SriLanka Leads in point table with 15 points

Australia v India at Sydney 

26 Feb 2012 (14:20 local | 08:50 IST)

Commonwealth Bank Series, 2011/12 

As of now Sri Lanka is topper and Australia( 14 points ) is behind of Sri Lanka in points table. India(10 points ) in last position in points table. Upcoming match( Feb 26 ) will be a crucial one for India. India should win with good run rate to keep the match alive.

ESPNcricinfo Awards

Sachin Tendulkar and Doug Bracewell have won the Test batting and bowling awards in the fifth annual ESPNcricinfo Awards, announced today.

Commonwealth Bank Series - Points Table

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Australia	5	3	2	0	0	14	+0.433
India	5	2	2	1	0	10	-0.672
Sri Lanka	4	1	2	1	0	7	+0.323

Australia v India, CB Series, Adelaide( 4th Match )

India 6 for 270 (Gambhir 92, Dhoni 44*) beat Australia 8 for 269 (Hussey 72, Forrest 66) by four wickets.

Dhoni's composure was best measured by how he paced his innings. It bordered on the statuesque early, before he raised tempo with swift running between the wickets. He saved his one stroke to the boundary - a towering six over long on - for when he most needed it: the third ball of the final over delivered by Clint McKay, which began with 13 still required.

Commonwealth Bank Series - 2nd Match

Sri Lanka 233/8 (50 ov)
India 234/6 (46.4 ov)
India won by 4 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Commonwealth Bank Series - 2nd Match
Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth (neutral venue)
8 February 2012 - day/night (50-over match)

Highest Scorers
SR Tendulkar b Mathews 48
V Kohli         run out (Malinga) 77

India's feted openers exited early, and the inexperienced middle order succumbed to old failings, but their bowling allrounders Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin showed admirable poise to steer a wobbly chase home. Virat Kohli's authoritative 77 set the agenda, but India began to falter when he had cramps around the mid-point of the innings. His exit, run out while attempting a hopeless single, left India's lower order 53 tricky runs to get. Ashwin and Jadeja did the rest, braving the Lasith Malinga threat and the epidemic of nerves that had blighted the middle order.

Australia's marvelous victory

Australia 5 for 216 (Wade 67, D Hussey 61*, Vinay Kumar 3-21) beat India 151 (Kohli 31, McKay 4-20) by 65 runs by D/L method. In the end, India were dismissed for 151 in the 30th over in the first match of the Commonwealth Bank Series.

Upcoming Match

India v Sri Lanka at Perth
Feb 8, 2012 (12:20 local | 04:20 GMT | 09:50 IST)

Commonwealth Bank Series

Sun Feb 5            03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 08:50 IST	1st Match - Australia v India Melbourne Cricket Ground
Wed Feb 8            04:20 GMT | 12:20 local 09:50 IST	2nd Match - India v Sri Lanka Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Fri Feb 10            04:20 GMT | 12:20 local 09:50 IST	3rd Match - Australia v Sri Lanka Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Sun Feb 12            03:20 GMT | 13:50 local 08:50 IST	4th Match - Australia v India Adelaide Oval
Tue Feb 14            03:20 GMT | 13:50 local 08:50 IST	5th Match - India v Sri Lanka Adelaide Oval
Fri Feb 17            03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 08:50 IST	6th Match - Australia v Sri Lanka Sydney Cricket Ground
Sun Feb 19            03:20 GMT | 13:20 local 08:50 IST	7th Match - Australia v India Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Tue Feb 21            03:20 GMT | 13:20 local 08:50 IST	8th Match - India v Sri Lanka Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Fri Feb 24            03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 08:50 IST	9th Match - Australia v Sri Lanka Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Sun Feb 26            03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 08:50 IST	10th Match - Australia v India Sydney Cricket Ground
Tue Feb 28            03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 08:50 IST	11th Match - India v Sri Lanka Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Fri Mar 2            03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 08:50 IST	12th Match - Australia v Sri Lanka Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sun Mar 4            03:20 GMT | 13:20 local 08:50 IST	1st Final - TBC v TBC Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Tue Mar 6            03:20 GMT | 13:50 local 08:50 IST	2nd Final - TBC v TBC Adelaide Oval
Thu Mar 8            03:20 GMT | 13:50 local 08:50 IST	3rd Final - TBC v TBC Adelaide Oval

Million $ Players in 2012

A list of players who were bought, transferred, retained and went unsold for IPL 2012

Bought
Brendon McCullum - $900,000 to Kolkata Knight Riders (base price $400,000)
Ravindra Jadeja - Maximum purse of $2 million bid by Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers. It goes to a tiebreaker. Bought by Chennai Super Kings for an undisclosed amount (base price $100,000).
Muttiah Muralitharan - $220,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $200,000)
Mahela Jayawardene - $1.4 million to Delhi Daredevils (base price $300,000)
Herschelle Gibbs - $50,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $50,000)
Brad Hodge - $475,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price $200,000)
Parthiv Patel - $650,000 to Deccan Chargers (base price $200,000)
Dinesh Chandimal - $50,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price $50,000)
Andre Russell - $450,000 to Delhi Daredevils (base price $50,000)
Mitchell Johnson - $300,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $300,000)
RP Singh - $600,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $200,000)
Vinay Kumar - $1 million to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $100,000)
Sreesanth - $400,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price $400,000)
Ramesh Powar - $160,000 to Kings XI Punjab (base price $100,000)
Brad Hogg - $180,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price $100,000)
Sunil Narine - $700,000 to Kolkata Knight Riders (base price $50,000)
Robin Peterson - $100,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $100,000)
Daniel Harris - $70,000 to Deccan Chargers (base price 50,000)
Kevon Cooper - $50,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price 50,000)
James Faulkner - $190,000 to Kings XI Punjab (base price $100,000)
Azhar Mahmood - $200,000 to Kings XI Punjab (base price $100,000)
Thisara Perera - $650,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $50,000)
Marchant de Lange - $50,000 to Kolkata Knight Riders (base price $50,000)
Darren Bravo - $100,000 to Deccan Chargers (base price $100,000)
Doug Bracewell - $50,000 to Delhi Daredevils (base price $50,000)

T20 Aus Vs Ind

India finally broke through for their first win of the tour thanks to a dazzling display in the field. Ravindra Jadeja provided the spark - and did no harm to his chances in Saturday's IPL auction - with a pair of run-outs as Australia's batsmen were constricted by intense pressure from the fielders, and were dismissed in the 20th over for 131.

India 2 for 135 (Gambhir 56*) beat Australia 131 (Finch 36, Praveen 2-21) by eight wickets