A fine exhibition of death bowling by trio of Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya and stupendous knocks by Virat Kohli and Axar Patel helped India end their ICC trophy drought, securing their second ICC T20 World Cup title by beating South Africa by seven runs in a thrilling
Virat also announced his retirement from T20Is following the win. After managing just 75 runs in the first seven innings of the competition, Virat stepped up when it mattered the most, scoring 76 in 59 balls, with six fours and two sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 128.81.
In 125 T20I matches, Virat scored 4,188 runs at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04. He scored a century and 38 fifties and a best score of 122*. He ends the format as the second-highest run-getter of all time.
At the Fort Worth Convention Center, Malvika, ranked 49th in the world in badminton, overcame a game deficit to defeat Scotland's two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Kirsty Gilmour.
The two undefeated sides in this edition, India and South Africa, are clashing for the T20 World Cup title in Barbados on Saturday. While the Proteas recorded an authoritative nine-wicket win to end Afghanistan's dream campaign, India defeated England by 68 runs and took revenge for their de
As Nag Ashwin's long-awaited directorial project, Kalki 2898 AD, finally hit the screens, actor Rashmika Mandanna extended her heartfelt congratulations to the entire team behind the film.
The duo of Axar and Kohli helped India overcome a wobbly start after being reduced to 34/3 in the powerplay on a pitch that's on the slower side, while Shivam Dube played a lovely cameo of 27 runs off 16 balls.
India's opening duo Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma's run in the T20 World Cup ended after they once again failed to click in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa at Kensington Oval on Saturday.
Though skipper had lit up the T20 WC with his fine knocks against Australia in the Super Eights and defending champions England in the semifinals, he could not make it big during the finals.
Former India cricketer Surinder Khanna believes that the experience of playing in big matches will be one factor that could give an edge to the Rohit Sharma-led side in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa.