Story Sharjah 2008,Pakistan battle goes in vain-lose by just 10 runs....

[icyman]

Present
India win toss v Pakistan and elect to bat first on a good batting track.Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir put on 137 for the third wicket and helped India reach 6/259.
After the batting heroics it was Sree and Tendulkar who took 3 wickets each to ensure that India won by 10 runs...

Australia have beaten Pakistan in the First ODI by 26 runs.
MOM-Mike Hussey

India beat SL by 3 wickets.
MOM- Harbhajan Singh

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 89 runs
MOM-Misbah-ul Haq and Shoaib Malik

India beat Australia by 6 wickets.
MOM- Rohit Sharma

India beat Pakistan by 10 runs
MOM-Gautam Gambhir
History
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India has finally undergone a drastic change. The Board decided to do away with the curent President Sharad Pawar on grounds of ill health. Therefore,they have appointed Sahil as thier CEO along with Lalit Modi as the President.



Both the CEO and the President have agreed that this is a forward looking step and it is only going to help Indian Cricket as well as World Cricket.

Immediatley after taking office on Monday,both, the President and the CEO announced sweeping changes and also tenders for certain important things.

Tenders:
Team Sponsorhsip-Home
Team Sponsorship-Away
On ground Sponsor
Official Hotel
Official Airline
T20i Gifts

Meanwhile the BCCI has also earned a whopping $ 750 mn from broadcasters ESS-ESPN Star Sportsfor the home series for the next 5 years.




The BCCI has also recieved the tenders and will be opening it tonight. The details of the same would be announced in a few hours time.

 

[SaiSrini]

For a moment, I thought this was for real until I scrolled up to the top and saw that this was posted in the "Cricket Games Stories & Strategies" section.. Whooooffff...... How gud would it be if it turns out to be true?

 

[gutterman]

good start mate good luck with it

 

[SciD]

You wont have problem spending money now . Good to have you here and Best of Luck.

1 question, will members be allowed to stand for elections?

 

[icyman]

Tenders Opened

The BCCI sure has been working fast and they have opened the tenders.Here are their global sponsors for the new 5 years.




Tenders Awared to :
Team Sponsor Home- Reliance
Team Sponsor Away- Apple

Official Hotel- Hyatt
Official Airline-Kingfisher-Deccan Combine.

Kit Maker-BDM

On-ground Sponsors- GMR group
The BCCI will also be changing thier name and logo to Cricket India. For the time being.it has announced a new headquarters to be set up in Bangalore.


The New Headquarters-Bangalore

You wont have problem spending money now . Good to have you here and Best of Luck.

1 question, will members be allowed to stand for elections?

Yes,but not right now.It will become interactive in due course.

 

[icyman]

Sharjah Tour

Cricket India has announced that Cricket will make an official return to its Mecca-Sharjah.
The Sharjah Cricket Tournament will feature four of the best Cricket Teams in the World - Australia, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Itinerary :



15th March - Aus beat Pak by 26 runs
16th March - Ind beat Srl by 3 wickets
17th March - Pak beat Srl by 89 runs
18th March - Ind beat Aus by 6 wickets
19th March - Ind beat Pak by 10 runs
20th March - Aus v Srl

22nd March -Final

All matches will be played at Sharjah.
The Matches will be Telecast live and exclusive on ESPN-Star.

 

[SciD]

I love Sharjah stadium. Good india still has Sachin around. He will wanna sign off Sharjah in style one last time.

 

[Pakistani Army]

Great start Sahil. Keep it up.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Great Start wud be entertaining...

 

[icyman]

Cricket Australia announce surprise squad

Cricket Australia have announced their squad for the Coca-Cola Sharjah Quadrangular Series. The squad has some notable exclusions and surprise changes too.
The Aussies will be going in with a new captain in Micheal Clarke. Creagh O Connor said that Ausralia was looking o he future and World Cup 2011 and in order to take on he Asian youngters it was imperative for them to select a new captain.Brett Lee has been appointed vice captain.Whereas the notable exclusion has been Matthew Hayden. The selectors have reiterated that Hayden required rest.



M Clarke - captain


B Lee - vice-captain

L Ronchi -wk bat
R Ponting
B Haddin -wk bat
M Hussey
A Symonds
C White
A Voges
A Noffke
D Cullen
N Bracken
M Johnson
S Clark

All remains to be seen as to how the cricketing fraternity reacts to this new look Aussie team.
Reactions invited.

 

[freddiw]

INTERESTING choice of skpper...

 

[Jit]

INTERESTING choice of skpper...

ya i was thinking the same clarke as captain

 

[icyman]

India,Pakistan and Sri Lanka also announce teams.

The Asian Bloc has announced their teams for the Sharjah Cup.
For Sri Lanka,Jayawardena has been retained as skipper.Chaminda Vaas and Sanat Jayasuirya have been left out.

Sri Lanka :


M Jayawardena - c



K Sanagakarra - vc,wk
C Silva
N Kulasekara
U Tharanga
D Perera
M Vandort
T Dilshan
F Maharoof
L Malinga
I Amerasinghe
D Fernando
M Muralitharan
M Bandara


Pakistan

Team Pakistan have announced a squad having 4 openers.Also,they have a new wicketkeeper in Sarfraz Ahmed.Also,two new faces in the bowling department as Jamshaid Ahmed and Anwar Ali are all set to make their debut.Younis Khan has been sacked from his vice-captaincy position whereas Mohd.Yousuf has decided to stick to the ICL rebebl league

Team:


Shoaib Malik - c




Misbah-ul-Haq - vc
Younis Khan
Shahid Afridi
Nasir Jamshaid
Salman Butt
Mohd.Hafeez
Fawad Alam
Sarfraz Ahmed -wk
Sohail Tanvir
Jamshaid Ahmed
Anwar Ali
Umar Gul
Mohd. Asif

 

[SciD]

Every side going for youth. Wonder what will India do?

 

[icyman]

Team India

India have decided to field a very young squad to take on the other challengers. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid have been left out of the team whereas Sachin Tendulkar has decided to make one last appearance in Sharjah.The surprise package is Mohd.Kaif and Suresh Raina has been named as cover for captain MS Dhoni [back problem]. Yuvraj Singh is the deputy for Ms Dhoni.

Team :



Mahendra Singh Dhoni - c,wk



Yuvraj Singh - vc
S Tendulkar
G Gambhir
R Uthappa
KKD Kaarthik
R Sharma
M Kaif
Irfan Pathan
P Chawla
Harbhajan Singh
RP Singh
Ishant Sharma
Shantakumaran Sreesanth