Tuesday, June 23, 2015

India vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI

India survives series wash

Where: Mirpur, Bangladesh
Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field

India finished their inning at 317/6 with every player stepping up and contributing to the total.


Watch 3rd ODI Replay

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India has lost first two ODIs and is now facing humiliation of a first ever clean sweep by Bangladesh. Zimbabwe were the first one clean sweeped by 5-0, then Pakistan by 3-0, and now it is India's turn. Bangladesh is on a roll and have won their last five one day games. Bangladesh have added the legspinner Jubair Hossain to their squad for the third ODI.



Sunday, June 21, 2015

India v Bangladesh 2nd ODI

India lose 2nd ODI and Series

India won the toss and elected to bat first. India continued the bad form when Rohit Sharma was out for the second ball of the match. Kohli and Dhawan played carefully to rebuild the inning but Kohli (23 in 27 balls) was trapped LBW by Nasir Hossain in the 13th over. Dhawan (53 in 60 balls) survived until 21st over and completed his half century. Dhoni and Raina tried but were not good enough get India out of trouble. The score was 196/8 in 43.5 overs when the rain arrived. India were all out for 200 after 45 overs after the game resumed. Mustafizur Rahman continued the fine form and took 6 for 43. Bangladesh cruised along to finish 200 at the end of 38th over.

India -  200 (45/47), Bangladesh - 200/4 (38/47 ov, target 200)

Watch Virat Kohli defending a free hit

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Saturday, March 28, 2015

World Cup Final - Australia v New Zealand

Australia v New Zealand

Where: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
When: Mar 28, 2015 03:30 GMT, 23:30 EDT, 09:00 IST
New Zealand 183 (45.0 ov) lost to Australia 186/3 (33.1 ov) by 7 wickets.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first. Australia put together an outstanding performance to lift the world cup. New Zealand three early wickets which really affected the scoring rate. New Zealand were 3/39 in 13th over when Eliott joined Taylor. They put together 111 runs for the 4th wicket but once Taylor fell in the 35th over, it was all over for New Zealand, rest of the batsmen kept throwing away their wicket rounding up at 183 in 45 overs. Australia did not have much problem reaching the target even though they lost Finch in the second over itself. It was a professional and dominating performance by the young Australian team.



New Zealand vs Australia - Match Highlights


Preview

New Zealand and Australia face each other for the title. Australia have won their last six matches at the MCG, going back to 2012. New Zealand beat Australia at MCG in 2009. New Zealand is inform team of this world cup, however Australia has home ground advantage.

"New Zealand have been the form team of the competition. New Zealand have beaten us once in this tournament. But I'm confident if we play our best, we can beat them tomorrow." - Michael Clarke