Davis Cup: India lose the match with South Korea

In Davis cup tennis match, South Korea defeat Indian team in the series of 1-3. A charged up V M Ranjeet put up a spirited fight with Vijayant Malik and Malik win's the match. Asia/Oceania Group 1 Davis cup match against South Korea was held today. In single round match India fails to win. But in Double pair, India won the match but still it behinds by the series 1-2.

V M Ranjeet faced against the top player of South Korea, Suk-Young Jeong in alternative singles. Ranjeet fails to win the straight set of 4-6, 4-6, 2-6. Because of this in the round of 1-3 series, Indian team lost the match.

Australia beats West Indies by 9 wickets

West Indies cricket team went to Australia to play 5 ODIs and one 20 over matches. The first match of the ODI series was held in Perttula on February 1 (Yesterday).

West Indies won the toss and chose bating. Starting itself West Indies batmen are to confront to face Australian bowlers. The team lost all the wickets with in 23.5 over’s and score 70 runs. From West Indies, Kieran Powell and Darren Bravo get 11 runs and Darren Sammy get 16 runs (37 balls). Other batmen run out in single digit runs. In Australian, Mitchell Starc get 5 wickets, Clint Mckay get 3 wickets and James Faulkner get 2 wickets.

Since it is an easy target to get 71 runs, Australian batmen landed into the field confidently. Australian openers Aron Flinch and Glenn Maxwell gave their team a blazing start by scoring 39 runs in3.1 over. Aron Flinch gets out by 10 runs (1 four). After Flinch, Usman Khawaja landed into the field and he score 8 runs (1 four). G Maxwell get 51 runs (9 fours and 2 sixes).

Australia won the match by 9 wickets and leading the ODI series by 1-0. Second match takes place on the same ground on February 3 (tomorrow).

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

‘7 By MS Dhoni’: Dhoni launches perfume

Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni, launched his own signature brand of International perfumes at a ceremony in Dubai. The famous tennis player Roger Federer of Switzerland and England football star David Beckham also done this business in International level. Dhoni is the first Indian cricketer to step into this series.

In Dubai event, Dhoni introduce 6 types of "Body Spray”. The six fragrances are named as Intense, Power, Action, Connect, Cook and Energy. His lucky number is 7, so he titled the product as ‘7 by MS Dhoni’.

He said, “I was born on 1981 July 7^th. My jersey number is seven, and it is very special for me. I love this number. It is a neutral number; it is neither negative nor positive so that the fragrance can reflect you. If you are positive and you work hard then it will all be positive for you”.

If the names of his six fragrances were cricket shots, what would they be reporters asked to Dhoni. He replied, “You can’t miss the helicopter shot because that is what people associate me with but I think most of the fragrances would be a straight drive or a cover drive, shots like those, orthodox, but one of them would be the helicopter shot. It’s not my favorite, but I like my ‘Energy perfume’.  I think it’s a bit special, so that would be the helicopter shot”.

Indian captain Dhoni will be personally involved in the creation, formulation and development of the MS Dhoni line of fragrances, which caters exclusively to men.

India face a stern test against Korea for Davis Cup

Davis Cup Tennis Series, Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round match will be met between India and South Korea and is beginning from today.

This will be a three days match and the series to take on in three categories like single, double and alternative single of this match. Totally five matches will take place.

With only Leander Paes as the top player in Indian side, V M Ranjeet, Vijayant Malik and Purav Raja will make their Davis Cup debuts and they will have to play out of their dedication to help India in winning the match. These Indian young players are waiting for a hard challenge in Davis cup match.

Earlier, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were axed before the New Zealand match in September last year, on grounds of indiscipline. So this chance has been given to the debut players.

In the first match, single round will be held today between Ranjeet (India) and Min-Hyeok Cho (South Korea). In the second match Vijayant Malik (India) and top player Suk-Young Jeong (South Korea) will play.

Double pair tournament will be held tomorrow. From India, Paes and Purav Raja pair and from South Korea Lim and Singh will have the match. Alternative singles round match will be held on February 3 between Ranjeet - Yong-Kyu Lim and Vijayant Malik - Min-Hyeok Cho.

Rafael Nadal back after a break

Rafael Nadal is one of the leading tennis players. In June 2012, he lost the Wimbledon Tennis in second round and that was the last match he played. Due to his left knee causing him pain, he was planning to return to ground at the end of last year. Immediately after that he suffered from stomach problem. So he was too late to return to the ground.

After a long gap Rafael Nadal is going to participate in the level 4 - International tennis tournament in Chile before heading to tournaments in Brazil(February 11) and Mexico(February 25). This week, Nadal slipped to No. 5 in the latest ATP Rankings. At present he is in hometown to prepare for his next match.

Rafael Nadal said to the reporters that, “I am going to play after seven months in a professional tennis tournament. Since the motivation is big, I am very happy to participate back in the competition. I know that the first three tournaments are going to be difficult in terms of results but I am going to try everything. I will need a few weeks to see how things improve.”

Sachin Tendulkar rare photos

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the most successful Indian cricketer. He was born on 24 April 1973. Indian government honored him by Padma Vibhushan award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and many more awards. He married Anjali at the age of 22. They have two children Sara and Arjun. Arjun Tendulkar is a left handed batsman. Recently has been included in under-14 probable’s list of Mumbai Cricket Association. On 23 December 2012, Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs. He has already stated that he will not be playing T20 Internationals.