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who should coach Team India?

Going by all the recent teeth gnashing, breast beating, nail biting, and feet stomping over cricket, I believe the question has a far greater impact in terms of national interest, national security, per capita income (cricketers’ per capita income, that is) and something I call NSE, or National Sanity & Equilibrium. I, therefore, present a list of those who must be considered (not in any particular order of preference, I may add) for the post . . .

Nana Patekar: He is free.And his hot temper may help Indian team. Also his unpredictable nature also suited with Indian team.


Shilpa Shetty: Clearly unemployed and therefore available. This is one lass who has made a profession of turning her inherent disadvantages into advantages — extremely lucrative ones at that. Just what Team India — which has a rich repository of disadvantages — requires at the moment.


Kapil Dev: It’s not just that the man at least won a World Cup for India, there can be no beating the ultimate argument: Kapil da jawab nahin.

Amitabh Bachchan: If he can sell Mulayam Singh Yadav’s government, he can sell anything — including, hopefully, the idea that Team India are inherently world-beaters who happened to find themselves slightly out of form when confronted with the formidable challenge of Bangladesh.

K.P.S.Gill:His Indian Hocky management skill will help us.The way he degraded our hocky team was example in the world.


Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly: Get them to coach Team India together. They will bring fresh experience to the job and that will also solve the dilemma of what Team India should do with its big guns firing only intermittently.

J. Jayalalithaa: Don’t dismiss this suggestion out of hand. The lady has proved that she may be down but never out (just what Team India needs to realise). Going by the general strike rate, chances are that you will soon get your turn to bat. Just sit out till the next game, seriya-tavara?

Sunil Gavaskar: Because, well, Sunny Days — who doesn’t need them? Besides his own considerable talent with the bat, he has just displayed his ability to out-sledge the Australians — googly for googly — and that’s a start, I would say.

Lalu Prasad Yadav: He brings experience as president of the Bihar Cricket Association and has the potential to bring the standards of Indian cricket on a par with those of Bihar cricket. Jab tak rahega samosa mein alu, tab tak Indian cricket mein rahega Lalu, and all that!

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon: Because dealing with the different personalities and forces that make up Team India would demand great diplomacy and negotiating skills. Frankly, bringing peace to Sudan and Somalia would appear a cakewalk in comparison.

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Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, now pretty old guys, 75 and 76 years old, are sitting on a park bench feeding pigeons and talking aboutcricket,like they do every day.

Sachin turns to Sourav and says, "Do you think there's cricket in heaven?"

Ganguly thinks about it for a minute and replies, "I dunno. But let's make a deal: ! if I die first, I'll come back and tell you if there's cricket in heaven, and if you die first, you do the same."

They shake on it and sadly, a few months later, poor Sachin passes on.

One day soon afterward, Ganguly is sitting there feeding the pigeons by himself when he hears a voice whisper, "Sourav...Sourav!"

Ganguly responds, "Sachin! Is that you?"

"Yes it is, Sourav," whispers Sachin's ghost.

Ganguly, still amazed, asks, "So, is there cricket in heaven?"

"Well," says Sachin, "I've got good news and bad news."

"Gimme the good news first," says Ganguly.

Sachin says, "Well... there is cricket in heaven."

Ganguly says, "That's great! What news could be bad enough to ruin that?"

Sachin sighs and whispers, "You are going to open the innings this Friday."

Labels: Cricket, Humor, Indian, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly

