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India vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Final: Will rain play spoilsport in IND vs SA clash in Barbados

India vs South Africa: Champion or choker? South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada, right, is congratulated by teammates after dismissing Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran during the men’s T20 World Cup semifinal cricket match between Afghanistan and South Africa at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tabago This T20 World Cup, under Markram, a new South Africa has emerged. They talk and also know how to walk the tightrope. Three of their games in this tournament have gone to last overs — Bangladesh, Nepal, the Netherlands — but they are alive and kicking in Barbados to tell their survival story. They have taken their time, come together to ponder on possibilities in a huddle and have emerged from the field sporting smiles. South Africa have been quick to adapt to every innovation ...
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India vs England Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Semi Final: Rohit Sharma and Co take on defending champions in 2022 semis repeat

Secret behind India’s World Cup march: Rohit sprints, rest follow Rohit Sharma and Co in action during the 2024 T20 World Cup. (AP/PTI) Sometime before the start of the 2023 ODI World Cup, Rohit Sharma had enough of the old Indian way of playing white-ball cricket. In the dressing room, he addressed the seniors and “garden-mey-ghoomney” wale youngsters and told them that he is going on an all-out attack as an opener himself, preferring to inspire them through action. The result was startling: the old-dawdle from the land that had ironically liberated batsmen from other countries through the IPL was gone, and a box-office hit followed that was soaked up by adoring fans all around the country, so much so that there wasn’t any criticism when they failed in the final. (Read more from Srira...
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Ricky Ponting finds use of brand new pitch for Afghanistan vs South Africa semi-final ‘strange’

The pitch at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, which was used for the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday and saw Afghanistan crash to their lowest ever T20I total, has come under sharp focus. In a tournament where pitches in the US leg of the matches came under intense scrutiny for being underprepared, even in the Caribbean leg some of the tracks have been hard to score off. However, in the new pitch used for the semifinal, apart from seam movement, the unpredictability of the bounce made it all the more challenging for the batsmen from both sides. During the pitch report it was evident that the grass cover would aide movement. And pointing to the cracks on offer, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting suggested that bounce or lack of it could well be a factor. And it turn...
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South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Semi Final: AFG opt to bat first vs SA in Trinidad

South Africa vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Semi Final Match Today:  Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan won the toss and opted to bat first against Aiden Markram’s South Africa in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba in Trinidad.Afghanistan on the other hand were the second best team from Group C, defeating New Zealand, Uganda and Papua New Guinea. In Super-8, Afghanistan beat Australia for the first time across formats before qualifying for the semifinals following a win over Bangladesh. Neither South Africa nor Afghanistan have made it to the T20 World Cup final before. In the second semifinal, India will play England on Thursday, starting 8:00 PM at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. The game will be a repeat of the 2022 T20 World Cup ...
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Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Semi spot on the line as AFG take on BAN in must-win encounter

After historic win over Aussies, Rashid sends home a message: ‘Roll up your sleeves… celebrate, dance’ (Clockwise from left): Afghanistan cricket fans celebrate in large numbers in Khost province (ACB | X)/ Afghanistan players celebrate after their win against Australia. (AP) MOMENTS AFTER Afghanistan’s historic 21-run win over Australia in the Super 8 game of the T20 World Cup at Kingstown, a video cropped up on the team’s social media account that conveyed what the conquest meant for the nation that has historically seen many invasions. The clip had captain Rashid Khan, 25, and Man of the Match Gulbadin Naib, 33, passionately belting out a Pashto verse. There were no subtitles. Maybe, there was no need as this was the team’s two old hands talking directly to the fans back home. Kand...
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India vs Australia Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Will rain play a spoilsport in St Lucia?

IND vs AUS, T20 World Cup: Head’s troubles in focus as powerhouses meet in high stakes clash on back of contrasting outings In the last two major ICC games between the two sides, Head had single-handedly lopped off India’s ambitions. (AP) The ball would haunt Travis Head in his nightmares. The white sphere of leather arrowing into his middle stump, landing on good length, or slightly fuller, before seaming away, rerouting as though guided by a GPS just adequately to beat his feet-in-cement swipe. When Naveen-ul-Haq blasted his stumps with a similar ball, he might have only felt a sense of deja vu. Several faces would have flashed through his head—Jofra Archer (this World Cup), Mitchell Starc and Arshdeep Singh (IPL 2024) – from the last month alone. Awareness of a flaw is one thing; ex...
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West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase in fifty-run stand, WI – 55/2

West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: South Africa captain Aiden Markram has won the toss and without any hesitation opted to bowl first against Rovman Powell’s West Indies in their final Super 8 clash at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua on Monday. Both the teams have made one changes from their last match. For South Africa, left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamis comes in for Ottneil Baartman, while for West Indies Kyle Mayers replaces johnson Charles.A semifinal qualification spot hangs in the balance with both West Indies and South Africa vying for a spot from Group 2 after England secured their position in the semifinal after crushing the United States by 10 wickets. South Africa will rue their tricky position despite winning al...
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Afghanistan defeat Australia in Super 8 clash at T20 World Cup as Pat Cummins hat-trick goes in vain

Afghanistan stunned Australia by 21 runs in a Super 8 clash of the ongoing T20 World Cup on Sunday at Kingstown, St. Vincent. This is the first time that Afghanistan have defeated Australian in a cricket match. It’s a result that throws open the Group 1 which also includes India and Bangladesh. Australia take on India in the final match of the Super 8 with their qualification into the semi-final on the line. Afghanistan managed to survive a blitz with the bat from Glenn Maxwell who scored 59 from 41 balls and a hat-trick from Pat Cummins, who took a hat-trick for the second successive game. Earlier, Australia’s Mitchell Marsh had puzzled everyone by his decision to bowl first after winning the toss as experts had predicted that captains would choose to bat first at this venue. Afghani...
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Afghanistan vs Australia Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS opt to bowl first, AFG – 9/0

India have Jasprit Bumrah, who doesn’t mind going the slower-cutter route like the Aussies even with new ball. (AP) How Bumrah, Arshdeep and Pandya can mimic Australia’s successful slow-cutters plan against Bangladesh Till the end of the eighth over, Bangladesh batsmen seemed at ease. At 57/1, with Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto set, they were beginning to consolidate their position on a slow Antigua pitch that was gripping, offering some turn. It’s then that Australia’s seamers switched to the cutters and slower ones, even as leg-spinner Adam Zampa capitalised from the other end. Bangladesh innings never took off from then on as they managed only 140/8, which Australia overhauled comfortably by 28 runs via DLS as rain put full-stop to their chase. If India were watching it, they...
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United States vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Toss delayed between co-hosts USA and WI in Barbados

England's Jofra Archer dismisses West Indies' Nicholas Pooran during the T20 World Cup cricket match at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia. (AP Photo) West Indies versus England: How 51 dots balls hurt one-dimensional West Indian batsmen The scorecard will not tell the real story of England’s eight-wicket win over the West Indies. Or rather, how West Indies’ power-packed batting unit faltered while getting to 180/4 when they should have posted a 200-plus target. Then England cantered to a win in 17.3 overs to expose the Achilles heel of the host nation – their bowling. On this day, the West Indian batsmen paid the price for not having Plan B. (READ MORE) !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,argumen...
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England vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: ENG, SA aim to extend Super 8 win streak

Best plan to derail South Africa: take out the openers, watch the middle-order marauders Klaasen, Markram, Miller wobble Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller come loaded with a marauders’ reputation for the South African middle order. But the hype doesn’t always translate to hope. They severely depend on one of the openers to click in tall chases. Else, the mounting strike-rate pressure triggers indecisiveness and impatience in the middle order of Markram, Klaasen and Miller. After trying to straddle anchor/attack duties for a brief while, they then tend to pre-meditate their big shots a touch frantically in trying to accelerate, which further upsets the apple cart. England who neatly strangled the West Indian torso of Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell, are bound to exploit...
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Australia vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: BAN lose Litton Das wicket at 58/2

Australia vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today:  After losing the wicket of Tanzid Hasan on the third ball of the innings, Bangladesh batters Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto have stabilised the innings well, taking Bangladesh to 39/1 at the end of the Powerplay in their Super 8 clash at the T20 World Cup. Earlier, after a brief delay due to rain, Australia won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bat first. The Australians have brought back Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood into the side in place of Agar and Ellis. Bangladesh, meanwhile, have brought in Mahedi Hasan for Jaker Ali The 2021 winners and termed as frontrunners for the silverware this year as well, Australia and Bangladesh are playing their first Super-8 game at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North So...
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India vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma’s men start semis quest

What Virat Kohli’s five runs from nine balls tell about India’s batting India's Virat Kohli reacts as he walks off the field after losing his wicket during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between United States and India at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP/PTI) Three innings, nine balls, five runs. The numbers tell a sorry tale of Virat Kohli’s World Cup. But if there is a Kohli story that the cold, stone numbers don’t tell, it is how he has been at the heart of India’s brave new philosophy at this T20 World Cup. He has failed, so far, in translating the gung-ho approach into concrete runs, but that is only incidental in the larger scheme of how India is embracing modern ethos without dispensing entirely with ...
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England vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: ENG opt to bowl first vs WI in St Lucia

England vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: Jos Buttler’s England won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rovman Powell’s West Indies on Thursday at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet in St Lucia.Both sides have had contrasting runs into the last-eight, with England making a last-minute entry. Even though Buttler’s men haven’t played bad cricket, a washout and a defeat to Australia had stiffened the road to the Super 8s. With the batters finally finding form unison and the bowlers shining in the Caribbean, England managed to pip Scotland out on net run rate. Matches in St Lucia have borne high scores and West Indies will be raring to go after thwarting Afghanistan with a convincing win in their final group-stage game at the ground. Rovman P...
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South Africa vs United States LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA batting in focus in Super 8 clash; Toss, Playing XI updates

T20 World Cup 2024: Target-setters vs chasers in Antigua, who has the upper hand in South Africa vs United States Super 8 clash? South Africa have been nervy chasers lately, with eight of their last 10 defeats coming with a score in front of them. On the contrary, US has clocked seven of their last 10 wins (including a Super Over win against Pakistan). (AP/PTI) Unbeaten in the group stage, South Africa will take on the high-flying United States in the first T20 World Cup Super 8 clash at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua that has supported the pace bowlers more than the spinners this tournament. On a ground where the average scores linger in the mid 130s, 24 matches were won by batting first while 23 chasing in all T20Is. Considering the pitch hasn’t supported teams batting fi...
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West Indies vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Toss and playing XIs coming soon

WI vs AFG Live Score, T20 World Cup Match Today: Get West Indies vs Afghanistan Live Updates at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St LuciaWest Indies vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: Having made it to the Super-8 on the back of three consecutive wins, West Indies and Afghanistan will face off on Tuesday to determine which team ends up as Group C toppers at the Daren Sammy National Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. Co-hosts, West Indies had kickstarted their tournament with a hard fought win against Papua New Guinea but soon changed gears to best New Zealand and Uganda with big wins. The two-time champions are slotted alongside South Africa, England and USA for the Super-8. Afghanistan have also emerged as one of the ...
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New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Will rain play a part in NZ and PNG’s last match in Trinidad

T20 World Cup seeding explained: Why Australia could’ve ended 2nd in their group, but would’ve still been in same group as India in Super 8 India and Australia find themselves in the same group in the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup despite both teams topping their pools. (PHOTO: AP) T20 World Cup Super 8 explainer: The ongoing World T20 will enter its business end when only eight teams remain in the fray from Wednesday onwards, when the Super 8 stage starts. The Super 8 stage will see the eight teams pooled in two separate groups where they will play the remaining three teams in their group one time. So each team will play three more matches against their new group-mates. (read more) !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,ar...
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Bangladesh vs Nepal Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: BAN beat NEP by 21 runs to qualify for the Super 8s

Bangladesh vs Nepal Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: Riding on an excellent bowling performance from Tanzim Hasan (4/7), Mustafizur Rahman (3/7), and Shakib Al Hasan (2/9), Bangladesh defeated Nepal by 21 runs and become the eighth and the final team to qualify for the Super 8s. They are grouped with India, Australia and Afghanistan in Group 1. 106 from Bangladesh is the lowest-ever total defended in a Men’s T20 World Cup history!Batting first Nepal led by inspiring spell from Sompal Kami, who struck with the first ball, restricted Bangladesh to a paltry 106 in 19.3 overs This is Bangladesh’s lowest total against an associate nation in T20 World Cups. Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane also completed his 100 wickets in the T20Is. For Nepal, Sompal Kami (2/10), Dipendra Singh Airee (2...
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Australia vs Scotland Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Ashton Agar strikes in 1st over to send Michael Jones home

What does Sompal Kami’s six off Anrich Nortje and the thrilling game against South Africa means for Nepal cricket? Nepal lost to South Africa by the barest of margins at the 2024 T20 World Cup. (ICC) When Sompal Kami walloped a Anrich Nortje delivery in the penultimate over out of the ground, Gyanendra Malla, a former Nepalese player and coach, beamed a smile. It wasn’t just for the quality or audaciousness of the shot under pressure, but for what it symbolised. In April 2016, the ICC had suspended the Nepal cricket association citing the dual existence of the cricket governing body in Nepal and government interference in the election. Things spiralled out of control in terms of infrastructure, finances, running of domestic cricket and even something as small as a cricket bat. (READ MO...
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India vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Florida rain, Virat Kohli in focus as IND face off against CAN

What does Hardik Pandya the bowler do for India’s chances in the T20 World Cup? India's Hardik Pandya reacts after dismissing Pakistan's Shadab Khan during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) Hardik Pandya is a confident bowler, at times seemingly more confident than his bowling seems to warrant – like he did this IPL bowling himself ahead of Jasprit Bumrah in the initial games. It didn’t quite work on those batting beauts. His bowling is also such that one can’t still go into a game fully confident that he will come unscathed or that he can slip in his full four-overs quota. But his innate confidence in his own abilities can be seen mo...
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Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PNG 50/7 after three comical runouts

Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi, left, celebrates the dismissal of New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell during an ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match at Guyana National Stadium in Providence, Guyana. (AP) T20 World Cup: Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan pull off ‘one of their greatest T20 wins’ to hammer New Zealand At this point, it should not come as a surprise when the Afghanistan cricket team pull off a win at the biggest stages against the traditional powerhouses. On Saturday, they didn’t just beat New Zealand at Providence Stadium, Guyana. They outplayed the Kiwis, the masters of showing up in good form at these ICC events. Kane Williamson and Co. would have known before the match that this wasn’t going to be easy even if they hit the ground running close to their top level. Turned out, they we...
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England vs Oman Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: England look to resurrect campaign vs eliminated Oman

How psychologists, pain-scientists patched back Australia’s T20 specialist Ashton Agar to feeling OK, while cricket anchored his life A week after 19-year-old Agar was pub-hopping with his Australia team-mates, he walked into his first Test with the team tottering at 117 for 9. Off the sixth ball he faced, he swivelled into a pull but the ball just about lobbed over the bowler. England seamers thought the short ball was the way to go. (ICC/X) “What’s happening, mate? Am I the enemy now? I am just trying to help. You are always fighting me,” when Justin Langer, Western Australia’s coach, asked him one day in 2014, Ashton Agar broke down. “I don’t know. I have no idea. I don’t know.” A game against Tasmania in Hobart. Agar bowled two balls, two good deliveries, but a “deep sadness” welle...
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Bangladesh vs Netherlands Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: BAN and NED lock horns in must-win match in St Vincent

T20 World Cup: In another low-scoring game in New York, Bangladesh batsmen freeze with finish line in sight Bangladesh's Jaker Ali holds his broken bat as and gestures towards his teammates asking for another one during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between Bangladesh and South Africa in New York, South Africa's Keshav Maharaj celebrates the dismissal of Bangladesh's Mahmudullah Riyad. (AP/PTI) Mahmudullah’s facepalm summed up the mood. Needing six off the last two balls to post their first-ever win over South Africa in T20 Internationals, Mahmudullah couldn’t have asked for a better delivery. With all his pacers bowled out, South Africa skipper Aiden Markram had no choice but to turn to left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj for the last over with 11 needed. Off the fifth, Mahara...
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West Indies vs New Zealand Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Brandon King departs, WI 5 down vs NZ in Trinidad

West Indies vs New Zealand Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rovman Powell’s West Indies in the match 26 of T20 World Cup 2024 at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad on ThursdayWest Indies on the other hand are on the cusp of Super-8 qualifications with two wins from as many games – having bested Papua New Guinea and Uganda in their two fixtures. A win would take the two-time champions over Afghanistan in what is a essentially expected to be a three-horse race for the next round. Afghanistan have also secured two wins from two games in Group B. After starting off the tournament in a one-sided win vs Uganda, they looked even dangerous in all three departments against New Zealand and are am...
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India vs United States Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma’s IND will lock horns with Monank Patel’s USA

How the ‘problem-solver’ Jasprit Bumrah thought out Babar Azam and took out Rizwan India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the dismissal of Pakistan's captain Babar Azam during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP/PTI) Five years ago while watching Jasprit Bumrah wreak havoc in the Caribbean, the West Indian pace legend Curtly Ambrose was moved enough to purr on the most admirable facet of the Indian’s craft. “The way he out-thinks the batsmen, outclasses them,” before adding, “he could have been one of us, he’s so complete a bowler that he could have played in any era.” Five years later, after thrusting the knife into the Pakistanis and turning a T20 World game...
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Australia vs Namibia Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Nikolaas Davin departs for 2 as Namibia lose first wicket

How psychologists, pain-scientists patched back Australia’s T20 specialist Ashton Agar to feeling OK, while cricket anchored his life A week after 19-year-old Agar was pub-hopping with his Australia team-mates, he walked into his first Test with the team tottering at 117 for 9. Off the sixth ball he faced, he swivelled into a pull but the ball just about lobbed over the bowler. England seamers thought the short ball was the way to go. (ICC/X) “What’s happening, mate? Am I the enemy now? I am just trying to help. You are always fighting me,” when Justin Langer, Western Australia’s coach, asked him one day in 2014, Ashton Agar broke down. “I don’t know. I have no idea. I don’t know.” A game against Tasmania in Hobart. Agar bowled two balls, two good deliveries, but a “deep sadness” welle...