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INDIA HAVE WON THE WORLD CUP - 2011

INDIA 

THE "CHAMPION"

                 The comfortable six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Mumbai, India's first world title since 1983, was also being viewed as a reflection of the country's growing commercial and political muscle. "In the last three to four years India has done well in shooting, badminton, tennis, hockey and football," said winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

"We are growing as a sporting nation. But cricket is special because of the infrastructure." "It all started with the 1983 win. Then two big players, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar, came on the scene, followed by Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid."

"It is due to them we are getting a lot of money and respect. We are trying to pass it on to the next generation." Dhoni, the son of a steel factory worker, is a multi-millionaire thanks to a career which has seen him become the first man to captain a World Cup and World Twenty20 winning side. His team are also top of the world rankings for five-day Test matches. Throughout the six-week tournament, he was a regular on match-day TV commercials, endorsing everything from ceiling fans to mobile phones to high-end property. But there will be little rest for his in-demand champions.

India have a packed upcomimg programme, including tours of the West Indies, England and Australia before the year is out, as well as home internationals. Yet before any of that comes the latest lucrative edition of the Twenty20 Indian Premier League, starting on April 8, with Dhoni having led the Chennai Super Kings to victory in 2010. "I don't think we are getting enough time off. There's no time to realise we have won the World Cup."

Significantly, even before the last celebratory firework exploded in the Mumbai night sky on Saturday, the team's paymasters were keeping them sweet with rewards of $225,000 per player for capturing the trophy.

Indian newspapers revelled Sunday in victory, hailing Dhoni's men as heroes for a new generation. "The World At Our Feet" crowed the front page headline in the Times of India. "The wait has ended and a new legend has been born," the Times said, putting Dhoni's squad on the same pedestal as the 1983 side.

"Windia!" was the banner headline in the Indian Express. Not surprisingly, the mood was not so optimistic in Sri Lanka after their team lost a second successive World Cup final.

"Who picked the final XI of the Sri Lanka team?" the Sunday Observer asked. It questioned the dropping of spinner Ajantha Mendis in favour of Suraj Randiv who only joined the squad as an injury replacement on Friday.

The Observer also questioned the wisdom of playing an injured Muttiah Muralitharan, the ace spinner, who was retiring after Saturday's game. "Was it advisable playing a half-fit Muralitharan?" the state-run paper said.

"Winning the mega-final is much more important than giving a farewell tribute to even a great cricketer of Muralitharan's magnitude."

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara insisted that Muralitharan, who retires with 800 Test wickets and 534 victims in one-day internationals, was fit to play despite having suffered from a series of knee and hamstring problems.

"He's our best bowler, even half-fit," said Sangakkara. "But he was fine, he was almost at full fitness. I don't think it was an issue."

Saturday's victory for India also sparked tributes to Sachin Tendulkar, the record-breaking batsman, who finally won a world title at his sixth attempt and just three weeks short of his 38th birthday.

"Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It was time we carried him," said young teammate Virat Kohli.

The Big Final.....

India Vs Srilanga

Wankhede Stadium

  Mumbai, India

                  The home ground of Sachin Tendulkar, no other Indian venue has produced as many legendary cricketers as the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has. Barely a few meters away from the Brabourne Stadium, the Wankhede was constructed in a record 6 months time. Hosting internationals since 1975, the Wankhede Stadium, with a capacity of close to 50,000 has been witness to some epic performances –Ian Botham’s century and 13 wickets in the Jubilee Test in 1980 – the first time anyone had done the double of a century and 10 wickts in the same match – perhaps the stand out moment among many. The Wankhede was also the host to Ravi Shastri equalling Sir Gary Sobers’ feat of six sixes of an over in a First Class match. The stadium, now home to the IPL team Mumbai Indians, will undergo a reconstruction, so as to accommodate many more people for the Final of the 2011 World Cup, which it is scheduled to host.

First Match Played:

                                  January 17, 1987 - India beat Sri Lanka by 10 runs

Last Match Played:

                                  March 18, 2011 - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs

Matches Played:

                                                           17

Matches Tied:

                                                           0

No Result:

                                                           0

Most Successful Team:

                                                           India

Wins by Team Batting First:

                                                           10

Wins by Team Batting Second:

                                                            7

Most Prolific Batsman:

                                                            Sachin Tendulkar (437 Runs)

Highest Individual Score:

                                                            151 by Sanath Jayasuriya

Most Prolific Bowler:

                                                            Venkatesh Prasad (15 Wickets)

Best Bowling Analysis:

                                                            6/27 by Murali Kartik

India beat Pakistan

       India extended its unbeaten streak in World Cups over Pakistan to five matches as MS Dhoni's team defeated Shahid Afridi's boys by 29 runs in the second semi-finals of the 2011 World Cup at Mohali tonight to set up a final clash with Sri Lanka on April 2.

