INDIA LOST THE NO.1 TEST RANKING : ENGLAND SNATCHED

India has maintained its first rank still 13th august 2011, the third Test against England, at Edgbaston in Birmingham. India beat South Africa by an innings and 58 runs against South Africa at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata, on Thursday 18th February 2010. With India winning the match it positions them on top of the ICC Test Championship ranking at the annual cut-off date of April 1.

England snatched away the No.1 Test ranking from India beating them by an innings and 242 run margins during the third Test. India suffered their third heaviest defeat in Tests on Saturday. The Indians were simply not prepared for the series; players broke down at crucial junctures; M.S. Dhoni didn't have the first choice team at his disposal; the Indians are playing too much cricket. This is not cricket. Just hit and run. No techniques, nor class in play. Indian team played for T-20 match like in all the three tests.

It’s simply pathetic. The Indian team lacks fighting spirit and it’s once more evident that they are home paper tigers. Unless India can find a few world quality fast bowlers, they will never have chance to become world No 1, actually they were not eligible for No1 rank. This series is an eye-opener for Indian cricket.

Agreed England has been the better team in this series and deserve their No.1 Ranking. England claimed the number-one ranking in the ICC Test Championship table for the first time in 32 years. The win also gave them  3-0 lead in the four-match Test series. 

The exact reason of such worst test performance and the first test series defeat under Dhoni’s captaincy are Injury of the Indian Cricketers, Playing too much of Cricket, Batting failure of the Indian batsmen, Inconsistency of the Indian bowlers, Lack of co-ordination in the Indian team.

ICC Test Championship

8 august 2011

Team	Matches	Points	Rating
India	32	4001	125
South Africa	21	2469	118
England	32	3759	117
Sri Lanka	23	2486	108
Australia	27	2692	100
Pakistan	23	2132	93
West Indies	23	2039	89
New Zealand	19	1485	78
Bangladesh	12	94	8

THE SUMMER OLYMPICS-LONDON 2012

The Summer Olympics 2012 is the XXX Olympiad. The 2012 Summer Olympics will take place in London, United Kingdom, from 27th July to 12th August 2012. London has also hosted the games earlier on 1908 and 1944, but Olympics 1944 is cancelled because of World War II. After a long period of time it will host 2012 Olympics. London was elected as the host city on 6th July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore where London beat Paris in the final round. Nines cities initially submitted applications to host the 2012 Olympic Games. On 18th May 2004, the IOC Executive Board selected the five candidate Cities. The final decision on the host city for the Games of the XXX Olympiad was made by the full IOC membership during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005. London eventually triumphed by taking 54 votes from a possible 104. This gave London the majority that it needed to be elected as the host city for the 2012 games. Athletes from different nations will participate in the various games in the Summer Olympics 2012.  There are 204 (estimated) countries that are competing in Summer Olympics 2012.

117th IOC Session, 6 July 2005, Singapore:

Election of the Host City of the Games of the XXX Olympiad

Rounds	1	2	3	4
London	22	27	39	54
Paris	21	25	33	50
Madrid	20	32	31	-
New York	19	16	-	-
Moscow	15	-	-	-

The London Olympic Stadium is located at

Marshgate Lane

in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley. This stadium has capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000. 

Venue	103-113 Marshgate Ln, Stratford , London, U.K.
Broke ground	2007
Built	2011
Operator	Olympic Delivery Authority
Surface	Track & Field (Grass)
Construction cost	537 Million £
Architect	Populous
Capacity	80,000

The Olympic Stadium will host the Athletics and Paralympics Athletics events at the London 2012 Games, as well as The Opening and Closing Ceremonies.