Sri lanka are surely going to come hard in asia cup , and looks WAY ahead compared to both india and pak !
but it will juss be 1 match against each team before finals, and 1 match tournaments are highly unpredictable !
And also tht srilanka's key bowlers will not be playing apart frm malinga...

Its really sad tht Asia cup scedule z sch short !
ICC MUST pay attention to Asian rivalries , as this HAS the BEST potential to attract crowd , and also the fact tht cricket has popularity and following most in sub continent , AND ITS THE SUB CONTINENT TEAMS THAT HAVE BEST OF THE CRICKETING TALENTS AND PROVIDE THE BEST OF THE THRILLING ACTION IN CRICKET !

Outstanding performance by srilanla
Dilshan giving up of captaincy has done him a world of good....
Mahela is a good captain
hope they win the 3rd final:clap:

Warner's innings will be appreciated but it was quite slow....
Even his previous innings was not fast
#a thing to look at

Again a marvellous victory by Srilanka, well it shows the hunger of this team towards the title while as far as Australia is concerned i can't say anything about it as it's the team which is Unpredictable. Now the fate of both will be decided on coming thursday. Both have advantages as well disadvantages but what i think is that the final trophy will be lifted by Kangaroos not b'coz they are past winners or anything like that but due to the fact that they have killer instinct in finals means to say that they perform Stupendous in finals. Guys final mai is team ka koi na koi chal hi jaata hai toofan ki tarah. How can anybody forget the Brilliant and the marvellous knock of 149 runs by "Churchy" (Adam Gilchrist) in 2007 WC finals against Srilanka

Direct copying a comment
"Sri Lanka has been the
team of the tournament. They
only just fell short the other
night and they are doing this
in a canter. It's amazing that
an attack that seemed so lethal against India seems
fairly toothless against SL. It
probably highlights the
difference in leadership and
attitude between the 2 Asian
teams."
i also wonder the same...How the same oz attack had given indian batsman shivers in all test and odi series and is proving so ineffective against sl?.

Jayawardene's decision to open has worked wonders for Sri Lanka, suddenly the team looks like a strong unit with superb all rounders. It is very surprising how this team (almost the same) managed to play so bad since the World cup with so many series' losses, just goes to show the role of a captain and especially if the captain has a sane head, it always helps.

Coming to the match, it has been a comprehensive win. The third final will be played at Adelaide, which means it will be advantage SL again.

SL spanking australia

So this fantasy is as hard fought as this cb series. Anything can happen in last 2( or 1 ) matches. Any of the top 5 team can still win the league if there trumps work well

At present rank 7 in world

League Standings updated !!

Jumped from 4th place to 2nd place, behind rahice ..


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Hard Luck SL....

What a CB series! We have witnessed few of the epic ODI matches this series

the schedule for the Asia Cup

Mon Mar 12
1st ODI - Bangladesh vs Pakistan

Tue Mar 13
2nd ODI - India vs Sri Lanka

Thu Mar 15
3rd ODI - Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

Fri Mar 16
4th ODI - Bangladesh vs India

Sun Mar 18
5th ODI - India vs Pakistan

Tue Mar 20
6th ODI - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

Thu Mar 22
Final ODI - TBC vs TBC

rahice bhai...clarke & lee will b back...so my money is on the Aussies(though I want SL to win)

Cricket loving puys...CHECK DIS 1 out...spare 5 min of yours...but do check it!!!

http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/03/03/bccis-post-australian-tour-facebook-update/

P.S- EM bhai kuch hua..toh bachaa lena!!

exactly this is epic...sorry for the spam but I still can't stop laughing

Puys which team are you supporting in the finals?

I am damn confused, whom to support...so decided to support my fantasy players

@choosen04--That was epic! hanste hanste pet mein dard do raha hai..especially that verbose sharda ugra's ''ringmaster'' and shrikanth 'shut up' and shahstri's 'feelings'

Cricket loving puys...CHECK DIS 1 out...spare 5 min of yours...but do check it!!!

http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/03/03/bccis-post-australian-tour-facebook-update/

P.S- EM bhai kuch hua..toh bachaa lena!!

Guys very Disheartened after knowing India out of the Race but what can anybody do if at last the fate goes on Srilankan side and they take their Revenge from India of the still Unforgettable 2011 World Cup final in which Indian team beat them very brutally , hats off to Yuvi and Dhoni for this. But Guys I know that Indian Team will Definitely do well in Asia Cup as in Indian Team believes that "The harder one falls, the higher it Goes". Well Guys as All of us seen that Australia is looking very pathetic and losing their matches one after another, but believe me what matters is the final i.e the End of the day and not the small games like what srilanka loves to win. So Guys Australia will Show their Best against Srilanka in Finals as Australia likes to play their Actual game in finals , they become more dangerous in finals whereas Srilanka is always a nervous team in finals :wow:

2 best teams made it to the finals..

