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  • Shafali Verma eyeing senior Women’s T20 World Cup after U19 T20 World Cup triumph

    U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Shafali Verma stated that she desires to raise the T20 World Cup trophy, which is scheduled to be performed in South Africa.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 30, 2023 00:01 IST

    Shafali eyeing senior Women’s T20 WC after U19 T20 WC triumph. Courtesy: PTI

    By India Today Web Desk: Shafali Verma wasn’t glad with profitable the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. The batter, who turned 19 years outdated on Saturday, is eyeing the senior T20 World Cup to be performed from February 10 to 26 in South Africa.

    After the ultimate that India gained by eight wickets in opposition to Grace Scrivens’ England, Shafali was requested if the U19 trophy was the one one she would decide this yr.

    “No, definitely not,” Shafali was quoted as saying whereas replying to the query within the post-match presentation ceremony. India’s marketing campaign within the World Cup is scheduled to begin on Sunday, February 12 with the match in opposition to Pakistan on the Newlands in Cape Town.

    On Sunday, India turned the champions of the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup. After opting to area first, they bowled England out for 68. Thereafter, they chased the goal down with 36 balls to spare. Shafali was over the moon after India triumphed on the Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.

    “The way all the girls are performing and backing each other, so happy. Incredible feeling. Thanks to the staff, the way they have been backing us every day and telling us that we are here for the cup and, because of them, we are here. All thanks to them. The players have been backing me a lot. Thanks to BCCI for giving me this beautiful team and I’m really happy about winning the cup,” she stated.

    Shafali also had words of praise for her teammates, including, Shweta Sehrawat, who finished as the leading run-scorer of the tournament.

    “She has been excellent and has followed all the plans of the staff. Not just her, Archana, Soumya and I can’t really take the names, but they all have been incredible,” Shafali added.

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    Jan 29, 2023

  • When it involves being selfless, there isn’t a one like him: Danish Kaneria asks Babar Azam to study from Virat Kohli

    T20 World Cup 2022: Former spinner Danish Kaneria stated that Babar Azam ought to cease being cussed and take into consideration the welfare of the Pakistan cricket crew in T20Is.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 16, 2022 21:02 IST

    Kaneria asks ‘stubborn’ Babar to study from ‘selfless’ Kohli. Courtesy: Reuters

    By India Today Web Desk: Former spinner Danish Kaneria reckoned that Babar Azam ought to cease being ‘stubborn’ and consider the welfare of Pakistan cricket by giving up his opening slot. The 28-year-old Babar had a torrid time within the T20 World Cup 2022, though the Men in Green completed because the runner-up following their five-wicket defeat to England within the last on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

    Apart from the half-century that he scored in opposition to New Zealand within the semi-final, the Lahore-born batter largely seemed out of contact.

    “Babar Azam has been stubborn about not giving up his opening spot. The same happened when he was with Karachi Kings too. He is adamant about this because he cannot bat in the middle order. His stubbornness is only doing harm to Pakistani cricket because of the slow starts,” Kaneria was quoted as saying on his YouTube channel.

    Kaneria additionally heaped reward on former Indian skipper Virat Kohli for being selfless. The veteran stated that Kohli didn’t throw within the towel regardless of questions surrounding his potential.

    “When it comes to being selfless, there is no one like Virat Kohli. The team lost the World Cup under his captaincy, and he was made the scapegoat after that. Many raised questions about his place in the team. But he didn’t give up. He gave his full support to the new captain and played at the number he asked him to,” he added.

    Kohli completed the T20 World Cup because the main run-scorer. Apart from being the highest run-getter within the historical past of the mega occasion, the 34-year-old Kohli additionally grew to become the primary batter to attain 4000 runs in T20Is.

    In six matches of T20 World Cup 2022, Kohli scored 296 runs at a median of 98.66 and a strike-rate of 136.40 with 4 half-centuries to his identify. His prime rating of 82 not out got here in opposition to Pakistan on the MCG.

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    Nov 16, 2022

  • Should India utterly change their T20 group? | Sledging Room, Ep 22

    Should India utterly change their T20 group? | Sledging Room, Ep 22

  • Pakistan didn’t should play within the T20 World Cup 2022 closing: Mohammad Amir

    T20 World Cup 2022: Mohammad Amir reckoned that Pakistan didn’t deserve to participate within the closing in opposition to England that they misplaced by 5 wickets on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 13, 2022 21:16 IST

    Pakistan didn’t should play within the T20 WC 2022 closing: Amir. Courtesy: AP

    By India Today Web Desk: Former pacer Mohammad Amir reckoned that Pakistan didn’t should qualify for the T20 World Cup 2022 closing. On Sunday, November 13, the Men in Green misplaced to Jos Buttler’s England on the Melbourne Cricket Ground and completed because the runner-up within the multi-nation mega occasion.

