Virat Kohli Sent Thanks Message to Ronaldo :

The Indian young batting sensation Virat Kohli has sent personal thanks message to Cristiano Ronaldo via twitter. The vice captain of indian cricket team virat kohli is a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo who is playing for Real Madrid club. Virat Kohli is the biggest fan of Manchester United football team because of cristiano ronaldo. Then Cristiano has moved to real madrid club in 2009.Virat Kohli further added about cristiano, I admire about your aggression and passion on field.you are being the inspiration for million of people in the world. Virat Kohli, the most aggression player in the ground when he plays against opponent.

IPL Action Live 2014

Players Name            Team                Amount

Yuvraj Singh            Bangalore            14 Crores
Dinesh Karthik         Delhi                    12.5 Crores
Kevin Pietersen        Delhi                     9 Crores
Mitchel Johnson       Punjab                   6.5 Crores
David Warner          Hyderabad             5.5 Crores
Jacques Kallis          Kolkata                 5.5 Crores
Murali Vijay             Delhi                      5 Crores
Michael Hussey        Mumbai                 5 Crores
Robin Uthapppa       Kolkata                 5 Crores    
Amit Mishra             Hyderabad             4.75 Crores
Faf du Plessi            Chennai                  4.75 Crores
Dwayne Smith         Chennai                  4.5 Crores
Aaron Finch             Hyderabad             4 Crores
Steve Smith             Rajasthan                4 Crores
Darren Sammy         Hyderabad             3.5 Crores
Quinton de Kock     Delhi                       3.5 Crores
Yusuf Pathan           Kolkata                   3.25 Crores
Brendon McCullum  Chennai                  3.25 Crores
George Bailey          Punjab                    3.25 Crores
Virendra Sehwag     Punjab                    3.2 Crores
Manoj Tiwary          Delhi                      2.8 Crores
Zaheer Khan           Mumbai                  2.6 Crores
Brad Hodge            Rajasthan               2.4 Crores
Albie Morkel          Bangalore                2.4 Crores
JP Duminy              Delhi                       2.2 Crores
Shaun Marssh        Punjab                     2.2 Crores
Saha                      Punjab                     2.2 Crores        
Pujara                    Punjab                     1.9 Crores
Thisara Perara       Punjab                      1.6 Crores
Parthiv Patel          Bangalore                 1.4 Crores
Ross Taylor            -                             Unsold
Jeyawardana          -                             Unsold
Naman Ojha          -                             Unsold
Mathew Wade      -                              Unsold
Kushal Perera      -                               Unsold

India announce Asia Cup squad – Cheteshwar Pujara included; Raina and Ishant dropped

After much fan uproar, India’s Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara has been selected in the ODI squad for Asia Cup later this month.Suresh Raina, who has not been in his best of the forms from the last 8-10 months, has been ruled out of the squad. Under fire for his extended poor form, medium pacer Ishant Sharma has also been dropped.
The squad contains 8 batsmen, 2 spinners, 2 all-rounders and 4 fast bowlers.
Ravichandran Ashwin, struggling overseas lately, has been included in the squad, keeping in mind that the tournament will be taking place in Bangladesh. Amit Mishra is the other specialist spinner in the squad.
Ravindra Jadeja and Stuart Binny are the two all-rounders in the squad. The same bowling unit, which toured New Zealand, has been maintained, except the exclusion of Ishant Sharma.
The four fast bowlers are Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Aaron and Ishwar Pandey.
Asia Cup tournament will begin from 25th February 2014.

Asia Cup squad: MS Dhoni (C), S Dhawan, Rohit, Virat, Pujara, Rayudu, Rahane, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron, Binny, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey.

Yuvraj Singh and Mohit Sharma included in India’s T20 World Cup squad, Ishant Sharma dropped

India’s squad for Twenty20 World Cup, which is going to be held in Bangladesh this year, has been announced. The biggest inclusion is of the man who helped India lift the World Cup in 2011, Yuvraj Singh.Yuvraj has been in-and-out of the squad for the last 18 months, and this inclusion will be a great boost for the southpaw.The new-ball bowler of Chennai Super Kings, Mohit Sharma too gets a slot for T20 World Cup. Mohit Sharma will replace under-fire Ishant Sharma in the World Twenty20 Cup squad.Suresh Raina has been included in the squad despite missing the cut for ODI squad for Asia Cup.

ICC WT20 squad: MS Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj, Rahane, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvi, Shami, Binny, Amit Mishra, Mohit, Aaron.

Which team can win FIFA 2014 World Cup ?

1. Spain :
    The former world champion and Euro Champion has good chance to win 2014 FIFA World Cup in brazil. They have lot of young and experienced players in the squad.

Players to watch : Casillas, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Torress

2. Brazil :
      Brazil is an all time favourite team for world cup.This time, the home fans supports also big boost to get the victory easily. Brazil is the best team in the world cup competion. Recently they beat spain in Confederation cup final and lifted the trophy.

Players to Watch : Neymar, Oscar, Marcelo, Thiago Silva

3. Germany :
     Germany is the best football team in the recent years. They have been played very good matches in the world cup playoffs matches.This time, germany also more chances to get the trophy. Germany team squad has look very strong with experienced and young players.

Players to Watch : Muller, Gotze, Lahm, Neur

Ballon d'or award for Cristiano : Maradona

The Argentina Legend Maradona said, this year ballon d'or award should go to Cristiano Ronaldo because he has been played good for Real Madrid and Portugal in this season. Further he added,this year other two players were Messi and Ribery, who were shortlisted for Ballon d'or award. They also good shape for ballon d or, but they got more injury problems in this year compare to cristiano.Cristiano Ronaldo who was the hero of world cup qualifier matches against Sweden. He has scored all four goals against Sweden. 

Cristiano Set New Record

Cristiano Ronaldo Scored a goal against Copenhagen on Tuesday evening. He has broken the record for most goals scored in Champions League Group Stage.He scored nine goals from six matches.Cristiano Ronaldo was one goal away for the record before Copenhagen match started, but it was doubted whether he would play or not due to his injury problem.But Real Madrid boss started with Cristiano and he scored a goal and breaks the record. However, he missed his penalty chance at 90th minutes. Finally Real Madrid won the match 2-0 against Copenhagen and also they placed top of the table and secured their place in next stage.

Best Goalkeeper in 2013

 Goal Keepers are playing important role in a football team. If they do any mistakes in the ground, the whole team will get affected. Here I have listed some of the goal keeper name list those who have been performed well for their country and also their club in this season 2013.

1. Manuel Neur (Germany/Bayern Munich)
2. Iker Casillas(Spain/Real Madrid)
3. Petr Čech(Chelsea/Czech Republic)
4. Gianluigi Buffon(Italy/Juventus)
5. Joe Hart(England/Manchester City)
6. David de Gea(Spain/Manchester United)
7. Victor Valdes(Spain/Barcelona)

No place for Virat Kohli in ICC ODI Player Award

Virat Kohli, who has been standing first place in ICC ODI ranking. The ICC released the name list for ODI team, Test team and Individual performance for this year.  There was no place for virat kohli in the ODI players list. Without Virat Kohli, I couldn't imagine the ODI team list. He has been played well for India in short format cricket since his debut in 2008.This year he has scored more than 1200 runs so far and also this was the third time to score more than 1000 runs in ODI. Already he has reached this milestone in the year 2011 and 2012.He becomes the fastest 5000 runs getter in ODI format. He has equalized the Vivian Richards records, who had scored 5000 runs in 114 innings.   Virat Kohli batting average is nearly 53 and also his strike rate is nearly 93 in ODI format.He won the ICC ODI player of the year in 2012. 

ICC ODI Team of the Year (In Batting Order)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Shikhar Dhawan (India), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (South Africa), MS Dhoni (India, captain and wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (India), Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan), Mitchell Starc (Australia), James Anderson (England), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka). 12th Man: Mitchel McClenaghan (New Zealand)

Dhoni won LG People Choice ICC award

MS Dhoni has won the LG people choice ICC award for this year 2013. He was the third player to got the award.The award, which was introduced in the year 2010. Sachin Tendulkar has won the award in 2010 and Kumar Sangakakara has won the award last couple of years 2011 and 2013 consecutively.Other nominees for this award in this year were Michael Clarke from Australia, Alaistar Cook from England, Virat Kohli from India and AB De Villiers from South Africa.

India Is going to break the record in ODI

The Indian ODI team is going to break the record as soon as in upcoming ODI series against South Africa. They score the first run in the first ODI against South Africa. India team becomes the highest ODI run getters in the ODI format. Indian team is currently levelled on 1,82,881 runs from 841 matches with Australia, who has the same amount of runs scored in ODI formats from 825 matches.  However,Australia, have been better winning percentage, having won 505 matches of their 825 as opposed to India’s 423.The 3rd placed team is Pakistan with 1,71,982 from 807 matches, followed by Sri Lanka on 1,46,365 and the West Indies on 1,45,260.

