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Goalkeeper S Sreejesh stole the limelight with two crucial saves as India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-2 via penalty shootout in a nerve-wrecking final to clinch the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Ordos on Sunday (September 11)

Vilas Nayak paints Sachin Tendulkar on big canvas and receives accolade for this unique talent. www.igt3.in.com

Chris Gayle has been left out of the West Indies squad for the one-off Twenty20 and the first two ODIs against India. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has asked the flamboyant opener to appear before the selection committee, the board management and the team management in view of his comments against the board ahead of home series against Pakistan in April. Gayle has been at loggerheads with the WICB after the World Cup. He was not selected for the initial part of series against Pakistan due to an abdominal injury. The batsman, however, claimed that he was dropped.

The Man of the World Cup tournament and the dashing left hand batsman, Yuvraj Singh spoke about his dear Friend and the Indian Team captain MS Dhoni, stating that, Dhoni resembled a bomb about to explode!

ICC Cricket World Cup – final India v Sri Lanka India won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) ODI no. 3148 | 2010/11 season Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 2 April 2011 – day/night (50-over match) Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) RMB 4s 6s SR WU Tharanga c Sehwag b Khan 2 30 20 0 0 10.00 TM Dilshan b Harbhajan Singh 33 87 49 3 0 67.34 KC Sangakkara*† c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 48 102 67 5 0 71.64 DPMD Jayawardene not out 103 159 88 13 0 117.04 TT Samaraweera lbw b Yuvraj Singh 21 53 34 2 0 61.76 CK Kapugedera c Raina b Khan 1 6 5 0 0 20.00 KMDN Kulasekara run out (†Dhoni) 32 41 30 1 1 106.66 NLTC Perera not out 22 10 9 3 1 244.44 Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 2) 12 Total (6 wickets; 50 overs; 246 mins) 274 (5.48 runs per over) Did not bat SL Malinga, S Randiv, M Muralitharan Fall of wickets1-17 (Tharanga, 6.1 ov), 2-60 (Dilshan, 16.3 ov), 3-122 (Sangakkara, 27.5 ov), 4-179 (Samaraweera, 38.1 ov), 5-182 (Kapugedera, 39.5 ov), 6-248 (Kulasekara, 47.6 ov) Bowling OMRW Econ Z Khan 10 3 60 2 6.00 (1w) S Sreesanth 8 0 52 0 6.50 (2nb) MM Patel 9 0 41 0 4.55 (1w) Harbhajan Singh 10 0 50 1 5.00 (1w) Yuvraj Singh 10 0 49 2 4.90 SR Tendulkar 2 0 12 0 6.00 (3w) V Kohli 1 0 6 0 6.00 India innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs) RMB 4s 6s SR V Sehwag lbw b Malinga 0 2 2 0 0 0.00 SR Tendulkar c †Sangakkara b Malinga 18 21 14 2 0 128.57 G Gambhir b Perera 97 187 122 9 0 79.50 V Kohli c & b Dilshan 35 69 49 4 0 71.42 MS Dhoni*† not out 91 128 79 8 2 115.18 Yuvraj Singh not out 21 39 …

Suresh Raina the man of the match who led CSK to the Finals gives all the credit to MS Dhoni

Sri Lankan Captain Kumar Sangakkara accepts that their opponents were stronger and good. Especially MS Dhoni who accroding to him is the finest captain ever…