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India vs. South Africa: People were waiting for this test match as this may create new records and change the history of cricket. This test match may break many records and above all positioned India at top. Obviously if they won the match and lot more breaking records can be made. But unfortunately the beginning was not going as well as was expected for Indian team and in the first inning of the team scored 233 with the loss of its 10 wickets. On the other hand South Africa scored 558 runs in the first series at the loss of 6 wickets. The match is played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India. On the first day 6^th February, 2010 of the match South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. First inning was not good for Indian cricket team. But still they are positive about their victory. They believed that in the second inning they will definitely perform well and cover the difference. But the same thing happened again with them.  On day 3, the beginning of second innings also started not so good. The opening batsman Gautam Gambhir and Virendra Sehwag went to pavilion at the score of 1 and 16 respectively. At the end of the day, India was on 66 with loss of two wickets in 23 overs.

First Inning: Performance of Indian team in first inning was not expected. Except Virendra Sehwag and S Badri no one stay on the ground for long time and fall out one by one. Gautam Gambhir as an opening batsman did not do anything for his tea and went to pavilion at the score of 12, after that Murali Vijay came and went out just at the score of 4. Sachin Tendulkar the master blaster could not help his team and caught by Dale Steyn. At that time Sachin made only seven scores. After that S Badri came and it seemed match was in control but he also caught at the score of 56 by Dale steyn. After that one by one all fell out and the entire team was in pavilion at the score of 233. Even the bowlers could not do much. No doubt in the beginning, Zaheer took two wickets earlier but they unable to knock out Hashim Amla and that was like strong pillar for the South Africa team. He was remained in the match at the end with 253 score. Bowlers tried hard but they failed to stop them to make scores and the result was at the end of the inning, South Africa was on 558 with by loosing six wickets. Now it’s a great target for Indian team to cover this huge difference and not only this, but also made such a huge score to beat South Africa.
Highlights of the third day: Following are the highlights of the third day match between India and South Africa:Dale Steyn performance in the innings made him the third bowler for South Africa that bag seven wickets in an innings against India.It was Steyn’s 13th five-wicket haul in Tests is his second against India.India lost their last six wickets for 12 runs from 221 for four to 233 — their worst collapse against South Africa.Sehwag has scored 18 centuries in Test cricket — 10 at home and eight away from home.Subramaniam Badrinath and Sehwag were associated in a stand of 136 — India’s best for the fourth wicket against South Africa in India, surpassing the 96 between Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly at Kanpur in November 2004.The Nagpur Test has produced the first instance of follow-on in an India-South Africa Test.Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy, Sehwag has scored three hundreds in 12 Tests — 1178 (ave.58.90) in 21 innings, including six fifties.Sehwag became the second Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar (109 off 188 balls against Australia in 2008-09) to score a hundred at VCA Stadium, JamthaBadrinath (56 off 139 balls) has become the 21st Indian player to register a half-century in debut innings in Tests.Badrinath is the third Indian to make 50 or more in an innings in his debut innings against South Africa, joining Pravin Amre — 103 at Durban in 1992-93 and Sehwag — 105 at Bloemfontein in 2001-02.Sehwag’s 109 is his fourth century against South Africa, emulating Mohammad Azharuddin’s tally of four hundreds — the most hundreds in India-South Africa Tests.Subramaniam Badrinath and Sehwag were associated in a stand of 136 — India’s best for the fourth wicket against South Africa in India, surpassing the 96 between Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly at Kanpur in November 2004.

Shahid Afridi bizarre ball claims: The time for Pakistan cricket team is not so well. Earlier, they were not get chance to play in IPL season 3 and now the all rounder of the team Shahid Afidi was charged for ball tampering. He was charged for this during fifth one day game against Australia. Although he refused to accept this and said he was just smell the ball. On the other hand, the coach Intikhab Alam said that he was so surprised with the behavior of Shahid Afridi. He said I myself did not understand why he behaved like this. It seems like he is eating an apple. This surprised me and as well as others. All get shocked by watching that scene. But Shahid Afridi said that he was just tried to smell it. There was some thing that I tried to move. Shahid Afridi was banned for two Twenty-Twenty Internationals which is not good for his team.

Shahid Afridi pleaded guilty: Shahid Afridi felt bad and pleaded guilty when he was charged. Match referee Ranjan Madugalle charged him with article 2.2.9 offence of ICC Code of Conduct for breaking the law 42.3 of the Laws of Cricket. He realized his mistake and said he did not know what happened to him and why he did such a mad thing. That was definitely not right and I apologized for my misconduct and foolish mistake. He said what happened with me was very unfortunate and should not have happened. He also said that in future he will take care of this thing and will never repeat such a silly mistake. But according to Pakistan Coach Intikhab Alam the mistake did by Shahid Afridi is not acceptable and he should get punishment for this. According to coach, it is not good for the team that the captain of the team was ban for the matches, but the mistake he has done is not acceptable and it is important that he learnt some lesson. He added I feel sorry for him, but being a captain he should be above everything. He said it looks like that he is eating an apple and I am not getting him that what he want to achieve at that time.

Team get disappointed: With his this behavior, not only he but also his team disappointed. They all get shocked and for a moment could not understand what was happening? Why Shahid Afridi did this and what were his intentions? Was he trying to remove something from the ball or what else? But whatever he had done was not good and it effects the reputation of the team and that will leave an impact in future. The situation of the team is not so good after his punishment. Yousuf Khan, who was captain of the Pakistan team in Tests and One Day Internationals, is not participating of the Twenty-twenty squad and Younis Khan, who was captain before the tour of New Zealand has retired from this twenty-twenty format. Last year captain, Shoaib Malik might be one who is taking the charge of this squad in such situation. Kamran Akmal, the wicketkeeper and vice-captain has been in poor situation. He was dropped for the third Test in Hobart. Above all the misconduct of the Shahid Afridi sealed the game against Australia.

Khalid Latif injured: Also the opener of the team Khalid Latif was banged by one of his fans. He just broke the security line and run to meet his favorite star in the field. Although Khalid Latif is not seriously injured, but still some action has been taken against that fan. Observer and management of Pakistan will also look to the whole situation and will take some action against it. On this reaction of a fan, Australian seamer McKay said this was the disgraceful action ever had seen and I think no one wants to see this in future. It is not acceptable that someone just entered the field and touches his favorite player. A person has to think that it may hurt that player. I just hope that Khalid Latif is all well. He also mentioned that this is probably the worst things that happen on a cricket field.

