After IPL, Once again a big Twenty20 cricket tournament is going to start in South Africa which is known as Airtel Champions League T20 – 2010 or CLT20. The tournament will be started on 10th September, 2010 in Johannesburg, SA. The First match will be played between Mumbai Indians and Highveld Lions, and final match will be played on 26th September, 2010. Total ten teams from six countries will be participated in Airtel Champions League T20 (CLT20). All the teams are divided in the two groups A and B. Total 23 matches will be played during the tournament at four different venues. The top two teams will be decided from each group after group matches and they will play semi final to qualify for final match. Tickets are available at Computicket and have been divided into two price categories, with grandstand and general admission sections. India has choose the three top teams from Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament 2010 and the teams are Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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The Tri series in Sri Lanka 2010 has been started with first match India Vs New Zealand as per the schedule. Total seven ODI (One Day International) matches will be played during the series. Recently, India and Sri Lanka played a series of three test matches and the result of the series was draw (1-1). So both teams have a lots of confidence to win the Micromax triangular tournament. Last year India won the series in final match against Sri Lanka. India and New Zealand are missing premier player. Sri Lankan team has a good line up for batting and bowling and they have a benefit of home ground so Sri Lanka is a hot favorite to win the Tri series. Most of matches of Tri Series will be played at the Dambulla stadium, Dambulla. The last Asia Cup cricket tournament has been played at the same ground in last June, 2010. This is a good pitch and the ground side, the boundary ropes have been pulled in at least 10 meters from where there were during the Asia Cup tournament.
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Third and last test match is started between Sri Lanka and India at P. Sara Oval Stadium, Colombo in Sri Lanka. Both teams are facing the injuries problems of their players. This match is a final game of the three test match series because Sri Lanka is leading the series with 1-0. If India want to save the series and the prestige, they have to win the match. The last one-and-a-half days may have made for dull cricket because of the pitch factor. But, good news for spinners because this pitch may give some bounce to the spinners. Overall, P. Sara Oval pitch will be a result-orientated wicket. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was made 200 plus runs in last match. The second test match between India and Sri Lanka has concluded in a draw. The master blaster has made another world record today. Sachin Tendulkar has surpassed former Australian player Steve Waugh and he has became the most-capped cricketer in tests. After this match, The Micromax Tri Series will be started from 10th Aug, 2010. The series will be played between three nations – India, New Zealand and host country Sri Lanka.
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Indian cricket team is on tour of Sri Lanka. After the three test matches between host country Sri Lanka and India, New Zealand will join for a ODI tri-series. The triangular series will be started from 10th August, 2010 with its first match between India and New Zealand in Sri Lanka. Micromax Mobile is a main sponsor of this cricket tournament. From the Indian side, Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh have all been rested for the Micromax tri-series and Yuvraj Singh makes a return to the 15-man squad after who was dropped from the Asia Cup 2010 because of his fitness and form. New Zealand side, The national selector have appointed Ross Taylor as a captain of New Zealand team because Daniel Vettori who is awaiting the birth of his second child. The selectors have also appointed Kyle Mills as a vice captain.
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The second test match between India and Srilanka is going on at Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. India lost the 1st test match against Srilanka at Galle in three test match series. Sri Lanka lead with 1-0 in the series. Sri Lankan spinner and one of the greatest player Muttiah Muralitharan has retired from test cricket but he has completed his target of 800 wickets in test cricket. Now Sri Lankan team will play the test match without the Murali power. The other side, Indian team have to bounce back to maintain the top position in ICC test cricket ranking. Ajantha Mendis may be dangerous for India player because he had proved a menace to Indian top batsman in the last test series. India has the best opportunity to come back in the series and Sri Lanka wants to win the game and series also. Sri Lankan team will have to give the fight without fast bowler Malinga because Malinga has injured in last match.
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The first test match is going on between India and Sri Lanka at Galle, Sri Lanka. India has not won any test series in Sri Lanka since 1993. Indian team have a chance to win the test series because Sri Lankan off-spinner Muralitharan will retire after the first match and this factor may be help to Indian players.
Today at Galle, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first. The pitch is slightly damp here in Galle becuse of overnight rains and the match also delayed the start by half an hour. This is first match of Indian captain MS Dhoni’s after her marriage with Sakshi. MS Dhone said in a press conference that we know the past has not been very good but his team will not give any chance to Murlitharan for making his 800 wickets total in his last match. He also added that we will keep our position at number one in test cricket. Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said that I am grateful that India agreed to this series.
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The 18th annual ESPY Award Ceremony was held at the Nokia Theatre in LA, California, USA on 14th July, 2010. The Award event was created by sport channel ESPN. The ESPY Awards is celebrated every year to give honor to the excellent performance in sports during the calendar year. The ESPY Awards is promoted every year by American cable television network ESPN. Seth Meyers hosted the ESPY Awards 2010 ceremony.
NBA superstars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are nominated as best male athlete. There is also a tight fight in the best fighter category among Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and MMA’s Georges St. Pierre. Many Sport celebrities and some other famous celebrities were arrived at the red carpet for the ESPY Award Night 2010.
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Indian Cricket team recently won the Asia Cup 2010 in Sri Lanka. Now India will play a test series of three matches against Sri Lanka. Indian team will go on tour of Sri Lanka for all most 2 months. Both teams will play a three day practice match, 13th to 15th July, 2010 at Colombo. The test series will be started from 18th June, 2010. Total three test matches will be played in this test series.
India have played 15 tests against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and the results of seven matches were draw. But India won the last test series by 2-0 and became world number one test team in cricket ranking. And also India had beaten Sri Lanka in final match of Asia Cup so Indian team has a lots of confidence to win the series. After the test series New Zealand will come to Sri Lanka and join for the ODI Tri Series. The triangular series will be played between three nations – India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
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Today, India and Sri Lanka will play in the final match of Micromax Asia Cup 2010 tournaments for the trophy at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla in Sri Lanka. This is a very tight match so good cricket will be seen here. Both teams are in good form and they done a good net practice on the ground during the reserve day.
Sri Lanka won the last league match very comfortably against India and they have also benefit of home ground so Sri Lankan team is hot favorite to win the Asia Cup 2010. Other big fact is that Sri Lanka has beaten India in three Asia Cup finals. The Indian players will be searching for ways to pick themselves up and put up a better performance in this tight finals match of the tournament. They have to give good performance in every department like – bowling, batting and fielding. The players have to keep their eyes on the catches because the catches win the matches but here Asia Cup.
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India and Sri Lanka both teams are qualified for the final match of Asia Cup 2010 and it will be played on 25th June. Today, last league match of Micromax Asia Cup between India and Sri Lanka. May be senior players of the both teams will not play today because they want to take rest before the final.
Indian Opening batsman Virendra Sehvag is injured during last match against Pakistan so he is out of Asia Cup tournament and Dinesh Karthik replaced Virendra Sehvag. Indian players was given good performance in bowling, bating and fielding in last match against Pakistan. India Won the Match by 3 Wickets and Pakistan disqualified for the final of Asia Cup 2010 tournament. Today, Both teams want to win the match and to take the benefit of winning confidence before the final match. MS Dhoni is got the no. 1 position in ODI ranking list while Indian team is on 2nd place in ODI ranking list.
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