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Chennai Rhinos won the CCL 2012 Match by 1 run
Feb 13th
Chennai, 12th Sunday feb 2012: The finals of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) in Hyderabad the Chennai Rhinos beat the Bangalore Bulldozers and won the cup. It was not an easy win for Chennai Rhinos being till the last ball no one could predict who could take up the deal. While the bangalore buldozers were in an option to earn 2 runs from 1 ball, it went to a run out. And finally the Chennai team won the match.
Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2012 – Results & Scorecard
| Date | Scorecard | CCL 2012 Results |
| 13 Jan | Mumbai Heroes Vs Telugu Warriors | Match tied |
| 14 Jan | Mumbai Heroes Vs Chennai Rhinos | Mumbai Heroes won by 23 runs |
| 15 Jan | Bengal Tigers Vs Karnataka Bulldozers | Karnataka Bulldozers won by 95 runs |
| 21 Jan | Kerala Strikers Vs Chennai Rhinos | Chennai Rhinos won by 1 wicket |
| 21 Jan | Telugu Warriors Vs Karnataka Bulldozers | Telugu Warriors won by 4 wickets |
| 22 Jan | Bengal Tigers Vs Chennai Rhinos | Bengal Tigers won by 8 wickets |
| 22 Jan | Kerala Strikers Vs Mumbai Heroes | Kerala Strikers won by 10 wickets |
| 28 Jan | Telugu Warriors Vs Kerala Strikers | Telugu Warriors won by 9 wickets |
| 28 Jan | Karnataka Bulldozers Vs Chennai Rhinos | Chennai Rhinos won by 4 runs |
| 29 Jan | Bengal Tigers Vs Telugu Warriors | Telugu Warriors won by 7 wickets |
| 29 Jan | Karnataka Bulldozers Vs Mumbai Heroes | Karnataka Bulldozers won by 13 runs |
| 4 Feb | Kerala Strikers Vs Bengal Tigers | Kerala Strikers won by 1 run |
| 4 Feb | Telugu Warriors Vs Chennai Rhinos | Telugu Warriors won by 7 wickets |
| 5 Feb | Karnataka Bulldozers Vs Kerala Strikers | Karnataka Bulldozers won by 140 runs |
| 5 Feb | Bengal Tigers Vs Mumbai Heroes | Mumbai Heroes won by 6 wickets |
| 11 Feb | Semi Final 1: Karnataka Bulldozers vs Mumbai Heroes | Karnataka Bulldozers won by 53 runs |
| 11 Feb | Semi Final 2: Telugu Warriors vs Chennai Rhinos | Chennai Rhinos won by 15 runs |
| 12 Feb | Final: Chennai Rhinos v Karnataka Bulldozers | Chennai Rhinos won by 1 run |
Scorecard Courtesy: 24cricket.com
Ind vs SL: Zaheer Khan strikes early to remove Tharanga
Feb 8th
NEW DELHI: Seasoned seamer Zaheer Khan struck early to give India first breakthrough as he dismissed Lankan opener Upul Tharanga in the second one-day international of the tri-series at the WACA in Perth on Wednesday
Sri Lanka lost their first wicket at the score of 12 after skipper Mahela Jayawardene elected to bat against India in the second one-dayer.
Tharanga edged Zaheer Khan’s delivery straight into the hands of Sachin Tendulkar at first slip.
Virender Sehwag, who had been rested from the first game in order to play Rohit Sharma, returned to the final XI. Sehwag replaced Gautam Gambhir who has been rested for the second ODI.
Veteran pacer Zaheer Khan, who missed out the opening match like Sehwag, also made his way back into the team as he replaced injured Rahul Sharma.
The Sri Lankans went with five fast bowlers – Dhammika Prasad, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera and Angelo Matthews – on a pitch which already has cracks.
In Australia, the two teams have clashed five times and India have an advantage of 2-1 over their southern neighbours, with two matches finishing with no result.
India still feel the pain of their last visit to WACA last month when they lost the third Test to Australia in two and a half days by an innings margin.
It’s a record at this venue though isn’t too bad. It has won three games and lost five matches since 1980 when it first played New Zealand in a triangular and won by five runs.
The fast outfield and less-than a steeping bounce enables big scores to be managed at this ground.
Five wins each in the last 10 ODIs between the two sides might suggest an even battle between two sub-continental teams but ever so quietly, the young brigade has begun to make headlines for Sri Lanka in the last few months.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Angelo Matthews, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Dinesh Chandimal, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Upul Tharanga, Dhammika Prasad and Nuwan Kulasekara.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan.
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Ind vs Aus, India taste first victory Down Under, thrash Australia by 8 wickets
Feb 4th
MELBOURNE: India revived their Australian tour with a convincing eight-wicket win over the home side in the second Twenty20 international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
The tourists dazzled in the field with four run outs to restrict Australia to 131 off 19.4 overs before reaching the target at 135 for two with two balls to spare before 62,275 fans.
It was the Indians’ first victory on their tour of Australia after losing the opening T20 game by 31 runs in Sydney on Wednesday and receiving a 4-0 thrashing in the Test series.
Australia were scuttled by India’s brilliant fielding, the pick of which came from man-of-the-match Ravindra Jadeja who took two run outs.
It was a shambolic Australian performance with the bat and in the field as the youthful Indian side finally revealed the hunger missing for so much of the lopsided Test series.
Gautam Gambhir top-scored with an unbeaten 56 off 60 balls with skipper MS Dhoni not out 21 off 18 balls after promoting himself to number four in the batting order.
The Indians were always in control of the run chase, but tensions mounted in the final over as the Australians ringed the field around Gambhir before he pierced the circle for the winning runs off Clint McKay with two balls to spare.
India only lost the wickets of Virender Sehwag for 23 off 16 balls and Virat Kohli 31 off 24.
The impressive victory was just the momentum switch that India needed ahead of Sunday’s opening match in the tri one-day series against Australia at the MCG.
Opener Aaron Finch, one of three changes from Australia’s win in the opening T20 game, top-scored with 36 off 23 balls and first match top-scorer Matthew Wade chipped in with 32 off 29 balls.
But India had the home side under pressure from the third over when they had the adventurous David Warner dismissed for eight to a great catch in the deep by a back-pedalling Gambhir off Praveen Kumar.
Test flop Shaun Marsh was out for a two-ball duck and Finch was run out by an outstanding piece of athletic fielding by Jadeja after David Hussey hit the ball straight to him at backward point and scampered for a single.
Hussey also played a role in a second run out as Jadeja found skipper George Bailey (3) well out of his ground at the bowler’s end, and was himself next to go, caught and bowled by Jadeja for 24 off 29 balls.
Smart glovework by Dhoni had Mitchell Marsh stumped for 13 off spinner Rahul Sharma and Wade was run out by a direct throw from Rohit Sharma in the 19th over.
The Australians collapsed losing their final three wickets in seven balls.
Clint McKay was caught by Dhoni off Vinay Kumar for a first-ball duck, veteran Brad Hogg was leg before wicket to Rahul Sharma for four and Xavier Doherty was run out by Suresh Raina attempting a suicidal second run to end Australia’s innings with two balls left.
Kumar took two for 21 off three overs and Sharma claimed two for 29 off 3.4 overs.
Teams:
Australia: George Bailey (captain), David Warner, Xavier Doherty Aaron Finch, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Clint McKay, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Matthew Wade and Brad Hogg.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Rahul Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vinay Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja and Praveen Kumar
India to bid for 2017 U-17 FIFA World Cup
Jan 31st
BANGALORE: Football in India has seen a positive surge in recent months – whether it was Lionel Messi and the La Albiceleste who played an international friendly in Kolkata or the Bayern Munich squad taking part in Bhaichung Bhutia’s farewell match in New Delhi early this month. Now with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) deciding to bid for the 2017 U-17 World Cup, the future of the sport is set for a meteoric rise.Confirming this decision, AIFF vice-president AR Khaleel told TOI that India will be 100% ready in terms of infrastructure and as a host, five years from now. “We have good stadiums in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Kochi and Kolkata. We also have the Sree Kanteerava Stadium and the Bangalore Football Stadium, the latter being one of India’s finest. Five years from now, I am 100% sure we will be ready to host the event. It will be a big fillip for Indian football,” Khaleel said.
AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said the bidding documents and hosting agreements have to be prepared and submitted to FIFA within a couple of months. “FIFA’s executive committee will meet in Zurich on March 31 and we have to submit our bid in time. By the first week of April, we are sure to know if we have won the bid to host the event,” Das told TOI.
Jamaica and Guatemala have also expressed interest as hosts but Das said he was confident India will secure the bid.
As far as Bangalore is concerned, Khaleel – who is also the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) president – assured the city will not be found wanting on the infrastructure front. “The artificial grass at the stadium is better than the one at Salt Lake (Kolkata). The work on the FIFA International Academy is 50% complete – only the interior work needs to be done and we are sure it would be ready by May or June this year. The three wings of the stadium will also be renovated in time, so I see no impending issues,” he said.
The U-17 World Cup, which began in 1985, is a 24-team and 52-match tournament held every two years. The 2013 edition will be hosted by UAE while Chile has been granted the 2015 edition.
