Indian Cricket Team Updates

Full Highlights: India vs Pakistan - 2nd T20, Ahmedabad 28 Dec, 2012 Ahmedabad’s Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera) became India’s ninth ground to host a Twenty20 International. Interestingly, all nine grounds have hosted one match each. Man-of-the-Match: Yuvraj Singh  for his blistering 72-run knock off 36 balls Man-of-the-series: Mohammad Hafeez  for his two crucial back-to-back half centuries   Brief scores: India 192/5 in 20 overs  (Y Singh 72, MS Dhoni 33, A Rahane 28, U Gul 4/37) beat  Pakistan 181/7 in 20 overs  (M Hafeez 55, N Jamshed 41, A Dinda 3/36) by 11 runs    Yuvraj Singh: "Yesterday I was batting in the nets and I couldn't middle a single ball, so I was trying to spend time in the middle. That yorker [which hit him on the boot] reminded me of Wasim Akram but that's cricket, you got to take a few blows ... we thought 160-170 was a good total but if MS and me stayed till the end we knew we could score more."...

India vs Pakistan 1st T20 presentation ceremony Video, Bangalore, 25 Dec 2012 Here the many more interesting highlights from India v Pakistan 1st T20I  game: This match was the fourth between India and Pakistan – first outside the ICC World Twenty20. Man-of-the-Match :  Mohammad Hafeez  for his match winning 61-run knock. Brief scores: India  133/9 in 20 overs (G Gambhir 43, A Rahane 42,U Gul 3/21, S Ajmal 2/25) lost to  Pakistan  134/5 in 19.4 overs (M Hafeez 61, S Malik 57*, B Kumar 3/9) by 5 wickets Hafeez:  "It was a great effort we wanted to start the series well and we were great with the ball right from the very start. Mohammad Irfan is a surprise package and he showed just why today with some great bowling at the start. Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul were also fantastic at the death. Myself & Shoaib Malik played very well, we took risks at the right time and ran between the wickets well. This is a great result for the whole n...

Ishant Sharma and Kamran Akmal Fight - 1st T20 - India v Pakistan Ishant Sharma and Kamran Akmal Fight during India vs Pakistan 1st T20 Match, Bangalore on 25th December 2012. The two got into an argument when Akmal was declared not out after he was caught off a no ball by Ishant, and was beaten on the next ball.

Full Highlights: India Batting v Pakistan - 1st T20I, Bangalore 25 Dec, 2012 This match was the fourth between India and Pakistan – first outside the ICC World Twenty20. Umar Gul was playing his 50 th  Twenty20 International. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Irfan were making their Twenty20 International debut. They became the 45 th  and 50 th  players to represent India and Pakistan respectively. At 7 ft 1 in Mohammad Irfan is the tallest player ever to play international cricket. India’s total of 133/9 is their lowest ever against Pakistan. Their previous lowest was 141/9 at Durban in 2007.

Full Highlights: India vs Pakistan - 1st T20I, Bangalore 25 Dec, 2012 Here the many more interesting highlights from India v Pakistan 1st T20I  game: This match was the fourth between India and Pakistan – first outside the ICC World Twenty20. Man-of-the-Match :  Mohammad Hafeez  for his match winning 61-run knock. Brief scores: India  133/9 in 20 overs (G Gambhir 43, A Rahane 42,U Gul 3/21, S Ajmal 2/25) lost to  Pakistan  134/5 in 19.4 overs (M Hafeez 61, S Malik 57*, B Kumar 3/9) by 5 wickets Hafeez:  "It was a great effort we wanted to start the series well and we were great with the ball right from the very start. Mohammad Irfan is a surprise package and he showed just why today with some great bowling at the start. Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul were also fantastic at the death. Myself & Shoaib Malik played very well, we took risks at the right time and ran between the wickets well. This is a great result for the whole nation an...

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3 Wicket off 9 Runs in T20 Debut v Pakistan 1st T20 - 2012 Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a dream Twenty20 International debut. He now shares the record of the most economical 4-over spell on T20I debut with Zimbabwe's Ray Price & West Indies' Garey Mathurin. Most economical spells on T20I debut: Bowler Figures Opponents Venue Year Ray Price (Zim) 4-0-9-2 Sri Lanka King City 2008 Garey Mathurin (WI) 4-0-9-3 England The Oval 2011 Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Ind) 4-0-9-3 Pakistan Bangalore 2012 Shem Ngoche (Ken) 4-0-10-2 Scotland Nairobi Gym 2010 George O'Brien (Ber) 4-0-11-2 Scotland Belfast 2008 George Dockrell (Ire) 4-0-11-2 Afghanistan Colombo PSS 2010 Bhuvneshwar Kumar's figures are also the most economical by an Indian in a four-over spell in Twenty20 Internationals, equalling Ravindra Jadeja's record, who did so against England at Kolkata last year. However, Bhuv...