Indian Premier League side Delhi Daredevils beat Perth Scorchers by three wickets in a thrilling Group A encounter of the Champions League T20 2012 at Newlands Cape Town on Sunday.
Virender Sehwag scored a 44-ball 55 to guide Delhi to victory after Morkel adn Ajit Agarkar troubled Perth batsmen in the first innings.
However, Sehwag found little support from the other end as all the other batsmen fell cheaply.
Australian cricketers are seen in the video talking about Sachin Tendulkar prior to India's tour of Australia in 2011-12.
Michael Hussey was especially full of praise for the Little Master. He said that Sachin Tendulkar 'oozes class'
Sachin Tendulkar had started the series on a good note stroking the ball well. However, towards the end of the series he struggled a bit. the struggle continued longer and is yet to find form again. India lost the series 0-4.
Yet as they say, form is temporary class is permanent.
Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan’s Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar have enjoyed many duels on the cricket field. One of the most famous duels took place in the 2003 World Cup at Centurion in South Africa where Sachin had thrashed the pacer for 18 runs in his first over. However, Akhtar came back to dismiss Sachin for 98.
In the very first encounter between the two cricketers, Sachin was dismissed for the golden duck by Shoaib Akhtar
A look back at cricket history being made on this day.
Today's video includes the international cricketers who were born, those who scored centuries and the cricketers who registered five-wicket hauls.
Darren Maddy, Denis Compton, Graeme Hick are among the many cricketers born on May 23rd.
It also happens to be the day when Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Mark Butcher, Mark Richardson and a few other players have scored a century. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid scored a century in the same match against Kenya in the 1999 World Cup.
fidel Edwards is the only bowler to get a five-wicket haul on this day.
Imran Farhat, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Ramesh Pawar, Anjum Chopra, Keith Fletcher and Deryck Murray are among the many cricketers born on this day.
Mervyn Dillon, Saqlain Mushtaq, Heath Streak, Darren Gough, Monty Panesar and few others picked up five-wicket haul on this day.
The players who scored a century on this day include four Englishmen- Kevin Pietersen, Alec Stewart, Graeme Hick and Mark Butcher along with Zimbabwean Vusimizu Sibanda.
Jamie How, Chinthaka Jayasinghe and many others are the crickets to be born on May 19th.
Ryan McClaren, Harbhajan Singh and Chris Pringle are the only bowlers to get five wicket haul on this day.
There have been a lot of centuries scored on this day.Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly did it in the same Test in 2007. Wavell Hinds scored a century in 2002 Michael Vaughan and New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram are other centurions on this day.
There have been other cases as well of centuries scored on 19th May
The Little Master Sachin Tendulkar is known for using heavy bats. Infact, at one point of time, his bat weighed more than five kilograms.
He talks about his experience as a child when he had started playing with the heavy bats that his brother used. using those bats, he got used to the natural swing which stayed on.
However, over the years, due to Tennis elbow injury and back problems, he has shifted to using lighter bats.
Nonetheless, Sachin still believes that the heavier bats gave him a better swing.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) moved to the fourth position in the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table after registering a comfortable win against the Rajasthan Royals (RR).
during the course of the match, some amazing catches were taken by both the teams to get rid of batsmen.
The video is a compilation of some of the best catches of the Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings match.
After being drafted into the side following Michelle Johnson's injury, the West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Smith got his first chance to play for the Mumbai Indians in the 2012 edition of teh Indian Premier League.
Dwayne Smith did what he does best, muscled the ball all over the park.
Needing 14 runs to win of the last three balls, Smith hit a six and two powerful fours straight over the bowlers head. Hilfenhaus who was given the last over to bowl, didn't bowl bad deliveries, but Smith powerfully struck the ball to the boundary helping teh Mumbai Indians to win of the last ball of the match.
Deccan Chargers have had a rough time this season in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Nonetheless, their fans have been quite sporting and supportive of their team.
Here is a beautiful dedication to the Deccan Chargers team by one of their fans. The lyrics of the song flows smoothly along with the pleasant tune. the video is also well shot.
Go CHARGERS!!! or as the girl with the placard in the video says "Sweet Chargers of Mine'!