First test against South Africa: Indian squad is prepared for the test series with South Africa with few new faces. Chairman of the national selection committee K Srikkanth mentioned that Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh will be missed from this series, but we are hopeful that the presence of S Badrinath and Vijay will definitely rise to the occasion. It was for sure that in this test match if got chance then S Badrinath will be the man because of his performance. He was from six specialist batsmen named for the first test match against South Africa. Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh get injured during their tour to Bangladesh. Along with S Badrinath, Karnataka fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun is also featured in the squad as replacement for the injured Sreesanth.

S. Badrinath: S. Badrinath said that he has been waiting for this chance from long time and I am so excited about this and looking forward to it. He said he is fully confident and is not under pressure. In fact, when I came to know about my debut against South Africa, I was so delighted and have no words to express my feelings. He also mentioned that he is well experienced to handle the different formats of the game. He also said that he has very positive approach towards anything and this positive thinking help me to handle any situation. He said he is fully prepared to tackle any attack. He said I am trying to maintain balance and grab the opportunity that I get.

Murali Vijay: Another name that becomes highlight for Indian squad is Murali Vijay. He said he is also delighted to get this opportunity and will try his best to put all his efforts to give a good performance. Although there are many doubts on him, but still he is finalized as one of the team member against South Africa Test match. He said he is obliged that he got this chance and will not let down to all who believe him.

Wriddhiman Saha’s selection: Along with S. Badri and Murli Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha is also in the first test match squad. He had played for India Under-19 and India A teams earlier. This is his debut game in senior team. He said it is a fantastic feeling for me and I never expected that I got the chance to play in senior team. When I came to know, it’s like dream come true for me. He also said that if he gets the opportunity to play, he will try to make full use of the chance. He also said he will try to stay in the team for long with his performance.

Selection for first test only: However the members have cleared this thing that because of long list of injured people in the Indian squad, these selectors have been picked for the first Test, which begins in Nagpur on February 6. They also mentioned that for the second test, they will reassess the players and according to their performance and fitness of injured players, the team may or may not be replaced. According to BCCI, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh are out. Rahul Dravid is injured seriously during his play in Mirpur by Shahadat Hossain. Rahul Dravid was fractured his cheekbone after getting hit by a bouncer in Mirpur. He was advised for at least three weeks rest. Playing this series for Yuvraj Singh is also doubtful. But still the selectors will revise the status of injured players after first test. According the chief selector S Srikkanth, Dravid was very keen to play but the doctors have advised him rest as a precautionary measure. He also cleared that the team selected by them is the best possible team and this selection is made by considering the number of injuries in Indian squad. But he repeats again that this team is for first test only and before second test we will definitely go through the status of all our injured players and the performance of new players.

India squad for first Test against South Africa: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, S Badrinath, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhimanyu Mithun, Wriddhiman Saha.

Board President’s XI: Abhinav Mukund, Parthiv Patel (wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma (capt), Manish Pandey, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhishek Nayar, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Manpreet Gony.

Australia claims ICC Under-19 World Cup: Australia beat Pakistan in final match of ICC Under-19 World Cup played at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln on January 30, 2010.  Pakistan won the coin toss and elected to ball first inviting Australian team to bat first. Australian players scored 207 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 over match while in return Pakistani players failed to reach this target and lost all wickets in 46.4 over scoring a total of 182 runs. Australia won the match by 25 runs as their bowlers shown excellent performance limiting Pakistani players not to reach the targeted score. JR Hazlewood took four wickets for the team and he was rewarded with man of the match award for his performance. LA Doran clinched three wickets for the team showing his talent. No doubt Australian players have proved by winning the under-19 world cup that their team has bright future in cricket.

Australia Under-19s innings: As Australia was invited to bat first by Pakistani skipper so NJ Maddinson and TM Beaton opened for the team. Australian opener NJ Maddinson was found leg before the wicket in the very first over on the ball of Fayyaz Butt when he had not even opened his account of runs and their team was at 2 runs. Skipper MR Marsh came to bat in this critical condition while team had already lost one opening opener so early and in the very next over TM Beaton lost his wicket giving a contribution of 5 runs from his bat. He was caught by Babar Azam on the ball of Sarmad Bhatti. Team lost first two wickets so early at a total of just 10 runs. AR Keath joined skipper in middle but skipper soon lost his wicket. He scored 7 runs from his bat and caught by Mohammad Waqas on the ball of Fayyaz Butt. It was really poor performance for upper order of batsmen. AR Keath and JS Floros tried to control the circumstance for the team by scoring some runs for the team. But JS Floros was sent back to pavilion when he was at 35 runs. He lost his wicket while running between the wickets. TJ Armstrong was next batsman to come in after some contribution from Floros and mean while AR Keath lost his wicket scoring 25 runs for team. He was caught by Rameez Aziz on the ball of Raza Hasan and Australia lost their fifth wicket at a total of 82 runs. Wicket kipper TIF Triffitt and TJ Armstrong together took the command for the team to make a respectable total. They gave a partnership of 45 runs for the sixth wicket as Triffitt was caught by Mohammad Waqas on ball of Babar Azam when he was playing at 21 runs. KW Richardson came to bat next and shown magic from his bat hitting two sixes and three fours. He scored 44 runs off 44 balls before Ahmed Shehzad caught his catch on the ball of Sarmad Bhatti.it was 47^th over when he lost his wicket and team had reached a total of 189 runs. Fast bowler JR Hazlewood came to bat next but TJ Armstrong who was on pitch from long time lost his wicket on a individual score of 37 runs from his bat. Sarmad Bhatti showed him way to pavilion. Soon Hazlewood also lost his wicket in 49^th over while running between the wickets. LA Doran and AC McDermott were unbeaten at 9 and 3 runs respectively at end of 50 over inning. Australia scored a total of 207 runs because of good batting from middle order after early dismissal of upper order player. Sarmad Bhatti clinched 3 wickets and Fayyaz Butt got two wickets while Raza Hasan and Babar Azam got one wicket each.

