Author: Soorya G

After playing many relatively meaningless пфьуы for the international audience, Associate nations Scotland and Namibia featured in the big stages in their Group 1 encounter on Wednesday. A superb bowling performance from Ruben Trumplemann ate up the Scottish batting, as Namibia posted a comfortable victory. Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and decided to put the Scots into bat, at the Sheikh Zayed stadium at Abu Dhabi. That turned out to be an absolutely brilliant choice as fast bowler Ruben Trumplemann ripped apart the Scotland top-order, picking up three wickets in the very first over, a huge record in itself. As the Scots were reeling…

The second match for both England and Bangladesh in the “Group of death” proved to be quite heavily one-sided in favour of the English as they walloped a hapless Bangladesh side in convincing fashion, winning by eight wickets with 35 balls to spare, while chasing a modest total of 125. Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyaz won the toss and decided to bat first at the Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi. The choice didn’t turn out to be an extremely smart one as Moeen Ali was fantastic with a new ball in hand, picking up two of the top three Bangladesh batsmen in his first…

The Black Caps were convincingly beaten by the Men in Green, who produced yet another good T20WC performance to seal their qualification into the semi-finals, with relatively easier fixtures going forward in the tournament after beating India on Sunday. Haris Rauf’s sensational four-wicket spell was the undoing of the Kiwis as they failed to put up a substantial score on the board, which was later chased down by the Pakistan batsmen, in what was ultimately an easy chase. https://twitter.com/HarisRauf14/status/1453287272841887753 Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to put the Kiwis into bat. New Zealand got off to a decent start, scoring…

Afghanistan’s superstar spinner Rashid Khan took to social media to convey a heartfelt note to the fans after his side steamrolled Scotland on Monday’s Super 12 game of the T20 World Cup at Sharjah. With a grim situation prevailing in Afghanistan after a period of lengthy political turmoil, Khan dedicated his team’s spectacular victory to the citizens, who have not had much to feel happy about in recent months. He also went on to assure his countrymen that his side would continue to do well going forward in the tournament. https://twitter.com/rashidkhan_19/status/1452711463072714759 After their fantastic performance against the Scots on Monday,…

The best bowler on the pitch in Sunday’s T20WC encounter between India and Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi’s spell restricted the Men in Blue to a manageable total of 151/7 in 20 overs. The 21-year-old got rid of the dangerous Rohit Sharma off the very first delivery of the game, with the Hitman getting trapped in front of the stumps. He also got the crucial wicket of KL Rahul in his second over before returning to scalp the talismanic Virat Kohli in his final over of the game. Afridi, who finished with impressive figures of 4-0-31-3 despite going for 17 in his final over, admitted it was…

India’s T20 World Cup campaign kicked off in a disappointing ten-wicket loss to Pakistan. With runs coming thicker and faster under the lights and the influence of the dew, India’s fighting total of 151/7 proved to be too few as Pakistan openers Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan scored half-centuries in a landslide victory for the Men in Green. Credit: BCCI However, in an interview with Cricbuzz, former India paceman Ashish Nehra said he was impressed by Varun Chakravarthy even though the spinner failed to pick up any wickets.  ”Playing his first game against Pakistan, in the World Cup, it’s not easy. But…

Pakistan batting consultant Matthew Hayden spoke about the importance of leadership in the tricky UAE conditions, and attached particular value to captain Babar Azam’s duties. With the much-awaited clash against India set to take place on Sunday, the Pakistan batting consultant for the T20 World Cup Matthew Hayden stressed on the importance of leadership in such an intense encounter. He also predicted that the margin for error will be minuscule, given the conditions in the UAE. Credit: ICC Apart from that, Hayden brought up examples of MS Dhoni and Eoin Morgan, who didn’t have spectacular seasons from an individual standpoint, but led their sides to perfection in the…

Leading up to the Super 12 stages of the T20 World Cup, the top eight national sides tried out different team combinations and strategies in the warm-up games that took place during this week. Afghanistan vs South Africa Aiden Markram played a gritty knock to the Proteas to a respectable total. Captain Temba Bavuma played a scratchy 39-ball 31 as Mujeeb ur Rahman’s excellent display of spin bowling gave Afghanistan something to look forward to. The Afghanistan innings never gained any momentum, with regular fall of wickets. The only bright spot in the Afghans’ innings was all-rounder Mohammad Nabi’s quickfire 34, as they were restricted to a…

As the group stages of the 2021 T20 World Cup come to a close, former champions Sri Lanka sealed their spot in the Super 12 stages with a win over Ireland on Wednesday. The Lankan Lions posted a commanding 171/7, which ultimately proved too much for the Irish as they won by 70 runs. Batting first, Sri Lanka got off to a terrible start after being reduced to 8/3, courtesy of some fine left-arm fast bowling by youngster Josh Little. Opener Nissanka and Wanindu Hasaranga rebuilt the Sri Lankan innings, with both of them playing valuable innings. The two kept the runs flowing throughout…

Pace bowling all-rounder has replaced Axar Patel in the main squad for India’s T20 World Cup campaign. Axar is now part of the standby list which also includes Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar.  Avesh Khan, Lukman Meriwala, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, and Krishnappa Gowtham will also be part of the team bubble to assist the squad in their preparations, as per a BCCI statement. The T20 World Cup will be played in the United Arabic Emirates, after the qualifying stages in Oman.  https://twitter.com/sports_tak/status/1448250559786479628 Shardul Thakur had a good season in the Indian Premier League season with the Chennai…