Indian Cricket Fever in Pune

The game of cricket has been known since 16th century, but it was played internationally from 1844. It first originated in England and the first international cricket test match was played between England and Australia. Australia won the match becoming the team to win the first test match in the cricket history. Today, there are many teams playing test and one day matches internationally.

The people in Pune are crazy for cricket. People in Pune city fix up large screens and projectors in public places whenever there is any important cricket match been played. The spirit of World Cup is on a high and people consider India as the main contender for the world cup. On the day when India is playing any match, whole city is deserted. Lightning of crackers is common after winning the match. The day appears to be like Diwali on an Indian win.

Australian team has been dominating the world of cricket for recent years, but the World Cup 2011 quarter finals match between India and Australia on 24th March 2011 proved that the dominance of Australia now no longer exists. India won the match by 5 wickets and 14 balls remaining. Thanks to the terrific efforts from Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh who all scored half centuries in the important game. Suresh Raina accompanied Yuvraj to win with unbeaten 34 runs. With this win, Indian team qualified for the Semifinals where it will fight with the arc rivals Pakistan to qualify for the Final.

India holds a record of not losing even a single match against Pakistan in World Cups. It will be interesting to see whether Pakistan succeeds to breakthrough this record of Indian team. The match is scheduled on 30th March 2011 at Mohali. The India-Pakistan match is always a point of interest for all the cricket lovers.

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New Year 2011

The New Year 2011 has arrived and people are engaged in the plans for welcoming this year. To know more about the celebrations in the city, go through below article.

Firstly, Happy New Year to all the readers!

One more year is passing and another new year is arriving. People are overjoyed by the bash of celebrations. The whole world is waiting to welcome the New Year. Yes, we are talking about the year 2011. People have many plans for this year, many resolutions, and many thoughts.

31st December is the last day of the Gregorian year. Everyone has plans for celebration and people are waiting for the New Year to arrive.

As the New Year has come in the weekend, there is added joy among the working professional too. The Pune hotels are full with crowd and the whole city is blooming with lights. In modern practice, celebration includes fireworks, music, alcoholic beverages, etc. The New Year’s Eve is celebrated with parties and social gatherings lasting up to the transition of the year at mid night. Hotels are full with people of all ages enjoying the party time. Pune city is the second most important city in Maharashtra state after Mumbai and the celebrations here are exciting.

Apart from the celebrations of the New Year people should not forget to follow the rules. It is quite tedious task for the police to manage the people. It is also prime responsibility of people to maintain the laws.

In spite of all the different events, 2011 would be the year full of wonderful events, review, and gossips. There are several factors that might affect the world, especially the economic slow-down that might shake the world again, but let’s hope for the best.

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