Zaheer Khan is making a comeback after a while in Indian Team for Australia Tour. Harbhajan has been left out. With the Team looking extremely balanced with speedster like Ishant and Praveen. Its a dream team for Australia Tour. After England Tour, which left Indian Team in a deep shock , It will interesting to see how this tour goes. With Speedy Tracks, It will be a delight for a cricket lover to see how Indian Team go against the Aussies.
Mark Webber won his first race of the year and made it one two for Red Bull with his double world champion team mate Sebastian Vettel's to win the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
Mark Webber drove with great speed in Brazilian GP and finished 16.9 seconds faster than his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel who suffered a gearbox problems to give Red Bull a third one-two of the 2011 season.
This was Webber’s seventh career win and he finished third in the championship. His team mate Sebastian Vettel is top on the table followed by Jenson Button, who came home third for McLaren.
Sebastian Vettel has total of 392 points ahead of Jenson Button who is on 270 points and Mark Webber on 258 points. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was fourth on 257 points.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished fourth in the race just ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa, with Adrian Sutil of Force India claming sixth place and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes seventh in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Rookie Paul Di Resta came home eighth for Force India, capping an impressive first season with another good result, ahead of Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber and Vitaly Petrov of Renault. Webber took the lead after 30 laps of the 71-lap contest when Vettel, struggling with gearbox problems from lap five onwards, accepted the team's advice to ease off and nurse his car home to second.
This is great news for all the soccer fans in India. English football club Manchester United has opened a soccer school at Mumbai (India). Manchester United Soccer Schools (MUSS) has programs all around the world but to set one up in the sports-mad country of India is a great opportunity for all the kids who want to become next Wayne Rooney.
Manchester United Outlets will be open in the month of December in Mumbai that will have everything Manchester United specific.
David Gill was at Mumbai to represent Manchester United. He launched the Manchester United Soccer Schools (MUSS) and also was very curious to tell the plans of Manchester United for India.
Other European clubs also want to enter a big market like India. Liverpool has already opened their academy at Delhi. All in all good for Indian soccer youngsters and Indian football.
Sachin fell just short of 6 runs from 100th century
Sachin on the way to 100th century, still on his 99th :
This is the moment every Indian was waiting for, Sachin Tendulkar himself wanted to achieve this unique milestone of scoring hundred international centuries. Sachin Tendulkar was failing from last few months to score his 100th hundred, but this was the greatest opportunity for him to score hundred centuries playing at Mumbai at Sachin’s home ground, in front of his home crowed. Whole world was waiting to applaud the little genius for reaching at yet another record this time of 100 centuries.
Sachin again got out on 94 against west Indies in the third test between India and West Indies, as we missed another chance of him getting his 100th centuries. As we know Sachin is too great to be contained back and he will be back with a bang. Sachin look really composed for his inning today, he started from his last night’s score of 67 and scored 27 more runs in 17 balls hitting 3 fours and a six. But a sharp delivery that really took off from a dead track left millions of Sachin fans distressful. Going through various records of all players in world, here is something that will really make you proud of Sachin.
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
0
SR Tendulkar (India)
1989-2011
638
745
73
33301
248*
49.55
99
158
34
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)
1995-2011
543
643
69
26644
257
46.41
69
141
38
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India)
1996-2011
505
596
72
23981
270
45.76
48
145
21
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)
1995-2011
480
569
93
23889
201*
50.18
57
143
27
this record is for over all data of Tests and ODI and T20's Sachin Tendulkar has 30 centuries lead over his nearest competitor Ricky Ponting. I mean thats just awesome. With Sachin Tendulkar nearing towards his 100th centuries Ricky Ponting has lots of distance to cover.
VVS Laxman scored 176 runs and Mahendra Singh Dhoni slammed a 144 run century as India declared on 631/7 on the second day of the second test between India (Ind) vs West Indies (wi) on Eden Gardens at Kolkata.
Laxman produced yet another classy knock at his favorite ground where he averages an astounding 110, while Dhoni struck a belligerent 144 (175b, 10x4, 5x6) to record his first century in 21 months
In reply West Indies were struggling at 34 /2 after losing both openers Adrian Barath (1 run) and opener Kraigg Brathwaite (17 runs) before the second day's play was called 50 minutes early because of bad light. West Indies are trailing by 597 runs.
Laxman and Dhoni stitched 224 runs together for the seventh wicket in an alliance that put India in complete command on what looked to be a good batting track.
Indian bowlers did well to claim the early wickets with Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin taking one wicket each.
India 346/5 on the first day of India V West Indies Second test match at Eden Garden Kolkata
It was a great day for Indian Cricket team in the second test match against West Indies. As VVS Luxman and Gautam Gambhir scoring half centuries at the first day.
But, it was Rahul Dravid to whom first day of the second test between India and West Indies belonged.
India scored 346/5 at stumps on the opening day of second test match at Kolkata. Rahul Dravid scored 119 runs and become the highest run scorer in 2011.
VVS Luxman was unbeaten on 75*, Gautam Gambhir scored 65 runs. Sachin Tendulkar once again failed to make his 100th century and scored 38 runs Sehwag also got out after scoring 38 runs.
India’s fifth wicket to fall was Ishant Sharma, who came as a nightwatchman but got out on first ball he faced for duck.
India made a perfect start to the series against West Indies by winning the first test match. India win the first test against west indies by 5 wickets. Thanks to the great batting performances by Sachin Tendulker who scored 76 runs , but once again failed to make his hundredth hundred, V V S Luxman who made not out 58* and hit the winning run and Virender Sehwag who scored quick fire 55 in the second innings.
India’s main hero for this match remained the spin bawlers. Both Pragyan Ojha and R Ashwin balled beautifully. Ashwin become the third player to get man of the match award on his debut. Ashwin took 9 wickets in the match including six in the second innings.
Resuming at 152 for two and needing another 124 runs to win with eight wickets in hand, India lost Rahul Dravid (31) early on the fourth day.
But Tendulkar along with Laxman guided the hosts to 233 with a 71-run partnership before disaster struck some time before the lunch break.
India were just 43 runs away from achieving a hard-fought come-from-behind victory and take a 1-0 lead, when Tendulkar made his way back to the dressing room, much to the disappointment of the crowd.
But Laxman stood firm to guide the Indians with yet another half-century in the fourth innings of a match. He struck six boundaries and faced 105 balls.
India win First Test against West Indies by 5 wickets, India beat West Indies by 5 wickets
India win First Test against West Indies by 5 wickets, India beat West Indies by 5 wickets
India win First Test against West Indies by 5 wickets, India beat West Indies by 5 wickets
India win First Test against West Indies by 5 wickets, India beat West Indies by 5 wickets
