Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Last world cup for the famous crickets

World cup mania is going to start in few days. Before that we have to look in for few popular cricket starts that created history in their own way of batting.
Ricky Ponting:
This guy is in his mid 30’s and the world cup 2011 will be his last one. He has proved his talent in batting, fielding. One of his remarkable achievements is that he led the Australian side to two world cup titles 2003 and 2007. If the Australian side wins this 2011 world cup under his captaincy, he will be the first captain to lead the side for three consecutive world cup titles. I hope this achievement will be very difficult to break.
Achievement - 2003 and 2007 world cup champion.

Jacques Kallis: Age 35.
He is one of the best all- rounder in the world which South Africa posses. His all round talent with Bat and Ball provided variety to South African attack. He has scored 11,000 plus runs and 250 plus wickets. He is one of the front line cricketers who can get South Africa their first world cup title.
Achievement – 2005 ICC player of the Year.

Sachin Tendulkar:
Indian master is aged 36. This will be his last chance to get his dream fulfilled. He almost has all the record which a batsman can achieve, but still his hunger for runs and passion towards the game haven’t gone down. He scored more than 17,000 runs in ODI with 46 hundreds and 93 fifties. He is also the only cricketer to score a double hundred in ODI. If his form continues to be good in this world cup then India can lift their second world cup after 1983.
Achievement: Player of the world cup 2003, most number of runs in ODI, Highest ODI score, most number of centuries.

Shivnarine Chanderpal: Age 36.
He is the consistent performer for West Indies. This guy is now 36 and this will be the last world cup. The batting style which he has is so peculiar and widely popular. He is the guy who can take West Indies to semi final in this world cup. He scored 8000 plus runs at a health average.
Achievement – 2008 ICC Cricketer of the Year.

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