Mumbai Indians registered first win in DLF IPL

Hi friends, Good morning and have a nice cool day!!!!

The match 16^th of DLF IPL T20 was a close one and it was between the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians. Ganguly (Prince of Kolkata) won the toss and preferred to bat first. The Knight Riders soon lost 5 wickets in quick succession due to tight bowling by Mumbai Indians. Thanks to Shaun Pollock, Bravo, Sanath Jayasuriya and D Kulkarni for bowling very tight line and length.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla blasted a superb 40 runs in 20 balls (4 fours and 2 sixes) and helped the Knight Riders to reach a respectable target of 137 in 20 overs. He was awarded the DLF maximum sixes but the organizers did a small mistake by announcing S Jayasuriya as winner before announcing Shukla. Ponting, Ganguly, Mc Cullum and David Hussey were not able to score quickly in the top of the batting order. Debabrata Das played a promising knock 29 runs in 20 balls (5 fours and 1 six) but he was not able to make this knock a big one.

Mumbai Indians started the innings with Jayasuriya and Ajinkya Rahane but Rahane was out after scoring just 4 runs. Jayasuriya played a brisk knock of 18 in just 10 balls (3 fours & 1 six). But he was soon dismissed by tall and fast bowler Ishant Sharma and Manish Pandey got out for duck in the next over under the bowling of Ashok Dinda, who bowled a superb line to Pandey in his first over. Mumbai Indians were in danger of batting collapse but Robin Uttappa and Dwayne Bravo steadied the innings with a match winning partnership.

Bravo blasted 64 in just 53 balls (8 fours and 1 six) and Uttappa came up with 37 runs in just 37 balls. The spinners of Knight Riders were disappointing in this match and Kartik & Hafeez bowled very badly in this match. I felt that Knight Riders were playing only with 3 specialist bowlers and they were Ishant Sharma, Ajit Agarkar and Ashok Dinda. The other 4 bowlers were Ganguly, Shukla, Kartik and Hafeez who were not at all impressive in this match. Mumbai Indians chased the target very comfortably in 18.4 overs and Jayasuriya was declared the Man of the Match for his spell of 4-1-14-3(overs-maidens-runs given-wickets) and quick 18 runs while batting.

Finally, I am happy that Mumbai Indians’ pull of a victory and in the next match Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar will be playing. This is perfect boost for the Mumbai Indians and Knight Riders team need to look into their batting and come up with good strategy in the next match. Tomorrow match 17 will be between the Delhi Dare Devils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers in Delhi. Both the teams lost their last matches. That’s all for now

With lots of Love,

Madhu Vamsi…..

This is how GVMC works

Hi friends, How is life ??? I want to show you the condition of road in Visakhapatnam and this road is just behind the Municipal Corporation. In Visakhapatnam the Municipality is called as Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). The road was dug in the middle and it was like that for months. Many people are having problem to go out of the apartments and no one care including the GVMC.

What I don't like is that no proper plan or schedule to repair the road. The road was dug for the underground drainage. But for how many days road will be like that and imagine if rain falls what will be the state of road & it is horrible to imagine for me. Simple thing is proper planning needed of the hour and even if planning is there the corporation is lazy to work is what I feel. Anyhow people are used & no fighting attitude.

GVMC is the body where all panchayati's around Visakhapatnam were merged in to the GVMC. Panchayathi's were doing atleast some decent work to the locals atleast but GVMC is not at all taking the issues seriuosly & the city roads have become horrible. GVMC is more interested in collecting taxes than doing basic services to the people. Many people in the city have a compromise attitude. Recently, our area was merged into GVMC and to my surprise our house tax payment notice was showing the name of some new person instead of my father who is the owner of my house. The name has wrongly printed was the answer given by authorities when I contacted GVMC & after several months my father's name was correctly appeared on the payment receipt. I thanked god and this is the state of working procedure of GVMC. Mistake is done by GVMC & I have to write a big letter that the name was wrongly printed on the receipt & had to submit several copies to different person's to get correction of the bill. Then I understood why the people have compromise attitude. I don't know when will the working standards improve in Government organizations.

Please give your valuable comments friends.

With lots of love

KVM.......

No proper strategy by Team India

The second test of the Future cup is won by South Africa by inning and 90 runs. Indians were never in the game for all 3 days, South Africa dominated and never allowed Indian batsman to settle down.

Media and Ex-cricketers criticized the pitch in Chennai. But look if a sporting wicket is given Indian batsman danced to the tunes of Ntini & Steyn. Indian batsman even struggled against the bowling of P Harris & Morkel. J Kallis, N McKenzie & A.B De Villiers played a match winning knocks in the first innings. De Villiers won the Man of the Match award for his double hundred in the first innings.

India as ever had no consistency in the test cricket format. One day India plays outstanding game which we don’t expect and on another day u will see them playing like minnows of the cricket.

Players who I think missed out in Ahmedabad test match are Gautham Gambhir, Yuvaraj Singh, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar. Wasim Jaffer is struggling for form and in Indian conditions team management should have tried with Gautham Gambhir from the first test or any other opener who is heavily scoring runs and in good form. Yuvaraj Singh can take the place of Tendulkar if Pathan or Ganguly opens the innings. Yuvaraj can play well on this bounce track of Ahmedabad, Yuvi is bit weak against the spinners but South African team has only one spinner to deal with is not big problem. But taking Yuvi into the team is optional to team management.

