IPL 2009: Will Kings XI Punjab to reach in Semifinal this year?

In IPL 2008 Kings XI Punjab reached to semifinal under Yuvraj Singh’s captaincy. This year the team will appear to the new host, South Africa under his captaincy. In the 2nd Semi-Final along-with Chennai Super Kings on May 31, 2008, they had to leave from IPL final. But this year, they are confidence to improve more and take lead in final.

 

In an interview Kings XI Punjab Captain Yuvraj Singh explained, “We have a good team this season. The only worry is the pace department. A couple of pacers are coming back from injuries while Sree Santh has been ruled out. But I am confident that the rest of the squad will rise to the occasion. We have a good batting line-up with the likes of Sangakkara, Jayawardene and Shaun Marsh. Besides, we also have Ravi Bopara this year who can also bowl a bit.”

 

Yes, it is possible to take the team in good position because the franchise have improved a lot in all side by adding some new good quality players for the second season of Indian Premier League. The team’s key bowers Lee and Sreesanth has come back to overcome injury.

Yuvraj Singh’s Personalized Cricket Bat from Reebok

Reebok is well known sports based company in the world. It provides different types of equipments. India is a big field for sports based business especially for cricket apparatuses. It started its mission in 1995. Many of the Indian stars batsmen were provided Reebok products. As per as, I can remember that Indian former captain Mohammed Azharuddin used to play with Reebok Bat. The star crickets of Indian crickets Yuvraj Singh also use the product. 

“My bat is the most important part of my cricketing life. My bat has to stand for something I believe in and what I represent, therefore I decided to personalize it”, said Yuvraj Singh. 

Recently, Reebok India has launched a cricket bat where they have used the design of the tattoo of Yuvraj Singh’s arms and the color is golden and black. The official has explained in detailed that I have use as a quote. 

Mr. Sajid Shamim, Executive Director Marketing and Product, Reebok India Company said “Yuvi, as Yuvraj Singh is fondly referred to by his friends, admirers and fans, was the genesis of this new bat sticker. The wings in the design borrowed from the tattoo on Yuvraj’s arm, represents flight, flight towards success and achievement. The black and gold colors used in the design represent power & grit of a sportsperson. And we felt that the combination of the two would symbolize dynamism which has been one quality inherent to Yuvraj Singh’s personality”. 

Although this is a new concept in India but the fans of Yuvraj Singh will be craze to buy this bat. May be the Reebok is using the theme as a marketing policy. 

Source: Reebok India Press Release

http://www.businesswireindia.com/PressRelease.asp?b2mid=17869

Preity Zinta hit during the Mohali team Launch

On Monday, Preity Zinta accidently hit by an elbow during the IPL launch ceremony. Twenty20 hard hitter batsman Yuvraj Singh is the leader of the team. Actress Zinta is the co-owner of the Mohali Team. You all know the Indian Premier League will be taken place on 18 April. It is misty to her how did she hit?

NDTV reported "I don't know how it happened," Preity said. "But in the melee at the launch (Monday), an elbow came and hit me straight in the eye. I had to go through the event with a black eye wearing dark glasses." After the event, the actress spent the evening nursing her eye with ice packs. "It will swell a bit. I guess it's bound to happen when one is in such situations," she said.

The close viewer explained that somebody might be through something at Priety Zinta. One of her bodyguard tried to catch the thrown elements. At that time his elbow hit to Zinta’s eye.

India vs Pakistan 1st ODI: All about Indian Squad-1

India already has announced their ODI Squad for the 1^st and 2^nd ODI. Indian most dependable batsman Rahul Dravid is not on the team for first two ODI match. A new all-rounder from Uttar Pradesh, Parveen Kumar is going to debut in the first ODI against Pakistan. On the other hand Virender Sehwag will play in the replacement of Rahul Dravid.

Squad (first two one-dayers): Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk,capt), Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik.

Sachin Tendulkar: There is no doubt that Sachin Tendulkar one of the top batsman in the world cricket. He is the only batsman who holds all the highest record both ODI and Test. In ODI match his total runs are 15703 and 41 centuries and 85 half centuries with 1705 fours (highest) and 165 sixes (4^th highest) and in test match his total runs are 11150 with 37 centuries and 45 half centuries. In the first class cricket his achievements are 19894 runs heights runs in a match 248 not-out with 63 centuries and 91 half-centuries. Although he is not in well-form now but physically fit for play any match. He is a classical batsman of great timing. -Source cricinfo.

Sourav Ganguly: Another dependable batsman and awarded as a successful captain in India of last 25 years. He is one the best state hitter batsman in the world. He is also known as Moharaj (King) form west Bengal. He econ are both ODI and Test are well such as he has 11274 runs and 22 centuries and 72 half-centuries in ODI and 5812 runs, 13 centuries and 29 half-centuries in the Test cricket. In first class cricket he scored 13385 and 200 not out in a match. He is the top fourth man, was hit 1110 fours and the third man was hit 188 sixes. -Source Circinfo.

Parveen Kumar: Although, he is well known as Parveen Kumar, his full name is Praveenkumar Sakat Singh. He is form Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, was born in 2 October 1986. He played first class cricket as an all-rounder. His major teams are Air India, India Red and Uttar Pradesh. Parveen Kumar played 19 first class matches and scored 732 with 4 half-centuries and List-A cricket 36 match, scored 854 runs. He debuted with the first class cricket on 23-26 November 2005 against Haryana at kanpur. In his 19 matches in the first class cricket his econ rate is well that is 2.99 and took 90 wickets. He also played 4 Twenty20 matches highest run 76 not-out and took 5 wickets.

Robin Venu Uthappa: Robin Venu Uthappa has come to light after Towenty20 world cup championship. His batting style impressed all the cricket fans. He was born on November 11, 1985, Coorg, in Karnataka. His father is an international hockey referee. Although we all know him as a batsman and fielder but he is a very good wicket keeper too. He was debuted ODI in April 9, 2006 against England in Guwahati. Although he did not attend any test match but he has played 20 ODI matches and 8 Twenty20 and 35 First class crickets. Although his average is not good but his strike rate is well. Most of the time he played on behalf of India, India Under-19s, Karnataka, Reebok XI in the domestic cricket. May be he takes a place to cricket fans heart for the winning wicket catch that he took against Pakistan in Twenty20 World Cup Championship. Source cricinfo

Yuvraj Singh: Actually, Yuvraj is a hard hitter batsman in Indian team and is a most important player in the cricket world now. He was born on 12^th December1981 in Chandigarh. His inauguration in ODI cricket debuted on 3 October 2000 against Kenya at Nirobi, Zimbabwe. As a left handed batsman and also a slow-medium bowler and his duty is also well and dependable also in good form now. Besides he is one of the best fielders in the world. Yuvraj is the first player who performed 6 over-boundaries in an over during the first Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa against England bowled by Stuart Broad. So, Yuvraj’s appearance is one kind of threat not only for Pakistan but also any other teams. The assumption of Pakistan captain Shoeb Malik is that Yuvraj may be dangerous for them in the upcoming ODI and test series.

Schedule, Live score, Live Telecast & Indian Batsmen for Ongoing series Between India and Australia

To get live score and updates of India vs Australia 1^st ODI, visit this link:

India vs Australia 1^st ODI Live Updates

http://www.southasiabiz.com/2007/09/india_vs_australia_1st_odi_liv.html

Schedule, Live score, Live Telecast & Indian Batsmen for Ongoing series Between India and Australia, DD, NEO Sports, Fox Sports will telecast.

After spending a lot of time, I have collect this information the flowing TV channel will telecast live the India and Australia ODI Series. In the previous post I mention that if anyone knows about which channel will telecast live, except Sky Sports. One of my junior informed me that DD, NEO Sports, Fox Sports will telecast will telecast too. May be DD National will telecast the matches so that the locals could watch the matches.

After after India’s dramatic victory in the ICC Twenty-20 finals, It’s advantage Neo Sports. The exclusive cricket channel, owned by Nimbus Sport, has already booked Rs 75 crore worth of advertising accounting for 65% of its inventory for the upcoming India-Australia series, starting September 29. Tying up sponsorship deals for the rest could now be a breeze.

“After the disappointment of the World Cup, this will definitely bring back the buoyancy of the game. But, its a long season ahead, and its a larger version with 50 overs. So, it is critical for India to sustain its performance. If the initial matches don’t go in India’s favour, rates will automatically slide down,” said Shashi Sinha, president, Lodestar and regional media director, FCB Asia Pacific.

Now it is clear to all the cricket fans that they will able to see all the matches of home series of India and Australia easily.

The first Venue M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium

India vs Australia ODI will take place from 29 Sep 2007. The first match will be played at 09:00 GMT (14:30 IST) at the M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka. The stadium is located in Bangalore, Karnataka. The Stadium is known as Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) stadium. The Stadium was renamed according to M. Chinnaswamy, who was concerned in cricket management in Karnataka for four decades and was at the controls of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1977-1980.

The Stadium was established in 1969 and the seating capacity is 55,000 with flood light. It is operated by the Karnataka State Cricket Association. The first Test match was played between India and West Indies in 1974-75 and the first ODI was played between India and Sri Lanka on Sep 26, 1982. After 2005, no international match played.