Pakistan Under-19s innings: Chasing the target of 208 runs to win Babar Azam and Ahsan Ali opened the inning for Pakistan. They lost their opening batsman Ahsan Ali very early in 5^th over when he was at just 2 runs from his bat and team had a total of 15 runs. He was caught by Beaton on the ball of Hazlewood. Ahmed Shehzad came to bat at number three when team had already lost opening wicket so early. He tried to control the conditions with Babar Azam and scored 36 runs from his bat. He was found leg before wicket on ball of Doran when their team was at a total of 69 runs. Pakistani skipper Azeem Ghumman was next man to come in middle to play his part of game and he tried to play a captain’s inning. But Babar Azam lost his wicket when he was 28 runs and Pakistani team lost their third man as him. He was caught by Triffitt on the ball of Doran. Rameez Aziz started contributing for the team with skipper to chase the target but when team was at a total of 110, they lost Rameez Aziz on the ball of Doran. He scored 23 runs with 3 fours and 1 six from his bat. Hammad Azam joined skipper in middle but he lost his wicket without opening his account of runs. He was caught by Triffitt on the ball of Hazlewood. Pakistani wicket keeper Mohammad Waqas was next man to bat for the team and scored 13 runs before he was caught by Hazlewood on ball of Keath. Sarmad Bhatti came to bat when team had already lost 6 wickets on a total of 130 runs. Skipper Azeem Ghumman also lost his wicket on ball of Floros after scoring 41 runs off 90 balls. After him Usman Qadir came to bat but Sarmad Bhatti lost his wicket when he was at an individual score of 10 runs. Soon after him Usman Qadir also lost his wicket in next over scoring 9 runs from his bat. He was caught by Triffitt on the ball of McDermott. And last man Raza Hasan was caught by Triffitt on the ball of Hazlewood scoring 10 runs with 2 fours in his inning. Fayyaz Butt was unbeaten at 4 runs. Pakistan team lost all their wickets at a total of 182 runs which gave Australian team a win by 25 runs. JR Hazlewood took four wickets for their team while JS Floros got three wickets. AR Keath, JS Floros and AC McDermott got one wicket each.

India won test match series: Indian team by winning the two matches test series has proved again that Indian team is at first rank in world in test cricket. India was already leading in series by winning first match and today by winning the second match Indian team made series on their name with 2-0. It was brilliant performance by complete team which made them win the match with 10 wickets on the fourth day of five day test match at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Indian team had declared their first inning after taking lead of 311 runs against Bangladesh and in return Bangladeshi team lost their all ten wickets on score of 312 runs which made Indian team to bat for 2 runs to win. Indian bowlers shown excellent performance especially Zaheer Khan who took 10 wickets in the two innings which is his best performance ever and he rewarded with Man of the Match and Man of the Series award. This series is fifth test series win for Indian team as Indian team had lost last time in test series in Sri Lanka in July 2008 and after that Indian team have beaten Australia, England and Sri Lanka on Indian grounds while defeated New Zealand and Bangladesh playing away from home.

Bangladesh second inning: India declared their inning after making a total of 544 runs losing 8 wickets which gave Indian team a lead of 311 runs as Bangladeshi team had scored 233 runs in first inning after winning the coin toss. Bangladeshi team had lost three wickets before the end of third day play. Bangladesh had scored 228 runs on third and they had lost their important wickets. Imrul Kayes was sent to pavilion by Zaheer Khan when he was at individual score of 5 runs but Junaid Siddique and opener Tamim Iqbal played extremely well to save the match for the team and gave a big partnership of 200 runs for second wicket. Junaid Siddique was caught by wicket keeper M S Dhoni on the ball of Zaheer Khan when he was playing at 55 runs off 144 balls. After him Shahadat Hossain tried to contribute for team with Tamim Iqbal but Zaheer Khan was on fire and sent Tamim Iqbal back to pavilion. Tamim Iqbal played a good inning and scored 151 runs off 183 balls with 18 fours and 3 sixes in his superb inning. At end of third day game Shahadat Hossain and Mohammad Ashraful both were playing at 2 runs each. On fourth day, Shahadat Hossain lost his wicket after scoring 40 runs from his bat. He was caught by substitute Amit Mishra on the ball of Harbhajan Singh. Bangladeshi team lost their fourth wicket on 290 runs and after that none of player added much for the team. In the next over Mohammad Ashraful lost his wicket after giving contribution of 25 runs from his bat and team was at 291. Bangladeshi skipper Shakib Al Hasan failed to add much for the team and lost his wicket at individual score of 7 runs. Raqibul Hasan also failed to add much and lost his wicket on individual score of 5 runs and team lost their seventh wicket on 304 runs. Mahmudullah who had shown excellent performance in the first inning scoring unbeaten 96 runs from his bat failed to open his account even in second inning and caught by Murli Vijay on the ball of Zaheer Khan. Shafiul Islam and Rubel Hossain also lost their wicket without making any contribution from their bat for the team on the ball of Zaheer Khan. Wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim was unbeaten at 10 runs. Bangladeshi team lost their all wickets scoring 312 runs which was 1 run more than Indian first inning lead. Zaheer Khan was most successful bowler from Indian side who took 7 wickets in second inning while Ojha got 2 wickets and Harbhajan got 1 wicket.

Performance of Indian team in series: Indian team showed brilliant performance in the match as well as in series which made them winner. In first test match Indian team had beaten Bangladesh with 113 runs in Chittagong while in second test match with 10 wickets. In first test match Sachin Tendulkar shown magic from his bat in first inning scoring unbeaten 105 runs and after losing all ten wickets at 243 runs, bowlers played their part of game which made limit Bangladeshi team at 242 runs. In second inning Gautam Gambhir and Shewag gave good opening and Indian team declared their inning after scoring 413 runs losing eight wickets. Gambhir scoring 116 runs, Shewag scored 45 runs, Amit Mishra scored 50 runs while in middle order Laxman scored unbeaten 69 runs. After that bowlers did their job well and helped India to take lead by winning the match by 113 runs. Sachin Tendulkar was given Man of the Match award for his unbeaten 105 runs of first inning. In second test match Indian team had lost the toss and Bangladeshi skipper decided to bat first but Indian bowlers limited host team at a total of 233 runs in first inning. In return Indian batsman showed good game with bat scoring 544 runs losing eight wickets and skipper declared the inning. Sachin Tendulkar was highest run scorer from Indian side in second match scoring his 49^th test century he made 143 runs while well known the Great Wall, Rahul Dravid made 111 runs before he got retired after hitting ball on his helmet. Skipper M S Dhoni also played his part of game and scored 89 runs from his bat for the team which helped India to take a lead of 311 runs over hosting team. In return Bangladeshi team lost their all wickets on a total of 312 runs in second inning and Indian team had to score just 2 runs to win the match which Indian team got in second ball of the second inning and won the match as well as series. Indian bowlers proved their strength by taking the wickets when team needed. Zaheer Khan was on fire in the series and took 14 wickets. He was rewarded for his excellent performance throughout the series with Man of Series award while he got man of the match award for second match for taking 10 wickets. Ishant Sharma got 9 wickets in the series showing his talent. 

