Review of Bangladesh Premier League T20 Tournament 2012.

This is the review of Bangladesh Premier League T20 Tournament 2012 First season

which was held in February 10, 2012.

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 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. The first edition of the tournament started on 10 February 2012 with six franchises consisting of players from around the world.

Dhaka Gladiators were the inaugural champions & Barisal Burners were Runners up of the BPL.

The Bangladesh Premier League was broadcasted internationally through ESPN Star Sports who made agreements to broadcast matches on a daily basis. The official channel for the BPL was Channel 9.

First season Statistics:

Team	Match	Won	Lost	Tie	Win%	Place
Dhaka Gladiators	12	7	5	0	71.40	Champion
Barisal Burners	12	6	6	0	50.00	Runners up
Chittagong Kings	10	5	5	0	50.00	5th
Khulna Royal Bengals	11	6	5	0	66.54	3rd
Duronto Rajshahi	11	7	4	0	77.00	4th
Sylhet Royals	10	2	8	0	20.00	6th

Team:

• Most runs in an innings: 208/5, Dhaka Gladiators v Barisal Burners, 14 February 2012.
• Lowest total in an innings: 93, Chittagong Kings v Khulna Royal Bengals, 20 February 2012.
• Largest victories:
• By runs: 69, Khulna Royal Bengals v Sylhet Royals, 27 February 2012.
• By wickets: 10, Barisal Burners v Sylhet Royals, 10 February 2012.
• By balls remaining: 44, Chittagong Kings v Barisal Burners, 16 February 2012.

Individual:

• Most runs in an innings: 116, Chris Gayle for Barisal Burners v Dhaka Gladiators, 14 February 2012.
• Most runs in a tournament: 486, Ahmed Shehzad (Barisal Burners), 2012
• Best bowling figures: 5/6 (3.2 Overs), Mohammad Sami for Duronto Rajshahi v Dhaka Gladiators, 27 February 2012
• Most wickets in a tournament: 17, Elias Sunny (Dhaka Gladiators) and Mohammad Sami (Duronto Rajshahi), 2012

Run Leaders:

Player	Runs
Ahmed Shehjed Barisal Burners	486
Imran Nazir Dhaka Gladiators	390
Kamran Akmal Sylhet Royals	356
Dwayne Smith Khulna Royal Bengals	346
Brad Hodge Barisal Burners	346

Wicket Leaders:

Player	Wickets
Elias Sunny Dhaka Gladiators	17
Mohammad Sami Duronto Rajshahi	17
Shakib Al Hasan Khulna Royal Bengals	15
Enamul Haque Jr Chittagong Kings	13
Sohail Tanvir Sylhet Royals	13

Top Of The Status:

Most Sixes	Chris Gayle Barisal Burners	26
Most Fours	Ahmed Shehjed Barisal Burners	46
Most Economic Bowling	Marshal Ayub Khulna Royal Bengals	5.00
Most Dismissals	Shagir Hossain Pavel Khulna Royal Bengals	8
Most Catches	Mohammad Ashraful Dhaka Gladiators	9

Official website

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India tour of Pakistan 2012-2013 tickets & schedule

Fixturre of India vs Pakistan 12-13

Date and Time	Match Details and Series
Tue Dec 25 19:00 local | 13:30 GMT	1st T20 - India vs Pakistan M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu Dec 27 19:00 local | 13:30 GMT	2nd T20 - India vs Pakistan Sardar Patel Stadium Motera, Ahmedabad
Sun Dec 30 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT	1st ODI - India vs Pakistan MA Chidambaram Stadium - Chepauk, Chennai
Thu Jan 3 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT	2nd ODI - India vs Pakistan Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Jan 6 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT	3rd ODI - India vs Pakistan Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

 India vs Pakistan 2012-13 will begin on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 in India as per cricket schedule announced. Pakistan tour of India 2012-13 is an international bilateral series to be organized by India. India vs Pakistan 2012-13 will consist of 2 T20 and 3 ODI matches to be hosted by India in Dec 2012-Jan 2013. The Pakistan tour of India 2012-13 bilateral series will comes to end on Jan 6, 2013.

