Indian Cricket Team Updates

The Cricket Australia National Selection Panel (NSP) has today announced a 14-man squad for the KFC T20 INTL matches against India. Two KFC T20 INTL matches will be played between Australia and India , with the first taking place at Sydney Olympic Park on 1 February, 2012. George Bailey has been named the new Australian T20 captain. The Australian squad is: George Bailey (c) David Warner (vc) Travis Birt Dan Christian Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Hogg David Hussey Brett Lee Mitchell Marsh Shaun Marsh Clint McKay Matthew Wade Commenting on the squad, National Selector John Inverarity said: “Australia's T20 Team has been ranked a disappointing 6th in World Rankings. It is considered that the team needs refreshment and a number of changes have been made. “The NSP has been discussing this T20 squad for about six weeks and has unanimously decided on the squad, the captain and the vice-captain. The selectors consider this to be a ve...

Indian team for the two T20 Internationals and ODI tri-series in Australia Other Useful Links: India - Australia Test Records: http://indian-cricket-team-updates.blogspot.com/2011/12/india-australia-test-records.html IPL 2012 Season 5 Schedule - http://indian-cricket-team-updates.blogspot.com/2012/01/ipl-2012-season-5-schedule-csk-vs-mi.html

The match-schedule of the DLF Indian Premier League 2012 has been finalized. The tournament will feature nine teams and a total of seventy-six matches will be played from Wednesday, 4 April 2012, to Sunday, 27 May 2012, at an expected twelve venues. The new Stadium in Pune, subject to final completion, will make its debut as an IPL venue, by staging all eight ‘home’ games of the Pune Warriors India. Dharamsala, Cuttack and Vizag will host two games each. The league will commence with Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions, taking on the Mumbai Indians, the Champions League T20 winners, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The league stage, which comprises seventy two matches, with each team playing the other eight in a home-and-away format, will go on till Sunday, 20 May 2012. The venue of the two finalist teams from 2011 edition will host the Play offs. Bengaluru will host Qualifier 1 (1 vs 2) and the Eliminator (3 vs 4) on 22 May and 23 May respectively. Qualifie...

What The second Test of the four-match series between Australia and India When January 3-7, 2012. The game begins at 5:00 am, IST. Where Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. Although the SCG is traditionally known to suit spinners, curator Tom Parker has suggested that the wicket will help the fast bowlers for at least the opening days of the Test. Australia lost an Ashes Test to England here last year, but won all seven Test matches played here before that Test since January 2005. The Teams Australia head into this Test with captain Michael Clarke naming an unchanged side from the first Test. What that means is that offspinner Nathan Lyon retains his place in the playing eleven ahead of pacer Ryan Harris who was named in the 12-man squad for this Test. But Lyon will be looking to put in a much better performance than in the first Test at the MCG where he had ordinary figures (22.5-2-91-1). The other concern for Australia would be the form of Shaun Marsh. Marsh, who was returnin...

Find the list of Top 10 Indian Cricket Team Bowlers based on their ODI Rankings for 2011:   Ranking Point Career Best Player Name 13 785 633 v West Indies, 08/12/2011 19 617 620 v West Indies, 05/12/2011 27 594 738 v West Indies, 29/05/2002 31 570 652 v New Zealand, 25/08/2010 32 565 701 v South Africa, 13/04/2003 38 521 600 v Bangladesh, 19/02/2011 58 472 522 v Sri Lanka, 02/04/2011 67 459 638 v New Zealand, 26/08/2005 82 435 469 v West Indies, 16/06/2011 97 407 417 v West Indies, 05/12/2011

The 78th season of the Ranji Trophy currently in progress has been a heady mix of talented newcomers and international stars. At the end of the league phase, Mumbai, Karnataka and Rajasthan have topped the Elite Group A table while Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana sit atop the Elite Group B standings. Maharashtra and Hyderabad, meanwhile, have qualified for the knockout stage. These eight teams will now head into the quarterfinals, signalling the business end of India’s premier domestic tournament. Take a look at the how all the competing teams have fared before the crucial knockout phase. Elite A M P A W D T L Points Quotient Mumbai 7 7 0 3 4 0 0 25 1.4373 Karnataka 7 7 0 2 5 0 0 22 1.8308 Rajasthan 7 7 0 2 5 0 0 16 0.9845 Saurashtra 7 7 1 2 3 0 1 16 0.9256 UPCA 7 7 0 0 6 0 1 16 1.0213 Punjab 7 7 0 1 4 0 2 15 0.8874 RSPB 7 7 0 1 3 0 3 13 0.9409 Orissa 7 7 0 0 2 0 5 2 0.5418 Elite B M P A W D T L Points Quotient TNCA 6 6 1 1 4 0 0 20 1.4082 MPCA 6...