T20 World Cup Matches Today - ICC T20 Match Updates

What a opening match for super 10 stage of ICC World T20 is was yesterday between India & Pakistan. Cricket match between these two teams being played at any corner of the globes attracts larger crowds compared to any other match. And a T20 world cup adds extra excitement to the match. India won the match yesterday be first restricting Pakistan to a score of 130 and then chasing he score successfully and easily.

Now all focus is on the two matches being played today in the ICC T20 world cup. Lets us discuss the current updates about the matches. Of course you can check the live  scores of both the T20 matches today in the live scoreboard at the top.

First Match - England vs New Zealand - Both these teams play a similar kind of cricket, so this could be another exciting match in the T20 world cup 2014. Recently the New Zealand team has some good series against India at home but here in Balgladesh the playing conditions are different so this could be a hard match to NZ and same applies to the English team as well. Positives for New Zealand team - they have the leading run scorer in T20s with them, Brendon McCullumis already 600+ runs ahead of the second highest run getter in the shorter format of the game.

Second Match - Sri Lanka Vs South Africa - This could be a Malinga vs Steyn in case both the players are fit for the match today. Both the teams are strong in all the depts like bowling, batting and fielding. However these two team despite performing well haven't won any bing international tournament from a long time. While South African team have never gone ahead the knok our stage, they lost all the knock out matches from last 15 years or so. Sri Lankan team though have made to the finals of bigget tournaments quite often but they lost the finals every time.

This could be  chance for the teams to lift the title. Best wishes from http://icccricket.blogspot.com to all the teams.

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.

India Vs Pakistan T20 Match Today Live Score

First of all a very Merry Christmas to all the cricket fans across the world. For the last 48 hours topic of discussion among cricket fan was retirement of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar however from now onward it'll be the most exciting match in world. Yes I am talking about T20 between India and Pakistan that will be played from 7 pm on wards at Bangalore.

Today's T20 match will be followed by one T20 match and a 3 match ODI series. So lets be ready to watch cricket stadiums packed to their full capacity for all these matches. Such is the intensity of matches between two teams that no matter if its a bilateral series, tri series or major international cricket series being played in India, Pakistan or any other part of the world you'll see fully crowded cricket grounds. Pakistan team visited India last time during the 2011 world cup and both teams played against each other in the wold cup semi-final which India won.

Now lets discuss about the match to be played today, I think given the performance of the Indian cricket team Pakistan team looks little more capable of winning the T20 match today and the T20 series. Pakistan team have some very good T20 players and they have quality batting and bowling attack. If we take the performance of both the teams in recent T20 matches, both the teams have won 3 and lost 2 in the last 5 T20 matches they have played.

Indian bowling be it fast or spin is lacking the experience and the kill they have in the past. If we take a look at the bowling of the T20 series against England then Yuvraj Singh is the only successful bowler from Indian side. Batting for India is still solid as ever Raina, Kohli and Dhoni are in the T20 form and hopefully they can win the match for India. Lets wait and watch the live match from 7 pm on-wards today. My best wishes for both the teams.

Once again a Merry Christmas to all the cricket fans. 

India Vs England T20 Match Today

There are two T20 matches left for team India to end the disaster Series against England on a positive note. India have lost 4 test match series badly by 2-1 and now they have two twenty twenty matches left to give their fans something to cheer about. England team however would like to prove that they are good in the shorter versions of the cricket as well. England cricket team is already on a high,  winning a  test series India after a gap of 28 years.

The first T20 match between the two teams will be played today at Pune. Match will begin at 7 p.m. Indian time. Indian team might sound strong in the T20 format as hey have lots of young guns with great exposure to T20 format. Also the fact that only two England players ahve played in IPL so far will de helpful for team India.

However one must not forget that a great performance in India is the VISA to play the most lucrative domestic T20 tournament in the world known as IPL. For the visiting team players its a chance to get call from some of the IPL franchisee. So Indian team will once again may have to work hard to win the T20 tournament.

We are still not clear about the playing XI for both the teams, so you all are requested to catch all the live action of T20 match today from 7 pm onwards.

India South Africa match Today - Live Updates

South Africa is out of the ICC Twenty 20 world cup tournament and they only can play now to leave the tournament with a victory. With that said chances for qualification for India has been become very difficult, not only India need to win this match but they need to make sure that match is won by the margin of 31 runs or more. Only then Indian cricket team will have net run rate greater than that of Pakistan. 

Match is being played and so far its a bad start for team India they have lost the top three batsmen withou making any significant contribution to the scoreboard or giving a fast start. India is 38/3 after 6.3 overs. I believe that India can only qualify if they make a score of 180 plus which so far looks a rare dream to achieve. But may be today is the day the storng Indian batting like can show the prowess.

Let keep finger crossed and wait for  whats their on the cards for both teams today.

Pakistan recover from a poor start

Except Australia all the three team in this Group of Super 8 has to play the most important match for the tournament today. A defeat for any one of India, Pakistan and South Africa will mean exit way from the tournament.

Please note that any one team from the above three will qualify for the semi-finals of ICC T20 world cup 2012. Australia, Sri Lanka and West Indies are the team that have already qualified for the semi finals.

