2nd Test Match between India vs. England in Mohali
India is leading the two-match series 1-0.
India and England teams on Tuesday arrived chandigarh to play the second and final cricket Test in Mohali, beginning on Friday.
The two teams landed at the Air Force station at 4 pm local time with 300 commandos and 700 police personnel deployed for their safety in the wake of recent terror attacks in Mumbai.
The match was originally scheduled to be played in Mumbai but the venue was shifted to Mohali following the Mumbai carnage.
Virender Sehwag, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra and Gautam Gambhir will join the team on Wednesday.
The players where given high level security and the hotel Taj in which they are staying is under high security. The two teams will be having nets on Wednesday. Indian team is highly motivated and ready to win the 2nd test series too. Indian players are ready for the match and hopefully India will win this test match series.
Sachin Tendulkar gained one place to be joint 16th and Yuvraj Singh climbed eight places up to 56th in the latest ICC Test rankings after they guided IndiaEngland in Chennai. Get a latest score of test match India vs. England 2nd test series.
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T-10 Cricket Evolves: T-10 Gully cricket A new version
This new shorter and faster form of cricket augurs well for Indian cricket as more and more youngsters will get involved in the game,” Laxman said while releasing the T-10 anthem.
T-10 Gully cricket tournament will feature 40 teams, including five sponsored teams. The top team from each city would vie for the final pay-off in Mumbai in the second week of February next year.
Targeted at 15 to 24-year-olds, who have not yet made the first-class cut, the tournament is all set to roll January 16 with a few batsmen-friendly innovations and absolutely nothing for the bowlers.Eight teams from Surat, Pune, Ludhiana, Thane, Lucknow, Jalandhar, Kanpur and Nashik will vie for a Rs 10 lakh winners’ purse out of a total prize money of Rs 25 lakh. The preliminary stage will see four sponsored teams in each city competing against each other to qualify for the final play-off.The play-off will feature two groups of four teams each with the top-two qualifying for the semi-finals. The winner of group A would meet the runners-up of group B in the first semis while the winner of group B would meet the runners-up of group A in the other semis to be followed by the grand finale.
After the success of the Twenty20 cricket, it’s now a shorter T-10 version that is keeping the celebrities busy. As this getting a great popularity and can give a great opportunity to new player to show up there talent. Such kind of initiative motivates the new players. If we talk in prospect of business then also T-10 Gully cricket will help in generating the huge revenue through advertisement. Nowadays cricket is being commercialized and being played to earn money. Click here to know how to participate in T-10 Gully Cricket. 
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‘T10 Gully cricket’ league has Ishant Sharma in a bit of the spott-10
Ishant Sharma is in trouble due to signing on as the brand ambassador for a new ‘T10 Gully cricket’ league. The appearance at the launch of a new ‘T10 Gully cricket‘ league has Ishant Sharma in a bit of the spot. The BCCI is apparently not too happy with the young bowler for signing on as the brand ambassador for this event. But the organisers argue there is no conflict of interest between them and the bosses of Indian cricket.
The BCCI do not want the Indian team who all are in contract with them to endorse or be the brand ambassador for any other board. The organizers of this league want to give new chance to all those who have not played much cricket and can give an opportunity to show there talent. This is primarily a tournament for those who have not played first class cricket. So they are not under the provision of the board anyway,” said the organisers of the tournament.
The man handling the tournament is former India coach Lalchand Rajput, who believes this tournament is ideally suited for newcomers.
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Congress score a hat-trick in Delhi
Sheila Dikshit again become the CM of Delhi, this is a third time for congress to make their government in Delhi. The BJP leader Vijay Malhotra most expected candidate for CM has been defeated by congress. Congress has occupied 42 seats where as BJP only 21.
In Rajasthan also congress has won 96 seats whereas BJP 77. This is a very big defeat for BJP in Delhi, Rajasthan, Mizoram. This result will surely boast the congress party for lok sabha election. The emerging results to Assembly polls show a 3:2 split in 
favour of Congress, providing a much-needed boost to the UPA just ahead of general elections due in April-May 2009. It will give Congress the breathing space it needs to tackle the fallout of the Mumbai attacks and an economic slowdown.
