India Vs England 2011 - Sachin just wants to enjoy the tour

India Vs England 2011 

Sachin Tendulkar, certainly a big name in cricket world, is now all set to join the Indian team to a tour to England. Sachin opted for a rest after IPL 2011. He didn't feature in the India tour to West Indies. Not to forget Sachin Tendulkar has 99 International centuries to his name which includes 48 from ODIs and 51 from Test matches.

The first test match begins from 21st July at the Lord's. This is the 2000th test match! And hence people are expecting Sachin to hit his 100th ton here at the Lord's. He can't find a better occasion and better venue that this. But when Sachin was asked about this, he said that the 100th century isn't weighing too much on his mind at this moment. He wants to embark on the tour with a feeling of enjoying it.

He added that World Cup victory was one of the most special moments of his life. About the England tour he said he won't be keen to play for records. He would love to do something to enhance the enjoyment rather than chasing records.

India Vs Sri Lanka Live Streaming - World Cup Final - Cricket Nirvana Live Streaming

Watch Live Streaming - India Vs Sri Lanka Final

India Vs Sri Lanka clash in the finals of ICC World Cup 2011. Kapil Dev's Indian lifted the cup on 25th June 1983 and Ranatunga's Sri Lankan team did the same on 17th March 1996. Let us see which team wins today and repeats the feat once again for their countrymen.

Indian team is confident enough because they have passed through a tougher way by beating Australia and Pakistan on their way to the final. Sri Lanka had an easier path as they had to beat New Zealand and England. But we can't write off the Lankans as cricket is unpredictable like our lives. On any given day the team that outperforms the other is the winner.

Sachin Tendulkar is in brilliant form being the highest run scorer for India in this world cup. Yuvraj is in a very good all round form. Kohli, Raina, Gambhir, Dhoni are handling the middle order pretty well. Sehwag is a blast at the start. Bowling worries have reduced drastically with Zaheer, Harbhajan, Munaf, etc gaining the rhythm back. Nehra is unfit for today. Mumbai pitch is helpful for seamers. So no surprise if Sreesanth gets a chance ahead of Ashwin.


Sri Lanka has two injury worries. Mathews is out and Muralitharan is unfit. But Muralitharan wishes to play and give his best. Batting at the top seems good with Tharanga, Dilshan and Sangakkara. Biggest worry for Lankans is their middle order. Bowling department is all OK with the likes of Muralitharana and Malinga.


Let us all stay tuned with live cricket online streaming and keep the hopes alive as the best team would clinch a win and be the winner of this prestigious ICC Cricket World Cup. 

India Vs New Zealand Warm Up Match - Sachin Plays

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India Vs New Zealand warm up match marks the entry of Sachin Tendulkar into the team. In the recent past, Indian cricket fans were not able to watch the master play too often in the 50 over version. Also this is the first time in last 15 months, that team India will be playing with a full strength batting line up.

Zaheer Khan would be rested. Also from New Zealand, Daniel Vettori won't be playing. Dhoni has elected to bat first after winning the toss. With a house full stadium and India batting first with Sachin in today; you can't ask for a better cricket show.

India Vs South Africa Live Streaming - Day 2 - 1st Test

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Day 2 begins with hopes that it won't rain anymore and with more precise hopes that Indian bowlers would also repeat the performance that the South African bowlers did on day 1.

Day 1 which was badly hit by rain allowed only 38.1 overs of play which totally belonged to the South African bowlers. Indian batting line up (which is the strongest batting line up on paper) was completely shattered as they were 136 for 9 on day 1 at stumps.


Steyn took 3 and Morkel took 4 wickets. Notable contributers were Sachin (36), Dhoni (33 not out) and 27 from Harbhajan. A score of about 150 is not enough on any pitch and hence the Indian bowlers have to perform pretty well if India has to survive in this match.


Probably a regular rainfall might be a saviour for India but cricketing world expects much better display than what India has showcased today. Stay tuned as this India Vs South Africa match is entering into an interesting stage on day 2.

India Vs New Zealand Live Streaming 3rd Test - Day 3

Day 3 - India Vs New Zealand Live Cricket Streaming

Finally we can see a number one test team dominating! Pure domination is what we observed in this test match. After all this one is the decider. Bowling out the remaining New Zealand batsmen cheaply the Indian batsmen dominated day 2. India has covered the time which was lost in rain. New Zealand were bowled out for 193 and India will begin day 3 with 292 on board with a loss of two wickets of Sehwag (74) and Gambhir (78).

Will the wait of 50th century of Sachin come to an end on day 3? He is unbeaten on 57 along with Dravid who is not out on 69. Let us all wait and watch as India extend their current lead of 99 runs. Probably a lead of 250 would be more than enough to put pressure on the Kiwis in the last session. With 3 days to go and if rain spare us this time, we are about to see a result in this match. Stay tuned!

