The local politics in India has spilled over to the Indian Premier League 20-20 cricket match 2009 series. With the central government and also few of the state governments washing off their hands in providing the required security for the players and the audience, the organizer BCCI , has decided to move out the tournament out of India.

After hectic negotiations with the English cricket board and also the South African cricket board, the BCCI has decided to move the tournament to South Africa. And the entire gamut of rescheduling the game has already been completed by the BCCI in due consultation with the South African cricket board.

With the dominance of the cricket viewing moving from stadiums to the living rooms of cricket fans across the globe, the venue does not matter.

The Indian Cricket team is scoring new records month after month in the last one year. The latest feather on the cap of the Indian team is the 33 year long victory against the Newzealand Cricket Team in a test match, in Newzealand.

The visiting Indian team won the five match one day series in an emphatic manner last week only. In the first five day test match played in Newzealand this week, the Indian team scored 510 runs in their first innings. The Newzealand team which was put to bat, could muster only 39 runs more , both innings put together. The Indian openers scored the winning 39 runs in style in just six overs and won the first match in a grand manner.
The last Indian victory in Newzealand soil was way back in 1977.
MS Dhoni, the Indian team captain, was all praise for all his team members who contributed in a equal manner at every stage of the match. In the first innings, the Indian batting Master Sachin Tendulkar alone scored a massive 160 runs, versus the 290 runs scored by the entire Newzealand team.
On the fourth day, it was the turn of Indian star Spinner Harbhajan Singh, to take 6 wickets for 63 runs, and wrap up the Newzealand second innings in no time. At the current pace, the Indian team might win the second match also comfortably, thereby sealing the test series victory also in style. All the best to you Dhoni and Team.

The Indian Cricket team under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni is continuing its dream run outside India level also. The team smashed the host Newzealand team by a huge 3-1 lead in the one day international cricket match series held in Newzealand. Out of the total of five matches, one match was washed out due to heavy rain.

Out of the first four matches, India one the three matches in an emphatic manner and took a solid 3-0 lead and won the series at the end of fourth match itself. The fifth match was played for the sake of it, and as expected the Indian team was playing casually and , for a change, it was at the receiving end, with Newzealand bowlers doing a great job.

Dhoni’s team will now play the test series in the coming weeks, which is also expected to be favorable to India, since it has a very strong batting line up, and also a slew of strong bowlers. It has fast pace bowlers, slow and medium pace bowlers, and also great spin bowlers.

Few months back, it was Dhoni and team who fired the Australian team in their soil in a dramatic way. And last month, they smashed the Sri Lankan team in their country. Now, they are firing against the Newzealanders successfully in their home ground. It is the first time in over four decades that India is winning a series in Newzealand. Great show, Dhoni and team, keep it up.