We can win the cup this time: Chris Gayle

After thrashing the Australians by his super power-hitting, Chris Gayle is confident for the World Cup T20 final which is to be played against Sri Lanka. However, he started slowly and didn't got much of the strike, but later on he played some of his favourite shots and punished the Australian bowlers by his powerful hitting.

He knew that the spinners would play an important part and thought 150-160 would be a good score to defend on this type of pitch. The partnership between Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard did a lot for the West Indies and helped them to achieve a grand total of 205 runs.

George Bailey praised the grand performance of Chris Gayle and also pointed to the good supporting innings played by Kieron Pollard, Samuels and Bravo who took the match away from the Australians.

@ImnotRaina: Suresh Raina disowns Pak tweet

Suresh Raina had a bit of explaining to do after a tweet related to Pakistan's exit from the T20 World Cup was sent from his verified twitter account @ImRaina on Thursday night post the team's loss to Sri Lanka. "Ek do din late gaye ghar!!!!! Woh bhi besharam ki tarah gaye... Bye bye Pakistan," Raina tweeted.

However, he deleted his tweet after users found the comment derrogatory and offered an explanation that led to further internet rolling of the batsmen. "Smart phones r dangerous. Discovered it last night after my nephew posted random tweets. Discovered it last night. I'm a sportsmen and would never disrespect." Raina wrote on Friday morning. He further added: "Though I already deleted it, I felt its better to clarify. To all those who r upset, I'm sorry. I'm not one to show disrespect."

Last week when India had defeated Pakistan, Raina had posted a photo of himself, shushing the crowd immediately after he caught Umar Akmal off Ravichandran Ashwin. Along with the photo he wrote: "8th straight win over Pakistan in World Cups. Absolute delight Thank you all for the wishes was high density as always."

Bowlers win the math for Sri Lanka

Just after the win of Sri Lanka over Pakistan in the semis of ICC World Twenty20, Mahela Jayawardene said that his team was confident to win the match despite creating a small total. Mahela Jayawardene gave the whole credit to the bowlers of his team who bowled superbly against Pakistan and didn't allowed their opponent to open their arms and play freely. Whereas Mohammad Hafeez said that the collapse of their middle-order was the reason behind the defeat. Rangna Herath did good in the match who was picked in the place of Akila Dhananjay which was a tough decision for Mahila Jayawardene.

India climb to No.2 spot in the latest ICC T20 rankings

India might failed to qualify for the semis but four wins out of five matches have pushed the Dhoni-led side up by one place to the second spot in the latest T20 International team rankings, released on Wednesday. India now trail Sri Lanka (129) by nine points and are followed by Pakistan (118) and England (118). South Africa has lost its number-1 position in the championship table after failing to qualify for the semi-finals.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 - Fixtures & Schedule

The ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 schedule has been announced. Here is the full schedule of ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 with full fixtures and time table. The tournament will be organized by Sri Lanka in Sep-Oct 2012. Twenty20 World Cup 2012 is scheduled to start on September 18, 2012.

The tournament will consist of 27 matches which will be played among 12 teams. Six teams with non-permanent ODI status - Canada, Kenya, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland & Afghanistan - will have to go through a qualifier round which is to be played in UAE to be qualified for the T20 World Cup.

The teams are divided in four groups :-

Group A :  India, England, Qualifier 2

Group B :  Australia, West Indies, Qualifier 1

Group C : Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Group D : Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh


Date                   Time            Match Details                                                Venue    
18-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group C: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 1st T20         Hambantota
19-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Group B: Australia vs TBC, 2nd T20                   Colombo  
19-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group A: India vs TBC, 3rd T20                          Colombo  
20-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group C: South Africa vs Zimbabwe, 4th T20     Hambantota
21-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Group D: New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 5th T20     Kandy    
21-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group A: England vs TBC, 6th T20                      Colombo 
22-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Group C: Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 7th T20      Hambantota
22-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group B: Australia vs West Indies, 8th T20          Colombo 
23-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Group D: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 9th T20         Kandy   
23-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group A: England vs India, 10th T20                    Colombo
24-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group B: West Indies vs TBC, 11th T20               Colombo
25-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Group D: Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 12th T20         Kandy   
27-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 1: TBC vs TBC, 13th T20      Kandy   
27-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 1: TBC vs TBC, 14th T20      Colombo
28-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 2: TBC vs TBC, 15th T20      Colombo
28-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 2: TBC vs TBC, 16th T20      Kandy   
29-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 1: TBC vs TBC, 17th T20      Kandy   
29-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 1: TBC vs TBC, 18th T20      Colombo
30-Sep-2012  10:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 2: TBC vs TBC, 19th T20      Colombo
30-Sep-2012  14:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 2: TBC vs TBC, 20th T20      Kandy   
1-Oct-2012    10:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 1: TBC vs TBC, 21th T20      Kandy   
1-Oct-2012    14:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 1: TBC vs TBC, 22nd T20     Colombo
2-Oct-2012    10:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 2: TBC vs TBC, 23rd T20      Colombo
2-Oct-2012    14:00 GMT       Super Eights, Group 2: TBC vs TBC, 24th T20      Colombo
4-Oct-2012    13:30 GMT       TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi Final T20                          Colombo
5-Oct-2012    13:30 GMT       TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi Final T20                         Colombo
7-Oct-2012    13:30 GMT       TBC vs TBC, 3rd Semi Final T20                          Colombo

SLPL will give Lanka the edge for World T20

Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga feels that his side will have a distinct advantage over other countries during next month's Twenty20 World Cup as most of the island nation's players have prepared well by competing in the Sri Lanka Premier League. "SLPL is a good preparation for the Twenty20 World Cup. All the Sri Lankan players know the conditions very well and we have the chance to win the Twenty20 World Cup," Malinga who captained the Rahuna Royals in the SLPL, said.



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Yuvraj Singh picked up by India for World Cup Twenty20

On Friday, Yuvraj Singh was included in the Indian squad for world twenty-20 championship which is to be played in Sri lanka . It was expected that he will be selected in the squad after he was declared fit by the physio and trainer at National Cricked Academy.Yuvraj Singh recently went through a cancer surgery due to which he was kept outside the Indian squad for months.

Hope he will show some great cricket performance to his cricket fans in the World Cup Twenty-20.