Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first. It can also be determined by judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression
England entered what for them was uncharted territory when they
successfully chased a target of 350 against New Zealand in the fourth
Royal London ODI at Trent Bridge. It was the fourth-highest chase ever
and came in England, which traditionally has not offered up such gifts
readily. And they did not just chase it, they marmalised it. A
seven-wicket came up with indecent haste with six overs to spare. What
is going on?
What Alex Hales and Jason Roy began - Hales the dominant factor in an opening stand of 100 by the 11th over - Eoin Morgan
all but completed. "You beauty," he cried as he smashed Matt Henry into
the stands at deep midwicket to complete his eighth ODI hundred. He has
four scores of 50-plus in the series; no England captain has achieved
that before. England have four scores of 300 on the bounce. Australia
have managed six, Sri Lanka five, but this is unheralded for England.
Alongside Joe Root,
whose own unbeaten century was almost an afterthought, Morgan assembled
a third-wicket stand of 198 in 27 overs, Root possessing finesse,
Morgan a captain carrying the fight. For English cricket, this was not
just any old century; it was an affirmation, a commitment to audacity
that so entirely escaped England in an abject World Cup challenge. Then
Morgan looked a captain out of sorts. Now he bats as if truly empowered,
his 113 from 82 balls coming to grief with 41 needed when he hooked Tim
Southee to fine leg.
Eoin Morgan scored a century off 73 balls as England successfully chased 350 at Trent Bridge
Sri Lanka opener Kaushal Silva frustrated Pakistan with an unbeaten 80
when the rain-hit first Test finally got underway on the scheduled
second day in Galle on Thursday.Veteran Kumar Sangakkara chipped in with
50 to leave the hosts on 178 for three at stumps after Pakistan captain
Misbah-ul Haq elected to field first on an easy-paced pitch.
After
inclement weather had washed out the entire first day's play on
Wednesday, just 64 overs were bowled on the second day after a wet
outfield delayed the start by two hours at the Galle International
Stadium.Left-handed Dimuth Karunaratne scored 21 in an opening
stand of 30 with Silva when he was dismissed by left-arm seamer Wahab
Riaz in the 13th over of the innings.
Karunaratne
attempted to pull a short ball, but only managed to edge a catch to
wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed to provide the tourists a much-needed
breakthrough.Silva and Sangakkara teamed up to add 112 runs for
the second wicket, batting through the post-lunch session to take their
team to a comfortable 123 for one by tea.
Sangakkara,
Sri Lanka's leading run-getter who is expected to retire during the
home series against India in August, hit two boundaries and a six.The
prolific left-hander, who took a break from his English county
commitments with Surrey to play for his nation, began ominously by
driving his first delivery from Wahab to the mid-on fence.
But he
fell soon after reaching his 52nd half-century when he edged a drive
off Wahab to Younis Khan in the slip region.Pakistan could have removed
Sangakkara when he was on 24, but Azhar Ali at short-leg spilled a sharp
chance off leg-spinner Yasir Shah.The tourists struck again soon after
as Lahiru Thirimanne, who scored eight, drove Mohammad Hafeez uppishly
to mid-on where Zulfiqar Babar held the catch after juggling with the
ball.
Silva, looking comfortable against both
pace and spin, stepped closer to his second Test century. He has so far
hit 12 boundaries.
Wahab was the most
impressive bowler with two for 51, but those figures would have read
better if Karunaratne had not been caught off a no-ball in the bowler's
first over.Later in the same over, Wahab was warned by umpire Paul
Reiffel for running on the wicket on his follow through.Hafeez, who
picked up his 50th Test wicket, had figures of one for 24 from seven
overs.Rain has been forecast in the southern coastal town for all five
days of the match.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan are due to play three Tests, followed by five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches.
