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Cricket Rules Simplified: A Beginner's Guide to Mastering the Basics

When it comes to cricket, understanding the fundamental rules is essential for enjoying the game to its fullest. Whether you're a newcomer to the sport or a seasoned fan looking for a refresher, this guide will break down the basic rules of cricket in a clear and concise manner.

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Cricket Rules Simplified: A Beginner's Guide to Mastering the Basics

Cricket Rules 101: A Comprehensive Overview

1. Understanding the Playing Field:

In cricket, the field is not just a patch of grass. Learn about the pitch, the creases, and the boundary lines that shape the game.

2. The Essentials of Batting and Bowling:

Dive into the heart of the action by exploring the rules governing batting and bowling. From the stance to the delivery, we'll cover it all.

3. Scoring Runs:

Unravel the mystery behind scoring runs. Discover how singles, boundaries, and sixes contribute to a team's total and player statistics.

4. Fielding Tactics:

Fielding is more than just catching the ball. Explore the rules governing field placements, dismissals, and strategic plays.

5. Umpire Signals Decoded:

Ever wondered what those hand signals mean? We've got you covered. Learn the common umpire signals and their significance.

6. Cricketing Etiquette:

Cricket is a gentleman's game, and understanding the unwritten rules is crucial. Explore the etiquette and sportsmanship expected on the field.

7. Dealing with No-Balls and Wides:

No-balls and wides can be game-changers. Understand what constitutes them and how they impact the game.

8. Rain, Delays, and Duckworth-Lewis Method:

Weather playing spoilsport? Learn how rain affects cricket matches and the Duckworth-Lewis method for adjusting targets.

9. Reviewing Decisions:

Discover the role of technology in cricket as we delve into the Decision Review System (DRS) and its impact on match outcomes.

10. Cricket Jargon Demystified:

Don't get stumped by cricket jargon. This section will serve as your glossary for understanding the language of the game.

Conclusion:

Cricket may seem complex at first, but by grasping these basic rules, you'll be well on your way to enjoying the excitement of this dynamic sport. Whether you're gearing up to play or just settling in to watch a match, this guide is your key to unlocking the world of cricket. Happy playing!

Shane Watson Cricket Player Biography - Family, Batting Career, Records and Stats

Australian Cricket player Shane Watson is a former International Cricketer born to Bob and Barb Watson in Queensland Australia. His famous nickname as ‘Watto’ and he led the team as an Occasional Captain in all three formats.

Australia Cricket Player Shane Watson Biography:

Full Name	Shane Robert Watson
Nick Name	Watto and White Shark
Date Of Birth	17 June 1981
Age	40 Years
Birth Place	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Playing Role	Batting, All-rounder
Bowling Style	Right-arm-fast medium
Batting Style	Right-hand Batsman
Jersey Number	#33
Coach	Not Known
Religion	Christian
Marital Status	Married

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22nd match - Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2015, Live Preview

Match Timings:

Friday, April 24, 2015

Start time 2000 local (14:30 GMT)

WATCH LIVE PREVIEW : Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2015

Royal Challengers will bank on Starc to nip out the openers early & Yuzvendra Chahal's stifling spin to tie down the middle order. Chahal can also take the new ball as they showed against Tremendous Kings, dismissing Brendon McCullum cheaply. However, that has not masked the weakness of the assault with the likes of David Wiese & Varun Aaron, who was tipped to lead the bowling early season but later dropped, proving pricey. To compound their woes, Adam Milne has been ruled out of the match. With the exception of Nic Maddinson, Royal Challengers have tried out all their overaseas players & even left out Chris Gayle in their earlier game, against Chennai Tremendous Kings. They require to quickly identify a settled combination in the event that they are to revive their campaign.

Rajasthan Royals' five-match winning streak was broken by Kings XI Punjab in a Super-Over finish, but there is no denying that Royals are of the more stable teams this season. of the top ten economy rates belong to Royals, Ajinkya Rahane is quick enhancing his T20 credentials with successive forty-plus scores, including successive fifties, & the return of Shane Watson has added more firepower to their batting. Deepak Hooda & Steven Smith have pitched in with nice contributions, but much of it's been built on a powerful platform laid by the top order.

