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Abhishek Sharma visits French Embassy in India after T20 WC triumph
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The 25-year-old opener batter played a crucial knock of 52 runs off just 21 balls in the summit clash against New Zealand, which helped India win the match by a big margin of 96 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
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Nahid Rana's fifer helps Bangladesh beat Pakistan by eight wickets in 1st
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chasing a modest target of 115 runs, the Bangla Tigers achieved that in 15.1 overs with the opener batter Tanzid Hasan Tamim playing an unbeaten knock of 67 runs off just 42 balls. He hit seven fours and five sixes in his impressive knock.
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Indian Wells Open: Djokovic reaches fourth round, to face defending champi
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Djokovic, the five-time champion, outclassed Aleksandar 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, facing a setback in the second set to book his place in the fourth round of the event for the first time since 2017. This is the second successive match where Djokovic has played three sets, having played a tough campaign
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"Very happy for Sanju Samson": Kuldeep Yadav after India secure T20 WC 202
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav expressed delight at Team India's T20 World Cup 2026 final win over New Zealand and hailed it as an "important victory." He also expressed happiness for Indian opener Sanju Samson's recent success.
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Allen, Seifert most explosive openers of T20 World Cup: Aakash Chopra ahea
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking on JioHotstar, Chopra praised the New Zealand duo for their destructive performances at the top of the order, particularly against teams like South Africa and the UAE, where they dominated opposition bowling attacks with attacking strokeplay.
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"Abhishek Sharma has tremendous potential": Vengsarkar confident ahead of
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Vengsarkar said that while predicting results in the T20 format is difficult, he expects India to prevail. He also hoped that out-of-form opener Abhishek Sharma would find his rhythm on the big occasion and stressed the importance of the first six overs.
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DC keeper-batter Porel aims to convert promising starts into big scores ah
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Porel was speaking to ANI at the pre-season media interaction in the national capital. The Bengal left-handed batter, who started off as a lower-order hitter, shifted to lower-order in the 2024 season, with plenty of outings as an opener.
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Ashwin calls out Abhishek's "headless batting" as star opener's T20WC slum
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Abhishek's the world's number one batter has failed to score runs in his free-flowing way during the T20 World Cup, with health issues due to food poisoning and the weight of three successive ducks to start off the tournament seemingly eating into his batting rhythm and confidence. During th
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"All credit goes to Bumrah": Samson after India defeat England by seven ru
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Indian opener Sanju Samson expressed delight after delivering a match-winning performance against England in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi-final at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, stating that he wanted to make the most of the form he carried into the knockout clash.
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"Lesson for alot of openers": Cricket fraternity hails Samson's masterclas
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Following a brilliant 97* in 50 balls against West Indies at Kolkata during the virtual quarterfinal clash during the Super Eights, Samson reserved some more brutality for two-time champions, smashing their attack all over the park with a 42-ball 89, including eight fours and seven sixes
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Allen's cyclone 'Finn-ishes' Proteas T20WC run, NZ opener slams fastest ce
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
During a run-chase of 170 runs, Kiwi openers Tim Seifert (58 in 33 balls, with seven fours and two sixes) and Allen (100* in 33 balls, with 10 fours and eight sixes) made a light work of the total, chasing it down in just 12.5 overs, with Seifert overtaking Gayle's 47-ball ton against Englan
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"Not sure what Australians were thinking": McGrath slams selectors' T20WC
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Australia, struggling with injuries leading upto the tournament, with pacers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood missing out due to injuries, and Tim David and Glenn Maxwell having injury scares leading upto the tournament, crashed out in the first round of the competition following humiliating l
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