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 

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.

Sri Lanka appoints Angelo Mathews as Captain

Angelo Mathews has been appointed as a new captain and Wicket-keeper Dinesh Chandimal has been appointed as vise-captain for Sri Lankan cricket team. In a recent series with Australia Mahila Jayawardene the previous captain for Sri Lanka announced his resignation from captainship. He said that, “I am going to concentrate on batting so that I am withdrawing from captain”.

So the chance is going to all-rounder Angelo Mathews. With this new change Sri Lankan cricket team going to play a home series against Bangladesh which includes 2 Tests, 3-day, and a T-20 match. Angelo Mathews has been appointed as a captain for Test and ODI matches. Vice-captain Dinesh Chandimal is going to act as a captain for T20 match.

First Test match will start on March 8 in Galle International Stadium. The squad features four uncapped players.

Test squad: Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dimuth Karunaratne, Ashen Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Mahela Jayawardene, Kushal Janith Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Ajantha Mendis, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Shaminda Eranga, Chanaka Welegedera, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal.

Chennai Super Kings strengthen bowling attack

Chennai Super Kings selects 5 unfamiliar bowlers for sixth edition of IPL. They are planning to strengthen their bowling attack. It is the only team which won the IPL championship for 2 times. UP fast bowlers Imtiaz Ahmed and Ankit Rajpoot, Haryana quick Mohit Sharma, Karnataka pacer Ronit More and Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner R Karthikeyan are the five to have been picked up by CSK. Even though the above players are not popular still they are very talented.

At the end of the Ranji trophy Imtiaz Ahmed was the top wicket-taker from UP. He collected 37 wickets from 9 matches. During 2011 IPL, he was playing for Pune Warriors. But he was not even got a single chance to play. His UP team mate Ankit Rajpoot made his first-class debut against Karnataka collected 31 wickets from seven matches.

Mohit Sharma played 8 Ranji matches and taking 37 wickets. He has also played six List A matches, the last one was a warm-up match against England in January before the five-match ODI series. Ronit More made his debut in this season and playing two matches. He also played seven List A matches and one domestic Twenty20. Karthikeyan from Tamil Nadu plays for TI Cycles in the first division league of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.

ICC Rankings for ODIs and Twenty20: 2013

Based on the players performance, International Cricket Council (ICC) published the ranking list every year. ICC ranking for ODIs and Twenty20 matches was released recently.

ICC ODI Championship

Rank	Country	Matches	Points	Rating
1	India	38	4514	119
2	England	30	3555	118
3	South Africa	33	3741	116
4	Sri Lanka	21	2357	111
5	Australia	39	4291	111
6	Pakistan	31	3311	107
7	West Indies	26	2269	88
8	Bangladesh	23	1823	78
9	New Zealand	21	1636	76
10	Zimbabwe	14	700	50
11	Ireland	6	207	35

ICC Twenty20 Championship

Rank	Country	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Sri Lanka	17	1838	131
2	West Indies	17	1585	122
3	India	18	1789	119
4	England	22	1891	118
5	South Africa	21	1868	117
6	Pakistan	28	2324	116
7	Australia	22	1771	104
8	New Zealand	21	1563	98
9	Bangladesh	11	668	84
10	Ireland	12	659	82
11	Zimbabwe	10	306	44

Virat Kohli to replace Dhoni as captain?

After Sunil Gavaskar, it’s the turn of another former India skipper to call for captain MS Dhoni’s head. Controversial former spinner Bishan Singh Bedi demanded the sacking of Dhoni, saying he is too defensive as a captain. Apart from Gavaskar, several former cricketers including former chairman of selectors Kris Srikkanth, Atul Wassan and Abbas Ali Baig wanted a change in Test captaincy with Virat Kohli's name being suggested as a possible replacement.

Bedi has said that “He was never a Test skipper. He is far too negative, especially while setting fields. His success had a lot to do with providence”. Bedi further added that it is right time to throw the challenge of leadership to promising cricketer Virat Kohli.  Bedi also criticized Indian spinners, saying that they looked more of shorter versions’ bowlers. "They look more like four-over bowlers.