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After a tiresome fight between the Aussies Indians are now again ready to fight with England for Hero Honda Cup 2008 and this includes 7 one days followed by 2 test matches. Sachin tendulkar who passes 12000 runs will not play for the first 3 ODI due to many upcoming Youngsters and Ishanth Sharma who performed really well will not be ready to play first ODI. I think the Indians will be mainly focusing some players like Peterson, Flintoff, Collingwood, O’Shah. Since there was no ODI between India and Australis in the last series, it will give some impact for the Indians to face ODI.

Well Today will be a memorable day for Sachin Tendulkar. He passed Brian Lara and became the only batsmen to score 12000 runs in Test Cricket. Today he scored a nice 88 in a crucial time with his partner Ganguly who also reached a milestone of crossing 7000 runs in one day cricket. Now the only player behind Sachin who can beat him is Ricky Ponting. Will he break Sachin record? At the end of the day India were 311 for 5 with Ganguly and Ishanth Sharma batting. Let us wait and see whether this match favors India or not?

Well the 2008 Olympics is going to start on 8th of this month and i heard that China has put a great effort to welcome the people from all over the world with a great warmth. the very first thing which will come to our mind is the torch relay which is favorite event before the start of the Olympics and this time there were 189 torch bearers took part in it between the age of 15-85. It was started this sunday and the first torch bearer was Giang Min of China.

India leveled the series 1-1. It was Harbajan Singh who made it very easy for India by taking the leading batsmen of Srilankan team. He took 10 wicket haul in this series by taking 6 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. The Srilankans were bowled out for 136 runs in the fourth day.

Well Spain wins Euro 2008 finally with 1-0. Torres of Spain who was substitut for last two matches scored the winning goal in 33rd min. The Germany was totally controlled by the Spanish players and failed to equalise at one point and then from that time it was Spain who fully maintained the possession till the end. Casillas the Goal keeper lifted the Euro 2008 Cup for the Spanish with a great Joy for the first time in his career and in the World History. Villa is the top scorer of Euro 2008 who missed the final match.First win for Spain and halted Germany in getting it fourth time.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Switzerland	Austria	Holland	Greece
Czech Republic	Croatia	Italy	Sweden
Portugal	Germany	Romania	Spain
Turkey	Poland	France	Russia

Here’s the Euro 2008 Finals fixture list:

1 07/06 Grp - A Switzerland 18:00 Czech Republic - Basel
2 07/06 Grp - A Portugal 20:45 Turkey - Geneva

3 08/06 Grp - B Austria 18:00 Croatia - Vienna
4 08/06 Grp - B Germany 20:45 Poland - Klagenfurt

5 09/06 Grp - C Romania 18:00 France - Zürich
6 09/06 Grp - C Holland 20:45 Italy - Berne

7 10/06 Grp - D Spain 18:00 Russia - Innsbruck
8 10/06 Grp - D Greece 20:45 Sweden - Innsbruck

9 11/06 Grp - A Czech Republic 18:00 Portugal - Geneva
10 11/06 Grp - A Switzerland 20:45 Turkey - Basel

11 12/06 Grp - B Croatia 18:00 Germany - Klagenfurt
12 12/06 Grp - B Austria 20:45 Poland - Vienna

13 13/06 Grp - C Italy 18:00 Romania - Zürich
14 13/06 Grp - C Holland 20:45 France - Berne

15 14/06 Grp - D Sweden 18:00 Spain - Innsbruck
16 14/06 Grp - D Greece 20:45 Russia - Innsbruck

17 15/06 Grp - A Switzerland 20:45 Portugal - Basel
18 15/06 Grp - A Turkey 20:45 Czech Republic - Geneva

19 16/06 Grp - B Austria 20:45 Germany - Vienna
20 16/06 Grp - B Poland 20:45 Croatia - Klagenfurt

21 17/06 Grp - C Holland 20:45 Romania - Berne
22 17/06 Grp - C France 20:45 Italy - Zürich

23 18/06 Grp - D Greece 20:45 Spain - Innsbruck
24 18/06 Grp - D Russia 20:45 Sweden - Innsbruck

25 19/06 QF Winner Grp - A 20:45 Runner-up Grp - B - Basel

26 20/06 QF Winner Grp - B 20:45 Runner-up Grp - A - Vienna

27 21/06 QF Winner Grp - C 20:45 Runner-up Grp - D - Basel

28 22/06 QF Winner Grp - D 20:45 Runner-up Grp - C - Vienna

29 25/06 SF Winner #25 20:45 Winner #26 - Basel

30 26/06 SF Winner #27 20:45 Winner #28 - Vienna

31 29/06 F Winner #29 20:45 Winner #30 - Vienna

There was a news that flashed about IPL cheer leaders. Apparently, it was pretty disappointing to see that they were all firangs (foreigners). It would be exciting to see some Indian Cheerleaders

Actually IPL can invite people to own Cheerleaders for each teams. May be then we might have Neha Dhupia and Amrita Arora, dancing (still dancing) to the tunes and cheering their respective teams. I am not saying don’t have any firangs in there. All I am saying is get a good mix.

We have an employment crisis and still we have cheerleaders from foreign countries. I think there is a need for the Indian government and parties like CPI to raise this issue in parliament and get some Indian cheerleaders in there.

And do you think Dada will not be happy to see some Indian cheerleaders supporting him and his team (of course not off the field).

Whats your opinion??

Hyderabad’s Deccan Chargers scored a convincing 10-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians while Punjab Kings XI beat Dubai Daredevils by four wickets in another match of the IPL yesterday.Adam Gilchrist scored the fastest century of the tournament as the Deccan Chargers raced to their first win. The battle between the two bottom-ranked teams was a no-contest once Gilchrist teed off.Andrew Symonds had got a century off 47 deliveries in the previous game but Gilchrist needed only 42 as he decimated the weak Mumbai attack.Pulls and cuts were played with ease as Mumbai’s quicker bowlers erred in length, and after six fours, Gilchrist hit his first six, lofting Sanath Jayasuriya over deep midwicket.In all he struck nine boundaries and 10 sixes in his unbeaten 109 of 48 deliveries (strike rate 227.08) as Deccan Charges cruised past the Mumbai target of 154 with 44 balls to spare and all 10 wickets in tact.The other opener Laxman faced only 29 deliveries for his 36 (five fours) during the unbeaten 155 run partnership.

Virender Sehwag decimated the Deccan Chargers with a violent unbeaten 94 runs as Delhi Daredevils cantered to an easy nine-wicket win in their IPL match here tonight. Rohit Sharma’s 36-ball 66 had propped up the Deccan Chargers to a modest 142 for eight after the hosts were reduced to 60 for five at one stage.

But with skipper Sehwag on fire, Delhi Daredevils overwhelmed the target in 13 overs losing just one wicket for their second victory in a row.

Riding on a brilliant 38 by Australian David Hussey,Kolkata Knight Riders registered their second successive win as they defeated Hyderabad Deccan Chargers by five wickets in a nail biting finish in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Sunday.

Chasing a target of 111 set by the visitors, Knight Riders romped home with one over to spare at the Eden Gardens pitch that troubled both teams and kept the spectators on their toes. The home side finished with 112 for five wickets in 19 overs.