SACHIN

The Speculation that surrounds all of us is whether Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar would retire after playing his 200^th test and with that view in mind the BCCI requested the WICB to send the West Indies cricket team on a tour to India which contains 2 test matches, the no. of matches the master needs to achieve the landmark. But if I have to say, keep Sachin for the next overseas tour and check out the performance of the next generation players with some experienced players in the team. Cause if they fail, Sachin with his experience can try out some positives. If they perform well, Sachin can happily hang his boots knowing that the future of the Indian Cricket Team is strong.

                            

The International Cricket World Cup 2015

CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015

The 2015 Cricket World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand begins on Feb 14 and ends on Mar 29. The Mega event kick starts with the Kiwis taking on the 96’ champions Sri Lanka in the afternoon and the Australians taking on their arch rivals England at night. The next day it would be the defending champions India who face their arch rivals Pakistan to begin their title defence campaign. Also this would be India’s first World Cup match post Tendulkar’s retirement from India colours. The tournament is spread into 49 matches across 14 different venues in which Australia host 26 and New Zealand host 23. Total of 14 teams take part in this tournament and there are talks that this could be the last edition in which the Associate Nations take part. Out of 14, the 10 test playing nations gained direct qualification whereas there are qualifier tournaments held for the other four spots. Ireland have gained qualification and the rest 3 places are down to decide.