My prediction for finals - 2-1 Australia!!

M. Clarke will be back.. And SL have had enough.. 3 wins out of 4, that too subcontinent side on aussie soil..:wow::wow::wow:

POORI SERIES FIX HAI BHAAI LOGON ! ! !
AND ITS TRUE SERIOUSLY !
YESTERDAY I READ THE NEWS THT PRICE OF GOLD DIPS BECAUSE OF 'GAMBLING' AND SATTA Activities !

3 wins out of 4 over Aus... SL looks good to lift the trophy..

For india not reaching the final..Well one can take positive point ki bad test performance will not get overshadowed that easily now..

Just saw a few updates on Facebook...thought of sharing it

1. New chapter added to Ind-Aus rivalry :D

2. Asia Cup kab hain? Kab hain Asia Cup?

3. David Hussey and Indians ki Hussey, both gone :banghead:

4.Breaking: ICC has confirmed. It's not bad performance, India has just been 'rested' from the CB Series finals.(Faking News)

5. If CommonWealth Bank opens a branch in India, I won't open my account. there. :wow:

6. Ind beat SL, SL beat Aus...Hence Ind beat Aus!

...& many more

can anybody post match schedule for asia cup...???

Finally end of this marathon, painstaking, humiliating tour.......:banghead:

Focus shifts to ASIA CUP - 2012 --- starts 12 th March

Much needed 8 days rest for our team... else they would have to fly to bangladesh directly with the same faces in the team ;)

chalo bachhe logo ko bhi jeetne do CB cup...har baar India thode hi jeetega

Fantasy is getting closer and closer back to rank-1

Asia cup bring it on

Pheeeewwwww India out of the tournament......... :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

Wasie to be honest it was Srilanka who deserved to play finals against Australia. Before the start of the tournament evryone was expecting India to perform good and give a tough fight to Aussies but what happened on the tour was like full humilation.... ........

But My dear Indain team please do take the full revenge to these Kangaroos when they tour India and Indian fans will not settle anything less than whitewash of Australian team ............... Baki ye Lanka ko to Asia cup mai dekh hi lenge.......

For now its a complete Heartbroken............Mod please close this thread ab aur nahi jhela jata ye dard...........:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

After the end of 48th over, I also started thinking that tie is very much possible...but SL deserved this win
& hats off to Mahela for the captaincy...2 frontline bowlers are out still he manages the whole situation in awesome manner :clap:
certainly today the best team has won

what a great game of cricket....
i must say...i have became fan of david hussey....he is an brillant cricketer...
and for Lanka they have played better cricket than india hence they deserve to be in finals...
but guys this serious is an memorable one....saw some of the most close matches of my life time.......:clap::clap::clap:

Bye Bye INDIA...
Naadan parinde ghar aa ja....

C'mon d.j hussey ,do it for a billion:cheers::cheers:

Edit :-india is out.

Australia sinking,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


Indian teams chances gown down under fastttttttt

Oh mannnnn !!!!!

What a series is this turning out to be.......phewwwww!!!!!

Still so much Drama left

P.S - Had this thought (If India reaches Finals) ,Sehwag scoring back to back 100's in 2 finals

:splat::splat::splat::splat::splat:

What an irony. I had Daniel Christian for the first 7 matches in my team. He did nothing special. In last match I removed Christian to include pathan : and pathan didn't play and today christian picked up 5 wickets :::


All hopes on my trump watto now...(in fantasy) :clap:


Regarding Indias chances, I trust on hussey brothers too :cheers:

guys aaj watson jeetna wala hai...
OZ ko.......
match is evenly poised.......but still i would say OZ has a better chance....

Daniel Christian takes a hat trick
LOL RFL


Jiyo daniel bete Jiyoo

Srikant --- Viru is being given rest .... joke of the year

I feel he is actually on rest for last 8 months, the only difference is that the rest is being given on forein soil like - AUS & ENG. --- Lucky man

Infact, Viru seemed to be on paid holiday @ ENG & AUS tours after u see the no. of balls he faced specially being an opener..

Guys, this is my first match preview

Though, the heading given my me was " 1.2 billion prayers for Australia as they take on Sri Lanka" is changed.