    Amir reckoned that the Pakistan batters weren’t on top of things other than their matches in Sydney. The speedster stated that he wasn’t stunned to see their batters struggling to carry out on a bowling-friendly pitch in Melbourne.

    “The fact that we played in the final is a big thing. We didn’t deserve to play in the final. The whole world knows how we advanced to the final. Allah helped us reach there. You will get to know the results if you look at the performance of our batters. Once we got out of Sydney, it was given that this would happen,” Amir was quoted as saying to 24 News.

    “I told you earlier that if the pitch at MCG is the same as it was in the first match, Pakistan will struggle and we did. After winning the toss, we got off to a good start and we knew how the conditions were,” he said.

    Amir additionally lashed out at Mohammad Haris for making an attempt to take the assault to leg-spinner Adil Rashid. Haris received out after scoring eight runs off 12 balls with one 4.

    “We talked about Haris and his intent. But along with intent, you also need to have sense. On the first ball, he faced off Adil Rashid, he tried to come down the track.

    “On these pitches, you can’t leave it to someone else. The new batter will struggle. Ben Stokes showed that experience and game-awareness,” Amir added.

    After being put in to bat first, Pakistan managed to attain solely 137 runs. In the final 4 overs, they managed solely 18 runs and will hardly step on the gasoline. England chased the goal down with six balls to spare after Stokes stayed unbeaten on 52 off 49.

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    Nov 13, 2022

  • Ben Stokes: England’s messiah in disaster, another time

    T20 World Cup 2022: Ben Stokes has stepped up for England repeatedly, whatever the format he’s taking part in in. On Sunday, the left-hander scored 52 not out within the remaining towards Pakistan on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

    Stokes: England’s messiah in disaster, another time. Courtesy: AP

    By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: If one seems to be at one’s life, there’s at all times somebody you’ll be able to depend on, 99 out of 100 instances, to be a rescuer, a savior in essential circumstances. There’s at all times that one particular person you’ll be able to rely on, BLINDLY, no matter how unhealthy the scenario could be.

    India depend on Virat Kohli to take them over the road in tense run-chases; Bangladesh look as much as Shakib Al Hasan to tug off one thing spectacular just like the run out he executed on the bowler’s finish towards Zimbabwe within the Super 12 of the T20 World Cup.

    For England, it’s Ben Stokes. However, there’s a distinction between Stokes and the remainder of the world – the distinction of event, the distinction of psychological power, the capability to ship underneath stress, not as soon as, not twice, however innumerable instances.

    Ben Stokes 2.0
    Stokes: England’s messiah in disaster, another time. Courtesy: AP

    When he seemingly punched a man outdoors a Bristol bar again in 2017, questions have been raised about his temperament and skill to conduct himself underneath stress. Prior to that, the notorious over towards West Indies within the T20 World Cup 2016 the place he leaked 4 sixes raised doubts about his potential.

    Not anymore, DEFINITELY NOT! He has been a bone within the flesh for opponents and messiah for the Three Lions simply when it issues probably the most.

    In 2016, Stokes was on his haunches after Carlos Braithwaite smashed him down the bottom for a six at Eden Gardens. Six years later, when England performed one other World Cup remaining, Stokes was leaping and pumping his fists within the air.

    “I think he’s obviously never let that 2016 final sort of push him back, and you think of the things he’s gone on to achieve in his career since then is just amazing,” Buttler mentioned after England’s historic win towards Pakistan on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

    In 2019, Stokes additionally celebrated a World Cup win, though within the 50-over format. That time, he needed to await a Super Over after he couldn’t fairly take England house within the stipulated 50 overs.

    Come 2022, Stokes made certain that he scored the profitable runs for his workforce. After he hit Mohammad Wasim Jr. via mid-wicket for a single, England received the T20 World Cup in Australia.

    Stokes rise once more
    You can’t depend out England when Stokes is there. Can you? Courtesy: AP

    However, the victory wasn’t simple by any means. Although England have been chasing a below-par rating of 138, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf made inroads into their batting within the powerplay.

    The pitch on the MCG isn’t a batter’s paradise; it’s for the bowlers, particularly the pacers. Rauf, Shaheen and Naseem Shah have been respiration hearth and 138, at one stage, did really look like 158.

    Barring the match towards Sri Lanka the place he scored 42, Stokes was struggling for runs after returning to T20 cricket on the tour of Australia. He confirmed immense respect to the bowlers and didn’t thoughts curbing his pure instincts.

