Members of the Indian cricket team visited and took darshan at the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on Wednesday, ahead of the team's T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal clash against England, scheduled for Thursday at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.
Chasing a daunting target of 257 runs, Zimbabwe managed to make 184/6 in 20 overs with the help of Brian Bennett's unbeaten 97 off 59 balls. Arshdeep Singh took three wickets as Shivam Dube, Varun Chakaravarthy and Axar Patel shared one wicket each among them.
This is India's second-highest total in T20 World Cup history and the highest of the ongoing edition. Overall, it stands as India's fifth-highest team total in the shortest format.
Following a heartbreaking 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad, India will have to win the remainder of their Super Eight fixtures against Zimbabwe and the West Indies to stay in contention, while also relying on South Africa maintaining an unbeaten run in this stage. The Men in Blue did
The Suryakumar Yadav-led side lost their first Super Eight fixture against South Africa by a big margin of 76 runs in Ahmedabad, and now, India will next take on Zimbabwe in Chennai on Thursday, before wrapping up the Super Eight stage on Sunday against the West Indies in Kolkata.
After a 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad, India's fate for semis hinges on net-run-rate, their own matches in the near future, i.e winning their next two games and Proteas themselves, hoping that the 2024 T20 World Cup runners-up have an unbeaten run in the Super Eight phase.
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin strongly criticised India's team combination and batting order following their Super Eights defeat to South Africa in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, stating that the side appeared underprepared for a high-pressure encounter.
Veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin criticised India's playing 11 combination and Axar Patel's omission from the team in their Super 8 fixture against South Africa in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has raised questions on India's playing 11, saying what team are we playing after the defending champions were thrashed by South Africa in their Super 8 fixture of the ongoing T20 World Cup on Sunday.
Following a thrashing defeat at the hands of South Africa in Super 8 fixture of ongoing T20 World Cup, India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said team management had lengthy discussions before finalising the playing XI, explaining that the decision to leave out vice-captain Axar Patel w
India's star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has jumped 17 places to eighth in the latest ICC Men's T20I player rankings following his Player of the Match heroics against Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup.