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Kolkata: Finding the perfect combination can be tricky and there is no set formula, but India head coach Rahul Dravid says he and skipper Rohit Sharma are pretty clear about the team for the T20 World Cup in Australia in less than eight months’ time. The former captain, who took over from Ravi Shastri after […]
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New Delhi: All-rounder Hardik Pandya will skip the Ranji Trophy starting on February 10 to focus on his India comeback in white-ball cricket. Kedar Devdhar was named skipper of the Baroda team on Monday. Vishnu Solanki was named Devdhar’s deputy as the Baroda Cricket Association announced a 20-member squad ahead of the first phase of […]
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Dubai: A clinical unbeaten knock from Mitchell Marsh (77 not out off 50 balls) along with a crucial half-century by David Warner (53 off 38 balls) and a superlative spell by Josh Hazlewood (3/16) powered Australia to win their first Men’s T20 World Cup trophy, defeating New Zealand by eight wickets in the final at […]
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Hyderabad: This edition of the T20 World Cup will have new winners. With two-time finalists Australia and first-time finalists New Zealand taking on each other, it will be a repeat of 2015 one-day World Cup final where Michael Clarke-led Australia defeated Brendon McCullum-led Kiwis for the trophy. The cricketing rivalry between these two neighbouring nations […]
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Dubai: The feistiness of Australia will clash with the tactical shrewdness of a perennially understated New Zealand when the Trans-Tasman rivals battle for their maiden T20 World Cup trophy here on Sunday. Considering how both Australia and New Zealand won their respective semifinals against fancied opponents, one can expect another dramatic finish at the “Ring […]
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Hyderabad: Perhaps few would have predicted a New Zealand-Australia summit clash at the start of the T20 World Cup in the UAE. India, the pre-tournaments, fell on the wayside while England and Pakistan were stopped in the semifinals paving the way for a Trans-Tasman rivalry on the desert on Sunday. The two semifinals provided a […]
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Dubai: Australia reached the final of the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after beating Pakistan by 5 wickets in a thrilling second semifinal of the tournament at the Dubai International Stadium, here on Thursday. With this win, Australia will now face New Zealand in the final, scheduled to be played on Sunday. Fantastic fifties […]
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Abu Dhabi: A valiant knock from Daryl Mitchell (72 not out off 47 balls), along with an explosive cameo from James Neesham (27 off 11 balls) powered New Zealand to beat England by five wickets in the first semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday. […]
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Dubai: Pakistan seem primed to win their second title but it will take a special effort to upstage a tenacious Australia, which is peaking at the right time, in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday. Pakistan have turned it around following their first-round exit in 2016. The Babar Azam-led side […]
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Abu Dhabi: Title favourites but injury hit England will bank on their X-Factor players to upstage a remarkably consistent New Zealand in the first semifinal of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. England were the pre-tournament favourites and played like one for the majority of the Super 12 stage. However, their loss in the […]
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Hyderabad: It is ironic ever since the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) started in 2008, India have never won the T20 World Cup. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team clinched the T20 World Cup in 2007 in South Africa but after that the Indian side returned empty-handed. On the other hand, Pakistan, who don’t have a […]
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Dubai: Fine performances with bat and ball saw India sign off from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with a nine-wicket win over Namibia in their final Super 12 match at the Dubai International Stadium here on Monday. It meant that Virat Kohli finished his T20I captaincy career on a high. It also indicated that […]
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Dubai: India doesn’t play “fearless” brand of cricket in ICC events, feels former England captain Nasser Hussain, and said absence of an alternate plan and selection issues were the reasons for the team’s early exit from the T20 World Cup. “You have got to go out and express yourself. They (India) have got so much […]
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New Delhi: The Indian batters’ failure to score enough against strong teams was the primary reason for the team’s ordinary campaign in the T20 World Cup, said legendary former captain Sunil Gavaskar, urging the side to change its approach in power-play overs. “The way Pakistan and New Zealand bowlers restricted our batters, didn’t let them […]
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Sharjah: Pakistan continued their unbeaten streak in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with a 72-run win over Scotland in their last Group 2 match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. With the big win, Pakistan signed off from the Super 12 as the toppers of Group 2. They are the only team […]
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Dubai: Namibia coach Pierre de Bruyn wants his players to give a “last little push” against India on Monday to make sure the team finishes the T20 World Cup on a high. India and Namibia will lock horns with each other in their last match of the ongoing tournament. Bruyn knows if Namibia don’t execute […]
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Abu Dhabi: The Indian cricket team is in a “much better place” compared to the time he came on board and there is enough talent to handle transition of pacers and have different bowlers across three formats, feels outgoing bowling coach Bharat Arun. Arun, head coach Ravi Shastri and fielding coach R Sridhar will end […]
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Abu Dhabi: India were sent packing from the T20 World Cup after a clinical New Zealand clinched a facile eight-wicket triumph over Afghanistan in their final Super 12 game to claim the last available semifinal spot here on Sunday. India’s slim hopes hinged on Afghanistan upstaging the Black Caps as that would have brought the […]
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Dubai: Bangladesh and Afghanistan were assured of a direct entry into the Super 12s in next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia but two-time champions West Indies and former winners Sri Lanka will have to play the additional qualifying round. The automatic qualifiers for the Super 12 stage next year were determined to be the […]
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Sharjah: England suffered their first defeat in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup but still qualified for the semifinals on the basis of a better net run rate, knocking out victors South Africa from the tournament here on Saturday. South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada (3/48) produced a sensational final over to become the first from […]