The India vs Pakistan 2012-13 bilateral series is a part of Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP) prepared by International Cricket Council (ICC). India will host the India vs Pakistan 2012-13 bilateral series, beginning on December 25, 2012. In India vs Pakistan 2012-13 bilateral series, first T20 match would be between India - Pakistan on Dec 25, 2012 at 19:00 local time to be played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

India vs Pakistan 2012-13 Schedule is available with full fixtures and time table for Pakistan tour of India 2012-13. India vs Pakistan 2012-13 is available in PDF Format for download. Pakistan tour of India 2012-13 is also available in Excel (CSV) format. You must open this file in excel only.

India vs Pakistan 12-13 tickets available online: 

Over 7,000 tickets for the first India-Pakistan T20 tie at Chinnaswamy stadium on December 25 will be sold online from Thursday, former Test cricketer and Karnataka State Cricket Stadium (KSCA) secretary Javagal Srinath said.

Maximum tickets for public - 7,187 - will be sold online at Here for stands across the stadium at different fares, while 5,500 tickets for gallery stands, priced at Rs.250, will be sold Dec 21 through counters at the stadium," Srinath said.

Online tickets are priced between Rs.1,600-15,000, with those for corporates priced at Rs.12,500 and executive lounges at Rs.6,000, and terrace seats at Rs.9,000.

Though the stadium in the city centre facing the famous Cubbon Park boasts of 35,533-seat capacity, only 12,687 seats are available to the general public, as the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has to provide the remaining seats to various associations, clubs, boards and VIPs.

"Of the total seats, 2,800 are reserved for KSCA members, 3,600 for cricket clubs, 3,400 for other cricket associations, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) 2,673, corporates 3,705, complimentary tickets 6,168 and the remaining for our staff and officials," Srinath said.

Tickets for about 500 fans from Pakistan will be issued through the PCB.

Police will provide security. "As per the guidelines, the stadium will be handed over to the city police for sanitising and making fool-proof security arrangements...movement of fans will be regulated and restricted," KSCA president and former ace leggie Anil Kumble said.

The match between the arch rivals will be played in the night from 7 p.m. onwards on Christmas day.

A four-member Pakistan official team visited Bangalore on December 3 to inspect security and other arrangements being made for their team and their fans in the city.

About 500 Pakistani fans have been given visa to witness the two T20 matches and three One-dayers between the two countries. In addition, high profile persons, including former Pakistan players, will also be visiting India as PCB guests to watch the matches.

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Ricky Ponting, a legend ends his career.

Ricky Ponting has attracted the universal praise in retirement that sometimes eluded him during his Test cricket career as friends and old rivals united to pay tribute after the former Australia captain announced he will end his 168-Test career after this week's match against South Africa.

Australia's Parliament temporarily suspended business on Thursday to pay tribute to Ponting, setting aside weeks of rancor to express bipartisan admiration for one of the nation's finest sportsmen.

"I am sure even in a Parliament ruled with the sort of lack of civility of the opposition we could spend one moment celebrating what has been a great cricketing career," Prime Minister Julia Gillard was quoted as saying. Gillard said Ponting's retirement meant "he is going to go into the next phase of his life with a lot of gratitude and a lot of thanks from the Australian community — full as it is with cricket 'tragics'."

Opposition lawmakers set aside recent animosities and joined Gillard in praising Ponting's "superb innings."

"He is undoubtedly one of the all-time greats of one of the very great games," Coalition leader Tony Abbott said. "He is someone that I think all young Australians can look up to."

South Africa captain Graeme Smith said he was initially shocked to hear of Ponting's sudden decision to retire on the eve of the third Test, which will determine which team is ranked No. 1.

"I've played a lot against Ricky and (he's) certainly the most competitive man I've played against," Smith said. "I think the way he played the game and intensity with which he played the game is a credit to him. I think he's always represented Australia with a lot of dignity and a lot of skill.

"From a South African perspective and a personal perspective, we have a lot of respect for the man and we'll wish him best after these five days."