 

India Vs Bangladesh- 3^rd Day: As we know that the Second Test Match between

India and

Bangladesh was commenced on 24^th of January 2010 at

Mirpur, Bangladesh.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first. Where Indian bowlers had shown good results and made

Bangladesh to gone off at 233 runs after all out. Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan had taken 4 and 3 wickets respectively and given wonderful bowling performances. The man of the innings for Bangladeshi team was Mahmudullah, who scored 96 runs and remained not out till end of the Bangladeshi innings. Similarly, Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir started well and made 103 under their partnership with their good chemistry level. The couple scored their half centuries individually. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 45^th Century also. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar participated well with their good partnership and made 222 runs for the team’s account. But, the scores 111 proved to be very unlucky for Rahul Dravid and got his jaw injured by Shafiul’s lower bouncer. But when the important wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell at the total scores of 544 and his individual scores of 89, then

India decided to declare the closing of the innings finally at 544 only. M.S Dhoni has made 89 against 167 deliveries with the help of nine important fours and two sixes and gone off before lunch time. But, still

India was leading by 311 runs at the end of the innings. But on the third day in the morning session,

India added 85 runs in 30.1 overs.

India lost its very important wicket Zaheer Khan for a duck against the pacer shaful’s short delivery. But, MS Dhoni came back to his track and hit the ball of Shakib straight down the ground and took a fabulous six. Dhoni and Ishant Sharma showed good chemistry and participated 51 runs for the seventh wicket. After Ishant Sharma’s wicket fall, Prayag Ojha came to support MS Dhoni for the participation of 26 runs more to the Indian account. Shafiul Islam and the captain of the team Shakib Al Hassan both remained successful in taking two wickets individually whereas, Shahadat Hossain took only a single one of the Indian Vise Captain-Virender Sehwag.

Bangladeshi’s Batting Turn : Now  it was Bangladeshi Team’s turn to bat and Their openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes started their partnership but couldn’t showed well and participated only 19 scores to their account. Imrul Kayes made only 5 runs from 15 balls with one four. Then Junaid Siddique and Tamim Iqbal continued their partnership for a long time with a good partnership of 200 runs. In which Tamim Iqbal got one Century and one half century with individual scores of 151 runs against 183 deliveries and took 13 fours and 3 sixes. Junaid Siddique also scored a half century in his partnership with Tamim. The next Bangladesh’s wicket fall was of Junaid Siddique at 219 runs and the wicket was taken by Zaheer Khan. After making 151 scores Tamim Iqbal has gone off against the ball of Zaheer Khan again at the total scores 222. Whereas, Shahadat Hossain scored 2 against 13 balls and Mohammad Ashraful took 2 runs from 5 balls and both players remained not out.  From the Indian bowlers point of view only Zaheer Khan remained successful and took 3 wickets alone whereas, other bowlers couldn’t take even a single wicket. Zaheer Khan was playing his 70^th test match and completed his 231^st wicket. At the end of day three, Bangladeshi Cricket Team end up with the total scores of 228 for three wickets in 60 overs with the run rate of 3.8 per over. Bangladeshi Team had 13 extras with zero no ball, 2 wide balls, 4 Leg Byes, Seven Byes and zero penalty. Before this match India was leading by 1-0 match but, after the performance of Bangladeshi Team in this match (second inning) it can be expected that

Bangladesh can win this match and balance the level of the series by 1-1 of Idea Cup 2010.

Bangladeshi Cricket Team:  Bangladeshi Cricket Team is also famous as ‘The Tigers’ and administered by Bangladesh Cricket Board or BCB as Indian Team is registered under Indian cricket Board. The team is playing under the captainship of Mashrafe Mortaza and Coach is Jamie Siddons. Bangladesh is a member of   International Cricket council with test as well as One day International status. The team played its first test match in 2000 against

India at

Dhaka and declared as the tenth Test cricket playing nation.

Bangladesh played its first one day international match in the 1986

Asia cup against

Pakistan. Although football was the most famous game of Bangladesh, but cricket surpassed football very shortly after getting the momentum specially after winning the ICC Trophy in

Malaysia in 1997. The Bangladeshi team had qualified for the Cricket World cup of 1999 by winning the ICC Trophy and played very well and made

Pakistan upset by their mind-blowing performances.  So gradually

Bangladesh became the regular ICC member and earned the right to play one day internationals. Since July 2009,

Bangladesh has played in 61 Tests whereas won only 3 matches. Their first victory was against

Zimbabwe and the other twos were against West-Indian team. The team includes Captain- Mashrafe Mortaza, vise captain Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Raqibal Hassan, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Mehrab Hossain, Naeem Islam, Dolar Mehmud, wicket keeper- Mushfiqar Rahim and the bowlers are Mahbubul Alam, Enamul Haque, Rubbel Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Sayed Rasel and Abdur Razzak.

Bangladesh has got its National Women’s Cricket team also, which represents their country in International Cricket of women’s matches. This team has won two matches also against

Malaysia in 2007. The former captain of Bangladeshi team Mr. Habibul Bashar and Coach Mr. Dav Whatmore, both have the common view about their team that the team hopefully will become more serious contender by year 2010. As per them, although the cricket in

Bangladesh has become very popular and passionate among the people but still this ambition has to be achieved yet. It’s not doubtful that the team is showing good results day by day consistently in ODI cricket.

 

Second test match: In the two test match series between Bangladesh and India, India was already leading by 1-0 and was aiming to clinch the second match as well from the hosts. Second five day test match started on January 24, 2010 at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Bangladeshi skipper won the coin toss and chosen to bat first but Indian bowlers dominated them proving his decision to be wrong. Bangladesh lost their all ten wickets in first inning at just a total of 233 runs on the first day while Indian batsman gave a good start to the team. Indian team has taken lead of 226 runs already and still five wickets in hand. It will not be much tough fight for Indian team now after taking a good lead on the second day but they will have to continue their good performance to set a big target and win the match.

