A dominant batting show by the top-order of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, and Ishan Kishan, and later fiery spells by Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel, helped Team India make history, beating New Zealand by 96 runs at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.
Besides top-order exploits by Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan, a four-wicket haul by Jasprit Bumrah and three-fer by all-rounder Axar Patel put Kiwis under Team India's vice grip, securing a 96-run win to secure the third T20 World Cup title at Ahmedabad, exorcising the ghosts
NZ put India to bat first after winning the toss. Samson (89 in 46 balls, with five fours and eight sixes), Abhishek Sharma (52 in 21 balls, with six fours and three sixes), Ishan Kishan (54 in 25 balls, with four boundaries and four sixes), and Shivam Dube (26* in 8 balls, with three fou
Team India continued to run riot in the backend of the T20 World Cup, with fifties from Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma helped India to 255/5 at the end of 20 overs in the title clash against New Zealand.
Samson's brilliant run continues as he went past legendary Virat Kohli to become the batter with the most runs in a single T20 World Cup and also joined Virat and Shahid Afridi in an elite list of batters with fifties in T20 World Cup semifinal and final both. The hard-hitting batter made
India posted the highest total ever in the final of a T20 World Cup final. Dube slammed an unbeaten 26 off just 8 balls. He smashed James Neesham for 24 runs in the final over.
Prior to the high-stakes final at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, Abhishek had failed to live up his world number one ranked billing except for a half-century against Zimbabwe in the Super Eights. Starting off the tournament with three successive ducks and a struggle with food poisoning,
New Zealand entered the finals after defeating South Africa in the semifinal, India secured a thrilling seven-run win over Engalnd in Mumbai to book their finals berth.
Manipur Minister Govindas Konthoujam on Sunday flagged off a 15-km and 7-km empowerment run at Khuman Lampak in Imphal, organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Celebrating the indomitable spirit of women this International Women's Day, Zydus Pinkathon Delhi brought together nearly 6,000 women at the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for its landmark eighth edition.