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India Vs West Indies 2009 [Schedule]

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Indian team is flying directly from England to West Indies to play a four ODI match series. Surely, there was no breathing time in between the WT20 and this tour, although the Indian team has found some time to re-assemble after their early exit from WT20.

This will be the last leg of the 2008-2009 season that started in October with Australian visiting India. The team gets a considerable break before they play in the Champions Trophy in September later this year.

The Schedule

The Schedule of the West Indies tour is:

Date Time Match Venue
Fri, Jun 26 08:00 PM IST 1st ODI – West Indies vs India Kingston, Jamaica
Sun, Jun 28 08:00 PM IST 2nd ODI – West Indies vs India Kingston, Jamaica
Fri, Jul 3 07:00 PM IST 3rd ODI – West Indies vs India Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun, Jul 5 07:00 PM IST 4th ODI – West Indies vs India Gros Islet, St Lucia

Live Broadcast

List of TV channels broadcasting India Vs West Indies 2009 live:

Country Broadcaster
Bangladesh Ten Sports
Europe Ten Sports
Hong Kong Ten Sports
India Ten Sports
Indonesia Ten Sports
Japan Ten Sports
Middle East Ten Sports
Maldives Ten Sports
Nepal Ten Sports
Pakistan Ten Sports
South Africa Super Sports
UK Sky Sports

Indian Squad for the WI Tour

imageThe Indian squad for the Caribbean tour has been announced. Fatigue and injuries playing a big role in the selection is very evident, while, individual performances in IPL also get due recognition.

In or Out?

Let us have a look who gets in and who gets out comparing it with the WT20 squad:

In Out Stays out
M Vijay Zaheer Khan Sachin Tendulkar
S Badrinath Suresh Raina Virender Sehwag
Abhishek Nayar Irfan Pathan Munaf Patel
Ashish Nehra

If we compare it with the ODI squad that toured New Zealand earlier this year, then Ashish Nehra, Abhishek Nayar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, S Badrinath and M Vijay get the place into the side.

Selected or Dropped?

Let us try to see why few of the players were selected or dropped?

Selected

  • M Vijay: His performance in Ranji trophy gets him in to the squad. Moreover, he is an opener, so he could release Rohit from the extra responsibility and allow him to strengthen the middle over.
  • S Badrinath: He had a good Ranji season and gets a well deserved selection.
  • Abhishek Nayar: All round performance during Ranji and IPL this season helps him get into the 16-member squad.
  • Ravindra Jadeja: Selectors continue with their faith, after WT20, on this young boy with a promising future.
  • Ashish Nehra: Comes back to the side after 4 years. His performance in IPL and past international experience gets him the ticket.
  • RP Singh: The highest wicket taker in the IPL makes a comeback riding on his success during the league.

Dropped

  • Sachin Tendulkar: Opted to rest due to the finger injury that he got during the IPL.
  • Virender Sehwag: Continues his medical leave because of the shoulder injury.
  • Suresh Raina: He needs time to get over with the hairline fracture in his thumb.
  • Irfan Pathan: He was not selected for the final two matches in the WT20 and could not find a place for himself in the squad. He was part of the successful team that went to New Zealand.
  • Munaf Patel: He was part of the team to New Zealand, but did not have a good show during the tour. Though he had a good show during the IPL, while bowling for RR, but still could not impress the selectors.
  • Zaheer Khan: Rested because of the shoulder injury he earlier had.

The 16 Member Squad

  1. MS Dhoni (Captain)
  2. Yuvraj Singh (Vice Captain)
  3. Gautam Gambhir
  4. Rohit Sharma
  5. Yusuf Pathan
  6. Ravindra Jadeja
  7. Harbhajan Singh
  8. Pragyan Ojha
  9. RP Singh
  10. Praveen Kumar
  11. Ishant Sharma
  12. Dinesh Karthik
  13. S Badrinath
  14. Abhishek Nayar
  15. Ashish Nehra
  16. M Vijay

ICC World Twenty20 Super8: The Semifinal Line-up

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With India losing to South Africa last night, the Super8 stage is over.

Three big teams- India (who started the tournament as the favorites), England (the host nation) and New Zealand (the only one team that Indians have never been able to defeat in T20) along with Ireland (the “nothing to lose” team) pack their bags to say goodbye to the biggest tournament of the shortest form of cricket.

South Africa and Sri Lanka enter the Semifinals unbeaten, as we look forward to a final match clash.

Pakistan and West Indies have shown some real good cricket in last two weeks to make it to the semifinal stage. The stage is all set for some exciting cricket in the coming days.

From here on, it narrows down to just two more wins in the coming matches for any of these teams to win the title.