Bangladesh inning: Captain of Bangladesh cricket team Shakib Al Hasan after winning the toss chosen to bat while his batsman failed to give a good start to the team. Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes were the opening batsmen for the team but lost first wicket as Imrul Kayes without opening the account of team even. He was caught by MS Dhoni on the ball of Ishant Sharma without contributing anything from his bat. Junaid Siddique came at number three to bat when team had lost first wicket so early but when team was at a total of four runs Tamim Iqbal lost his wicket on the ball of Zaheer Khan without opening his individual account. Mohammad Ashraful joined Junaid Siddique in middle and he was looking in good form. Junaid Siddique was caught by Dhoni on the ball of Zaheer Khan and Bangladeshi team lost their third wicket at total of 13 runs. Junaid Siddique made 7 runs from his bat for the team. Raqibul Hasan was next batsman to come in middle but he was shown way to pavilion after scoring just 4 runs from his bat. Rahul Dravid caught his catch on the ball of Ishant Sharma. Soon after Mohammad Ashraful was also sent back to pavilion and he scored 39 runs from his bat off 31 balls. He was stumped by Indian wicket keeper M S Dhoni on the ball of Ojha. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan and wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim tried to take out team from the trouble and they stayed on the wicket for some time. Mushfiqur Rahim lost his wicket when team was at 106. He made partnership of 55 runs with skipper and he was found leg before wicket on the ball of Ishant Sharma. Mahmudullah took the command of the batting with captain but captain lost his wicket when team was at a score of 127 runs. Shakib Al Hasan gave contribution of 34 runs from his bat and he was caught by Dhoni on the ball of Zaheer Khan. Shahadat Hossain came after skipper lost his wicket but he also failed to add much from his bat was stumped by M S Dhoni on ball of Ojha when he was playing at 8 runs. Shafiul Islam was next man to bat and added 9 runs from his bat playing 39 balls. He was caught by Rahul Dravid on the ball of Ishant Sharma. Rubel Hossain was last man to lose his wicket from Bangladeshi team scoring 4 runs off 26 balls. Mahmudullah played extremely well and scored unbeaten 96 runs with the help of 13 boundaries. Because of his contribution Bangladeshi team made a total of 233 runs. From Indian side Ishant Sharma took 4 wickets and Zaheer Khan got 3 wickets for the team. Among spinners Ojha got 2 wickets while Harbhajan Singh got 1 wicket. Indian bowlers showed good performance with ball limiting the host team at 233 runs in 73.5 over.

Indian Inning: After bowlers it was turn of batsman to show the magic from their bat. Indian team had made many changes as MS Dhoni replaced Karthik, Harbhjan Singh replaced Sreesanth, Ojha was given chance at the place of Amit Mishra, Murli Vijay replaced injured VVS Laxman. Gautam Gambhir and Virender Shewag were opening batsmen from Indian side and till end of first day play both shown a good game and scored 69 runs for the team without losing the wickets. At the end of first day Gambhir was playing at 26 while Shewag at 41 runs. They continued the game on the second day and Shewag completed his half century soon and lost his wicket when he was at individual score of 56 runs. He was caught by wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim on the ball of Shahadat Hossain. Rahul Dravid joined Gambhir in middle and started playing his part of game. Gambhir was caught by Mushfiqur Rahim on ball of Shafiul Islam when he was at an individual score of 68 runs. India lost their second wicket at 146 runs. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid took the command of Indian batting and both played extremely well and none of Bangladeshi bowler failed to stop them. Both experienced players playing their natural game made century. Sachin Tendulkar hit his 49^th century of his test career while it was 29^th century of Rahul Dravid. Rahul Dravid was hurt on a bouncer when ball hit on his helmet. He had to go out when he was at 111 and Indian team had reached at total of 368 runs. Murli Vijay came to bat next after Dravid retired hurt. Inning of Sachin Tendulkar ended at 143 and he was caught by Imrul Kayes on the ball of Shakib Al Hasan. In his inning of 143 runs he hit 13 fours and 1 six.  Skipper MS Dhoni joined Vijay in middle but Vijay was send back to pavilion soon by Shakib Al Hasan. He scored 30 runs with the help of 3 fours. Harbhajan Singh came next to bat as night batsman and he also lost his wicket scoring 13 runs from his bat. Skipper MS Dhoni was playing at unbeaten 22 runs at the end of second day of five day test match. Indian team is in strong position as India has scored 459 runs losing five wickets. From Bangladesh side Shafiul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan got two wickets each while Shahadat Hossain got one wicket.

 

India eye 2-0 series win: Indian team will start playing second test tomorrow against Bangladesh and they will be looking to win the match as well. Indian team had already taken lead by 1-0 winning the first test match by 113 runs played in Chittagong. Indian team had shown bad performance with bat in the first inning as none of the batsman gave good contribution from their bat except Sachin Tendulkar who hit unbeaten 105 runs while in second inning batsman performance was still better than the first inning. Bowlers had shown good performance in both inning which helped Indian team to take wickets and winning the match. Virender Sehwag was captain for Indian team as regular skipper MS Dhoni was not playing and he did good job by winning his deputized match as captain. Series is having two matches and Indian team has already won one of them and they will try their best to win the series by winning another match as well. 

Dhoni and Habhajan Singh back: In previous match Indian regular skipper was not playing and also Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh was given rest because of his poor performance against Bangladesh in past. In second match skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh both will be playing which will give Indian team a big boost. Skipper Dhoni will give strength to Indian middle batting order while Harbhajan Singh will also try to show his magic with his spin bowling. Now Indian team will be feeling far more relaxed as they are already in lead by winning first test and they will have less pressure so they will try to continue their winning performance being world’s rank one test cricket team.

Whole team will have to perform well: Indian team will have to show a good team work to win the match as senior batsman VVS Laxman is injured and it is not sure that he will be playing or not. Yuvraj Singh is not in good form in the test while he performs well in T20 and one day matches. S Sreesanth is also returning back to home because of hamstring injury so Indian team will also have to look at another bowler options. Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium has flat and slow wicket so Indian team may consider two fast and two spin bowler for the match. Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra both will be playing most probably as Amit Mishra shown good bolwing in the first test match. Indian pacers Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan are also in good form as they shown their performance by taking five wickets in first match. Bangladeshi team is not worried about any injuries but their batsman were failed to perform well in last match after bowlers shown good game in first inning. Bangladeshi team will put their complete effort to win the match and level the series if they can’t win series.  

India beat B’desh by 113 runs:  The test series between India and Bangladesh started on 17^th of Jan’2010 at Chittagong: in Bangladesh. The Indian team started the game with their hopeless batting innings and closed by 243 and all out, but Sachin Tendulkar remained not out at 105 runs by completing his 44^th hundred and 13000 run in test cricket whereas, Bangladeshi team started with great enthusiasm and scored 242 for all out. And the man of the innings of Bangladesh was Mahmudullah, who scored 63 runs. At that point of time India was only one run ahead of Bangladeshi. But, India’s second innings was better and scored 414 runs, in which Gautam Gambhir got 116 runs and the captain of Indian Team Varender Sehwag scored 47 runs. Now the target for Bangladesh was 415 runs. At the end of the day four, Bangladeshi team was on 69 for 2 wickets. But, the target of 415 was too much for Bangladesh team as they winded-up at 301 in their second innings and thus, given India the victory by 113 runs.

