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
Suryakumar achieved the milestone during India's do-or-die Super Eight clash against Zimbabwe in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Chennai, playing a blistering knock of 33 off just 13 balls, including three fours and two sixes. He scored at a staggering strike rate of 253.85 in the match.
The South African skipper faced an upward movement in the country's batting charts during his side's Super Eight T20 World Cup clash against the West Indies at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. Markram made an unbeaten 82 in 46 balls, with seven fours and four sixes to his name and scoring
At one point, WI was 83/7 in 10.2 overs, but Shepherd (52 in 37 balls, with three fours and four sixes) and Jason Holder (49 in 31 balls, with three fours and sixes) put up a brave 89-run stand, collecting 58 runs in final five overs.
In the run-chase, Shaheen Shah Afridi (4/30) reduced England to 58/4, but Brook (100 in 51 balls, with 10 fours and four sixes) did not give up, stitching partnerships with all-rounders Sam Curran (16 in 15 balls) and Will Jacks (28 in 23 balls, with a four and two sixes) and England won the
In the run-chase, Shaheen Shah Afridi (4/30) reduced England to 58/4, but Brook (100 in 51 balls, with 10 fours and four sixes) did not give up, stitching partnerships with all-rounders Sam Curran (16 in 15 balls) and Will Jacks (28 in 23 balls, with a four and two sixes) and England won the
Coming in at number three following the first-ball dismissal of Phil Salt at the hands of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Brook brutally clobbered Pakistani bowlers, showing no mercy and decline in intent even when wickets fell all around him, scoring 100 in just 51 balls, with 10 fours and four sixes.
Shimron Hetmyer came to bat for the Windies in the powerplay and made 85 runs off 34 balls with the help of seven sixes and as many fours. His destructive knock helped the two-time champions set a daunting target of 255 runs for the African nation.
Hetmyer was eventually dismissed in the 15th over after a blistering 34-ball 85, an innings studded with seven sixes and seven fours. With his seven maximums in the match, Hetmyer equalled the record for the joint-most sixes in a single T20 World Cup edition, tying with Nicholas Pooran's rec
A clinical South Africa, powered by crucial knocks from David Miller (63 in 35 balls, with seven fours and three sixes), Dewald Brevis (45 in 29 balls, with three fours and sixes each) and Tristan Stubbs (44* in 28 balls, with a four and three sixes), first reached 187/7 in 20 overs, with Ja
After electing to bat first, SA was reduced to 13/2. But knocks from David Miller (63 in 35 balls, with seven fours and three sixes), Dewald Brevis (45 in 29 balls, with three fours and sixes) each and a cameo from Tristan Stubbs (44* in 28 balls, with a four and three sixes) took SA to 187/