        Chasing a target of 261, Pakistan was never in the hunt as they lost wickets at regular intervals even as only Misbah-ul-Haq scored a half-century and they were eventually bowled out for 231 in 49.5 overs.

       Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez got Pakistan's run chase of 261 off to a steady start without taking too many risks, before the wicket keeper-batsman chased a full Zaheer Khan delivery outside off stump as he tried to play his favourite shot, the square drive. Instead, he only succeeded in slicing a catch to Yuvraj Singh at point to give India a much-needed breakthrough in the ninth over courtesy its most consistent bowler after Pakistan's openers had got 44 runs on the board.

       Hafeez and Asad Shafiq then took on the task of getting Pakistan back on track and were hardly troubled by either Munaf Patel or Ashish Nehra ( a surprise inclusion in place of R Ashwin), who despite keeping the runs in check didn't look threatening enough to take a wicket. In fact, if it weren't for a brain freeze moment on Hafeez's part, who looked comfortable and had scored 43 including seven hits to the fence despite hardly taking any risks, chose to play a paddle sweep off Munaf and only managed to get an edge to Dhoni behind the stumps as both Pakistan's openers gifted away their wickets.

         The onus then fell on Shafiq, who rotated the strike and looked good in the middle, and the experienced Younis Khan to get Pakistan back on track, but Yuvraj made up for his failure with the bat by dismissing both the batsmen in consecutive overs to shift the advantage back India's way. While Yuvraj clean bowled Shafiq (30) with a straight ball, he had Younis caught at cover by Suresh Raina with Pakistan 106 for 4 in the 26th over. Yuvraj (2-57) played the role of the fifth bowler and while he was a tad expensive, he did the job that was asked of him.

       Younis has been a consistent performer against India, but in this crunch match he failed to get going and continued his poor form in the 2011 World Cup as he failed to rotate the strike and struggled to a painstaking 32-ball 13. Umar Akmal then tried his best to get Pakistan back into the match even as the required rate started to climb thanks to the slow going on the part of Younis and Misbah-ul-Haq. Umar did hit two massive sixes in his 24-ball 29 before he played all over an Harbhajan Singh arm ball to be clean bowled, and then Munaf, who impressed as the match went on, got into the act too as he cleaned up Abdul Razzaq with an excellent slower ball to leave Pakistan gasping at 150 for 6 in the 37th over.

       The final nail in the coffin was delivered when Afridi (19 in 17 balls) gave an easy catch to Virender Sehwag at cover off a high Harbhajan full toss with Pakistan 184 for 7 in the 42nd over. Nehra, who mixed things nicely up towards the end of the match then had Riaz caught at cover and then trapped Umar Gul LBW, the decision of which was upheld on review. Misbah, who was last man out for 56 caught at midwicket by Virat Kohli, did his best to get Pakistan back into the match in the batting power play, but it was too little and too late for Afridi's team and they really have themselves to blame for leaving the batting power play so inexplicably late in their innings and letting the match get out of their grasp in the middle overs. Misbah did try to increase his scoring run rate in the end, but his slow and tedious going early in his innings all but ensured Pakistan would have a mountain to climb. All of India's bowlers took two wickets each, but Nehra (2-33), Munaf (2-40) and Harbhajan (2-43) did well.

         Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar didn't get to his 100th international century, and probably that was for the best, because this innings was far from being the in-control knocks that he has played for most of his career. Even then, Tendulkar top-scored with 85 in India's total of 260 for 9, but had the butter-fingers of Misbah-ul-aq, Younis and the Akmal brothers to score those many runs in the first place, and, in the final analysis, it would come back to haunt Pakistan.

        Tendulkar was on 27 when Misbah dropped a catch at short-mid wicket off Afridi; and when on 45, Younis dropped a straightforward chance at mid-off with Afridi again being the unfortunate bowler. The Indian batting legend had earlier been adjudged out LBW by umpire Ian Gould off Saeed Ajmal when he was on 23, but the decision was overturned on review, as the ball would have just missed the leg stump; and off the very next ball the third umpire ruled Tendulkar not out following a stumping appeal by Kamran Akmal.

         Tendulkar did hit some of his trademark boundaries in his knock, but for the most part it was a patchy and chancy innings, and at times it appeared he wasn't really enjoying being out in the middle. Tendulkar though rotated the strike and strung together partnerships of some accord with Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli for the second and third wickets even as he brought up yet another half-century, this one off 67 balls when he hit an Afridi delivery over extra cover for a boundary. He was then to be given two more reprieves when Kamran failed to hold on to an edge off an Afridi delivery, and then again on 81 when the wicket-keeper's younger brother Umar failed to hold on to a catch at short mid-wicket despite leaping and getting both his hands to a checked drive off Mohammad Hafeez.

       Indian captain MS Dhoni earlier won the toss and elected to bat and the Indian innings got off to an electrifying start courtesy Sehwag, who hit five boundaries off the third over of the match bowled by Pakistan's spearhead Umar Gul, who leaked 41 runs in his first four overs. Sehwag's breezy 25-ball 38, which contained nine hits to the fence, was brought to an end by the impressive Riaz, who trapped the Indian opener plumb in front with a short of length delivery. Sehwag challenged umpire Simon Taufel's decision without consulting Tendulkar, and it turned out to be an unnecessary review in the end.

       Tendulkar and Gambhir then added 68 runs for the second wicket at almost a run a ball, with the southpaw looking more at ease than his senior partner, who found the going tough, especially against Ajmal. But, just when it looked as though Gambhir (27) and Tendulkar would take India to a position of strength, the former was stumped by Kamran off a flighted Hafeez delivery with the score 116 for 2 in the 19th over. Virat Kohli, who had an excellent start to the 2011 World Cup, has struggled for runs in recent matches, and that trend continued in the semi-finals where he looked ill at ease before Riaz had him caught by Umar at backward point and the left-arm pacer gave Pakistan more reason to celebrate off the very next delivery when he castled Yuvraj Singh with a full swinging delivery as India's in-form batsman walked back to the pavilion for a first-ball duck even as the co-hosts slipped to 141 for 4 from 116 for 2.

         Dhoni had said before the match that his form wasn't a concern, but the manner in which he struggled during his 42-ball 25 belied the confidence the skipper had in his own form. In all, Dhoni played 25 dot balls in his innings, an apt reflection of his struggles at the crease, and the two boundaries he hit were edged through the vacant slip region. At the other end, meanwhile, Tendulkar continued to lead a charmed life, before he was finally caught by Afridi off Ajmal with the score 187 for 5 in 37 overs. Tendulkar's 115-ball 85 contained 11 boundaries, but also included a massive 71 dot balls.

         Riaz (5-46) then returned to dismiss Dhoni and Zaheer as he picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in one-day internationals even as Suresh Raina played a lone hand in the lower middle-order with a 39-ball 36 that gave the Indian innings some impetus in the batting power play in which India scored 43 runs for the loss of Harbhajan Singh's wicket who was stumped off Ajmal. While Riaz impressed, Gul struggled in his second spell as well and eventually Pakistan spearhead's failed for the first time in the World Cup, albeit in an important match, and had figures of 8-0-69-0. Afridi failed to take any wickets, but Hafeez (1-34) was the most economical of Pakistan's bowlers and kept things in the middle overs.

         But, in the end, India did enough to maintain their dominance over Pakistan in World Cups and give the full house in Mohali a lot to cheer about. All eyes will now be focused at the Wankhede Stadium on April 2, where either India or Sri Lanka will win their second World Cup title.

INDIA Vs PAKISTAN

                   
            India would take on Pakistan in the 2nd Semi Final ODI match of the ICC World Cup 2011. The match will be hosted at Mohali. Schedule time of Match is 14:30 Local Time (09:00 GMT). The match is schedule to be played on Mar 30, 2011. The schedule match would be Day/Night and played under flood light condition. Get List of all Cricket Matches between Pakistan vs India.

 INDIA Vs PAKISTAN HEAD To HEAD in ODI

          My memory goes back to that India vs Pakistan Quarter final match of World Cup 1996 when I first cared about what was the score of a cricket match. Ajay Jadeja had hit Waqar Younis for 18 & 22 in 48th & 50th over, but no electricity (load shedding) in Ranchi had left us unaware of Pakistan's reply!

