Match Preview: Dominant India to face dangerous Australia in semis

 By Divye Joshi in http://idharudhar24x7.blogspot.in/

 

Match facts

Thursday, March 26, 2015
Start time 9:00 am IST (1430 local) (0330 GMT)

Big picture
India has struggled against the home side in Australian summer and they are yet to win a match against Aussies on this four-month long tour. India was outplayed by Australia in the World Cup warm-up game as well. Are aussies going to continue their winning streak against the defending champions or Dhoni & Co. will have the last laugh? Even though, India couldn't win a match against the hosts but they have set wold cup on fire as Team India will be looking forward to win its eight game in the row. If Aussies have home advantage then India is also not too far away as they are expected to get as much support as Australia would get at Sydney Cricket Ground(SCG). In fact, if reports are to be believed then 70% Indians at SCG are going to be outnumbered the Australian fans. Australia's record is fabulous in semis but Dhoni has also never lost a semifinal while leading Men in Blue.

Despite winning their quarterfinal convincingly against Pakistan, Wahab Riyaz's tremendous spell has exposed some chinks in Australia's armor. If India won't loss much wickets in first 20 overs then Aussies are going to find ample task in their hand to contain India with just three regular bowlers. Though, depth and firepower in their batting line-up can derail the Indian bowling which has been outstanding so far. Indian pacers have enjoyed bowling short in this World Cup and they will not hesitate in testing Australian batsmen with bombarding of short pitched deliveries. On the other hand, unbeatable India has ticked almost all the boxed correctly but they will have to be very careful against this dangerous Austalian side which has 8-9 match-winners who can change the scenario of game single handedley. Virat's form may be a matter of concern for Dhoni but his ability to play big innings in big match is not hidden from anyone as Indian camp will again be hoping another special innings from Kohli to take India through to the final.

Form Guide
(last five matches, most recent first)
India WWWWW
Australia WWWWL

In the spotlight
Ravindra Jadeja - He didn't get much opportunity though with the bat but his ability to play useful innings at number seven is still under the scanner. However, little cameo of around 20 runs in the quarterfinal must be providing some relief to the Indian camp. Jadeja was hammered all around the park on the small grounds of New Zealand but he can be a handy customer with his left arm spin at Sydney considering the presence of too many right handers in the Australian batting line-up. If India want to retain the title then this Saurashtra all-rounder will have to contribute to the team cause with both bat and ball.

Aaron Finch - After smashing an explosive century in the first league match against England, Finch is having quite an ordinary World Cup. He will have huge responsibility to deny in-form Indian pacers an early strike as hosts are waiting another memorable innings from devastating Finch.

Team News
India will not change the winning combination in such a big encounter which can very well turn out to be a match of the tournament as well.
India (probable) 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Mohit Sharma, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Umesh Yadav 

Maxwell did a fine job against Pakistan with his off-spin and it is highly unlikely that they will include Xavier Doherty against India. They too are expected to go with an unchanged team.
Australia(probable) 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Shane Watson, 6 Glenn Maxwell, 7 James Faulkner, 8 Brad Haddin, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Josh Hazlewood.

Pitch and conditions: First look of the track that will stage the semifinal clash between India and Australia

 
Surprisingly, it was the spin duo of Proteas which destroyed Sri lankan batting line-up in the quarterfinal at Sydney. SCG pitch normally assist spinners but with no quality spinners in Australian side, some grass is expected for the second semifinal. With nice and bright sunshine on 26th March, it will be a lovely weather at SCG for the semifinal clash.

Quotes
"I don't think poor shot selection is the case. Kohli is a dominant batsman, he loves playing his strokes. I don't think he has batted badly at all. He is concentrating on process. And he is a big occasion player and would fire on a big day."
Indian captain MS Dhoni

"I think we targetted India pretty well this summer. They haven't won a game against us all through the summer. Hopefully that is pretty clear in their memories."
Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell 

Brilliant Bookie: And the winner's trophy goes to...

Rules
1. We will provide you Betting Slip having five questions for India-Australia semifinal.

2. Every participant will have 2000$ to put his/her bets on the match.

3. Every option in question will have its own odds based on the probable outcome. Suppose if probability of India's win is more then odds of India's victory are going to be 2.00$ and odds of 1.2$ on Australia win.
What is odds?
In simple language, odds means rate(India ki jeet pe kitna rate h aur Australia ki jeet pe kitna). Odds on that team is always high which has less probability of winning. In other words, we can say that higher odds on that team also encourage bookies to take a huge risk by putting money on a weak team. Higher the risk, greater the reward.

4. If you hit the bull eye with your predictions then amount put by you on the question will be multiplied by odds. Suppose you put 1000$ on India's win and Dhoni's Brigade comes victorious then your score for this right prediction will be 1000$ + 1000$*2$ = 3000$. But if your prediction proves to be wrong then 1000$ will be deducted from your account.