First Session of the Match:  Today on 5^th day of the match, Bangladeshi team started batting with their two openers Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful. Indian bowler Ishant Sharma took the wicket of Mohammad Ashraful in fourth over of the match. He was caught by Rahul Dravid at second slip for 27 only. But, losing the fourth wicket even in the form of Raqibul Hasan, Bangladesh reached 100 run still better scores and it was seemed to be a draw. On the same innings Tamim Iqbal completed his half-century off 106 balls and included six boundaries. With five wickets down, Bangladesh Team went for the lunch break at 136 for 5.

Post Lunch Session: After getting back Indian team got one more important wicket in the form of Shakib by Amit Mishra. Shakib added only 17 scores to his team and got caught by the hands of Virender Sehwag on the ball of Anil Mishra. Soon after, Indian bowler Zaheer Khan pushed India one step closer to the victory by taking one more important wicket of Mahmudullah, as Dinesh Karthik caught the ball thrown by Zaheer Khan. Whereas, Bangladeshi players Shahadat Hossain and Mushfiqur Rahim  gave  50 run partnership to give strength and keep alive their Team. Shahadat Hossain had gone off after 24 runs and became the eighth Bangladesh batsman to take the long walk back to pavilion. Amit Mishra added one more wicket of Shafiul to Indian account and made closer to the victory by taking 9^th wicket of Bangladesh at 258 for 9 and at last Rahim got caught by Pragyan Ojha against the ball of Amit Mishra and Bangladeshi team dropped down to lose the test-match. Indian Super cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was declared as the Man of the series for his fabulous performance.  The two teams India and Bangladesh now have to move on to Dhaka where the second and final Test would begin on January 24, 2010.

 

 

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Honour to play with Tendulkar: Mumbai team of Indian Premier League has bought Kieron Pollard for US $ 750,000 in the Tuesday’s auction and he has got now chance to share the dressing room with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Kieron Pollard said that it honour for him to play with great player like Sachin Tendulkar as he has grown up watching him on television and he has got chance to play with him. He said that it is brilliant opportunity for him to play in Indian Premier League and it will give him exposure as well as chance to show his talent. Kieron Pollard was expectedly most wanted whose base started with 200,000 US dollar and finally Mumbai got him with a  ’silent tie-breaker bid’ after four franchises ended up bidding at the maximum price on him.

About Kieron Pollard: Kieron Adrian Pollard is West Indies team all rounder who represented West Indies in Under 19 World cup in 2006. He bats in the middle order and bowls medium pace. He had made his debut with 126 runs in first class cricket and later after two matches he hit another hundred of 117 runs against Leeward Islands. He completed his hundred of just 71 balls with six sixes in his innings. He had also impressed with his debut of List A cricket by smashing brilliant 87 runs against Guyana. 22 year old Kieron Pollard has played 15 one day international and 10 T20 international matches for West Indies team. Talking about his attacking brand of cricket he told that he has complete confidence in himself and just go out and try to play some big shots and also believe that you should not have any doubt about your abilities when you play.

Bid for IPL: West Indies all rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond were among player who got highest bid for the Indian Premier league. New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has quit test match to concentrate on one day and T20 matches. His base price for bidding was US dollar 100,000 and he was bought by Kolkata Riders at an undisclosed amount. Similarly Kieron Adrian Pollard was bought by Mumbai Indians beating Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata in the bid. The actual amount was not disclosed. Nita Ambani was representing Mumbai at the auction said team strategy is discussed between Sachin Tendulkar, TA Sekar and Robin Singh that they need an all rounder who can bat as well as ball and they are happy to get him in their team. Final prices were not disclosed of both Pollard and Bond and Modi said that only he and successful bidders would know that information only.

 

India Vs. Bangladesh: It is always said that look before you leap. Sometime your words may hurt other persons or community. Like this happened with one of the best players of Indian cricket team Virendra Sehwag. In an interview with media, he made a bold statement about Bangladesh team. He sated that Bangladesh is an ordinary team. Not only this, he also included that they are not much capable to take 20 wickets of Indian team. But unfortunately in the first day of the match, the Indian team lost its 8 wickets. It was just because of its over-confidence or can say it ha not taken the Bangladesh team seriously. But opposite to its image, Bangladesh played very well especially bowlers and took eight wickets. It is predictable that if they played like this in the series then it may be a great problem for the team India.

1^st day of the match: The match was started with the toss which was won by Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan. He elected to field first and gave India a chance of batting. And as expected, the openers Virendra Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir of Indian team gave a good start to the team and scored 79 runs for opening wickets. Once Sehwag was caught by Bangladeshi bowlers, after that the batting line of Indian team fall like a pack of card. From 79 with no loss, team suddenly became 150 for six. It was only Sachin Tendulkar at that time that handles the whole situation and put some crucial partnerships with Amit Mishra and Zaheer Khan. With only his efforts India is able to cross 200, otherwise as the wickets were falling, it was little bit difficult for Indian team to make even 200 scores. Bangladesh bowlers did well. Shakib Al Hasan and S.Hossain picked up four-four wickets. It was very much clear that the Indian team is playing overconfidently and it was showed many times in the entire game of first day. The only good thing that happened in all this was Sachin Tendulkar crossed the 13,000 runs mark in the longer format of the game. He became the only batsman to achieve the milestone. On first day of the match, due to bad light the game was stopped. India was at 213/8 with Sachin Tendulkar batting on 76 and Ishant Sharma on 1 run.

2^nd day of the match: The match was started with delay due to bad light and when India started playing, it was on 213 with loss of eight wickets. After that Sachin Tendulkar effort the whole team was covered-up by the Bangladesh bowlers at the score of 243. Bangladesh came out to bat for 4 overs before the lunch break and the match was continued till 21 overs. The last three overs were not good for them. Every over yielded a wicket and at the end of the match Bangladesh were lost three wickets. The match was not continued due to bad weather and spot light.

3^rd day of the match: Today on Tuesday 19, 2009, third day of the match is going on. Bangladesh started their first inning. Although they did not play well and the entire team was knocked out at the score of 242, but their efforts are appreciating. Till the tea break, the entire Bangladesh team was out and Indian team is ready for play.

