Virat Kholi Century

Virat Kohli scored his 13th century against Sri Lnaka in the 4th ODI of the Micromax Series.
This was Virat Kholi's 89th ODI appearance, a feat hitherto unattained by any other batsman in ODI history. The Delhi batsman, on his way to another three-digit figure, also completed quickest 1000 runs in a calender year with a whopping average of 77.15.

Take a look at the list of the Quickest batsmen to score 13 centuries!! None in the world has done it before as quickly as Virat Kholi has managed to do it. 





Kholi is currently in the 3rd position in the world's best ODI batsmen list by the ICC. Being Kohli's fifth century in last eight matches, its very much sure that he is very much sure to climb up the list to claim the top spot.

India Vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI

India Beat Sri Lanka in great style in the 4th ODI to clinch the Micromax series. Thanks to brilliant knock by the in form Virat Kholi, scoring an unbeaten 128 of just 119 balls with 12 fours and a 6.
Also not to forget an excellent supporting role played by the energetic left hand batsmen Suresh Raina  scoring an unbeaten 58 of just 51 balls with 4 fours and a six.

Manoj Tiwary who was given a chance in this match came out flying with 4 wickets in his spell of 10 overs giving away 61 runs. Must mention that he bowled the 50th over of the match which was more than a gamble and gave away 18 runs in that last over, which made his bowling stats a bit expensive. He came out with the bat at 3down and scored 21 of 38 balls with 2 fours to his credit.

Sri Lanka 251/8 (50 ov), India 255/4 (42.2 ov)

Result India won by 6 wickets (with 46 balls remaining)

Man of the match Virat Kohli (India)

Sri Lanka (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	st †Dhoni b Ashwin	51	97	73	4	1	69.86
TM Dilshan	c †Dhoni b Dinda	42	84	48	7	0	87.50
HDRL Thirimanne	b Ashwin	47	105	69	0	0	68.11
LD Chandimal†	c Pathan b Tiwary	28	36	32	2	0	87.50
DPMD Jayawardene*	c †Dhoni b Sehwag	3	4	3	0	0	100.00
AD Mathews	c Kohli b Tiwary	14	27	34	1	0	41.17
BMAJ Mendis	b Tiwary	17	14	16	2	0	106.25
NLTC Perera	c Raina b Tiwary	2	3	3	0	0	66.66
HMRKB Herath	not out	17	15	15	1	1	113.33
SL Malinga	not out	15	11	7	0	2	214.28
Extras	(lb 2, w 13)	15
Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 202 mins)	251	(5.02 runs per over)

Did not bat N Pradeep

Fall of wickets 1-91 (Dilshan, 18.2 ov), 2-102 (Tharanga, 21.1 ov), 3-152 (Chandimal, 31.4 ov), 4-155 (Jayawardene, 32.1 ov), 5-190 (Mathews, 41.1 ov), 6-213 (Mendis, 45.1 ov), 7-218 (Perera, 45.6 ov), 8-219 (Thirimanne, 46.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	6	0	36	0	6.00	(3w)
IK Pathan	6	0	27	0	4.50	(1w)
AB Dinda	6	0	28	1	4.66	(2w)
V Kohli	2	0	7	0	3.50
V Sehwag	8	1	38	1	4.75	(1w)
R Ashwin	10	1	46	2	4.60
MK Tiwary	10	1	61	4	6.10	(2w)
RG Sharma	2	0	6	0	3.00

India (target: 252 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b Malinga	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
V Sehwag	c sub (Senanayake) b Mathews	34	46	29	6	0	117.24
V Kohli	not out	128	187	119	12	1	107.56
RG Sharma	lbw b Pradeep	4	18	14	0	0	28.57
MK Tiwary	lbw b Mendis	21	48	38	2	0	55.26
SK Raina	not out	58	78	51	4	1	113.72
Extras	(lb 2, w 6, nb 2)	10
Total	(4 wickets; 42.2 overs; 191 mins)	255	(6.02 runs per over)

Did not bat MS Dhoni*†, IK Pathan, R Ashwin, Z Khan, AB Dinda

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Gambhir, 0.5 ov), 2-52 (Sehwag, 9.2 ov), 3-60 (Sharma, 12.4 ov), 4-109 (Tiwary, 23.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	8	1	41	1	5.12	(2w)
NLTC Perera	6	0	51	0	8.50	(1w)
AD Mathews	6	1	18	1	3.00
N Pradeep	8	0	52	1	6.50	(2nb, 1w)
HMRKB Herath	7	0	44	0	6.28
BMAJ Mendis	6	0	37	1	6.16
TM Dilshan	1.2	0	10	0	7.50

Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

India (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashok Dinda

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Dinesh Chandimal(w), Mahela Jayawardene(c), Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Pradeep, Lasith Malinga

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI – Scorecard

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI turned out to be a superb cricketing match going down to the last over to decide the winner. 

The two left handers Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina were the Star Performers of the 3rd ODI!!