5. Betting lines will be opened till 8:29 am, 26th March. Any bet after toss will not be taken into consideration.

6. Format of playing Brilliant Bookie: Put your bets in the comment section of this article in the following format:-
Name:
Answers with respective amounts: Eg - if you predict India win then write amount( say 100$ or 500$ or 1000$ or 1500$) after India.

Final outcome
Q1: Who will win the match?
Australia - 1.20$

Q2: First extra run of the match will be? 
Leg-bye - 1.50$

Q3: Who will score more from the following?
Steven Smith - 1.40$

Q4: How many runs will be scored on the sixth legitimate delivery of the last over of the batting power play in the Indian innings?
Dot ball/1 run - 0.75$

Q5:  When will Ravindra Jadeja be introduced into the bowling attack?
11-15 overs- 2.50$

Points Tally
Akshay Jain - 4050$
Rohit Saini - 1950$
Harsh Maheshwari - 1537.5$
Ashwin Bansal - 1350$
Shantam Mittal - 1000$
Vishal Kamra - 880$
Mayank Garg - 335$
Prateesh Sharma - 300$
Abhishek  - 0$

Congratulations to Akshay Jain for a massive victory in the Brilliant Bookie. He can come to IPC, Budhana Gate with his valid id proof to receive the winner's trophy.

Dhoni's 100th victory seals semis bearth for India

India have reached the semi final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 by thrashing Bangladesh by 109 runs. Indian fans had their heart in their mouth when Ajinkya Rahane was caught at mid-off as India was scoring at the run rate of 4 but centurion Rohit Sharma's partnership with flamboyant Suresh Raina took India past to the magical figure of 300 with the help of Ravindra Jadeja's cameo in the last few overs.

India will now take on either Australia or the arch rivals Pakistan in the semi final on 26th March at Sydney. India's massive victory over Bangla tigers is their 100th win under MS Dhoni's captaincy. Rohit Sharma, who was adjudged Man of the Match, has also joined the league of legendary Sir Viv Richards.

100 ODI victories for MS Dhoni, the third-most for any captain. The only captain with more ODI wins are both Australian, Ricky Ponting (167) and Allan Border (107).
17 Wickets taken by Mohammed Shami in this World Cup, the most for any bowler. He took two wickets in this game and went past Mitchell Starc who has taken 16 wickets so far.
2 Hundreds scored by Rohit Sharma at the MCG. He is one of only three visiting batsmen to score two ODI tons at the ground, along with David Gower and Viv Richards.
7 World Cup centuries that have been scored at the MCG, the most at any venue. The second-most centuries scored at a single venue is six, at the National Stadium in Karachi.
99 Runs scored by India in the first 25 overs of their innings. India scored 203 runs in the last 25 overs.
11 Consecutive wins for India in World Cups, the second longest winning streak after Australia's 25-match run between 1999 and 2011. Including the five wins in the 2013 Champions Trophy, India now have 16 consecutive wins in global ICC ODI events.
83.8 Rohit's batting average at the MCG, the highest for any batsman who has scored at least 300 runs at this venue. Aaron Finch with a batting average of 65.2 is next on the list with 391 runs.
7 Consecutive games where India have bowled out their opponents, the most for any team in World Cups. India's opposition in these games have included five Test nations - South Africa, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, West Indies and Bangladesh.
0 India are the only team not to have lost a single wicket in the batting Powerplay during this World Cup. India scored 50 for 0 during the batting Powerplay today.
72.8 India's win percentage in World Cup knockout matches, the best for any team. India have eight wins from 11 matches. Australia have the second-best percentage (71.4%) with 10 wins from 14 matches.
4 Instances since 2002 where teams have gone on to make a 300-plus score after making less than 100 at the end of 25 overs. This is the second such instance in this World Cup. India were 99for 2 after 25 overs before going on to post 302. Earlier this World Cup, West Indies made 304 against Ireland after being 93 for 5 at the end of 25 overs.

(With Inputs from http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/852667.html)

Brilliant Bookie: And the winner is..

Hello and welcome to the first edition of Brilliant Bookie. Team India is thrashing its opponents in the ongoing World Cup and looking eager to retain the title. With knockout stage starting from 18th March, IPC has decided to make the next round of World Cup more exciting. We hope that our followers would like this new initiative of IPC. After New Zealand's three wicket victory over Bangla tigers, India will take on Bangladesh in the quarter final on 19th March at MCG. We are sure that you people are also ready to cheer Men in Blue. We believe that you guys would love to make prediction on India's quarter final, so IPC is giving you a platform to predict and participate in Brilliant Bookie.

Rules
1. We will provide you Betting Slip having five questions for India-Bangladesh quarterfinal.