T20 Match between Australia and Pakistan Today:

Considering that this is an important match for Pakistan and they need to win this match at any cost to make it to the semi finals. The Pakistan team made a slow but the team can hope of a quick recovery as they don't have lost much wickets as they did in previous match against India. So far 13 overs has been bowled with Pakistan scoring 89 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. If they can manage to take the score to above 160 runs they'll have a chance to win the match. Thought the Pakistani team bowler will have to do the tough tasks for stooping the likes to  David Warner and Shane Waston and keep them from scoring boundaries, which they have been doing easily so far in the twenty twenty world cup tournament. 

Please keep checking the live scoreboard online or watch the match from your TV sets. I'll keep posting updates regularly.  Match between India and South Africa will follow soon after this match and that would be an interesting one to watch.

Indian Cricket Team assignments before ICC World Championship 2012 T20

IPL 2012 has given enough practice for players from all the cricket playing nations who will compete in the ICC World T20 2012 to be held in Sri Lanka in Sep-Oct 2012. Its a quarter left for the T20 world cup to start and before that Indian team has two important assignment to undertake. One their tour to Sri Lanka where they will play five one day international matches and one T20 match. After that team India will have to play two test matches and two twenty twenty matches against visiting New Zealand team.

Since both the series are being played in the home or the Indian sub-continent conditions. These two series will definitely help Indian cricket team while they will play the ICC world T20 championship.

Lets wait and watch for the results of the two upcoming series before we start thinking of the T20 world cup. Here are the fixtures details for the two series:

India tour of Sri Lanka, 2012: Five ODI matches and one T20 game, schedule is as follows:


Sun Jul 22 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST 1st ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota

Tue Jul 24
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST 2nd ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota

Sat Jul 28
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Tue Jul 31
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST 4th ODI - Sri Lanka v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sat Aug 4
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST 5th ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium


Tue Aug 7
13:30 GMT | 19:00 local
19:00 IST Only T20I - Sri Lanka v India
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

New Zealand tour of India, 2012: 2 Test matches and 2 T20 matches:

Thu Aug 23 - Mon Aug 27
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST 1st Test - India v New Zealand
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Fri Aug 31 - Tue Sep 4
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST 2nd Test - India v New Zealand
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sat Sep 8
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 1st T20I - India v New Zealand
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Tue Sep 11
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 2nd T20I - India v New Zealand
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

India Vs England T20 match Live

England made it to the number one position in the test cricket by beatihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifng India 4-0 in the test series. And now a defeated Indian team will face England again on 31-Au-2011 in the only T20 match between the teams. India are the winner of the first twenty twenty world cup and also there is international T20 tournament i.e. IPL T20 is played in India every year. So we can expect Indian cricket team to win this only T20 match and get some respect from the fans.

After that the 5 match ODI series will be played (starting 3 Sept) where England will definitely give a strong competition to the 2011 world cup champions. May be we can see the first ODI series defeat for team India after winning the world cup few months back.

All I expect and pray to gods is that team India didn't get defeated like the test match series.

Here is the schedule of ODI series between India and England:

Sat Sep 3
09:15 GMT | 10:15 local
14:45 IST 1st ODI - England v India
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
N/A

Tue Sep 6
13:00 GMT | 14:00 local
18:30 IST 2nd ODI - England v India
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
N/A

Fri Sep 9
13:00 GMT | 14:00 local
18:30 IST 3rd ODI - England v India
Kennington Oval, London
N/A

Sun Sep 11
09:15 GMT | 10:15 local
14:45 IST 4th ODI - England v India
Lord's, London
N/A

Fri Sep 16
13:00 GMT | 14:00 local
18:30 IST 5th ODI - England v India
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
N/A

India Vs West Indies T20 Match

Indian team has arrived to compete West Indies in T20 and one day matches with a new coach and New captain. Duncan Fletcher is the new coach of Indian cricket team who took the charge after Gary Kristen resigned immediately following the Indian team world cup win whereas Suresh Raina who has been part of the Indian cricket team from some time is the new captain. Raina has been in and out of the team and almost a surprise for me to see him as a captain.

The first choice was Gautam Gambhir but he had been forced to take his name out of the tournament due the shoulder injury he received during the IPL matches. It'd be interesting to see if team India can win the T20 and one day series as most of the player are not the ones who have been playing for team India from long time. Many seniors players have either rested from the tournaments or are out due to the injuries.


The first T20 match will begin withing 2 hours time from now and it'd be interesting to see who will be in the playing 11 for both the teams.

Below may be the probables for team India:
1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Parthiv Patel (wk), 3 Suresh Raina (capt), 4 Virat Kohli, 5 & 6 two out of S Badrinath, Rohit Sharma and Manoj Tiwary, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Munaf Patel, 11 R Ashwin/R Vinay Kumar/Amit Mishra/Ishant Sharma

ICC T20 Final Live Score - Australia Vs England

Now this is going to be a perfect final match for T20 world cup. Both the team have never won or reached the final to twenty twenty world cup and for Australia its a do or die match to win the only tournament in cricket they havent won so far. As far as England is concerned its a very very long time they have reached this stage of any tournament so they won't want to loose this chance.

Thing to worry for England will be the way Australia won the semi final match today. A score of 191 was not enough for Pakistan to defend. And last over 18 runs required for winning it was an unforgetable match. Now what England do in the final to win the match .

Don't miss to watch live score of another interesting semi final match between West Indies women and New Zealand women, yes I am talking about sem final of women T20 world cup 2010.

Wallpapers from today's match Michal Clark match of the match :