Labels: Cricket, Humor, images, World Cup, World Cup 2011

Now 13 days ago world cup. has started.Now by seeing until now it is likely that aussies are likely to take hat trick.
And now let us take overview of all performances of major team.
West Indies: I donot think they will make semi final. They are little confused team.Lat match they play 8 batsman and he gets there at no. 9. Also they open the bowling with Dwene smith who has not bowl in the last match.Also Brian Lara should bat at no.3 so he can control the game.Also Sarwan and Gayle and Chanderpaul should support him.But no mistake they are dangerous side.Also this die situation and vs SA ,they often bought best in WI.If they reach semifinal on roll with luck script canbe changed.
England:I think England has a very little chance to win world cup.Now also they have Andrew Flintoff is injured.Still they have world no.1 batsman Kevin Peterson and utility player like collingwood.In top order there is no one who will play ig inning.But with fragile top order and confused bowling line up ,I donot think they will get semi final spot.
SriLanka:SriLanka has a great chance to win this world cup.They have strong bowling line up.They have strong bowling attack which consist of ever green Chaminda Vaas and then attacking Malinga .Also their ploy of playing Fernando instead of Mahroof also very good because it gave more attacking option.In spin department they have experience spin duo of Muthaiyya Murlidharan and Sanath Jaysurya. But their main problem is lack of power hitter in middle overs.So if they have to score excess of 275 ,Jaysurya must play 35 overs.So opposite team have good chance in this departments.But semifinal will be sure.
South Africa:South Africa is very strong and attacking outfit.They are very fit side.They have aggressive outfit under aggressive captain Greme Smith.They have strong allrounder outfit which has allrounders include Jaques Kallis,Shaune Pollock,Mark Boucher,Andrew Hall and Justice Kemp.But their worry is lack of form of Shaune Pollock and Makhaya Natini.But bright spot is form of Charles Langerdevt.Also their middle order failure is worry.But their main concern that lack of spinner and ability to play spin if turning track encountered in latter stages.But i think semi final spot is sure.
New Zeland:New Zeland has started this world cup very well.This Fleming lead side can go all the way.Shane Bond is tournament's fastest and best bowler.Also he is threat to quality sides with old ball.He is main weapon in Fleming's armory.They possess all condition bowling attack.In swing condition they have Shane Bond ,James Franklin and Jacob Oram.Also for spinning track they have experienced and best Left Armer Daniel Vettori and also they have quality off spinner Jeetan Patel .Also they have good part timer Scott Styris and Craig Macmillan.Also they have good fielding side.They possess great lower middle order.They have Craig Macmillan,Jacob Oram and under rated Brandon Macmullum .Also they have all rounders like Daniel Vettori and James Franklin.Craig Macmillan and Jacob Oram are hardest hitter and bottom player in international field.Captain:Fleming is longest and experienced captain.And whole team backs him up.
Their top order consist of Stephen Fleming,Lou Vincet and Rossy Taylor is not still convincing against top attack like they found in champions trophy.Again Rossy Taylor fitness is important. They will likely go to semifinal .But there is chance that this tournament can be their.
Australia:They have a very chance to take hattrick.With hayden and Pointing in top form.Also Gilchrist is warming.Also waiting in the wings if these are out of form then Michael Hussey and Clarke and Symonds.Also bowling attack looks good under leadership of Macgrath.But Watson injury can be dangerous for balance of the team.Also their fortune depends upon how Bradd Hogg is bowled.It shows on his and aussies performance in NewZeland.

Labels: cricket world cup, World Cup, World Cup 2007

Treat for Sri Lankan Fans! Enjoi Malingas outstanding performance who almost win match for Sri Lanka!
While chasing target of 210, South Africa required once 4 out of 32 balls with 5 wickets to spare!
This blow changed the target to 3 out of 22 with just 1 wicket left to spare!

Enjoi another world-record footage from world-cup 2007!

(p.s. If u want longer video, click here)

Labels: Cricket, Hattrick, Malinga, Sri Lanka, Video, World Cup, World Cup 2007, World Record

Sunday Times read today that, Shock kills Three!
Moreover on page 2, they have shown this picture (on right-side) in which Kavitha cries near the body of her cricket fanatic husband P. Raju who reportedly suffered a heart-attack while watching India lose to Sri Lanka in Hyderabad on saturday!

Two more fans (one from Thane and one from Ahmedabad) lost their lives watching shameless Indian cricketer loosing against Sri Lanka!

Before these three one more fan lost his life when India lost to Bangladesh! Following excerpt is from a story in Times of India - "India's defeat cost my son's life"

World Cup cricket took a different kind of toll when a 17-year-old boy in Bihar died of a heart attack soon after India's shocking defeat at the hands of Bangladesh.

Ramparvesh Rai, 17, an emotionally-charged student and an avid cricket fan, died after India lost to Bangladesh on Saturday.

"India's defeat cost my son's life. He was so shocked that his heart stopped beating minutes after the winning stroke by Bangladeshi batsman Mushfiqur Rahim," said Ramparvesh's father Sita Ram Rai, a resident of Adalpur village in Samastipur district.

"He could not digest the defeat as he fell unconscious and on the way to the hospital he died of a massive heart attack."

So toll count is 4!

I think better they (Indian cricket team) come home now instead of shamelessly waiting for Bermuda to defeat Bangladesh! I don't think this team have confidence to win this world-cup even if they qualifies for next round!

But thats not my worry... I am worried for Indian fans who will loose their lives when India will loose in Super 8!

Labels: Death, Fans, Heart-Attack, India, murder, World Cup 2007

Now first stage is over.Ther are many records are set
1) Gibbs smashes six sixes in one over which is record.He scored 36 runs in on one over which is international

record previous record was 30 runs by Sanath Jayasurya.
2) 18 sixes record set by South Africa against Dutch in one inning in ODI and India equals against Bermuda .
3)Highest win in margin by India in one day international when they beat Bermuda by 257 runs.
4) India scored 414 for five against Bermuda .It is highest score in world cup history.
5)Imran nazir hits 8 sixes against Zimbawe which is equal to the world cup record with Ricky Pointing of

Australia, who had hit as many during his unbeaten inning of 140 in 2003 World cup final against Australia
6)Hayden scored fastest century in world cup by hitting century in 66 balls against SA.Previous record held by Jhon Davison who hit 67 balls 100.
7) Macmullum gets 50 in 20 baills against Keneya which is world cup record.He eclisped record of Mark Boucher

which was set in only this competition against Dutch.
8) New Zeland and India and South Africa gets their highest score in one day international when New Zeland

scores 363\5 in 50 overs and when India score 413\5 against Bermuda.


