Sachin Tendulkar to be Ambassador for 2015 World Cup

Sachin Tendulkar to be Ambassador for 2015 World Cup

Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday named batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar who is the record-breaking most elevated run getter in the World Cup history as the diplomat for World Cup 2015. He scored 2,278 runs in 45 matches at a normal of 56.95 in all the 6 World Cups he played.

Truth be told, Sachin who played for Team India in 2011 World Cup was additionally the represetative of that competition. That implies he was going about as diplomat for ICC World Cup for second successive year.

Sachin will take the reponsibility to advance the activities of ICC to upgrade the profice of Cricket World Cup which is the third greatest donning occasion in the World.

ICC World Cup 2015 starts on February fourteenth and closures on March 29th. Matches will be hald at both Australia and New Zealand this time.

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Sachin Tendulkar to be Ambassador for 2015 World Cup

By: Unknown on: 11:40 PM

Phil Hughes passes away

The cricketing club is in a condition of stun in the wake of listening to the miserable news of Australia batsman Phil Hughes' passing. 

Hughes was struck by a Sean Abott bouncer on his lower head on Tuesday and neglected to recover awareness from there on. He stayed in basic condition the accompanying day and was guaranteed to have inhaled his keep going on Thursday at the St Vincent Hospital in Sydney. Hughes was 25. Group India and previous players offered their genuine sympathies to his gang.

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Shocked to hear about Phil. Sad day for cricket. Deepest condolences to family, friends and well wishers. RIP #PhilipHughes

11:42 AM - 27 Nov 2014

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Shocked and saddened by the news of Phil Hughes. Horrible day for cricket. RIP Phil and may your family gain the strength to cope.

11:27 AM - 27 Nov 2014

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Shocked and saddened. Phil Hughes you will live on in our hearts. RIP worst day in world cricket #peace #PhilHughes

10:44 AM - 27 Nov 2014

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Saddest day in cricket fraternity. Rest in peace mate and Sean Abbott stay strong #PhilHughes

10:55 AM - 27 Nov 2014

Varun Aaron        ✔ @VarunAaron

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My heartiest condolences go out to phil Hughes's family..a very sad day for cricket..hope it never happens on a cricket field again..

10:21 AM - 27 Nov 2014

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Shocking!!! What a tragedy. Untimely death of phil Hughes. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. May his soul RIP #Devastated

11:21 AM - 27 Nov 2014

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Sad day for cricket @CricketAus Phil Hughes RIP. Knew him whilst he came over to MI, thorough Pro..will miss you. @mipaltan

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Dark day for cricket can't believe Phil hughes has gone! Rip my friend ! My heart goes out to his family !shocking

10:54 AM - 27 Nov 2014

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Heard about the news of the sad demise of Phil Hughes. Heart felt condolences to his family and friends. RIP my friend.

11:11 AM - 27 Nov 2014

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Really shocked to see what's happened to Phil Hughes.Fight and get out of this one my friend.My thoughts and prayers are with you.

11:34 AM - 25 Nov 2014

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Phil Hughes passes away

By: Unknown on: 4:04 PM

Big fight between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

Group India's Director Ravi Shastri sorted out a huge gathering after India's pounding win over Sri Lanka. Ravi Shastri, who was exceptionally content with Team India's execution in the ODI arrangement, said, "This is a huge win and I need to praise it with the young men. I am encouraged up of acting calm in the changing area constantly. I need to gathering now, and this triumph is simply what the specialist requested."

All the parts of the ODI squad were available in the gathering and it was a complete event by Ravi Shastri, who will clearly guarantee the sum from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), later.

Ravi Shastri began the gathering with a little discourse in which he saluted the whole group, with an exceptional notice to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for their tremendous exhibitions in the arrangement. After his discourse Ravi Shastri opened a flask of champagne, and drank half of it himself.

The gathering began at 11 pm and all the players sat down in little gatherings and began drinking and moving. Everything was going okay, however abruptly Rohit Sharma softened his contain of lager resentment. At first it showed up as though Rohit is excessively tipsy, yet when our journalist asked further, he got to realize that he was totally fine and he tossed that jug in light of the fact that he was frantic at Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma.

India's Team Director Ravi Shastri attempted to control the circumstances, however Rohit was in no mind-set to keep down. He continued hollering at Kohli and Anushka. Later, when our columnist identifies with a portion of the servers, the explanation for the battle was as shabby as Dany Morrison's playing with the female grapples, amid the Indian Premier League (IPL). Rohit got irate in light of the fact that Virat was compelling the DJ to the play on Anushka's tune, however Rohit, who was riding high on the accomplishment of his authentic thump, needed to move on some Punjabi melodies.

