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Thursday, September 13, 2018

ASIA CUP : 2018

Do you know the only tournament in International cricket which is played in both formats-T-20 and ODI ?
YES...you read it right there is an international cricket tournament known as ASIA CUP, which include both the formats.

Asia Cup was established in the year 1983 to attain goodwill and peace between the Asian countries. A council was formed named as ' Asian Cricket Council ' to organise and regulate this tournament.

All the cricket playing nations of Asia take part in this tounament. Till 2014, this cup has been played in One-day International (ODI) format, but in 2015 Asian Cricket Council decided that this tournament will be played in a rotation way. So, 2016 Asia cup was the first ever championship to be played in T-20 format.

History of Asia Cup :

This Cricket tournament was first played in 1984 by three teams- India, Pakistan And Sri Lanka, in which only three matches were played. India won this cup by defeating both the teams.

Till date thirteen Asia Cup has been played. In all the 13 cups, India and Sri Lanka are the most winning teams where India has won 6 times and Sri Lanka 5 times. Below table shows the summary of all the Asia Cups up to present date:

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up
1984(ODI)	UAE	India	Sri Lanka
1986(ODI)	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
1988(ODI)	Bangladesh	India	Sri Lanka
1990-91(ODI)	India	India	Sri Lanka
1995(ODI)	UAE	India	Sri Lanka
1997(ODI)	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	India
2000(ODI)	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
2004(ODI)	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	India
2008(ODI)	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	India
2010(ODi)	Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka
2012(ODI)	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Bangladesh
2014(ODI)	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
2016(T-20)	Bangladesh	India	Bangladesh
2018(ODI)	UAE	--	--

Asia Cup 2018:

After thirteen successful seasons of Asia Cup now its time for the 14th edition of this cup which is going to be held on the land of Arabs, 'United Arab Emirates'.

Asia Cup 2018 (Unimoni Asia Cup) will start from 15th September. This time the tournament is going to be played in ODI format,which earlier has been played in T-20 format in 2016. It is for the third time that UAE is going to host the cup.

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Asia Cup 2018: Teams And Format

In this tournament six teams are going to participate-India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Except Hong Kong, which qualified for this cup by winning the Asia Cup 2018 Qualifier, the other five teams are the full time members of Asian Cricket council.

The format is similar to the previous formats of Asia Cup in which all the teams are divided in two groups:Group A and Group B. And from each group the top two teams will defend each other in the semifinals and the winners of these semifinals will fight for the cup in the Final match.

Asia Cup 2018: Match Schedule

This Asia Cup is starting from 15th Of September with the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. There will be total 13 matches played in this tournament and all the games will be played in Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sheikh Zayed Stadium Of UAE.

Here is the full schedule of Asia Cup 2018 :

DATE	MATCH DETAILS	TIME
Sep 15, Sat	Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka,1st Match,Group B Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 16, Sun	Pakistan vs Hong Kong,2nd Match,Group A Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 16, Sun	Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan,3rd Match,Group B Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 18, Tue	India vs Hong Kong,4th Match,Group A Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 19, Wed	India vs Pakistan,5th Match,Group A Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 20, Thu	Bangladesh vs Afghanistan,6th Match,Group B Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 21, Fri	TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 1 Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 2 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 23, Sun	TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 3 Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 4 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 25, Tue	TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 5 Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 26, Wed	TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 6 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 28, Fri	TBC vs TBC, Final Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai	5:00 PM 11:30 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL

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Asia Cup 2018: Most Awaited Match

Since every match in Asia Cup has its own worth but when it comes to sports rivalries, the first thing that strike in our mind is the match between India and Pakistan.

The India vs Pakistan match in Asia Cup 2018 is going to be held on 19th September in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. This is the most awaited match in this tournament for which cricket fans all around the globe are eagerly waiting.

The last match between India and Pakistan was held almost one and a half year ago in the ICC Champions Trophy Final in Oval,England. In that match Pakistan defeated India by 180 runs.
So, Pakistan team will be thinking that they had already defeated India in the last match by a great margin hence they will come to the field with a positive mindset.
On the other hand Indian team is very anxious to take the revenge and want to come back on winning track.

This time Virat Kohli will not be on the field which will be a great relief for the arch-rival Pakistan.

Here are the team squads for Asia Cup 2018:

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan (VC) , KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed.

Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir.

So,it was all about Asia Cup 2018, now it will be interesting to watch all the teams especially India,which is the till date defending champion, will able to retain its title ? Or any other team will steal the cup.

