ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011

Hi all,

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No prize for guessing.. World cup is the only reason why I am again to this place. Lots of things to say. About India and its chances this time, semifinal & final prediction etc etc. And I really miss my friends Vijeth, Karthik Shetty n others with whom I always had long discussion regarding any sports match during college time. (unfortunatle Man C lost against ManU - so not a right time to speak with Karthik Shetty for sure). No Internet , No TV, hardly I will get time to read news paper - well this time absolutely no idea where each team stands. But that doesnt stops me from predicting the ultimate winners. So without wasting further time and space, let me write what I think will going to happen this time.


This time we have 2 groups , each consisting 7 teams 4 of which will qualify for the next round i.e. Quarter final.

From Group-A , teams Kenya, Canada and Zimbabwe have no chances against Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
So only thing which matters is the order in which top 4 teams Qualify for next Round.

Sri Lanka will definatly have an edge over others as they will be host nations. So for me they will emerge as toppers from their group. Australia is still very strong. Pakistan recently defeated New Zealand in New Zealand. So order after the group matches according to me will be

1. Sri Lanka
2. Australia
3. Pakistan
4. New Zealand

Group-B is bit tricky compared to Group-A.

India is slow starter. South Africa always performs well in initial stages of ICC events. My strong feeling is Bangladesh have enough fire power to beat both England and West Indies at home. So England vs West Indies match in Chennai will be like pre Quarter final. Its a day and night match. So whoever bats 2nd will win the match. I will go for England as of now. So order after the group matches will be

1. South Africa
2. India
3. Bangladesh
4. England

Next will be Quarter Final Matches.

1st QF match - Sri Lanka vs England in Bangladesh - Sri Lanka for sure.
2nd QF match - Australia vs Bangladesh in Ahmedabad - Australia for sure.
3rd QF match - India vs Pakistan in Bangladesh ( that too on Friday)
- Pakistan never defeated India in World cup matches. I hope India doesn't lose this match. But I am not here to write what I want to see but to write what I feel going to happen. So Pakistan for me will be the winners as they play spinners very well and if you see recent history , no teams have won consecutive matches against each other. Last time India defeated Pakistan in Sri Lanka during Asia Cup Match. So this time it will be Pakistans turn to smile at the end of the match.

4th QF match - New Zealand Vs South Africa in Colombo.
- New Zealand will have chance if and only if they win toss. However I don't want to predict the Winner based on IFs n BUTs. South Africa will cross this hurdle and will make it to last 4.

So its Now time for High Profile Semi Final matches. People will definitely remembers world cup winners. Cricket lovers will remember other finalist too and only hard core cricket followers will remember semifinalists. So its time for all 4 teams to press the accelerator button and play as hard as they can. Greats of game will take their games to another level and senior players have to take more responsibility. The number and quality of match winners will decide which team wins. Not to forget all important D/L method and toss which are unfortunately meant to favour only one team .

1st Semi Final - Sri Lanka vs South Africa in Colombo
- yup. Venue tells all the story. It will Be Sri Lanka without any doubt. Feel sorry for South Africa but good thing is better team is in the Final.

2nd Semi final - Australia vs Pakistan in Chandigarh.
- Punjab usually favours seamers and both teams have good fast Bowling options. But here fitness of Tait, Akthar, Brett Lee will Come into Picture. Its Champion Australia vs Talented Pakistan. Experienced Aussies vs Youthful Pakistanis. Disciplined Australian team vs Unpredictable Pakistan team. Always tough to put your money against Australia specially in limited over matches Specially with the kind of players that they have in their rank. But my strong feeling is Quality Spin attack and finishers like Razzaq, U Akmal will allow Pak to take revenge against Australia for the T-20 semifinal defeat in Caribbean Land last year.

So this time it will be all Asian Final. Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan in Mumbai. Hard to choose one team and even harder is to defend my choice. I am going with Sri Lanka which means great end to Mutiah Muralitharans Career. Sri Lanka will be the 3rd team after West Indies and Australia to win more than one ICC ODI world Cup.