Sri Lanka 286/5 (50 ov), India 288/5 (49.4 ov)

Result India won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Man of the match Suresh Raina

Sri Lanka (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c †Dhoni b Khan	8	24	20	1	0	40.00
TM Dilshan	b Khan	4	11	7	0	0	57.14
KC Sangakkara†	c Kohli b Dinda	73	160	95	5	0	76.84
LD Chandimal	lbw b Pathan	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene*	lbw b R Sharma	65	108	79	5	0	82.27
AD Mathews	not out	71	94	57	5	1	124.56
BMAJ Mendis	not out	45	60	40	3	1	112.50
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, w 9, nb 1)	20
Total	(5 wickets; 50 overs; 233 mins)	286	(5.72 runs per over)

Did not bat NLTC Perera, HMRKB Herath, I Udana, SL Malinga

Fall of wickets 1-9 (Dilshan, 2.3 ov), 2-19 (Tharanga, 4.5 ov), 3-20 (Chandimal, 5.3 ov), 4-141 (Jayawardene, 29.2 ov), 5-182 (Sangakkara, 37.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	10	0	39	2	3.90	(3w)
IK Pathan	10	0	59	1	5.90	(1nb, 3w)
AB Dinda	10	0	76	1	7.60	(1w)
R Sharma	8	0	45	1	5.62	(1w)
R Ashwin	10	0	50	0	5.00	(1w)
V Sehwag	1	0	3	0	3.00
RG Sharma	1	0	4	0	4.00

India (target: 287 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	run out (Udana)	102	166	101	10	0	100.99
V Sehwag	c sub (SMSM Senanayake) b Perera	3	6	6	0	0	50.00
V Kohli	c & b Herath	38	80	65	2	0	58.46
MS Dhoni*†	b Malinga	31	60	49	1	0	63.26
RG Sharma	lbw b Malinga	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
SK Raina	not out	65	77	45	6	1	144.44
IK Pathan	not out	34	61	31	3	0	109.67
Extras	(lb 11, w 4)	15
Total	(5 wickets; 49.4 overs; 228 mins)	288	(5.79 runs per over)

Did not bat R Ashwin, Z Khan, R Sharma, AB Dinda

Fall of wickets 1-8 (Sehwag, 1.4 ov), 2-113 (Kohli, 20.5 ov), 3-180 (Dhoni, 35.1 ov), 4-180 (RG Sharma, 35.2 ov), 5-196 (Gambhir, 38.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	10	0	60	2	6.00
NLTC Perera	9	0	57	1	6.33
I Udana	6	0	42	0	7.00	(4w)
AD Mathews	8.4	0	49	0	5.65
HMRKB Herath	9	0	36	1	4.00
TM Dilshan	3	0	14	0	4.66
BMAJ Mendis	4	0	19	0	4.75

It was Suresh Raina who played a brilliant knock to turn the game in India's favor . But Earlier Gautam Gambhir scored an excellent century to keep hopes of India alive to win the match!

Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Ashok Dinda

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Dinesh Chandimal, Mahela Jayawardene(c), Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Rangana Herath, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga

London Olympics Opening Ceremony Photos

The 2012 London Olympics got underway with a spectacular opening ceremony at the Olympics stadium here on Friday night.

And after a long suspense, there were seven young athletes who lit the Olympic cauldron. The chairman of the London Organising Committee, Sebastian Coe, and the president of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, delivered speeches and Britain's 86-year-old monarch Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Games.

Unlike the 2008 Beijing Olympics' curtain raiser, which featured 2,008 pounding drummers and a cauldron-lighter who seemed to float in the air of the Bird's Nest stadium, London 2012 opening ceremony had 70 sheep, 12 horses, 10 chickens and nine geese - recruited by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle along with a cast and crew of 10,000 presented a quirky, humourous and vibrant vision of quintessential Britain, its history and future.

  

London Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony is a celebration showcasing the best of the Host Nation. It also features a parade of all competing nations and the highly anticipated entrance of the Olympic Flame, which ignites the Cauldron and signals the start of the Games.

The eyes of the world will be on London for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Ceremony will provide an opportunity for the world to view the artistic expression of the Artistic Director (Danny Boyle) and his team, and the culture of our Host City and the UK. There are certain elements that must feature in every Ceremony, as outlined in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) charter. The artistic performance of the Ceremony then gets underway and welcomes the world to the London 2012 Games.

The name of the Olympic Opening Ceremony show will be ‘Isles of Wonder’ and the worldwide broadcast will commence at 9pm. The Ceremony will kick off with the sound of the largest harmonically tuned bell in Europe, produced by the Whitechapel Foundry, and the Stadium will be transformed into the British countryside for opening scene ‘Green and Pleasant’, which includes real farmyard animals. The Ceremony will also include a special sequence celebrating the best of British, featuring volunteer performers from the NHS.

Danny Boyle, Artistic Director of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, said: ‘Our Isles of Wonder salutes and celebrates the exuberant creativity of the British genius in an Opening Ceremony that we hope will be as unpredictable and inventive as the British people.’

