World Cup

India U-19s Lift The Cricket World Cup

February 3, 2018 Happenings

Woke up to the news that the India U-19s cricket team – which had done extremely well in the tournament overall, had won the U-19 Cricket World Cup defeating Australia in the finals by 8 wickets. Opener Manjot Kalra remained unbeaten on 101 (102) and was declared the Player of The Match. India has most U-19 World Cup wins now with 4, second only to the Aussies with 3 wins. More than anything, this ought to be a proud moment for one of Indian’s greatest batsmen and now the U-19 head coach Rahul Dravid. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch on any of the live matches but I did see some clips of the captain Prithvi Shaw, who along with his teammates (I’m looking at you Porel and Nagarkoti) have become favourites to be picked for the India seniors’ team. It’s special to win a world cup alone, but what’s magnificent is to win it convincingly without losing a match in the tournament. Bravo Team India!

Source: Scorecard on ESPNCricInfo

2011 Cricket World Cup: Team Overview

February 15, 2011 General

The World Cup of Cricket or simply the ICC Cricket World Cup will commence in Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka shortly. It’s difficult to predict who the next world champion would be, but just a quick peek into the main leads of the 14 participating nations and some stats-

(RU) Runner Up Team
(W) Winners

Australia
Captain- Ricky Ponting
Coach- Tim Nielsen (Aus)
(RU) 75′, 96′ (W) 87′, 99′, 03′, 07′

Bangladesh
Captain- Shakib Al Hasan
Coach- Jamie Siddons (AUS)

Canada
Captain- Ashish Bagai
Coach- Pubudu Dassanayake (SL)

England
Captain- Andrew Strauss
Coach- Andy Flower (ZIM)
(RU) 79′, 87′, 92′

India
Captain- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Coach- Gary Kirsten (RSA)
(RU) 03′ (W) 83′

Ireland
Captain- William Porterfield
Coach- Phil Simmons (WI)

Kenya
Captain- Jimmy Kamande
Coach- Eldine Baptiste (WI)

Netherlands
Captain- Peter Borren
Coach- Peter Drinnen (AUS)

New Zealand
Captain- Daniel Vettori
Coach- John Wright (NZL)

Pakistan
Captain- Shahid Afridi
Coach- Waqar Younis (PAK)
(RU) 99′ (W) 92′

South Africa
Captain- Graham Smith
Coach- Corrie van Zyl (RSA)

Sri Lanka
Captain- Kumara Sangakkara
Coach- Trevor Bayliss (AUS)
(RU) 07′ (W) 96′

West Indies
Captain- Darren Sammy
Coach- Ottis Gibson (WI)
(W) 75′, 79′

Zimbabwe
Captain- Elton Chigumbura
Coach- Alan Butcher (ENG)

Indians Bask in Glory after 24 years!

September 25, 2007 Happenings

After the celebrations are over, this young Indian team will realize that they have etched their names in the annals of history forever. When the tournament started, nobody — the selectors included, ever thought they could win the inaugural edition of the T20 world cup. It’s a sign of good things to come for the Indian cricket — this young nextgen cricketers have no fear of reputation and just want to consistently perform for their country. We last won a world cup in 1983 in England and today we have done it again after 24 long years. Chak De India!

At one point in time of the match, India seemed to be losing the plot. In the last over though, the pakis needed just 5 runs of the last 3 balls and I had already given up hope. Just then I stared in complete disbelief at my TV screen when Misbah-ul-Haq hit that uneventful shot right into the waiting hands of Sreesanth, when he could have just played a straight bat shot. The commentators went ga-ga over his ” sound cricketing mind” but the Indians held their nerves to pulloff an incredible win. Everytime I went inside my room in complete disbelief, a wicket would fall for the Pakis. Considering this odd coincidence, I have decided to NOT watch cricket when India’s playing, to ensure that they win everytime. Here’s a summary of India’s road to the final victory.