But this world cup is always remembered for Bob Woolmer and his murder.

Labels: Cricket, cricket records, World Cup 2007, World Record

Indian team are only paper tigers.Our team consist of batsmen when combine has more than 35000 runs.
But again they flatten to deliver at crunch time. Indian team should have chased 255 runs.
Here are some things that go wrong:
1 But starting they should not allow Sri Lanka to reach 255 runs.After India won toss ,they should restrict Sri Lanka at 225.After Sri Lanka Top big 3 gifted their wickets.
2 But our World cup selection has wrong from starting.We should have taken Ramesh Powar in West Indies.Because Harbhajan is not attacking bowler in one day.He is more economical bowler.And that hurt India yesterday.SriLankan have milked his bowling easily yesterday.
3 If we look bowling figure then we will observe Agarkar doesnot complete his bowling quota although he bowled brilliantly yesterday..Also I think Sachin Tendulkar bowled beautifully at starting.But he bowls one more over than expected.I think part time should not bowl ten overs because after some time if wicket wasnot falling,then they get used to it.And same happens yesterday.Also overs should be removed from Harbhajan quota insted of Agarkar
4 Also he should bring Munaf Patel earlier insted of Zaheer Khan before settling partnership of Dilshan and Silva.Zaheer is good last over bowler.While Munaf only bowls one length beautifully.There luck help them.
5 Also he has bought Ajit Aagarkar in last over.It is difficult to come and bowl last over directly.
6 Also Indian bowlers give 27 extras of that 14 were wides and many legbyes.That means they bowl legside.

So I think 250 was 20-30 more runs.Though India should have chased it.
1.But again Gangully played slowly and before acceleration he gifted his wicket.
2.Sachin Tendulkar also again owled in an important match.God knows when his problem with incoming delivery and big match ill end?
3.Again Rahul Dravid play slowly at starting and end no one has left with him with run rate climbing.

But SriLanka also plays very well.Actually they play better than India.Their young gun Tharanga and Silva and Dilshan rode on luck and and play beautifully and sensibly.And experiense guys like Vaas ,Murliharan and Jaysurya bowls beautifully.It was masterpiece of bowling by Murli to get ride of in form Virendra Sehwag who was playing straight.

Labels: India, Team Analysis

India captain Rahul Dravid admitted his team's loss to Sri Lanka was the biggest disappointment of his career.

"I have played in three World Cup tournaments and this is definitely my worst," Dravid said.

Needing victory to move into the Super Eight stages of the tournament - barring an improbabl Bermuda win over Bangladesh - India failed by 69 runs to chase down Sri Lanka's total of 254.

Dravid who top scored with 60, said his players were all disappointed but India failed to bat to their potential and therefore deserved to lose.

"Batting is our strength and there was nothing in the wicket to stop us from getting 255. It was gettable but we failed to put together a substantial partnership and kept losing wickets regularly," Dravid said.

"We had our fate in our own hands and could not live up to expectations."

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene paid tribute to the younger members of his team, highlighting the contributions of Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva and Lasith Malinga.

"It was a brilliant effort out there today and we are hoping that we can keep the momentum going," Jayawardene said.

"We are very happy with our back-to-back wins which means that we are playing really good cricket. Our batting was sensible while the bowlers were spot on.

"It is so good to see the younger players putting it together. We told them before that this was a big event and they have shown they are ready."

Jayawardene paid particular tribute to Silva, who scored half-centuries in all three games, and Chaminda Vaas.

"Chamara batted well today. The way he rotates the strike and plays spin is always heartening and he knows how to accelerate at the end," he added.

"Vaas created a lot of pressure and we knew that once we got some early wickets, they would become rattled."

Labels: Cricket, cricket world cup, Defeats, India, Loss, Rahul Dravid, Sri Lanka, World Cup 2007

For indian fan ,this is happy news that after Sri Lanka's win over Bangladesh on Wednesday, India now just needs to beat Sri Lanka without worrying about the net run-rate.

Bangladesh has done no good to its chances to qualify for Super-8 after being thrashed by 198 runs by Sri Lanka. Its net run-rate has come down to -2.0018 after that game.

Sri Lanka now heads the Group B with a net run-rate of +4.5937. India is second with a net run-rate of +2.507.

