Former Indian cricketer Anjum Chopra assessed the batting of Indian team 'very good' and feels that at every opportunity, a player stands up and makes runs in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav and middle-order batter Tilak Varma revealed, after their dominant 72-run win in Super 8s over Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup 2026 on Thursday, that the team had done a video analysis of their performance over the past year and took "a lot of positivity" fr
Team India's dressing room was charged with emotion after a commanding performance, as team official Dr Rizwan Khan lauded the collective effort of Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma as the two "impact players" of the do-or-die match against Zimbabwe in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Th
Former India Captain Anil Kumble believes India's experimentation over the past 18 months has strengthened their T20 depth, while former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis highlighted potential tactical vulnerabilities on flat pitches.
Indian opener before this Zimbabwe clash have faced trouble while facing offspinners in the power-play. In six fixtures so far in the ongoing T20 WC, offspinners have the better of Indian openers four times inside the power-play.
It was the new-look opening pair of Abhishek Sharma (55) and Sanju Samson (24) that did the damage during the early overs, with Ishan Kishan (38), Suryakumar Yadav (33), Hardik Pandya (50*) and Tilak Varma (44*) all getting in on the act as India posted the highest score of the T20 World Cup
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.
Pandya was named Player of the Match for his all-round performance, where he first hit an unbeaten 23-ball half-century and then bowled three overs, conceding just 21 runs.
Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat against the defending champions in the do-or-die Super eight contest at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Indian opener batters have shown discomfort against off-spinners in the powerplay, and the opponents have used this in almost every match to counter-attack against the Indian batting order.
Former India captain Anil Kumble has cautioned India not to "take Zimbabwe lightly" ahead of their upcoming Super 8s fixture of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Thursday, stressing that the Men in Blue need to play their natural and aggressive brand of cricket
Zimbabwe all-rounder Ryan Burl confirmed that skipper Sikandar Raza is fit and available for selection ahead of their crucial Super Eight clash against India in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Thursday.