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Cricket Australia selectors has rested Ricky Ponting in the coming two One Day International matches against New Zealand. This is one sort of punishment given to the skipper for the losses which Australia faced during last few months.

Although no one is claiming it as a punishment, but the history of Cricket Australia is confirming the same. People are considering this rest as the end of the career of the Punter. Punter is the nick name of the Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.

Aussies are facing the tough time from last year; India and South Africa are giving them the toughest fight in ODI as well as in Tests too. India is already the world champions of T20, while South Africa has recently claimed the world number one spot in ODI from Aussies by defeating them 4-1 in a five match series in Australia.

Thus Australian team has lost around 5 matches in a row, in ODI, and they too lost the test series to South Africa in there own soul. Before that too they lost the test series against India in India too. The test series loss in India caused the blame to the skipper Ponting.

Yesterday Cricket Australia selector’s panel provided a break to Ricky Ponting for the coming two One Day Internationals against New Zealand. Though CA confirmed it as a rest to the skipper, but even Ponting has said it as painful. He said that it is really painful to leave the team at this stage. Team is trailing by 1-0 in the five match series against New Zealand.

So, can we assume that this rest is the end of the Punter Career? As far as the history of Cricket Australia is concerned it can be. Also they are now looking towards the future and it is supposed that Cricket Australia selectors are more keen to provide Clarke as the opportunity to replace Ponting. On the other hand, Ponting was batting well but his plans were not looking too sharp as the skipper and thus he was blamed for the losses. Now everybody is thinking that it is the end of the Ponting’s career, but we also know that he is a true fighter and we hope that he can come back with a strong knock. We would be looking for the comments of the visitors on this issue.

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The year 2009 has arrived and when we will look behind to the year 2008, we will find these as the main events of the year 2009 for India.

First One: Nuclear Deal.

Indo-US Nuclear Deal has for the first time proved that national welfare has more value than the political selfishness. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was so keen to pass this bill that he never considered about his own government. Later he got the support of the Parliament too. Finally India got the strong friendship of United States. India got the inclusion in the N-Club along with the regular energy supply.

Second One: Mumbai Terror.

New form of world wide terror, 26/11 strikes to India in Mumbai. Despite providing lots of proof of the involvement of the Pakistani based terrorists organization’s hand behind this attack, Pakistan is not at all agreeing to the claim of the Indian Government. Year 2008 provided some big hole in the security system of the nation, Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Delhi, Guwahati and then Mumbai taught some lesson to the security forces. People from different states came together and forced to the government to take some serious step against terrorism and to change the attitude.

Third: India on Moon.

Indian scientists got the huge success of the accomplishment of the mission moon. The cheapest and the best mission to the moon were named as Chandayaan I. This established India into the super powers of the world. India is now ready to provide the cheaper space program to other countries too, and ISRO is planning to launch the manned mission to the Moon very soon.

Fourth: Aarushi Murder Case.

One sad incident of the murder of Aarushi in her own house despite the presence of her parents in the house in Noida is still unsolved. This murder case got the biggest attention of the media; still CBI is unable to solve the case.

Fifth: Assembly Elections.

Termed as the Semi-Final of the parliamentary elections which is scheduled in the year 2009, the assembly elections in Manipur, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir proofed that Democracy is the back bone of the country. People came out to vote even despite the “Boycott” of the elections by some unwanted forces in J&K. Performance of the governments became the major criteria during these elections.

Sixth: Flood in Bihar.

The development of the Bihar Government during last four years was washed away in the flood. The problem was not so much tragic as the situation was. Attitude of the people caused more problems to the people who suffered during the flood situation. We need to change our system to tackle the situation.

Seventh: Fall of the Share Market.

The impact of the global market fall was so big that it reached to the Mumbai Stock Exchange too. Sensex falls deeply and this caused affect on the job sector too. Real Estate, Aviation, became the victim of the slow down. Finally India is thinking about how to recover from this impact.

Eight: First Individual Gold Medal in Olympics.

The biggest dream of India came true this year. Abhinav Bindra clinched first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India in the men’s 10m air rifle shooting. Other than him, Vijendra Kumar and Sushil Kumar too came up with medals and India is now taking the other sports (other than cricket) seriously. Jitender Kumar too won the heart of the fans.

Ninth: Lessons on Cricket Ground.

India virtually became the super power in the field of cricket too. India got the new captain in all the format of cricket in the form of M. S. Dhoni. India performed quite well in the three formats of cricket T20, ODI and Tests too. Some of the seniors like Saurav Ganguly and Anil Kumble retired this year.

These are the main incidents of the year 2008 which happened in India.

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In a recent decision BCCI has agreed to the request of the England cricket team to postpone the remaining two matches of the present Hero Honda Cup series due to the terror attack in South Mumbai. In this series England has already lost 5 matches in a row and they are 0-5 down to India.

Although the desicion was taken for the remaining two ODI matches which were supposed to play in Guwahati and Delhi, but BCCI is hopeful that they can be able to host the two test matches.

Venkatesh Prasad has confirmed that the team management has got the information that England team is going back so the members of the Indian teams are also returning to their homes.

England team management has confirmed that they are going back, but did not confirmed anything about the two test matches, which are scheduled in next month.

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One more senior player left the team at a time when team was facing criticism from all side. Anil Kumble, popularly known as Jumbo, the number one wicket tacker for Indian team in cricket history and number three till today, has announced the retirement from test cricket with immediate effect. He is not going to play in the fourth test match between India and Australia in Nagpur.

