Shami Ahmed, on his debut, bowled with rythm, pace and control at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in the first test match of the two match series against the West Indies.
And was rewarded with four West Indian wickets with some consistent line and length. Keiran Powell couldn't control the angled short pitched delivery and holed out to mid-on for 28.
And Samuels was bowled when the batsman looked well settled, with a sharp inswinger for valuable 65 runs for the team. Dinesh Ramdin followed suit in the similar fashion off Shami Ahmed.
Chris Gayle was caught of Kumar for 18.
Veteran West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was stranded at the other end with wickets falling at regular intervals. And he fell to an off break from Ashwin failing to cover the line of the ball for 36 runs.
West Indies side was bowled out for 234 of 74 Overs for 11 Extra runs. With Shami Ahmed returning with figures of 4/71 on his debut.
Bhuveneshwar Kumar, Ojha and Sachin scalped a wicket each, with Ravichandran Ashwin baggin two West Indian wickets.
At stumps Shikhar Dhawan was batting on 21 with Murali Vijay on 16 runs sharing first wicket partnership of 37.
West Indies where little bit casual in shot selection as well as impatient. Skipper Darren Sammy hurried to clear the boundary with a fielder at the long off boundary taking a simple catch.
While Darren Bravo was caught in a mix up and was run out.
This will definitely have huge bearing on the match as the strong Indian batting line up with Sachin Tendulkar in the middle order in his penultimate test will try and the seize the initiative.
West Indies could not make up by batting first after winning the toss on a good batting wicket.
At one stage West Indies were 138/2 and the side bundled out for 234 all out.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
India wins 2013 One Day International series at Bangalore
A huge victory for team India in the recently concluded 2013 Star Sports One Day series in India has propelled the team to a stronger position both in terms of confidence and rankings.
It was the series decider at Chinnaswamy stadium at Bangalore, and as expected there was pressure on both the teams.
In the end a team with greater resilience in holding on to the basics of the game eventually won.
Though 384 was a big target but it could have been achieved had Australia not committed small mistakes.
That is what sports are all about to know your game better and improve the next time.
Earlier Australia won the toss and decided to field first. India started on a positive note with another 100 plus opening wicket partnership.
Shikhar Dhawan fell to a Doherty spinner when the southpaw was caught in front of the wicket playing across.
Virat Kohli wanted to take a quick single with a jab to mid on, but Rohit Sharma was not so keen and that resulted in misunderstanding.
And after that Rohit Sharma alone started to build his innings and scored a century and there after broke loose to score a mammoth double hundred, third such innings in history of One day Cricket.
Australia was under tremendous pressure and lost four wickets for only 74 runs on the board, that showed the mindset of the team, as it looked in a hurry.
Both Aaron Finch and Adam Voges were not able to read Shami Ahmed.
Glen Maxwell and James Faulkner displayed some good batting display and Shane Watson too helped the cause, but wickets falling at regular intervals put brakes in the Australia's run chase.
Clint Mckay and James Faulkner brought the match to its ending phase. And then Mckay fell to a leg break from Jadeja.
And Faulkner followed soon trying to clear the deep square leg boundary was caught by Shikhar Dhawan in a spectacular fashion.
That gave India a huge series win against a formidable side.
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It was the series decider at Chinnaswamy stadium at Bangalore, and as expected there was pressure on both the teams.
In the end a team with greater resilience in holding on to the basics of the game eventually won.
Though 384 was a big target but it could have been achieved had Australia not committed small mistakes.
That is what sports are all about to know your game better and improve the next time.
Earlier Australia won the toss and decided to field first. India started on a positive note with another 100 plus opening wicket partnership.
Shikhar Dhawan fell to a Doherty spinner when the southpaw was caught in front of the wicket playing across.
Virat Kohli wanted to take a quick single with a jab to mid on, but Rohit Sharma was not so keen and that resulted in misunderstanding.
And after that Rohit Sharma alone started to build his innings and scored a century and there after broke loose to score a mammoth double hundred, third such innings in history of One day Cricket.
Australia was under tremendous pressure and lost four wickets for only 74 runs on the board, that showed the mindset of the team, as it looked in a hurry.
Both Aaron Finch and Adam Voges were not able to read Shami Ahmed.
Glen Maxwell and James Faulkner displayed some good batting display and Shane Watson too helped the cause, but wickets falling at regular intervals put brakes in the Australia's run chase.
Clint Mckay and James Faulkner brought the match to its ending phase. And then Mckay fell to a leg break from Jadeja.
And Faulkner followed soon trying to clear the deep square leg boundary was caught by Shikhar Dhawan in a spectacular fashion.
That gave India a huge series win against a formidable side.
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Friday, November 1, 2013
Ind Vs Aus 7th ODI: Series deciding match at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalorere
It was another huge run chase by the India in their match against Australia in 6th One Day International at VCA ground at Nagpur.
Earlier Australia batting first put up a huge total of 350 in 50 overs with Shane Watson and Skipper George Bailey scoring centuries in splendid fashion.
In reply India riding on some solid opening partnerships from Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma started of in a splendid fashion, and that gave Virat Kohli, who is having an amazing time with the bat, solid platform to chase down another record total in splendid fashion.
The final one dayer at Bangalore will be played on Saturday. With both the sides showing good form with the bat, another match with a run scoring spree could be expected
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Earlier Australia batting first put up a huge total of 350 in 50 overs with Shane Watson and Skipper George Bailey scoring centuries in splendid fashion.
In reply India riding on some solid opening partnerships from Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma started of in a splendid fashion, and that gave Virat Kohli, who is having an amazing time with the bat, solid platform to chase down another record total in splendid fashion.
The final one dayer at Bangalore will be played on Saturday. With both the sides showing good form with the bat, another match with a run scoring spree could be expected
Valleyz.Blog
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Sachin not out on 55 in his last Ranji Trophy innings
Sachin Tendulkar's last innings in the Ranji Trophy match against Haryana at Rohtak, showed the glimpses of a cautious little master holding the team batting together in times of wickets falling at the other end in Mumbai's second innings in the match.
Mumbai needing to score 240 runs, Wasim Jaffer fell to an out swinger of Patel early in the morning, that brought Rahane to the crease.
The morning mist and green wicket offered bounce and pace to the bowlers who kept asking questions to the batsmen. Rahane and Pawar put up a very good 86 run partnership together until Rahane was bowled by an offbreak by Yadav.
That brought the little master to the crease with the opposition team Haryana all lined up welcoming him one last time in the Ranji format.
Tendulkar was cautious covering the line of the ball not to leave any gaps that have cost him his wicket few times earlier.
It was a splendid day of cricket at the Rohtak ground, with Haryana making steady inroads in the Mumbai batting line up, with an audacious run out of Tare by a direct run out throw from Patel from the boundary line.
Sachin Tendulkar is not out on a splendid 50, will look to help Mumbai to a well earned win in the match, where both the sides have shown good performance.
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Mumbai needing to score 240 runs, Wasim Jaffer fell to an out swinger of Patel early in the morning, that brought Rahane to the crease.
The morning mist and green wicket offered bounce and pace to the bowlers who kept asking questions to the batsmen. Rahane and Pawar put up a very good 86 run partnership together until Rahane was bowled by an offbreak by Yadav.
That brought the little master to the crease with the opposition team Haryana all lined up welcoming him one last time in the Ranji format.
Tendulkar was cautious covering the line of the ball not to leave any gaps that have cost him his wicket few times earlier.
It was a splendid day of cricket at the Rohtak ground, with Haryana making steady inroads in the Mumbai batting line up, with an audacious run out of Tare by a direct run out throw from Patel from the boundary line.
Sachin Tendulkar is not out on a splendid 50, will look to help Mumbai to a well earned win in the match, where both the sides have shown good performance.
Valleyz.Blog
Monday, October 21, 2013
Ind/Aus 2013 Fourth ODI - India's bowling a matter of concern
Stage is set for the fourth One Day International(D/N) match between India and Australia in the 2013 edition at JSCA International Cricket Stadium at Ranchi in Jharkhand state of India.
After a morale boosting win at PCA stadium in Mohali, Australia now lead the series 2-1.
Pitch at the JSCA ground is expected to play on the slower side. How it will shape up in run up to the match remains to be seen.
The last match played at this ground in January 2013 India won that match overwhelmingly against England.
Pitch has assisted spinners in the past and that should be good news for the hosts.
There could be an element of surprise or two particularly where the hosts have been taken for 300 plus runs in three consecutive matches in the series.
It also shows visitors are in good form with the bat. So anything could happen on the match day.
Not an Ideal pitch for T20's: Jacques Kallis about Ranchi Pitch
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After a morale boosting win at PCA stadium in Mohali, Australia now lead the series 2-1.
Pitch at the JSCA ground is expected to play on the slower side. How it will shape up in run up to the match remains to be seen.
The last match played at this ground in January 2013 India won that match overwhelmingly against England.
Pitch has assisted spinners in the past and that should be good news for the hosts.
There could be an element of surprise or two particularly where the hosts have been taken for 300 plus runs in three consecutive matches in the series.
It also shows visitors are in good form with the bat. So anything could happen on the match day.
Not an Ideal pitch for T20's: Jacques Kallis about Ranchi Pitch
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