धोनी बल्लेबाज़ों की रैंकिंग में शीर्ष पर

भारत के कप्तान महेंद्र सिंह धोनी अपनी शानदार बल्लेबाज़ी की वजह से अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परिषद (आईसीसी) की वनडे रैंकिंग में पहले स्थान पर जमे हुए हैं.

जबकि ज़हीर ख़ान शीर्ष 10 गेंदबाज़ में शामिल होने से सिर्फ़ एक स्थान पीछे हैं.

आईसीसी ने जो ताज़ा रैंकिंग जारी की है, उसके अनुसार धोनी के अलावा युवराज सिंह छठे स्थान पर हैं और सचिन तेंदुलकर 12वें स्थान पर हैं.

ऑस्ट्रेलिया के नाथन ब्रैकन वनडे में गेंदबाज़ों की रैंकिंग में शीर्ष पर हैं.

उनके बाद दूसरे स्थान पर न्यूज़ीलैंड के कप्तान डेनियल विटोरी हैं.

उल्लेखनीय है कि वनडे के 10 बल्लेबाज़ों के क्रम में कोई बदलाव नहीं आया है.

धोनी के बाद ऑस्ट्रेलिया के माइकल हसी और दक्षिण अफ़्रीका के ग्रीम स्मिथ का नंबर है.

महेंद्र सिंह धोनी वर्ष 2006 में थोड़े समय के लिए नंबर वन हुए थे लेकिन वो इस स्थान को बरक़रार नहीं रख पाए थे.

ग़ौरतलब है कि भारत ने इंग्लैंड के ख़िलाफ़ वनडे सिरीज़ में शानदार प्रदर्शन किया और उसने खेले गए चारों मैचों में जीत हासिल की.

इस सिरीज़ में भारतीय कप्तान ने न केवल बल्लेबाज़ी में बल्कि विकेटकीपिंग में भी अपना कमाल दिखाया है.

वर्ष 2008 में धोनी रन बनाने के मामले में शीर्ष पर हैं, साथ ही विकेटकीपिंग में भी उन्होंने श्रेष्ठ प्रदर्शन किया है.

इसके पहले दक्षिण अफ़्रीका के कप्तान ग्रैम स्मिथ रैंकिंग में पहले स्थान पर थे.

 

Give a tribute to our heres

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Hemant Karkare

Vijay Salaskar

Ashok Kamte

Mohan Chand Sharma

And also those whoes profile is not added but killed in terrorist attack.

 

England cricket team calls off India tour

England cricket team’s ongoing tour of India cancelled following Mumbai terror attacks. The tour was thrown into doubt on Wednesday night after more than 101 people were killed in Mumbai attacks.

Earlier, England were waiting to hear from the Foreign Office before taking a call on the tour even as Cricket Australia suspended all travel to India.

“We will be guided by the Foreign Office,” an ECB spokesman was quoted as saying by the ‘Daily Telegraph’.

Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium was supposed to host the second Test between England and India from December 19. The stadium is just stone throwing distance away from the Taj Mahal Hotel and the Oberoi Hotel, the scenes of the terror strikes.

The attacks happened after England crashed to their fifth successive defeat to India in Cuttack on Wednesday and reports claimed the terror strikes had left senior England team players concerned.

“We will be guided by the foreign office. We need to get a clearer idea of what the situation is before we react further,” said ECB media relations manager Andrew Walpole.

Even before the tour began there had been security concerns for the ECB after bomb blasts left dozens dead in Guwahati, where the sixth ODI is due to be played on Saturday.

 

India on a winning streak, take 5-0 lead

As captain MS Dhoni had promised, there was no dip in the intensity level after the series win and India comfortably won the fifth ODI against England by 6 wickets in Cuttack.

After a blistering start from Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, India lost the momentum a bit as they lost three wickets in quick succession, but then Dhoni along with Suresh Raina consolidated India’s position. Dhoni (50) added 94 runs for the fourth wicket and also raised his 25th ODI fifty before Graeme Sawnn trapped him in front of the wicket. After the captain’s dismissal, Raina and Rohit Sharma saw their side home with 38 balls to spare.

England pacer Steve Harmison gave their side the first breakthrough as he dismissed Sachin Tendulkar for 50 runs. Sachin tried to play a good length delivery towards the cover but missed it and the ball crashed into the stumps. The master blaster became the first batsman to raise 90th one-day half-century. He added 136 runs for the first wicket with Sehwag. The duo had the 100-run stand for the tenth time in a row.

Yuvraj Singh was the second Indian to depart as he perished to a soft dismissal from Ravi Bopara for 6 runs. Bopara took a simple catch in his follow through to see the Punjab dasher back in the hut. Sehwag, despite his blitzing knock, missed out on his ton as Stuart Broad caught him plumb in front for 91 runs. In his 73-ball long innings, Sehwag slammed fifteen fours and a six to raise 33rd ODI fifty, his seventh against England and grabbed his second ‘Man of the match’ award of the series.

Earlier riding on their captain’s knock, England made 270 runs at the loss of four wickets. Electing to bowl first, India started off nicely as pacer Zaheer Khan struck twice to dismiss openers Alistair Cook and Ravi Bopara. Cook was first to depart, as a good length delivery that was going outside the off-stump took an outside edge of his bat and landed in the hands of Tendulkar at the first slip. He could make just 10 runs.

His opening partner Bopara survived a scare but finally perished for 24 runs. He tried to play it up but went straight to Yuvraj Singh standing at the backward point.

Kevin Pietersen (111*), who came after Cook’s departure, held the fort for his side. He first had an 89-run partnership with Paul Collingwood for the third wicket. Harbhajan broke their partnership as the latter holed out one in the deep to Zaheer Khan for 40 runs. In the next over of Ishant Sharma, new man Flintoff edged one to Sachin Tendulkar at slips without any addition to the score.

Pietersen was then joined by Owais Shah (66*) and the duo had an unbeaten partnership of 112 runs for the fifth wicket. While Pietersen raised seventh hundred, his second against India, Shah got his ninth ODI fifty. In the process, KP also completed 3000 ODI runs for England when he was on the score of 58.

India: MS Dhoni (Captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma.

England: Kevin Pietersen (Captain), Alistair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior, Samit Patel, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steve Harmison.

 

Mumbai Blast

10.20: We hear 3 loud voice of crackers. I guess India won the 5th ODI against England, so people celebrating the winning of TEAM INDIA and burnning the fire crackers.

10.30: No No I was wrong! There is something wrong around us. There is terrorist attack in Mumbai.

11.00: Some people returnd from CST railway station, they alert me don’t leave the office till situation is going cool.

11.30: I am again unable to communicate with my friend who goes to CST to pick a train for thane. We hear more blast and firing behind our office (Hotel oberai side).

Its now 12:20. I hear a loud voice of blast near my office and within 2-3 min we hear firing, we dont know these firing is done by police or terrorist. hundred of peoples (Raheja Center Nariman point) fears. My one friend traped in CST Railway station. He hears 3 blast and firing in CST.

