Titans Clash Again - India Vs Pakistan in Champions Trophy Match Live

India and Pakistan cricket match once again, and thank god its Saturday else productivity of most of the companies might have got down. Its already monsoons showering both the Asian countries India and Pakistan  and what can be a better way to enjoy the holiday watching the match between India and Pakistan. Its already a rainy day here in Chandigarh, North India and I am planning to watch the match live with tea and pakoras, samosas. If power cuts halth the live TV coverage of the match then I've this blog to catch all the action of India vs Pakistan match online.

In the history of the Champions Trophy, India have never beaten the Pakistan team and this is there last chance to make the changes in the record books  as there won't be any Champions Trophy in the future.  For both the teams its more important match and the Pakstian skipper even stated that this match is like final for them.

For fans also this is a very very important match and you can get the idea of the intesity and pressure from the fact the tickets for this match were sold within half an hour the online selling of the tickets started.

India has already qualified for the semi finals by beating South Africa and West Indies , so for them its to keep the winning momentum however for Pakistan its a match for pride, they need to win it so that they can leave the tournament with a win.

SO enjoy the Saturday watching the match.

Pakistan got a good start in the second ODI agains India

Indian team made a change and replaced batsmen Rohit Sharma with All rounder Ravinder Jadeja. As per M S Dhoni the Indian cricket team captain the change was made in order to strengthen the team bowling. We'll get to knwo in nest 3-4 hours if the change will do team India some good or not.

Indian team won the toss today and decided to bowl first. Being invited to bowling Pakistan openers are batting beautifully and Pakistan team looks all set to put a strong total on the board.  So fat the openers have added 98 runs in 16 overs. Only Ishant Sharma is balling well,remaining Indian bowlers are looking ordinary for the moment.

Score updates from other cricket matches going around the world
India vs Pakistan is the only ODI match series being played currently. Rest two matches in progress are test matches being played between Australia, Sri Lanka and South Africa, New Zealand.

New Zealand Vs South Africa, 1st Test score update: South African fast bowlers were lethal on day one and got the New Zealand team out at just 45 runs. In return the South Africa were comfortably ahead in the close of day one with 252 for loss of three wickets.

Highlight of the match: J. Kallis completes 13,000 runs in test matches. Congrats to him from ICC Cricket Blog.

Sri Lanka Vs of Australia, 3rd Test score update: Though Sri Lanka has already lost the test series, they might want to win the third test here. On the day first of third test Sri Lanka got all out at 294 runs. Not a good score but still a better performance from the previous matches.

2013 first day of cricket on Jan 3

Cricketing worlds will start the new year on Jan 3, 2013 with two interesting matches being played on the day. Sri Lanka will play third and the final test against Australia on Jan 3 and on the same day Indian will face Pakistan in the second one day international (ODI)  match of the three match series.

Both India and Sri Lanka are behind in their respective series. Sri Lanka already lost the series and all they can do now is to keep the defeat margin to 2-1, 2-0. Ausralia on the other hand wil try to go by their reputation and win the series by clean sweep i.e. 3-0.

Now if we analyze the India Pakistan series, the Pakistan team is looking strong here and its 90% likely that Pakistan will win the series as they need to win only one of the remaining two matches. India can only hope for a dramatic change in the fortunes that can lead them to win the remaining two matches.

Still there is one day left for all the teams to make the strategies for the matches. I'd like to wish all the cricket fans in this world a very happy new year. Hopefully we will see more interesting matches in 2013 and I am expecting a handful of players declaring retirements from International cricket.

India bat first in second T20 Match

Pakistan cricket team won an important toss today and asked Indian cricket team to bat first. I think the Pakistan skipper made an important decision as it'd be tough to bowl later in the night as dew can play an important role that time.

Indian team though had made a slow but steady start for their innings and so far they have scored more than 59 runs in 8 overs losing two wickets of G. Gambhir and A. Rahane. Both the batsmen were tricked by the deliveries of opposition teams fast bowler Umar Gul in two successive overs.

