India v/s South Africa 2nd ODI: India Wins by 153 Runs

Inspite of the century by AB de Villiers went in vein because of no support was found by him during his inning in the 2nd ODI in Gwalior. After all India wins by 153 runs in the second ODI in Gwalior.

Scene was started when Sachin Tendulkar started his inning by hitting his first 4 in the 2nd over of the match and then he didn't look back and ends with the record individual score of 200* in the ODIs breaking previous highest of Coventry & Anwar. Who held this for a long time.

Dinesh Karthik made 79 off 85 balls. Dhoni remained unbeaten on 68 off 35 balls, while Yusuf Pathan contributed 36. Tendulkar and Dhoni added unbeaten 101 runs for the fourth wicket. India finished at 401/3 in 50 overs. Chasing a victory target of 402, South Africa kept losing wickets at regular intervals and never came back into the match.

South Afirca finally bowled out for 248 in 42.5 overs and lost the match by 153 runs. Villiers remained unbeaten on 114. Hashim Amla made 34.

For India, Sreesanth took 3 wickets, while Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja and Yusuf Pathan took 2 wickets each. Sachin Tendulkar was declared 'Man of the Match'.

"I dedicate this double hundred to the people of India, who stood by me over these 20 years and always supported me through thick and thin", said Sachin Tendulkar.

It was very good performance by Indian batsmen and bowlers as well. Team efforts lead India to win the match and the series as well.

Next Match: 3rd ODI India v/s South Africa, at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on Feb 27 , 2010 - Saturday.

Another Record by Sachin Tendulkar: 200* Highest ODI Individual Score

Record Record Record… Its been now a decade Sachin is playing cricket and making new records by breaking old records. Here is another one. 200 (Double Century) in one day internationals is the great achievement ever and the man who got it Sachin Tendulkar. He is behind all the records and he prove that he is the master of cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar scored exactly 200 not out against South Africa in Gwailor breaking previous individual highest score of 194 held jointly by Charles Coventry (Zimbabwe) and Saeed Anwar (Pakistan).

SachinTendulkar's innings was breathtaking. He faced 147 balls hitting 25 fours and 3 sixes. His strike rate of 136.05 was higher than any of the other innings on the list of top ten scores one-day international scores.

“I don’t know how to react,” said Tendulkar. “I’d like to dedicate this double-hundred to the people of India for standing behind me for the last 20 years throughout the ups and downs. I felt that when I was 175-plus and it was the 42nd over I had a chance, but I wasn’t actually thinking of it. It was only when I got closer to it that I thought about a double hundred.”

Another Record by Sachin Tendulkar: 200* Highest ODI Individual Score.

India v/s South Africa 1st ODI: India Win Thriller by 1 Run

Another good day for indian cricket, indian cricketers & indian cricket fans. India win 1st odi against south africa by just 1 run. What a game of cricket that was. No one can decide in between who is gone a win the match. It was totally mind blowing game by both the teams. Players of both teams done very hard work for the match.

South African captian Kallis won the toss and elected to field first. Visitors know that the due factor come in the play in the later game and spinners will have problems bowling on the batsman pitch. Its really a nice pitch to bat on at Jaipur. India loose Sachin at his individual score at 4. Sehwag was disapponted with the runout himself as well on 46. India loose wickets at regular intervals. After Raina & Kohli made good partnership and make a healthy total of 298/9 for the visitors.

South Africa loose Bosman and Gibbs early and then Kallis was the main headache for the Indian bowlers. But Jadeja done very well by best figure bowling in the match. He took 2 wickets for only 29 runs given in 10 overs. He was judged man of the match for his 22 odd runs and the good bowling as well. India manage to keep kallis quite but the end was very dramatic. Tailenders Dale Styne & Wayne Parnell scored very fast in the end and took match to the last over where they just lost by a whisker.

It was really a good game of cricket once again and visitors were very disappointed for the match by loosing by only 1 run.

India leads the 3 odi series by 1-0. South Africa have to win both the games for moving to the 2nd spot in the ICC ODI Rankings and wining series as well.

