Youngsters need to take charge, says Rahul Dravid

The great wall of the Indian cricket team has recently said in an interview that he would have liked to end his ODI career on a winning note. The ex-Indian captain, who played the last of his 344 ODIs in Cardiff on Friday, has no complaints. But he said, “To be able to finish off like this in some ways was nice but obviously the result was a bit disappointing.”

The player further said that there were lots of things that went wrong for Indian in England tour. He said, “Credit must be given to England for the way they played. For us, it’s a combination of things that went wrong. It’s not easy to pinpoint. You should not take the credit away from the England team. You can always find faults. But we must give credit to the opposition for the way they played.”

Chris Gayle helped team to move top position, beat Kolkata

Chris Gayle

There is something about Chris Gayle in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

He has played just seven matches so far and has already rocketed to the top of the batting charts with 436 runs at an astonishing strike rate of 201.85!

The 31-year-old West Indian played only a dozen deliveries on Saturday, but those were good enough for him to make a mark, again, and help Royal Challengers Bangalore inflict a four-wicket defeat on the Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-curtailed tie at the Chinnaswamy.

With this win, their seventh on the trot, RCB are now at the top of the table.

Royal Challenger Bangalore v/s Kolkata Knight Riders Photos

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Chris Gayel

Chris Gayel

Kochi Tuskers Kerala v/s Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL match Phots

Lates Pictures of India v/s Sri Lanka World Cup 2011

Sachin and Kumble

Sachin with World Cup 2011

India team

India team

Harbhajan and Kohli

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj and MS Dhoni

Sachin and his fan

India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets

India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets, lifts ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

MS Dhoni

 

According to the fresh news from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets here at Mumbai today.

All the players were emotional after winning the World Cup, every player from the Team India stared crying, and they looked so happy, They all said that they played this World Cup for Sachin Tendulkar.

"All credit goes to Sachin Tendulkar. We played for him. Beating Australia and Pakistan and now this, its a dream come true."

Shewag equals Kapil Dev record of 175 runs in 1st ODI World Cup 2011

The superb opener from the Indian Cricket team Virender Sehwag hit the first century of the 2011 World Cup on Saturday in the very first match played against Bangladesh.

Vireder Sehwag, 32, reached his 14th one-day international century from just 94 balls to set the platform for a big total after the Indians were put in to bat in the day-night game at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka.

The player hit some outstanding shorts and raced his half-century with a six that sailed over the long-on boundary into the packed stands.

He hit the 100 mark with a single to the mid-wicket against off spinner Mohammad Mahmudullah. It was his first century against Bangladesh and second in World Cups.

Sehwag's attacking knock made light of the dismissal of his more accomplished opening partner Sachin Tendulkar, who was run-out after a crazy mix-up in the middle, for 28.

Earlier, before the start of the ICC World Cup 2011, the player said, “I think I have never played 50 overs in one-day cricket. The maximum I have played is 43 or 44 overs. But this time, I will try to bat 50 overs and give a good start to the team. I have been unsuccessfully trying this for the past 10 years, but the effort is still on.”

India will face Bangladesh in World Cup opening match today

The long lasting wait is over, and the ICC World Cup 2011 is all set to start today.

The most favourite team India, which has high chances to life the cup this year, will face Bangladesh today match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium amid enthusiasm of cricket crazy fans.

This is going to be the day-night game, and would start at 2:30 pm (BST) at the renovated and well-decorated 25,000-capacity stadium. State-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) will telecast the match live.

However, players from both the cricket teams made practices at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

The Bengal-team will be their captain Shakib-Al-Hasan- made practice in the morning while MS Dhoni-led India in the afternoon.

India and Bangladesh are in Group B along with England, South Africa, West Indies Ireland and the Netherlands. Four teams will advance to the quarterfinals.

Probable Bangladesh Team: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim (Wk), Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (Cap), Mahmudullah Riyad, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam and Rubel Hossain.

Probable Indian Team :Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt and Wk), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel.