Port Elizabeth: Before coming to South Africa India won only 3 matches out of 20. In the present series they won the 2 matches with lead 2-1.If they won 4th ODI this will be the first series won by the Indian team in South Africa.Today they might be two changes in the team one is Parthiv Patel and the other is Piyush Chawla.All the Best To Dhoni Team Good Luck.
India Team Squad for World Cup 2011.
Team
M.S.Dhoni (C/WK)
Virender Sehwag (VC)
Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra
Munaf Patel
Yusuf Pathan
R Ashwin
Piyush Chawla
Praveen Kumar.
M.S.Dhoni (C/WK)
Virender Sehwag (VC)
Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra
Munaf Patel
Yusuf Pathan
R Ashwin
Piyush Chawla
Praveen Kumar.
This will be the Sachin's Last World Cup.
Since he started his career, we have been waiting that some day, he will bring cup to India. This seems last world cup for Sachin. Will he be able to do this? Will he ever be part of a world cup winning team? Team India wants to win World Cup for Sachin.India opener Gautam Gambhir exuded confidence that the national team would do all it takes to win the upcoming World Cup for a certain Sachin Tendulkar, who will be making his sixth appearance in the quadrennial extravaganza.
"I sincerely wish that this would not be Sachin's last World Cup and he would play one more. All members of the Indian side would like to win it for him," Gambhir said.
"I sincerely wish that this would not be Sachin's last World Cup and he would play one more. All members of the Indian side would like to win it for him," Gambhir said.
Will India's batsmen bounce back?
The Durban loss wouldn't have shocked too many Indian fans, given India's well-known batting woes on bouncy pitches. Suresh Raina struggles to handle extra bounce, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh get into trouble when seam movement is thrown into the mix, MS Dhoni is not in danger of losing his wicket but doesn't score as fluently against such deliveries and India don't have Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Virat Kohli has improved on this front - in 2008, Zaheer Khan troubled him with a lot of bouncers in an Irani Cup game - but India are still heavily dependent on Sachin Tendulkar to set the pace. He failed in Durban, and the rest, barring Kohli, couldn't handle the heat.
Vettori ideal IPL replacement for Kumble.
Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya has said Daniel Vettori was the ideal replacement for RCB retired skipper Anil Kumble, and added that he “kept a little back” to secure the New Zealand captain amid the auction frenzy.
Mallya said: “Anil Kumble, who was our captain and the specialist spinner in the side, decided to join us as chief mentor, so I was looking for a quality spinner who could also bat.”
Mallya, who was on a flying visit to Christchurch yesterday, said he was delighted to have the experienced all-rounder''s services for the 2011 IPL.
He said it was bargain to buy Vettori for 550,000 dollars at last week’s IPL auction. “I bought many of my players early, before the auction really started warming up,” he said.
“When Vettori turn came, everybody had already spent so much money on the Indian players. I kept a little back, so I had the money to grab him,” he said.
Mallya said: “Anil Kumble, who was our captain and the specialist spinner in the side, decided to join us as chief mentor, so I was looking for a quality spinner who could also bat.”
Mallya, who was on a flying visit to Christchurch yesterday, said he was delighted to have the experienced all-rounder''s services for the 2011 IPL.
He said it was bargain to buy Vettori for 550,000 dollars at last week’s IPL auction. “I bought many of my players early, before the auction really started warming up,” he said.
“When Vettori turn came, everybody had already spent so much money on the Indian players. I kept a little back, so I had the money to grab him,” he said.