Indian pace duo of R.P.Singh & Sreeshant is not taking wickets early. Singh is fully out of form and not able swing the ball, so, Ishant Sharma should have come in place of any 2 fast bowlers or in place of Harbhajan Singh.

Finally, Indian team is missing the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, he is the correct person who guides his partner at other end and he plays coolly on tough bouncy pitches. But he is injured so Indian cannot expect his services.

I hope Indian team management comes up with good strategy in the coming test in near future.

Good show against the world Champions

Hi friends, to win a One Day Internationals against the Australia, any team have to first perform well in all the departments like good fielding, batting & most important thing is bowling. Aussies team can bat up to number 11 and had showed it against the Sri Lanka, Australia lost the 9th wicket at the score around 141 approx. But the last wicket pair of Brett Lee (37) & Bracken (14 not out) took the Australian team’s score close to 221 & lost the game by 13 runs. So when playing against Australia one should not thing they have won the game unless you make all the 10 players out.

Sri Lanka played the game very positively against the Australian team. First of all they (Sri Lanka) put up a good total on the board after the top order of the Sri Lanka collapsed. But Jayawardena (51) & Dishan (61) has put a very good partnership and saved the Sri Lanka from yet another poor batting performance. C Silva played a cameo but the tail of Sri Lanka could not drag the total to 250 but end up with a reasonable total of 221.

Australian openers Gilchrist (83 off 50 balls) & Hopes started a first wicket partnership of 107 runs without loss of any wicket and everybody thought that Australia is cruising to victory. But the 2 openers departed after good partnership and suddenly the middle order of the Australian team collapsed. The Sri Lanka bowlers pitched the ball at right areas to get rid of the players like Ponting, Clarke, Hussey, etc. Symonds got out to a wide ball & he was duck out. Ponting, Gilchrist, Symonds, Hussey & Clarke are the main batsman without them it is hard for Australian team to win the game. But I was wrong again the match turned towards the Australian team’s way. Brett Lee & Bracken took the Australian team close to the winning target with 14 more need in 13 balls but Jayasuriya bowled a beauty which was not short enough to pull the ball. But Brett Lee tried to pull ball and missed it. He was clean bowled and the Sri Lanka team won the game very narrowly. Australia was bowled out for 208 in 48.1 overs. Mathew Hayden was rested for this match.

Both India & Sri Lanka were able to win the game against the Australians because of Aussies overconfidence & poor form of players like Ponting, Symonds & Hussey. The Indian & Sri Lankan teams improved the fielding & bowling very drastically and not allowing the Aussies batsman to get away with a flyer. Only in the one game Australia scored more than 300 runs & India chased it but lost the game narrowly. So other teams also should plan well & stop the dominance of Australian cricket team in the World Cricket.

Indian colts are the New ICC World Cup Champs

Hi Friends,
Indian cricket teams both seniors & juniors made public of India happy with a good wins on a super Sunday. First the Indian seniors who beat Australia in CB Tri Series, SCG, Australia and then Indian Under-19 cricket team won the ICC World Cup after eight years. A trilling 12- run victory was registered over the South Africa in a rain affected final in Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 2nd March that is yesterday. Indian Under-19 team won this tournament for the second time, having captured the crown in 2000 in Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Md. Kaif.

India was first put into bat and wicket was more suited to bowlers. India was bowled out for 159 in 45.4 overs, but Indian bowlers came to the party and restricted the South Africans to 103/8 in 25 overs after the target was adjusted to 116 because of rain delay. It was unfortunate that South Africans loss the game so closely.

Man of the match was given to Ajitedh Argal who turned the match for India by taking 2 early wickets. His quota was reduced to five overs due to the rain interruption. Ravinder Jadeja (2-25) & Siddarth Kaul (2-26) also bowled superb line & length to keep the South African batsman in check & did not allow them to score freely.

Reeza Hendricks (35) and Wayne Parnell (29) were the main batsmen who scored for the South Africans but they were also not allowed to score freely by the tight line of the Indian bowlers. Chasing 160 for victory in 50 overs, Proteas were 17 for 3 in 18.4 overs when rain interrupted. R Henricks was batting on 7 while J Vandiar, the other batsman on crease, was yet to open his account. The target was revised later to 116 in 25 overs according to the D/L formula.

India’s batting collapsed to the disciplined South African bowling and agile fielding. India was dismissed for just 159 in 45.4 overs. The top scorer was Tanmay Srivastava 46 (74 balls, 4x4, 1x6) and the remaining Indian batsman did not contribute much because of brilliant bowling of the Proteas. Wayne Parnell was the strike bowler for South Africans, he claiming two wickets conceding only 21 runs. Matthew Arnold and Roy Adams also scalped two victims apiece.

Tauwar Kohli (1) was first to go & then India lost 3 quick wickets. There were hardly any significant partnerships thereafter and the biggest partnership was worth only 47, between Srivastava and skipper Virat Kohli (19). But after that stand, wickets kept falling and the South African fielders kept them under pressure and affected two run-outs.

George Barnes the Proteas Wicketkeeper was at his best, claiming three catches and affecting a run-out. Indian team after scoring such a low score needed a special effort in the field to claim the World Cup. India did it in style and some credit goes to the team coach D Whatmore. He trained the team like an international team. During the presentations the rain came back heavily & the ceremony was finished off very quickly.

By KVM