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Injuction to boast the economy- $4b economic stimulus package
To counter the impact of global recession on the Indian economy, the Indian government yesterday (December 7) announced a package which will increase its development expenditure, ease funds availability for infrastructure and provide cheaper credit for housing and labour-intensive exports.
The package include an additional expenditure of US$4.04 billion by the government during the remaining four months of 2008-2009, a cut of 4 per cent Cenvat across the board, two per cent subvention of interest to make credit attractive for textile, leather, handlooms and other labour-intensive sectors, and larger credit guarantee for medium, small and micro enterprises.
The Planning Commission deputy chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said the package will help to overcome impact of weak global economy on the Indian economy” and help achieve a seven per cent growth rate. This would be helping in the growth of the economy.
What will be the next step of finance minister to maintain the growth of our economy? The fact is that we need more and more FII into the market and liquidity to make the situation better and favorable. This stimulus package is showing immediate result and now at 12.15 8 Dec, 2008 SENSEX 9284.12, Point up +318.92. This package has given some relief in the market and hope this remain the same in coming days.
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Petrol prices to be cut by Rs 5, diesel by Rs 2
The UPA Government has decided to cut the price of petrol by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 2 per litre from Saturday, leaving cooking gas LPG unchanged. This would put extra money into people’s pockets this would help in controlling the economic crisis. It would also reduce the inflationary pressure on the wholesale price index where Fuel, Power, Light & Lubricants Group has a weight of 14.23 percent.
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2nd Test Match Series: India v England In Mohali-Latest Live score
India win series with Mohali draw-Though the second India-England Test in Mohali ended in a draw, the hosts have won the two-match series 1-0, by virtue of their sensational 6-wicket win in Chennai.
Today is a 5th day of 2nd test match between India and England. India is batting .Bad light and overcast conditions delayed the start of the second Test match between England and India at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here Friday.Umpires Asad Rauf and Daryll Harper inspected the ground conditions with the light-meter and did not find it fit for play.
England lost the first test match in Chennai and after loosing the first test match in Chennai by six wickets the England team is now again ready for 2ndIndia chases the fourth-highest run in Test history. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s 41st century at Chennai is already being regarded as the crowning glory of his succesfull career. Get a latest live score and update.
In Play-India won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires: Asad Rauf, D J Harper
India: Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Yuvraj, Dhoni (C/W), Harbhajan, Zaheer, Mishra, I Sharma
England: Cook, Strauss, Bell, Pietersen (C), Collingwood, Flintoff, Prior (W), Swann, Broad, Anderson, Panesar
PCA Stadium, Mohali
Established: 1993
Capacity: 28,000
Floodlights: Yes
Ends: Pavilion End, City End
Home Team: Punjab
Curator: Daljit Singh
Test History: 8 Tests; 3 home wins; 1 away win; 4 draws
Last 8 tosses: 4 batted first (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss); 4 bowled first (1 win, 3 draws)
Highlights of the match
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England |
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Coach |
Gary Kirstan |
Peter Moores |
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ICC Ranking |
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5 |
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Key Players |
Sehwag, Ishant, Sachin, Zaheer |
Flintoff, Pietersen, Cook, Strauss |
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Weather |
Winter is starting to kick in in the sub-continent and the light will fade a little quicker in the evening. Cloudy conditions are expected for the opening two days, but the rain should stay away for the whole match. Glorious weather is forecast for all five days of the Test. A maximum of 20oC and minimum of 10oC is predicted. Mornings will nice and cool and fast bowlers will able to run in hard and bowl spells. | |
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Pitch Report |
The pitch at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium will assist the seam bowlers during the second Test match between India and England starting from Friday, says chief curator Daljeet Singh. |
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ODDS |
India 1/2, England 5/3, Drawn 7/3 |
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Head to head |
Total 98, India 19, England 34, Drawn 45 |
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Inflation falls to 8.40 pct, at 7-month low
After a long wait the Inflation fell to its lowest in nearly seven months to 8.40 per cent, giving RBI enough room for deeper rate cuts to propel the economy. The rate, measured by wholesale prices, eased for the fourth straight week and was lower by 0.44 percentage points in the seven-day period ending 
November 22 from the previous week. Prime Minster Manmohan Singh would come up with more fiscal and monetary policy that would help in controlling the share market and growth of country. Now it seems that things will be more positive as our new finance minister Manmohan Singh has taken charge and his experience would help in overcoming the economic crisis.