Rajasthan Royals:

Batsman Like Ajinkya Rahane, Brad Hodge, Shane Watson, Steve Smith, Sanju Samson And Karun Nair Are Some Gem in Batting LineUp. Abhishek Nayar, Stuart Binny, Kevon Kooper And James Faulkner Are All Rounders In Team. Pravin Tambe And Rahul Tewatia In Spin Attack And Ben Cutting, Dhawal Kulkarni, Kane Richardson, Tim Southee In Bowling Line Up. While, This Is In Team Habits To Give Diamonds In International Cricketing World.

Pakistan v Zimbabwe Match 23, Pool B - ICC WORLD CUP 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup, 23rd Match, Pool B: Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Brisbane, Mar 1, 2015

Pakistan won by 20 runs

ICC WORLD CUP 2015 : Pakistan Team they are won by 20 run against Zimbabwe team today on 1st March of 23rd Match of Cricket world cup 2015. Before that the Pakistan Team not won any matches in the world cup 2015 and this is their first victory in the 2015 cricket world cup.

After won the toss by Pakistan Team their Starts was very poorly and loss the first two wicket in just 4 runs in the 4 overs crossing time. But Misbah ul haq Captain of Pakistan Team scored 73 Run innings to help a Pakistan to reach their Fighting score of 235/7 in 50 overs.Second batting in reply of 236 run chasing Zimbabwe team starts also very poor and they also loss their first two wicket in just 22 runs with in the 7 overs but after then B Taylor 50 run and S williams 33 run in 32 ball and captain Chigumbura 35 in 35 ball but that was not help Zimbabwe team to reach their target of 236 and they short of 20 runs. For the Good Bowling performance of Pakistan Bowler Wahab Riaz is selected as a Man of the Match for this match.

Pakistan Innings - 235/7 (50 overs)

Nasir Jamshed

c S Raza b Chatara

1(9)

Ahmed Shehzad

c Brendan Taylor b Chatara

Haris Sohail

c Sean Williams b S Raza

Misbah-ul-Haq (c)

c Sean Williams b Chatara

121

Umar Akmal (wk)

b Sean Williams

Shahid Afridi

b Sean Williams

Sohaib Maqsood

c & b T Mupariwa

Wahab Riaz

not out

Zimbabwe Innings - 215

Hamilton Masakadza

c Misbah b Irfan

Brendan Taylor (wk)

c U Akmal b Riaz

Sean Williams

c Ahmed Shehzad b Rahat Ali

Elton Chigumbura (c)

c U Akmal b Riaz

டி வில்லியர்ஸ் ஒரு ஏலியன்ஸ் புள்ளி விபரங்கள் உறுதி செய்யுது பாருங்களேன்

ICC World Cup 2015: தென்ஆப்ரிக்க அணியின் கேப்டன் டி வில்லியர்ஸ் பற்றிதான் இப்போது உலகமெங்கும் பேச்சு..ஏப்பா அவன் மனுசனே இல்லப்பா..அப்டிங்கற வார்த்தைய பரவலா கேட்க முடிகிறது. ஆனா உண்மையிலேயே தென்ஆப்ரிக்க அணியின் கேப்டன் தன்னலமற்ற அற்புதமான கிரிக்கெட் வீரன்தான்...அதற்கான காரணங்களை அடுக்கினால் அசந்து போவீர்கள்...

India Vs South Africa Funny Trolls World Cup 2015

கிரிக்கெட்டை பொறுத்த வரை பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் லெக் சைட், அல்லது ஆஃப்சைடுகளில் ஏதாவது ஒன்றில் சிறந்து விளங்குவார்கள். சச்சின் போன்ற ஒரு சிலர்தான் இரண்டு பக்கங்களிலும் சிறந்து விளங்குவார்கள். சச்சினிடம் ரிவர்ஸ் ஸ்வீப் ஷார்ட்களை பார்ப்பது அரிது. ஆனால் டி வில்லியர்ஸ் மைதானததின் அனைத்து பகுதிக்கும் பந்தை செலுத்தும் வல்லமை கொண்டவர்.படுத்து, புரண்டு, விழுந்து, உருண்டு எல்லாம் அடிப்பார்.அந்த வகையில் டி வில்லியர்சுக்கு அவரது ரசிகர்கள் வைத்திருக்கும் செல்லப்பபெயர் மிஸ்டர்.360.

INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA Live Streaming ICC WORLD CUP 2015

விளையாட்டு உலகை பொறுத்த வரை டி வில்லியர்ஸ் விளையாடாத விளையாட்டே கிடையாது. தென்ஆப்ரிக்க கால்பந்து அணி, ஹாக்கி அணிகளுக்கு அவரது பெயர் ஷார்ட் லிஸ்ட் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.

தென்ஆப்ரிக்க ஜுனியர் ரக்பி அணியின் கேப்டனாக இருந்துள்ளார்.

சிறந்த நீச்சல் வீரரான டி வில்லியர்ஸ் 100 மீட்டர் நீச்சல் பந்தயத்தில் ஜுனியர் பிரிவில் தேசிய அளவில் சாதனை படைத்தவர்.

டேவிஸ் கோப்பை டென்னிஸ் தொடரில் தென்ஆப்ரிக்க ஜுனியர் அணியில் இடம் பிடித்தவர்.

19 வயதுக்குட்பட்டவர்களுக்கான பேட்மிண்டன் போட்டியில் தென்ஆப்ரிக்க தேசிய சாம்பியன்.

விளையாட்டு மட்டுமல்ல படிப்பிலும் டி வில்லியர்ஸ் கெட்டிக்காரர்தான். தேசிய அளவிலான சிறந்த அறிவியல் கண்டுபிடிப்புக்காக நெல்சன் மண்டேலாவிடம் விருதும் வாங்கியுள்ளார்.

ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளில் 52.93 சதவீதம் சாராசரி வைத்துள்ளார். ஸ்டிரைக் ரேட் 98.35 ஆகும். ஒருநாள் போட்டி வரலாற்றில் 50 சதவீதத்திற்கு மேல் சராசரியும் ஸ்டிரக்ரேட் 95க்கு மேலும் வைத்திருக்கும் ஒரே கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் டி வில்லியர்ஸ்தான்.

ஏற்கனவே விரைவான அரைசதம், சதமடித்து சாதித்துள்ள டி வில்லியர்ஸ் கடந்த ஜனவரி மாதம்தான் மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் அணியை புரட்டி புரட்டி எடுத்து 44 பந்துகளில் 149 ரன்கள் எடுத்து அவுட் ஆனார். ஒரு மாதம் கூட ஆகவில்லை மீண்டும் மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் அணிக்கு எதிரான 66 பந்துகளில் 162 ரன்கள் விரட்டி எடுத்துள்ளார்.

இப்படி அதிரடியாக ஆடும் டி வில்லியர்ஸ் 220 பந்துகளில் 33 ரன்களை எடுத்த கதையும் உண்டு. எதற்காக தெரியுமா? தென்ஆப்ரிக்க அணியை தோல்வியில் இருந்து தப்புவிப்பதற்காகத்தான்.ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு எதிராக அடிலெய்ட் டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் நடந்த கதை இது. அந்த வகையில் அணிக்காக ஆடும் மனிதர் டி வில்லியர்ஸ்.

குறைந்த பந்தில் சதமடிப்பதுதான் நம்ம ஏலியன்ஸ்சின் தனி பாணி.அதாவது சதமடிக்கும் போது அவரது ஸ்டிரைக் ரேட் 100க்கு மேல்தான் இருக்கும்.ஒரே ஒரு முறை நியூசிலாந்துக்கு எதிரான ஆட்டத்தில்தான் 106 பந்தில் 106 ரன்கள் எடுத்துள்ளார். இதுதான் அவரது குறைந்த ஸ்டிரைக் ரேட்...அதாவது 100. இப்போ சொல்லுங்க...டி வில்லியர்ஸ் மனிதரா?அல்லது ஏலியன்சா?

