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a href=”http://media.photobucket.com/image/sangakarra/suhailchandhok/Suhail Cricket/India_vs_SriLanka032.jpg” target=”_blank”>Pakistan are still the favorites for the ICC Twenty20 cricket World cup finals but Sangakarra ’s cameo gives the Sri Lankan bowlers some target to bowl at.The Sri Lankan cricket team ’s batsmen have struggled and with the score reading 30/3 off 5 overs,there really seemed to be no hope for the Sri Lankan cricket team, but Sangakarra ’s beautifully paced knock of 76 gives the Sri Lankan cricket team at least a fighting chance against the Pakistan cricket team in the ICC Twenty20 cricket finals

Sangakarra’s innings in the Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan ICC Twenty20 cricket World cup finals was beautifully paced

Sangakarra played an effortless innings under pressure after the Pakistan bowlers had the Sri Lankan batsman on the floor and ready for a knockout at 30/3. due toe Razzaq incredible spell of slow medium pace.Sangakarra played perfect cricketing shots as the Sri Lankan cricket team crawled their way back into the match due to Sangakarra’s heroics and got to 138 runs off 20 overs

Sangakarra was ably supported by Mathews, as the Sri Lankan cricket team’s rearguard action saw them get a reasonable,if not respectable score in the ICC World cup Twenty20 finals against Pakistan

Mathews , the hero of the Sri Lankan cricket team in the ICC Twenty20 World cup semifinals against the West Indies cricket team,demonstrated that he is no novice with the bat, as he smashed 35 runs off 23 balls and got over 30 runs off the last 2 overs

An exciting end to the Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan Twenty20 World cup cricket finals is in store, as Sri Lanka will hope that Lasith Malinga comes to the party

India vs WI World cup T20 Final Scorecard : India 153/7 off 20 overs (Yuvraj 67 off 43, Bravo 4/38) West Indies 156/3 (Bravo 66 of 36)
Dwayne Bravo was a key player of the Mumbai Indians IPL T20 cricket team and that Twenty20 cricket experience has made Dwayne Bravo an incredible T20 player. The Indian cricket team had a taste of Bravo ’s capability as he rocked the Indian team with a wonderful all round performance

Dwayne Bravo took 4 wickets as India started poorly in the World cup T20 vs the West Indies cricket team

The Indian cricket team was 30/3 off 5 overs due to some great bowling by Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards as Gambhir,Raina and Rohit Sharma were out within the first five overs. You could almost say that this World cup Twenty20 cricket match was decided before the end of the fifth over

Dhoni and Yuvraj then steadied the Indian batting order but Dhoni was really too defensive (Yeah : I am speaking about Dhoni , Mahi, the Indian cricket captain)

Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan took the Indian cricket team to a respectable total in the T20 cricket match vs the West Indies but Bravo had other ideas

Yuvraj Singh hit an incredible flicked six off a yorker in the blockhole that again underscored Yuvraj Singh’s amazing talent as Yuvraj made 66 runs off just 43 balls. Yusuf Pathan also demonstrated his talent as he made a wonderful cameo of 32 runs, and again showed that Dhoni and the Indian cricket team are underutilizing Yusuf Pathan’s match winning abilities

Dwayne Bravo’s aggression made the Indian cricket team’s score of 153 runs seem woeful, as the West Indies batsmen ensured an easy win in this India Vs West Indies World cup Twenty20 cricket match

The Indian bowlers did a great job by getting Gayle and Fletcher out early. Dhoni also rotated the Indian bowlers well as the West Indies lost their match winner Gayle to Yusuf Pathan

But the Indian cricket think tank’s strategy of using slower bowlers backfired as Dwayne Bravoa and Lendl Simmons turned out to be fantastic players of spin bowling and took the West Indies cricket team to an easy win by smashing the spinners at ease to the boundary

A good outing for Bravo and the West Indies in this World cup Twenty20 Super Eights cricket match as the Indian cricket team will look to reassess their batting line up for the forthcoming matches

Many more Twenty20 cricket matches in this cricket T20 world cup, and the Indian cricket team still have a chance, but this defeat against West Indies was definitely a rude awakening for the Dhoni ’s Indian cricket team. The West Indies cricket team however would now fancy their chances of winning the Twenty20 cricket World cup