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Monday, September 3, 2018

BEST CATCHES EVER IN IPL HISTORY

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Have you seen a real life Superman ...??? Do you know about a man known as a six blocker..??? A man with 360ᐤ skills....??? A one hand Juggler...??? Can a six go out...???

YES, These all superheroes exist and can be seen in the world's most popular and most attended cricket league know as "Indian Premier League" (IPL).

As we all know that each player shells out his peak performance in IPL. This tournament produces World's best players. Most spectacular catches can be seen in IPL.

In a cricket match, fielder plays a major role for getting the victory. It's an old saying that "Get the catch and win the match".

In this article, we are going to present you some of the best catches in IPL history. We are sure that you will get amazed while watching them.

1. The Superman :Virat Kohli

During a match in IPL 2018,Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Virat Kohli showed his superman skills by taking the catch of Dinesh Karthik.

Pic Courstey: Gulf News

When DK hits the shot over the bowler's head, Virat Kohli nicely dives under the ball and took this epic catch.

Dinesh Karthik was on fire, he scored 23 runs in just 9 balls and was leading his team towards victory but this catch taken by Virat Kohli stopped him from scoring the winning run.

2. Pollard: The Six Blocker

This match was played between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2014, when Harbhajan Singh bowl to Kevon Cooper and Kieron Pollard took this wonderful catch.

While K. Cooper was on strike, he attempted for a six but Pollard, the six blocker, uses the benefit of his height and was able to manage the ball from outside of the boundary.

The target set by Mumbai Indians was 178 but Rajasthan Royals can only reach upto 153 runs. This catch by Pollard made this victory more easy.

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Cricket in Olympics and Asian Games

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3. ABD or Mccullum ? Who's Catch Was It ?

The ball was in the air and the two fielders AB De Villiers and Brendon Mccullum both were trying to catch it. A misunderstanding could be created at this situation and the ball might drop. But, because of the presence of mind of ABD, he was able to catch the ball.



This match was played by RCB against KKR in IPL 2018, and inspite of this marvellous catch, RCB was not able to achieve the victory.

4. Six Goes Out

While a match was going on between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2015, a magnificent relay catch was taken by the two players of RR, Tim Southee and Karun Nair.

During this match, When George Bailey hits a long shot, everyone expected it to be a six, but at the boundary line, Tim Southee with his efficient fielding skills made the ball to fall inside the boundary and Karun Nair was able to catch it. This made it a stupendous catch.

Through this tremendous effort RR was able to won the match easily.

5. T. Boult: A One Handed Juggler

This was one of the most unpredicted and the best catch of all IPL seasons. This match was played between RCB and DD in Vivo IPL 2018. DD set a target of 175 for the RCB.

Virat Kohli flicked the ball towards the boundary for a six, but T.Boult showed his superb, tremendous and one handed magical skill to convert this into a catch.

The partnership of Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers was leading their team to victory but this catch created a hope for the opponenet team (DD) to turn the face of the match.

But besides this great effort of Boult, DD lost the match.

So, These are some of the best catches of the IPL, which were taken by the World's best fielders.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

CRICKET IN OLYMPICS AND ASIAN GAMES : IS THAT POSSIBLE ??

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Can cricket be included in Olympics and Asian games...have you ever thought of it ??? Do you know the reasons why,cricket has not been involved in the Olympics yet ??? Is that possible Cricket can be comprehended in these global championships ???

Cricket match_cricket_in_Olympics_and_Asian _games

What do you think about all the above questions..........

So, here in this article we are going to discuss all these questions and try to reach to a peculiar conclusion.

Cricket is the second most popular sport after Football in the world. It is spread and played globally in approximately 30-35 countries. As well as, In Asian countries,Cricket is played in almost every corner. This game comprise of roundabout 2.5 million viewers all over the world.

Cricket in Asian Games

Cricket has been included in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou in 2010 and also in 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon in South Korea.

16th Asian Games 2010 : In the Asian Games 2010, Cricket was played by Pakistan,Afghanistan ,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan in the final event to win the gold medal while the latter won the silver. The bronze went to Pakistan after they beat Sri Lanka in the third-place match.

Asian Games 2014 : In these Asian Games Cricket was played in T-20 format. And, several asians countries took part in it.

In the men's event, Sri Lanka won the Gold medal by defeating Afghanistan while Afghanistan won the Silver medal. Bangladesh won the Bronze medal by defeating Hong Kong in the play-off for third place.

In the women's event, Pakistan won the Gold medal by defeating Bangladesh by 4 runs in a rain-reduced match while Bangladesh won the Silver medal. Sri Lanka won the Bronze medal by defeating China in the play-off for third place.