           My first question, after power came back and we won that match was - how many times we've beaten Pakistan and how many times they have won?

          15 years hence, I still long for the day when Indian cricket will win equal number of oneday Internationals wins over Pakistan.. if not more! Scoreline as of today, March 2011, stands at
In 124 Matches - 46 India, 69 Pakistan. 

No result = 4, abandoned = 5.
28 in India = 9 India, 17 Pakistan. No result = 2.
27 in Pakistan. 11 India, 14 Pakistan. No result = 2.
26 at Sharjah. 7 India, 19 Pakistan. No result = 0.
45 at other neutral venues = 19 India, Pakistan 19. No result = 7.
In world cup : India and Pakistan have met 4 times and India have won every time = at Sydney on 4 March 1992 by 43 runs, at Bangalore on 9 March 1996 by 39 runs, at Old Trafford on 8 June by 47 runs and at Centurion on 1 March 2003 by 6 wickets.

	Tests	ODI	T20I
Matches played	59	119	2
Won by Pakistan	12	69	0
Won by India	9	46	1
Draw/Tie/No result	38	4	1

More India Pakistan one day records.

Last match recorded - Dambulla, Asia cup 2010. India won by 3 wickets.

Serial No.	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
1st Ind v Pak ODI	India	4 wkts	Quetta	1-Oct-78
2nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	8 wkts	Sialkot	13-Oct-78
3rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	4 wkts	Sahiwal	3-Nov-78
4th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	14 runs	Gujranwala	3-Dec-82
5th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	37 runs	Multan	17-Dec-82
6th Ind v Pak ODI	India	18 runs	Lahore	31-Dec-82
7th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	8 wkts	Karachi	21-Jan-83
8th Ind v Pak ODI	India	4 wkts	Hyderabad	10-Sep-83
9th Ind v Pak ODI	India	4 wkts	Jaipur	2-Oct-83
10th Ind v Pak ODI	India	54 runs	Sharjah	13-Apr-84
11th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	46 runs	Quetta	12-Oct-84
12th Ind v Pak ODI	No Result	N/A	Sialkot	31-Oct-84
13th Ind v Pak ODI	Cancelled	N/A	Peshawar	2-Nov-84
14th Ind v Pak ODI	India	6 wkts	Melbourne	20-Feb-85
15th Ind v Pak ODI	India	8 wkts	Melbourne	10-Mar-85
16th Ind v Pak ODI	India	38 runs	Sharjah	22-Mar-85
17th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	48 runs	Sharjah	17-Nov-85
18th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	1 wkt	Sharjah	18-Apr-86
19th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	3 wkts	Sharjah	5-Dec-86
20th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	3 wkts	Indore	27-Jan-87
21st Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	2 wkts	Kolkata	18-Feb-87
22nd Ind v Pak ODI	India	4 wkts	Hyderabad	20-Mar-87
23rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	6 wkts	Pune	22-Mar-87
24th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	41 runs	Nagpur	24-Mar-87
25th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	5 wkts	Jamshedpur	26-Mar-87
26th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	8 wkts	Sharjah	10-Apr-87
27th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	34 runs	Sharjah	19-Oct-88
28th Ind v Pak ODI	India	4 wkts	Dhaka	31-Oct-88
29th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	6 wkts	Sharjah	15-Oct-89
30th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	38 runs	Sharjah	20-Oct-89
31st Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	77 runs	Kolkata	28-Oct-89
32nd Ind v Pak ODI	abandoned	N/A	Peshawar	16-Dec-89
33rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	7 runs	Gujranwala	18-Dec-89
34th Ind v Pak ODI	No Result	N/A	Karachi	20-Dec-89
35th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	38 runs	Lahore	22-Dec-89
36th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	26 runs	Sharjah	27-Apr-90
37th Ind v Pak ODI	India	60 runs	Sharjah	18-Oct-91
38th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	4 runs	Sharjah	23-Oct-91
39th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	72 runs	Sharjah	25-Oct-91
40th Ind v Pak ODI	India	43 runs	Sydney	4-Mar-92
41st Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	6 wkts	Sharjah	15-Apr-94
42nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	39 runs	Sharjah	22-Apr-94
43rd Ind v Pak ODI	abandoned	N/A	Colombo	15-Sep-94
44th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	97 runs	Sharjah	7-Apr-95
45th Ind v Pak ODI	India	39 runs	Bangalore	9-Mar-96
46th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	8 wkts	Singapore	5-Apr-96
47th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	38 runs	Sharjah	12-Apr-96
48th Ind v Pak ODI	India	28 runs	Sharjah	15-Apr-96
49th Ind v Pak ODI	India	8 wkts	Toronto	16-Sep-96
50th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	2 kts	Toronto	17-Sep-96
51st Ind v Pak ODI	India	55 runs	Toronto	18-Sep-96
52nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	97 runs	Toronto	21-Sep-96
53rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	52 runs	Toronto	23-Sep-96
54th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	35 runs	Chennai	21-May-97
55th Ind v Pak ODI	No Result	N/A	Colombo	20-Jul-97
56th Ind v Pak ODI	abandoned	N/A	Colombo	21-Jul-97
57th Ind v Pak ODI	India	20 runs	Toronto	13-Sep-97
58th Ind v Pak ODI	India	7 wkts	Toronto	14-Sep-97
59th Ind v Pak ODI	No Result	N/A	Toronto	17-Sep-97
60th Ind v Pak ODI	India	34 runs	Toronto	18-Sep-97
61st Ind v Pak ODI	India	7 wkts	Toronto	20-Sep-97
62nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	5 wkts	Toronto	21-Sep-97
63rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	5 wkts	Hyderabad	28-Sep-97
64th Ind v Pak ODI	India	4 wkts	Karachi	30-Sep-97
65th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	9 Wkts	Lahore	2-Oct-97
66th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	4 wkts	Sharjah	14-Dec-97
67th Ind v Pak ODI	India	18 runs	Dhaka	11-Jan-98
68th Ind v Pak ODI	India	8 wkts	Dhaka	14-Jan-98
69th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	6 wkts	Dhaka	16-Jan-98
70th Ind v Pak ODI	India	3 wkts	Dhaka	18-Jan-98
71st Ind v Pak ODI	India	6 wkts	Toronto	12-Sep-98
72nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	51 runs	Toronto	13-Sep-98
73rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	77 runs	Toronto	16-Sep-98
74th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	134 runs	Toronto	19-Sep-98
75th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	5 wkts	Toronto	20-Sep-98
76th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	143 runs	Jaipur	24-Mar-99
77th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	7 wkts	Mohali	1-Apr-99
78th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	123 runs	Bangalore	4-Apr-99
79th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	116 runs	Sharjah	8-Apr-99
80th Ind v Pak ODI	India	6 wkts	Sharjah	13-Apr-99
81st Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	8 wkts	Sharjah	16-Apr-99
82nd Ind v Pak ODI	India	47 runs	Old Trafford	8-Jun-99
83rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	2 wkts	Brisbane	10-Jan-00
84th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	32 runs	Hobart	21-Jan-00
85th Ind v Pak ODI	India	48 runs	Adelaide	25-Jan-00
86th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	104 runs	Perth	28-Jan-00
87th Ind v Pak ODI	India	5 wkts	Sharjah	23-Mar-00
88th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	98 runs	Sharjah	26-Mar-00
89th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	44 runs	Dhaka	3-Jun-00
90th Ind v Pak ODI	India	6 wkts	Centurion	1-Mar-03
91st Ind v Pak ODI	India	5 runs	Karachi	13-Mar-04
92nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	12 runs	Rawalpindi	16-Mar-04
93rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	4 wkts	Peshawar	19-Mar-04
94th Ind v Pak ODI	India	5 wkts	Lahore	21-Mar-04
95th Ind v Pak ODI	India	40 runs	Lahore	24-Mar-04
96th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	59 runs	Colombo	25-Jul-04
97th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	66 runs	Amstelveen	21-Aug-04
98th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	3 wkts	Edgbaston	19-Sep-04
99th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	6 wkts	Kolkata	13-Nov-04
100th Ind v Pak ODI	India	87 runs	Kochi	2-Apr-04
101st Ind v Pak ODI	India	58 runs	Vizag	5-Apr-05
102nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	106 runs	Jamshedpur	9-Apr-05
103rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	3 wkts	Ahmedabad	12-Apr-05
104th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	5 wkts	Kanpur	15-Apr-05
105th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	159 runs	Delhi	17-Apr-05
106th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	7 runs	Peshawar	6-Feb-06
107th Ind v Pak ODI	India	7 wkts	Rawalpindi	11-Feb-06
108th Ind v Pak ODI	India	5 wkts	Lahore	13-Feb-06
109th Ind v Pak ODI	India	5 wkts	Multan	16-Feb-06
110th Ind v Pak ODI	India	8 wkts	Karachi	19-Feb-06
111th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	6 wkts	Abu Dhabi	18-Apr-06
112th Ind v Pak ODI	India	51 runs	Abu Dhabi	19-Apr-06
113th Ind v Pak ODI	abandoned	N/A	Gasglow	3-Jul-07
114th Ind v Pak ODI	India	5 wkts	Guwahati	5-Nov-07
115th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	4 wkts	Mohali	8-Nov-07
116th Ind v Pak ODI	India	46 runs	Kanpur	11-Nov-07
117th Ind v Pak ODI	India	6 wkts	Gwalior	15-Nov-07
118th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	31 runs	Jaipur	18-Nov-07
119th Ind v Pak ODI	India	140 runs	Dhaka	10-Jun-08
120th Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	25 runs	Dhaka	14-Jun-08
121st Ind v Pak ODI	India	6 wkts	Karachi	26-Jun-08
122nd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	8 wkts	Karachi	2-Jul-08
123rd Ind v Pak ODI	Pakistan	54 runs	Centurion	26-Sep-09
124th Ind v Pak ODI	India	3 wkts	Dambulla	19-Jun-10