A victory by even one run (batting first) or off the last ball (batting second) over Sri Lanka will take India through to the next stage.

Suppose Sri Lanka scores 250 and India successfully chases the target off the last ball, then in such a scenario Sri Lanka will end up as the Group leader with a NRR of +3.0136. India will end up with a NRR of +1.6730.

Since Bangladesh will be playing its last league match against Bermuda after India-Sri Lanka game, theoretically it will have a chance to better India's NRR, but to do this Bangladesh has to produce something unimaginable.

If India beats Sri Lanka under the circumstances mentioned above, then to beat India on NRR the target for Bangladesh in the match against Bermuda will be:

If Bangladesh bats first
Bangladesh has to score 600 and restrict Bermuda to 168
Bangladesh has to score 550 and restrict Bermuda to 117
Bangladesh has to score 500 and restrict Bermuda to 67
Bangladesh has to score 450 and restrict Bermuda to 16

If Bermuda bats first
Bangladesh can not overhaul India's NRR even if it bundles out Bermuda for a total of 50 and achieves the target in first over itself!

India's NRR will remain around +1.65 even if it registers a win over Sri Lanka off the narrowest margin possible - batting first or second.

There will be a slight change in Bangladesh's target in the last league match depending upon the victory margin for India, but it is obvious that the target will only become more difficult for Bangladesh as the victory margin for India increases.

India can still make it to Super-8 despite losing to Sri Lanka on 23rd. But for that Bangladesh has to lose to Bermuda.

Labels: cricket world cup, India, india srilanka, net run rate, World Cup

Inzamam-ul-Haq Factfile.

Age: 37 (born March 3, 1970 in Multan Punjab)

Test debut: v England, Birmingham, 1992. 119 Tests, 8813 runs @ 50.07, 25 centuries, 46 fifties.

One-day internationals: Debut v West Indies, Lahore 1991. 378 matches, 11,739 runs @ 39.52, 10 centuries, 83 fifties, strike rate 74.16.

He is a a huge man with soft hands. He was also Fine slip catcher.But he is agreat batsman.He is elegant in strokeplay.His pulls like short arm pulls are best in world.Often his last over attack was always fantastic to watch..He was always very hard to contain in last overs.His most famous inning was 37 balls 60 in the World Cup semifinal against Newzeland where he snatched victory from NewZeland.He was ultra cool in the crease.Often Pakistan was benefited from his cool presence while chasing.
Only weaknesses are his laid-back attitude, suspect fitness and erratic running between the wickets, which delights his fans and frustrates his team mates. When he was on the crease, it was fun to watch his running between wickets with his teammate.r He was rated as the best batsman in the world against pace by Imran Khan.According to him he was better player than Tendulkar.He was part of the team in 1992 which secured the World Cup in Australia, beating England in the final under Imran's captaincy.Inzamam belted 329 in probably his most memorable innings in the first Test against New Zealand in 2002. It was the second-highest Test score by a Pakistani.Also he has secured victory for Pakistan in Karachi when he batted with Mushtaq Ahmad for 57 runs against Shane Warne and Macgrath and company.He also scored 57 runs.
He was Nicknamed 'The Big Man' and 'aloo' (potato). At this age when young cricketers are building muscles and clean shaven look.Inzmam always looks simple ,often beared.He was overweight by the standrad.But by seeing bermuda cricketer Peter Levercock he was like 'Urmila compare to 'Tuntun'.But his fielding also was not good.But he possess quite strong arm..At a one-day international in Toronto he once marched into the crowd wielding his bat after a spectator shouted through a loudhailer that he was too fat.
Also he became first captain to forfeit test match when in the fourth Test against England at the Oval last August, He refused to lead his men out following the tea interval on the fourth day after his team were docked five runs by the umpires who decided they had tampered with the ball. They were later cleared of that charge by an ICC hearing but Inzamam's action led to the only match forfeiture in the history of Test cricket.At the 2007 World Cup, his team become the first country to be eliminated from the tournament following defeats by hosts West Indies and a shock upset by debutants Ireland. Less than 24 hours later, coach Bob Woolmer dies and Inzamam retires from one-dayers and resigns as Test captain the same day.
He was dogged by poor form during the 2003 World Cup campaign as he scored just 19 runs from six innings.He also dropped from Pak team.But he made remarkable comeback by scoring 138 not out and by helpinhg his team to secure 1 wkt victory over Bangladesh.In his final one-day international game on March 21 he makes 37 and completes a 93-run World Cup win over Zimbabwe by holding a straightforward catch off the bowling of Mohammad Yousuf.
So now we will miss his cool presence in the middle while pakistan were chasing.Also his quotes like "Insha Allah,Our boys plays very well".Bye Inzmam we will miss u in one days

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