IPL 2017 Full List

The IPL 2017 tournament has been started on 5th April in Hyderabad, while the final will be Palyed in the Hyderabad on 21st May.

► Here is the full list of matches of IPL 2017:



 Match 1: SRH vs RCB, April 5 2017, 8 PM

 Match 2: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Mumbai Indians, April 6 2017, 8 PM

 Match 3: Gujarat Lions vs KKR, April 7 2017, 8 PM

 Match 4: Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 8 2017, 4 PM

 Match 5: RCB vs Delhi Daredevils, April 8 2017, 8 PM

 Match 6: SRH vs Gujarat Lions, April 9 2017, 4 PM

 Match 7: Mumbai Indians vs KKR, April 9 2017, 8 PM

 Match 8: Kings XI Punjab vs RCB, April 10 2017, 8 PM

 Match 9: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Delhi Daredevils, April 11 2017, 8 PM

 Match 10: Mumbai Indians vs SRH, April 12 2017, 8 PM

 Match 11: KKR vs Kings XI Punjab, April 13 2017, 8 PM

 Match 12: RCB vs Mumbai Indians, April 14 2017, 4 PM

 Match 13: Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 14 2017, 8 PM

 Match 14: KKR vs SRH, April 15 2017, 4 PM

 Match 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, April 15 2017, 8 PM

 Match 16: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions, April 16 2017, 4 PM

 Match 17: RCB vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 16 2017, 8 PM

 Match 18: Delhi Daredevils vs KKR, April 17 2017, 4 PM

 Match 19: SRH vs Kings XI Punjab, April 17 2017, 8 PM

 Match 20: Gujarat Lions vs RCB, April 18 2017, 8 PM

 Match 21: SRH vs Delhi Daredevils, April 19 2017, 8 PM

 Match 22: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, April 20 2017, 8 PM

 Match 23: KKR vs Gujarat Lions, April 21 2017, 8 PM

 Match 24: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, April 22 2017, 4 PM

 Match 25: Rising Pune Supergiant vs SRH, April 22 2017, 8 PM

 Match 26: Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI Punjab, April 23 2017, 4 PM

 Match 27: KKR vs RCB, April 23 2017, 8 PM

 Match 28: Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 24 2017, 8 PM

 Match 29: RCB vs SRH, April 25 2017, 8 PM

 Match 30: Rising Pune Supergiant vs KKR, April 26 2017, 8 PM

 Match 31: RCB vs Gujarat Lions, April 27 2017, 8 PM

 Match 32: KKR vs Delhi Daredevils, April 28 2017, 4 PM

 Match 33: Kings XI Punjab vs SRH, April 28 2017, 8 PM

 Match 34: Rising Pune Supergiant vs RCB, April 29 2017, 4 PM

 Match 35: Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians, April 29 2017, 8 PM

 Match 36: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, April 30 2017, 4 PM

 Match 37: SRH vs KKR, April 30 2017, 8 PM

 Match 38: Mumbia Indians vs RCB, May 1 2017, 4 PM

 Match 39: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lion, May 1 2017, 8 PM

 Match 40: Delhi Daredevils vs SRH, May 2 2017, 8 PM

 Match 41: KKR vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 3 2017, 8 PM

 Match 42: Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions, May 4 2017, 8 PM

 Match 43: RCB vs Kings XI Punjab, May 5 2017, 8 PM

 Match 44: SRH vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 6 2017, 4 PM

 Match 45: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, May 6 2017, 8 PM

 Match 46: RCB vs KKR, May 7 2017, 4 PM

 Match 47: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions, May 7 2017, 8 PM

 Match 48: SRH vs Mumbai Indians, May 8 2017, 8 PM

 Match 49: Kings XI Punjab vs KKR, May 9 2017, 8 PM

 Match 50: Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils, May 10 2017, 8 PM

 Match 51: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, May 11 2017, 8 PM

 Match 52: Delhi Daredevlis vs Rising Pune Super Giant, May 12 2017, 8 PM

 Match 53: Gujarat Lions vs SRH, May 13 2017, 4 PM

 Match 54: KKR vs Mumbai Indians, May 13 2017, 8 PM

 Match 55: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kings XI Punjab, May 14 2017, 4 PM

 Match 56: Delhi Daredevils vs RCB, May 15 2017, 8 PM

 1st Qualifier: May 16 2017, 8 PM

 Eliminator: May 17 2017, 8 PM

 2nd Qualifier: May 19 2017, 8 PM


 Final: May 21 2017, 8 PM

Kumble's Haul of Fame on 7 Feb'99

Any sporting record that lasts over 40 years has got to be very very special -- and the effort that equals it, or tops it, has to be applauded to the rooftops.

Today, it was Anil Kumble whose name rings from the rafters -- an analysis that reads 26.3-9-74-10 being the reason why.
On February 7, 1999, Anil Kumble took all the 10 Pakistan wickets in the second Test at the Feroz shah Kotla, in New Delhi and in the process he wrote his name into the annals of cricket folklore and history. Kumble emulated Englishman Jim Laker's feat, finishing with 10-74 from 26.3 overs against Pakistan. The feat was made all the more special since as it was against arch-rival Pakistan, and that too the Test series was the first on Indian soil between the two teams in 12 years.

Kumble's brilliance saw India crush Pakistan by 212 runs in the second Test in New Delhi and square the short two-match series.

Virat Kohli gets out as HIT-WICKET

In a rare occasion, Indian test skipper Virat Kohli was become the victim of a kind of dismissal which is usually not seen everytime.

Virat Kohli gets hit wicket out, 2nd Indian skipper after Lala Amarnath

Today he got Hit-wicket out on the english spinner Rashid's ball when he was trying to pull the ball towards square of the wicket and his left foot disturbed the stumps and bails were dislodged. At that time, India were 361-5 and they had already been lost the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane.

In 2233 test, Virat kohli is the 22nd batsman to be out hit-wicket and 2nd Indian skipper after Lala Amarnath. The last batsman who suffered the fate was VVS Laxman that too 14 years ago.

DRS made its way to India

After the long wait of eight years, today Decision Review System aka DRS has been officially made its way to India which is being used in the current ongoing test series between India and England.

DRS officially launched in India

Though the system was first tested in an India vs Sri Lanka match in 2008 where Virender Sehwag became the first victim. It was officially launched by the International Cricket Council on 24 November 2009 during the first Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan.
Later in January 2011, it was first time used in ODI during England's tour of Australia.

DRS Procedure:

STEP-1: First of all, on field umpire refers a team's call to third umpire for the review and the third umpire has to check that whether the decision is given by the on field umpire is correct or not.

STEP-2: Then the third umpire check the front foot of the bowler to find whether the delivery was legal or not. If the ball is legal then umpire moves toward the batsman end and if this does not happen then it is called as NO Ball.

STEP-3: At the batsman end, umpire checks if there any edge produced or not or ball just hit directly onto the pad by ULTRA EDGE technology with help of SNICOMETER.

STEP-4: In the next step, Hawk-eye is also used to check the edge.

STEP-5: Now Ball tracking system comes into action which shows the trajectory and best possible path of the ball. Now a days this technology improves a lot as some time ago the path was being decided by the operator not automatically but now it is completely depend on different cameras that produce 340 frames per second to track everything which happening with the ball.

STEP-6: After seeing all this, the third umpire refers the decision back to either on field umpire or shows on the big screen.

This technology shows how difficult is umpiring. This is not an easy job. As even the decision is given with the help of DRS has to be finished within few minutes.

#OTD in 2001, Sehwag debuted in 'White Jersey'

His batting Style was completely different and unorthodox than others. That's why Sourav Ganguly, former captain of Indian side, said about him "He changed the definition of being an opener. "

Here is talking about none other than the fear of the bowlers, Virender Sehwag, the man who revolutionised the role of the opener in Test cricket. He was made his test debut on the very same day in 2001 against South Africa where he was batted on number 6th position and blasted a hundred in the debut match, India were lost that match by 9 wickets though but they have been found an star in that match.

Although, Viru has already been made his ODI debut back in 1999. seeing his batting style, he was only kept considering as an one-day player but later, Soon he broke that myth. The then coach John Wright and Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly promoted him as an opener and he also did not let them disappoint as he made a quick 84 runs at Lords in 2002. That Innings cleared his batting position in the team.

He is the only triple centurion in Tests for India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan & also one of those rare batsmen to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South Africa.


Here are the three of his best innings in Test cricket:

309, Multan, 2004: At Multan on March 29, 2004 Nawab of Najafgarh became first India to ever score a triple century. He scored a marvelous 309 against arch rivals Pakistan to set up India's first Test win in Pakistan. It was this Test match which gave Sehwag the nick name 'Multan ka Sultan'.

319, Chennai, 2008: With Virender Sehwag, it was all in or nothing. And he proved that against South Africa in Chennai on March 28, 2008 as he blasted the fastest Test triple-century, off 278 deliveries. Opposition coach Mickey Arthur termed it the 'best Test innings he has ever seen'. Crushing and grinding bowlers with his majestic batting it still remains the highest Test score by an Indian.