Kumble and Saurav Ganguly

In his absense Mahender Singh Dhoni, the ODI skipper of Team India will lead the team. The desicion of retirement came as a shock to the lovers of Kumble. He was facing criticism from all side due to his lack of performance in the on going Border Gavaskar Trophy.

Saurav Ganguly, one more former Indian skipper and great south-paw batsman has already announced his retirement from the cricket. Nagpur test is going to be his last appearence. The desicion of Kumble’s retirement was once again due to the pressure created by some sections of media on these senior players. It is true that new people are coming ahead with good performance, but still the way in which these senior players are forced to announce retirement is not good.

Dada, and then Kumble, both were served Indian team from last 15-20 years. There contribution to the team’s present status can never be justified by a few bad performances. But some section of media never allowed them to settle down. I am really feeling bad about the way in which these giants are saying bye to international cricket.

In his career, Kumble played in 132 test matches while he took 619 test wickets. He led the country in 14 test matches. He was behind Muralitharan (756) and Shane Warne (708), in case of number of test wickets is concerned.

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India defeated Sri Lanka in 3rd ODI by 46 runs today and won the five day match series by 3-1 with one match still to go on. India won the first ever One Day Series against Sri Lanka on Sri Lanka ground creating an historical record.

India won the toss and set a respectable target of 259 but the hosting team was all out in 46.2 overs at a score of 212 only. Led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian youth brigade done a fabulous job. Dhoni (71), Raina (72) and Kohli (54) are those who made their half century and contributed most to the victory.

Opener Gautam Gambhir (17) was the first one who was sent back to pavilion by Kulasekara. yuvraj singh was struck off by Chaminda Vaas before opening his account. Yuvraj became his 400th victim when he flicked a simple catch at short mid-wicket to Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene for a duck.

Virat Kohli, the Delhi lad was seemed in form but was departed after making 54 runs giving a big blow to India. But soon the India skipper MS Dhoni walked in to take charge with Suresh Raina. Both have been cracked their half centuries scoring 71 and 72 respectivily before departing. The duo powered the Indian total past 202 runs in 38 overs.

Among other players Rohit Sharma scored 18, Harbhajan Singh soon departed after making only 2 runs, while Badrinath gave 6.

In Sri Lankan team, only Jayasuriya (60) cracked his half century and added some good runs to the scores. Thushara and Kapugedera devoted 40 and 30 runs respectively. Others are departed back to pavilion one by one. After 30 overs, Lankans were 132/5. After 33 overs, they were struggling at 142/6. And after 42 overs, Sri Lanka was tottering at 194/8.

Suresh Raina was awarded Man of the Match. For complete score card, please visit Cricket Updates.

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India ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Monday chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2007-08 given for the most outstanding performance in a year. The awards would be presented on August 25, 2008.

The current Indian captain of the ODI (one day international) and T-20 teams became the only second cricketer after master blaster Sachin Tendulkar to be honored with the Khel Ratna Award, the country’s highest honor given for an achievement in sports. .

Dhoni on Monday offered prayers at the famous Deori temple after being conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

The President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sharad Pawar said, “We are very happy. He has represented the country with distinction, and deserves the honor. His exemplary leadership and demeanor under pressure, especially in the ICC World Twenty20 and the tri-series in Australia, mark him out as the ideal role-model for millions of young Indians, who want to make a mark in life.”

Dhoni is the model icon among youth. He scored 148 against Pakistan in his fifth ODI in 2005 - then the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper. Later in the year, he broke his own record as well as set the current world record for the highest score in the second innings in ODI matches as he scored 183 not out against Sri Lanka.

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South Africa secured the top position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) Championship Table after winning the ongoing 3 match series against Bangladesh by 3-0 in Mirpur.

Before this, Australia and South Africa have both 127 ratings points but Graeme Smith’s side is behind by just 0.529 of a point according to decimal calculations.

After winning the series, South Africa is ahead of Australia by 0.191 points and beat Australia for the top position in ODI ranking.

South African captain Graeme Smith’s unbeaten century helped his side to win the match by 7 wickets against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Bangladesh team won the toss and was dismissed at a small target of 143 runs only in 42.5 overs.

Albie Morkel gave 29 runs taking 4 wickets and Jehaan Botha contributed 34 and snatched 3 wickets.

On the other side this defeat was 14th lose of Bangladesh team in international one day cricket. Its last win was against South Africa in super league during lat year.

South Africa’s achievement is significant because the side that leads the ODI Championship ladder on 1 April, receives US $175,000 for its achievement, while the side that lies second collects US $75,000. Last year also South Africa snatched the position from Australia just before the cut off date of April 1.

ODI rankings – nations

1) South Africa 127
2) Australia 127
3) New Zealand 113
4) India 113
5) Pakistan 109
6) Sri Lanka 107
7) England 105
West Indies 96
9) Bangladesh 46
10) Ireland 28
11) Zimbabwe 18
12) Kenya 0

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There is good news for Cricket lovers that if Australia cancels its tour to Pakistan then there will be a golden chance of India Pakistan series.

Pakistan Cricket Board told that if Australia cancels the tour for security reasons then 3 to 5 one day matches can be held with India against Pakistan team. Sources said that discussion is going with Indian Cricket Control Board regarding this issue but no final decision is taken yet.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has finalized the venues for the March-April home series against Australia, which also include the troubled port city of Karachi.

The PCB has told Cricket Australia (CA) that the three Tests, five One-Day Internationals and a Twenty20 International in the series would be held.

Earlier Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has increased incidents in Pakistan which make the Australian team to think about its tour. The Australians have expressed concerns about touring Pakistan at a time when there is political unrest in the country and also security hazards with a string of suicide bombings by Islamic militants against security forces and political leaders.

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