INDIA BEAT AUSTRALIA

Massive win 'n' Worlcup Quarter Finel Vs Current champion Australia



Modhipaakalama........?

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After that

 Mannipaaaaayaaaaaa...............................

                     Australia captain Ricky Ponting predicted India would beat Pakistan when the arch-rivals meet in the World Cup semi-finals after seeing the co-hosts end his team's 12-year run as champions.

Ponting made his first international century in over a year when Australia batted but it wasn't enough as India, thanks to an unbeaten 57 from Yuvraj Singh, won by five wickets after finishing on 261 for five with 14 balls to spare.

"If you look at their attacks, they're quite similar," said Ponting, who in Australia's preceding final group match saw Pakistan end the title-holders' 34-match unbeaten streak at the World Cup.

"Pakistan played the quicks against us, (Abdul) Razzaq and (Umar) Gul and (Wahab) Riaz played that game as well and he's done a pretty good job for them. They used a lot of their spin. "How do I compare the bowling attacks? It's pretty hard to say, but I think India will beat Pakistan in the semi-final."

Ponting added of the March 30 clash in Mohali: "We all know how fierce a rivalry it is between Pakistan and India so I'm sure that's going to be a very entertaining semi-final.

"India have a got a great chance now. Their batting is very powerful and they bat quite deep

World cup Fever......

WATCH LIVE CRICKET

Super Moon.....

Super Moon

    On March 19^th 2011, the moon will make its closest approach to Earth in almost 20 years, possibly triggering earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters, claims astrologer Richard Nolle.

    The phenomenon, called lunar perigee or Supermoon, happens when the moon reaches its absolute closest point to Earth. On March 19, the natural satellite will be only 221,567 miles away from our planet.

 

    There were Supermoons in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005, and these years had their share of extreme weather conditions, too. Although there are scientific laws that say the moon affects the Earth, it's still ambiguous whether the lunar perigee and natural disasters is coincidence or not.

    Two days after online warnings that the Supermoon might trigger disasters, the devastating Japanese tsunami forced everyone to think - could the movement of the moon cause natural calamities? "Supermoons have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes," the Daily Mail quoted astrologer Richard Nolle, who first coined the term in 1979, as saying in an interview with ABC radio.

However, scientists dismiss this as utter nonsense.

    Dr David Harland, space historian and author, said, "It's possible that the moon may be a kilometre or two closer to Earth than normal at a perigee, but it's an utterly insignificant event." Professor George Helffrich, a seismologist at the University of Bristol was equally dismissive.

    "Complete nonsense. The moon has no significant effect on earthquake triggering. If the moon triggers "big" earthquakes, it would trigger the many of millions of times more "small" earthquakes that happen daily. There is no time dependence of those; hence no moon effect," he said.

    According to Dr Roger Musson, of the British Geological Survey (BGS), the devastating earthquake occurred because the Pacific Plate is plunging underneath Japan.

    However, while hoping for a non-disastrous ‘moon giant’, point your eyes and camera lenses toward the night sky on 19th. If the sky is clear, you’re gonna get an exceptional celestial treat.

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