England clinch ICC World Twenty20 Cup 2010

On Sunday, England played Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 Cup 2010 finals. England so far have never & ever won any kind of ICC tournaments till Sunday. This was supposed to be the 2nd match for them to enter into a ICC finals of any kind. On the other side, Australia have also not won a ICC World Twenty20 Cup till date. So it was a must win match for both of them.

But Australians could not stand before England. They outplayed Australia right from the start of the match. Loss of earlier wicket on Australians side was the key to success for the England. They restricted Australia to just 147 runs in 20 overs. Though England lost Michael Lumb in the early stage, Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen hit a magnificent 63 & 47 runs respectively. England chased down the target successfully in just 17 overs with 18 balls in spare. Now England's dream has come true, as they have won their first ICC trophy & have created an history.

I am an die hard fan of India, but India didn't even enter semis. Australia has already won 4 world cups & look very strong at the moment.
But England had never won any kind of World Cup so i supported England. Now i am happy for England winning the world cup :)

ICC World Twenty20 Cup Finals today

Australians after an unbelievable last moment victory against the Pakistan in the 2nd Semi-finals, will be playing ICC World Twenty Cup finals today. They will be facing England at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown - Barbados.

Australians had won all the matches in the Twenty20 2010 till date, on the other side even England are in the same position. Both are looking forward to win the cup this time. Neither Australia nor England have entered the World Twenty20 Cup till last year. Australia have won 4 ICC world cups till now, but have not lifted any World Twenty20 Cup. On the other hand, England till now have entered only 2 ICC final events. They have to yet open an account in ICC history & this match be a real challenge for them as they will be facing the toughest team in the world.

Australians have good bowlers like Dirk Nannes, Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson who can restrict the Englands batting attack. Similarly, even England has Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom and Tim Bresnan who can give equal fight as of Australians.
If Michael Hussey is the Ace card for Australia then Kevin Pietersen is for England. David Warner and Shane Watson are dangerous openers for Australia, similarly Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb are good openers & both are in good form on England side.
So this shows, Both the teams are well balanced & are neck to neck. If personally prefer that this will be an very interesting match as the top 2 teams in this World Twenty20 Cup 2010 will be facing each other.

Royal Challengers Bangalore enter Champions League

Today Royal Challengers Bangalore & Deccan Chargers played against each other in the IPL  season 3 third-fourth play off at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. Both the teams had lost semi-finals which had shattered their IPL winning dreams. This is a very crucial match & a must win match for both the teams. The team which wins this match will be playing the Twenty20 Champions League that will taking place this year.
Deccan Chargers won the toss & elected to bat first. Skipper Adam Gilchrist & Monish Mishra opened the innings for Deccan Chargers. Adam Gilchrist hit a four in the very first ball of the DC innings, but this did not work for Deccan Chargers as both were dismissed. Even Rohit Sharma did not stay long as he gave a clean catch to Kevin Pietersen. Deccan Chargers were under real trouble as they lost 3 wickets in 3.2 overs scoring only 15 runs. Further the wicket falls kept on continuing regularly but with very bad run rate. By, 10 overs, DC scored only 43 runs & had lost 5 wickets. All important wickets were gone & this particular point of time, Royal Challengers Bangalore looked very outrageous & very dominant. Deccan Chargers scored only 82 runs in 16.2 overs & had lost 6 wickets. This was an halted scored for them, because they lost remaining 4 wickets at this run itself. This was the lowest total ever made by a team in IPL history.
 Royal Challengers Bangalore wanted just 83 runs to grab the 3rd position & also qualify to play in Twenty20 Champions League.

Jacques Kallis & Rahul Dravid opened the innings for RCB. Jacques Kallis again became the highest run getter in IPL 2010 crossing Sachin Tendulkar. He did not stay for long time as he was tricked by Rohit Sharma & gave a simple catch to the bowler. Kevin Pietersen walks to the crease & played well till the end. Rahul Dravid & Pietersen were unbeaten scoring 35 & 29 runs respectively, thereby winning the match by 9 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore completed their chase in 13.5 overs & got qualified for the Champions League.

Next match will be the IPL finals where Chennai Super Kings will be playing against the dominant Mumbai Indians. Definitely this will be an very interesting match to be watched as the Indian captain MS Dhoni's team will be playing against the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar 's team.

Royal Challengers Bangalore make their safe way to reach Semis

Rajasthan Royals & Royal Challengers Bangalore faced each other to book their places in semi finals of IPL season 3. Both the teams have won 6 matches playing 12 matches in total, whoever wins this match they will be making their way to semi finals safely. But, whoever looses the match will have to win their final match against their opponents with a huge margin.
Rajasthan Royals played their home match today at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. They won the toss & elected to bat first. Rajasthan Royals started their innings with the openers Michael Lumb & Naman Ojha. Initially they were looking good with good run rate, they had scored 16 runs in 2.1 overs. But, Rajasthan Royals lost their 3 important wickets in just 7 deliveries. Shane Watson played some good knock but even this did not do well for Rajasthan Royals as he gave a catch to Kevin Pietersen. Again 2 more wickets fell after the departure of Shane Watson, it was Abhishek Jhunjhunwala & Yusuf Pathan. Rajasthan Royals at this point of time, they had completed 13.1 overs & had scored 72 runs loosing 6 wickets. They fought back really well & completed 20 overs without loosing no more wickets & scored a total of 130 runs. Teams top scorer was Abhishek Raut who was unbeaten scoring 32 runs in just 20 balls.
Royal Challengers Bangalore had to score 131 runs in 20 overs which was not a big total at all for the team. Jacques Kallis was out by getting bowled in Kamran Khan's over, he played 3 deliveries & did not score a single run. They were maintaining run rate of around 10 runs per over & also were loosing wickets at a very long intervals. Kevin Pietersen was the who played extra-ordinary innings for the Royal Challengers. He scored 62 runs from just 29 deliveries which included 10 fours & 2 biggies. When Royal Challengers Bangalore lost kevin Pietersen, their run rate from 10 runs per over to around 8 runs per over. Ross Taylor completed the innings of Royal Challengers Bangalore by hitting a six. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 5 wickets. They chased the target in 15.4 overs & now they are looking safe & are almost into the semi-finals. Man of the match was Kevin Pietersen.