India v Sri Lanka Final Match Highlights, Tri-Nation Series
India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka (SBNS), Final Match, Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh
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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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South Africa vs England Day 3 Highlights 3rd Test | Cape Town
Watch cricket highlights: South Africa vs England Day 3 from the 3rd Test at Cape Town played on January 5, 2010.
Eng (1st Inn) 273 all out | Morne Morkel 5, Steyn 4
SA (2nd Inn) 312/2 Graeme Smith 162 no, Hashim Amla 95
Damn, should have caught that partnership live.
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