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The biggest stage of the tournament has arrived. It is the fight between two Asian giants. Tomorrow on 2 nd April 2011 the final match will be played at Vankhede stadium in Mumbai.This is the biggest occasion for the players of both teams. Sachin is likely not to play in the next world cup and Muralitharan has also announced this will be his last international game. Both of them will try and give their best to win a cup for their own country and the team members would like to give them farewell with the trophy.It has been tight security around Mumbai .The president of India and Sri Lanka will watch the match at the venue. The Indian model Poonam Pandey has announced that she will strip out for the players and spectators if India win this world cup.Cup Le India !
It is a big cruch game India vs pakistan. The second semi final of the world cup 2011 is going to be played between two old rivals at mohali.This is going to be a thrilling game. The pressure will be on both sides to fulfill the expectation. Pakistan players and officials has started playing mind games .Prior to this game India has beaten Pakistan in all games played in world cup. India's strength is their batting and Pakistan relies on their bowling.Hope it will be an interesting match.The winner of this game will meet Sri-Lanka in the finals at 2nd April in Mumbai.
It was a fascinating game , India beat Australia by 5 wickets and progress through the semi finals.
The Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first. They started up well adding 40 runs for the first wicket before Ashwin got the watson out for 25. Ponting joined Haddin ,they added 70 runs partnership before haddin was caught by Raina in the bowling of yuvraj singh for well made 53. Ricky ponting scored a century 104 with 7 fours and 1 six, David hussy made useful 38 in just 26 balls. For India Zaheer, Yuvraj and Ashwin picked 2 wickets each.Australia made 260 for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of their 50overs.In reply India got home with useful half centuries by Sachin(53), gambhir950) and Yuvraj(57*).Raina scored useful 38 to steer India to victory. lee , watson ,tait and D.hussy picked a wicket each.Yuvraj singh was given man of the match for his all round performance.
India vs AustraliaIt is going to be a crunch of a game. The most awaited game of the tournament. Both the teams are the big contenders of lifting the world cup trophy. Australia being 4 times world champion will give their all to stay in the tournament and keep the chances of winning it. On the other hand India is the team with good bunch of a match winners who can turn the game in their favor any moment.Australia's strength is their fast bowling while India heavily relies on their strong batting line up. This game will be a decider for great players like Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, who's team looses the player might not be seen on any future ODI's.
Pakistan vs West Indies -1st quarter finalIt was a dull game, pakistan out played west indies in all departments and they beat them very comprehensively and progressed to semi finals.It wa sthe first quarter final of the world cup 2011. The toss was won by west indies and without any hesitation they elected to bat, but their batsman failed to give any impression as the team was all out on only 112. Chanderpaul was the top scorer with 44 not out, he was left on one side ran out of partners. Afridi picked up 4 wickets with hafeez and ajamal picked 2 wickets each.In reply Pakistan easily chased down total and they won with 10 wickets. Hafeez made unbeaten 61 and he was declared man of the match for his all round performance.