293, Mumbai, 2009: Sehwag who has scored and destroyed every bowler in the world tool the attack to the most successful Test bowler in this one -- Muttiah Muralitharan. Sehwag in this particular Test match had hit a total of 47 boundaries that included 40 fours and seven sixes. During this innings it broke a number of records - most double-centuries by an Indian, second-highest number of 250-plus scores and most runs by and Indian in a day. Victory also took India to No. 1 in the rankings.

In a glorious intl. career spanning over 12 years, the swashbuckling opener played 104 tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of just a little over 49, including 23 Centuries and 32 fifties.

Now a days, like his batting form, the stalwart is busy in showing his funny bones on the mic and is buzzing all around specially among his fans.

FINALLY, I would say, I don't think there will be another Virender Sehwag.

India vs England 2016: Fixtures, schedule & More

India and England are going to play a crucial Test series beginning from November 9 in India which can prove to be another tough tour of the sub-continent for the English team. The english side is touring India after levelling the series by 1-1 against Bangladesh which they might soon want to be forgotten as their performance was proved disaster as they had too many loopholes in that series and now seeking to exhibit their winning-will.

Whilst India, which has been blanked New Zealand 3-0 in a three-match Test series last month at their own soil, will be felt high on confidence and will look to continue their series winning form against a struggling England side to improve their points in the points table as currently INDIA are the No.1 test side.

Players to be watched out:

1.Kohli - Anderson:
Kohli , who is now leading Indian test side , has been become the backbone of the side for last 3-4 years no matter whether that is a test, ODI or T-20. There is no doubt that he is among the top five batsmen like Williamson (NZ), Joe Root(Eng), Hashim Amla(SA) and Smith(Aus) of the cricket world at the current time while Anderson has been established himself as a first key of the english pace attack over the years. So it will interesting to see them playing against each-other.

2. Ashwin - Root:
When Joe Root, who is currently the best batsman in the english side, will face the Indian spin attack warrior Ashwin who is recently completed his 200 test wickets then that will be a perfect moment to see the battle between the ball and bat.

"The Indian team is to be picked in Mumbai tomorrow," BCCI sources told PTI on Tuesday.

The forthcoming tour will start from November 9 at Rajkot and will end at Chennai. That will be a 5-matches test series and 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is later in the year.

Fixtures:
 Test:-
1st Test: November 9-13
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot (Play starts 0930 hrs IST)

2nd Test: November 17-21
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag (Play start 0930 hrs IST)

3rd Test: November 26-30
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali (Play starts 0930 hrs IST)

4th Test: December 8-12
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Play starts 0930 hrs IST)

5th Test: December 16-20
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai (Play starts 0930 IST)

One-Day:-
1st ODI: January 15 – Pune
2nd ODI: January 19 – Cuttack
3rd ODI: January 22 – Kolkata

T-20I:-
1st T20I: January 26 – Kanpur
2nd T20I: January 29 – Nagpur
3rd T20I: February 1 – Bengaluru

500th Test Match: A Landmark for India

The Forthcoming Test match between India and New Zealand at Kanpur is the test match number 500th for Indian Cricket team. It took more than eight decades to India to achieve the milestone. Also, The first test host ground, Green park at Kanpur is set to host its 499th test.

UPCA set to welcome team India for 500th test.

Credit: UPCA twitter handle

Team India have been played 499 test matches so far, in which 129 matches were won by them with 47% success rate and 157 lost and 212 were drawn.

     From 1932 to Sep 2016, a few major achievements of team India have been enumerated here. Where in 1932, India started to play test cricket. In 1999, veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble who is now the chief coach of Indian team took 10 wickets in an innings with broken Jaw. In 2000, 'The wall' Rahul Dravid and wrist master VVS Laxman , together made a record shuttering partnership against Australia and Turbunator Harbhajan singh took a Hat-trick. In 2004, Sehwag best known for his attacking-batting-attitude, became the first Indian to make a triple century in a test and tagged as "Multan ka Sultan" after his compelling batting performance against Pakistan. In 2013, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar called it a day from Test cricket after playing 200 test matches. The 200th test was against West Indies and in 2016, India set to play 500th test.

India's test cricket journey.

courtesy: Times of India(pic)

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     Moreover, to make the 500th test memorable, BCCI instructed the hotel in which both the teams stays  that it will serve 500 types of dishes to the players and management for all the five days according to the schedule.

Apart from this, Among those who will be present at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium are Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi Shastri, Kris Srikkanth, Azharuddin, Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and MS Dhoni.
Good Luck TEAM INDIA for 500th test !