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umpires dismissed

simon taufel &asad rauf has been dismissed as an umpires by considering the past 1 years performance new umpires have been appointed  instead of them they are richard illengwarth & paul repal they are from england & australia

Dhoni words to players before bowling in the final vs england in CT13

Dhoni before bowling in the last match vs england in the champions trophy final told to the players that dont consider this as a 50 over match consider this as a 20 over match as it is because 130 is a good score in the 20/20 that many teams struggle to get the 130 odd runs as we see it in the IPL and we have to prove england & the peoples arond the world that we are the 1 st team in the one day rankings and dont think that the rain will come & help us & the god will come & help us because the god will only help for those persons who have self belief in themselves  just go with the game & think positive that we will surely win the match & consider it as a do or die situation because this is the last champions trophy

surprise package for indian cricket team

surprise package for indian team is that the every players in the team has been awarded 1 crore by the BCCI for wining the champions trophy 2013  & 30 lakhs for the each and every persons in the committee &representatives & coachers

condition favours england in champions, trophy13

England won the toss and choose to bowl so i am sorry to say that the experts in the match tells that the england has the better chance because of the amount of water in the ground as it favours the bowling side like the two semifinals the team batting first can never make high score but hope that india will surely change the history friends

new news of ct13 ind vs eng delayed due to rain

The most awaited match between india vs england champions trophy final is delayed due to the rain the status of the match will be known at4 pm in india and 11 local time

virat kohli the true gentleman


In the champions trophy series 2013 an indian fan has thrown the flag inside the ground virat kohli had taken the flag & gave it to the ball boy inspite of going waste respect his good quality and him

Good news for England cricket team

kevin peterson has returned to the england 20/20 team after his injury he has been going to join the team by now after ct13 in which the two 20/20 match starts @june 25 between england& newzealand and next match @ june 27

indian, team @ july 25

indias next tour after tri series is zimbabwe tour which is schedueled on next month of july 25 in which it is a 5  oneday match series

Dhoni vs Rithi sports management club & media

The media is telling that the dhoni has 15%of the shares of the RITHI sports management club and telling that he earns 120 crore for every year for taking jadeja,raina& ojha because they also become a member of that club .Im asking that consider a situation that you are dhoni for example for every persons in media & in general that if a company does not gives u money for the work u are doing what u will do u will get angry & complain this in a police station but dhoni does not did this to that club  or company he stayed calm &composed as that he where in the matches played and captained the club owner came & give the 15% of the share of that club because he was not able to give the money so he accepted it there is no wrong in this one but the media makes it as a large issue & if the players are selecting the company or club it is their rights if the players are playing well then an captain would take the players in the team the team thing dhoni did by taking the jadeja & the raina but the media tells that he earns money from this  is 120 crore inspite of he is not taking ojha in all the matches he played ashamed of such media & those people who always hate  dhoni what ever he does  if u dont like dhoni from my posts above u r hating the truth.
            If u dont praise dhoni please dont hate him
               He does not do any wrong thim to hate him

Tactics of ms dhoni

Dhoni has made certain changes which has helped indian team in which no one can tell that it is wrong
1point:
        He had taken kohli in to indian team after kohli has won the under 19 world cup by a captain of that team, he has taken him not only for that reason that many of us not know about kohli that he is an all rounder he is the only batsmen in the under 19 world cup who has scored highest runs , taken MOST WICKETS as an bowler and has saved more runs in the field and taken many catches , After  taking him in to the Indian team dhoni advised him to concentrate only on his batting more and made his bowling  as an part time at that time india not has an genuiene allrounder who can score with bat & ball every 2 matches but he did this because there were many competition for the place in indian team at that time because of the more number of senior player in the team
2 point:
          He has made ashwin as an indian team player who has did well in the IPL not only for that but he has the talent in himself, he was also an senior in the group a first class matches who lead the spin attack and also an regular opener for the tamilnadu state cricket team.After taking him in to the team leaving harbajan who has not done well for more no of matches he tells ashwin to concentrate more on his bowling rather than batting to just to keep in touch so as not to forget batting ashwin  in the mid way of his career excelled in batting & lost his bowling spin for few days after he recongised quickly about his mistake  and did as dhoni tells now he has been an bowling head of the indian spin attack ,now dhoni recognised that he is slow in fielding while running and made him as an slip fielder
3 point:
         He had taken rohit by knowing that he is well in front foot and back foot shots he had not grabed his place but now dhoni made him an opener and he grabbed his place inspite of gambir
4point:
           He has made suresh raina as an all rounder and he has made him as an slip fielder and an ground fielder
5point:
             He has made jadeja as an genuiene all rounder who is he looking for most no of years inspite of yuvraj
6point:
            He is looking to give an outside chance for yuvraj to come back to indian team very soon
7point:
              He made dhawan an opener inspite of sehwag which is also going well
8point:
       How can a person will help other than this for an indian team like mr.cool Dhoni
      Hats of to him the unselfish leader