Olympic athletes_cricket_in_Olympics_and_Asian_games

But, this attempt of involving cricket in the Asian games didn't succeed because of financial downfall for the organisers. The cricket board of India and Pakistan didn't assure to make their team participate in these games.

Although, Pakistan was agreed to send their women's cricket team but India wasn't interested in sending their both men and women's teams in these games.

So, due to this organisers of Asian games have to suffer a huge financial loss and they were desperate to remove cricket from the Asian Games.

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Cricket In Olympics

Olympics was found by Baron Pierre de coubertin. It is a international sporting arena where almost every summer and winter sport is being played by more than 200 nations worldwide.

Cricket had been introduced in the Olympics in the year 1900, and was played by four teams: Great Britain,Netherlands,Belgium and France. The only match of the tournament was played between Great Britain and France and Great Britain won that match by 158 runs.

Olympic logo_cricket_in_Asian_games and_Olympic

But, This attempt to introduce Cricket in the Oympics got failed due to several reasons. Some of them are as follows:

Long Time Span : As we all know that even the shortest format of the Cricket (T-20) take atleast three-four hours. And if two groups containing atleast 13-14 teams plays, then it would take a minimum of 100 hours.

Since, Olympics are played for about Fifteen -Eighteen days and it's a very short time period for organising many sports. So, It is not a good idea to include cricket in Olympics as it is a time consuming sport.

Not a Global Game : Cricket has an audience of about more than 1 million people across the world and is most popular sport after Football. But, it doesn't makes Cricket a global game. Only a handful of nations play cricket. Most of the countries lacks interest in cricket. This is the major reason for cricket not to be included in the Olympics yet.

Higher Commodities Cost and Co-ordination : Cricket requires a considerable preparation of the field (called pitch). For this, a huge amount of goods and articles are required which demands an enormous cost. It is very difficult for the non cricket playing nations to generate interest for such a game which is watched only in few countries.

Financial Downfall : In every sport TV viewership plays a major role in making profit. Since, cricket is only watched in few countries so, it's viewership is not much. Due to this organisers of Olympic have to face a massive financial loss.

And moreover, the profit which is earned in cricket all goes to the International Olympic Committee only rather than ICC,which organises cricket tournament.

Not relevant to Olympic Motto : The motto of Olympic is "Faster,Higher and Stronger" but cricket can be described as "Longer,Savvier and More Consistent". Olympic include sports that shows athlete's speed, endurance, stamina, strength and flexibility but cricket requires accuracy, timing, consistency and decision making, which is not best suited for the motto of Olympics.

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These were some reasons because of which cricket is not comprised in Olympics.

So, from the above discussion we can conclude that there are not much benefits of involving cricket in Olympics and Asian Games. It is not a good news for cricket fans that their favourite sport is not a part of these global events.

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Sunday, August 19, 2018

TOP 5 SECRETS OF INDIAN CRICKET: UNREVEALED

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Pic Courstey:A Better Interview

May be you are a biggest fan of Indian cricket and you are thinking that you know everything about Indian cricketers..... then...You may be wrong..... because in this article we are going to prove it......

In India Cricket is not just a game, It's a religion. And Indian cricket fans are always eager to know more and more about their favourite players. They not only want to know about their performance in the ground as well as their lifestyle, off field behaviour and their personal life. Every cricket fan wants to know what happens in the dressing room after and before a match.

We know only, up to what, we see on the ground, but, it is not so. Because, cricketers do not share their personal life experiences publicly. And whenever these type of questions are raised by the media, they keep their mouth shut.

In the history of Indian cricket there are some Deep secrets about the Indian players that we are sure you don't know and now here we are disclosing some of them for you

Tendulkar's Underwear Mystery

This incident took place, in the World Cup 2003 which was played on the ground of wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa. When Super six phase was going on and India was playing against Sri Lanka, there was a player who was suffering from bad stomach and dehydration. And this player was the backbone of the team at that time, he was Sachin Tendulkar.

In this match, of the world cup Sachin was suffering from diarrhoea and dehydration. He had to use tissue papers inside his underwear during the play.Even after such a worst condition he scored 97 runs in 120 balls and this was the need of the team in that match. Through this wonderful inning of Tendulkar India was able to make an appreciable total and also India defeated Sri Lanka by 183 runs.

Pic Courstey:ESPN Cricinfo

Sachin had also mentioned the above incident in his autobiography "Playing It My Way", and it goes like this:

"I also added a teaspoon of salt to the energy drinks, thinking it would help the recovery, and that caused a tummy upset. In fact, the situation was so bad that I had to bat with tissues inside my underwear. I even had to go back to the dressing room during one of the drinks breaks and was feeling extremely uncomfortable in the middle."

