Shahbaz Ahmed produced a brilliant all-round performance to power Bengal to a dominating 43-run win over Tamil Nadu in their Elite Group E match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Sunday. The 27-year-old from Haryana led Bengal’s aggressive batting display with an unbeaten 27-ball 42 laced with three fours and two maximums to take
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The Men’s T20 World Cup got underway on Sunday with Group A clash between Sri Lanka and Namibia. Hours before the match, the International Cricket Council released the full list of commentators who would be calling the game as part of an intensive coverage for the tournament. The apex cricket body, in a post on
Namibia will look to extend their meteoric rise in the world of cricket when they come across Sri Lanka, who will be brimming with confidence after their Asia Cup victory last month. Round one will begin with a bang as the first of 45 games will pit Group A favourites, Sri Lanka, against Namibia, a
File photo of Pakistan cricket team.© AFP Pakistan had the ideal dress rehearsal for the T20 World Cup as the Babar Azam-led side defeated New Zealand in the final of the T20I tri-series on Friday at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. While all the focus was on star batters Babar and Mohammad Rizwan, it was
Australian captain Aaron Finch admitted his team was “tired” and needed to freshen up before their defence of the Twenty20 World Cup title, but England skipper Jos Buttler on Saturday said the hosts remain the favourites. The reigning champions head into the showpiece cricket tournament on home soil, which starts Sunday with the preliminary round
Samarth Vyas hit a breezy 97 while Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara struck a 35-ball 62 as Saurashtra crushed minnows Nagaland by 97 runs in a Group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy in Indore on Friday. Sent in to bat, Vyas and Pujara shared quick 124 runs for the second wicket to
Australia vs England 3rd T20I Highlights: England bagged the three-match series 2-0.© AFP Australia vs England 3rd T20I Highlights:The 3rd T20I between Australia and England was abandoned due to rain at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. After being put into bat, Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 65 as England posted a total of 112 for
New Zealand vs Pakistan, T20 Series Final Live Updates: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan© AFP New Zealand vs Pakistan, T20 Tri-Series Final Live Updates: Babar Azam lost his wicket to Michael Bracewell in the fourth over of the innings and hence the opening stand of 29 runs came to an end. Earlier, skipper Kane Williamson played a
Gulzar Inder Singh Chahal on Thursday resigned as the president of the Punjab Cricket Association, days after former India spinner Harbhajan Singh claimed “illegal activities” were being carried out under the current dispensation. Chahal, who had taken charge in May, confirmed to PTI that he has quit his post. Earlier this month, Harbhajan, who is also
The much-awaited inaugural edition of Women’s IPL will have five teams and is set to take place in March 2023 before the start of men’s IPL. As per a BCCI note accessed by PTI, the tournament will feature 20 league games with teams to play each other twice. The table toppers will get a direct
India vs Thailand, Women’s T20 Asia Cup Semi-Final Live© Twitter India vs Thailand, Women’s Asia Cup Semi-Final Live: India are two wickets down against Thailand in the ongoing Women’s Asia Cup semi-final 1. Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur have steadied India after the wickets of openers, Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana. Smriti Mandhana was dismissed in the
Young Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s dream season just got a bit better as Mumbai trounced Ranji Trophy champions Madhya Pradesh by eight wickets in a high-scoring group A league match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament in Rajkot on Wednesday. Batting first, MP scored 181/7 in 20 overs with RCB star Rajat Patidar hitting five sixes
In-form batter Suryakumar Yadav continued to be the top ranked Indian batter in the shortest format, holding on to his second spot in the latest ICC T20I rankings released on Wednesday. Suryakumar, who finished India’s recent T20I series at home against South Africa as their leading run-scorer, is on 838 points, behind Pakistan wicketkeeper batter
India and Pakistan will be meeting each other in the upcoming T20 World Cup.© AFP Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has claimed that batters like Saeed Anwar and Aamir Sohail used to take on the Indian bowlers without even wearing helmets. He said that the Indian fast bowlers didn’t have pace in their deliveries in
Hrithik Shokeen was used as a ‘Impact Player’.© Twitter Delhi made the first use of the ‘Impact Player’ option to outplay Manipur by 71 runs in their opening match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy in Jaipur on Tuesday. Opener Hiten Dalal smashed a 27-ball 47 to push Delhi to 167 for seven. The
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, who reached Mumbai on Monday evening, had a lot of meetings with the stakeholders of the national cricket body in New Delhi, last week. The former India captain was keen to continue as BCCI President but he was told that there is no precedence of giving a second term to the Board
Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the T20 World Cup owing to a back injury.© BCCI India’s build-up to the 2022 T20 World Cup has been marred by injuries to a couple of top players. If Ravindra Jadeja‘s knee injury robbed India of a solid allrounder, Jasprit Bumrah‘s back injury meant that India would be
Ravichandran Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel. The T20 World Cup 2022 is only days away from its commencement. The Indian cricket team has already reached Down Under for the mega event and are putting work in the nets to best prepare themselves for the tournament. On Sunday, however, the likes of Ravichandran