India v Pakistan at Adelaide 4th Match Preview

India v Pakistan at Adelaide 4th Match Preview | Live Streaming

Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (03:30 GMT)

India Vs Pakistan Live Streaming February 15 2015 Match 4

Indian Squad

MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, STR Binny, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami, AR Patel, AM Rahane, SK Raina, AT Rayudu, MM Sharma, RG Sharma, UT Yadav

Pakistan Squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Ahmed Shehzad, Ehsan Adil, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Rahat Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Khan, Umar Akmal†, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan

Here you can see the POINTS TABLE

India v Pakistan at Adelaide 4th Match Preview

India have beaten Pakistan last five times in World Cups, but this is the first time Indian players are playing them without Sachin Tendulkar in their side. MS Dhoni really wants to mitigate the pressure of big matches, and Misbah-ul-Haq feels Pakistan have nothing to fear in this time.

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Top Cricketers Not in the World Cup 2015 Squad

Top Cricketers Not in the World Cup 2015 Squad :

Yuvraj Singh (India): Yuvi was India’s best player in the 2007 World Twenty20 and the 2011 World Cup, and he was the man of the tournament of the World Cup 2011. But after that his form had declined since then, and he failed to make a mark when it was time to pick the World Cup team squad. But it must have been tough leaving out a once high-impact top player, but it was a pragmatic call by Indian team selectors.

Gautam Gambhir (India): He was the top run scored for India in the finals of the World Twenty20 and World Cup, and his contribution to his team’s rise in all types of formats in the Gary Kirsten era was immense.

Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo (West Indies): A set of two top players boycotted the tour of India. They are Pollard and Bravo were among them. They both has now been left out of the World Cup squad 2015. Chief selector Clive Lloyd said, insists of they were dropped for their poor performance only.

Alastair Cook (England): He was the The former England ODI captain and now he is in out. His extraordinarily poor form with the bat—no hundreds in the last 45 innings, one fifty in the last five series and coupled with England’s horror run in ODIs.No series wins over a major team since June 2012,So the selectors doesn't choose him.

Nathan Lyon (Australia): He was the off-spinner troubled India a great deal in the recent Test series and he picked up 23 wickets. But his form with one-day cricket has been brief, and he wasn’t experienced enough to merit a place to go ahead of the more experienced Xavier Doherty.

Shoaib Malik (Pakistan): This Was it as a 2011 headline repeated by mistake in think? But the fact is No. The former Pakistan captain was left out again for the 2015 World Cup, right now when he is in the prime of his life. He is one of Pakistan’s key cricketers of the last decade, Malik will have to wait longer for another track at the World Cup 2015.

Murali Vijay (India): he performed well to his recent tours to South Africa, England and Australia, India’s Test opener displayed discipline in stroke-play and staying power in the crease rarely seen from an Indian batsman since the heady years of Rahul Dravid. Being he is in-form batsman with 482 runs in the Tests against Australia team, Vijay could have made the team in place of the struggling Shikhar Dhawan.

ICC World Cup 2015: Misbah-ul-Haq Wish to change history by defeating Indian Team

ICC World Cup 2015: We are looking to rewrite history by beating arch-rivals in the upcoming World Cup 2015, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has promised the pakistan fans that the national team would play it is best cricket in the 50 over match.

India and Pakistan starts their respective campaigns against each other on February 15 in Adelaide, a day after the mega event beat-starts and that makes the fight a mouth watering one.

“We all know very well how important this match is and we are going with a clear mind that we want to change history and beat India in this World Cup 2015,” Misbah said while addressed the media briefly at the cricket academy in pakistan before the team left for the airport to embark on their World Cup schedule today.

ICC World Cup 2015: Misbah-ul-Haq Wish to change history by defeating Indian Team

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fixtures/Schedule

“We are fully focused for the world cup match and the players are going to play with lot of passion and commitment to try to win the match,” he added.

Misbah also said that our team is ready to give their best shot at the title they last won in 1992 world cup.

Pakistan is scheduled to play two warm up matches and two one-day internationals in New Zealand before moving to Australia and Misbah, who has already announced the World Cup 2015 team will be his final one-day international event, said the team would have nearly 3-4 weeks to acclimatise to the conditions in the other countries.

AB De Villiers Records : Fastest Fifty, Fastest Century, Highest sixes against West indies

AB De Villiers Claims three massive records against west indies in the 2nd ODI on 18th january 2015 Sunday at The wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, south africa. West indies won the toss and they invite south africa to bat their start their innings.

They made strong partnership in the First Wicket both opener put 247 run partnership made very easy for upcoming batsman AB De Villiers.
AB De Villiers scores a 149 runs in just 44 balls by hitting 9 fours and 16 Sixes with a strike rate of 338.64 amazing.

AB de Villiers broke the past records of Srilankan Sanath Jayasuriya's for the fastest fifty by scored a fifty run in just 16 balls and the fastest hundred in ODI in just 31 balls and they surpassing Corey Anderson's record also.

In this 2nd ODI against West indies AB DE Villiers made another record that is also equaled Shane Watson's the record for most sixes in the innings by hitting 16 biggies and other records of Team as in The score Board All the batsman hit a century and this is also record for any team in ODI cricket world.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fixtures/Schedule

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fixtures : Feb 14 2015 - Mar 29 2015

Teams:

New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, South Africa, Pakistan, India, Zimbabwe,
Ireland, West Indies, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Scotland, United Arab Emirates.

Match Venues and the number of match details:

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Wooloongabba, Brisbane, Australia - 3 matches
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia - 4 matches
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia - 5 matches
McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand - 3 matches
Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia - 3 matches
Western Australia Cricket Ground, Perth, Australia - 3 matches
Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand - 3 matches
Saxton Oval, Nelson, New Zealand - 3 matches
Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia - 3 matches
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand - 4 matches
Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand - 4 matches
University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand - 3 matches
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand - 3 matches

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fixtures

Pool A:

England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, NewZealand, Qualifier 2 (TBD), Qualifier 3 (TBD).

Pool B:

South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Qualifier 1 (Ireland), Qualifier 4 (TBD)

Indian Cricket Team Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Below are the Fixtures for the World Cup 2015 that will be held by Australia and NewZealand from February 14 to March 29,2015.

Date	Teams	Venue
Feb-14	Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand	Christchurch
Feb-14	England Vs Australia	Melbourne (D/N)
Feb-15	South Africa Vs Zimbabwe	Hamilton (D/N)
Feb-15	India Vs Pakistan	Adelaide (D/N)
Feb-16	West Indies Vs Ireland	Saxton Oval, Nelson
Feb-17	New Zealand Vs Qualifier 3	Dunedin
Feb-18	Bangladesh Vs Qualifier 2	Canberra (D/N)
Feb-19	Zimbabwe Vs Qualifier 4	Nelson
Feb-20	England Vs New Zealand	Wellington (D/N)
Feb-21	Pakistan Vs West Indies	Christchurch
Feb-21	Australia Vs Bangladesh	Brisbane (D/N)
Feb-22	Sri Lanka Vs Qualifier 2	Dunedin
Feb-22	South Africa Vs India	Melbourne (D/N)
Feb-23	England Vs Qualifier 3	Christchurch
Feb-24	West Indies Vs Zimbabwe	Canberra (D/N)
Feb-25	Ireland Vs Qualifier 4	Brisbane (D/N)
Feb-26	Pool A Qualifier 2 Vs Qualifier 3	Dunedin
Feb-26	Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh	Melbourne (D/N)
Feb-27	South Africa Vs West Indies	Sydney (D/N)
Feb-28	India Vs Qualifier 4	Perth (D/N)
Feb-28	Australia Vs New Zealand	Auckland (D/N)
Mar-01	England Vs Sri Lanka	Wellington
Mar-01	Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe	Brisbane (D/N)
Mar-03	South Africa Vs Ireland	Canberra (D/N)
Mar-04	Pakistan Vs Qualifier 4	Napier (D/N)
Mar-04	Australia Vs Qualifier 2	Perth (D/N)
Mar-05	Bangladesh Vs Qualifier 3	Nelson
Mar-06	India Vs West Indies	Perth (D/N)
Mar-07	South Africa Vs Pakistan	Auckland (D/N)
Mar-07	Zimbabwe Vs Ireland	Hobart (D/N)
Mar-08	New Zealand Vs Qualifier 2	Napier
Mar-08	Australia Vs Sri Lanka	Sydney (D/N)
Mar-09	England Vs Bangladesh	Adelaide (D/N)
Mar-10	India Vs Ireland	Hamilton (D/N
Mar-11	Sri Lanka Vs Qualifier 3	Hobart (D/N)
Mar-12	South Africa Vs Qualifier 4	Wellington (D/N)
Mar-13	Bangladesh Vs New Zealand	Hamilton (D/N)
Mar-13	England Vs Qualifier 2	Sydney (D/N)
Mar-14	India Vs Zimbabwe	Auckland (D/N)
Mar-14	Australia Vs Qualifier 3	Hobart (D/N)
Mar-15	West Indies Vs Qualifier 4	Napier
Mar-15	Pakistan Vs Ireland	Adelaide (D/N)
Mar-18	First Quarter-final	Sydney (D/N)
Mar-19	Second Quarter-final	Melbourne (D/N)
Mar-20	Third Quarter-final	Adelaide (D/N)
Mar-21	Fourth quarter-final	Wellington (D/N)
Mar-24	First semi-final	Auckland (D/N)
Mar-26	Second semi-final	Sydney (D/N)
Mar-29	Final	Melbourne (D/N)

England Team Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 : England Cricket team selectors have made three changes to the world cup one day squad after their lost 5-2 to Sri Lanka in December. Team Lead by Eoin Morgan, James Anderson and Stuart Broad return from injury with batsman Gary Ballance also included.

England Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Eoin Morgan (Capt)
Moeen Ali
James Anderson
Gary Ballance
Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara
Stuart Broad
Jos Buttler
Steven Finn
Alex Hales
Chris Jordan
Joe Root
James Taylor
James Tredwell
Chris Woakes

Indian Cricket Team Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 : Indian Cricket team have announced their final squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. MS Dhoni will lead the 15 man team.

Indian Cricket Team Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Indian squad that will aim to defend its ICC Cricket World Cup title which is in Australia and New Zealand on coming February-March 2015.

Ravindra Jadeja and Stuart Binny have been included as all-rounders part, whilst Axar Patel and Ravinchandran Ashwin looking a spin options.

The squad also features several fast bowlers with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma leading the bowling line up.

Indian Cricket Team Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c)(wk)

Virat Kohli (vice-capt)

Ajinkya Rahane

Shikhar Dhawan

Rohit Sharma

Stuart Binny

Suresh Raina

Ravindra Jadeja

Ambati Rayudu

Axar Patel

Ravichandran Ashwin

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Mohammed Shami

Umesh Yadav

Ishant Sharma.

Afghanistan Cricket Team Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 : Mohammad Nabi has selected as the captain of Afghanistan’s 15-man squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.Which is the place in Australia and New Zealand in February and March.

This is the first world cup for Afghanistan’s maiden appearance in a World Cup series, although they have some big-match experience and having taken part in World Twenty20 tournaments earlier.

There have some core of senior players with the likes of Samiullah Shenwari, Nawroz Mangal, Asghar Stanikzai, Shapoor Zadran, Dawlat Zadran, Mirwais Ashraf and Hamid Hassan all part of the side.

Afghanistan Squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Mohammad Nabi (capt)

Nawroz Mangal

Asghar Stanikzai

Samiullah Shenwari

Afsar Zazai (wk)

Najibullah Zadran

Nasir Jamal

Mirwais Ashraf

Gulbadin Naib

Hamid Hassan

Shapoor Zadran

Dawlat Zadran

Aftab Alam

Javed Ahmadi

Usman Ghani.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Retires From Test Cricket!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni : India's Most Succesful Skipper Who has ended his five-day career, having played 90 Test matches. He finished with 4876 runs, 6 hundreds, 33 fifties and 294 dismissals. Below are some of the statistical highlights of India's most successful skipper.
Most successful Indian skipper.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Retires From Test Cricket!