12.45: Terrorist hijacked police vahicle and left that vahicle near Mantralaya (Free Press Journal Road). within 5 min we hear another blast. We are not permitted to leave our campus. (Terrorist uses the cop vehicle to fire near Raheja center). They also killed HEMAN KARKARE, VIJAY SALASKAL and ASHOK KAMATE.

12.58: Prashant Vengurlekar return to the office. He is fine but he is very affred, he show two peorsons were hited by bullet (one in back side neck and another in right thigh).

Actually Mumbai police was busy with only malegaon blast case and they ignored the safty of innocent people. Congress supports the terrorist and we are killed by terrorist. Why Congress not hanged the Afjal Guru, Why MUMBAI ATS is only investigate Malegaon Blast.

Mumbai police blocked various root and they counter attack on terrorist.

Death toll rises up to 110, 300 injured.

But still I am happy because I am live.

Don’t know where he is when you need him. We want him to go and save amchi Mumbai. Army, NSG commandoes are not marathi manoos….why should they fight and lay down their life for Mumbaikars.

Where is Raj Thackeray and his “brave Sena”? Tell him that 200 NSG commandoes from Delhi (no marathi manoos, all south and north indians) have been sent to Mumbai to fight the terrorists so that he can sleep peacefully tonight in Shivaji Park. Please forward this so it finally reaches the coward bully.

 

5th ODI India Vs England

India won 5th ODI by 6 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)

England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 273/4 (43.4 ov) Match over
India RR 6.25
Last 5 ovs 44/1 RR 8.80
England RR 5.40

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 22:20 local, 16:50 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*RG Sharma (rhb) 8 10 1 0 80.00 6 (7b) 8 (10b) 32 593 24.70
SK Raina (lhb) 54 53 8 0 101.88 21 (18b) 23 (14b) 55 1293 34.02

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*RS Bopara (rm) 6.0 1 42 1 7.00 (1nb, 1w) 1.4-0-17-0 33 5 48.00
GP Swann (ob) 7.0 0 56 1 8.00 (0nb, 2w) 6-0-35-1 15 18 28.38

Recent overs 1 . 1 1 4 W | 4 2nb . 1 1 1 4 | 1 1 . 1 . 1wd . | . 2lb . 4

Current partnership 23 runs, 2.4 overs, RR: 8.62 (Raina 11, RG Sharma 8)

Last bat MS Dhoni lbw b Swann 50 (61b 5×4 0x6) SR: 81.96
Fow: 250/4 (40.6 ov); Partnership: 94 runs, 17.5 overs, RR: 5.27 (Dhoni 50, Raina 43)

43.4 Bopara to RG Sharma, FOUR, very wide outside off, Rohit slashes it through cover for a boundary, and that’s 5-0 to India
43.3 Bopara to RG Sharma, no run
43.2 Bopara to RG Sharma, 2 leg byes, whistling down the leg side, Rohit glances it for two runs
43.1 Bopara to RG Sharma, no run, defended off the front foot
End of over 43 (4 runs) – India 267/4 (4 runs required)
SK Raina 54* (53b 8×4) GP Swann 7-0-56-1
RG Sharma 4* (6b) RS Bopara 5.2-1-38-1

42.6 Swann to Raina, no run, punched off the backfoot to extra cover
42.6 Swann to Raina, 1 wide, and a bouncer from the offspinner, thats so high that it’s called a wide
42.5 Swann to Raina, no run, punched off the backfoot to extra cover
42.4 Swann to RG Sharma, 1 run, driven to long-on for a single
42.3 Swann to RG Sharma, no run, tossed up, full and just outside off, Rohit digs it out towards cover point
42.2 Swann to Raina, 1 run, that was a short one outside off, Raina flatbats it down to long-off
42.1 Swann to RG Sharma, 1 run, worked down to long-on for a single
End of over 42 (13 runs) – India 263/4 (8 runs required)
SK Raina 53* (50b 8×4) RS Bopara 5.2-1-38-1
RG Sharma 2* (3b) GP Swann 6-0-52-1

41.6 Bopara to Raina, FOUR, Raina tickles it down the leg side for a boundary, and that brings up his half-century
41.5 Bopara to RG Sharma, 1 run, a bit of extra bounce for Bopara, Rohit guides it towards short third man for a single
India are making it look easy here, 13 needed off 50 balls now
41.4 Bopara to Raina, 1 run, overpitched and outside off, Raina drives that down to long-off for a single
41.3 Bopara to RG Sharma, 1 run, turned towards midwicket by Rohit, he gets off the mark
41.2 Bopara to RG Sharma, no run, length ball outside off, defended by Rohit towards backward point
41.2 Bopara to Raina, (no ball) 1 run, the dew is causing trouble here, the ball slips out of Bopara’s hand and comes out as a high full toss to Raina, who manges to get out of it’s way
41.1 Bopara to Raina, FOUR, drags it short, Raina doesn’t bother much with his footwork as he slams it to the midwicket boundary

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SK Raina (lhb) 53 50 8 0 106.00 21 (18b) 28 (15b) hits another fifty
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India loose fourth wicket as MS Dhoni lbw b Swann 50 (61b 5×4 0x6) SR: 81.96! Need 21 more runs in 9 over.
England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 250/4 (41.0 ov) India require another 21 runs with 6 wickets and 54 balls remaining
India RR 6.09
Last 5 ovs 43/1 RR 8.60
Required RR 2.33
England RR 5.40

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 22:07 local, 16:37 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*SK Raina (lhb) 43 46 6 0 93.47 17 (14b) 21 (14b) 55 1282 33.73

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*GP Swann (ob) 6.0 0 52 1 8.66 (0nb, 1w) 5-0-31-1 15 18 28.16
A Flintoff (rf) 9.0 0 43 0 4.77 (0nb, 0w) 1-0-9-0 138 163 24.69

Recent overs 1 1 1 4 4 1 | . 4 1 4 . . | 1 . 1 1 4 W

Last bat MS Dhoni lbw b Swann 50 (61b 5×4 0x6) SR: 81.96
Fow: 250/4 (40.6 ov); Partnership: 94 runs, 17.5 overs, RR: 5.27 (Dhoni 50, Raina 43)

End of over 41 (7 runs) – India 250/4 (21 runs required)
GP Swann 6-0-52-1
SK Raina 43* (46b 6×4) A Flintoff 9-0-43-0

40.6 Swann to Dhoni, OUT
MS Dhoni lbw b Swann 50 (61b 5×4 0x6) SR: 81.96
40.5 Swann to Dhoni, FOUR, overpitched, and Dhoni crunches it down the ground, just to the left of the bowler for a boundary, that’s his half-century
40.4 Swann to Raina, 1 run, Raina comes down the track and flicks a full ball to midwicket
40.3 Swann to Dhoni, 1 run, strays onto leg stump, Dhoni swipes it behind square for a single
40.2 Swann to Dhoni, no run, length ball, Dhoni pushes it towards cover, there’s some confusion in the calling before the batsmen decide against taking the single
40.1 Swann to Raina, 1 run, pitched up, on middle and leg, worked to long-off for a single
Powerplay has been taken
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England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 243/3 (39.6 ov) India require another 28 runs with 7 wickets and 60 balls remaining
India RR 6.07
Last 5 ovs 38/0 RR 7.60
Required RR 2.80
England RR 5.40
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Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 22:02 local, 16:32 GMT

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ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*MS Dhoni (rhb) 45 56 4 0 80.35 11 (14b) 18 (16b) 125 3930 47.34
SK Raina (lhb) 41 44 6 0 93.18 5 (3b) 20 (14b) 55 1280 33.68

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*A Flintoff (rf) 8.5 0 43 0 4.86 (0nb, 0w) 0.5-0-9-0 138 163 24.69
GP Swann (ob) 5.0 0 45 0 9.00 (0nb, 1w) 4-0-24-0 15 17 29.41

Recent overs 1 1 1 2 1 1 | 1 4 2 . 1 . | 1 1 1 4 4 1 | . 4 1 4 .

Current partnership 87 runs, 16.4 overs, RR: 5.22 (Dhoni 45, Raina 41)

Last bat V Sehwag lbw b Broad 91 (73b 15×4 1×6) SR: 124.65
Fow: 156/3 (23.1 ov); Partnership: 0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0.00 (Dhoni 0, Sehwag 0)

39.5 Flintoff to Dhoni, no run, full delivery, on middle and off, defended back to the bowler
India are in a hurry to get this over with
39.4 Flintoff to Dhoni, FOUR, not much width for Dhoni to work with but he crashes it off the backfoot past point, superb timing on that shot
39.3 Flintoff to Raina, 1 run, short ball on off, played with soft hands by Raina towards cover point, batsmen pinch a quick single
39.2 Flintoff to Raina, FOUR, a bit wider than the previous one, Raina steers that behind point for a boundary, great placement from Raina
39.1 Flintoff to Raina, no run, starts off with a beauty, back of a length, just outside off, Raina’ tries to defend off the back foot but is beaten
Flintoff back into the attack, England need wickets

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England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 189/3 (31.0 ov) India require another 82 runs with 7 wickets and 19.0 overs remaining
India RR 6.09
Last 5 ovs 28/0 RR 5.60
Required RR 4.31
England RR 5.40
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Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 21:18 local, 15:48 GMT

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ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*MS Dhoni (rhb) 16 26 1 0 61.53 6 (5b) 13 (13b) 125 3901 47.00
SK Raina (lhb) 17 21 3 0 80.95 11 (13b) 15 (17b) 55 1256 33.05

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*RS Bopara (rm) 4.0 1 24 1 6.00 (0nb, 1w) 3-1-17-0 33 5 44.40
A Flintoff (rf) 8.0 0 34 0 4.25 (0nb, 0w) 1-0-6-0 138 163 24.63

Recent overs 2 2 . 1 2 . | . 2 4 . . . | 1 1 . 4 . 4

Current partnership 33 runs, 7.5 overs, RR: 4.21 (Dhoni 16, Raina 17)

Last bat V Sehwag lbw b Broad 91 (73b 15×4 1×6) SR: 124.65
Fow: 156/3 (23.1 ov); Partnership: 0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0.00 (Dhoni 0, Sehwag 0)

End of over 31 (10 runs) – India 189/3 (82 runs required)
SK Raina 17* (21b 3×4) RS Bopara 4-1-24-1
MS Dhoni 16* (26b 1×4) A Flintoff 8-0-34-0

30.6 Bopara to Raina, FOUR
30.5 Bopara to Raina, no run, slower ball, out of the back of the hand, Raina spots it late but manages to play it back to the bowler
30.4 Bopara to Raina, FOUR, lovely shot, length ball from Bopara, the extra cover drive was away from his body but the timing was wonderful and it races to the boundary
30.3 Bopara to Raina, no run, short of a length, angling across Raina, who defends cautiously
30.2 Bopara to Dhoni, 1 run, overpitched, just outside off, Dhoni drives it firmly down to long-off
30.1 Bopara to Raina, 1 run, driven off the back foot to deep cover

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MS Dhoni

India

Player profile

Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar
Current age 27 years 142 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand
Also known as Mahi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting | Bowling | Career Statistics | Profile | Notes | Cricinfo Picks | Latest Articles | Photos + | Latest Photos

Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 33 53 6 1725 148 36.70 2716 63.51 1 13 200 32 76 17
ODIs 124 111 28 3885 183* 46.80 4268 91.02 4 24 306 92 125 40
T20Is 10 9 2 172 45 24.57 154 111.68 0 0 13 4 2 0
First-class 73 118 9 3877 148 35.56 4 27 184 33
List A 177 160 37 5793 183* 47.09 10 35 191 55
Twenty20 30 27 8 709 73* 37.31 530 133.77 0 3 61 27 9 0

Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 33 1 6 13 0 – – – 13.00 – 0 0 0
ODIs 124 – – – – – – – – – – – –
T20Is 10 – – – – – – – – – – – –
First-class 73 36 33 0 – – – 5.50 – 0 0 0
List A 177 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Twenty20 30 – – – – – – – – – – – –

Career statisticsTest debut India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Dec 2-6, 2005 scorecard
Last Test India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Bangladesh v India at Chittagong (MAA), Dec 23, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI India v England at Bangalore, Nov 23, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 1999/00
Last First-class India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 1999/00
Last List A India v England at Bangalore, Nov 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard

Profile

The spectacular arrival of Virender Sehwag was bound to inspire others to bat with the same mindset. But the odds of a clone emerging from the backwaters of Jharkhand, whose state side has consistently scraped the bottom, was highly remote. That was until Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived.

He can be swashbuckling with the bat and secure with the wicketkeeping gloves. His neck-length hair adds to his dash. Though Dhoni made his first-class debut in the 1999-2000 season, it was only in 2004 that he became a serious contender for national selection with some stirring performances when the occasion demanded. With his two centuries against Pakistan A, in the triangular tournament in Kenya, that he established himself as a clinical destroyer of bowling attacks.

In just his fifth one-dayer, against Pakistan at Vishakapatnam, he cracked a dazzling 148 – putting even Sehwag in the shade – and followed that up with a colossal 183 not out at Jaipur against Sri Lanka in November, when he broke Adam Gilchrist’s record for the highest score by a wicketkeeper in ODIs. He made an instant impact on the Test level too, pounding 148 at Faisalabad, in only his fifth Test.

