The year 2009 has been extraordinary for Cricket! Lets rewind the most important happenings of 2009 in the cricketing world...1) India defeated Newzealand in Newzealand after more than 40 long years...!! (WELL DONE INDIA)
2) Cricket's worst moment when Srilankan cricketers were attacked by the terrorists at the Liberty Square near Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadiu... (BARBARIC)
3) IPL became the sixth biggest sporting brand in the world when the domestic tournament had to take a huge risk of being played way beyond the Indian boundaries, in South Africa! Deccan Charges were the champions this time! (CHARGED UP)
4) On June 21st, at Lords, Pakistan defeated the in form Srilanka to win the T20 World Cup (SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT FOR PAK)
5) Flintoff ended his Test Career on a happy note as England defeated Australia in the Ashes at home. (ASHES TO ENGLAND)
6) Aussies lifted the Champions Trophy (50 over edition) in South Africa for the second consecutive time (AUSSIES ON REVIVAL)
7) The Great Sachin Tendulkar completes 20 years in International Cricket. (SACHIN TRULY A LEGEND)
8)Rahul Dravid became the most successful slip fielder in Test Cricket beating the record of Mark Waugh
9) Gambhir ended the year with an average of 90.87 in Test Cricket. Hasn't he been awesome in all forms of cricket this year? (THAT IS CALLED HUNGER FOR RUNS)
10) Dilshan and Sehwag were absolutely on fire with their devastating batting performances throughout the year! (DEMOLITION MEN)
11) India emerged as a dominant force in world cricket under Dhoni by becoming the number one team in Test Cricket for this year! They are on the second position in ODI rankings... Dhoni is on the top position of the ODI batsmen rankings from last 12 months and Gambhir is currently on the top in Test batsmen rankings... (IMPRESSIVE)
Lets hope the year 2010 brings an equally exciting cricketing moments for us....
We all love cricket and long live this great game!!!
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