News about un selfish"mr cool" DHONI

Who said that  dhoni wins the world cup by his luck  and said that after winning world cup his luck has gone away
It is not by his luck that he wins the cup every time and also take his team to the final
It is by his sincere effort & his  attitude & his non selfishness towards selection of the team because if he his selfishness he can take his desired player for every match that india is playing for eg: his desired players are yuvraj, rohit, jadeja,raina,kohli but if they are not playing well dhoni has left them in the playing eleven as he had done it in the past and today also he is doing that for eg:yuvraj is not playing well after he had come from fighting cancer he has left him for the sake of the team if he is selfish he will take yuvraj in the team if he is not playing well also......

Must read to every one &Sry to msd haters that we are busy in winning now

Who said india will never win a single match in england?
Go haters india is in the final
India has beat lanka by 8 wickets and 15 ovrs to spare
India has win all the 4 matches in a row and they are ready to beat england in their home ground wait &see it  coming Sunday
Msd haters are thinking omg!!! How we can say that the match is fixed neither not it is an csk match to say that the match is fixed  because it is an battle of top 8 teams ....
We can't say that a single match is fixed in champions trophy because india has won all the 4 matches....
Nor we can say that it is is a senior team created by dada because there are no players playing in the current indian team where all the players are live wire in the fielding ,batting &bowling &depth bowling
So the msd haters r thinking in a different way

Indias success at DRS@CT13

India has a success of 3 out of 3 reviews that is 100% most by any team in champions trophy 13(ct13)

india will give payback time for england

India to take on england on coming sunday at 10:30am local time with a consistent and emphatic win of 4 matches india will give payback time for england for lossing to england in the test series in india,india will win cup in england @champions trophy 2013 the indian champions will  win the champions trophy 2013

ind beat sri @ct13

india beat srilanka by 8 wickets &  15 ivrs to spare,kohli 58&raina 4 runs

kohli kamaal @ ct13

kohli 54 from 61 balls,india needs 14 runs from 96 balls with 8 wickets in hand

Good news for indian team

good news for india that kohli is back to form he scored 36 runs from 52 balls

Dhawan dismissed@india 2down vs srilanka

To win 40 from 108 balls ,india 2wickets down ,dhawan dismissed for 68

Dhawan surprised in champions trophy13

Dhawan has the highest no of votes that is 68% of votes for the payer who has surprised people in ct13 he has an average of 165 in four matches which is most by any batsmen in an foreign ground

Surprising fact of india in ct13

indian team has surprised in ct13, 68% of votes out of 100%

ind vs srilanka ,indian fighters on top

ind to win 65 from132 balls ,dhawan 56 &kohli 17

ind vs sri ct13

ind 104/1 in 25ovrs

IND vs SRI Now playing

india 90/1 in 20 ovrs

ind vs sri now

ind 77/1 in 17 ovrs rohit out for 33

IND VS SRI @ CT13

india 74/0  in 16 ovrst 

ind vs sri @ct13

india 65/0 in14 ovrs

catch dropped match stopped ind vs sri @CT13

srilanka  181/8@50 ovrs where the catch has been dropped by rohit sharma and the match has been stopped @49 ovr by 2 min due to the audience coming inside the ground

ind vs sri@CT13

srilanka 165/7 in 48ovrs where kulasekara get out to a beautiful carrom ball from ashwin where it pitched outside the pitch

ind vs sri @CT13

srilanka 160/6 @47 ovrs perera duck out to ishant

ind vs sri @ cht

srilanka 159/5 from 46 ovrs angelo mathews 51 out

ind vs sri at 45 ovrs@champions trophy

srilanka154 /4  at 45overs

ind vs sri new update

srilanka 129/4 in 41ovrs

ind vs sri

srilanka 94/3 in31 ovrs and dhoni has bowledhis 4ovrs with an economy of 4.25and back to his keeping letting ashwin to bowl

