http://indiansabroad.today.com Indians and their love for Cricket Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:23:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sehwag scored his sixth test double century in the third match between India and Sri Lanka, being played at Mumbai. He went on to score 293 from just 254 deliveries. He narrowly missed the chance to become the first cricketer to score three triple hundreds in test matches. The following is ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/12/04/most-test-double-hundreds-by-an-indian/ The India-Australia one day series is nicely poised at 2-2. With three matches to play, it is anybody's series from now on. The team that gets their act together quickly will go ahead and probably end as the No. 1 team in ODI cricket. The teams were affected by injuries. Australia ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/11/03/will-india-bounce-back-against-australia/ Australia won the Champions Trophy 2009, beating New Zealand by 6 wickets. The tournament was played in South Africa. Australians made a strong point to prove the world that they are not down and out. They are coming back with a bang and it seems soon they will take over ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/10/06/australia-wins-champions-trophy-2009/ Compaq Cup 2009 kicks off in Sri Lanka on 8 Sep 2009. The tri-series tournament will be played between the hosts Sri Lanka, New Zealand and India. There will be three league matches, each team playing the other team once. The finals will be played between the top two teams ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/09/06/schedule-of-compaq-cup-2009-sri-lanka/ Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of Indian cricket team, has been nominated for the following awards: 1. Cricketer of the Year Award 2. Test Player of the Year Award 3. ODI Player of the Year Award Dhoni won the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008. Dhoni is also currently ranked as ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/09/03/dhoni-nominated-for-icc-awards/ The final test of the Ashes series 2009, played between England and Australia, began at Kennington Oval in London. With the series interestingly poised at 1-1, the final match assumes great significance and will decide who will lay their hands on the prestigious Ashes trophy. Andrew Strauss won the toss ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/08/20/jonathan-trott-debuts-for-england/ Rahul Dravid makes a comeback to the Indian ODI squad after a gap of about two years. It was 2007 when Rahul Dravid last played for India in ODIs. The failure of young Indian batsmen, in England and West Indies recently, against short-pitched bowling prompted the selection committee to call ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/08/18/rahul-dravid-is-back-in-indian-squad/ Ricky Ponting completed 11000 runs in test match cricket during the first test match againt England in the ongoing Ashes series 2009. He became the fourth player to have scored 11000 runs or more in test matches. He is now behind the leader Sachin Tendulkar, and the two retired ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/07/12/ricky-ponting-scores-11000-runs-in-test-cricket/ Two names come to our mind when we discuss about the participation of Indians in big tennis events like Grand Slams. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. These two have created records playing together in men's doubles and had won many Grand Slam titles even after playing with different partners. The ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/06/29/prakash-amritraj-meets-mahesh-bhupathi-wimbledon-2009/ India has easily qualified for the super eights stage of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 tournament held in England. India, the defending champions, had moved on to the next stage with easy and convincing wins over minnows Bangladesh and Ireland. India, the top seeded team from Group A, moves along with ... http://indiansabroad.today.com/2009/06/11/india-in-super-eights-of-icc-world-twenty20-2009/