Cricket series 2011: India vs West Indies

Cricket action is on in full gear in the Caribbean as plays host to the cricket world cup champions India for 5 ODIs, 3 Tests and 1 Twenty20.  Judging by the performances of both teams over the past few months, things appear to be pretty bleak for West Indies cricket team. Eliminated from a World Cup quarterfinal as a result of a devastating defeat by Pakistan, the West Indies cricket team has failed to show a consistent display of cricket in the recent past. India, on the other hand, appear to be seemingly flawless, thriving under the captaincy of famous Indian cricket player M S Dhoni, who will look forward today to the prospects of sealing the series with a third consecutive win over the West Indies.  India beat West Indies in the first ODI by a comfortable 4 wicket victory, with Harbhajan Singh leading the bowling attack with a tremendous display of form. The second ODI also turned in favour of India, as they clenched a 7 wicket victory in accordance with the Duckworth-Lewis method. Amit Mishra emerged as the man to watch out for, with a 4 wicket haul accompanied by a fairly safe economy rate of 3.10. As the men in blue step on the field in Port of Spain today, they will be all set to clench the series and take home yet another trophy. Already gloating under the banner of current world champions, Indian fans have hardly a reason to suspect a defeat in today’s match. Even taken a drastic turn of events that possibly allows West Indies to turn tables and claim victory today, it seems highly unlikely that they will be able to maintain their consistency for the next two matches and seal the series in their favour. Whether India suffers a setback to West Indies today or instead confirms the possession of yet another trophy is something that will be determined in the matter of a few hours; what is undeniable however is the fact that the Caribbean will provide cricket viewers over the world with some very enthralling displays this month.

 

Famous cricket player of India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

• Famously known as the Pepsi Youth icon, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is also the most successful captain of the Indian cricket team and has brought home many trophy’s under his captaincy.
• Mahendra made his debut in 2004 and had played 176 matches up till now.
• Dhoni scored 5803 runs which include 7 centuries and 37 fifties with 183 (not out) being his best. Not to forget Dhoni is the only batsman these days to have a batting average of almost 50 (49.17).
• Dhoni not only is a consistent batsman but is an extra ordinary wicket keeper as well, and has taken 173 catches and has been the reason for 56 stumpings in just 173 matches.
• Dhoni has played once in an ICC world cup i.e. 2007. There is no denying the fact that he performed well and above average but the fact that the Indian side couldn’t go till the super 8 round, conceals his performance.
• He has been awarded the ICC player of the year twice in a row (2008 and 2009) and under his leadership the Indian cricket team brought home the T-twenty world cup of 2007 and the CB series of 2008. He was also the captain of the winning team of the IPL.
• With his spectacular performance in the practice match against NZ, and past match records the Indians are quite confident that he is in his best form and will certainly keep the world cup trophy in the country.

India cricket team squad for ICC World Cup 2011

The favorites, the former World Champions and host India is going to enter the ICC World Cup 2011 as a true favorite with absolutely fantastic and explosive talent. The recent performance of Indian cricket team against Australia and New Zealand has alarmed the cricket world. The mighty talents like Dhoni, Sehwag, Yuvrag, Raina and Ghambir have strengthened the batting line up for India. On top of it, the world will see the cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar for the last time in this World Cup. The high morale of Indian players and the advantage of home ground for finale of ICC World Cup 2011 will surely lift their motives to win the 2011 ICC World Cup. The final Indian cricket team squad for ICC World Cup 2011 is:

1)      Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain/WK)

2)      Virender Sehwag

3)      Sachin Tendulkar

4)      Gautam Gambhir

5)      Virat Kohli

6)      Yuvraj Singh

7)      Sureh Raina

8)      Harbhajan Singh

9)      Zaheer Khan

10)   Munaf Patel

11)   Praveen Kumar

12)   Yusuf Pathan

13)   Piyush Chawala

14)   R Ashwin

15)   Ashish Nehra

Most stumps in an ODI cricket match

Quite a number of wicketkeepers have managed to stump-out three batsmen in an inning of One Day Internationals, but none of them have gone beyond the three figure. The foremost amongst all was Pakistan’s most outstanding Wicketkeeper Saleem Yousuf who stumped three batsmen in three innings playing against New Zealand at Lahore in November 1990. The latest three stumping mark is recorded by India’s most promising wicketkeeper and skipper MS Dhoni, who did this in two consecutive innings playing  against Hong Kong at Karachi in June 2008. Following is the list top of wicketkeepers in cricket who stumped out three batsmen in a single inning.

Player	Country	Dismissals	Stumping	Innings	Against	Venue	Match Date
IA Healy	Australia	4	3	1	South Africa	East London	April 2, 1994
RS Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	3	3	1	Australia	Galle	August 22, 1999
RS Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	3	3	1	Pakistan	Sharjah	October 18, 1999
Moin Khan	Pakistan	3	3	1	England	Lahore	October 27, 2000
DO Obuya	Kenya	4	3	1	South Africa	Colombo	September 20, 2002
KC Sangakkara	Asia XI	5	3	1	ICC World XI	Melbourne	January 10, 2005

Most stumps in a test inning

The most stumping in an inning of a test match is done by Australian wicketkeeper William Albert Oilfield, famous as Bert Oilfield, who managed to stump four batsmen in an inning, while playing against England at Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 13, 1925. During the same inning he took a catch behind the stump thus he was the most successful wicketkeeper in an inning to send five batsmen to the pavilion.

Kiran More of India is the only wicketkeeper, who stumped five batsmen in a test match however; he managed to do it in four innings in a row. He marked this record in 1988 at his home soil in Chennai, playing against West Indies.

Here is a list of some top wicketkeepers in cricket, who managed to stump out 4 or more batsmen in an inning.

Wicketkeeper	Country	Dismissals	Stumping	Innings	Match Played on
W. Albert Oldfield	Australia	5	4	1	February 13, 1925
PK Sen	India	4	4	1	February 6, 1952
PW Sherwell	South Africa	3	3	1	March 3, 1911
TA Ward	South Africa	3	3	1	November 12, 1921

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