Receiving the Head of State

The Head of State of the Host Country is received at the entrance of the Olympic Stadium by the President of the IOC. For the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen will be greeted by Jacques Rogge.

Parade of Athletes

A procession of the participating teams in the Stadium, nation by nation. Teams enter in alphabetical order, according to the language of the Host Country, apart from the Greek team, which enters first for the Olympics, and the team of the Host Nation (in this case Team GB), who march in last.

Speeches

Once all the nations have arrived into the Stadium, LOCOG Chair Seb Coe will give a speech, followed by Jacques Rogge. They will end their speeches by inviting the Head of State to officially declare the Games open.

Olympic Anthem and Flag

Once the Games have been declared open, the Olympic Flag is then carried into the Stadium and hoisted into the air as the respective Anthem is played. The Olympic Charter states that each flag must fly for the entire duration of the Games – placed in a prominent position in the main Stadium.

Oaths

A participating athlete, judge and coach from the Host Nation stand on the rostrum and, holding a corner of the IOC flag in their left hand and raising their right, take the Oath, vowing to compete and judge according to the rules of their respective sport,.

The Torch and Cauldron

The big finale is the entrance of the Olympic Flame into the Stadium. It is passed through the athletes to the final Torchbearer, who will ceremoniously light the Cauldron, indicating the beginning of the Games. The Flame will continue to burn for the whole of the Games.

Creative team

A host of world-class British directors and producers are leading the artistic team to stage the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Performers

A total cast of 15,000 will take part in the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies, which will be watched by an estimated audience of four billion. 

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI

The series moves down to Colombo where India face Sri Lanka in the 3rd ODI . This is a crucial game in the five match series, whichever team wins this game gains a good upper hand to claim the series.

Knowing That Indians would be looking forward to play to their potential to put up a good fight against the in form Sri Lankans!!

On the other hand the Sri Lankans would love to keep us their form going in the right direction to win the 3rd ODI which would give them a good chance to win the series comfortably.

Sri lanka Beat India in 2nd Odi

Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews each grabbed three wickets to set up Sri Lanka's comfortable  nine-wicket win over India in the second one-day international on Tuesday. Perera finished with 3-19 and Mathews with 3-14 as India were dismissed for 138 off 33.3 overs after 

India 138 (33.3 ov), Sri Lanka 139/1 (19.5 ov)

Result Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 181 balls remaining)

Man of the match Thisara Perera

India (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c †Sangakkara b Malinga	65	158	96	4	0	67.70
V Sehwag	c & b Perera	15	21	15	2	0	100.00
V Kohli	c †Sangakkara b Perera	1	6	5	0	0	20.00
RG Sharma	b Mathews	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
SK Raina	b Perera	1	6	5	0	0	20.00
MS Dhoni*†	c †Sangakkara b Mathews	11	26	16	2	0	68.75
IK Pathan	c Perera b Malinga	6	28	19	0	0	31.57
R Ashwin	run out (Udana/†Sangakkara)	21	19	15	3	0	140.00
Z Khan	lbw b Herath	2	6	4	0	0	50.00
PP Ojha	c †Sangakkara b Mathews	5	27	18	0	0	27.77
UT Yadav	not out	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, w 5)	11
Total	(all out; 33.3 overs; 158 mins)	138	(4.11 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-31 (Sehwag, 3.6 ov), 2-33 (Kohli, 5.3 ov), 3-38 (Sharma, 6.4 ov), 4-41 (Raina, 7.4 ov), 5-60 (Dhoni, 14.1 ov), 6-79 (Pathan, 19.5 ov), 7-107 (Ashwin, 23.6 ov), 8-113 (Khan, 25.4 ov), 9-132 (Ojha, 32.3 ov), 10-138 (Gambhir, 33.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	7.3	0	36	2	4.80
I Udana	6	0	42	0	7.00	(5w)
NLTC Perera	8	3	19	3	2.37
AD Mathews	7	2	14	3	2.00
HMRKB Herath	5	0	21	1	4.20

Sri Lanka (target: 139 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	not out	59	85	60	8	0	98.33
TM Dilshan	c †Dhoni b Ashwin	50	72	49	5	0	102.04
LD Chandimal	not out	6	12	10	1	0	60.00
Extras	(lb 10, w 14)	24
Total	(1 wicket; 19.5 overs)	139	(7.00 runs per over)

Did not bat KC Sangakkara†, DPMD Jayawardene*, AD Mathews, HDRL Thirimanne, NLTC Perera, HMRKB Herath, I Udana, SL Malinga

Fall of wickets 1-119 (Dilshan, 16.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	6	0	39	0	6.50	(6w)
IK Pathan	4	0	27	0	6.75	(4w)
UT Yadav	4	0	38	0	9.50
R Ashwin	5	1	18	1	3.60	(1w)
PP Ojha	0.5	0	7	0	8.40

The third one-day international will be played in Colombo on Saturday. The Indian team will try desperately to win the third game and gain an upper hand in the series.

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