19-year old Mustafizur Rahman enjoyed a dream debut as Bangladesh
condemned India to a 79-run defeat in the first ODI of the three-match
series in Mirpur. Mustafizur ended with 5 for 50 from 9.2 overs as
Bangladesh reinforced their growing reputation as a top ODI nation with a
thoroughly comprehensive all-round performance. Mustafizur was ably
supported by Taskin Ahmed (2 for 21), who incidentally, was the last
Bangladesh bowler to pick up a five-fer on ODI debut against India. For
long, Bangladesh's cricket at home has been epitomized by their array
of left-arm spinners. On Thursday, on a surface that gave no indications
of being seamer-friendly, Mashrafe Mortaza took the call to field a
four-prong pace attack, a decision vindicated by the performance of the
quicks, who bowled their opposition out of the match. India, for large
parts of the game, appeared fazed by Bangladesh's intensity of the
field, something the raucous crowd at Mirpur also contributed to. The
hosts started brightly in their defense of 307. Both Taskin and
Mustafizur had the Indian openers on a leash. After multiple plays and
missess, LBW shouts and unconvincing shots, Shikhar Dhawan hit a
boundary, the first off the Indian innings off the 24th delivery. Dhawan
and Rohit Sharma fought through the tough phase and Bangladesh appeared
to have let the opposition off the hook. Rohit
got going with a short-arm pulled six off Mustafizur before following it
up with a couple of fours. Mashrafe Mortaza brought Rubel Hossain and
himself on but by then the early storm had been weathered. Bangladesh,
who were guilty of dropping Shikhar Dhawan twice (on 13 and 15 by
Mushfiqur Rahim), allowed the Indian openers to put on a 95-run opening
stand before Taskin Ahmed led an inspiring turnaround that saw India
slip dramatically to 128 for 5. Dhawan, who had
plodded around for a 38-ball 30 was caught behind off Taskin, who made
in two wickets in three deliveries when he had Virat Kohli playing away
from his body. Rohit (63 off 68) had looked largely untroubled en-route
his 26th ODI half-century before he was deceived by a clever change of
pace from Mustafizur. Ajinkya Rahane struggling to get the ball off the
square, chipped Mustafizur to cover after a 25-ball 9. Spin, introduced
as late as the 26th over, accounted for MS Dhoni, who edged Shakib to
give Mushfiqur his third of five catches behind the stumps. The
famed Indian middle order had been silenced and but for a stubborn
half-century stand between Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, the margin
of defeat would have been far greater. The youngster, who was dispatched
for a six by Raina, had the Indian batsman playing on to a crafy
off-cutter. R Ashwin fell next ball. The five-fer came when Jadeja holed
out to long-on in a desperate attempt to keep the chase alive. Earlier,
Bangladesh, riding on a 102-run opening partnership between Tamim Iqbal
and Soumya Sarkar, posted a competitive 307, their first 300+ score
against India. In fact, Shakib exclaimed that they had been at least
25-runs short having been given a 102-run opening stand at nearly eight
runs an over after Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat. India, aided
by a welcome break in play due to a passing shower and disciplined
bowling spells from R Ashwin (3 for 51) and Suresh Raina (0 for 40),
forged their way back into the game with a flurry of wickets after the
break. The Bangladesh of old would have collapsed
from there. But, Shakib Al Hassan's (52 off 68) and Sabbir Rahman's (41
off 44) reassuring presence ensured that was not to be. The 83-run
stand at nearly a run-a-ball took Bangladesh past the 200 mark by the
35th over. The final flourish came from Mortaza. His 21 off 18 helped
Bangladesh cross the pyschological 300 mark, a total that proved beyond
India's reach in the face of an inspired bunch of pace bowlers. Brief Scores:
Bangladesh 307 (Tamim Iqbal 60, Soumya Sarkar 54; R Ashwin 3/51) beat
India 228 (Rohit Sharma 63, Suresh Raina 40; Mustafizur Rahman 5/50) by
79 runs.
When England fast bowler Steven Finn faced New Zealand at the World Cup
in February, his two wicketless overs in an eight-wicket thrashing cost a
colossally expensive 49 runs. But, it was a very different story at
Trent Bridge on Wednesday when, against mainly the same group of
batsmen, Middlesex quick Finn took one for 51 in 10 overs as England
beat World Cup finalists New Zealand by seven wickets to level the
five-match one-day international series at 2-2 ahead of Saturday's
finale in Durham.
In a series where a once imposing total of 350
is now seen as a 'par' score, Finn's figures in Nottingham played a key
role in paving the way for an England win effectively sealed by a
third-wicket stand of 198 between captain Eoin Morgan (113) and Joe Root
(106 not out).
