India Favourite in Celkon Trination Cricket Series 2013

               
                    Calypso nation West Indies is hosting a cricket tri-series starting from today with the opening match between host and Sri Lanka. It is going to be first home series for the newly appointed West Indian cricket team captain Dwayne Bravo. As, West Indies team couldn’t performed to the level of expectations in the recently held last edition of the Champions Trophy. So, it is going to be acid test for Dwayne Bravo  to prove his worth and skill as the skipper of team West Indies. The other two teams in the tri-series are Champions trophy 2013 winner India and Sri Lanka.

India favorite in Trination sereis in West Indies 2013
Tri-Nation Series in West Indies 2013
Tri-Series Schedule


 DATE
MATCH
VENUE
June28, 2013
West Indies v/s Sri Lanka
Kingston
June30, 2013
West Indies v/s India
Kingston
July 2, 2013
India v/s Sri Lanka
Kingston
July 5, 2013
West Indies v/s India
Port of Spain
July 7, 2013
West Indies v/s Sri Lanka
Port of Spain
July 9, 2013
India v/s Sri Lanka
Port of Spain
July 11, 2013
Grand Finale
Port of Spain


West Indies

                    The inclusion of the Chris Gayle has provided the required strength to the West Indies batting line up. They have number of good all rounders like Samuels, Bravo, Sammy and Pollard in their team which provides them the flexibilty for team selection.In bowling they have Narnie, Roach and Rampal who are in very good form. If they play as a unit they have the team to beat any team on the given day. They are underdogs for the cricket tournament and playing on home pitches will give them an added advantage.

Sri Lanka

                 Sri Lankan cricket team is going through the phase of transition and that has affected their bowling especially. Under the captaincy of the Angelo Mathews they did pretty well in champions trophy 2013. Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Malinga and Herath holds the key for them in the tri series. They have very good chance in the series if they perform as a unit.

India

                    Team India who looked in very good form in recently finished champions trophy in England and won the tournament without losing a single match. The young team India will be high on confidence as they outplayed their opponents in every department of the. Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Bhuwaneshwar Kumar are in very good form so they will start as favorites in the Celkon cricket series.  

India is favourite for Trinations series in West Indies
Championship winner India favorite for Tri Series
                 This cricket series is very short in number of matches as there are only 7 matches to be played including the final match. So, the key to succeed in this series is going to be quick adaptability with the condition and also with slow nature of cricket pitches in West Indies. As team India have won the recently held champions trophy they are quite confident side and will start as the favorites in this tournament. The performance of the Sri Lanka was also good in champions trophy so it will be a tough series. West Indies also have a very good chance to infuse the lost interest again in the West Indies cricket fans by winning this home series.

               In my point of view team India is the favorite  win this Celkon Tri series in West Indies. Which is your favorite team for the tournament? Who is going to win this cricket Tri series ?
 

Top 10 ODI Wicket Takers of All Time


                   The game of Cricket doesn’t require any introduction as it the second most followed sport in  world. Like I have written about the leading batsmen in the cricket history run wise in my earlier posts in the  top 10 run scorers in ODI cricket , top 10 run scorers in test cricket and top 10 run scorers in t20 cricket forms of cricket. I followed them with list of top 10 test wicket takers in cricket in the test cricket and now I have brought in leading wicket takers in the ODI format. ODI is short form for the One Day International cricket. ODI cricket got popular very quickly as it brought in new rules for the dress, overs, match time etc. in the cricket. If we talk in common language, Cricket is basically played between the bowlers and batsmen of two teams. In cricket both batsmen and bowlers have equal opportunities to outplay each other and win the game for their  respective teams.

Muralitharan tops the list of top 10 odi wicket takers
Leading ODI Wicket taker-M Muralitharan

Here is the list of top 10 Wicket takers in the ODI format :-

Player(Team)
Mat
Wkts.
BB
Avg.
Eco.
S.R.
5W
M Muralitharan (SL)
350
534
7/30
23.08
3.93
35.2
10
Wasim Akram (Pak)
356
502
5/15
23.52
3.89
36.2
6
Waqar Younis (Pak)
262
416
7/36
23.84
4.68
30.5
13
Chaminda Vaas (SL)
322
400
8/19
27.53
4.18
39.4
4
Shaun Pollock (SA)
303
393
6/35
24.50
3.67
39.9
5
Glen McGrath (Aus)
250
381
7/15
22.02
3.88
34.0
7
Brett Lee (Aus)
221
380
5/22
23.36
4.76
29.4
9
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
355
355
6/38
34.30
4.62
44.5
9
Anil Kumble (India)
271
337
6/12
30.89
4.30
43.0
2
S Jayasuriya (SL)
445
323
6/29
36.75
4.78
46.0
4


                     Sri Lankan off spinner M Muralitharan popularly called as the Spin Wizard. He  is highest wicket taker in ODI format like in test cricket too. The variety he had in his bowling made it possible for him to be at the top spot in the league of legendary bowlers. He played very crucial role in the success of the Sri Lankan cricket team at international level. If you closely view the list you get to know that the list is well dominated by the fast bowlers as four bowlers of the top 5 are quick/fast bowlers. He was also dragged in the controversies all due to his unorthodox action. Later, his action was found clean by the International Cricket Council. Overall he was great players off the field as well as on the field. M Muralitharan was a true gentleman and a great ambassador for the game of cricket. 

Abbreviations used in the post for those who are not aware with them are as follows:-

Mat.   :-  Total One day cricket matches played by the player.
Wkts. :-  Total number of Wickets taken by him  
B.B.   :-   Best Bowling figure in a cricket match. 
Avg.   :-   Runs spent by bowlers to take a wicket. It is the abbreviation for Average.
Eco.    :-  Runs given by the bowler in an over. It is the abbreviation for Economy. 
S.R.    :-  Bowls bowled by the bowler per wicket.It is called as the Strike Rate.
5W      :- Number of 5 wickets in total matches  
ODI    :- One Day International cricket match.


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