The battle took a monstrous turn when Rohit Sharma began boosting about his 264-run thump and said, "This is one record which you will never have the capacity to break, Virat."

Virat Kohli, who was smoldering after this affront before better half, helped Rohit to remember all his ODI records, and our columnist lets us know that it took great 15 minutes for Kohli to finish the rundown of his records.

After this, Rohit got exceptionally humiliated and left the gathering. Our sources let us know that Rohit made a call to MS Dhoni, however Dhoni didn't answer the call, as Suresh Raina had effectively educated him about the battle.

after 30 minutes, Virat Kohli likewise left the gathering with Anushka Sharma.

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Big fight between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

By: Unknown on: 9:32 AM

Virat Kohli moves to 2nd In ICC ODI Rankings, Rohit Takes A Giant Leap

India's bad habit chief Virat Kohli has moved to second place in the ICC ODI Batsmen Rankings after his noteworthy show with the bat in the as of late closed ODI arrangement against Sri Lanka, which India won 5-0.

Virat Kohli, who hit a ton in the last match of the arrangement, scored 329 runs in the arrangement at a normal of 82.25 to be decreed the Man of the Series. Separated from Kohli, the other Indian batsman in main 10 are Shikhar Dhawan at fifth and captain MS Dhoni at seventh.

Record breaking Rohit Sharma, who turned into the first player in the historical backdrop of cricket to score two twofold centuries in ODI cricket furthermore made the most astounding score (264) by a single person in the ODI cricket, climbed 18 spots to fifteenth spot.

In ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings, Bhuvneshwar Kumar remained the most elevated positioning Indian at eighth while Ravindra Jadeja was at tenth spot. Both, nonetheless, lost two places each.

ICC ODI Batsman Rankings:

Rank	Player	Country	Rating
1	A.B. de Villiers	South Africa	887
2	Virat Kohli	India	862
3	Hashim Amla	South Africa	834
4	George Bailey	Australia	810
5	Shikhar Dhawan	India	777
6	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	776
7	M.S. Dhoni	India	738
8	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	731
9	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	718
10	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	706

ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings:

Rank	Player	Country	Rating
1	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	770
2	Sunil Narine	West Indies	753
3	Dale Steyn	South Africa	712
4	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	690
4	James Anderson	England	690
6	Morne Morkel	South Africa	651
7	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	647
8	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India	641
9	Steven Finn	England	640
10	Ravindra Jadeja	India	638

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Virat Kohli moves to 2nd In ICC ODI Rankings, Rohit Takes A Giant Leap

By: Unknown on: 4:19 PM

Roger Federer withdraws from WTA Tour Final match against Djokovic

17-time single Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has hauled out of 2014 ATP World Tour Championship Finals as he was battling with back ache and not fit for the match. He expressed that he has maintained back torment amid the elimination round match over Stan Wawrinka in three sets with a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6)on Saturday night.

"Shockingly I'm not match fit to play match this evening. Unmistakably I wish it wasn't like this. You attempt all year to be prepared for the ATP World Tour Finals and I would not like to end along  these  lines. I damage my back late in the match yesterday against Stan. I am extremely disillusioned and I would like to be feeling better soon," Federer said.

Novak Djokovic the Seven-time Grand pummel champ has secured third back to back ATP World Tour Championship and remained in No. 1 position in ATP Ranking Points by end of the 2014 season. Djokovic wished Roger Federer a pace recuperation and he is extremely upbeat to complete the season on high mode. The swarm has been totally disillusioned with the sudden choice, short of what a prior hour the booked begin and Djokovic consented to play a display match against Andy Murray in an offer which minimum incompletely fulfilled a frustrated swarm.

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Roger Federer withdraws from WTA Tour Final match against Djokovic

By: Unknown on: 1:56 AM

Virat Kohli's unbeaten century helps India seal series

Captain Virat Kohli has lead the Indian group to an unbeaten 5-0 lead in the five-match ODI arrangement against Sri Lanka and in the last match Indian won by 3 wickets on Sunday at the JSCA International Stadium Complex.

Srilanka chose to bat first and set up a testing 286 for eight and India pursued the battle and won the arrangement by 288 for seven. Angelo Mathews' scored an unbeaten 139 uses up 116 balls, in the interim Kohli who scored 139 runs and lead for the group triumph.