Must win battle for Sri Lanka at Melbourne - Criclounge.com

Feedback appreciated.

Shukriyaa

prozium Says

How about tagline "viru is dropped due to pathetic performance"?

Then there are other senior citizens in the squad who can also be dropped with the same tagline

Cheers..

seriously, I hate it when media dramatizes stuff...
With the sehwad dhoni relation under scanner and whether sehwag was dropped coz of dhoni, with TOI going to the extend of instances where sehwag didn't play and was it more than what meets d eye...
Stupid Stuff man

Look at sehwag's performance, its more than a fact he still plays in the 11 now, he absolutely should have been dropped...


ny1 knows what happened 2 varun aaron btw ??????

PS- I think sachin will score his 100th 100 against bangladesh

Viru dropped from Asia cup Squad due to injury? Instead Srikanth should have said, 'Viru is dropped because of injury to Dhoni's ego'

Cheers..

How about tagline "viru is dropped due to pathetic performance"?

but if this happens and australia and sri lanka enter the finals. and both of them win 1 final each AND the third final gets abandoned due to rain. then what wud be the scenario.. will again the win/loss criteria come into play

In that case, the cup will be shared by 2 teams. They will also share prize money to do the true justice to a series named 'common-wealth'

However, if first match is won by team A and second match is washed out; cup will be given to team A. This is because, at the end of match-2; team A has lead of 1 match and hence 3rd match is not needed as per rules. So, third match is played only if after first two matches, both teams have equal number of victories. This is what used to be for tri-series in Australia so far. Not sure if there are any changes now.

Viru dropped from Asia cup Squad due to injury? Instead Srikanth should have said, 'Viru is dropped because of injury to Dhoni's ego'

Cheers..

heard many ppl that australia, after watching yesterday's indian innings, might deliberately loose to sri lanka,which i'm pretty much sure they won't, but if this happens and australia and sri lanka enter the finals. and both of them win 1 final each AND the third final gets abandoned due to rain. then what wud be the scenario.. will again the win/loss criteria come into play

P.S- sorry for such a long vision just got a doubt in mind..

don't need to worry about that
as asia cup is in bangladesh so we can have replacement even in 3 hours...

guys asia cup ka match schedule kya hai????/

and yaar yeh asia cup india mein kyun nhi hota hai...bangladesh mein match dekhna bahut boreing hai.......

11th march-20th march...teams play each other only once very short tournament.

rahicecream Says

Just wondering in case if dhoni gets injured or banned for slow over rate,who will keep the wickets?

Indian team can take inspiration from Mumbai indians also they played with so called Rayudu as Keeper so why dont indian team

rahicecream Says

Just wondering in case if dhoni gets injured or banned for slow over rate,who will keep the wickets?

don't need to worry about that
as asia cup is in bangladesh so we can have replacement even in 3 hours...

guys asia cup ka match schedule kya hai????/

and yaar yeh asia cup india mein kyun nhi hota hai...bangladesh mein match dekhna bahut boreing hai.......

rahicecream Says

Just wondering in case if dhoni gets injured or banned for slow over rate,who will keep the wickets?

I think Kohli has done it once before .. !! And logically also vice-captain should replace the Captain .. (Fit baithta hai .. )

Just wondering in case if dhoni gets injured or banned for slow over rate,who will keep the wickets?

sumit99 Says

Bro thats a Good news , but what about Shane Watson. I am eagerly waiting to see him in Action in the next clash on 2nd march. I think if Shane Watson is there then it will be a Superb match to see, afterall i still can't forget his Superb knock of 175 runs in just 96 balls with an huge no. of 15 sixes. I hope that Shane Watson will break this Record against Srilanka on 2nd march and Will make india's chances into the final where His record will be breaked by Our "Veeru" paaji

:nono:

Shane Watson coming to form also means he can well continue with it and ruin our show in the finals. I would rather hope Clarke along with Hussey brother nail it against Sri Lanka.

Asia cup Squad announced.. Viru Bhai ki chutti.. baki sab bach gaye..

Indian squad for Asia Cup: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virat Kohli (vice-capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda.

Zak ko kyu nikala pata nahi.. anyday he is the best bowler india has.. especially on subcontinent wickets..:o:o

nice to see Kohli as vice captain..

Zahir has injury. Besides he has been playing major matches from the starting of Aussie series. Needed rest anyway. I just wonder, is Umesh Jadav also having injury? Also no Rahane means they don't have any plans for grooming another opener.

