'Dhoni is playing for his averages': Farokh Engineer bares truth

Ever since Mahender Singh Dhoni achieved ICC top cricketer of the year, he is trying to maintain that record, and in the process not willing to do the needful when utterly necessary - does not want to get out at any cost!




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ICC World Cup T20: India Fail to Make Semis, Loose to Eng

June 14, 2009, Lords, England.
England 153 for 7 (Pietersen 46, Harbhajan 3-30, Jadeja 2-26) beat India 150 for 5 by three runs.
Ryan Sidebottom is the man of the Match.




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ICC World Cut T20 Points Table. Semi Final Odds

Pool E consisting of South Africa , India, West Indies and England is arguably very competitive.
Poof F is less so since Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand themselves are not the top teams and they have Ireland for company.



India's Chances:
The only way India can go through to Semis is by winning both of the remaining matches against England and South Africa.
Even that does not assure a Semi final berth.
South Africa are virtually assured of a birth.


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ICC World Cup T20: West Indies Beat India. Dhoni Plays Test!

June 12, 2009
India vz West Indies, ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's , England
West Indies 156 for 3 (Bravo 66*, Simmons 44) beat India 153 for 7 (Yuvraj 67, Yusuf 31, Bravo 4-38, Edwards 3-24) by 7 wickets.
Dhoni's "Test Matchique" Innings of 23 balls 11 runs did not help India.



But for Yuvraj and Yusuf India were likely to have score even less.
Toss: India won and chose to bat
Player of the match DJ Bravo (West Indies)


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Great Fielding by Angelo Mathews . Was it Six or Not?

Watch the video. Tell us whether or not it was a six or not? Your Answer Here


ICC rules book was put to test.
Mathews was at wide long-on boundary when Ramnaresh Sarwan hit Ajantha Mendis ball. Mathews caught the ball inside the line but, realised that the momentum will take hime out of ropes, so flung the ball in the air before his foot landed over the boundary. He then jumped and hit the air borne ball, over the rope and back into the field.

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ICC World Cup T20: India beat Ireland

Ireland v India, ICC World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge
India 113 for 2 (Rohit 52*, Gambhir 37) bt Ireland 112 for 8 (Zaheer 4/19, Ojha 2/18) by 8 wickets



India's Next Match: India v West Indies Lord's, London on Fri Jun 12 17:30 local | 16:30 GMT.


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