Day 3 - India Vs New Zealand Live Scores 2nd Test

India Vs New Zealand Live Streaming 2nd Test

Just as we speculated yesterday, Indian bowlers clicked on time on day 2 and clinched the New Zealand wickets quickly to wrap up their innings at 350 with Zaheer and Harbhajan ending up having impressive bowling figures of 4-69 and 4-76 respectively.

Following the bowlers the Indian openers Sehwag and Gambhir also performed up to the mark giving India a very good start. Sehwag as usual tried to hit a ball to the boundary when he was on 96, when he was bowled by Vettori. But no one can stop Sehwag from playing like that, isn't it and no one should actually. Because that is his natural game and players like him are the main reason because of which the test cricket is producing so much of result oriented matches. Gambhir scored 54.


Day 3 will begin with two greats entering into the ground viz Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. India will resume the play from 178 for 2. Probably a good stand between these two or the following strong batting line up will take India to a commanding position from where they can sight a victory.


Stay tuned for the live scores and updates of India Vs New Zealand 2nd Test.

India Beat Australia To Win Test Series 2-0

India Vs Australia Test Series 2010

India has retained the Border Gavaskar trophy as they defeated Australia very comprehensively in the 2nd test at Bangalore. Morning speculations were that Australia may give a tough time for Indian batsmen to chase any target. But things went exactly the other way. Early departure of Sehway actually didn't make any difference on the Indian aggression. Murali Vijay (37) and Cheteshwar Pujara (72) anchored the innings very well with a high run rate to complement.

Sachin Tendulkar continued his great form and scored an unbeaten 53 with Rahul Dravid (21) to take India home with a 7 wicket victory. India chased the target of 207 in just 45 overs. MS Dhoni praised Indian bowlers who clicked on time and helped India cleen sweep Australia 2-0. 

Sachin Tendulkar was declared Man of the Match and Man of the Series. Sachin has also moved on to the number one position in ICC Test Rankings for batsmen.

India has improved its ratings to 130 and maintaining the number one Test position in ICC ratings. Whereas Australia has dropped down to 5th position.

Sachin Tendulkar scores double century - India Vs Srilanka 2nd Test

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The batting legend, Sachin Tendulkar, played a terrific inning to save India from follow on. On the 4th day of 2nd test, he reached his 5th test double ton. He scored 203 whereas debutant Raina scored 120. Skipper Dhoni contributed well with his 76.

India now leads the Lankan score by 27 runs as they finish the day with 669 for 9. Dilshan was a surprise package from Srilanka who took 3 wickets.

Useful links below:

India Srilanka scorecard

Cricket News

Sachin Career Profile

Asia Cup 2010 Indian Squad Announced - Sachin Opts Out & Yuvraj dropped

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Asia Cup 2010

BCCI has announced a 15 men Indian squad for Asia Cup 2010. Sachin and Yuvraj are the two big names which were missing out from the list.

Sachin Tendulkar requested BCCI not to consider his name for Asia Cup because he wishes to spend some time with his children keeping in mind a very busy cricket schedule ahead. 

 

Yuvraj Singh was dropped for his poor form and fitness. Yusuf Pathan was also not included in the squad.

Here is the complete Indian Squad:-

M S Dhoni, Virender Sehwag , Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh,  Zaheer Khan, , Pragyan Ojha, Ashish Nehra, Ashok Dinda, R Ashwin, Saurabh Tiwary

For more info on Asia Cup 2010 click the following links:

Asia Cup 2010 updates

Asia Cup 2010 Schedule

India beats Bangladesh to lead the Test Series 1-0

India Vs Bangladesh

The first test match played between India and Bangladesh saw many ups and downs. The match was regularly affected due to bad light problem making it impossible to play a full over match every day. Apart from the bad light issue, the way Indians started this match was actually disappointing for a number one team in ICC test rankings. India were reduced to 150 for six in the first innings. It was Sachin Tendulkar who scored 105, his 44th Test Century, and brought back some life for India in this match. Later on Indian bowling supported Sachin's efforts as well.

Not to forget, Gautam Gambhir scored a century in the second innings which helped India build a big lead on Bangladesh. His record fifth Test ton in consecutive matches was the icing on the cake. 

On the fifth day morning, Indian bowlers bowled really well to give India a convincing victory in the end. A scintillating hundred by Mushfiqur Rahim on the final day was something to cheer about for Bangladesh.

Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the 'Man of the match' award for his fine ton in the first innings. India now leads the series 1-0 with one more match to go.

Source: Cricket Nirvana

India Vs Bangladesh Scorecard