Chennai beat Kolkata in the opening match start to IPL 4

Chennai beat Kolkata in the opening match start to IPL 4

New captain, new team, but the same old result. Kolkata Knight Riders dropped the three cathes, which help the the Chennai super kings to get stedy score for the fight. Chennai super Kings get end his total kota of over score is 154 for the loss of 4 wickets.Kolkata Knight Riders get stedy start but they lose the wicket in quick interval which help chennai to buil press on Kolkata knight Riders but the Jacques Kallis valuable run help the Kolkata Knight Riders in the game after The set Kallis departs Momentum swings in Chennai's favour now A low full toss Kallis tries to paddle and gets a slight top edge which goes straight to Badrinath at short fin-leg The Crowd is ecastatic. I don't know why Gautam Gambhir puses him self lower down for batting he is best at the one down his most time bat one down and recent he opening for the Delhi team. I don't what is going his mind he sent Englishman Eoin Morgan to bat.Ms dhoni bring the suresh rain for bowling his bowling change help another time for whihc he knowing for changing the bowler in regular interval. Raina get the Prized wicket of Morgan and missed it completely.Dhoni didn't miss to many and the game is truning on! Finaly, Gautam Gambhir walks in to bat He has a job to do.Gautam Gambhir just played his second ball he is depart he is try to take extra run he get run out little bit fumble and stryris throw hit direct to stamp gambhir was short of his crease the has turned.After the Southee tight over Kolkata need 26 runs off 12 balls to win this curtain raser.Suraj Randiv going to bowl the match is still on the first ball of randiv four shukla making the revere sweep which help to gain 4 run and the third ball of suraj ravdiv go fo bigy six this should be the over kokata are back in the chase its time to another bigy is the maximum and after the one dot delivery its time to wicket for suraj randive in his pocket and the finally the one over is left 9 runs needed to win 8 to tie and super over Tim southi bowl the final over. What's on Raja Bhatia has Walk has walked in.
after taking 2 run on the first ball of last over press is on tim southee and another wicket is fall after this game is changing on every single ball now sukla is the man who departs and chennai win by 2 runs A stunning start to the fourth edition of the tournament! Southee is a hero and MSD can't do anything wrong at the moment! Terrific last delivery by the bowler, brilliant yorker, strikes Bhatia on the boot and they can only take a leg bye. The crowd celebrates and Kolkata fans are dejected! Chennai players are jubilant in the middle! A winning start for the defending champions! and Anirudha Srikkanth is the man of the man.

Kamran, Younus, Razzaq left out for WI tour

 

 

Pakistan's selectors have omitted senior players Younus Khan, Kamran Akmal and Abdul Razzaq for the ODI series in the West Indies from 21 April.

The Pakistan cricket Board has, however, retained all-rounder Shahid Afridi as captain for the five One-Day Internationals and one T20 game in the Caribbean.

Pakistan's one-day team was announced on Wednesday just one week after the World Cup semi-final loss to India in Mohali.

Afridi and chief selector Mohsin Khan had indicated that they were looking at rebuilding a fresh side for limited overs cricket.

The 16-member squad also does not include fast bowler Umar Gul, who himself withdraw from the tour.

"I wanted a break from cricket for a while so I requested the board to not consider me for the tour," Gul said.

"I had also informed the chief selector that I wanted to spend time with my family," added Gul, who finished with 14 wickets in the World Cup.

The selectors have included rookie pacer Aizaz Cheema, who joins Junaid Khan as the two uncapped players in the touring squad.

Khan said that the squad for the two test matches against the West Indies would be announced later.

He said wicketkeeper Kamran had been dropped because of poor form. "Basically we want to try out some new players on this tour," said Khan.

Uncapped Mohammad Salman will replace Kamran, who struggled at the World Cup, while the selectors have also included young batsman Usman Salahuddin and all-rounder Hammad Azam.

Squad: Shahid Afridi (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Taufiq Umar, Usman Salahuddin, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam, Aizaz Cheema, Mohammad Salman.

Pakistan team now needs a younger wicketkeeper: Waqar Younis

Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal appears to be on his way out of the national squad after coach Waqar Younis told the selection committee to look for a younger replacement.

"This debate over the wicketkeeper's performance is a difficult one, but I think the Pakistan team now needs a younger wicketkeeper who can carry the load for the next few years," the Daily Times quoted Waqar, as telling media persons after holding a meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt.

Waqar also said he wanted to be part of the process where new players were being inducted into the team.

"I am in support of making changes in the team but they should not be total changes and it should be a sensible and a gradual process to groom new players," he added.

Waqar's remarks about the need of a new wicketkeeper is a clear indication that the experienced Kamran may have played his last international match at the 2011 World Cup semi-final against India in Mohali, and even selectors are now said to be keen to induct a new keeper for both the Test and one-day sides.

Kamran's younger brother Adnan Akmal and Sarfaraz Ahmed are said to be front runners for the position, as both have played for Pakistan in the past.

Kamran has played 53 Tests, 137 ODIs and 38 Twenty20 internationals so far, but in recent times, his wayward wicket-keeping abilities and inconsistent batting has disappointed both selectors and fans.