Sachin and Saurav dropped from ODIs(New Indian Team)

I think this a start to an ending era of players like Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly after they have been dropped yesterday by selectors.The slectors were at a pain to say that they have been rested and wont play ODIs against Bangladesh.While Sehwag loses his Test spot,Bhaji,Agarkar and Irfan are out of both versions of game.Dravid will remain as captain in both forms of the game(one thing he does not deserve).

One day Squad-Gautam gambhir,Robin Uthappa,Virendra Sehwag,Rahul Dravid(captain),Yuvraj Singh,M.S.Dhoni(wk),Dinesh Karthik,Manoj Tiwary,Dinesh Mongia,Piyush Chawla,Sreesanth,Munaf Patel,Zaheer Khan,R.P.Singh.

Test Squad- Wasim Jaffer,Dinesh Karthik,Rahul Dravid(captain),V.V.S.Laxman,Sachin Tendulkar,Saurav Ganguly,Yuvraj Singh,M.S.Dhoni(wk),Anil Kumble,Sreesanth,Zaheer Khan,V.R.V.Singh,Ramesh Powar,Rajesh Pawar,Munaf Patel.

Sachin speaks out

England beats Ireland by 48 runs

England won over Ireland by 48 runs,thanks to Paul Collingwood's 90 off 82 balls which allowed them to reach 266 for seven and a four wicket hall for Flintoff.This was their third consecutive match against minnows as they cashed their first foothold in the super eights.But they still have to beat a test playing nation and that chance will come on wednesday when they play Srilanka.

South Africa victorious despite Malinga's late four in four

Malinga became the first bowler to take wickets with four consecutive balls in an international match.Malinga removed Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall on the last two balls of his eighth over(the 45th) and Jacques Kallis caught behind and Makhaya Ntini bowled on the first two balls of his ninth.
South Africa at that time needed three runs from 21 balls.Robin Peterson edged Malinga for four down to third man to take South Africa to victory with 10 balls to spare. Peterson jumped jubilantly as he ran down the pitch in celebration and then smashed the stumps at the non-striker's end with his bat.
"It was a good opportunity to win the game,we needed only one more wicket. I bowled the next ball to take a wicket,it missed," said Malinga. "I'm just happy to take my first international hat-trick."

India's show rests on Bermuda after defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka

India saw their hopes of World Cup glory all but end in Trinidad with a 69-run defeat against Sri Lanka.Replying to Sri Lanka's 254 for six in their Group B match in Port of Spain, Rahul Dravid's side crumbled from 98 for three to 185 all out.Only Dravid with 60 and Virender Sehwag with 48 put up any resistance as Muttiah Muralitharan claimed three for 41.Sehwag's dismissal in the 23rd over,caught by Mahela Jayawardene off Muralitharan,turned the match in Sri Lanka's favour.Robin Uthappa,caught and bowled by Chaminda Vaas with the score on 25.Vaas struck again in the 11th over when Muralitharan held onto a spectacular catch,running back at mid-off to get rid of Sourav Ganguly with the score on 41.And four balls and one run later,Dilhara Fernando got the prize wicket of Sachin Tendulkar, bowled for a duck.
India must now rely on Bermuda to defeat Bangladesh on Sunday or they will be eliminated.

India sets Record score in World Cup

19th March, 2007 - India maintained its challenge for a second World Cup title with the biggest winning margin by runs in one-day cricket against Bermuda.The Indians became the first team in nine tournaments to get across 400,smashing 18 sixes as they reached 413-5 in their 50 overs.Bermuda was all out for 156 in 43.1 overs and India won by 257 runs.
``We needed a big performance after the disappointment of the last game and the boys came out and played really well,'' said India captain Rahul Dravid.

Sehwag's innings included three sixes and 17 fours. Yuvraj hit seven shots over the ropes and another three boundaries in his 46-ball knock and Tendulkar's half-century took 29 balls, including five sixes that brought up the fifth score of 400 in one- day internationals.
``This innings was due a long time,'' Sehwag said after being named man of the match."
Hemp,36,former England `A' player,went on to top-score for Bermuda and was one of only three players to reach double figures.Together with Dwayne Leverock,he added 44 for the ninth wicket.

Bangladesh's Stunning Victory over India

17 March, 2007 - Indian got bundled out for 191 in an upset loss to Bangladesh on Saturday.Opener Virender Sehwag's poor form with the bat continued, bowled for 2 by Mushrafe Mortaza.The team management that has been backing him to strike form will be confronted with a question.Sehwag is going through the leanest period of his career,he has failed to stay long enough at the pitch to get his eye in.Sachin Tendulkar,the leading scorer in World Cups,was out for 7 and Dravid only made 14.Former skipper Sourav Ganguly was resilient though,top-scoring with 66.

"We have to learn lessons from the bad shots against Bangladesh," Dravid said.