24 th February 2010 will be a memorable day for  all Cricket Lovers  especially  Sachin Tendulkar’s  Fans   and   So specially  Indians,  As   Our  The Master Blaster  Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar   Knocked  200 RUNS  in   ODI   against   South Africa  at  Gwalior.

Sachin  is  the First  Person  on  EARTH  to Knock  200 Runs  in ODI  …

Master Blaster Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

How privileged have we all been to have witnessed one of the best innings in an ODI from ‘The Master’, who is the 1st person on the planet to score a double hundred in an ODI.

At 36, he had become the first man to conjure a double hundred in One-Day Internationals.

The maestro’s unbeaten 200 was an epic effort of focus, flair and dare. His passion for the golden Indian crest undiminished, the little big man oozed character after India elected to bat and ran up a mammoth 401 for three — its highest score against South Africa — on a belter at the Roop Singh Stadium.

In the process, he delighted with bold brush strokes of genius on the canvas; the colours celebrated batsmanship. He still is an explosive athlete; he still has the eye of the tiger.

Man-of-the-Match Tendulkar’s spirit-lifting effort proved a match-winning one. South Africa wilted under the pressure of a big chase to go down by 153 runs. With a match remaining, India has taken a winning 2-0 lead in the series.

Sachin’s innings was a masterclass. He played some beautiful shots, ran well between the wickets, found the gaps with ease in an innings that was laced with 25 fours and 3 sixes in  147 Balls. He cramped up towards the end but didn’t give up. An almost flawless innings this. Make sure you catch the highlights if you’ve missed this innings.

From the Heart  of 100 Crores People of  India  and  all  of  Cricket Fans  and  Most Importantly   Fans  of    “SIR  Sachin  Ramesh  Tendulkar’s “ We   wish    Small Congratulations to  the  Legend.

Jai  Hooo  !!      and  Lage Rahooo  !!!

Here is the  Sachin Tendulkar’s  Wagon Wheel  of  Mighty  200 Runs  in 147 Balls.

sachin-wagon-weel-of-200-runs

Here is the Breath taking 1min video while He was about to score 1 run for his Unbeaten 200 RUNS. His monumental double century (200, 147b, 25×4, 3×6) was his 46th ODI century. His incredible journey of blood, sweat and conquests continues.

Happy Rampaul with Career Best 4/37 in 2nd ODI

Kingston, June 28 2009   After two days,  Its  now  west indies  turn  on  Second Oneday International,  West Indies  Bowlers  Rocked at  2nd game.

India’s poor batting display in their eight-wicket defeat in the second ODI in Kingston owed to a misjudgment on the part of their batsmen about the pitch, Indian Captain MS Dhoni has said.

Dhoni played a captain’s innings of 95 runs, which rescued his team from a hopeless situation at 82 for 8, but proved woefully inadequate in the face of an attacking opening stand of 101 led by West Indies captain Chris Gayle.

Dhoni was involved in a 101-run stand for the ninth wicket with RP Singh, who chipped in with a valuable 23. It was the fifth instance of a ninth-wicket pair putting on a century-partnership, and it saved India’s blushes after they were in danger of being bowled out for under three figures.

For West Indies its Ravi Rampaul  who blown away  Indian Top Order and Middle order  and  took  career  Best  4 wickets for 37 runs .

Indian Batsmen  got into trouble in the very second over when  Ravi Rampaul  took  Wickets or   Gautam Gambhir and Rohit sharma  in  Three deliveries.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle was full of praise for the fast-bowling duo of Rampaul and Jerome Taylor, who set the stage for the series-levelling win.

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It ended dramatically at Sabina Park, with tension contorting the faces of anxious fans, both Indian and West Indian, as the hosts pursued India’s massive total of 339 with tenacity. West Indies chased valiantly and stayed in the game throughout despite the regular fall of wickets but, in the end, their challenge lacked an innings combining aggression with longevity, two qualities that Yuvraj Singh blended perfectly during his match-winning 131 off 102 balls.

India were succumbing to their bugbear, having lost early wickets to the short ball, when Yuvraj joined Dinesh Karthik to rebuild the innings from 32 for 2. His approach made up for the absence of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina and allayed fears of weakness in the batting order. Yuvraj revived the Indian innings by adding 135 with Karthik for the third wicket, a partnership that laid the platform for only the second ODI total in excess of 300 in Jamaica.

