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.

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. 

Dhoni hopes hard to replace Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is the well known senior Indian cricketer and he is also acknowledged as the greatest living batsman.  Tendulkar managed a mere 112 runs at an average of just under 19 in the just-concluded Test series against England, prompting speculations about the 39-year-old's retirement from international cricket. Tendulkar and his partner VVS Laxman took India to a very comfortable position with the visitors requiring just 112 runs short of victory.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has expressed hope legendary Sachin Tendulkar keeps playing Test cricket for the country despite poor run of form. Dhoni said great players like Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid are hard to replace, and added that Indian team is going through a tough phase similar to when they lost in 2007 World Cup. He also added that "We are going through a tough time. It is difficult to replace Rahul Dravid or Sachin Tendulkar or VVS Laxman and you have to back young players”.