Sehwag, Zaheer rested, Tendulkar to play in Asia Cup

Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan rested for the aisa cup, while Sachin Tendulkar continuous to play in the Asia Cup. Yusuf Pathan and Ashok Dinda back in the ODI squad, announced on Wednesday.

"Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav have been rested on fitness grounds," Jagdale said in a release.

Virat Kohli named the vice captain of the team.

Rhoit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja are also in the 15 - member squad. They retain there places despite the poor form throughout the Australian tour.

Team for Asia Cup:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Virat Kohli (VC), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda.

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Has to be the best innings of my career: Kohli

"It has to be the best innings of my career. The kind of situation we were in, chasing 320, and also we needed bonus points. So, it was a crunch game; and to play an innings like that at the right time, I felt it was a great innings for me," Virat Kohli said after the match. 

"Critics will always be there; the innings was more of proving a point to myself. It was like if you play well, we can take the team to victory. So it really feels nice to play that sort of an innings."

"Before my innings in Perth I was thinking about what was going on in the media, but after that I stopped watching news. I told myself to think positive and that there is no good reason not to score runs. I kept believing and I think that was the key," added by him.

"When you have one game to play, you need to give everything and we were able to do that and we can be satisfied," said by him.

"It is important to win like that after the sort of tour we had so far in Australia. We will take a lot of positives from this match when we will look back; it was like telling each of us that we can take a bit from this win. It shows this team can play like this at any point of time."

"If we reach the final, we will be as expressive as today; we will not be hesitant and we will play like we did today," said by him.

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Veena Malik, Bobby Darling lock lips

On Veena Malik surprise b'day party Bobby Darling and Veena Malik kissed each other.

“Veena and I share a very good relationship. I love her. We greet each other like this every time. Why do people have a problem with our way of greeting each other?” said Bobby.

“It was very cute. Bobby just came and kissed me. I think it was a beautiful gesture and I’m alright with it. It was just a tap on the lips, not really a French kiss. I’m ok with Bobby or my girlfriends doing it,” Veena Malik said.

“I had just come back from Dubai and my manager insisted that I go for dinner on my birthday. When I saw all my friends there with gifts and flowers, I felt blessed,” she said on surprise birthday party.

“Ashmit was not around. We are not that close anymore. We don’t meet often. I have signed a film with him so maybe we will meet when we start shooting,” said Veena on Ashmit Patel.

“No way, I’d charge 1 lakh to give people a glimpse of me, not a film.”, Veena said on only charge Rs. 1 lakh per movie.

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We knew we had the firepower: DHONI

"We knew we had the firepower, but still 320 was more than we could digest. But once we got that start, we knew we could kick on. We will now going shopping for a couple of days and some practice at the same time. Its not in our hands now," said Indian skipper MS Dhoni.

"This was some of the best ODI cricket I have been a part of. When you need 321 off 40, you need a good start. You need the quantity. We wanted to keep them down to 250, maximum 270," he added.

"You can't do much when they bat like that.. Virat played out of his skin on a true pitch. It was the first off day for our bowlers in the tournament, so fair enough. It wasn't just Kohli, it was also the way the others batted around him," said Sri Lankan skipper Jayawardene.

"Our qualification is still in our hands, which is great. Hope we come back from this and win in Melbourne," he added.

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Virat credits team effort for win over Sri Lanka

Man of the match Virat Kohli, who was not out on 133, credited the team effort for India’s superb win over Sri Lanka which kept India in hunt in the ongoing CB Series.

“To be able to chase 320 in 40 overs in a must win game, and put that sort of a batting effort together was a great team effort,” Virat Kohli said during the post match presentation ceremony.

“I committed a few mistakes in the last games. I tried to middle every ball, which doesn`t happen always in international cricket.”, he said about his own batting.

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In Pics: India great run chase win over Sri-Lanka in Oval

Commonwealth Bank Series

India vs Sri Lanka

Hobart, Oval

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Kohli's performance gives India a bonus point win against SL

India win the match in the fantastic manner. This is for we known the Team India. Form the first ball of the innings to the last ball, India never looks back in the run chase. India wins the game with bonus points and alive there hopes in the series.

Virat Kohli is the hero of the match. He made fantastic 133 runs with 16 fours and 2 sixes. Gautam Gambhir also made the half century and made 63 runs in 64 balls. Virat Kohli gets the Man Of the Match award for his wonderful performance and match winning innings. This is the Kohli best ODI inning and highest score of ODI.

Now, India is back in the series and everything is depend on the next match between Sri-Lanka and Australia. First time Indian fans support the Australia in any game.

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