Vivo IPL - Gujarat Lions v Rising Pune Supergiants - 6th Match, April 14, 2016

Vivo IPL - Gujarat Lions v Rising Pune Supergiants - 6th Match, April 14, 2016

Gujarat Lions won by 7 wickets

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Rising Pune Supergiants  Innings                                                    R           B       4s      6s       SR  

Rahane                                          lbw - b Tambe                               21          17      4        0      123.52
F du Pleaais                                  st Karthik - b Tambe                      69           43     5        4      160.46
KP Pietersen                                 b Bravo                                         37           31     2        1      119.35
Smith                                            c Faulkner b Jadeja                         5             6      0        0      82.33    
MS Dhoni                                     not out                                           22           10     2        1      220.00
MR Marsh                                   b Jadeja                                           7            11     0        0      63.63
Bhatia                                           not out                                            0             2      0        0       0.00

Extras                                          (b  1, lb 1)                                        2

Total                                            (5 Wickets, 20 overs)                      163            (8.15 runs per over)

Bowling                                              O            M           R           W             Econ

P Kumar                                             2              0           12          0               6.00

SB Jakati                                            4              0           40          0               10.00

PV Tambe                                          4              0           33          2               8.25

DJ Bravo                                            4              0            43          1               10.75

RA Jadeja                                          4              0            18          2               4.50 

JP Faulkner                                                      2                    0                 15             0                    7.50 

India Vs Australia final test: Australia chose batting

In the fourth Test against India, Australian team won the toss and chose batting. Australian team participates four-match Test series against India. The Indian team won the first three Tests and won the series by 3-0. The fourth Test between the two teams begins today in Delhi.

Australian captain Michael Clarke left from the team due to injury. So Shane Watson acts as a Captain Watson. He said that, “Michael Clarke’s batting and leadership will certainly be sorely missed, but I’m looking forward to the challenge and responsibility over the next five days.”

Australian team made five changesin its team. Watson replaces Michael Clarke and Glenn Maxwell was chosen as the all- rounder ahead of Moises Henriques. Fast bowlers James Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson were replaced by Mitchell Starc and Xavier Doherty.

India Vs Australia Squads:

INDIA: Ajinkya Rahane, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma

AUSTRALIA: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phil Hughes, Shane Watson (captain), Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon.

Dean Jones criticized Australian Cricket Team

Australian former cricket player Dean Jones criticizes Australian players for their poor performance against India.  He feels Australians are looking ragged and under-prepared for the four-Test series.

Dean Jones said that, "Australian player’s preparation has been adequate and just a couple of day’s games are not enough for a series in India. They have to prepare for at least a couple of weeks or at least three first class matches before the first Test. Australian batsmen had a lot to learn from Pujara and Vijay. Both of them played well and their performance was amazing. I hope that the Australian batsmen watched how these two players made their jobs very well. The Australian batsmen should go hard too early into the innings instead of just being patient”.

He also added that, “Pujara and Vijay had a second wicket stand of 294 runs which was 57 more than what nine Australian batsmen put on as a team. Michael Clarke (91) and Matthew Wade (62) were the only two batsmen who had showed some application. I think it was one of the best learning episodes for the Australian cricket on how you go about making runs in India".

India Vs Australia 2nd Test Match

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the second Test match.

In India Vs Australia first Test match, India won by 8 wickets. For Australian, captain is Michael Clarke. All-rounder Glenn Maxwell will make his debut. Xavier Doherty has taken the place of Nathan Lyon as the side’s specialist spinner.

The Squads

India:

                MS Dhoni(w/c), Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Virat Kohli, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar.

Australia:

                Michael Clarke(c), Matthew Wade(w), Ashton Charles Agar, Ed Cowan, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Steven Smith, Shane Watson, Xavier Doherty, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.

Live Scoreboard:

Australia 1^st Innings

Batsmen	Aus: 49/2 (overs 13)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	b B Kumar	6	8	1	0	75.00
Ed Cowan	Lbw b B Kumar	4	13	1	0	30.77
Phillip Hughes	batting	19	32	4	0	59.38
Shane Watson	batting	15	25	2	0	60.00
Extras:	(b 4, lb 1, w o, nb 0, p 0)	5
Total	(2 wkts, 13 overs)	49                             RR: 3.77

Yet To bat:

Michael Clarke (c), Matthew Wade (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Xavier Doherty

Bowling: India	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	ER
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	7	1	23	2	0	0	3.70
Ishant Sharma	5	1	21	0	0	0	4.20
Ravichandran Ashwin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00

Twenty20 cricket in Olympics

Olympic Games are the world's largest sports festival and it has been conducted for every 4 years. Last year (2012) Olympic festival was held in London. The next contest will happen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.

Cricket is one of the most popular games and it has worldwide fans. It was played in 1900 Paris Olympics for the first time. In that match England defeated France and won gold medal. After that the Olympic committee removed the game from Olympics games list. Now the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been trying to add cricket in Olympics.

Every year Olympic committee attempts to add new games, in order to this expert’s demand cricket.  International Olympic Committee was accepted the suggestion but still they don’t take any action about this. So ICC once again suggest Twenty20 match for Olympics. 

