Twenty/20 Championship 2007

Dhoni nominated for Khel Ratna award

The Board of Cricket Control in India has recommended India’s ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest honour for any sportsperson in the country for the year 2007. Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty said the Board has already forwarded its recommendation to the Sports Ministry.
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Pathan brothers finally rewarded

It’s really unfortunate to digest what is the role of politics in sports .Both are different in their prospective one is game […]

Photo gallery from the finals of the Twenty20 World Cup

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Aussies praise Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership qualities have earned him kudos from Australian Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist, who say it’s a great achievement for him to win the Twenty20 World Cup in such a short span of time as captain.
“He has done a pretty good job for the team,” Ponting, Australian captain, said about Dhoni.
“Leading a […]

Warm welcome to Indian team

IT’S CELEBRATION time that the Indian team deserves and returned to their land with dignified style. they were welcomed at Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport by the prominent personalities of Maharashtara politics and BCCI .Among the hosts were Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and his deputy R.R.Patil, BCCI president Sharad Pawar ,vice president Lalit Modi and […]

Dream comeback for Pathan

IRFAN PATHAN made a dream come back to Indian team by virtue of his brilliant performance consistently in the tournament. He could not have got a better platform to prove his worth in the team .Once he was considered as the most talented all-rounder in India after Kapil Dev. But Irfan Pathan has seen it […]

Final statements of inaugural T20 world cup

                                    “It’s one of the things I will treasure for the rest of my life .I want to thank the boys for putting up this performance and for responding the way they did .We are young team and nobody expected us to win and the way we played the final we deserve celebration. It would […]

Million dollar cup

Undoubtedly, the fire in the belly was for clinching the victory in the shortest version of this game. But it has rewarded the boys with dream come true awards as BCCI chief Sharrad Pawar has declared $2 million  for the young  boys in blue .As they clinched the cup in  a nail biting  encounter against […]

Gambhir in full flow

Gautam Gambhir was a man with mission at the Wanderers on Monday  in the T20  world cup final  .When  he came to open the inning he was without his Delhi mate Virender Sehwag ,who missed to be a part of the  thriller because of groin injury .Gambhir opened the proceedings with  debutant Yousuf Pathan who […]

India became the first champion of T20 world cup

 
India became the first champion of T20 world cup by registering a victory over arch rival Pakistan in a thrilling world cup final at Johannesburg. What could be better match than this match India versus   Pakistan in the final of   world cup ending as a heart stopper.
But the way to victory was not easy as […]

India win the World Twenty20 Championship Cup

India clinched the inaugural Twenty20 cricket World Cup after a thrilling five-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the final in Johannesburg on Monday.
In a match that saw fortunes fluctuate till the dying moments, the young Indian team scored 157 for five and then held its nerve to dismiss Pakistan for 152 with just three balls […]

DHONI aims at T20 final

Indian captain Mahender Singh Dhoni believes that calmness and nerve control under pressure is going to be the deciding factor in their encounter against the rivals Pakistan Monday in the final of T20 world cup.
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Sreesanth fined for over appealing

Durban: Although it was celebration time forIndia as they beat the champions by all around performance in the T20 world cup semi final to thrashAustralia out of the championship, they were informed of fines against the team and player S. Sreesanth.

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India bundles Aussies out of T20 world cup

AN extraordinary over all performance lead India to register a world cup win in […]

Top performance in T20 world cup

Runs
Batsman
Mts
Inns
NO
Hs
Avg
SR
100
50

203
ML Hayden (Aus)
5
5
3
73*
101.50
149.26
0
3

178
KP Pietersen (Eng)
5
5
0
79
35.60
161.81
0
1

173
JM Kemp (SA)
5
5
3
89*
86.50
139.51
0
1

162
Aftab Ahmed (Ban)
5
5
1
62*
40.50
129.60
0
1

161
Shoaib Malik (Pak)
5
5
1
57
40.25
130.89
0
2

159
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)
5
5
1
65
39.75
152.88
0
1

159
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)
5
5
2
66*
53.00
157.42
0
2

154
ST Jayasuriya (SL)
5
5
0
88
30.80
160.41
0
2

151
CD McMillan (NZ)
5
4
1
57
50.33
179.76
0
1

147
AC Gilchrist (Aus)
5
5
1
45
36.75
148.48
0
0

128
G Gambhir (
Ind)
5
4
0
58
32.00
133.33
0
2

124
V Sehwag (
Ind)
5
4
0
68
31.00
149.39
0
1

120
JA Morkel (SA)
5
3
0
43
40.00
139.53
0
0

117
CH Gayle (WI)
2
2
0
117
58.50
195.00
1
0

113
BB McCullum (NZ)
5
5
1
45
28.25
129.88
0
0

113
DL Maddy (Eng)
4
4
0
50
28.25
141.25
0
1

112
MS Dhoni (
Ind)
5
4
1
45
37.33
121.73
0
0

110
HH Gibbs (SA)
3
3
1
90*
55.00
142.85
0
1

107
BRM Taylor (Zim)
2
2
1
60*
107.00
127.38
0
1

105
J Mubarak (SL)
5
4
2
46*
52.50
169.35
0
0

104
KC Sangakkara (SL)
5
5
0
30
20.80
105.05
0
0

103
OA Shah (Eng)
5
5
0
36
20.60
127.16
0
0

Maximum runs in the tournament Highest strike-rate (runs/100 balls) in the tournament […]

Yuvraj Singh dominates Australia

Electrifying batting performance of Yuvraj once again dominates the bowlers, as the bowlers could not find any space to escape. Yuvi […]

India meet giant Australia today in semifinal

Its has been a stunning and full of zest, enthusiasm and full cylinders of energy that is being blasted in South Africa by young Indians .They beat England and South Africa on successive days to top the pool and upsetting South African mission  to clinch the title.
But today they have a real big test as […]

OZ Thrashes Lanka, enter semis

A dominating display by Australia saw them wash out Srilanka in super eight match and enter the semifinals of T20 world cup at Newlands .
Nothing went right for lankans as the Australian who were without their skipper Ricky Ponting due to hamstring in the knockout game ,bowled out Srilanka for a mere 101 […]

India beats South Africa to enter semi final

Finally India is through to finals .But it was not just a simple task as India suffered a blow even before the start as the star of last match Yuvraj Singh was declared unfit for […]

Poor field show by India

THANKS to Yuvraj Singh’s electrifying inning that India registered victory over England in a must win match .
Defending a mammath total of 218 they never felt comfortable because of poor field show […]