Fixtures

Day Time Match Venue Forecast
Thu Jun 18 10:00 PM IST 1st Semi-Final
Pakistan vs South Africa		 Trent Bridge Cloudy
Fri Jun 19 10:00 PM IST 2nd Semi-Final
Sri Lanka vs West Indies		 Oval Mostly Sunny

Enjoy!

Preview: India Vs West Indies

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Match Details

Group E| Super 8

Date: June 12, 2009

Time: 10:00 PM IST

TV Coverage: On Star Cricket in India

Venue: Lord’s, London

Playing Conditions

Weather: High: 19°C, Low: 11°C, Partly Cloudy, Mostly Bright, Humidity: 52%

Teams Form

In chronological order from left to right

India: WLLWW

India registered comfortable wins against Bangladesh and Ireland at the group stage but today is the big first test of the tournament for them. With Zaheer coming back to the form, Indian team looks very complete and the formidable batting order adds on to opposition’s worry.

West Indies: WLWWL

West Indies is as predictable as ever in the recent times. If it is Gayle’s day, he can win any match on its own. Bravo had a good time in the IPL and is capable of playing winning knocks.

Team News

India

Rohit has filled in Sehwag’s place pretty nicely and there seems to be no problems as such at the top of the order. Dhoni continues to stick to the 3rd position to play an anchor’s role, while others to follow him can hit big boundaries.

There have been ups and downs with the Indian fielding. Dhoni has shown his concerns in this area and scope of improvements. Bowling in the death overs is again an area where Dhoni needs to give a serious thought.

West Indies

Gayle is slotted to be back in the team in today’s match after he missed out playing against Sri Lanka.

Lendl Simmons, who was included as Gayle’s replacement, impressed all with his bowling and batting against Sri Lanka. Team management would like to keep him in the playing eleven in today’s match.

Possible Eleven

Looks like Dhoni will stick to the team that won both the group matches. Though Irfan Pathan looks like a weak link in the bowling attack but his ability to score quick runs in the death overs brings in good balance to the team.

India

  1. Gautam Gambhir
  2. Rohit Sharma
  3. MS Dhoni (capt./wk)
  4. Suresh Raina
  5. Yuvraj Singh
  6. Yusuf Pathan
  7. Irfan Pathan
  8. Harbhajan Singh
  9. Pragyan Ojha
  10. Zaheer Khan
  11. Ishant Sharma

Preview: India Vs Ireland

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Group A | Match No 12

Date: Jun 10, 2009

Time: 10:00 PM IST

TV Coverage: On Star Cricket in India

Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Playing Conditions

Weather: High: 15°C, Low: 8°C, Mostly Cloudy, Humidity: 94%

Teams Form

In chronological order from left to right

India: LWLLW

India has already qualified for the Super8. Although there is no significance of this match on the rest of the tournament but India would not like to give away this match. They will be looking to try out the bench and also give some rest to the members who have recently recovered from an injury.

Ireland: WWWNW

Ireland has already qualified for the Super8 and they have nothing to lose in this match. They have not lost any T20 International matches that they have played so far. However, 138 is the highest total that they have managed in any T20. Playing against the world champions could be the real test of their skills.

Team News

India

Sehwag has been ruled out of the tournament due to a shoulder injury. Dinesh Kartik gets a chance to replace him. India would be missing Sehwag in the Super8 where it faces stiffer competition from West Indies, England and South Africa.

Gautam and Rohit have been handling their job well at the top of the order and Dhoni need not worry about that. The middle order could be one thing where Dhoni would be using his own ideas deciding who goes in to bat. I would personally like to see Yusuf Pathan getting a free license today to hit the balls out of the ground.

Ireland

The heroes of the match against Bangladesh – O’Brien brothers to hold the key to the team’s performance. Niall O’Brien scored 40 off 25 balls in the early part of the innings while Kevin O’Brien scored 39 off 17 in the end confirming the win against Bangladesh.

Possible Eleven

Looks like Zaheer will be asked to rest in this game. Sehwag has been ruled out of the tournament and it is less likely that Dinesh will be available for today’s match.

Dhoni might give chance to Ravindra Jadeja and might try to play with only one specialist spinner.

India

  1. Gautam Gambhir
  2. Rohit Sharma
  3. Suresh Raina
  4. Yuvraj Singh
  5. MS Dhoni (capt./wk)
  6. Yusuf Pathan
  7. Ravindra Jadeja
  8. Harbhajan Singh /Pragyan Ojha
  9. Irfan Pathan
  10. Praveen Kumar / R P Singh
  11. Ishant Sharma

ICC World Twenty20 Super8 [Schedule and Fixtures]

clip_image002Pakistan has managed to qualify for the Super8 after defeating Netherlands quite handsomely. The teams were to retain their seeding for the Super8s stage, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group. The fixture details of the Super8 stage are already very clear.