 

Dhoni unhappy with batsmen: The Indian Cricket team’s captain is not at all happy with his batsmen after losing the final match of tri nation series in Mirapur, Bangladesh. Dhoni is not at all satisfied with the way of Indian Batsmen chosen the shots in the match and finally which lead to the failure of the Team. But Dhoni thanked Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja for scoring good runs , 106 and 38 respectively. Varinder Sehwag also tried hard and scored 42 runs. But expectations from Suresh Raina was still more to Dhoni, as he said that Raina is still young and could stay more at the match to add more runs to the total scores to beat Srilankan team. Dhoni himself couldn’t do well even with his bat in the match. As per him his batsmen were very careless and not prepared properly whereas, they played on the pitches in the tournament and  which was not very difficult to score good runs. In the final match the pitch was bouncy for which the played would have been more careful and prepared but they had played very wrong shots and done careless mistakes, which could be avoided and won the match. On the other side, Srilankan Team played very well with the ball as well as with the bat and proved themselves the winners of the tri-nation match. Sri Lankan Bowler Kulasekara performed very well and took four wickets and earned the award of man of the match and their another player/ skipper Sangakkara got the Man of the Series Award for his outstanding performance in the field. Whereas, Indian Team could perform well in the very important match, as per Dhoni the captain of the team says. So its very important for both bowlers and batsmen to play well to reach the target of success or match winning. According to Captain Dhoni if Ashish Nehra would have not injured then must have a chance to win the match. Ashish Nehra had taken one wicket in the very first over when Sri Lankan team had not opened their account even. Upul Tharanga sent back by Ashish Nehra on the third ball of the inning only. As per Dhoni Indian team was on 245 runs when Nehra got injured otherwise we could defend ourselves. He said if we would have not lost Ashish Nehra then we would have put more pressure on Srilankan Team and could reach the success. Sreesanth had given some runs in the beginning. As per Dhoni, Indian team was totally dependent on Batsmen but his batsmen couldn’t perform as per his expectations whereas, Indian bowlers have come back in their original form.

Mahender Singh Dhoni- Indian Batsman:  Mahender Singh Dhoni was born on 7^th July 1981, in Ranchi, Jharkhand.He is the current Captain of the Indian   Cricket Team and performing outstandingly and wisely with his wise decisions. He is recognized as an extravagant and destructive batsman. He is known to be one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI. He made to win the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007-08. He also won the Border- Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2-0. He also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in SriLanka and New Zealand. He has also won the ICCODI of the Year Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Padma Sri award. He is a right handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He is called as Mahi by his friends and fans. He palyed his first match in 1998/99 in the Bihar Cricket Team and was selected to represent India for a tour to Kenya in 2004. Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and Dhoni was selected in the Indian National Team later in that very year.

Indian Cricket Team: The Indian Cricket team is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and it is the national cricket team of India. It is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One day International status. It is ranked first by the ICC in tests and second in ODIs. Till Dec’2009, Indian Cricket Team has played 430 Test Matches, winning 101, losing 136 and drawing 195 of its games and 1 match in tie. Gary Kirsten is the head coach and Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Captain of Indian Cricket Team. The first cricket club in India was established in India in 1792 in Calcutta, but, Indian national cricket team didn’t play their first Test match till 1932. It won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and was runners up in 2003. It also had won the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007. Today’s team includes many leading players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul dravid.

 

 

 

 

Final match of tri series: Final match of tri series was played between India and Sri Lanka at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Sri Lankan skipper won the coin toss and chosen to filed inviting Indian team to bat first. Indian team scored 245 runs which Sri Lankan team got in 48.3 over losing 6 wickets and won the series. KMDN Kulasekara was given Man of the Match award for his excellent bowling performance in the match while Sri Lankan skipper KC Sangakkara was awarded with Man of the Series award for his overall good performance in the series.

Indian Inning: Indian opening batsman Shewag was playing today in the team instead of Karthik. Shewag and Gambhir started Indian inning but they failed to give a good start and lost wicket of Gambhir on the third ball of first over. Gambhir was sent back to pavilion by Kulasekara without opening his account. Virat Kohli came to bat at number three when Indian team had lost their first wicket so early but today he failed to do much for team and just adding 2 runs from his bat when back to pavilion on the ball of Welegedara. Yuvraj Singh Joined Shewag after him but Yuvraj also failed to open his account and he was caught by Samaraweera on the ball of Welegedara. Skipper MS Dhoni came in this crucial stage when Indian team had lost their 3 wickets on 16 runs. Skipper was not able to show magic from his bat today and he was caught by Sangakkara on the ball of Kulasekra when he was at 14 runs off 19 balls. Suresh Raina was next batsman who came in middle to contribute for the team but Shewag was caught by Sangakkara on the ball of Kulasekara when he was at 42 runs off 27 balls. Jadeja joined Raina and they tried to score for the team as Indian team had already lost their 5 wickets on 60 runs. Jadeja and Raina made a partnership of 106 runs for the team which was very important at that stage of the match. Jadeja was found leg before the wicket on the ball of Dilshan when he was at individual score of 38 runs. Harbhajan Singh was found leg before wicket on ball of Randiv when he was at 11 runs and Zaheer Khan came after him but also failed to stay for longer and added just 16 runs from his bat. Suresh Raina was holding wicket at one end and completed his century. He was sent back to pavilion by Welegedara when he was at 106 runs. Soon Indian team lost their last wicket as Sreesanth and Ashish Nehra was unbeaten at 2 runs. Indian team lost all ten wickets on 245 runs in 48.2 over. Kulasekara got 4 wickets and Welegedara got 3 wickets for their team while Perera, Randiv and Dilshan got 1 wicket each.

Sri Lankan Inning: Sri Lanka had target of 246 runs to win the match. Sri Lankan opening was also not good and lost their first wicket on third ball when Sri Lankan team had not opened their run account even. Tharanga was first man who lost his wicket on the ball of Nehra. Skipper Sangakkara came at number three to bat and played his inning for the team. Dilshan and Sangakkara made a partnership of 93 runs before losing Dilshan. Dilshan was caught by Dhoni on the ball of Yuvraj Singh when he was at 49 runs. Jayawardene was next batsman to come in middle to contribute with skipper but Sangakkara lost his wicket scoring 55 runs off 51 balls on the ball of Harbhajan Singh. Samaraweera was next batsman and contributed 27 runs from his bat. Kandamby failed to contribute much and found leg before wicket on ball of Harbhajan Singh. Randiv lost his wicket during running between the wicket scoring 17 runs from his bat off 30 balls. Jayawardene and Perera were unbeaten at 71 and 6 respectively. Sri Lanka won the final match with their overall good performance. Harbhajan Singh got two wickets while Nehra, Jadeja and Yuvraj Singh got one wicket each.

