Bangladesh v India, 2nd Test, Dhaka, Free Cricket Live Streaming Links
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Bangladesh 233 and 228 for 3 (Tamim 151, Junaid 55) trail India 544 for 8 dec ( Tendulkar 143, Dravid 111, Dhoni 89, Gambhir 68, Sehwag 56) by 83 runs
Quite unpredictable performance from Bangladesh especially from Tamim Iqbal. 151 runs after the opposition declaring their innings, quite remarkable. However, 2 wickets at the end from Khan changed the complex of the game. Still Bangladesh can put up some fight by putting some price in their 7 remaining wickets. Dhoni will like to pack them quickly, however without having to bat much in second innings since Dravid and Yuvraj already are out of the match. Interesting point of the match now.
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India v Sri Lanka Final Match Highlights, Tri-Nation Series
Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka – the Final of the Tri-Nation Series played on January 13, 2010.
Scoreline: India 245 all out Suresh Raina 106 (115), Sehwag 42 (27), Jadeja 38 (64) | Kulasekara 4, Welegedara 3
SL win in the 49th: Mahela 71 no (81), Sangakkara 55 (51), Dilshan 49 (54) | Spinners + Zaheer
For a while now, Raina has seen others walk past him in the batting order while he lay low – finally, a hark-back to the days when he forged super partnerships with Dravid and others.
For a team that predominantly banks on its batting, India did quite well to remain in the game until the penultimate over. That is, with the overriding assumption that Mahela would get injured/run-out by his partner somewhere during the final 12 deliveries. Not to be as the man who bats in the middle-order only because his team needs him to and pulls out boundaries almost at will, sensing such a possibility having watched Perrera the previous over, decided to finish things in 3 hits.
As the Indian cricket team lies scarred on the field of yet another triangular final, let’s not forget to put on the blindfolds, heroically raise that fist and with a final gasp whisper, “Eeeastt or wesstt….. Dhoni’s boys are the…….”
India vs Bangladesh 6th ODI Highlights | Tri-Nation Series
Watch cricket highlights: India vs Bangladesh, the 6th ODI (final match of the) Tri-Nation Series played on January 11, 2010.
Bangladesh 247/6 Shakib Al Hasan 85 (97), Mahmudullah 64 (80) | Yuvraj 10-33-1
India win in 43 Virat Kohli 102 (95), Gambhir 41 (46) | Naeem Islam 8-35-2
The impotent selection committee have had a few on the house, so we shall set them loose:
It’s a good thing that hierarchies exist in the Indian team. Someone like Virat Kohli needs that. It’s similar to when Yuvraj Singh first came into the team. There was Tendulkar (because he worshiped him) and Ganguly (because he knew how to encourage young talent and still draw the line) and so he mentally remained junior for a while. While all are allegedly born equal, some type of people (and players) early on need to be made to believe that some are indeed more equal than others. Things work out better for them this way.
The Kohli run has several fallouts – for one, it means that when India do field a full strength side in the future with Sachin-Sewhag at the top, Rohit Sharma-Dinesh-Yusuf-Uthappa (in that order) move further into the fringes. Which is not necessarily a bad thing when you’re thinking in terms of squad strength being enhanced. Secondly, Jadeja will become irrelevant with more onus on Yuvraj, Raina and Kohli himself to fill up overs. Also it would be nice if less of the Dhoni-boys (Tyagi/Jadeja) were picked and more of the match-winners (Ishanth, Praveen Kumar) in future squads.
As for Bangladesh, a disappointing tournament with no wins recorded. One thing that stands out keeping in mind their recent success is that when they get on a roll (both with the bat or in the field), they seem to rely on the opposition panicking. SL and India are far too experienced and better (on the average day) to do that. So when Bangladesh are faced with calmness/discipline just when the momentum’s going their way, they seem to hurtle into a mental brick-wall and appear listless/clueless. Most of the better teams win matches because they’re able to feed on any existing momentum going their way or because they have stand-out players who can pull out a spectacular performance. With the number of Bangladesh players who fall into the latter category a couple or so, unless they can find a way to keep the forces swinging their way, they’ll continue to drop out of tournaments and increase the yells for other countries to be given their opportunities.
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India vs Sri Lanka Highlights | 5th ODI Tri-nation Series
Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka the 5th ODI from the Tri-nation Series played in Bangladesh on Jan 10, 2010.
Scoreline: SL 213 all out Sangakkara 68, Randiv 56, Dilshan 33
India win in the 33rd over: Virat Kohli 71 no, Gautham Gambhir 71, Dinesh Karthik 48 | India vs SL in the finals
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Highlights | Tri-Nation Series 4th ODI
Watch cricket highlights: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, the 4th ODI from the Tri-Nation Series played on January 8, 2010
Scoreline: Bangladesh 249/9 Mushfiqur 32, Shakib 47, Imrul 42, Raqibul 43 | Perera 10-32-2
SL win in the 43rd over Upul Thranga 118 no, Jayawardene 108
So easy, I took a stroll – something I never thought I’d do while Mahela’s batting.
India vs Bangladesh Highlights, 3rd Match, Tri-Nation Series
Watch cricket highlights: India vs Bangladesh, the 3rd ODI from the 2010 Tri-Nation Series played at Mirpur on January 7, 2010
Scoreline: Ban 296/6 Tamim Iqbal 60 (42), Mahmudullah 60 (45), Imrul Kayes 70 (100)
India win in 48: MS Dhoni 101 (107), Virat Kohli 91 (102), Raina 51 (43)
Like has happened for years now, the Indian batsmen bail the team out after an ordinary performance in the other 2 aspects. Dhoni is probably the best going in pushing the singles with an I-won’t-get-out halo round his head punctuated by big hits when needed (at least most of the time). There was a stat that came up during the game which put his average at a ridiculous 100+ in games India win chasing. In Virat Kohli, there now seems to be a Raina clone, role-wise and game-wise. So all in all, three exciting players who have changed/are changing to win and finish games – The only question that needs to be asked is: what does the average sports fan prefer – entertainment or a clinical efficient win. A silly thought actually, cos when a team loses after your favourite players have done well, it depresses you. But anyway.
One can see with Imrul at the top what Bangladesh are trying – to change the style of play as compared to Junaid Siddique opening alongside Tamim. With Mahmudullah, Shakib and others around able to clout the ball, there seems to be a slow change creeping into Ashraful’s game. Not to compare the two, but it’s similar to what has happened with Tendulkar over the last 4-5 years. Things seem calmer and more assured. He did get out in typical style today though (complete with the frustrated look and all), but then change is a slow process.
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