He was elevated to the vice-captaincy of the one-day squad for the tour of England and Ireland in 2007 and, soon after, was appointed captain of the Twenty20 squad for the World Championship in South Africa. A heady title triumph marked him out as a leader for the future and was handed over the reins of the one-day side in September 2007 after Rahul Dravid decided to step down as captain. It didn’t take too long for him to enhance his reputation, claiming India’s first tri-series triumph in Australia. He captained Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, losing out to Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals in a tense final. As a stop-gap Test captain, he was credited with leading India to their biggest ever win in terms of runs (320), against Australia in Mohali.
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India lose third wicket V Sehwag lbw b Broad 91 (73b 15×4 1×6) SR: 124.65

England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 158/3 (24.0 ov) India require another 113 runs with 7 wickets and 26.0 overs remaining
India RR 6.58
Last 5 ovs 24/3 RR 4.80
Required RR 4.34
England RR 5.40

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 20:46 local, 15:16 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*MS Dhoni (rhb) 1 2 0 0 50.00 1 (2b) 1 (2b) 125 3886 46.81
SK Raina (lhb) 1 3 0 0 33.33 1 (3b) 1 (3b) 55 1240 32.63

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*SCJ Broad (rfm) 6.0 0 40 1 6.66 (0nb, 2w) 1-0-2-1 42 62 27.35
RS Bopara (rm) 1.0 0 7 1 7.00 (0nb, 1w) 1-0-7-1 33 5 41.00

Recent overs 1 . . 1 . 4 | 1 4 . . 1wd 1 W | W . . 1 . 1

Current partnership 2 runs, 0.5 overs, RR: 2.40 (Dhoni 1, Raina 1)

Last bat V Sehwag lbw b Broad 91 (73b 15×4 1×6) SR: 124.65
Fow: 156/3 (23.1 ov); Partnership: 0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0.00 (Dhoni 0, Sehwag 0)

End of over 24 (2 runs) – India 158/3 (113 runs required)
MS Dhoni 1* (2b) SCJ Broad 6-0-40-1
SK Raina 1* (3b) RS Bopara 1-0-7-1

23.6 Broad to Dhoni, 1 run
Kevin Pietersen is screaming encouragement to his team-mates,
23.5 Broad to Dhoni, no run, beaten as he tries to drive, that was another ball that kept low
Dhoni takes strike
23.4 Broad to Raina, 1 run, a bit of width provided and Raina gets off the mark with a poke towards point
23.3 Broad to Raina, no run, much closer to the stumps, Raina defends cautiously
23.2 Broad to Raina, no run, well outside off, Raina lets that go
Suresh Raina is the new man in
23.1 Broad to Sehwag, OUT, Sehwag’s gone, that’s another massive wicket for England, Stuart Broad gets Sehwag lbw, that ball came into Sehwag, who tried to play it to down the ground off the back foot, he missed and the umpire thought that was out, that would have definitely been missed leg
V Sehwag lbw b Broad 91 (73b 15×4 1×6) SR: 124.65
Broad comes into the attack.
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India loose second wicket as Yuvraj Singh c & b Bopara 6 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 156/2 (23.0 ov) India require another 115 runs with 8 wickets and 27.0 overs remaining
India RR 6.78
Last 5 ovs 31/2 RR 6.20
Required RR 4.25
England RR 5.40

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 20:39 local, 15:09 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*V Sehwag (rhb) 91 72 15 1 126.38 5 (4b) 20 (15b) 196 6124 33.46

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*RS Bopara (rm) 1.0 0 7 1 7.00 (0nb, 1w) 1-0-7-1 33 5 41.00
SJ Harmison (rf) 7.0 1 38 1 5.42 (0nb, 2w) 2-0-10-1 54 76 30.65

Recent overs 1 . 1 1 1 1 | 1 . . 1 . 4 | 1 4 . . 1wd 1 W

Last bat Yuvraj Singh c & b Bopara 6 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Fow: 156/2 (22.6 ov); Partnership: 20 runs, 3.1 overs, RR: 6.31 (Yuvraj Singh 6, Sehwag 13)

End of over 23 (7 runs) – India 156/2 (115 runs required)
RS Bopara 1-0-7-1
V Sehwag 91* (72b 15×4 1×6) SJ Harmison 7-1-38-1

22.6 Bopara to Yuvraj Singh, OUT, Yuvraj’s gone, Bopara strikes
Yuvraj Singh c & b Bopara 6 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
22.5 Bopara to Sehwag, 1 run, very close to offstump, Sehwag decides to steer it to third man anyway, picks up a single for his effort
22.5 Bopara to Sehwag, 1 wide, way down the leg side, Prior does a good job collecting that one
22.4 Bopara to Sehwag, no run, tries to slog that over midwicket, gets the toe end of the bat and it dribbles away to the off side
22.3 Bopara to Sehwag, no run, length ball on ball, Sehwag defends it into the covers
22.2 Bopara to Sehwag, FOUR, ooh, that was close, Sehwag gets an inside-edge as he goes for the big drive, it runs away to the fine leg boundary. and he moves into the nineties
22.1 Bopara to Yuvraj Singh, 1 run, fullish, outside off, driven by Yuvraj to long-off
Ravi Bopara comes into the attack, Prior is standing up

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ODI no. 2783 England in India ODI Series – 5th ODI
India v England 2008/09 season

Played at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, on 26 November 2008 – day/night (50-over match)

England innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
RS Bopara c Yuvraj Singh b Khan 24 33 3 0 72.72
AN Cook c Tendulkar b Khan 11 15 1 0 73.33
KP Pietersen not out 111 128 10 1 86.71
PD Collingwood c Khan b Harbhajan Singh 40 64 4 0 62.50
A Flintoff c Tendulkar b I Sharma 0 3 0 0 0.00
OA Shah not out 66 57 9 0 115.78
Extras (lb 14, w 4) 18

Total (4 wickets; 50 overs) 270 (5.40 runs per over)

Did not bat MJ Prior, SR Patel, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, SJ Harmison

Fall of wickets1-33 (Cook, 5.5 ov), 2-68 (Bopara, 9.5 ov), 3-157 (Collingwood, 29.6 ov), 4-158 (Flintoff, 30.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
IK Pathan 10 1 57 0 5.70
Z Khan 10 1 60 2 6.00 (3w)
I Sharma 10 0 54 1 5.40
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 47 1 4.70 (1w)
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 38 0 3.80

India innings (target: 271 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
V Sehwag not out 86 68 14 1 126.47
SR Tendulkar b Harmison 50 57 6 0 87.71
Yuvraj Singh not out 6 8 0 0 75.00
Extras (lb 2, w 6) 8

Total (1 wicket; 22.1 overs) 150 (6.76 runs per over)

To bat SK Raina, RG Sharma, MS Dhoni, YK Pathan, IK Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, I Sharma

Fall of wickets1-136 (Tendulkar, 19.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
SJ Harmison 7 1 38 1 5.42 (2w)
SCJ Broad 5 0 38 0 7.60 (2w)
A Flintoff 6 0 27 0 4.50
SR Patel 3 0 23 0 7.66 (1w)
GP Swann 1 0 21 0 21.00 (1w)
RS Bopara 0.1 0 1 0 6.00

Toss India, who chose to field first

Player of the match tba

Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and AM Saheba
TV umpire SK Tarapore
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire UL Dubey