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Merry Christmas
Wishes you all happy holidays on the auspicious occasion of Christmas and Hanukkah. While Christmas is one of the major festivals of the Christian population to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt. Both these occasions are highly auspicious, and We takes this opportunity to wish you great holidays
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India defeated england and won 1st test match:England Test Match
England in India, 2 Test Series, 2008 – England vs India, MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras) , day 2
Today is a 5th day between India and england. England is batting first. Get a latest update on Test match.
Dhoni again proved his captaincy and defeated england. Sachin century made this victory more joyful.
India v England
Chennai
First Test Match
India beat England by 6 wkts.
| India second innings | ||||||
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Gambhir | c Collingwood | b Anderson | 66 | 139 | 7 | - |
| V Sehwag | lbw | b Swann | 83 | 68 | 11 | 4 |
| R Dravid | c Prior | b Flintoff | 4 | 19 | - | - |
| SR Tendulkar | not out | 103 | 196 | 9 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | c Bell | b Swann | 26 | 42 | 4 | - |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 85 | 131 | 8 | 1 | |
| Extras | 4b 12lb 0w 4nb | 20 | ||||
| TOTAL: | 4 wkts , 98.3 overs | 387 | ||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-117 (117 Sehwag, 102 mins), 2-141 (24 Dravid, 31 mins), 3-183 (42 Gambhir, 70 mins), 4-224 (41 Laxman, 52 mins) | ||||||
| To bat: M S Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, I Sharma, A Mishra | ||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S J Harmison | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| J M Anderson | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 |
| M S Panesar | 27 | 4 | 105 | 0 |
| A Flintoff | 22 | 1 | 64 | 1 |
| G P Swann | 28.3 | 2 | 103 | 2 |
| England second innings | ||||||
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
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| AJ Strauss | c Laxman | b Harbhajan Singh | 108 | 244 | 8 | - |
| AN Cook | c Dhoni | b I Sharma | 9 | 30 | 1 | - |
| IR Bell | c Gambhir | b Mishra | 7 | 13 | 1 | - |
| KP Pietersen | lbw | b Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| PD Collingwood | lbw | b Khan | 108 | 250 | 9 | - |
| A Flintoff | c Dhoni | b I Sharma | 4 | 11 | - | - |
| MJ Prior | c Sehwag | b I Sharma | 33 | 56 | 2 | - |
| GP Swann | b Khan | 7 | 21 | - | - | |
| SJ Harmison | b Khan | 1 | 8 | - | - | |
| JM Anderson | not out | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | 10b 13lb 2w 7nb | 32 | ||||
| TOTAL: | 9 wkts , 105.5 overs (declared) |
311 | ||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-28 (28 Cook, 50 mins), 2-42 (14 Bell, 10 mins), 3-43 (1 Pietersen, 2 mins), 4-257 (214 Strauss, 327 mins), 5-262 (5 Flintoff, 15 mins), 6-277 (15 Collingwood, 24 mins), 7-297 (20 Swann, 27 mins), 8-301 (4 S J Harmison, 9 mins), 9-311 (10 Prior, 24 mins) | ||||||
| Did not bat: M S Panesar | ||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Khan | 27 | 7 | 40 | 3 |
| I Sharma | 22.5 | 1 | 57 | 3 |
| A Mishra | 17 | 1 | 66 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 3 | 91 | 1 |
| V Sehwag | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| India first innings | ||||||
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Gambhir | lbw | b Swann | 19 | 43 | 3 | - |
| V Sehwag | b Anderson | 9 | 16 | 2 | - | |
| R Dravid | lbw | b Swann | 3 | 24 | - | - |
| SR Tendulkar | c & | b Flintoff | 37 | 48 | 4 | 1 |
| VVS Laxman | c & | b Panesar | 24 | 60 | 3 | - |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Flintoff | b S J Harmison | 14 | 41 | 2 | - |
| MS Dhoni | c Pietersen | b Panesar | 53 | 82 | 5 | - |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Bell | b Panesar | 40 | 58 | 7 | - |
| Z Khan | lbw | b Flintoff | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| A Mishra | b Flintoff | 12 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| I Sharma | not out | 8 | 19 | - | - | |
| Extras | 4b 11lb 0w 6nb | 21 | ||||
