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T20 WC: Threats from offies, wrist spin a point of focus during IND-WI vir
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
While the Men in Blue have struggled against finger spinners, particularly off-spin, West Indies are facing a gigantic threat in form of Varun Chakravarthy, the wrist spinner who is playing at what is his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)'s home ground. Men in
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"Whatever the team needs, I'm up for it": Tilak on batting at six against
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
India's designated number three batter, who was short of runs despite promising stars, had a questionable strike rate and struggled against spin before this clash, which endangered his place in the side. Having struck at just over 118 in his past five innings, Tilak was an absolute different
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"To counter Raza, India should bring SKY at number three": Aakash Chopra
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
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.
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"Easy to play wrist spinners, but....": Kotak on playing Kuldeep Yadav in
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Following a heartbreaking 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad, India will have to win the remainder of their Super Eight fixtures against Zimbabwe and the West Indies to stay in contention, while also relying on South Africa maintaining an unbeaten run in this stage. The Men in Blue did
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"Overthinking about one individual makes no sense": Kotak backs struggling
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Following a painful 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad, India faces Zimbabwe in a must-win contest. On the other side, they will also have fingers crossed that the South Africa, which put them in such a place, ends the Super Eight stage unbeaten. The failure of Abhishek and Tilak at th
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T20 World Cup: Pakistan win toss, opt to bat first against England in Pall
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Pakistan's opener batter Sahibzada Farhan is the leading run-scorer in this tournament with 220 runs in four matches. Spinner Usman Tariq has taken eight wickets for his side in just three innings and the onus will be on these two as Pakistan look to seal their first victory in Super Eights.
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Faf du Plessis believes real test for spinners Motie, Hosein will come aga
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis praised West Indies spin duo of Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie for their performance against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup, but believes bowling against South Africa and India will be the real test for the two spinners.
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Abhishek Nayar raises concerns over Indian openers' struggle against off-s
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Former India cricketer Abhishek Nayar highlighted concerns around India's opening pair following their struggles in the Super Eight stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, particularly against off-spin in the powerplay.
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"Rinku Singh cannot be coming in at eight": Ashwin criticises India's batt
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin strongly criticised India's team combination and batting order following their Super Eights defeat to South Africa in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, stating that the side appeared underprepared for a high-pressure encounter.
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"He batted with Virat and made a partnership": Ashwin on Axar Patel's omis
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin criticised India's playing 11 combination and Axar Patel's omission from the team in their Super 8 fixture against South Africa in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
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"He had no answer": Irfan Pathan speaks on Varun Chakaravarthy's unsuccess
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
South Africa snapped India's 12-match unbeaten streak at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup as they handed the defending champions a 76-run defeat in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
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T20 WC: Doeschate hints at Samson's inclusion after loss to SA; reveals Ab
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
India's leftie-dominant top-order once again had two of its promising members, Abhishek and Tilak, exposed against quality pace and spin as a top-order collapse left them playing a heavy catch-up game in a run-chase of 188 runs. Men in Blue just could not recover after losing Ishan Kishan, T
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