Match notes

England innings
England: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (48 balls), Extras 12
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 – 15.0
Drinks: England – 81/2 in 15.0 overs (KP Pietersen 28, PD Collingwood 6)
England: 100 runs in 19.1 overs (119 balls), Extras 13
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (KP Pietersen 24, PD Collingwood 27, Ex 1)
KP Pietersen: 50 off 59 balls (7 x 4)
England: 150 runs in 29.1 overs (179 balls), Extras 17
Drinks: England – 178/4 in 35.0 overs (KP Pietersen 76, OA Shah 10)
Power Play 3: Overs 40.1 – 45.0
England: 200 runs in 40.4 overs (248 balls), Extras 18
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (KP Pietersen 21, OA Shah 28, Ex 1)
KP Pietersen: 100 off 119 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
OA Shah: 50 off 48 balls (7 x 4)
England: 250 runs in 47.3 overs (289 balls), Extras 18
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 109 balls (KP Pietersen 39, OA Shah 60, Ex 1)
Innings Break: England – 270/4 in 50.0 overs (KP Pietersen 111, OA Shah 66)
India innings
India: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (49 balls), Extras 4
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (V Sehwag 31, SR Tendulkar 15, Ex 4)
Power Play 2: Overs 11.1 – 16.0
V Sehwag: 50 off 41 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
India: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (89 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 89 balls (V Sehwag 55, SR Tendulkar 39, Ex 6)
Drinks: India – 105/0 in 15.0 overs (V Sehwag 57, SR Tendulkar 41)
SR Tendulkar: 50 off 54 balls (6 x 4)
India: 150 runs in 22.1 overs (139 balls), Extras 8

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India loose first wicket as Tendulkar (50).

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England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 134/0 (18.6 ov) India require another 137 runs with 10 wickets and 31.0 overs remaining
India RR 7.05
Last 5 ovs 35/0 RR 7.00
Required RR 4.41
England RR 5.40

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 20:21 local, 14:51 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*V Sehwag (rhb) 77 61 13 1 126.22 7 (5b) 22 (15b) 196 6110 33.38
SR Tendulkar (rhb) 49 53 6 0 92.45 10 (7b) 11 (15b) 419 16421 44.38

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*SR Patel (sla) 1.6 0 18 0 9.00 (0nb, 1w) 1-0-9-0 11 11 28.54
A Flintoff (rf) 6.0 0 27 0 4.50 (0nb, 0w) 6-0-27-0 138 163 24.59

Recent overs . . . 4 . . | 1 1 4 4 2 1 | 1 . 1 . 1 . | 1wd 1 1 1 1 4 .

Current partnership 134 runs, 19.0 overs, RR: 7.05 (Tendulkar 49, Sehwag 77)

18.6 Patel to Sehwag, no run, charges down the track, looking to smash it out of the park, Samit drags it short and Sehwag can only play it back to the bowler
18.5 Patel to Sehwag, FOUR, Full ball on leg stump, Sehwag reverse sweeps that for a boundary
Samit Patel comes over the wicket
18.4 Patel to Tendulkar, 1 run, slower delivery, tossed up, Tendulkar makes room and drives that towards sweeper cover
18.3 Patel to Sehwag, 1 run, These two batsmen are happy taking the singles, there’s another one, driven to long-on
18.2 Patel to Tendulkar, 1 run, Samit persists with the leg-stump line, Tendulkar drives it down the ground and ambles through for a single
18.1 Patel to Sehwag, 1 run, On the pads, Sehwag drops it to the leg side and runs through for a single
18.1 Patel to Sehwag, 1 wide, way down the leg side
Patek into teh attack
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V Sehwag blast again

England 270/4 (50 ov)
India 94/0 (12.6 ov) India require another 177 runs with 10 wickets and 37.0 overs remaining
India RR 7.23
Last 5 ovs 44/0 RR 8.80
Required RR 4.78
England RR 5.40

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 19:48 local, 14:18 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*V Sehwag (rhb) 55 42 10 1 130.95 20 (6b) 24 (17b) 196 6088 33.26
SR Tendulkar (rhb) 33 36 4 0 91.66 0 (0b) 18 (13b) 419 16405 44.33

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*GP Swann (ob) 0.6 0 21 0 21.00 (0nb, 1w) 1-0-21-0 15 17 28.00
A Flintoff (rf) 3.0 0 15 0 5.00 (0nb, 0w) 3-0-15-0 138 163 24.52

Recent overs . 4 4 . . 1 | 1 1 . 4 2 1 | 1 . . . 1 . | . 1wd 4 6 4 4 2

Current partnership 94 runs, 13.0 overs, RR: 7.23 (Tendulkar 33, Sehwag 55)

12.6 Swann to Sehwag, 2 runs
12.5 Swann to Sehwag, FOUR, comes down the track to try bring up his fifty with a six, doesn’t get hold of it but it still flies over mid-off for a four
What will Sehwag do with this ball?
Sehwag’s raced along to 49
12.4 Swann to Sehwag, FOUR, this was fuller from Swann, Sehwag gets his front foot out of the way and smashes it through cover
12.3 Swann to Sehwag, SIX, SHOT! in the slot for Sehwag, gets down on one knee and slams that over midwicket for a huge six
12.2 Swann to Sehwag, FOUR, again Sehwag backs away to given himself room and drives it through covers for a boundary
12.2 Swann to Sehwag, 1 wide, whistles down the leg side, he’ll have to bowl that one again
12.1 Swann to Sehwag, no run, turning in towards Sehwag, who back away and punches it to cover
Graeme Swann into the attack
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India need 271 runs in 50 overs. England set a target of 271 for India in 5 th ODI in Cuttack
England 270/4 (50.0 ov)
India India won the toss and elected to field first

Innings break England RR 5.40
Last 5 ovs 42/0 RR 8.40

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 18:02 local, 12:32 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*OA Shah (rhb) 66 57 9 0 115.78 16 (11b) 28 (16b) 52 1288 30.66
KP Pietersen (rhb) 111 128 10 1 86.71 26 (20b) 14 (14b) 87 3047 48.36

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*IK Pathan (lmf) 10.0 1 57 0 5.70 (0nb, 0w) 3-0-21-0 105 148 29.95
Z Khan (lfm) 10.0 1 59 2 5.90 (0nb, 3w) 1-0-9-0 154 218 28.62

Recent overs 1 4 2 1 1 . | 1 1 1 1 1 4 | 1 1 1 1 4 .