He also added:
I somehow scored 97, but batting with stomach cramps wasn't a pleasant experience. I was pushing myself to the limits of endurance and in the end I was glad that the effort paid off."

Shahid Afridi used Magic Bat

Almost every cricket fan knows that Shahid Afridi made a world record by hitting the fastest ODI century in just 37 balls in his debut match for Pakistan team agint Sri Lanka at Nairobi in 1996. He hit 11 sixes and 6 fours in that record inning.

But, we are sure that you may not know, he used Sachin's Bat for hitting this knock.

Yes, you read it right, it was Sachin Tendulkar's bat.

Sachin Tendulkar also known as the "God of Cricket", gave his bat to the former Pakistan captain Wakar Younis and asked him to make similar type of bats from Sialkot city of Pakistan. Wakar Younis gave Sachin's Bat to Shahid Afridi for his debut match against Sri Lanka and with this bat he made a world record.

Afridi once proclaimed of this incident in one of his interview, and here is the video of that interview:

Shahid Afirdi says made Fastest 100 Record by SACHIN TENDULKAR Bat
Shahid Afirdi says made Fastest 100 Record by SACHIN TENDULKAR Bat

Azharuddin's Raised Collar and White Helmet

Mohammed Azharrudin was one of the most successful former test captain of Indian cricket team. He was also stuck in the charge of match fixing and got banned by BCCI, Since,the decision was lifted by Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2012 that there was no clear evidence found against the former test captain.

Due to some neck skin problem on exposure to sun Azharuddin used to raise his collar for protection and afterwards he was habitual of it.

He admitted this fact on 104 FM channel. His actual declaration was:

"While fielding at point, I used to have problems in my neck skin because of the exposure to the sun. Hence, I decided to raise my collar as protection and it became a habit."

Pic Courstey:HuffPost India

Azharuddin also used to wear a white helmet in his every match because he wore white helmet in test matches and there was no compulsion of wearing blue helmet in other matches, so, he always used to wear white helmet in every match during his play.

"I had a liking for white helmet since we used it a lot during playing Tests. And since there was no compulsion of using a blue helmet, I played with a white one," he said.

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Kapil Dev Cried like a Baby

During an interview in the show 'Hardtalk India' taken by Karan Thapar, the former Indian captain Kapil Dev started crying. Because, he was alligated for the charge of making money through match fixing.

In a match, in Sri Lanka, in 1994, his on field strike partner Manoj Prabhakar revealed that Kapil Dev had offered him to underperform in the match for 25 lacs.

While the interviewer was asking questions regarding this matter, Kapil Dev wasn't able to control his emotions and started crying like a baby. Kapil Dev mentioned that he would rather commit suicide instead of giving bribe.

Now, here is the whole interview of that day:

"Take all my money, I don't want it. I come from a family where pride is the most important thing."he said.

Underworld Don in The Indian Dressing Room

According to the Dilip Vengsarkar ,former Indian captain, Dawood Ibrahim entered the dressing room of Indian Cricketers and announced to gift each player a car, if they beat Pakistan in the Sharjah Cup in 1987.

Pic Courstey:topyaps.com

Vengsarkar at a function in Jalgaon stated that, Kapil Dev was not in the dressing room when Dawood came, as he was out for a pres conference. Since, no one recognised Dawood so, actor Mahmood introduce him as a big buisinessman.

So, these are the top 5 secrets of Indian Cricketers that you should know as a cricket fan.

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

ASIA CUP : 2018

History of Asia Cup :

Asia Cup 2018:

Asia Cup 2018: Teams And Format

Asia Cup 2018: Match Schedule

Asia Cup 2018: Most Awaited Match

Monday, September 3, 2018

BEST CATCHES EVER IN IPL HISTORY

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

CRICKET IN OLYMPICS AND ASIAN GAMES : IS THAT POSSIBLE ??

Cricket in Asian Games

Cricket In Olympics

Long Time Span : As we all know that even the shortest format of the Cricket (T-20) take atleast three-four hours. And if two groups containing atleast 13-14 teams plays, then it would take a minimum of 100 hours.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

TOP 5 SECRETS OF INDIAN CRICKET: UNREVEALED

Tendulkar's Underwear Mystery

Shahid Afridi used Magic Bat

Shahid Afirdi says made Fastest 100 Record by SACHIN TENDULKAR Bat

Azharuddin's Raised Collar and White Helmet

Kapil Dev Cried like a Baby

Underworld Don in The Indian Dressing Room

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