In a thrilling encounter on Saturday in Sydney, Australia clinched a 13-run victory against Pakistan, defending a modest target of 148 in the second T20I. The standout performer was the 28-year-old left-arm seamer Spencer Johnson, who wreaked havoc with a five-wicket haul, finishing with fi
Shami's spell also included a four-wicket haul in the first innings and was handy with the bat too. This augurs well for Team India, which is taking quite an inexperienced pace attack for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia away from home starting from next week in Perth.
Addressing a public in Mumbai's Dahisar on Friday, Eknath Shinde said, "We have been elected twice and now it is the turn of a hat-trick. We have to take the wicket of the opponent and take it with a good majority."
After playing a stupendous knock against South Africa in the fourth T20I match of the series, India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson said that he had a lot of failures in his life and the century against the Proteas meant a lot to him.
Haryana's Anshul Kamboj etched his name into the history book by becoming just the third bowler in Ranji Trophy history to bag all 10 wickets in an innings.
Right-arm seamer Mohammed Shami expressed his feelings after his brilliant performance on his return to competitive cricket since the 2023 50-over World Cup final against Australia, returned with figures of 0/34 in 10 overs.
The duo put on a unbeaten partnership of 606 runs for the third wicket, outdoing the unbeaten 594-run partnership between Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawne for Maharashtra against Delhi back in 2016.
In their first innings, MP was skittled out for 161 runs, with Subhranshu Senapati (47 in 121 balls, with six fours) and Rajat Patidar (41 in 59 balls, with eight fours) being the top scorers.
During the 3rd T20I of the four-match series against South Africa, India's leg spinner Varun Varun Chakravarthy registered his name in the record books as he became the player to take the most wickets in a single bilateral series for the nation in the shortest format of the game.
Seamer Arshdeep Singh became India's second-highest wicket-taker in men's T20Is as the Men in Blue defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the third 20-over match of the series in Centurion.
Arshdeep Singh's three-wicket haul and Tilak Varma's unbeaten century helped India clinch an 11-run victory over South Africa in the third T20I match in Centurion on Wednesday.