We are Ready to face South Africa : MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni told to the reporters, We are ready to face South African pace attack in South Africa. The upcoming series is an interesting series for us because we have been played good cricket in this year so far. However, we played a lot of matches in India, now we are going to play in South African bouncer pitches.Our top order batsmen are in good form and also bowling side well. We are going to play ODI series first. It will be helpful for us to adjust the conditions.Further he added, there are a lot of good players in South Africa. They become the first ranking in Test. So this series will be big series in this year. 

We are going to South Africa a confident lot : Shikar Dhawan

“Nervousness has gone and we are going to South Africa a confident lot. We have done well in England (ICC Champions Trophy) and we will try to do well overseas again.”The left hander said that the batsmen in the team are aware of the bouncy tracks that they will face in South Africa and they are mentally ready to face Dale Steyn and company.The wickets will be bouncy for sure but there is nothing to worry. The good thing is that we have played Australia (in a seven-match ODI series at home) and bowlers like Mitchell Johnson.”India will be without Sachin Tendulkar for the first time in 24 years but Dhawan, who has scored 6 hundreds in all formats for India, said that India has enough experience in their ranks to put up a good fight.“Sachin was a great player. His presence will be missed but we have a good side now. We are good in all three departments: batting, bowling and fielding.”

Zaheer Khan back to the Indian Test team for South Africa Tour

 The Indian selectors announced a 17 member squad  for upcoming Test and ODI series against South Africa. The veteran fast bowler Zaheer Khan return to the test squad, Who has not been in the team since 2012 December.The other two veteran opening batsman Virendra Sehwag and Gautham Gambhir were not selected in the squad by selectors.The Mumbai Indians middle order batsman Ambati Rayudu has been selected for Test team squad and also Bengal wicket keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has been selected for Test squad.The South Africa test series is the first series without Sachin Tendulkar who had retired from Test format in November.The Delhi pace man Ishant Sharma returned to the squad who had not been selected against ongoing ODI series against West Indies.The ODI match will be start in Johannesburg on December 9 and also first test will be start in Johannesburg on December 18.

India ODI squad
MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.
India Test squad
MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Pragyan Ojha and Ishant Sharma.

Virat Kohli breaks Record

Virat Kohli joint the record sheet along with Vivian Richards,the both batsman becomes the fastest 5000 runs getter in ODI format. They had taken 114 innings.The 25 year Righ Hander from Delhi needed 81 runs to reach the milestone for yesterday match. He scored 86 runs in First ODI series against West Indies on thursday.It was Kohli's 120th Match.

List of batsmen to fastest to 5,000 ODI runs

Virat Kohli and Vivian Richards (114 innings)
Brian Lara 118
Gordon Greenidge 121
AB de Villiers 124
Sourav Ganguly 126
Dean Jones 128
Graeme Smith 131
Matthew Hayden 133
Michael Bevan, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir 135
Gary Kirsten, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle 137
Sachin Tendulkar, Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousuf 138

Cristiano Ronaldo Saves Portugal

Unstoppable Cristiano Ronaldo has scored hat trick against sweden on tuesday night. Portugal won the second world cup qualifier match 3-2 against sweden. Finally, they won the aggragate 4-2 by two matches. The two qualifier matches against sweden, all four goals were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal. They were qualified for upcoming World Cup in Brazil. Finally the two great match winners Cristiano and Ibrahimovic war came to the end. The two unstoppable heroes scored all six goals in two matches.Cristiano scored four goals and Ibrahimovic scored two goals.

Sachin's Farewell Speech

The beginning
"All my friends, settle down let me talk, I'll get more and more emotional.

My life between 22 yards in the 24 years, it's hard to believe that it's coming to an end. I would like to thank all the people who have helped me in my life to get here. I have a list in my hand, please forgive me if I miss out on a few names.

Remembering father
First, my father (Ramesh Tendulkar), he passed away in 1999. He was very key for my career. he gave me freedom, chase your dreams and don't find shortcuts. He also told me to be a nice human being.

Mother
My mother, I don't how she dealt with such a naughty like guy me. She took care of me to be healthy. She started praying for me even before I started my career and I think those prayers gave my strength.

Uncle and aunty
In my school days, I used to stay with my uncle and aunt as my school was far away. They treated me like their son. They gave me enough food that I can play well.

Brothers and sister
My eldest brother Nitin, he used to tell me, I know you'd do everything right and I have the confidence in you.My sister, she gave my the first bat for me. A Kashmir Willow bat. She continues to fast when I bat.
Ajit, I don't what do I talk about him. It all started from the age of 11, he took to Ramakant Achrekar sir my coach. And my life changed.Even last night, he called me and we were discussing my dismissal. Various things we agreed upon, my technique. I have had a lot of chat with him. If I had not done that, I would have been a lesser cricketer.

