New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has acknowledged that his side's inability to control the powerplay with the ball emerged as a key area of concern during the recent five-match T20I series against India, particularly as the team prepares for their upcoming group stage match against th
Cricket has long placed value on continuity, of records, rivalries and traditions, but less often on the afterlife of the physical objects that enable the game. Balls and bats, once worn, are typically replaced without ceremony. By reusing these materials to create a series trophy, the initi
After losing the fifth and final T20I and also the series against India, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner admitted to the formidable challenge of beating the Men in Blue at their den.
With this victory, the 'Men in Blue' clinched the five-match T20I series against New Zealand 4-1, having earlier won the first, second and third T20I. NZ had won the fourth match of the series.
After Sanju Samson failed to make his mark in his home state, Ishan (103 in 43 balls, with six fours and 10 sixes), skipper Surya (63 in 30 balls, with four boundaries and six sixes) and Hardik Pandya (42 in 17 balls, with a four and four sixes) played entertaining knocks to take India to a
Team India won the toss and decided to bat first against the New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I against the New Zealand at the Greenfield International Stadium on Saturday.
With the series already in India's pocket at 3-1, India will play their final T20I before the ICC Men's T20 World Cup against New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
With the series in their pocket, India imploded at Visakhapatnam as fine spells from Mitchell Santner, Jacob Duffy, and Ish Sodhi gave the Kiwis a consolation win by 50 runs, keeping the series scoreline at 3-1. During a chase of 216 runs, only Shivam Dube (65 in 23 balls, with three fours a
With this consolation win for NZ, India cannot pull off a whitewash, as the series is 3-1 in favour of India with a game to go. Earlier, putting the Kiwis in to field first, the Indian bowling conceded too many runs against the openers Tim Seifert (62) and Devon Conway (44), who put on a cen
Bumrah, who is on the verge of becoming the eighth Indian with 500 international wickets, showcased his immense class as a bowler, sending stumps of Tim Seifert and Kiwi skipper Mitchell Santner in his spell, conceding just 17 runs in four overs.
Following India's emphatic eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third T20I, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi said he focused on bowling in the right areas and worked extensively on his lengths after enduring a difficult Indian Premier League (IPL) season last year.