India and Sri Lanka to chase 300 plus scores on same day

It was tough day for the bowlers of the 2011 world cup finalists. Yes I am talking about India and Sri Lanka, both these teams play their respective ODI matches today against England and Australia respectively. Firstly Aussies batter very well against Sri Lanka, posting a total of 305 runs. Sri Lankan team in return made a mesh of the chase and they are already struggling at 194 with all the specialist batsmen gone back to pavilion. They already have lost 8 wickets in 40 overs thus they only can delay the loss and lessen the defeat margin.

Now if we take a look at match between India and England, this was one of the most solid batting display I've every seen by England team. They have posted 325 runs and India needs to score one run more to win the match. Given the form of team India its unlikely they will cross 250 runs today.

Indian cricket team is all set to chase the target of 326 in few minutes from now. So lets finish your tasks quickly and watch the team India batting.

Good luck to both the teams.

Cricket Matches Today - ODI cricket Match Update

Today two cricket matches are scheduled to be played. One Between Australia and Sri Lanka and then second one between India and England.

Australia vs Sri Lanka Match today: The match between Australia and Sri Lanka is being played right now at Melbourne. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. So far the Aussie team have a good start of the match and they are on the way to post a competitive total on the score board. The debutant batsmen Phillip Hughes  got a good start and is playing currently at 84, I predict he is all set to create a record for highest score on debut for Australia and in case he score more than 115 today, then he can set to records i.e. highest debut sore for Australia and highest debut score against Sri Lanka. Good luck for this young left handed batsmen. As you can see over the live score board widget above 31 overs have been bowled and Australia have scored 156 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.  Stay tune to this blog for more updates.

India Vs England Match Today: Match between India and England is scheduled to start at 12 noon IST, which is about one hour from now. Indian team has rested Virender Sehwag cause of poor form, they don't have any Tendulkar either. Cricket experts are calling for M S Dhoni to quit captaincy. They have lost test, ODI and T20 series recently at home. So its not predictable if declining team India can do some good performances in the ODI series or they are on the way to loose one more. We have to wait and watch for the three matches at least. However I pray that series must be live till the last ODI which in on the 27th Jan at Dharamshala, the lovely stadium with snow laid mountains in the background.

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.

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.