| TOTAL: | all out , 69.4 overs | 241 | ||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-16 (16 Sehwag, 25 mins), 2-34 (18 Gambhir, 39 mins), 3-37 (3 Dravid, 2 mins), 4-98 (61 Laxman, 76 mins), 5-102 (4 Tendulkar, 4 mins), 6-137 (35 Yuvraj Singh, 51 mins), 7-212 (75 Harbhajan Singh, 85 mins), 8-217 (5 Khan, 14 mins), 9-219 (2 Dhoni, 12 mins), 10-241 (22 Mishra, 14 mins) | ||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
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| S J Harmison | 11 | 1 | 42 | 1 |
| J M Anderson | 11 | 3 | 28 | 1 |
| A Flintoff | 18.4 | 2 | 49 | 3 |
| G P Swann | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| M S Panesar | 19 | 4 | 65 | 3 |
| England first innings | ||||||
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
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| AJ Strauss | c & | b Mishra | 123 | 233 | 15 | - |
| AN Cook | c Khan | b Harbhajan Singh | 52 | 116 | 5 | - |
| IR Bell | lbw | b Khan | 17 | 51 | 1 | - |
| KP Pietersen | c & | b Khan | 4 | 33 | - | - |
| PD Collingwood | c Gambhir | b Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 26 | 1 | - |
| A Flintoff | c Gambhir | b Mishra | 18 | 75 | 2 | - |
| JM Anderson | c Yuvraj Singh | b Mishra | 19 | 82 | 2 | - |
| MJ Prior | not out | 53 | 102 | 1 | - | |
| GP Swann | c Dravid | b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| SJ Harmison | c Dhoni | b Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 23 | - | - |
| MS Panesar | lbw | b I Sharma | 6 | 26 | - | - |
| Extras | 0b 7lb 0w 1nb | 8 | ||||
| TOTAL: | all out , 128.4 overs | 316 | ||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-118 (118 Cook, 168 mins), 2-164 (46 Bell, 66 mins), 3-180 (16 Pietersen, 32 mins), 4-195 (15 Collingwood, 32 mins), 5-221 (26 Strauss, 49 mins), 6-229 (8 Flintoff, 26 mins), 7-271 (42 Anderson, 82 mins), 8-277 (6 Swann, 10 mins), 9-304 (27 S J Harmison, 29 mins), 10-316 (12 Panesar, 23 mins) | ||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Khan | 21 | 9 | 41 | 2 |
| I Sharma | 19.4 | 4 | 32 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 38 | 2 | 96 | 3 |
| A Mishra | 34 | 6 | 99 | 3 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 15 | 2 | 33 | 1 |
| V Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
England won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires: B F Bowden, D J Harper
India:
V Sehwag , G Gambhir , R Dravid , S R Tendulkar , V V S Laxman , Yuvraj Singh , M S Dhoni (capt) (wkt) , Harbhajan Singh , Z Khan , I Sharma , A Mishra
England:
A N Cook , A J Strauss , I R Bell , K P Pietersen (capt) , P D Collingwood , A Flintoff , M J Prior (wkt) , S J Harmison , J M Anderson , M S Panesar , G P Swann
After 26/11 England went back to England, Now they are back for test match. After wining toss England decided to bat first and till now they have lost 2 wickets. Indian won last one day series and Indian team is very hopeful of wining this test series too. Yuvraj singh is back in this Test match. Get a latest update in this test match and enjoy this match.
Chennai Test (India vs England) – Statistical Highlights, Day 1
- Graeme Swann becomes the 641st player to play Test cricket for England. He is the third player to make his debut for England in Tests in the year 2008. The others to debut in 2008 are Tim Ambrose and Darren Pattinson.
- The last off-spinner to make his debut for England was Shaun Udal in November 2005.
- By playing this Test Sachin Tendulkar now has the longest career span by an Indian in Test cricket. Tendulkar having played for 19 years and 26 days (1989-2008) betters the record of Lala Amarnath who played exactly for 19 years (1933-1952).
- This is the 30th Test match to be played on this ground. The team that has won the toss has batted first on all occasions except one. In January 1982 England won the toss and put India into bat. The Test was drawn.
- India are playing their 14th Test of the year 2008. The most by any country so far. South Africa however have played 13 and are due to play three more
- England are playing their 50th Test match on Indian soil. The first visiting country to do so.
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