India V/s South Africa ODI (One Day) Series Schedule

1st ODI: India v South Africa at Jaipur
Feb 21 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

2nd ODI: India v South Africa at Gwalior
Feb 24 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

3rd ODI: India v South Africa at Ahmedabad
Feb 27 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

Indian ODI Squad for 1st & 2nd ODI Against South Africa:

MS Dhoni
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Virat Kohli
Praveen Kumar
Amit Mishra
Abhishek Nayar
Ashish Nehra
Yusuf Pathan
Suresh Raina
Virender Sehwag
Sreesanth
Sachin Tendulkar
Sudeep Tyagi
Zaheer Khan

South African ODI Squad for ODI Against India:

Jacques Kallis (c)
Hashim Amla
Loots Bosman
Johan Botha
Mark Boucher (wk)
AB de Villiers
Jean-Paul Duminy
Herschelle Gibbs
Charl Langeveldt
Albie Morkel
Morne Morkel
Wayne Parnell
Alviro Petersen
Dale Steyn
Lonwabo TsotsobeRoelof
van der Merwe

India Gains No.1 Spot Again in Test ICC Cricket Ranking

India beats South Africa in 2nd test match at kolkata eden gardens by an inning and 58 runs. India were in serious danger of losing top spot in ICC Test Ranking after South Africa won the 1st test at Nagpur last week and then bad weather on Wednesday allowed only 31 overs of play on the day of the second Test Match. Last man Morne Morkel (12) kept Amla company for 20.4 odd overs before being leg-before to Harbhajan Singh in the 2nd last over of the match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. By the way, Harbhajan Singh took 5, Amit Mishra 3 & Ishant Sharma took 2 of the wickets as South Africa were bowled out for 289 despite a fighting 127 not out by Hashim Amla, his second century of the Test & 3rd of the Test series. India have slipped to 124 ratings points after conceding one ratings point while South Africa have stayed second on 120 ratings points.

Amla was outstanding through the 2 match test series. Amla has fitted to the no. 3 spot after kallis was there for a long time. He is very cool cusomer who plays very good innings for south africa recent past. Amla, who was declared the man of the match and the series, was understandably disappointed for losing .

The one-dayers will be played in Jaipur (Feb 21), Gwalior (Feb 24) and Ahmedabad (Feb 27).

However, the fight for the second place is tight as only two ratings points separates second-placed India from third-placed South Africa. The two sides will go head to head in the three-match ODI series on February 21 in Jaipur and the side that wins the series will finish second and will earn an additional $75,000.

Amla replaced the injured Smith for the three one-dayers, while veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis was named the captain.

IPL-2010 Schedule, IPL Matches Dates, IPL Matches List

Fri 12 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

1st match - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Sat 13 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

2nd match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Sat 13 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

3rd match - Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Sun 14 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

4th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Sun 14 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

5th match - Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Mon 15 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

6th match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Tue 16 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

7th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Tue 16 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

8th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Wed 17 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

9th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Thu 18 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

10th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Fri 19 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

11th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Fri 19 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

12th match - Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab

Visakhapatnam

Sat 20 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

13th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Sat 20 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

14th match - Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Sun 21 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

15th match - Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils

Visakhapatnam

Sun 21 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

16th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Mon 22 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

17th match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Tue 23 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

18th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Wed 24 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

19th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Thu 25 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

20th match - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Fri 26 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

21st match - Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Sat 27 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

22nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Sat 27 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

23rd match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sun 28 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

24th match - Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Sun 28 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

25th match - Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Mon 29 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

26th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Tue 30 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

27th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Wed 31 Mar (D/N)

16:00 PM

28th match - Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Wed 31 Mar (D/N)

20:00 PM

29th match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Thu 1 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

30th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Fri 2 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

31st match - Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Sat 3 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

32nd match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Sat 3 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

33rd match - Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers

Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Sun 4 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

34th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Sun 4 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

35th match - Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Mon 5 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

36th match - Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Tue 6 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

37th match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Wed 7 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

38th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Wed 7 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

39th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Thu 8 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

40th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Fri 9 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

41st match - Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Sat 10 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

42nd match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Sat 10 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

43rd match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sun 11 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

44th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Sun 11 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

45th match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Mon 12 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

46th match - Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Tue 13 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

47th match - Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils

Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Tue 13 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

48th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Wed 14 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

49th match - Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Thu 15 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

50th match - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Fri 16 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

51st match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

Sat 17 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

52nd match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sat 17 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

53rd match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Sun 18 Apr (D/N)

16:00 PM

54th match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

Sun 18 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

55th match - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Mon 19 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

56th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Wed 21 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

Semi-Final - TBC v TBC

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Stadium

Thu 22 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

Semi-Final - TBC v TBC

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Stadium

Sat 24 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

3rd Place Play-off - TBC v TBC

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Sun 25 Apr (D/N)

20:00 PM

Final - TBC v TBC

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai