From today Asia Cup tournament will be starting in which the events will be held in Srilanka this time. In the inaugural match, hosts Srilanka will be playing against Pakistan. In preivous 2 tournaments Srilankans were victorious & they will looking forward to make it a hat-trick using the favour of the home conditions.
India will be playing against the Bangladesh on 16th at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. India has won 4 titles so far, but their last win was 15 years ago, so even Indians will be looking forward to break the jinx this time.
South Africa have won the test match against the West Indies by 163 runs. Man of the match was Dale Steyn for his brilliant performance in bowling as well as in batting. He took 5 wickets & scored 39 runs in the first innings & in second innings he took 3 more wickets.
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Ind vs Zim : 2nd Twenty20 match
On 13th, India played Zimbabwe in the second Twenty20 match at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India won the toss & had put Zimbabwe to bat first.
Zimbabwe opened the batting account with their openers Hamilton Masakadza & Brendan Taylor. Hamilton Masakadza did not survive for longer period as he got out in the 13th delivery of the match. Zimbabwe played moderately & their run rate was just over 6 runs per over. They were loosing wickets at the right time. Tatenda Taibu played till the end of the innings which Zimbabwe to put up a decent total. He was unbeaten scoring 45 runs from 40 deliveries which included 2 fours. Zimbabwe finished its batting innings by playing entire 20 overs & had put up a total of 140 runs loosing 5 wickets. Ashok Dinda looked impressive from Indian bowling side. His economy rate was just 3.75 runs per over & had took 2 important wickets.
As Indians are well experienced to this type of game, this total was hardly a big deal for the visitors. India lost its first wicket in the fifth over, it was Naman Ojha. After this fall, Murali Vijay & skipper Suresh Raina played well to lead Indian team to chase the target successfully. By the end of 18th over, India chased down the target of 140 runs set by the hosts. India scored 144 runs loosing 3 wickets. Suresh Raina was unbeaten scoring a magnificent 72 runs from 44 deliveries which included 6 fours & 2 sixes. Man of the match & the series was Suresh Raina for his brilliant performance throughout the series.
Zimbabwe opened the batting account with their openers Hamilton Masakadza & Brendan Taylor. Hamilton Masakadza did not survive for longer period as he got out in the 13th delivery of the match. Zimbabwe played moderately & their run rate was just over 6 runs per over. They were loosing wickets at the right time. Tatenda Taibu played till the end of the innings which Zimbabwe to put up a decent total. He was unbeaten scoring 45 runs from 40 deliveries which included 2 fours. Zimbabwe finished its batting innings by playing entire 20 overs & had put up a total of 140 runs loosing 5 wickets. Ashok Dinda looked impressive from Indian bowling side. His economy rate was just 3.75 runs per over & had took 2 important wickets.
As Indians are well experienced to this type of game, this total was hardly a big deal for the visitors. India lost its first wicket in the fifth over, it was Naman Ojha. After this fall, Murali Vijay & skipper Suresh Raina played well to lead Indian team to chase the target successfully. By the end of 18th over, India chased down the target of 140 runs set by the hosts. India scored 144 runs loosing 3 wickets. Suresh Raina was unbeaten scoring a magnificent 72 runs from 44 deliveries which included 6 fours & 2 sixes. Man of the match & the series was Suresh Raina for his brilliant performance throughout the series.
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