ind vs sri

srilanka 94/3 in31 ovrs and dhoni has bowledhis 4ovrs with an economy of 4.25and back to his keeping letting ashwin to bowl

ind vs sri

srilanka 94/3 in31 ovrs and dhoni has bowledhis 4ovrs with an economy of 4.25and back to his keeping letting ashwin to bowl

ind vs sri

srilanka 94/3 in31 ovrs and dhoni has bowledhis 4ovrs with an economy of 4.25and back to his keeping letting ashwin to bowl

ind vs sri

srilanka 87/4  in 29overs dhoni is bowling his 4over with an economy under5

NEWS ABOUT WILL IPL CONTINUE


While Dheeraj Sinha, chief strategy officer at Grey says "Consumers will not punish the sponsor for the follies of a few players." (Pic by BCCL)





Depending on who you ask, the IPL went down in flames, reached the logical conclusion of a property that was more "sports entertainment" than cricket or was in spite of (and maybe even because of) all the controversies, an unqualified success. 

It also marks the year Pepsi spent a reported Rs 160 crore over two months on what was one of the most comprehensive engagements of a brand with a sporting franchise in the history of Indian marketing. But to get the question everyone wants an answer to out of the way first:

Are Pepsi and IPL quits? 

At the time of going to print, no. Pepsi is still maintaining a studied silence on the issue. Besides even as the public and the media savaged the accused players and the top brass at the BCCI, the sponsors were relatively untarnished save for a few stray snide remarks.

An ad veteran who works on brands from Pepsi's arch rival is confident that had Coke been the official sponsor, Pepsi would have definitely come up with a snarky topical campaign, perhaps a more vicious avatar of "nothing official about it."

Marketing consultant Harish Bijoor on the other hand chooses to believe its part of the game: "5-day cricket is like the staid editorial, one-day cricket is like a crisp front page and IPL is all of funky page 3. There is always the risk that things may go out of hand and in this case, it has. I hope Pepsi is reinsured on this count."

At this stage it seems likely the association will continue. The controversy is dying down and there's no statement of a pullout. Whatever decision Pepsi takes on IPL, it continues to engage with cricket. Its latest campaign playing out on social media is titled 'Road To Champions' where players and fans are encouraged to talk about classic moments in the sport. At stake is a chance to be part of the toss at the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy in London. However to dial things back a bit...


Will Pepsi-IPL association continue post spot-fixing scandal?
The Road to IPL 6


Pepsi claims it was strapped for time in the lead up to its maiden year as sponsor on IPL. But previous tournaments had left the company with several insights on what was likely to work. Says Homi Battiwalla, senior director - marketing (colas , juices & hydration),PepsiCo India, "From the time we did 'Change The Game' two years back, we realised TV advertising has to be the mainstay but there are newer pieces coming up."

The brand began to harness the power of Facebook a couple of years ago and used Twitter for the first time during the ICC T20 last year. It also took inspiration from the best practices relating to on ground asset utilisation the world over. Given the timing of the matches and consumer habits, team Pepsi was confident IPL 6 would be watched across multiple screens.

Leading the cola category in summer advertising was something Pepsi had taken for granted. A more significant benchmark would be against other brands using IPL. Says Battiwalla, "Salience is one part, but could we break clutter? This was not just about broadcast and on air but on ground. We wanted to convert this into something people had not previously seen or engaged with." Deciding that such an opportunity was too big to squander on just a single brand Pepsi opted to for a folio that included the flagship cola brand, 7Up, Mountain Dew, Gatorade and the launch of its second cola Atom.

On Air 

Sources at Pepsi estimate a total 200 million people watched IPL 6 on TV this year. It had commercials starring brand ambassadors Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra and a launch ad for its new brand Atom, but also found a wild card entry. In the West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle, who played for the Bengaluru franchise, Pepsi discovered a global icon with great traction across the country.

The Right Choice, Maybe? 

