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"Priority should be winning": Pathan advices India to not focus on NRR dur
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Following their 76-run battering to South Africa, their biggest in T20WC history, defending champions India are left at the mercy of South Africa, needing them to go unbeaten, besides winning their own two remaining clashes against Zimbabwe and the West Indies. In case this scenario does not
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"Aware of danger they possess": SA's Maharaj ahead of T20 WC clash against
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
South Africa will be aiming to continue their winning momentum in the tournament as they look to take on a red-hot West Indies side, which posted the tournament's second-highest total of 254 against Zimbabwe. A win for the Proteas will not only strengthen their bid to become the second team
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AFC Women's Asia Cup: India's Sangita Basfore speaks on team's FIFA WC dre
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
At the very start of last year's qualifying campaign, while the immediate objective for the India women's national team was to reach the Asian Cup, Sangita's focus stretched one step further. For her, the Asian Cup was never the destination. It was the gateway to the FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Stubbs opens up on admiration for David Miller, moulding his game around P
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Miller turned back the clock with a fiery 63, while Stubbs provided the finishing touches with a quickfire 44*, taking South Africa to 187/7 against India at Ahmedabad, which proved to be a match-winning one for the 2024 T20 World Cup runners-up. India lost the match by 76 runs, experiencing
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"We have to stay positive": Sitanshu Kotak on India's batting struggle in
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Team India suffered a humiliating 76-run loss in the Super Eight phase opener, which has put the defending champions in a tricky phase. The Men in Blue will need to win their remaining matches to keep themselves alive in their title defence and also hope that South Africa ends the Super Eigh
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"There can be changes...": Sitanshu Kotak on Indian team ahead of Super 8
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Kotak clarified that net sessions do not necessarily reflect final playing XI decisions.
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ICC T20I Rankings: Ishan Kishan jumps to fifth among batters; Shivam Dube
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
While India's fortunes in the T20 World Cup faced a dent following a 76-run loss to South Africa in the Super Eight clash, two of their brightest performers, Ishan and Dube, continue their climb in the ranking following some extremely reliable performances in the ongoing tournament.
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"Easy to play wrist spinners, but....": Kotak on playing Kuldeep Yadav in
Updated : 1 week, 2 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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"We hope he will join the team this evening": Sitanshu Kotak on Rinku Sing
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak on Wednesday said that left-handed batter Rinku Singh could rejoin the squad by evening ahead of India's do-or-die ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super 8 clash against the Zimbabwe cricket team in Chennai.
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"Overthinking about one individual makes no sense": Kotak backs struggling
Updated : 1 week, 2 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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"Harry Brook single-handedly took game away from Pakistan": Waqar Younis
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
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
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"People have got to cut him a little bit of slack": Brook backs Buttler de
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
The 35-year-old Buttler has played 153 T20Is for England, hitting 4012 runs at an average of 34 and a strike rate of 147. Recently, he became the most capped England player in international cricket.
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