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1st Team - Sachin Tendulkar Framed Signed Mini Bat with 3 Photographs
This signed and framed mini bat with 3 photos is a marvellous piece of cricket memorabilia. It features a miniature cricket bat which has illustrations of Tendulkar, a profile photograph, a One-Day action photo and a Test action photo. The bat has even been signed by Tendulkar himself, all of which has been encased in a classic glass framed box.

2nd Team - Indian Summer The Story of the 1983 World Cup DVD
The programme captures the places and personalities of the tournament. It incorporates unforgettable archival footage from BBC and ITN and blends these with exclusive, synchronised reminiscences from stars connected with the tournament. They comprise of Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Roger Binny,Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Madan Lal and Balwinder Sandhu from the winning side, Sir Vivian Richards and Michael Holding from among the runners-up, DavidGower of England and Dave Houghton of Zimbabwe.

3rd Team - Wisden Cricketer 2009 Calendar
This A4 sized colour calendar features some of the most beautiful grounds in the UK. Each ground has been photographed by one of TWC's regular photographers, it shows a different ground for each month and folds out to A3 so has plenty of space for notes.

Note: All prizes will be given at the end of the Test and ODI series.

Do you really think Dhoni deserved the "Man of the match" award? With a comparision there are a few better contributions - Gambhir (67 and 104), Ganguly (An important ond the only 100 in the 1st innings), Amit Mishra (to debut with 5-71 in the 1st innings and 2-35 in the 2nd), Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan (with each getting 3 important wickets in the 2nd innings) and Tendulkar (for his 88 in the 1st innings).
These are a few important scores that turned the match around and may not have been considered! Without Amits balling in the 1st innings, the huge Australian Trail wouldn't have been possible and without that of Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh in the 2nd Australian Innings.
Captaincy has to be obvious for such a great win but the contributions of Amit Mishra and Gautam Gambhir were equally and out performed when compared to that of Dhoni's performance!
Amit Mishra certainly deserved a reward for the outstanding performance in the debut match!
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Amit Mishra surely did enough to push for "Man of the Match " as he must have been under pressure simply because he was filling the shoes of Anil Kumble (600+ wickets and India biggest Match winner)and then the number Test Team in the world.
Who knows had they given MOM to Amit,it would surely ment that he had to play in Kotla .
Probably this match would do a world of good to Amit and he probably might need to be called again when Anil calls Quits sooner or later.