12 just before the Lucas Glover bogeyed fourteen a few minutes later. Rollins,

Pau Gasol: Pau Gasol, a two-time NBA competitor and a three-time all-Star championship, leave jaunt to Mumbai and Delhi from 23rd August to 28th August to promote the ontogenesis of sport basketball and the NBA in the world’s second-largest nation. This is first time that a powerful NBA contender gift movement to India to channel events on behalf of NBA. The association is in the inside of hosting a tape class of events in India this summer. Two-time defending hero Los Angeles Lakers, Gasol, a member of NBA is other superstar to visit India this month stalking Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard’s visit to Bangalore and Delhi from 10th August to 14th August. ‘

In the cricketing discourse the predominant narrative revolves around the player burnout, now a days it is called as exhaustion. BCCI spends money freely to patch up the same and to silence it and the focus is turned through the (IPL) Indian Premier League at the cost of this content creating a global Indian product says the players. The burnout has been resurfaced in a typically circular the fashion of cricket debates, some of the Indian cricket players are upset with the calendar enforced on them – a  calendar given is not sound or logical but for the money of those who matter, but the poor players have no choice but to follow the instructions. This predictably resulted the pro for ma denials and on the part of the board a studied silence.  The board has been perfected in the technique over the years. For the cricket administration, in the modern era the welfare of the player has become critical and not felt so important aspect, in the way cricket is administered and played. BCCI is in no way up to it. Only the monetary security is said to be the welfare of the players. It is not a concrete solution but is an illusion that serves but the view is very correct. The most important part which is accepted in the cycle of injury and fitness issues is the financial security, and now a days the circumstances has become very acute than it was earlier. These issues have been heard and need of the players to stand up. It has been the obligation from the Board’s view to play against Sri Lanka for multiple times in a year.  The problem from the players’ perspective is shoe horned the vacant spaces of the schedule which reduces the time to recover from their injuries and to work on their skills. Indian Cricket Players Association is the need of the hour, a body to represent  the full time cricket players. The body was formed in 2002 only for the noble intentions. The office bearers are not just the puppets, but they are the voices of the players and the establishment. The players who do not have any alliance with the Board are the members of the body, which should take care of the financial interests and express the concerns of the players without fear and inhibitions and safeguard them. The former reputed [...]

India is a cricket crazy nation. In each family you will have a couple of people who are so devoted to the sport that they will watch every single match from the toss to the last ball. They will discuss pitch conditions furiously with other equally passionate friends and will cease to recognise the existence of the rest of the world during the period of the match. Drawing up a list of five favourite players can be quite a risky proposition as there are no two people who will have the same cricket players on their list. Still based on records broken and stability provided to the Indian Cricket team, this is a humble tribute to those I feel are the top players. ‘

India Vs Sri Lanka: Virendra Sehwarg though was 1 run behind his hundred but his 99 helped India to win the match beating Sri Lanka. His 99 runs came out of 100 balls. India is tied with 5 points with New Zealand and at the bottom of the table is Sri Lanka with four points in the game of numbers. India won the match by six wickets the first win of the tournament. In the first game the New Zealand defeated India by 200 runs was very embarrassing. India registered a win with bonus point, well performed all round bounce back with both bat and ball. In the 35th over India needed 5 runs only and Virendra Sehwag needed only one run for his 13th ODI hundred. The first ball of the over by Suraj Randiv though he never bowled any no ball in his international career but he bowled this no ball deliberately which went for four byes and the required one run came of no ball but Virendra Shewag lost his century by 1 run, this run was the winning run for India. As per the rules of MCC the runs scored after the win is achieved are not counted, there is some contradiction in the rules as the ball bowled and faced by the batsmen is counted but runs scored by that ball are not counted. Though Sehwag missed his hundred but he played a superb inning. It was stated by Sehwag that the ball was bowled no ball deliberately, he added that it is the wish of every team that the player of other team make a hundred against them. Chris Harris also added that it was a no ball bowled deliberately. It was not looking like accidental. As his back foot was on the place where his front foot usually lies. ‘

Indian team stretched to a point: It is unsupportable that the Indian cricket team is stretched to a point, and the humiliation of Tuesday’s 200 run defeat given by the New Zealand team, it could have been very frequent unless the priorities of the Board gets right, the team management’s senior member fears it. For the key members of the Indian squad it is very irrational at the Champions League they will be feeling tired and playing unimportant one dayers for the Indian team very close to the Test series in South Africa and the World Cup 2011, it was told by some senior member to The Indian Express. In the Champions League that is going to begin at South Africa, on 10th Sept, 2010 will be played by Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh for Mumbai Indians and Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings. ‘

Indian pace bowlers need training: Sourav Ganguly said that the Indian pace bowlers need an intensive training before the World Cup. Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian cricket captain put the responsibility on bowling coach Eric Simmons the youngsters were motivated in the absence of Zaheer Khan an experienced pacer. Gary Kirsten admitted that in the first test there was a lack of penetration in the Indian pace bowling. It is the great challenge to be proved to find an ideal pace bowling unit for the World Cup. Talking to press Ganguly said that to get the best out of the young pacers of India it is the total responsibility of the bowling coach. An improvement if required in the Indian pace bowling. To motivate the bowlers it is the duty of the bowling coach, the way should be shown to them. It is sure the improvement will come with the time, said by the southpaw. ‘