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Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first at the Gabba – a venue which tends to favour sides setting scores. The match is a must-win affair for both teams, with the losers dropping out of semi-final contention. The surface is expected to be a standard

Dinesh Karthik scored 6 runs off 15 balls against South Africa© AFP Rohit Sharma-led Team India stumbled to a five-wicket loss as South Africa chased down the target of 134 with five wickets hand and two balls to spare. Nothing went right for India with the bat in hand, and it was only Suryakumar Yadav

Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to bat first against Zimbabwe in Brisbane, hoping the team would take advantage of a dry pitch. His opposite number Craig Ervine said Zimbabwe would have preferred to bat first, too. The two teams made one change each, both giving an idea

Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli celebrate in style after a final ball six vs Netherlands© AFP Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav have had many memorable partnerships in the shortest format of the game. In the T20 World Cup Super 12 Group 2 match against the Netherlands, both batters had formed an unbeaten 95-run stand for

Cyclone Sitrang wreaked havoc as it travelled along the southern tip of Bangladesh, leaving most of the country, and the National Cricket League, rain-soaked. Three out of the four matches were drawn after the first two days, October 24 and 25, were rained off, with only Barishal Divisionbeating Dhaka Metropolis by four wickets in mostly

T20 WC, SA vs BAN Live: Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw lead charge for South Africa© AFP T20 World Cup, South Africa vs Bangladesh, Super 12, Group 2 Live Cricket Updates: Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw are scoring briskly after losing Temba Bavuma in the opening over after the side won the toss and opted to

The National Stadium in Karachi has been renamed the National Bank Cricket Arena after the PCB signed a five-year naming-rights deal with the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), a government-owned commercial bank. The stadium is on a 99-year lease from the federal government since 1980 and is the largest stadium in the country with a

Fourth ball of final over between India-Pak was deemed a no-ball© Twitter The India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match on Sunday saw a big controversy taking place when Mohammad Nawaz’s fourth delivery of the last over of the game was termed a waist-high no-ball by the umpire. Before that ball, the match at the

Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has pulled out of the race to become the Cricket Association of Bengal’s next chief, paving the way for his elder brother Snehasish Ganguly to be elected uncontested at its upcoming AGM on October 31. “I had said that I would contest only if there’s election,” Ganguly told reporters at

File photo of Mohammed Shami© Twitter All eyes will be on star pacer Mohammed Shami when India face Pakistan in their opening T20 World Cup Super 12 Group 2 match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Shami, who replaced the injured Jasprit Bumrah in India’s World Cup squad, impressed in the warm-up game against Australia, picking four wickets in

Ricky Skerritt, the Cricket West Indies president, has promised a “thorough postmortem” in a scathing assessment of the team’s early exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup. In a statement posted on CWI’s website and on Twitter, Skerritt laid the blame firmly at the feet of West Indies’ batters, saying their poor shot selection and

WI vs IRE, T20 World Cup Live: File photo of West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran.© AFP WI vs IRE, T20 World Cup Live Updates: West Indies and Ireland face each other in a do-or-die game at Bellerive Oval, Hobart on Friday. Both the teams are tied on two points each ahead of their final game in

Alyssa Healy has been confirmed as Australia’s women’s cricket captain-in-waiting after being appointed as Meg Lanning‘s deputy. Healy was named the new vice-captain on Thursday, replacing Rachael Haynes in the role following her retirement last month. There is every chance the role could turn into that of stand-in captain, with Lanning no guarantee to return

The anticipation for the T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan is building rapidly. The two teams are to square off on October 23 in what would be their opening match in the tournament. Ahead of the big match, the talismans of the two teams — Babar Azam and Virat Kohli — were spotted

Pat Cummins has been named Australia’s new men’s ODI captain, replacing Aaron Finch who stepped down last month. Cummins, who is also the Test captain, will now lead in two formats although it remains to be seen how frequently he takes charge of the one-day side in the lead-in to the 2023 World Cup given

IND vs AUS: The Rohit Sharma-led side have already played two practice match.© BCCI India take on hosts Australia in a T20 World Cup warm-up match at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday. The Rohit Sharma-led side have already played two practice matches since arriving Down Under, both against Western Australia. While they won the

Earlier this year, Azam skipped the National T20 Cup to play for Barbados Royals in the Caribbean Premier League. He was, at first, not provided an NOC to travel to the West Indies but eventually got it. Azam did quite well in the CPL, scoring 257 runs including back-to-back fifties in qualifier one and the

The T20 World Cup is just around the corner and the qualifiers will begin from Sunday with Sri Lanka taking on Namibia. However, the Super 4 stage will start on October 22 with hosts Australia squaring off against New Zealand. However, the one match that everyone has their eyes on is between India and Pakistan