Gurgaon: An unbeaten 51 from Hemang Badani helped Chennai Superstars to defeat Delhi Giants by five runs in the ICL 20s Championship at Tau Devi Lal stadium.
Chasing a victory target of 167, the Delhi team got to a solid start as both their openers, Marvan Atapattu (25) and Monish Mishra added 60 runs in just seven overs for the first wicket. Mishra scored a quick fire 36 runs off just 20 balls with two sixes and three fours. However, after losing both their openers, no other batsman from Giants could stay at the wicket for long. For Chennai, Nantie Haywards was pick of the bowlers claiming two wickets for just 25 runs.
Scores in brief: Chennai Superstars: 166/6, H.Badani 51*, R Satish 41, Murtaza 1/11, S Bond 1/34.
Vishwanathan Anand has once again proved his might by taking a lead against Valdimir Kramnik in the world Chess Championships at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn on Thursday. The Indian Champion won three games and drew four games. Now, with only five games remaining, the ace Indian player needs to draw just three games to win the title.
After becoming the highest run getter in Test cricket, the Liitle Master Sachin Tendulkar has catapulted back among the top 20 Test batsmen in ICC test rating.
Now he stands at number 19 in the ICC list. He was at 24th spot before the biginning of Mohali test; that was his lowest position in last 15 years.
In the same match the 35-year-old Mumbai player became the highest scoring Test batsman in history of world cricket overtaking the record of 11,953 runs set by West Indies' Brian Lara.
The Maharaja of Indian cricket Sourav Ganguly, who hit a century in the first innings of the second Test has also improved his position. The ranking shows his position at 23rd.
Yuvraj Singh-is leading India Blue and S Badrinath is the captain of India Red.
India Blue is said to be the favourites to retain the trophy. It has presence of large number of star players including skipper Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthapa, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli. This has given them advantage over other two teams.
The other team in the tournament is India green lead by Mohd. Kaif.
Yuvi as the fans call him is eyeing for a double century in the first match. ''My form has not been that good in recent times.Therefore, I am aiming to score a double hundred and bounce back into form,'' he said after the net practice session.
Zaheer Kahn has been fined 80% of his match fee due to his unsporting conduct, against following the dismissal of Australian opener Matthew Hayden. Zaheer pleaded guilty to a charge of conduct opposing to the spirit of the game.
Zaheer was fielding when Hayden was given out LBW to spinner Harbhajan Singh. Chris Broad, the referee of the match, revealed "Zaheer circled the batsman and shouted at him in an aggressive manner." As Hayden walked out of the ground, he complained about Zaheer's indecent behavior to the square-leg umpire Rudi Koertzen.
Vishwanathan Anand has once again proved his might by taking a lead against Valdimir Kramnik in the world Chess Championships at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn on Thursday. The Indian Champion won three games and drew four games. Now, with only five games remaining, the ace Indian player needs to draw just three games to win the title.