Virat Kohli has lead the Indian group to triumph as an issue without Mahendra Singh Dhoni and he will likewise lead the group in the first Test against Australia as Dhoni has been discounted of the first Test against Australia because of harm. MS Dhoni will lead the group from the second Test onwards and for whatever remains of the Test arrangement.

India VS Sri Lanka, Scorecard:

Sri Lanka

All out: 286/8 in 50.0 Overs

Niroshan Dickwella (4), Tillakaratne Dilshan (35), Dinesh Chandimal (5), Mahela Jayawardene (32), Angelo Mathews (139), Lahiru Thirimanne (52), Thisara Perera (6), Seekkuge Prasanna (0), Ajantha Mendis (0)

Fall of wickets:

32/1 (Niroshan Dickwella, 4.4ov), 45/2 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6ov), 73/3 (Dinesh Chandimal (W), 14.4ov), 85/4 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.3ov), 213/5 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 45ov), 258/6 (Thisara Perera, 47.5ov), 285/7 (Seekkuge Prasanna, 49.3ov), 286/8 (Ajantha Mendis, 50ov),

India:

All out: 288/7 in 48.4 Overs

Ajinkya Rahane (2), Rohit Sharma (9), Ambati Rayudu (59), Virat Kohli (139), Robin Uthappa (19), Kedar Jadhav (20), Stuart Binny (12), Ravichandran Ashwin (0), Akshar Patel (17)

Fall of wickets:

6/1 (Ajinkya Rahane, 2.4ov), 14/2 (Rohit Sharma, 4.3ov), 150/3 (Ambati Rayudu, 28ov), 180/4 (Robin Uthappa (W), 33.3ov), 215/5 (Kedar Jadhav, 39.4ov), 231/6 (Stuart Binny, 43.1ov), 231/7 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 43.2ov)

Group India is all situated for the four-Test arrangement in Australia with a squad of 18-part which is proposed by the selectors and the group administration. On November 21 the Indian squad is situated to leave for Australia on November 21 and the four-match Test arrangement against India and Australia is slated to begin from December 4, 2014 to January 7, 2015.

Indian Team for Australia Tests:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha, Naman Ojha, R Ashwin, Karn Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron.

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Virat Kohli's unbeaten century helps India seal series

By: Unknown on: 1:52 AM

Rayadu sparkles as India beat Sri Lanka in second ODI

Ahmedabad, Nov. 6 (ANI): Ambati Rayadu scored his lady century and Shikhar Dhawan scored a half century as India made short work of the 275-run target set by Sri Lanka in the second one-day worldwide (ODI) of the five match arrangement.

Batting in the first place, Sri Lanka defeated its initial wobbles as an unbeaten Angelo Matthews (92) and a quickfire 30 by tail-ender Dhammika Prasad helped the guests post a brandishing 274-8. Prior, Kumar Sangakkara had scored 61. In any case, the Lankans missed a decent association in the center, with the batsmen discarding their wickets at consistent interims.

For India, Umesh Yadav, Ravichandra Ashwin and Akshar Patel all grabbed a support of wickets each.

Coming in with a solid aggregate to pursue, Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane took sooner or later to get going, before Rahane fell with just 18 runs on the board. From there on Dhawan and Ambati Rayadu set up an enduring association, before the previous at last succumbed to 79.

From that point, captain Virat Kohli and Rayadu set up a decent organization, with Kohli falling only one run short of his half century. From that point on, India had a simple walk around the completion line, however they lost one more wicket in Suresh Raina, with Rayadu completing the innings unbeaten at 121. India completed at 275-4 with 33 balls to extra.

Among Sri Lanka's bowlers, Seekkuge Prasanna was the most amazing, getting three wickets, while opening bowlers Angelo Matthews and Lahiru Gamage had limited the Indian batsmen for long stretches.

With this triumph, India has taken a summoning 2-0 lead in the arrangement. (ANI)

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Rayadu sparkles as India beat Sri Lanka in second ODI

By: Unknown on: 10:37 PM

1st ODI-India vs Sri Lanka Report

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After Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan moved India to 363/5, the hosts played Sri Lanka out for 194 to commence the ODI arrangement with a 169-run win. Having outflanked the guests in Cuttack, the home group now lead the five-match arrangement 1-0.

A radiant 231-run opening remained by Rahane and Dhawan batted Sri Lanka out of the first amusement. Supplementing one another, the pair scored a century each to place India in an ordering position in the wake of being asked to bat. While Rahane stunningly aggregated 111, Dhawan clobbered the bowlers in transit to 113 to help the group to a mammoth aggregate.