Smith said Ponting had been an asset to the game of cricket.

Ponting was sometimes considered surly by fans and critics if things weren't going Australia's way, but he was widely respected for his single-minded determination to win.

"The thing I liked about him was that he was always trying to win the game," former Test captain turned television commentator Ian Chappell said.

"He was always prepared to take the attack to the bowlers," he said. "He was a very aggressive player, looking to dominate. Not only a skillful ... batsman, but a very brave one."

Rivals and former teammates were quick to take to social media in praise of Ponting's contribution to Australian and world cricket throughout a 17-year Test career.

Ponting's retirement even cooled the rivalry between Australia and England for cricket's Ashes which may have been the defining contest of his career. Ponting lost three of the Ashes Test series in which he captained Australia, starting in 2005 when England broke a drought that stretched back to 1980s.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen was among those praising Ponting, joining thousands who expressed their admiration on social networks to describe his on-field rival as "one of the greats"

"I always got excited playing Australia, so I could watch him up close," said the South African born Pietersen, who is in India playing for England.

England wicketkeeper Matt Prior said "congrats to Ricky Ponting on an amazing career. One of, if not the best, batsman I ever played against and a fierce opponent."

Current Australian Test opener David Warner tweeted that Ponting had enjoyed an "outstanding career and will be missed by everyone."

Michael Clarke, who succeeded Ponting as Australia captain last year after being a long-time teammate, was so shocked at the retirement announcement that he had to cut short a news conference when asked about the atmosphere in the room when the former skipper first broke the news that Perth would be his last Test.

Clarke composed himself for a later television interview, explaining: "I'm emotional because he has played such a big part I guess for Australian cricket.

"He has played a huge part in my career. I have only even known cricket, certainly Test cricket, for Australia with him. He is a huge part of the team."

Clarke has played 85 Test matches, and Ponting has been beside him for all but a couple of those.

"He's an amazing player. He was an amazing captain, is a great friend and it's going to be tough to go into a Test match without him being there," Clarke told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "What a player he's been. He's been a great ambassador for the sport — not just for Australia but around the world."

Profile of Ponting:

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting

Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania

Current age 37 years 353 days

Major teams Australia, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Somerset, Tasmania

Nickname Punter

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat.

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 1.78 m

Education Mowbray Primary; Brooks Senior High School, Launceston

Career statistics

Batting and fielding averages :

	Mat	Inns		NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	168	287		29	13378	257	51.85	22782	58.72	41	62	1509	73	196	0
ODIs	375	365		39	13704	164	42.03	17046	80.39	30	82	1231	162	160	0
T20Is	17	16		2	401	98*	28.64	302	132.78	0	2	41	11	8	0
First-class	280	478		59	23101	257	55.13			78	103			298	0
List A	451	441		53	16221	164	41.80			34	98			193	0
Twenty20	23	22		2	477	98*	23.85	394	121.06	0	2	46	13	10	0
Test debut			Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995
Last Test			Australia v South Africa at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2012
Test statistics			Top of Form Bottom of Form
ODI debut			Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995
Last ODI			Australia v India at Brisbane, Feb 19, 2012
ODI statistics			Top of Form Bottom of Form
T20I debut			New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005
Last T20I			Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009
T20I statistics			Top of Form Bottom of Form
First-class debut			1992/93
Last First-class			Australia v South Africa at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2012
List A debut			1992/93
Last List A			Tasmania v South Australia at Hobart, Oct 30, 2012
Twenty20 debut			Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004  Last Twenty20: Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes at Perth, Dec 18, 2011

Brendon McCullum ride on T20 ranked one

McCullum pummelled 123 off 58 balls vs Bangladesh

New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum and Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal have taken over as the leading batsman and bowler in the latest Reliance ICC Twenty20 Player Rankings.
The latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings that were released on Thursday incorporate the Pakistan-Australia, India-New Zealand and England-South Africa Twenty20 series that were forerunners to the ICC World Twenty20 2012, which begins on 18 September when host Sri Lanka takes on Zimbabwe in Hambantota.

