Skipper Suryakumar Yadav on Friday lauded his team's performance against England in the fourth T20I match of the series and said that it was the top effort from everyone in the Men in Blue squad.
Following the defeat against India in the fourth match of the T20I series, England skipper Jos Buttler said that they had started the game brilliantly but lost momentum.
Right-arm seamer Harshit Rana came in as a concussion substitute for Shivam Dube during the fourth T20I of the five-match series against India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
The hosts got an advantage after Harshit Rana replaced concussed Shivam Dube in the second inning. Rana's presence in the playing eleven gave a huge boost to the Men in Blue bowling attack as he turned out to be the hero for the team in crunch situation.
All-rounders Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube's blitz knocks helped India climb to 181/9 against England in the fourth T20I match of the series at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday.
The tall fast bowler featured in 44 ODIs and 36 T20Is for Afghanistan since making his debut in 2009. Across both formats, he scythed 80 wickets. His last international appearance for Afghanistan dates back to March 8, 2020, in a T20I match against Ireland in Greater Noida.
Before taking the fight against India on the field, on the eve of the fourth T20I, Jos Buttler led his troops to Ed Sheeran's concert, offering them a much-needed breather in the highly-engaging affair.
With the series at 2-1 in favour of India, England will have to do well against the Indian spin to have a better chance at squaring the series. So far in the series, 18 out of 28 England wickets have fallen to spin, as per Wisden. Harry Brook, hailed as the future superstar and mainstay of E
During the match, Inglis, already having featured in 26 ODIs and 29 T20Is for Australia, came to bat at number five. He greeted the spin bowlers with a four on his very first ball and did not look back from then on.
With Australia having won all six white-ball fixtures in the women's Ashes so far, three ODIs and T20Is each, they will be heading into the one-off Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with a momentum they have never had before
The one-off women's Ashes Test will take place at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Thursday and will be a pink-ball affair. It will be the first women's Test in 76 years at the venue. England is heading into the match with a prospect of being whitewashed in the series, with Australia walkin