2. Every participant will have 2000$ to put his/her bets on the match.

3. Every option in question will have its own odds based on the probable outcome. Suppose if probability of India's win is more then odds of India's victory are going to be 1.2$ and odds of 2$ on Bangladesh win.
What is odds?
In simple language, odds means rate(India ki jeet pe kitna rate h aur bangladesh ki jeet pe kitna). Odds on that team is always high which has less probability of winning. In other words, we can say that higher odds on that team also encourage bookies to take a huge risk by putting money on a weak team. Higher the risk, greater the reward.

4. If you hit the bull eye with your predictions then amount put by you on the question will be multiplied by odds. Suppose you put 1000$ on India's win and Dhoni's Brigade comes victorious then your score for this right prediction will be 1000$ + 1000$*1.2$ = 2200$. But if your prediction proves to be wrong then 1000$ will be deducted from your account.

5. Betting lines will be opened till 8:29 am, 19th March. Any bet after toss will not be taken into consideration.

6. Format of playing Brilliant Bookie: Put your bets in the comment section of this article in the following format:-
Name:
Answers with respective amounts: Eg - if you predict India win then write amount( say 100$ or 500$ or 1000$ or 1500$) after India.

Betting Slip
Q1: Who will win the match?
India - 0.80$
Bangladesh - 2.20$

Q2: First dismissal of the match will be?
Catch out - 0.40$
LBW - 2.00$
Bowled - 3.00$
Stump - 20.00$
Run out - 3.50$
Hit Wicket - 100$
Others - 102$

Q3: Who will score more from the following?
Virat Kohli - 1.60$
Shikhar Dhawan - 1.80$
Rohit Sharma - 2.00$
Ajinkya Rahane - 2.40$
Mahmudullah - 4.00$
Tamim Iqbal - 7.00$

Q4: How many runs will be scored on the sixth legitimate delivery of the tenth over?
Dot ball/1 run - 0.75$
2 runs - 2.20$
3 runs - 5.00$
4 runs - 2.00$
6 runs - 7.00$
5 runs - 500$

Q5:  Who will bowl the 35th over of the Bangladesh innings?
Pacer/Medium Pacer - 1.25$
Spinner - 1.50$

Attractive prizes will be given to the winner of Brilliant Bookie and his/her name will be published on the header of our blog

This is how your bets turned out
Q1: Who will win the match?
India - 0.80$

Q2: First dismissal of the match will be?
Stump - 20.00$

Q3: Who will score more from the following?
Rohit Sharma - 2.00$

 Q4: How many runs will be scored on the sixth legitimate delivery of the tenth over?
Dot ball/1 run - 0.75$

Q5:  Who will bowl the 35th over of the Bangladesh innings?
Spinner - 1.50$


Points Tally
Shubham Narang - 4018$
Ashwin Bansal - 3850$
Mayank Garg - 2723.40$
Harsh Maheshwari - 2620$
Vishal Kamra - 2550$ 
Shantam Mittal - 2420$
Akshay Jain - 1790$
Mohit Garg - 1420$

Congratulations to Shubham Narang for winning the Brilliant Bookie. He can collect his trophy from IPC, Budhana Gate after showing valid id proof.

India's record breaking win over Irish

Dhoni-led India has not just crushed Ireland in their fifth league match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 but they have also ensured that defending champions will end the league stage as a group topper. Plenty of records were also created during a comfortable victory of India at Hamilton.

 Records at Glance
1. 174 The opening partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, the best opening stand for India in a World Cup match. This is India's sixth 100-plus opening stand in World Cups.

2. 12 Number of World Cup matches in which Dhoni has led India to victory, the most for an Indian captain. He went past Kapil Dev's tally of 11.

3. 8 Hundreds scored by Dhawan since 2013, the fourth-most by any batsman. The other players with more hundreds than Dhawan are Virat Kohli (9), Kumar Sangakkara (10) and Hashim Amla (10).

4. 14 Number of Indian batsmen who have scored 4000-plus ODI runs. Rohit became the latest batsman to cross this mark during his innings of 64.

5. 333 Runs scored by Dhawan in this World Cup, the second-highest for any batsman. Sangakkara leads the list with 372 runs, including three hundreds. Dhawan has scored two hundreds and a fifty.

 

6. 9 Number of consecutive World Cup victories for India, the most for them. The record for the longest winning streak in World Cups is 25 matches, by Australia between the 1999 and 2011 editions.

7. 5 Number of consecutive ODIs where India have bowled out their opposition, their first such instance. The only team to have a longer streak in World Cups is South Africa, who bowled out their opposition six consecutive times in 2011.

8. 89 The opening stand between William Porterfield and Paul Stirling, the highest in World Cups for Ireland against a top-eight team.

9. 15 Number of times Mohammed Shami has taken three or more wickets in an ODI since 2013, the most for any bowler. These 15 hauls include five of four or more wickets. Next on the list is Ryan McLaren with 13 such hauls while Lasith Malinga has 12. Shami returned figures of 3 for 41 in this game.

(Inputs from http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/847191.html)

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 Accountancy
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Know about CA faculties of IPC

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