Pragyan Ojha would hardly have expected to be a hero in the Indian cricket team’s first Twenty20 World cup 2009 encounter vs Bangladesh after Yuvraj Singh ’s heroics (41 off 18 balls) saw India make 180 runs off 20 overs. But Pragyan Ojha’s spell of four wickets was key to India winning the Twenty20 World cup cricket match vs Bangladesh

But, the Bangladesh openers , Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddiqui had other ideas as the Bangladesh cricket team slogged their way to almost 50 runs off just 5 overs

A desperate Dhoni turned to Pragyan Ojha at such a crucial stage in the India Vs Bangladesh World cup Twenty20 cricket match and Ojha justified Dhoni’s confidence

Pragyan Ojha took 2 wickets off his first over and four wickets overall, and the Bangladesh challenge , especially from Junaid Siddiqui was nullified

Pragyan Ojha is in the Bishen Bedi mode, and loves to flight the ball even in a Twenty20 World cup cricket match

Pragyan Ojha is no pusher like Yusuf Pathan, or a slinger like Yuvraj Singh but a genuine slow left arm orthodox spinner in the Bishen Bedi even in crucial Twenty20 World cup cricket matches. Even Harbhajan Singh almost resorts to bowling medium pace, but Pragyan Ojha bowls traditional left arm spin and was able to get the ball to grip,bounce and spin even on the placid Trent Bridge pitch

A bigger challenge awaits Pragyan Ojha against better teams in the Twenty20 cricket World cup

Of course, Pragyan Ojha is the man of the match in the India Vs Bangladesh cricket match with four wickets, but bigger challenges await him in subsequent Indian cricket team matches of Twenty20 cricket cup. Seeing Pragyan Ojha ’s talents, teams such as Australia will look to target him and not let him settle to a proper line and length.

Pragyan Ojha needs consistent success against top class cricket teams in the Twenty20 cricket world cup to cement his place in the competitive Indian cricket team

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his Indian cricket team were amazed by the spontaneous reception by the Mumbai citizens to celebrate the Indian cricket team’s victory in the Twenty20 cricket World cup.

As Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the Indian cricket team himself mentioned-Mumbai is a city that never stops and for Mumbai to be put to a halt by its citizens to celebrate the Indian cricket team’s Twenty20 World cup cricket victory was amazing.

Everything about the Indian cricket team was organized well and the Twenty20 cricket World cup winning cricket team did not mind being drenched in the Mumbai rain, since almost the entire Mumbai city had come to felicitate the Twenty20 World cup winning Indian cricket team

Truly a great reception for the Twenty20 cricket World cup winning Indian cricket team,but lets just hope that Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men do not flatter for a single tournament to deceive the Indian cricket loving public

Is Harbhajan Singh the best Indian spinner for Twenty20 cricket internationals?

Harbhajan Singh had a great outing in the Twenty20 cricket World cup. But, one wonders whether Harbhajan Singh is the best spinner the Indian cricket team has for Twenty20 cricket matches

The alternatives to Harbhajan Singh that come to our mind include Piyush Chawla and Ramesh Powar

While Harbhajan Singh grabbed his chances,Piyush Chawla was unlucky to miss out on the Twenty20 cricket World cup

Piyush Chawla was really unlucky to miss out on the Twenty20 cricket World cup.Piyush Chawla is of course a really good spin bowler as he proved in the England cricket tour.

The good thing about Piyush Chawla is that compared to Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla is the better batsman.Piyush Chawla could have come up with a few good knocks in the Twenty20 cricket World cup, as Harbhajan failed to impress in the few chances that he got to bat in the Twenty20 cricket World cup

Ramesh Powar is probably still a better spinner than Harbhajan Singh,but his fielding rules him out

Ramesh Powar is a more genuine off spinner than Harbhajan Singh and has proved time and again, that he is probably the best off spinner that the Indian cricket team has produced for a very long time

However, Ramesh Powar’s fielding could be a very big liability for the Indian cricket team in Twenty20 cricket matches and that rules Ramesh Pawar out of the Indian Twenty20 cricket team

In summary,Harbhajan Singh is probably Indian cricket’s best option for Twenty20 cricket but Piyush Chawla could run him close in the future

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has matured quickly as India’s cricket captain in the Twenty20 cricket World cip

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a unique and one of a kind captain for India’s cricket team in the Twenty20 cricket World cup

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s best characteristic is his infectious smile and positive attitude which was evident to everyone in this Twenty20 cricket World cup

MS Dhoni has showed that a captain in a Twenty20 international cricket match need not be flamboyant, aggressive or abusive. Dhoni’s brand of captaincy in the Twenty20 cricket World cup involves inspiring his fellow team-mates by a casual smile and asking his Indian cricket team’s teammates to “enjoy themselves”

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is probably the only Twenty20 cricket World cup’s captain who does not believe in sledging

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s personality and leadership qualities in the Twenty20 cricket World cup are exemplified in his belief in the dignity of cricket.

