World Cup squad for Indian Cricket team 2011

After much speculations, BCCI declared the 15 member Indian Squad for the mega cricket event World Cup 2011. World Cup 2011 beginning from February 19, 2011.

The team has Seven Batsman, one all-rounder, four pace bowlers and three unique spinners. Winning Captain of India Dhoni has been retained as Captain for the World Cup event and Virender Sehwag positioned as Vice Captain for the Indian team.

All rounder job is given to Yusuf Pathan and Dhoni is the only Wicket keeper in the squad are some of the highlights of the team.

Pacers as expected Zaheer Khan, current performer Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar got their position in the squad. Nehra overcomes Sreesanth and get into the team squad.

Little master Sachin, Young and dynamic Suresh Raina, powerful Yuvraj and Kohli were others placed on the batsman side.

Harbhajan, R. Ashwin and Piyush Chawla form the spinners' trio in the team squad.

Rohit Sharma, an all rounder, Spinner Pragyan Ojha, and pacer Sreesanth failed to find their place in the squad.

The selection panel, lead by chief Selector K. Srikanth chose the best 15 out of 30 probables at the meeting held at Chennai. Dhoni and Coach Gary Kirsten accompanied them through Tele Conferencing.

The 15-member team is:

* MS Dhoni (C)
* Sachin Tendulkar
* Virender Sehwag
* Gautam Gambhir
* Yuvraj Singh
* Suresh Raina
* Virat Kohli
* Yusuf Pathan (all-rounder)
* Zaheer Khan
* Ashish Nehra
* Munaf Patel
* Praveen Kumar
* Harbhajan Singh
* R. Ashwin
* Piyush Chawla

All the best for the Team India.

First Goal in FIFA 2010 - RSA Vs Mexico ends in a Draw (1-1)

Siphiwe Tshabalala of South Africa scored the first goal in the FIFA world cup 2010 edition against Mexico on friday. This man entered into the world cup record books after hitting the goal in the first match of FIFA world cup 2010.
19th FIFA world cup 2010 first match was played between the host South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. In the first half of the match, no goals were scored by any team. But in the second half, at 55th minute of the match, Tshabalala hit the goal against Mexico which brings the first goal of this edition.

Mexico Skipper Rafael Marquez brings down the RSA dream of winning the first match by scoring a goal when only 11 minutes left for the game to end.

This led the fans leave the stadium after the First Match in Group A between RSA and Mexico ended as a 1-1 draw.

FIFA 2010 World Cup Opening Ceremony

FIFA world cup 2010, the very biggest sports event on the world kicks off with the massive opening ceremony at Johannesburg. R Kelly's stunning performance made the audience jumps off at the stadium. The crowd reaches a number of more than 84000 at the opening ceremony. Kelly performance was the highlight with his Soweto Spiritual Singers.

Though the start of FIFA 2010 at South Africa was great, absence of Nelson Mandela for the inauguration is of great miss for the FIFA inaugural event. Absence is because Mandela's grand duaghter today met with accident and she died in a car crash.
South Africa is going to play with Mexico in the opening game of world cup 2010 on Friday i.e today. The host will get extra boost as they have more supporters than others. France is ready to play against Uruguay in the second match on Friday.

Mr. Zuma was thrilled as he launched opening concert and he thanked FIFA to bring the event first time on African soil. Mr. Zuma said,

“We would like to thank Fifa for the decision to bring the World Cup for the first time to the continent of Africa. We would like to thank South Africans for having received our visitors so warmly. I want to ask you to show this warmness for the whole tournament.”

Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, John Legend, and Shakira steal the show with their magnificent performances. Shakira performed before an international crowd at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, on the first night of the World Cup.Shakira performed “Waka Waka,” which is the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Hockey World Cup 2010 Schedule

International Hockey Federation (FIH) has released the match schedule for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010, to be played in New Delhi, India from 28 February-13 March 2010. The first day of the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010 (Sunday 28 February) will immediately see one of the most eagerly matches at the most important hockey event of the year when host India will face rival Pakistan.

Hero Honda FIH World Cup
Men, New Delhi (IND) - 28 February/13 March 2010

Pool A Pool B

Argentina Australia
Canada England
Germany India
Korea Pakistan
Netherlands South Africa
New Zealand Spain




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