All my above predictions are only what I feel about teams before world Cup. In Reality I badly want India to win this world cup. My heart will always Support TEAM INDIA. Hope My predictions will go wrong and and if that happens I will be very happy for that. Hope we all Indians will be celebrating our victory after every India's match. Lets Cheer for Sachin. Cheer for Team India. I hope Team India will play like Champion Team and will win like Champions. East or west India is the Best:)

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Hi friends...One more week to go for 3rd edition of IPL N good news is its back in India...No place in world can match india when its comes to audience or crowds for cricket match in stadium...The whole buzz is unmatchable..
Here is RCB 23 men squad..
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Anil Kumle (capt), Jacques Kallis, Shrivats Goswami, Bhuvanesh Kumar, Eoin Morgan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Virat Kohli, Robin Uthappa, Dale Steyn, Cameron White, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, S Sriram, Manish Pandey, R Vinay Kumar, KP Appanna, B Akhil, Steven Smith, Praveen Kumar, Mark Boucher, Dillon du Preez, Ross Taylor, Roelof van der Merwe.

Good news for RCB and RCB fans is that all SA players are available from match no.1
So best possible RCB XI in my opinion is
01.J.Kallis
02.Robin Uthappa
03.Virat Kohli
04.Rahul Dravid
05.Manish Pandey
06.Eoin Morgan
07.Mark Boucher(wkt)
08.Roelof van der Merwe
09.Praveen Kumar
10.Vinay Kumar
11.Anil Kumle (capt)

Only problem with this team is lack of bowling option...Infact only 5 bowlers are there..next person who can take ball in his hand is Virat Kohli.....So guys plz be open to write comment regarding improving the team n to get better balance of bat and ball ...note that KP, C White n Ross Taylor are most likely not available for first match.

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Ashes

For any cricket lover,Ashes is definitely one of the much awaited bilateral cricket series for many reasons.some of them are
1)It is played between 2 big giants of world cricket England and Australia.
2)Because of its historical background.
3)The huge media coverage.
4)It is the only 5 test match series played between any 2 countries.
5)Sportive pitches.Most of the tests will produce results unlike India vs Pakistan which is played either in true batting tracks of Pak where most of the tests will end in draw or spin friendly Indian pitches where test will end in 3 days or 4th morning session .
6)Pace at Which both teams play.In most of the matches run rate will be around 3.5-4 which makes tests watchable even for every minute.
7)The quality of commentary.From Ian Chapel,Richie Benaud,M Slater to M Atherton,I Botham,N Hussain all are well known commentators who believe in qualitative commentary.
8)Absence of other sporting activities during Ashes.EPL Champions leagues are not started yet,no tennis grand slams,India or SA are not playing any matches for initial part of Ashes.no Olympics,no commonwealth games no IPL no FIFA WC no European cup.

10 reasons why i am not the topper of my college....!!!

10 reasons why I am not the topper of my college....!!!
1] I don't think being topper in our college is everything in life...!!
2] I believe in quality of study n not the quantity.
3] People will msg u regarding sub during exam n I don't have free msgs to reply for that(it costs 1ps per msg for me).
4] Even girls ll come and ll ask few doubts which ll distract me from studies...!!!
5] During internals,lecturer will correct ur paper first which i don't want...!!!!!!!
6] Lecturer will expect from u to answer any quest that they ask in class during teaching...!!
7] There is high risk of becoming the CR in case lecturer or principal decides to cancel the CR election!!!
8] I had to attend college day function to receive my prize for being topper n I don't want to waste time for that...!!!
9] I always ran out of points while writing exam n ll end up writing only 9 points where I had to write 10 points to get full marks...!!!!!!!!

1st day at office....!!!!!!!!

Hi friends......!!!! .......................................

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i think this much is enough for 1st day..njoy..c ya