Current partnership 112 runs, 19.2 overs, RR: 5.79 (Shah 66, Pietersen 45)

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KP Pietersen hits century! and OA Shah hits Half century

England 242/4 (46.5 ov)
India India won the toss and elected to field first
England RR 5.16
Last 5 ovs 36/0 RR 7.20

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 17:48 local, 12:18 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*OA Shah (rhb) 51 47 7 0 104.25 28 (25b) 21 (14b) 52 1271 30.26
KP Pietersen (rhb) 100 119 9 1 84.03 20 (23b) 15 (16b) 87 3036 48.19

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*I Sharma (rf) 9.5 0 52 1 5.28 (0nb, 0w) 0.5-0-10-0 20 27 31.40
IK Pathan (lmf) 8.0 1 40 0 5.00 (0nb, 0w) 1-0-4-0 105 148 29.84

Recent overs 1 4 . 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 | . 1 1 1 1 . | . 4 4 1 1 2

Current partnership 84 runs, 16.1 overs, RR: 5.19 (Shah 49, Pietersen 34)

Last bat A Flintoff c Tendulkar b I Sharma 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Fow: 158/4 (30.4 ov); Partnership: 1 runs, 0.4 overs, RR: 1.50 (Flintoff 0, Pietersen 1)

46.5 I Sharma to Pietersen, 1 run

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England 200/4 (40.4 ov)
India India won the toss and elected to field first
England RR 4.83
Last 5 ovs 16/0 RR 3.20

Hours of play: 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Current time: 17:17 local, 11:47 GMT

ODI career
Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs Ave
*OA Shah (rhb) 20 28 3 0 71.42 0 (3b) 9 (17b) 52 1242 29.57
KP Pietersen (rhb) 83 100 9 1 83.00 8 (6b) 6 (13b) 87 3019 47.92

Bowlers O M R W Econ Current spell Mat Wkts Ave
*Z Khan (lfm) 6.3 1 32 2 4.92 (0nb, 3w) 0.3-0-0-0 154 218 28.50
Harbhajan Singh (ob) 10.0 0 47 1 4.70 (0nb, 1w) 2-0-7-0 180 202 32.97

Recent overs . . 1 . 1 1 | . 1lb 1 1 . 4 | 1 . . 1 1 1 | . . .

Current partnership 38 runs, 9.5 overs, RR: 3.86 (Shah 20, Pietersen 17)

 

India wins 3rd ODI

4.39 pm: The par score at the end of the 40th over is 182, so India are 16 runs ahead … And the umpires have offered the light to the batsmen. Dhoni and Yusuf walk off the ground but Pietersen isn’t pleased. He’s talking to the umpires, the England players are hanging around … Pietersen’s still talking to the umpires … and now he walks off looking rather unhappy.

There’s virtually no chance of the light improving so that will be the end of the game. I’ll bring you the official word as soon as I hear something. I wonder why they didn’t shorten the lunch break, or why the captains didn’t agree to use the floodlights …

Here’s a rant from Ben: “Unbelievable, what an absolute farce. Why is there seemingly no room for common sense in todays game.

1) Why even attempt to play a match when you know the light will not be good enough all day?
2) What’s the point of having flood lights if you can’t use them for just this sort of occasion?”

It’s official … the game has been called off and India have won by 16 runs on the D-L method. Dhoni had talked about bad light coming into play at the toss, and it’s turned out precisely that way. India have taken a 3-0 lead in the series.

“It is frustrating, it would have been nice to get a full game in today,” Pietersen said. “We’re getting better though, the games are getting closer. It’d be nice if one of our batters got in and scored a 100. ”

“At the end of the day the umpire made decisions and unfortunately we came out bottom,” Pietersen said when asked about the light.

“In the morning at the toss I said that D-L would come into play,” Dhoni said. “It was bound to happen. I had the sheet in my pocket when I went to bat. We knew if we didn’t lose wickets we would get ahead of the equation. the pitch was slower when we batted and the odd ball was turning … but we had D-L in mind and we got of to a decent start and were always ahead of the equation.”

Harbhajan Singh is the Man of the Match for his spell of 3 for 31.

For the rugby fans out there, tune into Scrum.com to see if England can avoid a repeat drubbing by South Africa tomorrow at Twickenham.

That’s all we’ve got for you from today’s game. India’s taken a 3-0 lead in the series. Thank you for all your emails and do join us on Sunday for the fourth ODI in Bangalore. On behalf of Binoy George, who was scoring, this is George Binoy signing off. Cheers.

India took a 3-0 lead in the one-day series with a 16-run Duckworth-Lewis win over a much-improved England side.

Chasing 241 to win, Virender Sehwag (68) and Yuvraj Singh (38) gave India the platform before bad light curtailed play nine overs before the end.

Andrew Flintoff (3-31) was the pick of England’s bowling attack in Kanpur.

Openers Ravi Bopara (60) and Ian Bell (46) gave England a fine start, putting on a 79-run stand before Harbhajan Singh (3-31) checked their progress.

The match was all set for a dramatic denouement before the light began to rapidly deteriorate in the closing stages of the match, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan at the crease.

Umpires Amiesh Saheba and Russell Tiffin had no option but to offer the light to the batsmen, who gratefully accepted in the knowledge that India were ahead on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

The decision infuriated England captain Kevin Pietersen, who remonstrated with both officials as the towering Green Park floodlights remaining idle as the teams walked off the ground.

It was a sad way to end a thoroughly absorbing encounter as England produced their best cricket of the tour.

 

तस्वीरों में- सौरभ गांगुली की करियर

तस्वीरों में- सौरभ गांगुली की करियर

भारत के सफलतम कप्तान रहे और आक्रामक क्रिकेटर सौरभ चंडीदास गांगुली ने अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट को अलविदा कह दिया है. आइए नज़र डालते हैं उनके करियर पर

गांगुली ने अपने अंतरराष्ट्रीय करियर की शुरुआत वनडे मैच से की थी. उन्होंने अपना पहला वनडे 1992 में वेस्टइंडीज़ के ख़िलाफ़ खेला था

इसके चार साल बाद यानी वर्ष 1996 में गांगुली ने अपने टेस्ट करियर की शुरुआत की. इंग्लैंड के ख़िलाफ़ लॉर्ड्स में हुए अपने पहले टेस्ट मैच में उन्होंने शतक लगाकर बेहतरीन शुरुआत की

मैच फ़िक्सिंग विवाद के बाद सौरभ गांगुली को वर्ष 2000 में भारतीय टीम की कप्तानी सौंपी गई. उस समय तक गांगुली ने अपने आप को वनडे मैचों में भी स्थापित कर लिया था

कप्तान गांगुली और कोच जॉन राइट के कार्यकाल में भारतीय क्रिकेट को नई ऊँचाई मिली और गांगुली की कप्तानी में भारत को कई शानदार जीत मिली

सौरभ गांगुली के रूप में भारत को एक आक्रामक कप्तान मिला. भारतीय टीम में भी गुणात्मक सुधार हुआ और इसका लाभ भी टीम को मिला

वर्ष 2003 में गांगुली की कप्तानी में भारतीय टीम विश्व कप के फ़ाइनल तक पहुँची. लेकिन ग्रेग चैपल के कोच बनने के बाद कप्तान और कोच के रिश्ते में दरार आनी शुरू हुई

ग्रेग चैपल के एक ई-मेल ने रही-सही कसर पूरी कर दी. और आख़िरकार गांगुली से कप्तानी छीन ली गई.