Test Match Records

Highest innings total: 570 all out - Pakistan v India, 24-28 March 2005

Highest individual score: 267 - Younis Khan, Pakistan v India, 24-28 March 2005

Best innings bowling: 7-27 - Maninder Singh, India v Pakistan, 13-17 March 1987

Most runs: 600 - Sunil Gavaskar, India, scored in 8 matches (12 innings) at an average of 54.54 with a highest individual score of 172

Most wickets: 35 - Anil Kumble, India, taken in 7 matches at an average of 30.85 with best figures of 6-98

One Day International Match Records

Highest total: 347-2 - Australia v India 12 November 2003

Highest individual score: 121 - Roy Dias, Sri Lanka v India, 26 September 1982

Best bowling: 5-35 - Paul Jarvis, England v India, 26 February 1993

Most runs: 365 - Sachin Tendulkar, India, scored in 7 matches at an average of 52.14 with a highest individual score of 117

Most wickets: 10 - Javagal Srinath, India, taken in 5 matches at an average of 25.10 with best figures of 5-41

15 international matches were played in this ground and India won 9 matches with different international teams. Australia played 5 matches and lost all of the matches except the last match that was played at Nov 12, 2003 and beat India by 61 runs. In this match of TVS Cup Australia scored a record quantity of 347runs and it was the new record and the lowest run was 169. South Africa scored this lowest run at Mar 25, 2001.

No doubt that now, Australia is the beat team in the world. If India wants to do well in this they have to be well in bowling and fielding.

After a luminous success on Twenty20, India is going to take part a seven matches ODI series along with Australia form 29 September 2007. There is no doubt that a lot of first class batsmen in the Indian team now. I am giving a short profile of them. This is the Indian squad for home series MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Rudra Pratap Singh, S Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh India has a strong squad. Dravid, Ganguly and Tendulkar are back for team India. I know if you search on google you will find a lot of materials about them. But form my view I selected Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Sourav Ganguly.

Sachin Tentulkar: Sachin Tendulkear is number one batsman in the world. He is born at 24 April 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. In his cricket career he played 140 test match and total runs 11150 and played 395 ODI matches in 90 different Grounds and total runs 15,395. He is the highest achiever both ODI and Test runs and centuries.

These formations are form Cric info

Test debut	Pakistan v India at Karachi - Nov 15-20, 1989
Last Test	England v India at The Oval - Aug 9-13, 2007
ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Gujranwala - Dec 18, 1989
Last ODI	England v India at Lord's - Sep 8, 2007
ODI Centuries	41
Test Centuries	37
Man of the Match	55
Man of the Series	14
Highest test Score	248 against Bangladesh
Highest ODI Score	186 against New Zealand

He started his Test and ODI career against Pakistan. In the first test he scored only 15 runs and bowled out by Waqar Younis and first ODI he scored duck and huntet by Waqar Younis too. By starting 15 runs in test and duck in ODI, now he the owner of highest records as a batsman.

Rahul Dravid: Rahul Dravid is known as a The Wall in cricket world. He was born at January 11, 1973 at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. He played 112 test matches and 9492 runs and 327 ODI and 10534 runs. His first Test debuted England v India at Lord's- Jun 20-24, 1996 and the ODI debuted India v Sri Lanka at Singapore- Apr 3, 1996. In the ODI match his highest run was 153 against New Zealand and in the test match 270 against Pakistan.

In October 2005, he was appointed captain the one-day side, began with a thumping 6-1 hammering of Sri Lanka in a home series, and was soon given responsibility of the Test side as well, taking over from the controversy-shrouded Sourav Ganguly. While his captaincy stint started encouragingly with ODI victories against Pakistan and England, it soon nosedived with an embarrassing defeat against Bangladesh which led to an early exit from the 2007 World Cup. As a Test team, though, India had plenty to celebrate under Dravid, winning their first Test in South Africa and achieving two historic away series wins in the West Indies and England. Dravid stepped down from the captaincy after the 2007 England tour.

Sourav Ganguly: Sourav Ganguly introduced with international cricket at 1992 as an ODI player. He debuted himself with ODI cricket at along with West Indies at Brisbane - Jan 11, 1992 and introduced with Test math against England at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996.

Ganguly was the captain of the Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He led India to the 2003 World Cup final, and holds the Indian captaincy record for the most Test victories.

He was born at 8 July 1972 at Barisha in Kolkata. Ganguly has been nicknamed Bengal Tiger, Prince of Calcutta, Lord Snooty by his opponents, and affectionately Dada.

If you visit the link you could know about his award and achievements form 1996 to September 5, 2007. It is updating continue.

MS Dhoni: MS Dhoni is a successful name in India cricket. After Kapil Dev he is the only captain who leaded Indian team to won any ICC World Cup trophy. 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. He was handed the reins of the one-day side in September 2007 after Rahul Dravid decided to step down as captain.

He his on of the wicket keeper who is the owner of highest runs of 183 not out. Before him Adam Gilchrist was the owner of that recored. On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Sri Lanka which was played at Jaipur, beating Adam Gilchrist's former record of 172 runs.

Yuvraj Singh: Now Yuvraj Singh is called as Yuvi. It means the victory sign V. During the Twenty20 world cup his performances named so. He debuted with ODI against Kenya at Nairobi (Gym) - Oct 3, 2000 and test along with New Zealand at Mohali - Oct 16-20, 2003 and test. He has played 183 ODIs and 19 tests and 6 Twenty20 matches. In the test match he scored 122 highest in his career and 139 on ODI. In Twenty20 format he is the owner of quickest 50 by 12 balls.