M.S.DHONI ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS

Hours before leaving for the West Indies, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday said the scheduling of the hectic IPL just before the Twenty20 World Cup will have no bearing on his team’s chances in the event beginning April 30.

Dhoni said there was no point in complaining about the scheduling of the tournament as they knew before hand that it will start just five days after the conclusion of IPL.

He said the scheduling will not be a concern for India as the team is together for most part of the year.

It’s not that we have not played games. Sometimes you have to just take the schedule what is available, no point complaining about it.

IPL was supposed to finish on 25th. We had one and half day rest after that, then one whole day of flight and then after reaching there, we have 2-3 days which is more than enough, Dhoni told reporters ahead of the Indian team?s departure to the Caribbean.

If we play to our potential, if every player plays according to his role and responsibility, I feel we have good chances. So, hope for the best, Dhoni added.

His views were backed by India coach Gary Kirsten who said the team will give its best shot in the tournament no matter what the schedule is.

We have got the schedule and can’t do anything about it now. The Indian players may feel the heat of it more because all of them played in the IPL but our responsibility is to go out there and ensure that we are well prepared. We will do what we can in these circumstances, he said.

We are looking forward to the World Cup. It is a big tournament and we will like to go out there and perform. We know we can play good cricket, Kirsten added.

Going into the World Cup, Yuvraj Singh’s form is a major concern for India but Dhoni said his return to runs is just a matter of time.

Yuvraj is a great player, one of the best in the T20 format, one of the biggest hitters of the ball and he can contribute with the ball at the same time. He has not scored too many runs in the IPL but at the same time it’s not a big worrying factor.

In the T20 format you need just 5 to 10 deliveries to strike form. He is hitting the ball swell. So we are not too much worried about it, he said.

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Dhoni saves CSK and gets into the Semi Finals

M.S.DHONI has done an excellent job of taking 2 sixes and also taking CSK into the Semi Finals……

We would like to cheere also for S.Badhrinath for his wonderful 54….

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M.S.Dhoni is back

The Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S.Dhoni is expected to be back in the IPL T 20 Season 3 match after being hit on the right arm by a Shane Bond delivery on 16th March against the Kolkata Knight Riders for the match on 25th March to play against Mumbai Indians in the 8 pm match at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay).

According to sources the X-rays showed no fracture but a bad bruise on his arm.

Let us all hope for his arrival.

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Chak De for Chennai Super Kings

The Chennai Super Kings won against The Kolkata Knight Riders by 55 runs in the 8 pm match of the Indian Premier League -3 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta).

The Man of the Match was MS Dhoni for setting off 66 runs in 33 balls.

The scores:

Chennai Super Kings: Murali Vijay b Laxmi Shukla 33, Matthew Hayden b Ishant Sharma 1, Suresh Raina b Brad Hodge 18, Subramaniam Badrinath not out 43, MS Dhoni not out 66; Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 0):3.

Total score = 164-3 in 20 Overs.

Fall Of Wicket: 1-16 (Matthew Hayden, 3.1 Over) 2-53 (Murali Vijay, 8.4 Over) 3-55 (Suresh Raina, 9.1 Over).

Kolkata Knight Riders bowling: Murali Kartik 4-0-21-0, Laxmi Shukla 4-0-37-1, Shane Bond 4-0-33-0, Ishant Sharma 4-0-38-1, Brad Hodge 1-0-4-1.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Brad Hodge c Ravichandran Ashwin b Albie Morkel 0, Manoj Tiwary b Manpreet Gony 8, Sourav Ganguly c Albie Morkel b Justin Kemp 11, Wriddhiman Saha b Lakshmipathy Balaji 22, Owais Shah c MS Dhoni b Lakshmipathy Balaji 5, Angelo Mathews lbw b Justin Kemp 6, Rohan Gavaskar c Murali Vijay b Justin Kemp 2, Laxmi Shukla c Albie Morkel b Muttiah Muralidaran 19, Shane Bond b Ravichandran Ashwin 1, Murali Kartik run out (Subramaniam Badrinath) 21; Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 3, nb 0): 8.

Total score = 109-10 in 19.2 Overs.

Fall Of Wicket: 1-0 (Brad Hodge, 0.2 Over) 2-8 (Manoj Tiwary, 1.3 Over) 3-34 (Wriddhiman Saha, 5 Over) 4-46 (Owais Shah, 6.2 Over) 5-55 (Sourav Ganguly, 8.1 Over) 6-69 (Angelo Mathews, 10.2 Over) 7-79 (Rohan Gavaskar, 12.3 Over) 8-82 (Laxmi Shukla, 13.2 Over) 9-84 (Shane Bond, 14.1 Over) 10-109 (Murali Kartik, 19.2 Over)

Chennai Super Kings bowling: Albie Morkel 2-1-6-1, Manpreet Gony 3-0-33-1, Lakshmipathy Balaji 2.2-0-9-2, Muttiah Muralidaran 4-0-16-1, Justin Kemp 3-0-12-3, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-22-1, Suresh Raina 1-0-6-0.

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