Indian Under-19 Cricket Team Reaches World Cup Final against OZ.

 Indian under-19 cricket team today defeated New Zealand  team in the semifinals of world cup 2012 being held in Australia to fix a clash with host Australia for the world cup. India while batting first set target of 210 runs with the help of Prashant Chopra's 52 runs innings in fifty overs.New Zealand in reply fell short by 9 runs on completion of 50 overs.

 This is fourth time that Indian team has reached the finals and they have already won it two times.The team has so far not been up to its levels and batsmen including the captain of team have shown average performances. This could be a drawback as team will take on hosts Australia on Sunday. The bowlers have so far been getting team through tough situations. We wish Best of luck to our young heroes for the last battle.

 When we compare India U-19 team's this performance with the senior team's recent world cup victory; the U-19 team has done some great in reaching finals as they are playing on tough Australian pitches and lacked the crowd support.The performance of the bowling unit has been instrumental throughout and could come out with someone needed at the senior levels. 

 Indian cricket got a few big names from this format in the past. In current team names like Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli have come through U-19 level and we must hope the current world cup will also produce some useful cricketers for the future.

 

V.V.S. Laxman Retires From International Cricket-A Sudden Exit.

V.V.S. Laxman retired? Or Retired hurt?-His sudden exit surprised us all

Indian Cricket team's stylish middle order batsman V.V.S. Laxman has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. This came as a surprise for all his fans and team mates as he had already been practicing hard for upcoming at home test series against Black-caps. 

VVS Laxman announces retirement

Laxman said that he did this so as to facilitate youngsters fair chance of proving themselves and thus serving the nation.The sober and subtle batsman for once almost broke into tears and was evidently emotional about the decision.Laxman has not been playing up-to his levels during last two series in England and Down-Under.

The veteran of Indian cricket team, who used to bat at number 5 in test matches batting order has thus put an end to a long carior of over 16 year test cricket in which he had scored well over eight thousand(8,781) runs in 134 matches.Laxman scored 17 test hundreds and 56 half centuries in his illustrious successful carrier.

Laxman celebrates his test century

Since making his debut in international cricket back in 1996 against S. Africa he has played some of the most memorable innings of all times. His most famous one was that of 281 runs against the mighty Aussies at Kolkata that changed complexion of the whole Indian cricket team. Laxman for some mysterious causes used to be at his best against them and in all his hundreds he scored 6 while playing Australia with two double hundreds.

So now two of our greatest ever middle order batsman retiring in short time span Indian cricket might go into some kind of transition phase. Whether youngster like S. Badrinath can fill up his shoes ably will be proven in future; but one thing is sure that Indian cricket might not get a second VERY VERY SPECIAL Laxman. 

• Do you think that V.V.S. Laxman has been forced to exit midway without his will to do so?

Welcome Back Yuvraj-After Almost 9 Months He Is back.

Yuvraj Singh in action after defeating cancer

Yuvraj in all-black

Yuvraj In Test Match

Yuvraj Singh Indian Cricket team's left handed stylish batsman is all set to stage a come-back in upcoming T20 world cup to be held in Shrilanka next month.The National Selectors decided to include him in the 15 member squad for the upcoming T 20s in recently held meeting of the selection committee. Whether he is fit or not? this is the concern that most of his fans and Indian cricket team supporters are still wondering about as Yuvraj Singh has not played any professional matches yet.Earlier Yuvraj has communicated about his fitness to the board and said that he is fit. The Indian cricket team needs him badly because in his absence, in last year or so team has not been successful in fulfilling the expectations. With Yuvi back in the scheme of things the team might once again find that right balance and the attitude that was found missing for over a year. Also his return will give the team a chance to improve its records in T20 world cup.

Yuvi Celebration Style

1. Should Yuvraj start playing for the team even if he is not hundred percent match fit?
2. Has all that he has been through, changed him and his attitude towards the game?
3. How do you feel about his return into the team, is it too soon for him to readjust.

The Future of Indian Cricket

                              The Future of Indian Cricket

  Indian cricket team going through transition. India finds young cricketers like Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara.
Indian cricket team became world champion last year and all of us enjoyed that lovely moment. We respect our heroes who played for the pride of country and gave it their all. Unfortunately what happened afterwards was little unexpected and one might be surprised to see that champion side sitting at number 4 in tests  ( they were at number one ranking back than) and fluctuating between 2-3 in ODIs. Despite the fact that we have got worlds best batting line-up that might be at top in terms of experience, we have struggled on almost all tracks(cricket pitches). We (Indian cricket) never had great fast bowling combinations but our spin also disappeared from seen. In addition to this we play 7-4 combination that is less stable than 6-5.

  When we look back we can say that we were a good side that is no more at its best.
 Indian cricket team right now needs couple of genuine fast bowlers along with a quality all-rounder. Then only we can hope to see our side at the top for longer time periods. Indian cricket is enjoying ipl success right now, but as soon as we return back to international cricket we might need to search for answers for those questions that are still alive somewhere.India is power house of cricket right now and no Indian or other cricket fan/board can take the jolt of Indian teams failure.
 There have been some good promising cricket players but are somehow helpless in dealing with politics in cricket. The administration seems to have got a real clear politics of earning as much as they can by playing big names that pull Indian fans. With big names already being close to their retirement; the young need to be given some look-in into international cricket. Although we might say that Sachin Tendulkar and others are still going to be around, but for how long? no one knows. We are facing a transition in future and should try to go through it smoothly by starting as early as possible.