Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Sachin Tendulkar- The God of Cricket


Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest player of all times.He holds the record for the most number of half centuries in ODI cricket as well as most no. of hundreds in both formats of cricket i.e. Test and ODIs. He has 48 ODI hundreds and 51 test hundreds, the most by any player. He also holds the record for scoring more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. He is just one hundred away from completing his 100th ton in international cricket. He has average of 45 in ODIs and 56 in test matches. He is the only Indian Player to took more than hundred wickets including one 5 wicket hall and 5/32 being his best figures. He is a great player of this decade and its very difficult to find players like Sachin. May God bless him!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Yuvraj Singh - The Prince of Punjab



Born on 12 December, 1981 in Chandigarh (Punjab), Yuvraj Singh is nick named as Yuvi or The Prince of Punnjab. He is a very talented left handed batsman, very good left arm spinner and an excellent fielder. He has many achievements with his name. He is the only player in the International T-20 World cup to hit 6 sixes in an over. He hit 6 sixes to Stuart Broad of England. He is the only player in the World cup history to score a half century and took 5 wickets in the same match. He did it in ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup. He won four man of the match awards in this world cup, the most won by any player in the World Cup history. He was also named as player of the tournament because of his all round performance. He scored 362 runs in 8 innings including one century and three half centuries and took 15 wickets including one 5 wicket haul. He is one of the only players who tasted the World Cup win in each format i.e. under 19, T-20 and 50 over World Cup. In the nutshell, Yuvraj Singh is a great all-rounder for Indian cricket.  

Saurav Ganguly - The Bengal Tiger

Popularly known as 'The Bengal Tiger', Saurav Ganguly was born on 8 July, 1973. He is the most succesful captain in the Indian cricket history. He is the first Indian captain who provide Indian's the taste of victory on the soils of countries like England, South Africa and Australia. He is the most succesful test captain ever.
    He is the only captain in the world to score 3 centuries in a World Cup tournament. He did it in 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. He scored a century in the semi-finals against Kenya in 2003 World Cup which helped India to reach the finals. He was a great leader who brought young talent like Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Mohammad Kaif to the notice of people.