Former international players and referees also recommended the same to Olympic Committee. If everything goes well, 20-over cricket will add in 2024 Olympics.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni makes a new record

In the ongoing test match between India and Australia Mahendra Singh Dhoni took 224 runs with 24 fours and 6 sixes. He achieved this run in 265 balls. He gave a power pack performance and led the team to success against Australia. Indian Captain Dhoni makes a new record in this match.

• Highest score by a wicketkeeper-captain.
• Highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper.
• Highest score by an Indian captain.
• Third highest score ever by a wicketkeeper.

His last 10 scores in Tests: 73, 62, 48, 5, 29, 6, 52, 0, 99, 224.

MS Dhoni hits double century against Australia

The ongoing Test match against Australia, Indian captain MS Dhoni hits double century. Similarly Kohli makes century and India has a strong presence against Australia. At the end of yesterdays match Indian team scored 515 for the loss of 8 wickets.

In the first innings, Australia took 380 runs for 10 wicket loss. Captain Michael Clarke gave their best and scored 130 runs. Ashwin took 7 wickets for India. Then Indian team started their first innings on 23/2/2013(Saturday). At the end of the day India took 182 runs for 3 wickets loss.

3^rd day match between the two teams was started yesterday. Sachin Tendulkar(71) and Virat Kohli(50) continued with the game. Tendulkar was dismissed in 81 runs by Nathan Lyon. After Sachin, Captain MS Dhoni landed to the field. Kohli-Dhoni pair played responsibly. Virat Kohli played well and provides support to the captain. Dhoni gave a stunning performance and India crossed 250 runs in 75 over.

During lunch break India took 263 runs for 4 wicket loss. After the break both of them continued with the match and Dhoni finished his half century. Then Kohli scored a century and India crossed 300 runs. Kohli got out by Nathan Lyon in 107 runs. Then Jadeja joins with the captain and lost his wicket in 16 runs. Next Ashwin entered to the field and got out by 3 runs. After Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh joins hands with Dhoni.

Dhoni gives an action play and touch 150 runs. Harbajan lost their wicket in 11 runs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar joins with captain. Dhoni gave a stunning performance and crosses double century. At the end of the day Dhoni took 206 runs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 16 runs and both of them not out. Indian team leading with 135 runs against Australia. The Indian team has a strong presence and it can give a severe crisis to Australian team.

100th test for Harbhajan Singh

First test match between India & Australia starts at 9.30 in the morning in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk. This is the 100th match for Harbajan Singh and he is very excited. Till now he has played 99 Tests and he scores 2191 runs (lot 115, average 18.56, 2 percent, half century 9) and 408 wickets. He is the 10^th Indian player to play 100^th test. Harbajan Singh gave a media interaction about his 100^th test yesterday in Chennai.

He said, “I’m very happy to play my 100^th test. From the first match itself I well practiced and played for India. Till now I have the same mentality. Each and every match I did my best. I have made some mistakes in previous games because of my emotional feelings. I’m genuinely sorry for that. Ganguly and Anil Kumble are such a great players, I feel very proud to play with them. If we play well, it is easy to win Australia at the rate of 4-0. I’m going to expose my best in this series”.

Australia announces team for First Test against India

Michael Clark-led Australian cricket team is touring India to play 4-match Test series. The first Test match between the two teams is going to take place in Chepauk Stadium (Chennai) on 22th Feb to 26^th Feb. So the two teams have been engaged in intensive training.

Dhoni-led Indian team has been involved in a rigorous training in Chepauk stadium. India's opening batsman Gambhir was dropped from the team for test match due to his poor performance. Australian players also involved in training at the same place.

Australia announces 11 players for the First Test against India yesterday.

Australia: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (c), Matthew Wade (wk), Moises Henriques, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon. 

Viswanathan Anand wins Grenke Chess Classic Trophy

India’s Viswanathan Anand won the champion ship in Grenke Chess Classic trophy. Grenke Chess Classic trophy was held at Baden- Baden (GERMANY). This series has 10 rounds and the last round was held yesterday in Germany. In this final round Viswanathan Anand met Arkadij Naidistch. Anand was playing with black pieces and won the match during 49^th move.

At the end of 10 rounds Anand scored 6.5 points and won the championship. Fabiano Caruana(6 points) from United States took second place. Georg Meier (5 points) from Germany took third place. Viswanathan Anand won this classic series after 5 years, last time he won the Linares series in 2008.

Azarenka beats Serena Williams in Qatar Open

Victoria Azarenka beat Serena Williams in Qatar Open on Sunday. Qatar Open tennis tournament was took place in Doha. In women’s single final number one player Serena Williams (U.S.) and secondary player Victoria Azarenka were collided.

In the first set Azarenka seized up Serena by 7-6. In second set, Azarenka lost it by 2-6. In the final set again she seized Serena by 6-3 and captured the trophy. Azarenka won the champion title for the second time in this series of 2012-2013.

Australia beat West Indies in Women's World Cup finals

ICC Women's World Cup cricket match was held in Mumbai. In the final match West Indies and Australian teams clashed. Australia has won the toss and chose batting. Rachael Haynes (52) and Jess Cameron (75) had made their half-centuries. Other players also played well. Finally Australia scored 259 runs with 7 wickets loss.

Then West Indies team started batting against Australia. From the starting itself West Indies players got struggled to face Australian bowlers. Finally they got 145 runs and loss all the wickets. So Australia won the match by 114 runs and won the World Cup for the 6th time.