Virat Kohli on Wednesday bagged another incredible feat in his illustrious career for India, becoming the leading run-getter in the history of men’s T20 World Cups. The player smashed another brilliant half-century in the game against Bangladesh at the Adelaide Oval to celebrate the feat. The 33-year-old made an unbeaten 64 off 44 balls in India’s close-fought victory in the Super 12s stage of the competition. Kohli surpassed Sri Lankan batting great Mahela Jayawardene when he hit the 26th run of his stay in the middle. He ended the day with an unmatched tally of 1065 runs from 23 innings at the T20 World…
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Indian coach Rahul Dravid threw his weight behind the struggling KL Rahul even as the opener continues to fail at the T20 World Cup 2022. Question marks continue to grow on Rahul’s spot after three successive failures in the Super 12s stage. The opener began his tournament with a nervous 4 off 8 against Pakistan at the MCG and has only carried on in the same vein since, making 9 off 12 and 9 off 14 versus the Netherlands and South Africa. Rahul’s indifferent footwork and early dismissals have tended to set a negative tone for the Indian innings and forced others to take risks…
Team India batter KL Rahul is imposing shackles on his mind and letting his brain cloud its judgement with the bat in hand, reckons fellow Karnataka statesman and former India cricketer Robin Uthappa, who talked about the opener’s persistent struggles in the ongoing World Cup. Rahul has been a shaky starter at the top in all three of India’s Super 12 encounters of the tournament so far. At no stage has the elegant right-hander looked good with his footwork facing the new ball against the quicks. He made 4 off 8 balls versus Pakistan and has since backed that up with scores…
India decided to rest their prominent top-order names part of the T20 World Cup for the looming white-ball trip to New Zealand. Captain Rohit Sharma, his opening partner KL Rahul and batting great Virat Kohli have been given a much-deserved breather for the three T20Is and three ODIs against the Black Caps. The first T20I in Wellington will be played on November 18, only five days after the final of the T20 World Cup at MCG on November 13. The trio, however, will return for the following trip to Bangladesh, where India play 3 ODIs and 2 Tests against the hosts…
Pakistan left-arm quick Shaheen Afridi understands he isn’t playing the ongoing T20 World Cup in full match fitness, recognising it as a gradual process after overcoming a sustained rehab for a knee injury from July. The 22-year-old hasn’t been at his best in his team’s three Super 12s encounters so far. After only a couple of brief spells under his belt during the warm-up games, Afridi straightaway entered the high-pressure India game at MCG and looked evidently undercooked through a wicketless outing for 34 runs. In the following games against Zimbabwe and Netherlands, he recorded figures of 0/29 and 1/19, respectively. In the…
KL Rahul may have failed in the first two games of India’s T20 World Cup 2022 but the opener has all the backing and the trust of the team management, suggested batting coach Vikram Rathour. Rathour said India aren’t in the mood to react too early to Rahul’s twin early dismissals versus Pakistan and Netherlands and will back him to come out all guns blazing against South Africans at Perth on Sunday. Rahul has had another temperamental shift of his own at the top of the order at this event. Even as skipper Rohit Sharma has continued with the evident intent to keep the accelerator mode on, his…
Ex-Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram created a stir around the cricketing world on Saturday as he revealed being addicted to cocaine in the past. The Pakistan legend opened up on indulging in drug abuse in his capacity as a broadcaster and commentator following the end of his playing career. Wasim said he was addicted to the banned substance till the passing of his first wife Huma back in 2009. Huma took her last breath following the battle with a rare fungal infection, but not before she helped the former Pakistan skipper overcome his drug consumption habit. “The culture of fame in…
Tim Paine continues to claim no wrongdoing on his part in the controversial sexting scandal, stating his messages to a Tasmanian co-worker were consensual. The former skipper also believes it was a matter in which Cricket Australia threw him under the bus. The matter relates to back and forth between Paine and a Cricket Tasmania receptionist lady, with two indulging in sexually explicit messages to each other four years ago. Coincidentally, 2018 was the time when Paine was appointed Test captain in the aftermath of Steve Smith’s sacking following the ball-tampering incident in Cape Town. When the matter came to public light last year…
Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals is set to part ways with Indian allrounder Shardul Thakur ahead of the 2023 edition of the tournament. As per Cricbuzz, the 31-tear-old is one of the players Delhi will be releasing in less than three weeks’ time when they must notify the BCCI a list of players they wish to retain from their last year’s squad. Thakur had been picked for a whopping sum of INR 10.75 crores at the IPL 2022 auction by DC. In his first season with the franchise, Thakur emerged as his team’s regular no. 7, scoring his runs…
Virat Kohli rewinded the clock and provided a Mohali-like finish for the ages in India’s thrilling win over Pakistan at the start of his team’s T20 World Cup 2022 on October 23. The former India skipper recovered from early jitters and went on to produce an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls to take India home in a run-chase of 160 runs. Kohli’s impressive knock featured 6 fours and 4 sixes, including a pair of critical maximums off Pakistan’s dependable death-overs quick Haris Rauf in the 19th over to ease things up for the task. India needed 16 off the last 6 balls…