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Thursday, January 20, 2011

TEAM STANDINGS FOR WORLD CUP


TEAM STANDINGS

Group A
TeamPWLTNRPTSNRR
     Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group B
TeamPWLTNRPTSNRR
     Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Monday, January 17, 2011

Fitness aside, India's World Cup squad almost set

Fitness, and not form, seems to be the current refrain with India, who are going to announce their 2011 World Cup squad on Monday. They have taken every precautionary measure to ensure their first-choice players are fit for the tournament: Virender Sehwag, Praveen Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir have all been sent back from South Africa. If they are all fit, or if it is believed they will regain fitness by the time the event starts, this will be a fairly easy selection meeting. Thirteen of the 15 places are sealed, and the debate is likely to centre around the second reserve batsman and the reserve spinner.
Rohit Sharma hits one to the leg side during his 53 off 34 balls, South Africa v India, only Twenty20, Durban
If India have everything their way, Tendulkar and Sehwag will be back to open the innings, followed by Gambhir at No.3. The middle order will comprise Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan, with Virat Kohli constantly pushing for a place in the starting XI. Harbhajan Singh will be the first-choice spinner, while the fast-bowler pool will contain the following players: Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel. Only injury should keep any of these 13 out.

That leaves two places - an extra spinner and a middle-order batsman. R Ashwin, despite being the second-best limited-overs spinner in the country, might get overlooked because India already have an offspinner in Harbhajan, and most of their part-timers are offspinners too. That should make Pragyan Ojha the front-runner for the job - he has performed decently whenever he has been given a chance to play limited-overs games - but he seems to be out of favour for some reason. If the squad selected for the one-dayers in South Africa is any indication, expect to see Piyush Chawla in the side, even though he last played an ODI in July 2008.

Rohit Sharma appears to be the most likely candidate to benefit from the loss of form of the other contenders. Dinesh Karthik, who would have been a natural choice because he can double up as a reserve keeper, has played himself out of the team over the last year; M Vijay has run into ordinary form; and Saurabh Tiwary is too inexperienced to pick for a World Cup. Moreover, Rohit - like Raina, Yusuf and Yuvraj - can bowl spin. The lack of options only shows how difficult it will become for India if everybody is not fit.

India are not likely to choose a reserve keeper, but there is a solution to that. Even if they don't have a reserve keeper in the official squad, they can always have one travel with them in case he is needed at short notice. Since India play all but one of their matches in India, arranging a visa will not be an issue either.

Likely squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Piyush Chawla/Pragyan Ojha/R Ashwin

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Indian Premier League 2011 / Delhi Daredevils Squad

January 9, 2011

Ajit Agarkar
Travis Birt
Ashok Dinda
Aaron Finch
James Hopes
Colin Ingram
Andrew McDonald
Morne Morkel
Naman Ojha
Irfan Pathan
Virender Sehwag
Roelof van der Merwe
Venugopal Rao
Matthew Wade
David Warner
Umesh Yadav

Indian Premier League 2011 / Deccan Chargers Squad

Indian Premier League 2011 / Chennai Super Kings Squad

Indian Premier League, 2011
January 9, 2011
MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni
captain
Age: 29 years 186 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin
Age: 24 years 114 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Subramaniam Badrinath
Subramaniam Badrinath
Age: 30 years 132 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
George Bailey
George Bailey
Age: 28 years 124 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Doug Bollinger
Doug Bollinger
Age: 29 years 169 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Age: 27 years 94 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Faf du Plessis
Faf du Plessis
Age: 26 years 180 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Ben Hilfenhaus
Ben Hilfenhaus
Age: 27 years 300 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Michael Hussey
Michael Hussey
Age: 35 years 227 days
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Joginder Sharma
Joginder Sharma
Age: 27 years 78 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Suraj Randiv
Suraj Randiv
Age: 25 years 344 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Nuwan Kulasekara
Nuwan Kulasekara
Age: 28 years 171 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Albie Morkel
Albie Morkel
Age: 29 years 213 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina
Age: 24 years 43 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Wriddhiman Saha
wicketkeeper
Age: 26 years 77 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Scott Styris
Scott Styris
Age: 35 years 183 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Sudeep Tyagi
Sudeep Tyagi
Age: 23 years 112 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Murali Vijay
Murali Vijay
Age: 26 years 283 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

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