 

 

51 cricketers shortlisted for IPL Auction: Indian Premier League or IPL is the name which has brilliantly shone over the cricketing world in mere 18 months. The chief cause for its brilliance and success was quick-served hot entertainment. A T20 match hardly takes more than 3 hours to accomplish. In this swift-paced world, people can’t wait 5 days or even a whole day for the result of a cricket match. IPL used these facts and brought over the short and hot version of the game and earned big fame. As endorsed with the tagline “Manoranjan Ka Baap” (father of entertainment), IPL delivered everything that it promised to. IPL 2008 and IPL 2009 have been huge hits not only in India, but all over the cricket-loving world. While Rajasthan Royals lifted the IPL 2008 trophy, Deccan Chargers overcharged others in IPL 2009. IPL has built such a mass following that it’s merely been 3 months to the conclusion of IPL’09 and the fans have already started the big coutdown of the number of days left to the much waited start of the third one, IPL 2010. Two new franchises are expected to enter in the third season. These two franchises are believed to be from the cities of Kanpur and Ahmedabad. Lalit Modi, chairman and commissioner of IPL has expressed his desire of conducting two IPL a year, one in India and other in a foreign country. Till then, IPL 2010 is going to be played in India only, starting by March.

IPL Teams for third season: The Indian Premier League (IPL) announced on 7th January the list of 51 players for the auction to be held here on January 19. For the third season the game IPL received 100 entries from the renowned cricket players worldwide, of these 60 players got short-listed for the auction by the group of eight franchisees and finally only 51 have made it to the big list as the 9 players could not manage ‘No Objection Certificates’ from their home boards. This was due to the new NOC conditions posed by the English Cricket Board. The auction list includes 11 players from Australia, 9 from South Africa, 8 from Sri Lanka, 8 from West Indies, 7 from Pakistan, 4 from New Zealand and one each from Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Holland and Canada. IPL governing council has laid guidelines according tot which each franchisee will have a fresh wallet with $750,000 to choose the cricketers that stand justified as per their team’s plans and strategies.

Teams Distribution: Whereas Australian sensational seamer Dougie Bollinger, Pakistan’s T-20 World Cup star Shahid Afridi, fresh and explosive pacers Kemar Roach from West Indies and Mohammad Aamer from Pakistan will be amongst the stars in the auction, Ramnaresh Sarwan and other fresh West Indian players Kemar Roach and Sulieman Benn made it to the list yesterday only. “The enthusiasm displayed by players from all around the world to participate in IPL 2010 has been truly overwhelming,” IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said. The Players who have made their cut to the final Auction List:Australia à Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin, Ashley Noffke, Jason Krejza, Ben Laughlin, Graham Manou, Damien Martyn, Clint McKay, Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Phillip HughesSouth Africa à Yusuf Abdulla, Zander de Bruyn, Justin Kemp, Rory Kleinveldt, Wayne Parnell, Vernon Philander, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Johan van der Wath, Vaughn van JaarsveldSri Lanka à Thilina Kandamby, Nuwan Kulasekera, Thisara Perera, Chamara Silva, Upul Tharanga, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Chanaka Welegedara, Nuwan ZoysaWest Indies à Sulieman Benn, Daren Ganga, Darren Bravo, Wavell Hinds, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Kemar Roach, Ramnaresh SarwanPakistan à Mohammad Aamer, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Rana Naved Ul Hasan, Imran Nazir, Abdul RazzaqNew Zealand à Shane Bond, Grant Elliot, Nathan McCullum, Lou VincentBangladesh à Shakib Al HasanCanada à Rizwan Cheema, Zimbabwe à Murray GoodwinHolland à Ryan ten Doeschate.

Sixth one day match: Sixth one day international match of the tri series played between India and Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Indian team had defeated Sri Lankan team in fifth match of series so they were having good confidence and they shown it in the this match. It was a day night match and Indian skipper winning the toss chosen to field first and invited the host team to bat. MS Dhoni’s decision proved right as Indian team won the match easily in just 43 over with excellent performance of team. Youngster Virat Kohli played extremely well and scored unbeaten 102 runs off 95 balls and suitably rewarded with Man of the Match award.

Bangladesh innings: Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kaves started the inning for Bangladesh team but they failed to give a good start to team and lost opener Imrul Kaves very early when he was just at 9 runs Virat Kohli caught him on the ball of Tyagi. Mohammad Ashraful came to bat at number three but sent back to pavilion in the very next over by Sreesanth after scoring just 4 runs for the team. Raqibul Hasan and Tamim Iqbal tried to control the circumstances and gave a partnership of 45 runs and lost Tamim Iqbal on the ball of Ashish Nehra. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan was next man to come in but lost Raqibul Hasan soon after Tamim Iqbal and soon after him Mushfiqur Rahim who replaced him also lost wicket without adding much to team’s score. Skipper and Mahmudullah started making runs for the team and tried to make a good score for the team. As they had already lost 5 wickets on 95 runs so it was critical condition for the team but skipper played his role well and scored 85 runs off 97 balls with 8 fours and one six. He was caught by Dhoni on the ball of Nehra. Naeem Islam joined Mahmudullah after skipper’s departure and played his part of game. Mahmudullah and Naeem Islam made unbeaten 64 and 22 runs respectively.  At the end of 50 over they had scored 247 runs losing 6 wickets which Indian team had to chase. From Indian side Ashish Nehra got two wickets while Tyagi, Sreesanth and Yuvraj Singh got one wicket each.

India innings: Indian team was playing with Ashish Nehra today and Zaheer Khan was given rest. Chasing the target of 248 runs to win Karthik and Gambhir tried to give a good start to the team and made a partnership of 64 runs before Indian team lost first wicket as Karthik when he was at 34 runs with 3 fours and 1 six in his inning. Young played Virat Kohli came at this stage to bat at number three and joined to Gambhir in middle. Gambhir was sent back to pavilion by Naeem Islam when he was playing at 41 runs and Indian team had reached a score of 87 runs. Yuvraj Singh was next batsman to come in but he failed to contribute much for the team and found leg before wicket on the ball of Naeem Islam when he was at 13 runs. Skipper MS Dhoni replaced Yuvraj to continue with Virat Kohli and both of them tried to make India win the match. Dhoni was caught by Imrul Kayes on the ball of Shakib Al Hasan when he was at 32 runs off 35 balls. Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli then took Indian team to winning target of 248 and both were unbeaten. Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 102 runs off 95 balls with 11 fours in his inning while Raina made unbeaten 18 runs off 18 balls and India won the match with 6 wickets and 42 balls remaining. From Bangladesh team Naeem Islam got two wickets while Shakib Al Hasan and Shafiul Islam got one wicket each. Indian team shown a good overall game with ball and bat to win the match.