It's In TeH GaMe !!!

It doesn't happen every day or even every year. First it were the Hussey brothers who batted the Aussies to equalize the equation against the New Zealand setting up a thrilling decider on Friday the 13th. But in my opinion the better ones were the Pathan Brothers who not only saved India from the blushes but also showed why India is one of the best teams in this Twenty20 format.

It wasn't one of the greatest starts for India during bowling to their opposition as well.Irfan Pathan dropped a sitter that was offered by Dilshan when he was yet to open his account. Later Ishant Sharma caught Jayasuriya one handed of Irfan Pathan. He was on a onslaught and he not got out at that time of the game, Sri Lanka could have posted a massive total of over 200 runs. Finally when he got out, things slowed down for Sri Lanka. They ended posting a good total of 171 runs.

During the start of Indian innings when Sehwag and Gambhir got out early, it seemed all over for India. I switched off my T.V. for 10-20 minutes and just to check the position of the game, I started watching the game in Live Simulation on this blog. Yuvraj and Raina shared a partnership of 67 runs between themselves before both of them fell in quick succession. Wickets continued to fall in regular intervals and India were reduced to 116-7 before the Pathan Bros started their onslaught.

Hats off to all four of them (both the Hussey Bros and Pathan Bros) !

Twenty is really the most unpredictable format of the game.

By the way luck is really shinning on Dhoni. Even the tosses go his way and even if they don't, then there are his opposition captains that make a decision favoring Dhoni !

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All Murali needs is to take 3 wickets in the upcoming ODI series against India to achieve another milestone - highest wicket taker in One Day Internationals, taking over Wasim Akram's tally of 502 wickets.

I would certainly not like him to take these 3 wickets against India. But there are five games to be played and in my opinion a class bowler like Murali would easily achieve it in this series itself, no matter how good the opposition is against spin.

The series kicks off tomorrow in Dambulla. The favourites seems to be India taking their 5-0 series win against England last year. They would like to continue their good run while the struggling Lankans would be looking for revenge since their loss to Indians last year when they lost it 3-2.

Players to watch out for - Virender Sehwag(India), Muralitharan and Ajanta Mendis(Sri Lanka).

Anyway, I would like to wish Muralitharan the very best for his upcoming record ( if it does happen!).

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Australian opener Matthew Hayden has been left out of the 13-man squad for the upcoming ODI and T20 series against South Africa following his poor run.

National Selection Panel Chairman Andrew Hilditch made it clear that the teams were chosen with an eye on the Twenty20 World Cup later this year and 2011 ODI World Cup and also hinting he could not see Hayden playing a role in the two major events.

Though Hilditch also said that Hayden's omission is not because of his recent performances but rather a strategic decision made by the National Selection Panel as planned for these signature events.

I feel this is perhaps the correct decision for now, as in my opinion, Hayden needs a break before he can make a comeback.


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