(Current Affairs) Sports | April : 2013

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India Lost the Series against Pakistan by 2-1

India won the last match of the Pakistan in India ODI Series on 6 January 2013 against Pakistan by 10 Runs. With this win over Pakistan, India lost the three matches one day series by 1-2.

1st Match: The first match was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, at Chennai on 30 December 2012. India scored 228 runs at a loss of 6 wickets and Pakistan managed to achieve the target to win the match by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining). At the end of the match Dhoni was chosen as the player of the match.

2nd Match: In the second match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 3 January 2013 – (day/ night format) Pakistan gave a target of 251 runs for India to win but India was able to score 165 in 48 over with no wicket remaining in hand. Nasir Jamshed was elected as the Player of the match.

3rd Match: India playing first at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 6 January 2013 – (day/night format) scored 167 runs in 43.4 over and Pakistan was all out at 157 runs in 48.5 over. India won the match by 10 runs and MS Dhoni was once again chosen as the Player of the match.

At the end of the series, Nasir Jamshed of Paksitan was declared as the Player of the tournament. Kevin Pietersen Signed Full- Central Contract with the ECB CRICKET

Kevin Pietersen Signed Full- Central Contract with the ECB

Kevin Pietersen on 9 January 2013 signed the full-central agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Pietersen was dropped from the final Test against South Africa because of the alleged claims that he had sent the text messages to the rival players in which he criticised the then-England captain Andrew Strauss. By the end of 2012, Kevin Pietersen returned back to the team, but he only had his short-term contract. However, now he signed the full-central contract which gave him the same status like other teammates of England cricket team. Pietersen saw a very chaotic 2012 in which he announced his retirement not just from the 50- ver internationals but also from the Twenty20 internationals. There were doubts about his future in Test cricket as well. Apart from this, Pietersen missed the World T20 in Sri Lanka. He was denied one of the ten central contracts which were distributed in September. Nevertheless, after having conversation with the ECB, he came back to the England team in October 2012 and thereafter in all forms of the game.