15 men squad of the Indian Team for ICC Cricket World Cup 2020

7^th of Jan being the final date for selection of the 15 men squad for the ICC world cup and the tri series, Squad for the Indian team has been announced. The team has the 2011 winning captain MS Dhoni leading the 15 men squad. India will be playing the opener against Pakistan on February 15. Looking at the selected squad there are only four players that would be seen from the previous world cup which includes MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and R Ashwin.

Let’s have a look at the 15 men squad of the Indian Cricket Team.

1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Right hands batsman and a wicket keeper, he has played 2 world cups in 2007 and 2011.
2. Virat Kohli: Right Handed batsman who has played a world in 2011 with total of 9 other matches played.
3. Ajinkya Rahane: Being a bowler and a bats man, Ajinkya is a right handed batsman and a right arm medium bowler.
4. Shikhar Dhawan: A left handed batsman with a bowling style of right arm break off, this cricketer has struck form in recent series against Sri Lanka and England.
5. Rohit Sharma: Right handed batsman with right arm off spinning bowling style, this cricketer has solely made 264 runs.
6. Suresh Raina: Having played world cup 2011, this cricketer is a left hand batsman and right arm off spin bowler.
7. Ravindra Jadeja: A slow left-arm orthodox bowler and left handed batsman finally made to the squad after his shoulder injury.
8. R Ashwin: Only bowler to be selected from the last season of world cup who is a right arm off spin bowler.
9. Bhuvneshwar Kimar: Actual spear head of bowling attack, this cricketer is a right arm medium-fast bowler and a right handed batsman.
10. Ishant Sharma: Facing a knee injury just before the crucial selection made him put in spot of danger. But now he has got clear ticket for playing in 2015. He is a right hand batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler.
11. Mohammed Shami: Emerged as the best bowler since the last season, Mohammed Shami is a right handed bats man and right arm fast-medium bowler.
12. Axar Patel: This all rounder cricketer is a left handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler.
13. Umesh Yadav: Having proved his potential during India’s tour of Australia in 2011-12, Umesh Yadav is a right handed batsman and a right arm fast bowler.
14. Stuart Binny: Son of one of the chief architects of India’s 1983 world cup, Stuart Binny is a right handed batsman and right arm medium bowler.
15. Ambati Raydu: What caught the selector’s eyes for Raydu was his maiden century against Sri Lanka in the home series. He is a right handed batsman and a right arm off spin bowler.

How to book tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2020

The fever of cricket has taken its toll on everyone as the dates for the same are nearing. Tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 has got started to sell. ICC 2015 is to be hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand which would be featuring 49 matches in 44 days distributed across 14 cities. The opening match would be played in Christc

As stated by John Harnden, Chief Executive of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Australia and New Zealand last hosted the tournament in 1992 since then it has become one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Organisers of the event are expecting more than a million to attend the matches. Tickets for the tournament are available which includes the finals too. Ticket prices for the adults starts from $20 while for children for the pool stage costs $5. Tickets would be made available on general sale from February 14th. For those who want to get their tickets prior to this can register themselves http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup.

Tickets are subject to availability so hurry up guys and grab your seats for watching the tournament live in the ground

Shahid Afridi to retire from ODIs

Shahid Afridi one of the best players and an all rounder of the Pakistan Cricket Team have decided to take retirement from the One Day Internationals. He would be quitting the ODIs after the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. As mentioned by Afridi, he wanted to choose his own timing for stepping down.

Afridi also mentioned that he wants to go out of ODIs with self-respect and with his fans wanting more from him. He would be continuing the captainship for the Twenty20 and would like to solely focus on winning the T20 world cup India in 2016. The 34 year old cricketer has played 386 ODI matches till now with 27 tests and 77 T20 matches for Pakistan. He made his debut in the ODI at the age of 16 in October 1996 against Sri Lanka in Nairobi and had set a record for the fastest 100 off 37 balls. The record stood unbroken for 17 years after that.

Afridi has got an average of 23.49 and strike rate of 116.39 in the ODIs and has also taken 391 wickets with score of 7870 runs so far. Afridi retired from the Test matches in 2010 during the series against Australia in England. He is the first Pakistani cricket player who has been able to announce his retirement properly.

New Zealand VS Bangladesh 2020 Watch Live Streaming Online

Finally, the last day of the busy week draws to a close today and with this, your excitement and enthusiasm to look forward to an enthralling weekend begins. The match on Friday the 13^th of March will be between, New Zealand and Bangladesh and it will be a match that will give you some of the best shots that has probably not been done this Cricket World cup 2020 at all.

You can begin the day from 6.30 AM IST when the match that will be held directly from Seddon Park, Hamilton begins. Sit back in your breakfast table as the match between the two of the most tested teams get on the greens and play the toss.

New Zealand VS Bangladesh 2020 Watch Live Stream Online

The New Zealand team will have players who have been featuring in several international test and Twenty 20 Matches, like captain Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Kyle Mills, Tom Latham and others will be giving some of the sixes they are known to offer.

The Bangladesh team though might be a fresh crop in comparison to the New Zealand team, with young Mashrafe Mortaza leading from the front. But the presence of young talent like Soumya Sarkar, who has been showing a lot of surprise and talent in the last few tournaments and proving that he has been the best find this season is someone to look out for.

So, as you turn your device on and watch cricket World cup 2020 live streaming you can really know why these two teams are able to draw your attention like never before!