By the time the tournament was through, Gayle had a music video of his own, dancing and rather robotically intoning Pepsi's 'Oh Yes Abhi' tagline. While not standard advertising and nowhere near as widely supported on TV as its lead commercials, videos such as these gave the brand a lot of content to push online

INDIAN TEAM PLAYERS HAVING FUN


JOKES


Confident India take on resurgent Sri Lanka in Champions Trophy semifinal

Confident India take on resurgent Sri Lanka in Champions Trophy semifinal



Confident India take on resurgent Sri Lanka in Champions Trophy semifinal




Dhoni-led Indians have been on song ever since landing in the UK for the Champions Trophy. (AFP Photo)
CARDIFF: Unbeaten so far, a confident India would be up against a massive challenge when they take on sub-continental rivals Sri Lanka, a team on the ascendancy after a slow start, in the semifinal match of the ICC Champions Trophyon Thursday. 

India will be the fancied team on paper but the Lankans are also on a high after defeating both England and Australia en route to the semifinal, which would be a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai. 

While India were the first team to make the last four from the tournament's Group of Death with an all-win record, Sri Lanka grabbed the last semifinal berth on Tuesday after warding off a late challenge from Australia. 

The 20-run win against the Aussies at The Oval enabled the Lankans to finish level on points with England, but an inferior run-rate pushed them to No. 2 and earned them a date with India at the Sophia Gardens. 

For the Lankans, the clash against India will be a grudge game of sorts. In the final of the 2011 World Cup at the Wankhede, India outclassed the co-hosts by six wickets, easily chasing down a 275-run target, with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni laying the coup de grace with a towering six off Nuwan Kulasekara. 

While Sri Lanka have retained the core of that 2011 World Cup Kumar Sangakkara-led squad at the Champions Trophy, the Indian team has seen an influx of new blood after Sandeep Patil replaced Krishnamachari Srikkanth as chief selector in September 2012. 

Only Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina are the remnants of the victorious World Cup squad and the arrival of a set of precocious youths like Ravindra Jadeja and Shikhar Dhawan has had a telling impact on the overall team performance, especially fielding. 

The Indians have been on song ever since landing in the UK for the Champions Trophy. The Lankans were the first to face the heat, losing a warm-up game in Birmingham on June 1. 

India flexed their batting muscle, easily chasing down a 334-run target with five wickets in hand and six balls to spare. 

Kohli and Dinesh Karthik scored hundreds, virtually toying with a mature Lankan attack, spearheaded by Kulasekara and current skipper Angelo Mathews. 

India's batting domination has been eloquently clear in this competition. They have scored over 300 runs thrice in five matches, twice batting first. 

Against the West Indies in a group B fixture, India easily chased down a 234-run target with eight wickets in hand and in a rain-hit game at Edgbaston, dismissed an off-colour Pakistan by an identical margin (D/L method). 

Sri Lanka, by contrast, have got better with every game. After losing a low-scoring thriller against New Zealand at Cardiff by a wicket, Lanka bounced back with a commanding seven-wicket victory against England at The Oval. 

The Lankans did have some anxious moments against the Aussies but the 20-run win would have given the islanders a big shot in the arm ahead of the semis. 

India's batting revolves around a clutch of young men like Shikhar Dhawan, Kohli and Karthik, who have taken the world by storm with their euphoric stroke-making and natural belligerence. 

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, continue to profit from salty old pros, who still swear by the old charm of silken touch and classy stroke-making. 

Sangakkara proved that against England with an unbeaten 134 that had grace written all over it. And Mahela Jayawardene showed why he is still an artist with a compelling flow, scoring an exquisite 84 not out against a desperate Australia at The Oval. 

Sangakkara, Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan are central to Sri Lanka's batting and with several young and explosive youngsters like Lahiru Thirimanne, Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal packing the middle order, the match against India should be a contest between quality batsmen. 

A fresh new track has been laid by the Glamorgan ground staff at Sophia Gardens for the semifinal. Chief curator Keith Exton says 280 should be a par score but 300 will be very safe. 

With overcast conditions expected on Thursday, the seamers should get early advantage but batsmen who have been patient and respected the conditions have stood to gain in this Champions Trophy. 

India and Sri Lanka clashed in the Champions Trophy final in 2002 in Colombo, not once but twice. On successive days, rain played spoilsport and for the first time in the history of a major ICC tournament, the title had to be shared. 

But come Thursday, neither history nor the result of a warm-up game will have any consequence. As Jayawardene said on Tuesday: "Warm-up games or whatever, it doesn't count right now. It's a big tournament. It's the semifinal...I'll be desperate for every game to win, (as) simple as that." 

Hot and happening India are equally desperate and will match the Lankans, eyeball to eyeball for sure. The battle lines at Cardiff are drawn. 