Wife Anjali
The most important one in 1991, I met my wife Anjali. I know she was a doctor. When we decided to make a family, she said, you continue with your cricket and I'll take care of the family. Without that I think I couldn't have played so much cricket. Thank you for all that you have done and it is the best partnership I have had in my life.

Children 'diamonds'
Then Sara and Arjun are two precious diamonds in my life. Daughter is 16 and son is 14, time has flown by.
I wasn't able to be with them for the birthdays, annaul days and stuff. Thanks for understanding all that, both of you have been so special to me. I've not spent enough time with you but I promise you the rest of 16 years and beyond is for you.

In-laws
My in-laws have been supporting. I discuss various things with them, we have a strong family and thank you for allowing me to marry Anjali.

Friends, brother, coach
There have been a lot of friends who have supported me. Leaving their work and coming to bowl at me when I called them. I thought my career was over when I was injured, but my friends called even at 3 AM and made me believe that it was not over. My career started at 11. My brother took me to Achrekar sir and that is the best to have happened to me. Sir would be taking me on his scooter all over Mumbai to ensure that I get enough match practice. On a lighter note, he has never said well played to me so that I don't get complacent.

Start of cricket journey
My cricket started right here at this ground (Wankhede Stadium). The dream was obviously to play for India. BCCI was fantastic, they believed me at the age of 16 years and selected me. Thanks for the support and the freedom, without that this couldn't have happened. I have played with many senior cricketers, thanks to everyone for helping me out. I see, Rahul (Dravid), (VVS) Laxman, Sourav (Ganguly), Anil (Kumble) is not here and my team-mates, you guys are like my family. It is going to be difficult without that dressing room, sharing those special moments.

Receiving 200th Test cap from MS Dhoni

When Dhoni gave me the 200th Test cap (on November 14), I just said, we are all proud to be here as a team and I believe that you guys will take care of this country in the right spirit to the best of our abilities. I believe in you and all the best for your future.

Physios and doctors
Thanks to all the doctors, physios, without your special efforts, I couldn't have been fit. I don't know how you all kept me in good shape.

Late Mark Mascarenhas, his first manager
My dear friend, late Mark Mascarenhas, my first manager. Without him I couldn't have achieved all this. All those sponsorship deals etc.. thanks for your support. I miss you.

Manager Vinod
My manager Vinod Nayudu, he's more like my family. He's given me so much time leaving his family to work with him.

Thank you media
In the school days when I played well, the media backed be a lot. You've been doing that till now. Thank you to all of you, all those photographers. Those moments will remain with me for the career. I thank all the people who supported me a lot. Whether I scored a 0 or a 100. I have met a lot of people who does all sorts of things for me, thank you for all that you have done.

Chants of 'Sachin...Sachin'
Especially, 'Sachin... Sachin..' that will be reverberating in my ears till I breath. Thank you very much. I am sorry if I have missed out on anything. Good bye."

BCCI omitted senior players from Contract list(2013-2014)

The senior players Virendra Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh who were part of the world cup winning team in 2010.Last one years they have been struggled to get their place in the team due to their poor form and fitness problem. The Players contract list has announced on thursday in mumbai.The seniors players viru,zaheer and harbhajan were omitted from the list. Still Sachin name is in the list, who is going to retire from ongoing test series against West Indies. The other left hand opener Gautham Gambhir, who has been struggled to get his place in the squad. He has placed in the Grade B.
There are three categories- Grade A, Grade B, Grade C

List of BCCI's contracted players for 2013-14
Grade A - Rs 1 crore (5 players): Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, R. Ashwin, Suresh Raina.

Grade B - Rs 50 lakhs (11 players): Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rohit Sharma.

Grade C - R 25 lakhs (9 players): Dinesh Karthik, Amit Mishra, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Vinay Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohit Sharma.

Ashwin Breaks Record

Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets from 18 test. He is the fastest indian bowler to get 100 wickets in the test match.Today he has taken the wicket against West Indies in the second test at the wankhade stadium in mumbai.He also become the no.1 all rounder in the test cricket since November first week.Erapalli Prasanna, who had taken the 100 wickets from 20 test.

India announced the squad for West Indies ODI Series

The selectors has announced a 15-man squad for the three matches ODI series against West Indies.Fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Vinay Kumar were dropped from the squad.They had a poor series against Australia in the recently concluded 7 match series.Mohit Sharma and Mumbai Pace uncapped player Dhawal Kulkarni were replaced the Ishant and Vinay places in the squad.The first match will be starting on November 21 in Kochi.

India Squad
MS Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ambati Rayudu, Amit Mishra, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohit Sharma.