Live streaming, India vs Australia: 3rd Test match at WACA, Perth, Day 1
Jan 13th
Australian captain Michael Clarke has won toss and asked India to bat first at WACA, Perth in the third Test match.
Many people have started watching live cricket matches on the internet. People who are at their workplaces, colleges, waiting in long queues and elsewhere, can access live cricket action from their latest gadgets.
There are many TV companies that offer live telecast of cricket on internet. With a promising future for live streaming, companies have been developing such technologies. Many standards, however, are being used. As a result, for viewers, watching a live or on-demand video online could easily turn into a frustrating search for a plug-in or a media player, a struggle with figuring out what is being shown in a tiny picture box or in a large, fuzzy picture box or impatient waiting for intermittent signals to resume or for video and audio to be synced.
Several web portals are streaming cricket matches on the net. But not all of them are trustworthy. Some take you into other domains while some make you click hundreds of links without taking you to the actual streaming page.
For the third Test between India and Australia at the WACA, here are a few websites where you can catch live action:
1. www.espnstar.com/LIVE/
2. www.watchcriclive.com
3. www.crictime.com
4. www.cricket-365.tv/
5. www.webcric.com
6. www.cricket-matches.blogspot.com/
7. www.extracover.net
Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic lift doubles title in Chennai Open
Jan 9th
Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic patched together an effective combination to dump seasoned pros Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 6-4, 6-4 to win the doubles title at the Aircel Chennai Open late on Sunday.
With a raucous crowd egging on the Indo-Serbian pair, the duo responded very well. For Tipsarevic, it was a proud moment as all week long he had expressed a desire to win his maiden doubles title.
After the loss in singles, Tipsarevic came back fresh and ready to listen to the tips which Leander was giving the singles specialist. As Leander slammed a deep forehand volley winner, the crowd was ecstatic.
For a city which has seen top quality doubles in the last 15 years, the win for Leander and his one-off partner was gratifying. To be sure, Erlich and Ram had more experience but such was the atmosphere inside the stadium, they may have felt a bit intimidated.
In the first set, there were three breaks of serve of which two were in favour of the Indo-Serb pair. Leander and Tipsarevic sealed victory as they played effective doubles with the Indian showing his touch at the net. “I am happy I am not going away empty-handed,” said Tipsarevic.
For Leander, victory was even sweeter as he was left without an Indian partner for the lone ATP event at home.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna exuded confidence despite losing in the semi-finals on Saturday night.
“The loss doesn’t rattle our confidence, in fact it gives us confidence. We played these three matches in Chennai and lost to a world class team which has won a Grand Slam (Erlich and Ram),” said Rohan.
“Going to Melbourne (for the Australian Open) I think there are a lot of positives to take. We have the whole of next week to get fully fit and 100 per cent ready for the tournament,” added Rohan.
Mahesh said the semi-final loss was due to strategic errors. “All this just boils down to a brand new partnership and like Rohan said, this has been an eye opening week,” said Mahesh.
“I was very nervous coming in, not knowing how I will be able to play on the deuce court. But after this tournament, I have regained my confidence and I am sure that now I will be able to play good quality tennis,” added Mahesh.
Ind vs Aus Australia crush India by an innings and 68 runs on Day 4 at SCG
Jan 6th
Scorecard
Ben Hilfenhaus took five wickets including the last scalp of R Ashwin (62) as India were bowled out for 400 runs in their second innings.
Australia were just one wicket away from an innings victory as Nathan Lyon trapped Ishant Sharma plumb in front of the wicket soon after R Ashwin’s fifty.
Staring at an innings defeat, India were 351/8 in their second innings at tea.
India lost their eighth wicket when Peter Siddle had Zaheer Khan caught by Shaun Marsh, who took a fine tumbling catch over his head in the covers. Zaheer hit 35 from 26 balls with the help of a six and 5 fours.
India lost Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, captain MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli in quick succession.
James Pattinson got his first wicket when he trapped Kohli plumb in front of the wicket with a full straight delivery that Kohli tried to get across and flick but missed. The ball stayed low as well and hit him right in front.
Ben Hilfenhaus took his fourth wicket by dismissing Dhoni taking an easy return catch. Dhoni looked to drive the full delivery but hit it back without control. It lobbed up to Hilfenhaus who took it easily. It initially seemed as if it was a bump ball as Hilfenhaus did not celebrate, but the slip cordon came haring down in celebration. The on-field umpires referred to the third umpire and the replays showed that the ball came directly off the face of the bat towards the bowler.
Hilfenhaus dismissed Laxman with the second new ball that was pitched full just outside off and moved away just a touch. Laxman was squared up in defense and the ball went past the bat’s edge to clip the off-stump leaving Laxman stunned.