Teams (from): 

India: MS Dhoni (Capt.), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav. 

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Dinesh Chandimal, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Jeevan Mendis, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachithra Senanayake and Lahiru Thirimanne.

Interesting facts about MR.COOL "DHONI"

He dropped Gambhir, THEY SAID
He found Rohit Sharma's opening talent, THEY NEVER SAID

He dropped Sehwag, THEY SAID
He found an equally Dangerous Shikhar Dhawan, THEY NEVER SAID

He dropped Yuvraj, we will miss his all - round skills, THEY SAID
He has developed Jadeja as the next Yuvraj, THEY NEVER SAID

He dropped Zaheer Khan, the pace department lacks experience, THEY SAID
He has nurtured Bhuvneshwar Kumar into a strike bowler, THEY NEVER SAID

He dropped Harbhajan Singh and spin department looks weak, THEY SAID
He has made R. Ashwin the best spinner of the country who quietly takes 2-3 wickets with an economy of 4 in every match, THEY NEVER SAID

This Indian team lacks firepower, THEY SAID
This team is the BEST FIELDING SIDE of the Champions Trophy, THEY NEVER SAID

He has killed all the experience of the team, THEY SAID
He has RE - INVENTED this Indian team with new faces and fresh energy, THEY NEVER SAID

He is not giving a place to the legends of the game, THEY SAID
He is thinking about India's future plans, THEY NEVER SAID


south africa on big trouble@champions trophy

South Africa 122/8 (29.4 ov)
England
England won the toss and elected to field
  • South Africa RR 4.11
  • Last 5 ovs 30/0 RR 6.00
Refresh scorecard
Current time: 12:55 local, 11:55 GMTODI career
BatsmenRunsB4s6sSRThis bowlerLast 5 ovsMatRunsHSAve
*David Miller(lhb)333022110.009 (5b)16 (9b)244736731.53
Rory Kleinveldt(rhb)14291048.275 (5b)10 (21b)9682613.60
 
BowlersOMRWEcon0s4s6sThis spellMatWktsBBIEcon
*Stuart Broad(rfm)6.403815.7023311.4-0-15-01011575/235.21
James Tredwell(ob)7.011932.7130101-1-0-018294/444.72
Recent overs 1 . 2 . . . | 1wd 1 1 1 3 6 . | . . . . . 2lb | 1 . . 1
Current partnership 42 runs, 7.1 overs, RR: 5.86 (Kleinveldt 14, Miller 24)
Last Bat CH Morris c †Buttler b Tredwell 3 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
Fall of wicket: 80/8 (22.3 ov); Partnership: 4 runs, 2.1 overs, RR: 1.84 (Miller 1, Morris 3)
Umpire reviews remaining South Africa 1 (1 successful, 0 unsuccessful); England 0 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful)

champions trophy

Todays match England vs Newzealand the team which will win today qualify for semifinals still every result possible in groupA

The History Has Been Changed BY india

First history:(ind wins pak in champions trophy):
first the match is reduced to 40 overs where pak hits 165 all out& then india bats at 8overs the rain came so the match is reduced to36 overs and india has to get 157 by D/L method & again the rain came and after 2 hours the match starts and the revised target for india is 37 from 67 balls and india wins it by 17 balls left & 8wickets in hand the man of the match in this game is buvaneshwar kumar for his 2 wickets he got at the critical time
Second history:
India has win this match by 2 batting no team has won the match in this ground by batting second in the three matches

Test rankings

RankCountryPoints1South Africa1282England1153India1124Australia1105Pakistan1046Sri Lanka927West Indies928New Zealand819Bangladesh6

pak worst against india

pak 165/10 in39.3 overs match got reduced to 40overs due to rain

ODI RANKINGS

RankCountryPoints
1India120
2Australia114
3England114
4South Africa112
5Sri Lanka107
6Pakistan104
7New Zealand89
8West Indies88
9Bangladesh75
10Zimbabwe55

pak vs ind

PAKISTAN Over: 19 II Score: 70/3

Well, the rain has made another appearance. The play has been stopped and the players have left the field. Covers are on. Off 17th, came three runs while two runs were scored in the next. Off the 19th came just four runs and that too thanks to a boundary by Shafiq.

kenyas record in ct

kenya holds the record for most extras in an innings in champions trophy  that is 42