Just to remind you, the rule is that if any of the 3rd seeded team from a group qualifies for the Super8, it will get the seeding of the team that they knock out for the purpose of deciding the Super8 matches.

Thus, Ireland and West Indies now get seeding of Bangladesh and Australia respectively for deciding their matches for the Super8 stage.

The group wise team seeding now stands as given below:

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
India – A1 Pakistan – B1 West Indies – C1 New Zealand – D1
Ireland – A2 England – B2 Sri Lanka – C2 South Africa – D2
Bangladesh Netherlands Australia Scotland

Super8 – Groups

GROUP E GROUP F
A1 B1
B2 A2
C1 C2
D2 D1

Schedule and fixtures for Super8

Super 8s GROUP E GROUP F
11 THU England vs South Africa

(B2 vs  D2)

10:00 PM IST

 New Zealand vs Ireland

(D1 vs  A2)

6:00 PM IST
12 FRI India vs West Indies

(A1 vs C1)

10:00 PM IST

 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

(B1 vs  C2)

6:00 PM IST
13 SAT West Indies vs South Africa

(C1 vs  D2)

6:00 PM IST

 New Zealand vs Pakistan

(D1 vs  B1)

10:00 PM IST
14 SUN India vs England

(A1 vs B2)

10:00 PM IST

 Ireland vs Sri Lanka

(A2 vs  C2)

6:00 PM IST
15 MON England vs West Indies

(B2 vs  C1)
10:00 PM IST

 Pakistan vs Ireland

(B1 vs  A2)

6:00 PM IST
16 TUE India vs South Africa

(A1 vs D2)

10:00 PM IST

 NewZealand vs Sri Lanka

(D1 vs  C2)

6:00 PM IST
18 THU Semifinal – E1 vs F2
10:00 PM IST
19 FRI Semifinal F1 vs E2

10:00 PM IST 2030 hrs BST
21 SUN Final

7:30 PM IST

‘Catch the Spirit’ – WT20 India vs Pakistan warm-up match

clip_image002The International Cricket Council (ICC) has designated the World T20 2009 warm-up match between India and Pakistan as a ‘Catch the Spirit’ match. The match is scheduled to be played at the Oval on June 3 from 10:00 PM IST.

‘Catch the Spirit’ highlights the respect with which the game is played around the world and is one of the themes of the ICC’s ongoing centenary year of 2009.

As per ICC media release, the funds raised by this match will go to support the families of the victims of the attack on the Sri Lankan team and match officials in Lahore in March.

Though, complete details are still not available but the funds will be raised primarily through requests for contributions from spectators inside the ground, appeal for donations from the spectators outside the ground via television broadcasts and internet coverage of the match and contributions from other parties having direct or indirect interest in cricket.
This stands out as a testimony of a great spirit that sport events can show to support a noble cause. I wish all the success to the organizers and hope spectators and cricket stakeholders across the globe contributes wholeheartedly during the match.

The match will be broadcasted live in India on TV on Star Cricket.

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Women’s Tournament [Schedule]

clip_image002The second edition of ICC World Twenty20 will feature two parallel tournaments – the women’s tournament featuring 8 teams and the men’s tournament featuring 12 teams.

The groupings and schedule of the women’s tournament is given below:

Group A Group B
Australia India
New Zealand England
West Indies Sri Lanka
South Africa Pakistan

Warm-up matches

JUNE 2009
08 MON NZ vs ENG
4:30 PM IST		 RSA vs SL
4:30 PM IST
08 MON AUS vs IND
8:30 PM IST		 WI vs PAK
8:30 PM IST
09 TUE RSA vs PAK
4:30 PM IST		 NZ vs IND
4:30 PM IST
09 TUE WI vs SL
8:30 PM IST		 ENG vs AUS
8:30 PM IST

Group Stage

JUNE 2009 GROUP A GROUP B
11 THU WI vs RSA
4:30 PM IST		 IND vs ENG
8:30 PM IST
12 FRI AUS vs NZ
4:30 PM IST		 PAK vs SL
8:30 PM IST
13 SAT WI vs NZ
4:30 PM IST		 IND vs PAK
8:30 PM IST
14 SUN AUS vs WI
4:30 PM IST		 ENG vs SL
8:30 PM IST
15 MON NZ vs RSA
4:30 PM IST		 IND vs SL
8:30 PM IST
16 TUE AUS vs RSA
4:30 PM IST		 ENG vs PAK
8:30 PM IST
18 THU

Women’s S/F – A1 v B2
5:30 PM IST
19 FRI

Women’s S/F – B1 v A2
5:30 PM IST
21 SUN

Women’s Final
3:00 PM IST

This is a welcome decision by ICC to hold Women’s T20 World Cup along with Men’s T20 World Cup as this will surely bring extra media attention and a definite boost to women’s cricket, the otherwise ignored aspect of international cricket.

