VEERU BHAI IN FIRST TEST AGAINST BANGLADESH

After the tri-nation tournament,Indians were raring to go for the test series against the Bangladeshis'.

The magical Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was having back spasms and was ruled out for the first test at Chittagong.The Indian side was led by the Sultan of Multan and had to bat first.

Asusual, Sehwag played his natural game and reached half-century.He scored 52 runs from 51 balls which contained 9 fours in it.But the opposition skipper Shakib-Al-Hasan picked up the wicket of Veeru when he was at 52 runs.After Sehwag's wicket,Indians crumbled but batting maestro Sahin Tendulkar came to the rescue by scoring an unbeaten century.Indians reached a total of 243 runs in the first innings.Bangladesh was also up to the task and they scored 242 runs in the first innings.

In the second innings also Sehwag had a good start and scored 45 runs,but was again out to a ball from the opposition Captain Shakib.Contribution from the other batsmen helped India to set a target of 414 runs.

Bangladesh looked very tough and gave a good fight, but in the end they were on the losing side.Indians won the First test match by 113 runs and led series 1-0.

SEHWAG IN BANGLADESH TRI-NATION TOURNAMENT

Indians started the new year with tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh.On 5th january it was India vs Sri Lanka again after the bilateral series between them.

As always Veeru provided a good start by hitting 47 runs from 31 balls which included nine boundaries.He was in a great touch but unfortunately got out in Welegedera's ball.Indians made 279 runs in 50 overs with the contribution of middle order.the Lankans were up for the task and Thilan Samaraweera took the Lankans to a victory by scoring an unbeaten century.

In the second match against Bangladesh,Indians were made to chase a target of 297 runs. Sehwag started well by hiiting 2 boundaries but was run out at 13 runs from 8 balls.It was young Delhi dasher Virat Kohli and Captain cool MSD who took India to a first win in the tournament.

Virender Sehwag was rested for the next two matches in the tournament.Indians won those two matches and got qualified for the Finals of the tournament and it was between India and Sri Lanka.

India batted first in the finals and they lost some early wickets.Though the wickets was tumbling at one end, Virender Sehwag was unstoppable.Viru dint consider the fact that it was a good pitch for bowlers and played some awesome shots to make 42 runs from 27 balls which included 7 fours.Raina too chipped in and made a century to take the total tem score to 245 runs.But the Sri Lankans were in great form and they completely ouplayed the Indians and won the finals of the Tri-Nation Tournament.

DELHI PITCH FIASCO

After a two match ban Dhoni returned to the Indian side and took over the captaincy from Veeru.Feroz Shah Kotla stadium had full attendance as it had five Delhi Daredevils players Virender Sehwag , Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik , Ashish Nehra and the Sri Lankan Tilakaratne Dilshan.

Zaheer Khan started off the match by taking Tharanga's wicket in the first ball.The pitch was assisting the fast bowlers as well as spinners.The pitch had uneven bounce with one ball bouncing over the head level and another keeping low for similar lengths of the balls bowled.Debutant Sudeep Tyagi was hitting the the deck hardly and Dilshan was struck on his body twice.Harbhajan too had good bounce on the wicket.Dhoni and Dilshan was surprised with the way the ball took off when Bhaji bowled.

Dilshan came down when he got struck on the elbow by a ball from Nehra in the 24th over.It seemed to be a nasty blow.Then the match was abandoned as the pitch was declared unsafe for the players to continue play further. It was a shame for Indian cricket that such an incident took place that too in Delhi.

Indians won the series 3-1.

SEHWAG AGAINST SRILANKA IN ODI SERIES 2010

After a nail biting finish in the Rajkot  ODI,both  the Indians and  Lankans were charged up for the Nagpur ODI.Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first.

VEERU disappointed all the fans by getting out after hitting a four.But MS Dhoni played a Captain's knock and scored a century.Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli too chipped in and scored half centuries.Indians set a taget of 302 runs for the Lankans.Tilakaratne Dilshan played a match winning knock of 123 Runs and guided the Sri Lankans to a win,thereby levelling the series 1-1.

Dhoni was banned for 2 ODIs for slow over-rate during the 2nd  match at Nagpur.The captaincy was handed over to VIRENDER SEHWAG for the next two matches.The lions batted first in the Cuttack One-Dayer and was all out for 239 Runs.The NAWAB OF NAJAFGARH hit 9 fours and scored a quick 44 Runs.His master Sachin Tendulkar made 96 runs and remained unbeaten which helped India to take a lead of 2-1 in the series .

Next match was in Kolkatta and in this match also Indians were made to chase.The wounded lions made a competitive total of 315.This time Sehwag failed and added only 10 runs to his tally.But his Delhi teammates Gauti and Kohli played responsibly and made 150(not out) and 107 runs respectively.Indians clinched the series by winning the match at Kolkatta.