Dhoni made it clear that he personally did not approve of sledging or chit-chat in any international cricket match, be it Twenty20 cricket or one day international cricket or test match cricket

Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not mind the sledging by the opposition in the Twenty20 cricket World cup and responds by just smiling his enigmatic smile

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s only rebuke was restricted to Sreesanth’s antics and immature behaviour. Incredibly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s only rebuke to his teammates was restricted to Sreesanth’s vociferous appealing and generally immature behaviour on the cricket field

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy in the Twenty20 cricket World cup is in sharp contrast to the “schoolboyish” captaincy of Graeme Smith

Graeme Smith, the captain of the South Africa cricket team, has often been commented upon for his schoolboyish style of captaincy, with an aggressive bias

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy style in the Twenty20 cricket World cup has been refreshingly different, with just an exhortion to his Indian cricket teammates to “enjoy themselves” during the cricket match

Is Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy style suited to Twenty20 cricket and other forms of cricket, or is Graeme Smith’s style better? Only time will tell!

Rohit Sharma did a great job for Indian cricket in the Twenty20 cricket World cup.
Could Rohit Sharma be the next Sachin Tendulkar for the Indian cricket team?

Rohit Sharma had some great performances in the Indian team’s Twenty20 cricket World cup matches against South Africa and Pakistan

Rohit Sharma played a memorable knock of fifty runs under pressure against the South African cricket team in the Twenty20 cricekt World cup
The Indian cricket team was under pressure in the Twenty20 cricket internatioanal against South Africa, and Rohit Sharma
displayed a sense of responsibility that belied his age to score an important 50 runs and help the Indian cricket
team qualify for the Twenty20 cricket World cup semifinals

Rohit Sharma once again played a classy innings against the Pakistan cricket team in the Twenty20 cricket World cup finals.
Rohit Sharma came in to bat when the Indian cricket team was struggling to get quick runs on board in the Twenty20 cricket World cup
finals and Rohit Sharma scored a quickfire 30 runs off 16 balls to help the Indian cricket team get to a respectable cricket score

Rohit Sharma seems a prospect for the Indian Twenty20 cricket team, the one day international cricket team
and even the test cricket team

Rohit Sharma is a good prospect for not only the Twenty20 cricket team but also the one day international
cricket team and also the test cricket team. Rohit Sharma played orthodox cricket even in the Twenty20 cricket World cup,
where the norm was on the unorthodox rather than a focus on playing in the “V” area.

Rohit Sharma, a star of the Twenty20 cricket World cup winning Indian cricket team has a long way to go
to be another Sachin Tendulkar

Rohit Sharma is another cricketer from Mumbai with great potential,but this young lad from Mumbai has shown tremendous
talent and also determination in the Twenty20 cricket World cup and could one day be the leading player
of the Indian cricket team

Maybe,Rohit Sharma can never be a Sachin Tendulkar, because people like Sachin Tendulkar come once in a generation but
Rohit Sharma can at least be a great batsman for the Indian cricket team>

Misbah-Ul-Haq is an incredible find for the Pakistan cricket team in the Twenty20 cricket World cup. The way Misbah has kept his cool in crunch situations throughout the cricket World cup has to be admired

Unfortunately for Misbah-Ul-Haq, one bad shot in the Twenty20 cricket World cup after a great display, has made him lose the Twenty20 cricket World cup for Pakistan

Misbah-Ul-Haq has a great future in the Pakistan cricket team and may be the Inzy of the future

Inzy was the perfect Pakistan batsman who always played well in crunch situations. Misbah-Ul-Haq seems destined to now play his part in the future of Pakistan cricket and Misbah has the cool head on his shoulders to ensure that he remains the mainstay of the Pakistan cricket team in the years to come

Misbah-Ul-Haq is a great for the Pakistan cricket team and of course,world cricket