Gayle Ready To Sting India.

London: West Indian captain Chris Gayle is not losing heart after the semi-final loss in the World Twenty20 and has vowed to bounce back in the upcoming one-day series against India.

The West Indies exited from the tournament on Friday after a stinging 57-run defeat by Sri Lanka at the Oval, but Gayle said he was proud that his team had reached the semi-finals."Of course we are disappointed because we too wanted to be in the final, but that does not take anything away from the way the team has played through this tournament.

West Indian Captain Contributed in Semi - Final Loss

London: West Indian Captian won the Toss against dangerous Sri Lankan side and put them in to bat. I think it was the Gayle's fist mistake towards the match loss. As the Sri Lankan's are famous for their spin bowling attack you simply cant invite the to bowl second. No dought Black Wind lose their first three wickets in a very quick session but Gayle should play his natural game.

Gayle took all the pressure in first six circle overs that took the required runrate very high. Gayle played the game for himself not for the country. As it is very short over game the lose the match very early by losing three early wickets if Gayle got out early the result would be the some So he should Play his natural game.

Pakistan Beat Netherlands to go Ahead

London: Shahid Afridi starred for Pakistan with the ball as the Test side ensured the end of the Netherlands's fairytale performance at the World Twenty20 at Lord's here on Tuesday.
Leg-spinner Afridi took four wickets for just 11 runs in his four overs - the fourth best return in all Twenty20 internationals - as 2007 finalists Pakistan won by 82 runs to book their place in the second phase Super Eights.

The Dutch, shock four-wicket winners over England at Lord's in Friday's tournament opener and with a better run-rate at the start, needed to make 151 to get through and so deny Pakistan the minium 25-run margin of victory they required.
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But Afridi, well supported by fellow spinner Saeed Ajmal (three for 20), sparked a collapse that saw the Dutch decline from 42 for one to 93 all out.
Victory saw Pakistan, beaten by 48 runs by England at the Oval on Sunday, join the hosts in the second phase after they had made 175 for five with wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal, who later made four stumpings, top-score with 41.
By contrast, no Dutch batsman made more than Alexei Kervezee's 21.

South Africa win low-scoring thriller

Lord's: South Africa left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe took two key wickets as the Proteas beat New Zealand by one run off the last ball in their 'dead' World Twenty20 group clash at Lord's here on Tuesday.

The Black Caps were cruising at 82 for two, chasing just 129 to win, when van der Merwe, who finished with two for 14, bowled Ross Taylor as the batsman slogged across the line.
He then had top scorer Brendon McCullum stumped for 57 and New Zealand were 93 for four off 17 overs.

Raina Batting Order:

Bangalore: Former Indian skipper Gundappa Vishwanath wants in-form Suresh Raina to bat at number three and the Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni pushed down the order in the rest of the on-going World Twenty20 tournament being held in London.

"Raina is an ideal number three batsman and is in great form. A player of his caliber must have enough overs to bat so he can maximize his contribution.

"It would be ideal for Raina to swap positions with Dhoni, who came at number three position against Bangladesh," Vishwanath wrote in his column for the Times of India on Wednesday.