Dhoni's captaincy record: 60 matches, 27 wins, 18 losses, 15 draws, win% 45. Second comes Sourav Ganguly with 21 wins in 49 matches, win% 42.85.

Most successful Indian skipper at home
Dhoni's captaincy record: 30 matches, 21 wins, 3 losses, 6 draws, win % 70. Second comes Mohammad Azharuddin with 13 wins in 20 matches, win % 65.

Most runs as India captain

Dhoni's numbers: 3454 runs, 5 hundreds, 24 fifties, avg 40.63. Second comes Sunil Gavaskar with 3449 runs with 11 hundreds and 14 fifties at an avg of 50.72.

Highest individual score by an Indian captain
Dhoni's numbers: 224 off 265 against Australia in 2013. Second comes Sachin Tendulkar with 217 off 344 against New Zealand in 1999.

Highest individual score by a wicket-keeper captain
Dhoni's numbers: 224 off 265 against Australia in 2013. Second comes Mushfiqur Rahim with 200 off 321 against Sri Lanka in 2013.

Highest individual score by an Indian wicket-keeper
Dhoni's numbers: 224 off 265 against Australia in 2013. Second comes BK Kunderan with 192 against England in 1964.

Most dismissals and most catches by an Indian wicket-keeper
Dhoni's stats: 294 dismissals - 256 catches and 38 stumpings. Second comes Syed Kirmani with 198 dismissals - 160 catches and 38 stumpings.

Most dismissals in a match by an Indian wicket-keeper
Dhoni's numbers: 9 dismissals - 8 catches and 1 stumping against Australia in 2014. Nayan Mongia (twice) and Dhoni himself (thrice) occupy the second spot with 8 dismissals.

2014-15 BCCI Contract List : No place for Gambhir and Yuvraj

BCCI Contract List 2014-15: In this list there is no place for Gambhir and Yuvraj. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the list of the contracted players, who will play for India in the 2014-15 year season. For the first time BCCI has increased the number of contracted indian players from 25 to 32.

2014-15 BCCI Contract List : No place for Gambhir and Yuvraj

Now the BCCI follows a three tier grading system for paying the salary to the cricket players.

Players in Grade A they will get Rs 1 crore per year from the board while the players in Grade B and Grade C they will get Rs 50 lakhs and Rs 25 lakhs per year.

Indian Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been promoted from Grade B to Grade A, while Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir find themselves out of the contract list, ending the speculations of their cricket career.

Ajinkya Rahane finds himself and promoted from Grade C to Grade B, while Robin Uthappa finds himself back in the selectors’ find radar.

The new young players in the contract list are KL Rahul, Parvez Rasool, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Karn Sharma, Pankaj Singh and Manoj Tiwary. Players who are not in the lists will be placed in Grade C as and when they represent India in Tests / ODIs / T20 Internationals during this year.

Including this BCCI will also pay Rs 7 lakhs as Test match fee, Rs 4 lakhs as ODI fee and Rs 2 lakhs as T20I fee per match to all the contract players, who represents India on the above all match formats. This is the fee, which will be deducted by the custodians of the individual game and if any code of conduct is violated on the field by the cricket players.

CONTRACT LIST

Grade A: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Grade B: Pragyan Ojha, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami

Grade C: Amit Mishra, Varun Aaron, Wriddhiman Saha, Stuart Binny, Pankaj Singh, R Vinay Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Parveez Rasool, Axar Patel, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa, Karn Sharma, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, KL Rahul

This list has properly announced by BCCI

Cricket Latest Photos Of The Week - Cricket Gallery

Cricket Gallery September 2014 :

Cricket Latest Photos : MS Dhoni captain of Chennai Super Kings has a word with Field umpire Kumara Dharmasena during match 1 of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20