That two out of the three 300-plus scores at Sabina Park were made in this match despite a slow pitch and outfield spoke volumes about the mediocrity of the bowling attacks. West Indies’ bowling disintegrated after Jerome Taylor’s opening spell, losing discipline in line and length as they fed the Indian batsmen a diet of short or full balls. They conceded 22 runs in extras, and bowled three front-foot no-balls resulting in free hits, largesse they could ill afford. India’s bowlers were worse, conceding 19 runs through wides, and bowling two no-balls: Chris Gayle deposited one of the free-hits over the long-on boundary. That they defended the target by 20 runs, was more due to the size of the total they were protecting and the West Indies’ batsmen’s ill-timed dismissals each time they got on a roll.

India seemed unlikely, however, to reach such a large total on evidence of how they batted at the start. Taylor hurried the batsmen with pace and beat them with seam movement during his first spell. He unsettled Gautam Gambhir with a 92mph delivery from round the wicket that hurried the left-hander, whose feeble attempt to hook landed in Dwayne Bravo’s hands at midwicket. Unfortunately for West Indies, the pressure Taylor created dissipated because there was none forthcoming from the other end with Lionel Baker, Dwayne Bravo and David Bernard unable to bowl economically for a sustained period.

Even the batsmen who revived India survived nervous starts: Karthik was cut in half by Baker while Yuvraj was constantly beaten by short-of-length deliveries which seamed across him. The moment the length was full, though, the batsmen took advantage: Karthik drove Dwayne Bravo to the extra-cover boundary and Yuvraj was able to put away Baker’s full offering to the point fence.

After growing in confidence, Karthik added Twenty20 flavour to the sedate pace of 50-over cricket, reaching his half-century with a scoop that carried for six over fine leg against Bernard. He tried it again, on 67, but this time he was undone by Bernard’s slower ball and scooped a catch to the wicketkeeper.

Yuvraj, however, stayed firm and the momentum swung towards India in two phases, the first of which was when the spinners came on after the 20th over. He attacked Suleimann Benn and Gayle, pulling and slog-sweeping thrice over the midwicket boundary and India, largely through Yuvraj scored 70 runs between overs 20 and 27.

The second period of acceleration was during the batting Powerplay, taken in the 34th over. India began the five-over spell on 191 for 3 and Yuvraj set the tone by carving Baker to the cover boundary off the second ball before launching sixes over cover and midwicket to take 16 runs off the over.

Gayle turned to his best bowler but Yuvraj tore into Taylor’s second spell, flicking him twice off the pads for four, and hitting him for sixes over cover, midwicket and long-on. MS Dhoni also went after him, shoveling a six down the ground. Taylor’s two-over spell cost 37 runs and India scored 62 off the Powerplay. Taylor never recovered from the onslaught and finished with 1 for 74 after conceding only 16 off his first five overs.

West Indies appeared hapless against Yuvraj until Dwayne Bravo found the edge of his bat as he tried to glance towards fine leg. Bravo raised hopes of a fightback by dismissing Ravindra Jadeja first ball but useful innings from Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan steered India past 300, and a six from Harbhajan Singh off the last ball took them to 339.

Chasing 340 needed something special from Gayle and he began to deliver, muscling his way to 37 before top-edging a pull off Ashish Nehra to mid-on. Morton attempted to fill the void left by his opening partner and stepped up after his departure, steering West Indies to 70 for 1 after ten overs before he was unlucky to be given out caught down the leg side for 42. Despite the loss of both set batsmen, Ramnaresh Sarwan ensured West Indies kept abreast with the asking-rate, using his feet nimbly against the spinners to clear the boundary. In fact, Sarwan had just lofted Yuvraj for the most languid of straight sixes when he was run out for 45 the next ball while attempting an unnecessary second run.

It was now down to Shivnarine Chanderpaul and he too stepped up to ensure the equation didn’t get out of hand, carting Yuvraj for consecutive sixes and reaching his half-century with two whips to the fine-leg boundary off Ishant Sharma. However, Chanderpaul also fell immediately after hitting a six: he had smacked Yusuf Pathan over the square-leg boundary and was caught repeating the shot the very next ball. Chanderpaul’s dismissal for 63 was a crippling blow and appeared to be the end of West Indies chances but they fought on determinedly. Denesh Ramdin threw his bat around, so did Jerome Taylor and David Bernard, fraying India’s nerves to the limit. They couldn’t quite complete what would have been an astonishing win, though, for they needed one of their more accomplished top-order batsmen to stay to stay a little longer.

Team India dont wants to repeat the  ICC worldcup Twenty20 Situation once again, Today Team India Looked very sportive and very enthu in the Net Practice Session.  Hope Best for  Team India for  the First One Day Cricket Match with West Indies

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