गांगुली के लिए अभी और परेशानी आनी बाक़ी थी. ख़राब प्रदर्शन के कारण उन्हें टीम से बाहर का रास्ता दिखा दिया गया

लेकिन गांगुली ने हिम्मत नहीं हारी. घरेलू क्रिकेट में अच्छा प्रदर्शन करके उन्होंने टीम में वापसी की

लेकिन वनडे टीम में गांगुली का आना-जाना लगा रहा. गांगुली इससे काफ़ी निराश थे

वनडे में गांगुली और तेंदुलकर की सलामी जोड़ी एक समय सर्वश्रेष्ठ जोड़ी मानी जाती थी. लेकिन समय के साथ ये जोड़ी भी टूट गई

गांगुली को इस साल शुरू में ऑस्ट्रेलिया में हुई वनडे प्रतियोगिता की टीम से अलग रखा गया, जिससे गांगुली काफ़ी आहत थे

ईरानी ट्रॉफ़ी की टीम में जगह नहीं मिली तो लगा ऑस्ट्रेलिया के ख़िलाफ़ गांगुली नहीं खेलेंगे. लेकिन गांगुली को टीम में जगह मिली. लेकिन सिरीज़ शुरू होने से पहले घोषणा कर दी कि वे नागपुर टेस्ट के साथ ही संन्यास ले लेंगे

नागपुर टेस्ट सौरभ गांगुली का आख़िरी टेस्ट था. जिसकी पहली पारी में उन्होंने 85 रन बनाए तो दूसरी पारी में खाता भी नहीं खोल पाए

 

नागपुर में विश्व चैंपियन धराशायी

हरभजन और अमित मिश्रा की घूमती गेंदों के आगे नागपुर टेस्ट में ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने घुटने टेक दिए. इसी के साथ भारत ने सिरीज़ पर 2-0 से क़ब्ज़ा कर लिया है.

जीत के लिए 382 रनों का पीछा करती हुई विश्व चैंपियन ऑस्ट्रेलियाई टीम चायकाल के ठीक पहले 209 रनों पर ढेर हो गई.

हरभजन की गेंद पर मिचेल जॉनसन के पगबाधा आउट होते ही भारत ने बोर्डर-गावस्कर ट्रॉफ़ी पर अपनी मुहर लगा दी.

संक्षिप्त स्कोर
भारत (पहली पारी)-441 रन
ऑस्ट्रेलिया – 355 रन
भारत (दूसरी पारी)- 295
ऑस्ट्रेलिया – 209 ऑल आउट
नतीजा – भारत 172 रनों से जीता

इसके साथ ही भारत ने आईसीसी टेस्ट रैंकिंग में दक्षिण अफ़्रीका को पीछे धकेल दूसरा स्थान हासिल कर लिया.

क्रिकेट की दुनिया से सौरभ गांगुली की विदाई इससे बेहतर तरीके से और क्या हो सकती थी.

नागपुर में मिली शानदार जीत

ये मैदान पर सौरभ का आख़िरी दिन था और मैच का भी निर्णायक पल. अचानक धोनी ने सौरभ से कुछ कहा और उसके बाद ऐसा लगा मानो दादा कप्तानी संभाल रहे हों.

वो खिलाड़ियों को दिशा निर्देश दे रहे थे और फ़ील्डरों को उनकी जगह बता रहे थे. ऐसा लग रहा था शायद दादा के सम्मान में धोनी ने उन्हें कप्तानी सौंप दी हो.

घातक गेंदबाज़ी

मैथ्यू हेडन और साइमन कैटिच ने बेहद आक्रामक अंदाज़ में पाँचवें दिन की शुरुआत की. सिरीज़ में 1-0 से पीछे चल रहे कंगारुओं के पास आक्रामक होने के अलावा कोई चारा भी नहीं था.

लेकिन ईशांत शर्मा ने शानदार तेज़ गेंदबाज़ी का नमूना पेश करते हुए कैटिच और माइकल क्लार्क को पैवेलियन भेज दिया. कैटिच ने 16 और क्लार्क ने 22 रन बनाए.

हेडन के विकेट ने मैच का रुख़ भारत की ओर मोड़ दिया

कप्तान रिकी पोंटिंग महज आठ रन बनाकर अमित मिश्रा के हाथों रन आउट हो गए.

तब लगा कि ऑस्ट्रेलियाई बल्लेबाज़ी दबाब में आ गई लेकिन हेडन और माइक हसी ने रन रेट पाँच से ऊपर रखते हुए ज़बर्दस्त बैटिंग की और एक समय भारतीय दबाव में नज़र आने लगे.

तभी चतुर महेंद्र सिंह धोनी ने अमित मिश्रा को गेंदबाज़ी की कमान सौंपी और उन्होंने हसी को 19 के निजी स्कोर पर स्लिप में कैच करा बड़ी कामयाबी दिलाई.

लेकिन हेडन का विकेट मैच का निर्णायक मोड़ साबित हुई. तेज़ी से रन बटोर रहे हेडन को 77 के स्कोर पर हरभजन ने पगबाधा आउट करा भारत की राह आसान कर दी.

हरभजन ने चार और अमित ने तीन विकेट हासिल किए. ईशांत ने दो शिकार बनाए.

चौथा दिन

चौथे दिन का खेल ख़त्म होने तक ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने बिना कोई विकेट गँवाए 13 रन बना लिए हैं. मैथ्यू हेडन पाँच और साइमन कैटिच आठ रन पर नाबाद हैं.

इससे पहले वीरेंदर सहवाग और मुरली विजय, उसके बाद कप्तान महेंद्र सिंह धोनी और हरभजन सिंह की अच्छी बल्लेबाज़ी की बदौलत भारत ने दूसरी पारी में 295 रन बनाए.

पहली पारी के आधार पर भारत को 86 रनों की महत्वपूर्ण बढ़त मिली है. पहली पारी में भारत ने 441 रन बनाए थे जबकि ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने जवाब में 355 रन बनाए.

दूसरी पारी में भारत की ओर से वीरेंदर सहवाग ने सर्वाधिक 92 रन बनाए, जबकि कप्तान महेंद्र सिंह धोनी ने 55 और हरभजन सिंह ने 52 रनों की पारी खेली. मुरली विजय ने 41 रन बनाए.

जबकि ऑस्ट्रेलिया की ओर से शेन वॉटसन और जेसन क्रेज़ा ने चार-चार विकेट लिए. अपना पहला टेस्ट खेल रहे क्रेज़ा ने पहली पारी में आठ विकेट लिए थे. इस तरह अपने पहले टेस्ट में क्रेज़ा ने कुल 12 विकेट चटकाए.

दूसरी पारी में एक बार फिर वीरेंदर सहवाग और अपना पहला टेस्ट खेल रहे मुरली विजय ने शानदार शुरुआत दी. सहवाग ने अपने अंदाज़ में बल्लेबाज़ी की तो मुरली ने संयम के साथ.

दोनों ने पहले विकेट के लिए 116 रन जोड़े. लेकिन मुरली विजय के 41 रन पर आउट होते ही एक बार फिर भारतीय पारी लड़खड़ा गई.

