NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan made history for India in the T20 World Cup on Thursday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium by becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a fifty in the tournament’s history. Coming into bat as an opener against Namibia, Kishan played a blazing knock of 61 off just 24 balls, having smashed…
Nepal batter Aarif Sheikh admitted that his side’s batting wasn’t up to the mark during its defeat against Italy. “Definitely, we played better cricket in the last game against England. But today, we were not up to the mark in the batting. In the PowerPlay, we were not up to the mark. We lost two…
Growing up in Sydney, Benjamin Manenti admired the late Shane Warne. For him, the spin legend was a ‘hero’, and on Thursday, after he played a key hand in Italy’s ten-wicket win against Nepal in a T20 World Cup fixture, Manenti credited the influence of Warne on his career. The 28-year-old bowled one of the…
India recorded its third-highest team score in T20 World Cups during its Group A match against Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. A swashbuckling 61 off 24 balls from Ishan Kishan at the top and Hardik Pandya’s 52 off 28 in the closing stages got India to 209 for nine…
The injury further reduces their options on the right wing. Tottenham forward Wilson Odobert will miss the rest of the season after suffering a ruptured ACL. Odobert was forced off in the 35th minute of Tottenham’s 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United on Tuesday, which marked Thomas Frank’s final match in charge as he was subsequently…
As Italy stunned Nepal to pull off its first win in the T20 World Cup, head coach John Davison admitted that this historic victory means a lot for his team. “What does it mean to Italian cricket? This will be front page news in a lot of countries and a lot of publications in Italy…
Stating adaptability has been the Netherlands’ quiet currency at this T20 World Cup, Logan van Beek insisted it will remain their guiding principle when they take the field at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium against the USA in the Group-A clash here on Friday. “For us in this World Cup, it’s been, ‘Travel, see the ground,…
Sergio Ramos will not be playing for Sevilla while he is in discussions to buy the club Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido Carrasco says it was his decision to veto the idea of former Spain defender Sergio Ramos re-signing for the Liga club. Ramos has set up a consortium that is currently in a…
India registered its highest PowerPlay total in T20 World Cups during the encounter against Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. Ishan Kishan struck four sixes and one boundary in the sixth over to help the side post 87 in six overs, breaking its previous record for 82 against Scotland in…
Abhishek Sharma (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s star opener Abhishek Sharma missed the T20 World Cup clash against Namibia on Thursday and could also be sidelined for the much-anticipated encounter against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.After India were put in to bat by Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium,…