McCullum's 55-ball 91 against India in Chennai helped move him to the top of the rankings table, while David Warner's 59 for Australia against Pakistan in the third and final match at Dubai, which included six sixes, has seen him leap six places up the rankings to fourth.
Yuvraj Singh re-entered the rankings after his comeback to action following his battle against cancer. He comes into the rankings in the 15th spot and marked his return with 34 against New Zealand in Chennai. The batsman losing the most ground was England's Eoin Morgan who has fallen from the number one spot to ninth, losing eight places.
 

Last week, Saeed Ajmal became the number one ranked bowler in Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, and his six wickets in the three-match series against Australia in Dubai has helped him to take the number one spot in the world in Twenty20 cricket - overtaking England's Graeme Swann, who picked up three wickets in the three-match series against South Africa.

Saeed's overall rating of 782 points is also a career best. Meanwhile, Shane Watson moved up eight places to seventh in the bowler' table with his highest ever rating of 650. Watson also holds the number-one rank in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for all-rounders with his highest-ever rating of 475, achieved in the series against Pakistan.

Pakistan's Umar Gul has moved back into the top 20 in the bowlers' table with a four place rise to sit in 18th position.

Meanwhile, England heads into the ICC World Twenty20 2012 as the number-one ranked team on the Reliance ICC T20 Championship table. England leveled the three-match series against South Africa 1-1 with a win in the third and final match to reclaim the number one spot. South Africa, now second, however trails England by just one ratings point.
Pakistan's 2-1 series win over Australia has ensured that it retains its pre-series position of sixth, while George Bailey's team continues to be ninth in the rankings.India has slipped to seventh from fourth position after its loss to New Zealand in the only game possible in the two-match series, while Ross Taylor's side is now ranked fifth.

World cup T20: (INDIA vs AFGANISTAN) Spirited Afganistan defeted by India

They had nothing to lose, says Kohli

Sapoor Zardan (92/33)

India overcame a spirited Afghanistan side and came out victorious in their opening match of the T20 World Cup at the Premadasa in Colombo. Chasing India's 159, thanks to a splendid 50 by Kohli, the Afghans went down fighting by 23 runs but not before they gave India some heart-stopping moments along the way. 

Virat Kohli put Afghanistan’s spirited performance against India on Wednesday down to the fact that it had ‘nothing to lose’, but admitted that India had to pull up its bowling socks ahead of the tougher challenges at the ICC World Twenty20 2012.

India defeated Afghanistan by 23 runs in its Group A opener, with Kohli named the man of the match for his 39-ball 50. “It was a good wicket and they had nothing to lose,” he said. “That is also a big factor which isn’t discussed much. A team ranked lower has nothing to lose. It will bowl its heart out, have no doubts and second thoughts, no problems with the situation. In batting too, such teams come out playing their shots. If they come off, then it becomes a problem for the bowling side. These are factors too, but overall I feel we could have done better as far as the bowling unit is concerned. We could have won by a bigger margin.”

Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field. India left out Harbhajan Singh and went in with their tried and trusted 7 batsmen and 4 bowler combination.

The wicket was true and had a bit of pace and bounce. The Afghanistan bowlers began well getting a bit of purchase from the wicket. The Zadran brothers, Shapoor and Dawlat were steaming in keeping the Indian openers on the backfoot. Gambhir's misery and poor form continued and he finally played on to a Shapoor delivery, poking outside the off-stump, for just 10. The tall left-armer soon struck a double blow and sent shivers down the Indian dressing room when he got rid of the dangerous Sehwag for 8. India were under pressure. Afghanistan's batting coach Umesh Patwal had said that they would love to be giant-killers. Kohli and Yuvraj took charge. They slowly but surely built the innings. Yuvraj showed everyone that he meant business when he slapped Shapoor Zardan for a six straight over his head. Virat Kohli then smacked Gulbodin Naib for the maximum - the ball crashing into the sightscreen.

