Pakistan Twenty20 World Cup 2010 Squad
Pakistan Squad 2010 World Cup
The defending champions will take on the field with the following members to retain the title.
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Name
|
Batting Style | Profile |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul Razzaq | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Fawad Alam | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Hammad Azam | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
| Kamran Akmal | Right-hand bat | wicketkeeper |
| Khalid Latif | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | Right-hand bat | Legbreak |
| Mohammad Aamer | Left-hand bat | Left-arm fast-medium |
| Mohammad Asif | Left-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Saeed Ajmal | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Salman Butt | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Shahid Afridi | Right-hand bat | Legbreak googly |
| Umar Akmal | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Umar Gul | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Yasir Arafat | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
Tendulkar Says No To World Cup
In amidst of the cricket festival that is, Indian Premier League, when all of India is in cheerful mood, today came a heart breaking news from Sachin Tendulkar.
In an interview to a TV channel, Sachin stated very clearly that he will stick to his earlier stand of not playing in T20 world cup so that young talent can get the required exposure. It should be noted that the T20 world cup is going to be held this year in West Indies.
“I will not be playing the ICC World Twenty20. I have not played Twenty20 Internationals from 2007 onwards and I don’t think it should become an issue now,” Tendulkar told CNN-IBN channel.
Source : justsachin.com
Pakistan Will Defend World Cup
In an interview, Pakistan stylish T20 opener Salman Butt is hopeful that Pakistan will defend their Twenty20 World Cup title. Butt who is in a training camp in Lahore said “We will go all out to retain the title and put our best for it. When I look at the Pakistan team, especially in this shortest format, I think anyone who plays to his full potential has the ability to single-handedly win the game for us on any given day.”
“It’s going to be a tough tournament. We’re in a difficult and tricky group with Australia, which is a very good side. In the shortest format, it’s hard to say who will do well as it is all bout who plays well on the day,” said Butt.
Smith To Resume Training For T20 World Cup
The preparations for South Africa’s world cup got a boost as skipper Graeme Smith has resumed his training as stated by Dr. Mohammed Moosajee. Graeme Smith’s finger was injured in an IPL match and he was unable to play for Rajasthan Royals due to it.
But now as per Dr. Mohammed Moosajee, Smith has totally recovered from the injury and is hopeful to play against Indian in the first match to be held on May 2 at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia.
“He has been given the all-clear to resume training in preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 2010 in the Caribbean and the South African tour of the West Indies that follows the event,” said Moosajee.
“Graeme did pick up a slight fever last week but he should be ready to start practicing on Wednesday,” he added.
India Twenty20 World Cup 2010 Squad
India Squad 2010 World Cup
The winners of First edition of Twenty20 World Cup are back for Twenty20 World Cup 2010 with the following members.
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Name
|
Batting Style | Profile |
|---|---|---|
| Ashish Nehra | Right-hand bat | Left-arm medium-fast |
| Dinesh Karthik | Right-hand bat | Wicketkeeper |
| Gautam Gambhir | Left-hand bat | Legbreak |
| Harbhajan Singh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| MS Dhoni | Right-hand bat | Wicketkeeper |
| Murali Vijay | Right-hand bat | Offbreak |
| Piyush Chawla | Left-hand bat | Legbreak |
| Praveen Kumar | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Rohit Sharma | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Suresh Raina | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Vinay Kumar | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
| Yusuf Pathan | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Yuvraj Singh | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Zaheer Khan | Right-hand bat | Left-arm fast-medium |
Best Performers – Batting Twenty20 World Cup 2009
The top batsmen in Twenty20 World Cup 2009
Best Performers –
Batting Twenty20 World Cup 2009
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Player
|
Team | Matches | Runs | Average | SR | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 7 | 317 | 45.29 | 144.61 | 0 | 3 |
| J Kallis | South Africa | 5 | 238 | 47.6 | 126.53 | 0 | 2 |
| C Gayle | West Indies | 5 | 193 | 38.60 | 133.91 | 0 | 2 |
| Kamran Akmal | Pakistan | 7 | 188 | 26.86 | 125.22 | 0 | 1 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa | 6 | 186 | 31.00 | 154.73 | 0 | 1 |
| K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 7 | 177 | 25.29 | 108.55 | 0 | 2 |
| S Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 7 | 177 | 25.29 | 115.61 | 0 | 1 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 7 | 176 | 25.14 | 140.57 | 0 | 2 |
| Younis Khan | Pakistan | 6 | 172 | 28.67 | 139.64 | 0 | 1 |
| M Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 7 | 154 | 22.00 | 122.10 | 0 | 1 |
Best Performers – Bowling Twenty20 World Cup 2009
Top bowlers in the second edition of World Cup 2009
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Player
|
Team | Matches | Wickets | Average | Economy | SR | Best Figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umar Gul | Pakistan | 7 | 13 | 12.15 | 6.44 | 11.3 | 5/6 |
| A Mendis | Sri Lanka | 7 | 12 | 11.91 | 5.50 | 13.0 | 3/9 |
| Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 7 | 12 | 13.58 | 5.82 | 14.0 | 4/19 |
| L Malinga | Sri Lanka | 7 | 12 | 15.08 | 7.14 | 12.6 | 3/17 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 7 | 11 | 13.54 | 5.32 | 15.2 | 4/11 |
| RE van der Merwe | South Africa | 6 | 10 | 13.50 | 5.62 | 14.4 | 2/14 |
| D Bravo | West Indies | 6 | 10 | 18.40 | 8.76 | 12.6 | 4/38 |
| W Parnell | South Africa | 6 | 9 | 13.22 | 5.71 | 13.8 | 4/13 |
| D Steyn | South Africa | 6 | 9 | 16.11 | 6.59 | 14.6 | 2/21 |
| M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 7 | 9 | 17.55 | 5.85 | 18.0 | 3/29 |