And Kohli.

Asia cup Squad announced.. Viru Bhai ki chutti.. baki sab bach gaye..

Indian squad for Asia Cup: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virat Kohli (vice-capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda.

Zak ko kyu nikala pata nahi.. anyday he is the best bowler india has.. especially on subcontinent wickets..:o:o

nice to see Kohli as vice captain..

Pattinson is back to bolster Australia pace attack.

Go aussies go screw lankans on friday

Bro thats a Good news , but what about Shane Watson. I am eagerly waiting to see him in Action in the next clash on 2nd march. I think if Shane Watson is there then it will be a Superb match to see, afterall i still can't forget his Superb knock of 175 runs in just 96 balls with an huge no. of 15 sixes. I hope that Shane Watson will break this Record against Srilanka on 2nd march and Will make india's chances into the final where His record will be breaked by Our "Veeru" paaji

Pattinson is back to bolster Australia pace attack.

Go aussies go screw lankans on friday

Raina's heroics came a tad too late...his chances of being in the team for Asia Cup are looking bleak... Cheteshwar Pujara and other youngsters are waiting to get an opportunity... R Jadeja and R Sharma need to be more consistent with their batting and bowling..can become good all rounders..but havent been able to do well in Oz...but the day belongs to Kohli..and his hammering Malinga all over the park was aweessoooommeee...

GJ

I think Raina will be surely in the Asia cup squad. He is a very very dangerous player in sub continent. Pujara is injured so he was not getting chances. Though he must be fit now, but wasn't able to prove his fitness for oz tour. But I guess he won't get a chance in odi squad, as there is only 1 seat and 4 talented youngsters are already there :|( Raina, sharma, tiwary and rahane)

Through the entire series, I've felt some decisions didn't go our way. Sachin looked ominous few times but got out in strange fashion. Virat and Rohit gifted their wickets away. The team never clicked as a whole. Today it DID. And how :D

Don't know why allegations of fixing are cropping up after that emphatic win.
Well, if we had lost then the poor form and selection would have been blamed. If SL would have chased that down in 37 overs, then there wouldn't have been any allegations.


The bizzare tour continues Down Under!

apologies for the double post..connectivity issues.. :((

Raina's heroics came a tad too late...his chances of being in the team for Asia Cup are looking bleak...:banghead: Cheteshwar Pujara and other youngsters are waiting to get an opportunity... R Jadeja and R Sharma need to be more consistent with their batting and bowling..can become good all rounders..but havent been able to do well in Oz...Today the day belongs to Kohli....his hammering Malinga all over the park was aweessoooommeee... :clap:

GJ

Raina's heroics came a tad too late...his chances of being in the team for Asia Cup are looking bleak... Cheteshwar Pujara and other youngsters are waiting to get an opportunity... R Jadeja and R Sharma need to be more consistent with their batting and bowling..can become good all rounders..but havent been able to do well in Oz...but the day belongs to Kohli..and his hammering Malinga all over the park was aweessoooommeee...

GJ

Tomorrow is the selection for Asia cup. Hope there will be a few more youngsters coming into the team. We must bank on youngsters for the upcoming series to groom them. Kohli has proved himself to be a great and promising find, now it's time we give a few others to get there.

Uthhapa, Puajara, Tiwari, Rahane, W. Saha, Dinda, R. Sharma, Varun Aaron and others will get a chance hopefully.

No one noticed/mentioned about Sir Jaddu. In a match where 642 runs were scored in less than 87 overs and 13 bowlers were used, Sir Jaddu has the best figures of them all.. 9-0-43-1..economy of less than 5 :wow:....:clap:

Aise hi hum unhe LEGEND nahi kehte

Agreed:clap:...

A lesson FOr R.sharma...Talent should be in company of application then only performance pays...

How in 2 years Kohli has become such a player...

Pujara( dont get injured again and again)..you are next


Regarding Indian team Performance..well there is always a danger from team who have almost nothing to lose..Probably most of the indian cricketers would have decided to Fly home from Hobart..but then the unexplainable happens:P

off topic: Big ticket match on March 18 in Asia Cup..

No one noticed/mentioned about Sir Jaddu. In a match where 642 runs were scored in less than 87 overs and 13 bowlers were used, Sir Jaddu has the best figures of them all.. 9-0-43-1..economy of less than 5 :wow:....:clap:

Aise hi hum unhe LEGEND nahi kehte

in a series of terrible selections whoever took call to keep kohli in the playing-11 after failures in melbourne & sydney tests deserves applause