Laxman hit 7 fours in his 66-run knock.
Tendulkar missed his 100th ton yet again as Australian captain Michael Clarke had him caught by Michael Hussey at first slip for 80.
Clarke tossed up a delivery outside off, Tendulkar came forward to defend but the ball spun away and took the outside edge, it went to Brad Haddin who was slow in getting up, but such was the luck for Tendulkar that the ball went off Haddin’s gloves towards Hussey at first slip.
The moment Tendulkar’s wicket fell there was stunned silence at the SCG and one could hear only Haddin and Hussey screaming in delight. Then the crowd gave the master a standing ovation as he departed for a wonderful 80.
Tendulkar hit 9 fours and added 104 runs with VVS Laxman for the fourth wicket.
India lost Gautam Gambhir in the first session.
Laxman scored a 92-ball 50 soon after lunch, which included six fours, to take India past the 250-run mark.
India, resumed at 114/2 on Friday, lost overnight batsman Gambhir (83) but scored 129 runs off 27 overs during the two-hour session.
Tendulkar hit a fighting half-century to lead India’s battle alongwith VVS Laxman against the Aussies. Tendulkar’s fifty came in 89 balls with the help of seven boundaries.
Earlier in the day, seamer Peter Siddle, who replaced Ben Hilfenhaus, gave Australia a crucial breakthrough as he got rid of Gambhir.
Gambhir, who scored 83 of 142 balls with the help of 11 fours, tried to play the shot on the on-side but it took the leading edge which was well caught by David Warner at point.
Gambhir and Tendulkar added 68 runs for the third wicket.
The conditions were little overcast on Day 4 due to some showers on Thursday evening but the weather is perfectly fine for the game of cricket at the SCG.
India, who have never won a Test series in Australia, reached third day stumps at 114 for two, 354 behind, with Gautam Gambhir on 68 and Sachin Tendulkar eight.
Earlier on the third day of the Test, Indian opener Virender Sehwag (4) and an uncertain Rahul Dravid (29) were cooling their heels in the pavilion, which raises the possibility of an innings defeat in the match.
Michael Hussey remained unbeaten on 150 but the glory of the day belonged to Australian skipper Michael Clarke who was left unconquered on 329, the highest score ever made at the SCG, which is hosting its 100th Test.
Triple centurion Michael Clarke put team interests ahead of personal glory as Australia moved towards a crushing win over India in the second Test.
Captain Clarke, unbeaten on 329, declared Australia’s first innings closed at 659 for four to press for victory – despite various individual milestones beckoning.
After building a massive 468-run lead, Clarke called a halt to the onslaught to give his attack seven and a half sessions to bowl India out.
He was rewarded with the key wickets of Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid as the tourists dug in to save going 2-0 down in the four-Test series.
India had an early stumble when big-hitter Sehwag was brilliantly plucked from the air by the athletic David Warner at point off Ben Hilfenhaus for four.
Dravid’s reputation as “The Wall” took another hit when he was out bowled for the third time in the series, this time by Hilfenhaus for 29.
Gambhir was lucky enough to survive after he was dropped by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin on 66 off James Pattinson in the penultimate over of the day.
Clarke’s score is the fourth highest score by an Australian in Test cricket, behind Matthew Hayden (380), Sir Donald Bradman (334) and Mark Taylor (334).
This was the 25th instance of a triple century in Test cricket. Only Bradman, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle are the four batsmen who have hit triple century twice in Tests.
Proposal to name an Old Delhi road after Tendulkar draws flak
Jan 5th
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s ( MCD) naming committee has received a proposal from a councillor to name a road in the Walled City after the cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. The naming committee headed by Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi will consider the proposal in a meeting on Friday. But the Mayor has quashed the rumour that Chandni Chowk will be renamed after the cricketer.
“We have got a proposal from BJP councillor from Chandni Chowk Suman Gupta, but it doesn’t specify any road. He has requested that any road in the Walled City should be renamed after the Sachin Tendulkar. A FM channel has also approached us to rename the road after Tendulkar. The channel claims to have got the support of over two lakh Delhiites. There are several requests from Bollywood celebrities too regarding this. We will consider the request at the meeting and if members agree then we might name a road after him,” said Abbi. Sources say Gupta was keen on renaming the stretch between Red Fort to Fatehpuri Masjid after the legendary cricketer, but following stiff opposition from local traders and heritage lovers, he said any road in the area could be named after the cricketer.
“Renaming Chandni Chowk as Tendulkar chowk is out of question. We can’t play with the heritage of the city. But we would like to honour the cricketer so we would consider the proposal and take a decision with the consent of all the members,” said Abbi.