With so many matches happening every day during the World Cup, it sure is going to be absolute delight for the cricket fans!

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Men’s Tournament [Schedule]

clip_image002[6]The second season of ICC World Twenty20 will start from June 5, 2009 in England. This time the ICC World Twenty20 will also feature a parallel competition between 8 women’s teams, along with the men’s tournament in which 12 teams are participating.

The groupings and schedule of the men’s tournament is given below:

Groups

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
India – A1 Pakistan – B1 Australia – C1 New Zealand – D1
Bangladesh – A2 England – B2 Sri Lanka – C2 South Africa – D2
Ireland Netherlands West Indies Scotland

Group Stage

JUNE 2009 GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
05 FRI ENG vs NED
10 PM IST
06 SAT IND vs BAN
10:30 PM IST		 AUS vs WI
6:30 PM IST		 NZ vs SCO
2:30 PM IST
07 SUN ENG vs PAK
10:00 PM IST		 RSA vs SCO
6:00 PM IST
08 MON IRE vs BAN
6:00 PM IST		 AUS vs SL
10:00 PM IST
09 TUE PAK vs NED
6:00 PM IST		 NZ vs RSA
10:00 PM IST
10 WED IND vs IRE
10:00 PM IST		 SL vs WI
6:00 PM IST

Super 8’s – Groups

GROUP E GROUP F
A1 B1
B2 A2
C1 C2
D2 D1

The teams will retain their initial seeding for the Super 8’s, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group. In case they are knocked out by team 3 of their group, then team 3 will replace the seeding of the team that they knock out.

If India qualifies for Super 8’s, even if it comes second, India will still be A1. If for example, Ireland qualifies instead of India, Ireland will become A1.

Super 8s GROUP E (A1, B2, C1, D2) GROUP F (B1, A2, C2, D1)
11 THU B2 vs  D2
10:00 PM IST		 D1 vs  A2
6:00 PM IST
12 FRI India (A1) vs  Australia (C1)
10:00 PM IST		 B1 vs  C2
6:00 PM IST
13 SAT C1 vs  D2
6:00 PM IST		 D1 vs  B1
10:00 PM IST
14 SUN India (A1) vs  England (B2)
10:00 PM IST		 A2 vs  C2
6:00 PM IST
15 MON B2 vs  C1
10:00 PM IST		 B1 vs  A2
6:00 PM IST
16 TUE India (A1) vs South Africa (D2)

10:00 PM IST

 D1 vs  C2
6:00 PM IST
18 THU

Semifinal – E1 v F2
10:00 PM IST
19 FRI

Semifinal F1 v E2

10:00 PM IST 2030 hrs BST
21 SUN

Final

7:30 PM IST

India will play a warm-up match against New Zealand at 10 PM on 1 June.

For those of you who are interested in watching a T20 match between India and Pakistan, which otherwise will not happen in the Group matches or Super 8’s, then watch out for a warm-up game on 3 June at 10 PM when both the teams play against each other.

All the matches (including the warm-up matches) will be broadcasted live in India on ESPN, Star Sports and Star Cricket.

Gilli stunned Delhi and played as if playing in a Gully!

Deccan Charged UpPradip Sangwan’s body language was showing every fear of a rookie bowler bowling against a gifted player. Viru did a costly mistake to introduce him when Nannes was punished for five consecutive fours in the very first over.

Full credit goes to Gilli. He put all his experience of playing finals and winning them. He not only scored runs but killed opponents attitude to play the game to win from the very first over. Even Viru seemed confused when Gilli was in full flow. Only Nehra was looking confident and positive.

With the record of fastest fifty in IPL in just 17 balls, he is also having height strike rate and score (85). This player is unstoppable in full flow. This style of hammering down the ball was introduced by West Indians in early 70s. Richards, Lloyd, Sobers played with the hammer in hand. Recently, Lara had that magic in his bat. In late 80s and early 90s, Aussie era started and won three world cups. Gilli was integral part of the team and Aussies success.

Now, morals are charged up and opponents must be thinking of tightening the screws against him. Another Aussie making his mark with quick 24 in 15 balls was Symonds. A player out of Gibbs, Symonds, Rohit, Gilli and others with quick fire 40-50 runs can make 250+ runs possible. And yeah, this total seems very very difficult for any team in finals.

It’s all ifs and buts but, with such a stunning performance, Deccan Chargers has become strong contender for holding the shining IPL trophy.