The Indian openers got off to a calm begin with Dhammika Prasad and debutant Lahiru Gamage playing tight spells with the new ball and making inquiries of Rahane and Dhawan.

With Kumar Sangakkara neglecting to clutch the ball, Dhawan who had contacted the Prasad conveyance made due on 10 and happened to money on to the life given to him. Along these lines did his opening accomplice who was given another opportunity while on 38. In India's fourth opening remained in overabundance of 200 runs the pair set the stage for an Indian triumph.

Having waited for their chance to accumulate 43 runs in the first powerplay the openers sunk into a consistent cadence to take India to an overwhelming position.

In spite of the fact that he survived an extreme chance, Rahane looked in great scratch as he gathered runs off the resistance. The adolescent opener raised his second sequential fifty with a solitary on the leg-side off Suraj Randiv. Also Dhawan tailed him to the imprint with limits of progressive balls emulated by a six over long-on off the bowler later in the over. The couple assumed responsibility of the innings as they asserted 17 runs off the over to achieve their half-hundreds of years and take India past 100.

With the openers in great touch, India took the batting powerplay as right on time as the 24th over to expand on the preference. Taking the assault to the bowlers the openers gathered 62 runs from it. Gamage brought go into the assault was struck for two limits by Rahane on either side of the wicket and was sent down fine-leg for four all the more by Dhawan as they picked 15 runs from his over. The openers proceeded with their attack against Randiv in the following over with Dhawan hurling him over mid on for six to gather 12 from the over.

Rahane then crushed Perera through mid-off for four and sent the following conveyance past fine-leg to include four all the more off Prasad who had changed finishes. He was soon scoring at run-a-ball in the wake of hitting Angelo Mathews for a limit through the off side and smacked a six over long-on as they gathered 18 runs from the last over of the powerplay.

In an exertion to fitting the stream of runs and end the association, Mathews brought the accomplished Tillakratane Dilshan into the assault yet without much of any result as the batsmen crawled towards their particular tons. Runs were nearing thick and quick as Rahane raised his second ODI century with a solitary off Dilshan. In the accompanying over, Dhawan excessively arrived at his hundred with a six over mid-wicket off Prasanna.

The eighth knocking down some pins alternative utilized by the SL skipper at long last finished India's opening stand of 231 with the wicket of Dhawan. The left-hand opener was castled while looking to scope Ashan Priyanjan.

Suresh Raina playing his 200th ODI came into bat at No 3 and expand on the robust begin. 16 runs later Rahane hit Randiv to Mahela Jayawardene at mid-off and returned for 111. With his side agreeably put on 247/2 Captain Virat Kohli joined Raina in the center.

In a 34-ball 52-run cameo, Raina went past the 5000-run stamp in Odis before he was sent over by Randiv. In his next over, the off-spinner represented Kohli. With Perera taking the get close retrogressive square-leg limit, Kohli returned for 22.

With four overs left, Ambati Rayudu swung his willow to include 30 for the fifth wicket remained before leaving for 27. Axar Patel who substituted him pummeled Prasad for two progressive sixes in the wake of taking strike in the last over as he took India to 363/5 with Wriddhiman Saha.

Umesh Yadav then gave India their first wicket. The pacer actuated an edge off Dilshan to send back the opener with 31 on the board. 30 runs later, Ishant Sharma guaranteed the prized scalp of Sangakkara. The accomplished campaigner was supplanted by an alternate veteran batsman, Jayawardene in the center as SL confronted the rocky ask.

Tharanga was the beside withdraw taking the aeronautical course against Ravichandran Ashwin to leave the guests on 84/3. A while later, Patel represented Seekkuge Prasanna as India tightened the noose around SL.

Jayawardene, who had kept on garnerring runs with his smooth touch was joined by Mathews. Anyway with the group on 130 the senior batsman looking to drive Patel gave a basic get to Kohli.

Despite the fact that India were a bowler short with Varun Aaron leaving the field mid-over right on time in the innings, whatever remains of the assault had kept up the weight as India shielded the heap of runs. Keeping in mind Raina caught up with the wicket of Mathews, couple of overs later Ishant had Priyanjan edge to the wicketkeeper.

The tall Indian pacer then upset Randiv's woodwork and three balls later uprooted Prasad in vain to claim his fourth wicket in a wicket-lady. Perera who had kept on broadening the innings was gotten at long on 19 runs later by Ishant off Yadav to cut shades down on the Sri Lankan innings.

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1st ODI-India vs Sri Lanka Report

By: Unknown on: 9:50 PM