India finally unleashed their 'SKYBall' brand of T20I cricket to its fullest potential, with half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya headlining India's highest-ever T20 World Cup total of 256/4. In reply, Brian Bennett performed exceptionally well for Zimbabwe, taking Zimbabwe
Team India registered a fine 72-run win over Zimbabwe to keep themselves in contention for the semifinal spot in the T20 World Cup at home. After a humiliating 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad, Team India learnt from its mistakes with regard to tactics and their performance and respo
With this win, India has a win and a loss each in the Super Eight phase, same as West Indies, making the March 1 clash between them a virtual knockout match for the second semifinal spot, with Proteas having one foot in the semifinal with two wins in two matches so far. India was put to f
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.
Sanjay Manjrekar praised Suryakumar's 84-run knock in the tournament opener against the USA in Mumbai with his calibrated approach, but feels he really pulled down the shutters quite a lot after that, making it hard for Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Rinku Singh in the death over.
Dube's explosive 31-ball 66 and his two wickets earned him the 'Player of the Match' award in 17-run win over Netherlands at Ahmedabad and this effort was another day at crisis management for Dube. When he came in at 110/4 in 14th over, his team needed acceleration and his knock pushed them
Dube's fiery 66 and his brutal partnership with Hardik Pandya towards the back end of the innings took India to 193/5 in 20 overs. Despite regular strikes from Indian bowlers, particularly Varun Chakravarthy (3/14) and Shivam Dube (2/35), Netherland fought really well and made 176/7 in 20 ov
During the run-chase of 194 runs, the Netherlands opening pair of Max O'Dowd and Michael Levitt tried to take down Indian bowlers quite proactively, collecting boundaries against the pace of Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah, and also Washington Sundar's spin.
India's crisis man Shivam Dube delivered yet again with a majestic half-century, which helped his side to reach 193/6 against the Netherlands in their last group stage fixture of the ongoing T20 World Cup on Wednesday in Ahmedabad.
Indian skipper Suryakumar said the win against arch-rivals Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup felt special because the squad stayed relaxed, prepared for Colombo's slow pitch, and was looking to bat first to set a good target.
Pandya defended 11 runs in the final over, a feat that catapulted him into the national spotlight, and a decade later, he features in the Indian squad as a senior player in the team's title defence.