ITS LITTLE MASTER vs THE ROCKETMAN!

Today would be an interesting match.

I hope you understand what i tell? Yes it is the match between the Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Daredevils. This match would be an interesting one as Sachin’s men in blue would take on the Gambhir’s devils. Both teams have been doing their jobs very well. Daredevils won their first two matches with both the Openers SEHWAG AND GAMBHIR in form. Mumbai played their game very well in their first match against the Royals. With both the Carriben powers, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo coming into the team the mumbai team looks much stronger now. I hope Mumbai playes a bit hard against the Front-Footers. The match starts at 8:00. this will and is an interesting match.

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Brain Lara is grateful for Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is a personality that every individual would like to be. Even parents might wish their children to turn out to be an individual like him. The truth over here is that retired star Brian Lara too looks forward for the same.

“We’ve sat on many occasions. We’ve been on tour together, played on the same team on some occasion, against each other, been out in India with him, he’s been out in the Caribbean with me. We speak a lot about cricket and about batting techniques. And I think we have a very quiet and discreet appreciation of each others talent. That is something well known around the world. And of course, we do feed on each other. In the past I have picked up many DVDs on Sachin and looked at the way Sachin bats and his composure. And if I had a son, I would definitely want to see him bat like Sachin” the ace West Indian cricketer Brian Lara said on Thursday.

“The feat is an outstanding achievement. He is the first person to score a double hundred in ODIs. Sachin still has the strength, character, and physical fitness to achieve the feat” he added.

“I’d be happy if Sachin breaks my record of 400 not out in Test cricket” Brian Lara believed who achieved 400 not out against England in 2004 in Antigua.

“Sachin has been playing cricket since the tender age of 16 years. Still he retains the same enthusiasm and energy” Lara added.

“Records are meant to be broken and there are many young talented cricketers who are capable of breaking this record,” Brian said.

“Many cricketers like Ponting, Sehwag and Gayle are all capable of breaking the record” he added.

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THE S’S OF THE INDIAN TEAM RESTED FOR THE ODI

Both the s’s of the team,our very own master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and explosive opener Virender Sehwag have been rested for the the final ODI where the young Murali vijay opener of  Tamil Nadu and the pacer of Karnataka  Abhimanyu Mithun are into the squad  for Saturday’s third and final one-dayer beside South Africa in Ahmedabad.

Since India had cracked the three-match series by a sound 2-0 lead, the squad l selectors opted to rest the hardened duo for the unimportant match.

The selectors left out Uttar Pradesh pacer Praveen Kumar and Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar from the 14-member squad, with Mithun and Rohit Sharma replacing them.

With Tendulkar, who created record by becoming the first cricketer to score a double century in One Day Internationals, and Sehwag being rested, Vijay and Dinesh Karthik are expected to open the innings.

Tamil Nadu off-spinner R Ashwin, who is also a decent batsman, has been retained in the team along with Uttar Pradesh paceman Sudeep Tyagi. India will again miss the services of in-form opener Gautam Gambhir, forceful middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, all of whom are on the road to recovery from injury.

India won the first one dayer in Jaipur by just one run and then clinched the series with an emphatic 153-run victory in the second one dayer in Gwalior which will be remembered for Tendulkar’s stupendous unbeaten knock of 200.

Squad: MS Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Sudeep Tyagi, S Sreesanth, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Abhimanyu Mithun and Ashish Nehra.

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Fastest Indian centurion in ODIs:Virendar Sehwag

Opening batsman Virendar Sehwag defeated Mohammad Azharuddin to become the fastest Indian batsman to score a hundred in ODI when he hit a 60-ball 103 against New Zealand in the fourth on day on Wednesday.

On an individual score of 97, Sehwag danced down the pitch and plundered a Daniel Vettori delivery over his head to bring up his hundred in the 18th over to better Azharuddin by 2 balls. This Indian is now has the seventh fastest hundred in ODI history, with Pakista’s Shahid Afridi topping the chart.

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