KP REPLACES DRAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen was on Saturday named the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers replacing Rahul Dravid, whose performance came under severe attack during the inaugural edition of the IPL. ( Watch )
The announcement was made by owner of the team Vijay Mallya who said the decision was taken in consultation with Dravid who is right now away playing the Test series against New Zealand.
Dravid, who was sarcastically referred to as Test player in the slam-bang version of the game last year, will not play for the entire tournament as his wife is expecting their child.
The team will be led by Pietersen for the first phase of the second edition of IPL until he leaves at the end of April following which South African Jacques Kallis will assume captaincy.
Mallya told reporters that "this decision was taken after extensive consultations with Rahul Dravid and it was not an easy one.
"We have a wealth of talent and expertise in our team and have six international captains to choose from," he added.
"The decision on captaincy was taken by keeping into account three considerations. One, player's availability during each phase of the tournament; two, flexibility in selection of playing squad during the phases; and three, the fact that Dravid will not be available due to personal reasons for the entire tournament," Mallya said.

AN INDIAN CREATES HISTORY........

He is non other than Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.He surpassed Brain Lara's world record of 11,953 test runs.He is also the first man to go past the 12,000 run mark.

PROFILE:

PERSONEL INFORMATION:

FULL NAME : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

NICK NAME :Little master

BORN :April 24,1973

HEIGHT :5ft5in

BATTING STYLE :Right-handed

BOWLING STYLE :Right-arm legbreak/off-spin/madium pace

ROLE :Batsman

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION:

TEST DEBUT :November 15,1989

ODI DEBUT :December 18,1989

ODI SHIRT NO :10

DOMESTIC TEAM INFORMATION:

YEARS TEAM

1988-present MUMBAI

1992 YORKSHIRE

2008 MUMBAI INDIANS

"Sachin Tendular is born to create records.Definetely he is a Living Legend."

MAHI-WAY!!!!!!!!!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni aka Mahi is the captain of the current indian one day cricket team.He took over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid at the time where nothing is going in the way of the Indian team.India suffered a huge defeat even against Bangladesh which is considered to be weakest side in the International arena.Under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid India was knocked out of the world cup in the qualifying round itself.It was considered to be the embarrassing moment in the Indian cricket history. Due to the immense pressure from all around the world Rahul Dravid resigned his captaincy.

MAHI- WAY:

Though many senior players in the side were pushing for captaincy, selectors thought only Mahi will fit into the bill which is the most toughest job.But Mahi performed from the word go as a captain as well as a player.After Dada(Ganguly) Mahi is the only captain who took bold decisions.He is definetely an insipirational leader and a clever cricketer who never bothers about the things happening around him.It shows that he is a cool headed captain.

ACHIVEMENTS OF MAHI:

1. India won the T20 world cup in sourh Africa.


2. India won the Common wealth bank series in Australia.


3. India won the series against Pakistan.


4. India won the series against Sri Lanka.

With in a year he made his mark as a captain in the International arena.And his success rate as a captain is more than 50%.

"MAHI IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BADSHA OF INDIAN CRICKET"

DADA'S ROAD TO RETIREMENT

Ganguly aka Dada who is always an entertainer and a match winner has always pulled crowds to watch his knock,has announced his retirement from international arena. And it is a shock for his followers. Ganguly's announcement stated to be the begining of the end for fab four(Dravid,Tendulkar,Kumble).
Sourav Ganguly - Career timeline:
June, 1996 - Sparkling century on debut at Lords(one of the 11 indians to achieve this feet) . Follows it up with another century in the very next Test at Trent Bridge.
February 26, 2000 - Is named captain home series against SA. The announcement comes after Tendulkar has resigned from captaincy. At the prime of his one-day form, he ends the series as top run-getter as India win the series3-2. Is named full-time captain after the series.
March 20, 2003 - Scores a century in the World Cup semi-final as India make it to the final.
Nov 2005 - The selectors end his five-year reign as Test captain when they pick Rahul Dravid to lead India in the Tests against Sri Lanka.
COMEBACK MAN:
December 7, 2006 Ganguly is picked for the Tests & becomes the leading run scorer in that series.
Jan 21, 2007 - In Nagpur, on his ODI comeback, scores 98 against WI.
Oct 7, 2008 - Two days before the start of the Ind-Aus test series, announces it will be his last series.


"The man who has contributed so much to the Indian cricket deserves a better send off."