Cricket Latest Photos:Pakistani cricket player Shahid Afridi (R) makes a selfie with teammates with the ICC World Cup 2015 trophy during a ceremony in Karachi

Cricket photos 2014 :West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul (C) bows after reaching a century off a delivery from Bangladesh bowler Mahmudullah Riyad as Jerome Blackwood watches on day four of the second and final Test between West Indies and Bangladesh

Cricket photos 2014 :Batsman Mushfiqir Rahim of Bangladesh jumps to avoid a bouncing delivery from West Indies bowler Shannon Gabriel on day four of the second and final Test between West Indies and Bangladesh on September 16, 2014

Cricket photos 2014 :Yusuf Pathan, Manvinder Bisla of the Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates the wicket of Brendon McCullum of The Chennai Superkings during match 1 of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20 between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Superkings held at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad,

Cricket photos 2014 :Kevin Pietersen looks on during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers at Old Trafford

Cricket photos 2014 :Breeze CLT20 dancers performing during match 4 of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20 between the Dolphins and the Perth Scorchers held at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India on the 20th September 2014

Cricket photos 2014 :Sakshi, wife of MS Dohni, with daughter of Gautam Gambhir during match 1 of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20 between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Superkings held at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India


	Cricket photos 2014 :	Virender Sehwag of the Kings XI Punjab waits to go in to bat during match 2 of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20 between the Kings XI Punjab and the Hobart Hurricanes held at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India

Cricket photos 2014 :Mitchell Marsh of the Perth Scorchers celebrates after hitting a six off the final ball to beat Dolphins during match 4 of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20 between the Dolphins and the Perth Scorchers held at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali,

Cricket photos 2014 :Ben Hilfenhaus of the Hobart Hurricanes shares a lighter moment with the umpire during match 2 of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20 between the Kings XI Punjab and the Hobart Hurricanes held at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali,

India vs West Indies Tour 2014 Match Fixtures

India vs West Indies :

October 3 - v India A, Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) (50 overs) (04:30 BST)

October 5 - v India A, Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) (50 overs) (04:30 BST)

ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL

October 8 - 1st ODI, Kochi (d/n) (10:00 BST)

October 11 - 2nd ODI, Delhi (d/n) (10:00 BST)

October 14 - 3rd ODI, Visakhapatnam (d/n) (10:00 BST)

October 17 - 4th ODI, Dharmasala (d/n) (10:00 BST)

October 20 - 5th ODI, Kolkata (d/n) (10:00 BST)

TWENTY 20 INTERNATIONAL

October 22 - Twenty20 international, Cuttack (d/n) (14:30 BST)

TEST MATCH

October 30-3 Nov 1st Test, Hyderabad (04:00 GMT)

November 7-11 2nd Test, Bangalore (04:00 GMT)

November 15-19 3rd Test, Ahmedabad (04:00 GMT)

Jessica Ennis Calls Time on 2010 season

UKA today set that Britain’s reigning World and European Heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis has called time on her 2010 season in order to exploit her recovery time ahead of 2011.
The 24 year old, who came to close breaking the UK heptathlon record in winning her European Championship gold last week, made the decision beside her coach Toni Minichiello to ensure the long term plan including reaching 2012 in best possible shape was always the main priority.
At the same time as there are several high profile events remaining in the 2010 summer season, Ennis has reiterated that maintaining her fitness and giving herself the best possible approach to 2012, is the ‘right decision’. Ennis said,“I have had an wonderful season and to win the European Championships was just incredible, it was such a close competition but there was no way I was not going to win!

Dream Players Plans to play Together

The world’s No. 1 and No. 2 players, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, are plan to play doubles together in Toronto, according to the event's Facebook page. The Toronto sports radio station Fan 590, tournament director Karl Hale, who established the matchup, said that Djokovic arrived in Toronto yesterday and Nadal arrived today. It is the first U.S. Open warm-up for both players, so it makes intellect that they might want to get double the matches by adding doubles. Plus, the two of them split the same manager in Benito Perez-Barbadillo. Now if only Roger Federer and Andy Murray would team up.