Currently T20 specialist Yuvraj Singh and  Virak Kohli are batting and if they continue to play til lthe 15th over I am sure India would be in a position to score a competitive total as they have more T20 specialist batsmen like Rain and Dhoni to follow.

However if Pakistan can get one or two quick wickets at this stage then they might trigger the collapse of famous Indian batting line as they did in the last match.

Good luck to both the teams, be logged in for more updates from the match and live score updates.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar makes impressive debut despite India loss

Though India lost the first T20 match of the two match it was Bhuvneshwar Kumar who made a dream debut in twenty twenty format for the team India. In his spell of 4 overs he swung the ball both the ways and bowled like someone who have played lots of T20 matches for India and not the one who is playing his first international match.

It was very much interesting to see that he bowled with a plan like the way got the wicket of Umar Akmal. Four out swinging balls and then once coming in beating the batsmen and hitting the wickets. All the expert commentators from both Pakistan and India were full of praise for the new bowler and see a future for him in team India.

Who cost the match for team India
No doubt it is the batting dept. which is costing the matches for team India from some recent times and yesterday also  batsmen let the match go from the hand. Thanks to some superb bowling efforts else Pakistan should have easily won the match in 15 overs or less.

2nd T20 match between India and Pakistan
2nd T20 match between both the teams will be played at Ahmedabad on 28th December and Pakistan team has all the chances to beat  India and win the series. It'll definitely do some good for Pakistan cricket team which is still facing some hard times. On the other hand team India can only play to win the last T20 match and show their worth in the shorter version of the game at least. They are now nowhere a lethal team in tests be it playing at home or outside.

Lets wait and see how the T20 match series between India and Pakistan ends on 28th.

Pakistan visits India for ODI and T20 cricket

This Christmas would be special for the cricket fans not from India and Pakistan but other parts of the world as well. Reason being Pakistan cricket team visiting India after a long time for a series that will involve two T20 matches and three one day internationals.

Last match between the two teams played each other in India was the world cup semi-final in 2011 where India won the match. I am sure we'll see full crowded stadiums and lots of excitement on and off the field.

Lets wait for the Pakistan team to arrive and the series begun.

Here is the schedule for the series:

Tue Dec 25           13:30 GMT	T20 Match - India v Pakistan M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Fri Dec 28           13:30 GMT	T20 Match - India v Pakistan Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Sun Dec 30           03:30 GMT	ODI - India v Pakistan MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu Jan 3           09:00 GMT	ODI - India v Pakistan Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Jan 6           06:30 GMT	ODI - India v Pakistan Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

261 runs target for Pakistan - World Cup Semi Final

Well Indian cricket team was unable to capitalize the start given by Viernder Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar. Given the initial start team seemed to be heading towards 300+ target but they merely manager 260 runs on the board in the 50 overs loosing 9 wickets.

Pakistani batting has just begun and they have scored a boundary in the first delivery of Zaheer Khan. Current Pakistan score is 8 runs in the first over.

Lets see how they chase this target.

World Cup Semi Final - India vs Pakistan Scoreboard

Let me tell you some strange statistics about the big match today. India has never been defeated by Pakistan in a wold cup match so far in the history but at the same time Pakistan has been never defeated by India at PCA stadium Mohali in a one day match. Thus all the stats goes nil, any on the team can win todays match. Chandigarh, Mohali and Panckula the tri-city region near the Mohali stadium has been packed with the cricket lovers, all the hotels in the region are fully reserved from last week and city is under tight secutiry for this match.

The team who will win today will play against Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 cricket world cup. Please note that all the three Asian teams India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have appeared in world cup finals twice each and have one once and defeated once. Interestingly the second time all the three teams were defeated by Australia.

But this time one of the tree team will have the joy of winning the world cup twice and also equaling the record of two world cup wins by West Indies.

Latest News is that India have won the toss and started well, despite loosing Virendar Sehwag early. Though Sehwag got out on the score of 38 he provided a quick start India score is 68 for 1 in 9 overs.