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ITZ NOT SURE HAS HE NICKED IT OR NOT BUT I THINK HE WOULD HAVE WALKED IF HE NICKED IT CAUSE U KNOW SACHINS A GENTLEMAN !!!!!!!!

Sachin Tendulkar has been dismissed by 4 debutants and on each dismissal became their dream first wicket…What an achievement for Monty Panesar, Cameron White, Peter Siddle and Peter George!!!!

Dashing batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan today (Januaru 23) stepped down as Sri Lanka captain following his side’s dismal performance in South Africa where they lost both the Test and ODI series. Veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene is likely to replace him as captain but Sri Lanka Cricket is yet to make any formal announcement.

Australia’s first innings, first over by Zaheer Khan in Sydney test 3rd January 2012. 0-4-0-0-4-W

Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Born: 7th July, 1981, Ranchi, Jharkhand Nickname: Mahi Height: 5ft 11 inch Batting Style: Right-hand Bat Bowling Style: Right-arm Medium Fielding Position: Wicket Keeper Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand Test Debut: 2nd December 2005 v Sri Lanka ODI Debut: 23rd December 2004 v Bangladesh T20I Debut: 1st December 2006 v South Africa MSDhoni or Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Mahi each name relate to only one person and that Dhoni the current Indian captain. He announced his arrival in 2004-05 at the international arena with bang as he smashed a superb century 148 runs of 123 balls in his fifth ODI at Vizag which helped India to beat Pakistan easily. On 31st October 2005, MSDhoni became the first wicketkeeper batsman to score 183 runs in ODI in the game against Sri Lanka played at Jaipur. At initial phase of his career he was more aggressive in his batting approach and destroyer of bowling attacks. But after becoming the Captain of India, he has chosen his role as finisher. He and Yuvraj has won too many games on their own. Under his captaincy India have achieved so many feet in short period of time, the biggest achievement was winning the inaugural ICC World twenty20 in South Africa in 2007. The icing on the cake was the triangular series win against Australia in Australia in 2008. After that he also helped India to beat Australia in the home series by 2-0, also able to beat New Zealand on their home soil after 27 …

MS Dhoni is not sure if he will play the next edition in 2015 and may have to quit one format namely Tests.”If I have to see through the 2015 (World Cup), I would have to retire from one of the formats,” Dhoni said. Dhoni, who has played in 66 Tests so far and won 17 of the 36 matches in which he has skippered, almost casually mentioned it which took everyone by surprise at the press conference on the eve of the third Test against Australia. This disclosure by Dhoni seems to convey what he feels about his future in the game if read together with what he had said earlier that he will decide by 2013 whether to play in 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Last month, Dhoni had said that he wasn’t sure where he would stand after two years. “If you see 2015, still three, three and a half years to go. I don’t really know where I will stand. Everything needs to go off well, and then by close to 2013, I will have to take a call whether I can really 100 per cent be available for the 2015 World Cup,” Dhoni had said. On the eve of the third Test against Australia, Dhoni was asked by the media to clarify his stance. “What I really meant by that was that by 2013 I will have to see whether I can stay on till 2015 World Cup. It’s too early to comment if I will survive till the next World Cup,” Dhoni clarified. “Of course form is a big factor but also what I need to say is that all of a sudden in 2014 if I feel I can’t survive the 2015 World Cup and there comes a new wicketkeeper …

Sachin Tendulkar and the Indian Cricket Team arriving at the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) Jan-2012

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