    Although the required price went above eight, Stokes knew that it was solely a matter of two large photographs and it certainly was. With 38 runs wanted off 26 balls, the southpaw smacked Iftikhar Ahmed via covers for a 4 adopted by a six down the bottom.

    With two photographs, Stokes took down the required run price to seven, after which Moeen Ali rubbed salt into Pakistan’s wounds with two fours off Wasim Jr.

    From there on, it was solely a matter of time. Stokes didn’t get the Player of the Match award, however he was but once more England’s man after the 2019 World Cup and Headingley Test, the place he single-handedly helped his workforce to victory.

    At 31, Stokes isn’t fairly a spring rooster anymore, however there’s one thing mystic about him, about the best way he carries himself underneath stress – he appears to be an proprietor of some supernatural psychic energy that helps him stand tall most instances on large events.

    Maybe not for himself, however Stokes is destined to take England via to extra glory within the years forward.

    T20 World Cup 2022 isn’t the top, simply but!

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    Published On:

    Nov 13, 2022

  • Anil Kumble backs England to carry out properly in opposition to Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2022: They have expertise and firepower

    PAK, ENG have to be careful for swing at MCG: Kumble

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 12, 2022 23:47 IST

    Kumble backs England to carry out properly in opposition to Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2022. Courtesy: AP

    By India Today Web Desk: Legendary spinner Anil Kumble reckoned that Pakistan and England batters want to deal with the swing, tempo and bounce on the Melbourne Cricket Ground within the remaining of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday, November 13.

    England will go into the match after beating Rohit Sharma’s India by 10 wickets on the Adelaide Oval. Jos Buttler and Alex Hales’ unbeaten 170-run stand helped the Three Lions win the semi-final with as many as 24 balls to spare.

    However, Kumble, India’s main wicket-taker in Test cricket, mentioned that the pitch on the MCG could be loads totally different in comparison with the one in Adelaide.

    “We have seen at MCG there has been a lot more swing, bounce and pace. I don’t think it will be like the Adelaide pitch. Pakistan will have to watch out for that and so do England. They had two good opening partnerships in the last two games, but they still have to watch out for that swing,” Kumble was quoted as saying to ESPNcricinfo.

    Kumble, within the meantime, additionally mentioned that the British workforce can have the higher hand going into the mega conflict in Melbourne.

    “England certainly have the upper hand in terms of the experience and the firepower that they have and the options that’s available for them in the bowling line-up as well. But Pakistan will be formidable. Which Pakistan will turn up on Sunday, that’s the big question,” he added.

    It’s pertinent to notice that Pakistan have by no means crushed England in T20 World Cups. Moreover, each Pakistan and England are but to win a T20I on the iconic venue in Melbourne.

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    Nov 12, 2022

  • Sachin Tendulkar backs India to bounce again after T20 World Cup 2022 exit: Getting to No.1 doesn’t occur in a single day

    T20 World Cup 2022: Sachin Tendulkar backed India to bounce again stronger after they misplaced to England within the semi-final on Thursday on the Adelaide Oval.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 12, 2022 19:42 IST

    Getting to No.1 doesn’t occur in a single day: Tendulkar backs India to bounce again. Courtesy: AP

    By India Today Web Desk: Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar has backed Team India to make a robust comeback after their disappointing efficiency within the T20 World Cup semi-final. In the match on Thursday, November 10 in opposition to Jos Buttler’s England, India confronted a 10-wicket defeat on the Adelaide Oval.

    After being requested to chase down 169, the Three Lions obtained over the end line with 24 balls to spare. Tendulkar stated that the rating of 168 was a below-par whole on the venue, recognized for its quick sq. boundaries.

    “I know that the semi-final against England was very disappointing. Let us accept that we did not put up a good total on the board. 168 in Adelaide Oval is not great since the dimensions of the ground are entirely different and the side boundaries are really short. We were also unsuccessful in taking wickets. It was a tough game for us, a bad and disappointing defeat,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying to ANI.

    Sachin, within the meantime, was additionally of the opinion that one shouldn’t overlook the efforts India put in to change into the No.1 T20I staff on this planet.

    “To get to that Number 1 spot, it does not happen overnight. The team has to play good cricket over a period of time and it has done that. Let us not judge our team on the basis of this performance. Players also did not want to go out and fail. In sports, these ups and downs are there. We have to be in it together,” he added.

    India topped their Super 12 Group with 4 wins out of 5 matches after beating Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Netherlands and Bangladesh.

    After their World Cup, India are set to tour New Zealand and Bangladesh for bilateral ODI, T20I and Test sequence.

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    Nov 12, 2022

  • India struggled with their openers in T20 World Cup 2022, by no means acquired begin: Lalchand Rajput

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