The pair added 46 runs for the 3rd wicket in just 36 balls before Karim Sadiq got Yuvraj caught at backward point. Afghanistan were maintaining the pressure. Suresh Raina was dropped on 2 by Nabi - an easy caught and bowled! Kohli decided to take the initiative and danced down the track to Karim Sadiq. Sami at deep mid-wicket dropped a relatively simple chance and pushed the ball across the line for a six. Raina and Kohli made the most of the reprieves. They went after the bowling and kept getting the regular boundaries. Their cause was aided by the poor Afghanistan catching. Virat Kohli reached yet another half-century in international cricket - his fifty came off 38 balls. The Afghanistan fielders finally held onto a catch - Nabi took a skier off Kohli off the bowling of Dawlat Zardan to end a fantastic innings. Raina and Dhoni added a quickfire 34 off 22 balls. The southpaw fell in the final over for a well made 38 off 33 balls. Dhoni hit a six of the last ball to end the innings with a flourish. India ended at 159 for 5 after 20 overs.

Afghanistan made their intentions clear. Mohammad Shahzad went after Zaheer Khan. He tried to hit the first ball out of the park, but only managed a couple over wide long-off.

The openers were going after everything. They wanted to strike the Indians early and they wanted to strike them hard. Shahzad, then, as promised, did a 'Dhoni Helicopter'. He whipped Zaheer Khan over mid wicket for a boundary. Afghanistan meant business but Shahzad was taking a risk too many. Balaji was introduced into the attack and he struck in his first over getting rid of the erratic Shahzad, chancing his arm on one too many an occasion. The captain Nawroz Mangal took the initiative and swept Balaji for a towering six over mid wicket off the last ball of the powerplay. Afghanistan had moved to 52 for 1 after 7 overs and Dhoni was a worried man. He had introduced Rohit Sharma before Ashwin, preserving his leading spinner for the middle-overs. He brought in Yuvraj Singh from the other end and the comeback man struck in his first over - getting one to dart in and striking the Afghanistan captain on the pads. At the half-way mark, Afghanistan had moved to 69 for 2 requiring another 91 from the remaining 10 overs. The situation got to Karim Sadiq and he held out to Gambhir at deep square leg to give Yuvraj his 2nd wicket. His comeback got even better as he got Stanikzai caught by Dhoni off the next ball - two in two for Yuvraj!

Ashwin got rid of Shenwari in the next over and the Afghanistan house was falling like a pack of cards. In the last 5 overs, they had scored 24 runs and lost 3 wickets. Shafiqullah and Nabi added a quickfire 24 before Pathan got the former lbw. Nabi was not going to bow down though - at least not without a fight. He hit Zaheer Khan for a blistering six over extra cover. He had raced to 29 off 14 deliveries. Zaheer went for 16 in the 16th over. Afghanistan required 44 off the last 4. Mohammad Nabi finally held out to Sharma at the long-on boundary and that put an end to Afghanistan's hopes of a miraculous victory. He had made a splendid 31 off 17 deliveries. The Afghanistan innings finally folded up at 136 in 19.3 overs with Balaji picking up 2 wickets in 2 balls. India won by 23 runs but credit must be given to the Afghans for their spirit and the fight they showed. India was given a few scares. Balaji and Yuvraj picked up 3 wickets each. However, Ashwin was the pick of the Indian bowlers with figures of 2 for 20 off his 4 overs. Virat Kohli was adjudged the man of the match for his fantastic half-century with 4 fours and 2 sixes. He displayed a wide array of shots and looked confident and a man possessed at the crease. The Indians will have to sort out their opening issues though, with both Gambhir and Sehwag not getting the starts they once produced on a canter. The bowling needs some firepower as even the strong Indian batting line-up won't be able to produce a score in excess of 180 each time they go out to bat. Afghanistan take on England on the 21st while India play them on the 23rd. 

India vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, Group A, Colombo

Afghanistan: 136-all out (19.3 Ovs)

India: 159/5 (20.0 Ovs)

India won by 23 runs

 

ICC World T20 2012

R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka

September 19, 2012

Afghanistan won the toss, and elected to field

MOM: Virat Kohli 50(39 balls)