"I took one for 51 and I sat in front of you guys
(the press)!," said the 26-year-old Finn. "It has changed and it is
about accepting that. McCullum hit me over wide long-off for six (on
Wednesday)and I thought, 'that was probably hitting the top of off
stump'. So you have to walk back and think, 'fair play, that was a good
shot'."
Finn, a veteran of 61 ODIs, added: "It's exciting to be a
part of -- but yes, when you get whacked around the park, you don't
quite enjoy it as much. It's like playing a long Twenty20. You almost
have to accept you're going to be hit for boundaries. It's just trying
to make sure they are playing good shots to get their boundaries, and
they are not hitting bad balls."
The transformation in a revamped
England side's white-ball fortunes has delighted and stunned their fans
in equal measure. Finn, one of four England survivors from the
Wellington debacle who played at Trent Bridge -- the others were his
Middlesex team-mate Morgan, Root and wicket-keeper Jos Buttler -- said
the side were now making good on their bold words at the World Cup.
"We
talked about what we wanted to do in the World Cup," he said. "We sat
in front of you guys and said we wanted to play with freedom, smiles on
our faces. We didn't do it. I can't put my finger on why. So it's great
that four games in a row now, win or lose, we've played with that
attitude," he saidafter England completed their highest successful ODI
run chase.
The match was a personal triumph for England one-day
skipper Morgan, who has now scored four successive fifties after
struggling for runs at the World Cup. Finn, who grew up alongside former
Ireland left-hander Morgan at Middlesex, said: "The World Cup would
have hurt him being the captain and a proud man. He is in the form of
his life -- I've never seen him hit a cricket ball like he is in the
last few weeks. It's great to be playing underneath him, brilliant."
Finn
was included in England's 14-man training squad announced Thursday for
the upcoming home Ashes series against Australia. The 6ft 7in (two
metres) tall paceman won the last of his 23 Test caps at home to
Australia two years ago. But problems caused by his habit of knocking
the bails off at the bowler's end in the delivery stride and
disagreements between coaches about the length of his run-up then
sidelined him from England duty. Things got so bad, Finn was deemed
"unselectable" and sent home early from the 2013/14 Ashes tour of
Australia -- where England suffered a humiliating 5-0 series defeat in
his absence.
"I'd love to play in the Ashes," said Finn. "It is
the pinnacle of what you can achieve as an England cricketer ... but at
the moment I'm opening the bowling in the one-day team and really
enjoying that challenge."
Team India captain MS Dhoni on Thursday climbed high on
Bangladesh cricket fans' hate list after barging into debutant pacer
Mustafizur Rahman in a bid to shove him out of his way while running a
quick single. The wiry left-arm pacer, guilty of coming the
batsman's way, was injured by Dhoni's shove and had to go off the field
for treatment following the incident that took place on the second ball
of the 25th over. Nasir Hossain completed the
over, but the spirited lad was back on the field after getting
preliminary treatment and rejoined the attack in the 37th over. The
bowler dismissed Suresh Raina and Ashwin to set up a historic win. Dhoni
may well argue that Mustafizur had, deliberately or otherwise, tried to
block his way, slow-motion clearly showed Dhoni not only made no effort
to change his course, but also shoved him away with a shoulder charge.
Given Dhoni's stature in international cricket, it was a very unsporting
act, something the Indian captain has never been accused of in his
illustrious career. Dhoni's rash move seemed to
have been prompted by the 19-year-old bowler's tendency to repeatedly
get in the batsman's way in his followthrough - earlier in India's
innings, in the 5th over, he stood in Rohit Sharma's way. After a
collision and much finger pointing, Mustafizur appeared to apologize to
the Indian opener. With his team under pressure from the very first over
of the match, Dhoni appeared to have lost the plot after that incident.
It surprised no one when he played a loose shot to get out to Shakib Al
Hasan, leaving India gasping at 128/5. Bangladesh
players protested to the umpire who also had a word of caution for
Dhoni. It remains to be seen whether Messers Rod Tucker and Enamul Haque
report the matter to ICC match Referee Andy Pycroft. However,
irrespective of whether the Indian skipper gets censured or escapes
punishment, he has lost thousands of fans worldwide for his momentary
indiscretion.
Outplayed by Bangladesh in the first game of the three-match ODI
series, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that the hosts were the
better side on the day as they played some really good cricket as a
unit. The spirited Bangladesh team pulled off an upset 79-run win in the
first ODI to take a 1-0 lead and Dhoni was full of praise for the
Bangladesh team. "Yes it was disappointing," Dhoni said
about the loss. "But Bangladesh played some really good cricket as a
team. Right from the first ball they took our bowlers on. The rain break
helped us. It looked like they would score more than 330, but we restricted them to 300, but our batting didn't turn up the way we wanted it to." Bangladesh
outsmarted India in all departments as they set the visitors an
imposing target of 308 before bowling them out for 228 with four overs
to spare. The Indian skipper didn't hide his disappointment over the
performance of his pace department while he praised the Bangladesh
pacers for doing an excellent job. "The spinners bowled well, Raina's contribution was important,
but disappointed with the way the fast bowlers bowled. The Bangladesh
batsmen played the fast bowlers well. What I was particularly impressed
with was how subtly they changed their pace. They didn't bowl 140 and
then 110, but took it down marginally. They did well in the World Cup
because of their fast bowlers so we were not surprised they relied on
fast bowlers tonight." Delighted with the
convincing victory, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said he can't
ask for anything more from his teammates. He was also lavish in his
praise for young left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who picked up five
wickets on his debut. "I can't ask for more.
Mustafizur was not a surprise for us. We know he can destroy any
batsman. It was a brilliant start from Tamim and Soumya. We lost a bit
of momentum with the rain, but Rahman and Shakib did it for us. Yes it
was a bit of a risk to play four quicks, but I trusted my boys," he
said. "The fast bowlers delivered and I am really happy with the boys.
Maybe, we were 20-30 short, but 300 is always a tough ask. I just asked
the bowlers to bowl in the right areas and they did it as well." Man-of-the-match
Mustafizur said he was eager to come up with an impressive show against
India in his maiden appearance. "I wanted to perform well on debut,"
said Mustafizur. "I know only a few have taken five on debut, but all I
wanted was to do well against India."
New Zealand coach Mike Hesson believes Saturday's deciding one-day
international against England in Durham will provide a "fantastic
finale" to an enthralling series. England ensured a winner-takes-all
clash at Chester-le-Street after levelling the five-match campaign at
2-2 with a stunning seven-wicket win at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.
New
Zealand -- who thrashed England by eight wickets in Wellington in
February en route to the World Cup final -- appeared to be well-placed
after making 349 for seven. But England romped to victory with six overs
to spare following a third-wicket stand of 198 between Joe Root (106
not out) and skipper Eoin Morgan (113).
Runs have flowed from the
bats of both teams this series and Hesson said: "It's been a very
entertaining four matches. Obviously, getting down to Durham should be a
fantastic finale."
There is no doubt that, aware of
the class of their opponents, a revamped England have raised their
white-ball game so far this series. Not that Hesson took any pride in
England's revival. "We'll feel much prouder if we win the series," he
said. "We play the game in the right spirit and we think we play an
entertaining brand, but it's all about winning games of cricket."
New
Zealand, without injured left-arm paceman Trent Boult, saw their attack
take a pounding on Wednesday, with opener Alex Hales leading the way
with a quick-fire 67 on his home ground. England lost Hales and fellow
opener Jason Roy in quick succession, but the tourists couldn't stem the
tide of runs.
"At 111 for two, the game was sort of in the
balance," said Hesson. "The way Hales took the game away at the start,
we do that to many sides ourselves, so we know that it makes a big chase
look a lot smaller. Then Joe and Eoin played exceptionally well. We
struggled to create any pressure at all, pretty much going at eight
(runs) an over the whole time."
A shower briefly halted England's
surge to victory and Hesson said the a damp outfield, allied to an
absence of swing, hampered his side. "The key thing is that the ball
hasn't swung over here (in England), at all. Then, with the ball getting
wet, it skidded on beautifully so it takes out a lot of your options
and we were punished for that."
However, the coach was adamant
his side should have made a better job of defending a "good" target of
350. "You've got to take wickets or create pressure -- or ultimately you
do both. We struggled to create a succession of dot balls. We struggled
to create a succession of overs that didn't go for boundaries. We were
both full and short, it wasn't just one. It's quite a young bowling
attack in many ways and it was a good lesson for us."
Wednesday's
match featured another big stand from Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor,
who put on 101 at Trent Bridge following a partnership of 206 during New
Zealand's three-wicket win in Southampton on Sunday, where they both
made hundreds. Williamson almost scored back-to-back tons, his 90 in
Nottingham coming after his superb 118 at the Rose Bowl. "It was
selfless from Kane, he knew we needed impetus, so he wasn't trying to
get a hundred. He played for the team," Hesson said.
The
International Cricket Council is on the verge of implementing changes to
one-day regulations, notably by increasing to five the number of
fielders allowed outside the 30 metre circle in the final 10 overs. "I
think five out in the last 10 overs would be a good decision," said
Hesson. "But not every series is like this. We've played in many series
where the same rules have applied and it's been 200 plays 201. This has
been a surreal sort of a series."
Scribes, scorers, commentators, administrators and even former
players were left scratching their heads, trying to recollect when
Bangladesh had last fielded four specialist pacers in an ODI at home or
overseas. After a frantic search, it was revealed that Bangladesh had
fielded four pacers -Gholam Nousher, Saimur
Rahman, Golam Faruq and Jahangir Shah - in their first two ODIs against
Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the 1986 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. It
was certainly a first by Bangladesh against India with Mashrafe, Rubel
Hossain, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman lining up to inflict early
damage on Dhoni's men. The pitch, though, turned out to be a batsman's
paradise and offered no purchase to pacers or spinners. It was quite a
contrast as Bangladesh had fielded four specialist spinners in the one-off
Test against India at Fatullah last week. The Bangladesh team
management, in fact, had drawn plenty of flak for playing just one pacer
-Mohammad Shahid in the Test that was ruined by rain. Spectators miss out on Tamim-Soumya partnership: The
threat of rain kept spectators away from the Sher-e-Bangla National
Stadium here on Thursday even though the Bangla Tigers got off to a
rollicking start against MS Dhoni's Team India in the opening match of
the ODI series. When Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar launched Bangladesh's
innings after Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat first, the 25,000
capacity stadium was only one-third full. As the duo spanked the Indian
bowlers to all parts of the ground, more spectators came in. But the
stands were only half full when a light drizzle forced a stoppage with
the Bangladesh at 119/1 after 15.4 overs. The
lower tiers of the stadium remained sparsely populated despite all
tickets for the match being sold out within hours of going on sale.
Tickets were also reportedly sold in theblack market on the
eve of the match at five times their face value. The tickets have been
priced at TK 150, 250, 500, 1000 and 3000. More spectators later came in
after play resumed, but Bangladesh kept losing wickets much to their
dismay as India stormed back into the match. A record opening stand: The
102-run partnership between Tamim and Soumya against India in the first
ODI on Thursday was Bangladesh's highest first-wicket stand. The
previous best against India was 80 between Tamim and Imrul Kayes in
2010. Tamim and Soumya had also put on 145 runs for the first wicket
against Pakistan in the third ODI on April 22. The highest first-wicket stand in ODIs involving the two teams is 121, between WV Raman and Navjyot
Sidhu in Chandigarh in 1990. The only other 100-plus opening stand for
India is 106 between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in 2004.
Bangladesh's highest first-wicket partnership against any country is 170
between Shahriar Hossain and Mehrab Hossain against Zimbabwe in Dhaka
in 1999.
Suresh Raina, who captained the side that toured Bangladesh last year, has said that India is taking the three-match One-Day Internationals (ODIs) seriously.
The neighbours had also played a three-match ODI series last year which India won 2-0. India had rested the regular 11 and sent a second-string side, reports bdnews24.com.
This time, although India went through a packed schedule touring Australia and then playing the World Cup before the Indian Premier League (IPL) back home, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sent their full-strength squads for the tour.
The Indian team trained at Mirpur’s National Cricket Academy on Tuesday.
“You’ve seen that after the IPL, the full Test team came and now the full ODI team has come. Bangladesh have done well in ODIs recently and this shows how important a series this is for us,” Raina said.
Bangladesh paceman Taskin Ahmed made his debut in ODIs in the last series. He finished with his career-best figures of 5/28 in the match. The 20-year old is fresh in Raina’s memories.
“He bowled really well in the World Cup. They also have Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, who’s batting really well and Shakib Al Hasan. They have lots of youngsters and they did really well in the World Cup,” said the left-handed bat.
The 27-year-old middle-order batsman is expecting a good fight in the ODIs but only has victory on his mind.
“They have played very well. We will look to enjoy the game. We are here to win so hopefully we will look to win all the games,” said Raina.
Kirti Mitra’s baganbari, although it no longer exists, is where it all began. Near Phariapukur in north Kolkata, the large marble building called Mohun Villa was the venue for an important meeting of eminent intellectuals and landowners. They wanted to start a club to develop sporting activities amongst the local Bengali youth. By all accounts, the meeting, presided over by Bhupendranath Basu (who would later become president of the Indian National Congress in 1914), was a success. And thus, on August 15, 1889, the Mohun Bagan Sporting Club was established, named after the villa that housed that momentous event. On the first anniversary of the club, FJ Rowe, a professor of English literature at Presidency College, suggested that in the absence of angling and rifle shooting activities, the word “athletic” would be more appropriate for the club. From then on, India’s oldest football club has been known as Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
Over the past 125 years, Mohun Bagan AC has not just been a football club, but an institution. Last Sunday they won the eighth Hero I-League at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, their first league title in 13 years, after drawing 1-1 against defending champions Bengaluru FC. When Bello Rasaq, the Nigerian defender, scored the equaliser, he ended a long drought: the Mariners had not won a major trophy for the last five years; their best showing since the league win in 2002 has been as runners-up in the 2nd I-League in 2008-09. Constant change in coaches and financial crises had become a bane; even the most ardent Bagan fan might have admitted to feeling jaded.
But none of that was of consequence when the champions returned home. Over 2 lakh people greeted their heroes and joined in the spontaneous celebrations all over Kolkata. Bagan’s supporters defy class divides — they are a mix of IT professionals, media personnel, private and public sector employees etc. The field and the stadium become a levelling ground, the only colours that matter are green and maroon. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/mohun-bagan-blaze-of-glory/#sthash.YuMYCQg7.dpuf
Kirti
Mitra’s baganbari, although it no longer exists, is where it all began.
Near Phariapukur in north Kolkata, the large marble building called
Mohun Villa was the venue for an important meeting of eminent
intellectuals and landowners. They wanted to start a club to develop
sporting activities amongst the local Bengali youth. By all accounts,
the meeting, presided over by Bhupendranath Basu (who would later become
president of the Indian National Congress
in 1914), was a success. And thus, on August 15, 1889, the Mohun Bagan
Sporting Club was established, named after the villa that housed that
momentous event. On the first anniversary of the club, FJ Rowe, a
professor of English literature at Presidency College, suggested that in
the absence of angling and rifle shooting activities, the word
“athletic” would be more appropriate for the club. From then on, India’s
oldest football club has been known as Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
Over the past 125 years, Mohun Bagan AC has not just been a football
club, but an institution. Last Sunday they won the eighth Hero I-League
at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, their first league title in
13 years, after drawing 1-1 against defending champions Bengaluru FC.
When Bello Rasaq, the Nigerian defender, scored the equaliser, he ended a
long drought: the Mariners had not won a major trophy for the last five
years; their best showing since the league win in 2002 has been as
runners-up in the 2nd I-League in 2008-09. Constant change in coaches
and financial crises had become a bane; even the most ardent Bagan fan
might have admitted to feeling jaded.
But none of that was of consequence when the champions returned home.
Over 2 lakh people greeted their heroes and joined in the spontaneous
celebrations all over Kolkata. Bagan’s supporters defy class divides —
they are a mix of IT professionals, media personnel, private and public
sector employees etc. The field and the stadium become a levelling
ground, the only colours that matter are green and maroon.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/mohun-bagan-blaze-of-glory/#sthash.YuMYCQg7.dpuf
Kirti
Mitra’s baganbari, although it no longer exists, is where it all began.
Near Phariapukur in north Kolkata, the large marble building called
Mohun Villa was the venue for an important meeting of eminent
intellectuals and landowners. They wanted to start a club to develop
sporting activities amongst the local Bengali youth. By all accounts,
the meeting, presided over by Bhupendranath Basu (who would later become
president of the Indian National Congress
in 1914), was a success. And thus, on August 15, 1889, the Mohun Bagan
Sporting Club was established, named after the villa that housed that
momentous event. On the first anniversary of the club, FJ Rowe, a
professor of English literature at Presidency College, suggested that in
the absence of angling and rifle shooting activities, the word
“athletic” would be more appropriate for the club. From then on, India’s
oldest football club has been known as Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
Over the past 125 years, Mohun Bagan AC has not just been a football
club, but an institution. Last Sunday they won the eighth Hero I-League
at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, their first league title in
13 years, after drawing 1-1 against defending champions Bengaluru FC.
When Bello Rasaq, the Nigerian defender, scored the equaliser, he ended a
long drought: the Mariners had not won a major trophy for the last five
years; their best showing since the league win in 2002 has been as
runners-up in the 2nd I-League in 2008-09. Constant change in coaches
and financial crises had become a bane; even the most ardent Bagan fan
might have admitted to feeling jaded.
But none of that was of consequence when the champions returned home.
Over 2 lakh people greeted their heroes and joined in the spontaneous
celebrations all over Kolkata. Bagan’s supporters defy class divides —
they are a mix of IT professionals, media personnel, private and public
sector employees etc. The field and the stadium become a levelling
ground, the only colours that matter are green and maroon.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/mohun-bagan-blaze-of-glory/#sthash.YuMYCQg7.dpuf
Kirti
Mitra’s baganbari, although it no longer exists, is where it all began.
Near Phariapukur in north Kolkata, the large marble building called
Mohun Villa was the venue for an important meeting of eminent
intellectuals and landowners. They wanted to start a club to develop
sporting activities amongst the local Bengali youth. By all accounts,
the meeting, presided over by Bhupendranath Basu (who would later become
president of the Indian National Congress
in 1914), was a success. And thus, on August 15, 1889, the Mohun Bagan
Sporting Club was established, named after the villa that housed that
momentous event. On the first anniversary of the club, FJ Rowe, a
professor of English literature at Presidency College, suggested that in
the absence of angling and rifle shooting activities, the word
“athletic” would be more appropriate for the club. From then on, India’s
oldest football club has been known as Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
Over the past 125 years, Mohun Bagan AC has not just been a football
club, but an institution. Last Sunday they won the eighth Hero I-League
at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, their first league title in
13 years, after drawing 1-1 against defending champions Bengaluru FC.
When Bello Rasaq, the Nigerian defender, scored the equaliser, he ended a
long drought: the Mariners had not won a major trophy for the last five
years; their best showing since the league win in 2002 has been as
runners-up in the 2nd I-League in 2008-09. Constant change in coaches
and financial crises had become a bane; even the most ardent Bagan fan
might have admitted to feeling jaded.
But none of that was of consequence when the champions returned home.
Over 2 lakh people greeted their heroes and joined in the spontaneous
celebrations all over Kolkata. Bagan’s supporters defy class divides —
they are a mix of IT professionals, media personnel, private and public
sector employees etc. The field and the stadium become a levelling
ground, the only colours that matter are green and maroon.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/mohun-bagan-blaze-of-glory/#sthash.YuMYCQg7.dpuf
Kirti
Mitra’s baganbari, although it no longer exists, is where it all began.
Near Phariapukur in north Kolkata, the large marble building called
Mohun Villa was the venue for an important meeting of eminent
intellectuals and landowners. They wanted to start a club to develop
sporting activities amongst the local Bengali youth. By all accounts,
the meeting, presided over by Bhupendranath Basu (who would later become
president of the Indian National Congress
in 1914), was a success. And thus, on August 15, 1889, the Mohun Bagan
Sporting Club was established, named after the villa that housed that
momentous event. On the first anniversary of the club, FJ Rowe, a
professor of English literature at Presidency College, suggested that in
the absence of angling and rifle shooting activities, the word
“athletic” would be more appropriate for the club. From then on, India’s
oldest football club has been known as Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
Over the past 125 years, Mohun Bagan AC has not just been a football
club, but an institution. Last Sunday they won the eighth Hero I-League
at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, their first league title in
13 years, after drawing 1-1 against defending champions Bengaluru FC.
When Bello Rasaq, the Nigerian defender, scored the equaliser, he ended a
long drought: the Mariners had not won a major trophy for the last five
years; their best showing since the league win in 2002 has been as
runners-up in the 2nd I-League in 2008-09. Constant change in coaches
and financial crises had become a bane; even the most ardent Bagan fan
might have admitted to feeling jaded.
But none of that was of consequence when the champions returned home.
Over 2 lakh people greeted their heroes and joined in the spontaneous
celebrations all over Kolkata. Bagan’s supporters defy class divides —
they are a mix of IT professionals, media personnel, private and public
sector employees etc. The field and the stadium become a levelling
ground, the only colours that matter are green and maroon.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/mohun-bagan-blaze-of-glory/#sthash.YuMYCQg7.dpuf
Press Conference MIRPUR
(Dhaka): Mahendra Singh Dhoni stated unequivocally on Wednesday that
there will be no change in his approach to the game now that he had
given up Test cricket.
"My approach will be the same because
our ultimate goal remains the same - to win matches. But again, it's not
about me, rather what the team demands of me, the situation is and how I
react to it. For example, if I am batting at No. 5 or 6, the demands,
and my approach, will be very different compared to when I'm batting at
No. 3 or 4. Players may be given different roles from time to time, and
they must quickly adapt and constantly look to improve," Dhoni said.
Talking about the depth of India's batting, Dhoni underlined the need
to have options for the crucial No. 7 position. "If our top four or five
batsmen remain fit and in decent form, they will be certainties for the
next Champions Trophy (2017) and World Cup (2019). But we need to
create more options for the No. 5, 6 and 7 spots. No. 7 is particularly
important because more often than not the player who bats at this
position is also required to bowl his full quota of overs in at least 90
per cent of the games," Dhoni pointed out.
Lauding Ravindra
Jadeja for handling this role well, Dhoni backed the all-rounder to
carry on the good work. "He did a decent job in the IPL. I felt even in
the World Cup he was up to the mark. It's not easy for someone to come
back after sustaining a shoulder injury on his bowling arm, but Jadeja
kept improving with every match. Hopefully, he is back at his full
fitness," Dhoni said.
today India vs Bangladesh one day match at 2.30pm Indian time .....
history of cricket india vs pakistan
The national cricket teams of India and Pakistan have been competing against each other in One Day Internationals (ODIs) since their first meeting on 1 October 1978.[1] They have played each other on 126 occasions (excluding five matches which were abandoned without a ball bowled), Pakistan have won the most matches with 72, India have won 51 and four finished as a no result. In addition to the series of matches that occur when India tour Pakistan (or vice versa), they also have competed against each other in the Cricket World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy, although, because of the structure of these events, they are not guaranteed to play each other even if they both take part. However, they are scheduled to meet in each edition of the Asia Cup, a tournament which now occurs every two years. From 1996–1998 the two teams played each other in the Friendship Cup which took place at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Pakistan won eight of these matches and India won seven. Another neutral ground which has featured prominently in India–Pakistan matches is the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium which has hosted 24 ODIs between 1984–2000.
Although Pakistan have the greater overall record against India in ODIs, they have lost all six of the matches when the two teams have met in the World Cup. India's first victory over Pakistan in a World Cup came in the Round Robin Stage in 1992, a tournament which Pakistan went on to win. Their latest World Cup meeting happened in the Group Stage of the 2015 tournament
Total In India In Pakistan Neutral Matches played 127 30 27 70 Won by India 51 11 11 29 Won by Pakistan 72 19 14 39 No result 4 0 2 2
sachin with man of the tournament
india vs bangladesh world cup 2011 highlights........
https://vimeo.com/20139034
www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jy5qt
update live score click this link..........
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