राहुल द्रविड़ फिर नाकाम रहे और सिर्फ़ तीन रन बनाकर आउट हो गए. लग रहा था कि वीरेंदर सहवाग इस बार शतक लगा ही लेंगे. लेकिन ऐसा नहीं हुआ. 92 रन के निजी स्कोर पर सहवाग ब्रेट ली की गेंद पर आउट हो गए.

बल्लेबाज़ी

भारत के तीन विकेट 142 रन पर गिर गए. इसके बाद लक्ष्मण और सचिन तेंदुलकर ने संभल कर खेलना शुरू किया. लेकिन दोनों खिलाड़ी काफ़ी दबाव में खेल रहे थे.

क्रेज़ा ने पहले टेस्ट में कुल 12 विकेट लिए

ऑस्ट्रेलियाई कप्तान ने काफ़ी अच्छी रणनीति बनाई और फ़ील्डिंग भी ऐसी लगाई कि दोनों खिलाड़ियों के लिए रन बनाना मुश्किल हो रहा था. दबाव में पहले टूटे वीवीएस लक्ष्मण. क्रेज़ा की गेंद पर वे क्लीन बोल्ड हो गए.

लक्ष्मण ने 34 गेंद पर सिर्फ़ चार रन बनाए. अपना आख़िरी टेस्ट खेल रहे गांगुली ने पहली पारी में 85 रन बनाए थे लेकिन दूसरी पारी में वे बिना कोई रन बनाए पहली ही गेंद पर आउट हो गए.

सचिन भी अपने अंदाज़ में नहीं खेल पा रहे थे. उनकी कोशिश लग रही थी कि विकेट न गिरे. लेकिन एक रन लेने की कोशिश में वे रन आउट हो गए.

सचिन ने 55 गेंद पर 12 रन बनाए. इसके बाद कप्तान महेंद्र सिंह धोनी और हरभजन सिंह ने बिना दबाव आक्रामक पारी खेलना शुरू किया. दोनों ने तेज़ी से रन बटोरने शुरू किए.

धोनी ने अपना अर्धशतक भी पूरा किया लेकिन वे 55 रन बनाकर आउट हो गए. भज्जी और धोनी ने सातवें विकेट की साझेदारी में 108 रन बनाए. लेकिन साझेदारी टूटते ही भारतीय पारी फिर बिखर गई.

हरभजन सिंह 52 रन बनाकर आउट हुए. भारत की पूरी टीम 295 रन पर आउट हो गई. ऑस्ट्रेलिया की ओर से शेन वॉटसन और जेसन क्रेज़ा ने चार-चार विकेट लिए. ब्रेट ली को एक विकेट मिला.

 

‘भारत के पास जश्न मनाने का समय नहीं’

ऑस्ट्रेलिया को हराने के बाद भारत के हौसले बुलंद हैं लेकिन टीम को ज़्यादा जश्न मनाने की बज़ाए इंग्लैंड से भिड़ने की तैयारी करनी होगी.

इंग्लैंड की टीम भारत पहुँच चुकी है. दोनों देशों के बीच 14 नवंबर से सात एकदिवसीय मैचों की सिरीज़ शुरु हो रही है. इसके बाद दो टेस्ट मैचों की सिरीज़ होगी.

जहाँ एक तरफ़ इंग्लैंड टीम के ऊपर इस वक्त इस बात का मानसिक दबाव रहेगा की भारत ने अभी-अभी दुनिया की सर्वश्रेष्ठ टीम को करारी शिकस्त दी है, वहीं दूसरी तरफ़ हाल ही में हुई स्टैनफ़ोर्ड टी-ट्वेंटी प्रतियोगिता में उसे हार का मुँह देखना पड़ा.

शायद यही वजह है की भारत के पूर्व कप्तान अजित वाडेकर कहते हैं, ” अगर इंग्लैंड के हाल-फिलहाल के प्रदर्शन को ध्यान में रखा जाए तो मुझे लगता है की इंग्लैंड की टीम खासी नीचे गिर गई है और भारत के लिए उन्हें हराना बिल्कुल भी मुश्किल नही होगा”.
इंग्लैंड की जो टीम भारतीय दौरे पर आई है उसमे काफ़ी संतुलन दिखाई पड़ रहा है. उनके पास बेहतर गेंदबाज़ हैं जो रिवर्स स्विंग कराने में भी माहिर हैं मदनलाल

लेकिन अगर आँकडों पर नज़र दौडाई जाए तो सन 2004 में जब इंग्लैंड भारतीय दौरे पर आया था तब भले ही वो एकदिवसीय श्रृंखला 1-4 से हार गए पर टेस्ट श्रृंखला बराबरी पर ही ख़त्म हुई थी.

अब हालात भी बदल चुके हैं. एंड्र्यू फ़्लिंटॉफ़, स्टुअर्ट ब्रोड, मोंटी पानेसर, रेयान साइडबॉटम और ख़ुद नए कप्तान केविन पीटरसन जैसे खिलाड़ी अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट में अपने पाँव जमा चुके हैं और दबाव में खेलने के माहिर भी हो चुके हैं.

बेहतर संतुलन

इंग्लैंड टीम की इसी मज़बूती को ध्यान में रखते हुए पूर्व भारतीय खिलाडी, कोच और चयनकर्ता मदनलाल कहते हैं, “इंग्लैंड की जो टीम भारतीय दौरे पर आई है उसमे काफ़ी संतुलन दिखाई पड़ रहा है. उनके पास बेहतर गेंदबाज़ हैं जो रिवर्स स्विंग कराने में भी माहिर हैं.”

वो कहते हैं, उनके पास मोंटी पनेसर जैसा स्पिनर भी हैं जो भारतीय पिचों पर अच्छा प्रदर्शन ज़रूर करेंगे. कप्तान पीटरसन ख़ुद फटाफट शैली के माहिर हैं.”

भारत ने ऑस्ट्रेलिया को टेस्ट सिरीज़ में बुरी तरह हराया

पूर्व विकेटकीपर और मुख्य चयनकर्ता रह चुके किरण मोरे भी मदन लाल की बात से सहमति जताते हुए कहते हैं,” हाल ही में टेस्ट श्रृंखला जीतने के बाद भारतीय टीम को ज़रा सी भी ढिलई नही बरतनी चाहिए क्योंकि एकदिवसीय क्रिकेट एकदम दूसरी तरह का खेल है और इंग्लैंड की टीम इसमें काफ़ी अच्छा भी कर रही है. हाँ टेस्ट क्रिकेट में ज़रूर भारतीय टीम के पास थोडी मनोवैज्ञानिक बढ़त रहेगी”.

तो एक तरफ़ जहाँ भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम ने टेस्ट क्रिकेट में अपना वर्चस्व कायम करने की मुहिम छेड़ दी है, वहीँ इंग्लैंड टीम भी भारत पहुँच कर अपने पहले अभ्यास मैच में मुंबई इलेवन को 122 रनों से शिकस्त दे चुकी है.

इंतज़ार 14 नवंबर का है जब दोनों टीमें राजकोट में पहले एकदिवसीय मैच में आमने-सामने होंगी.