The former India opener was critical of the Virat Kohli led Indian side as they suffered another humiliating loss in the T20 World Cup 2021 and questioned their “mental toughness” as the Men in Blue tasted defeat in what was a virtual quarterfinal against New Zealand on Sunday in Dubai. After going down heavily by 10 wickets to Pakistan a week earlier at the same venue, India gave another poor performance and account of their undoubted talent and depth, losing to NZ by 8 wickets. India’s batting crumbled to just 110/7 in their 20 overs batting first, before the bowlers failed to provide any…
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The Gabba is no longer a fortress and a “stronghold” for hosts Australia after their shocking loss to a weakened Indian side earlier this year, feels England’s skipper before his own team departs Down Under ahead of the Ashes. England are taking confidence and inspiration out of India’s remarkable triumph where they went toe to toe with a full-strength Australian side despite missing multiple first-choice players and eventually came out on top. That victory gave India their second successive Border-Gavaskar Trophy win in Australia. Credit: Cricket Australia Root said a Gabba loss after 32 years and a comeback to Test cricket after an extended ten-month break may be a cause of…
Chennai Super Kings owner has revealed that the side’s skipper doesn’t want them to be opting for the retention policy ahead of the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. MS Dhoni doesn’t want CSK to retain their current stars, including him, as that would be a risk losing significant money from their purse before the mega auction. It is learnt that the existing franchises will be allowed to retain a maximum of four players from the available squad ahead of the upcoming campaign, which will see the expansion to a ten-team event with new sides based in Lucknow and Ahmedabad. Learn more 👉 IPL…
Former Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan explained the reason behind his decision to quit international cricket in the middle of his team’s T20 World Cup 2021 campaign. https://twitter.com/NisarAfghan47/status/1454783053784551424?s=20 The veteran mentioned this while talking to commentator Alan Wilkins after Afghanistan’s resounding win over Namibia in Abu Dhabi on Sunday afternoon in Abu Dhabi. The 33-year-old even broke down while he spoke and addressed the Afghanistan fans over his call to hang the boots. “I want to give chance to youngsters now. It is the right time for the youngsters come forward. Most of the people asked to continue till the end of the tournament. But…
There were mixed signals and assessments of the loss against New Zealand on Sunday from the Indian camp, as captain Virat Kohli and lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah offered contrasting statements following their team’s successive defeat in the T20 World Cup 2021. As the Indian team managed to post a total of only 110/7 in their 20 overs after being put into bat first by New Zealand and suffered an eight-wicket loss, question marks are being raised over their approach as a batting unit in T20Is. Learn more 👉 New Zealand’s Dubai domination pushes India to the brink Usually so strong in their…
New Zealand dominated their way through to a virtual knock-out game versus India in the Super 12 of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai on Sunday. The Kiwis were at their very best against an indifferent looking Indian side and won by eight wickets with more than five overs left in the game. A sense of unclarity and hesitancy in India’s approach, exploited to great effect by some disciplined NZ bowling, led to Virat Kohli and company’s downfall as they succumbed in another of their Group 2 fixture batting first. The Indian side had a depressing first half where they managed…
On Saturday, Sri Lanka mystery spinner Wanindu Hasaranga recorded a memorable hat-trick in the T20 World Cup 2021. Hasaranga clinched the perfect trio and became the first Sri Lankan male to do so in the T20 World Cup history. The three successive scalps came in the important Super 12 Group 1 encounter against South Africa in Sharjah. Hasaranga’s trio featured the wickets of Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma and Dwaine Pretorius. https://twitter.com/Sportskeeda/status/1454440231688556545 The young spinner got Markram out bowled at the end of the 15th over of the South African run-chase and dismissed Bavuma and Pretorius at the start of the 17th. Learn more 👉 Miller’s blitz…
David Miller came to the party when South Africa desperately needed him as the left-hander’s exhilarating late-order act helped keep Sri Lanka at bay in Sharjah on Saturday in the T20 World Cup 2021. The 32-year-old kept the Proteas intact in the tournament with a fantastic end-overs assault when the all-important Super 12 encounter was running away from his side. https://twitter.com/SuperSportTV/status/1454442983412183047 https://twitter.com/rajasthanroyals/status/1454441566903304196 Walking into bat with his team needing a further 47 off 30 balls in their chase of the 143-run target on a dry surface, he blasted a magnificent 23* off 13 balls, including two sixes in the final over against…
As India faced a ten-wicket hammering to the neighbours in Dubai in their first Super 12 game of the T20 World Cup 2021 with Shami conceding 0/43 off his spell, the experienced Indian fast bowler was subjected to abuse and Islamophobic comments from inhumane right-wing troll accounts over Twitter and Instagram. Those remarks didn’t go down well with the Indian cricket fraternity as most of the prominent names came out in support of Shami. But none went to the root cause of the abuse and trolling quite like the Indian captain himself. Virat Kohli called it for what it was, reiterating that…
Pakistan middle-order bat Asif Ali is in the spotlight after hitting a flurry of sixes in his late cameo to end the Super 12 Group 2 encounter of the T20 World Cup 2021 against Afghanistan in Dubai on Friday (October 29). Asif is being showered with praise by Pakistan fans and experts for his amazing cameo of 25 not out off just seven deliveries, including four sixes. Learn more 👉 Pakistan secure victory over Afghanistan to retain winning ways With Pakistan needing a further 19 runs off the last two overs, the attacking right-hander took control of things and blasted…