Tag: T20 World Cup

New Zealand and Australia knocked out the two top-ranked teams in the semifinals, in England and Pakistan respectively, to seal their places in the final.

On Friday, Gambhir had slammed Warner -- who played a key role in Australia beating Pakistan by scoring 49 off 30 deliveries --, saying he did not think twice before dispatching the ball over the fence, before it was called a no ball and a free-hit awarded.

There are two types of Indian Cricket fans during world events. 1) Beat Pakistan even if you lose the Cup. 2) Win the Cup, nothing else matters. Unfortunately, the Indian team had irked both types of fans in the first two games itself.

India blasted 54 runs in the Power-play, 39 of those coming from Sharma's bat. He had luck on his side, with his one-handed pull put down by Michale van Lingen at fine leg and rolled to the boundary rope for four in the opening over. That drop proved to be costly as Sharma took a four and six off David Wiese followed by another four off Rubel Trumpelmann. Rahul joined the party with a short-arm jab-pull off Wiese over deep mid-wicket in the fourth over.

"They came directly to the World Cup after playing in the IPL. Before that they were in England (for the Test series). Now that is the problem… they could have opted out of the league (IPL). They should have taken some rest before the World Cup. I guess players need to decide what is more important for them, playing in major tournaments like World Cup or the IPL? It's not just any series, it's the World Cup," Former cricket great Madan Lal said.

Sunday's result renders India's final league engagement against Namibia inconsequential. The team was outplayed in its first two Super 12 matches by Pakistan and New Zealand, which proved to be its undoing.

It seems as if Instagram has become the social platform of choice when it comes to Bollywood celebrities or cricketers and their relationship announcements. On November 5, after the league match against Scotland in the ongoing T20 World Cup, India's star opener KL Rahul posted a picture with actress Athiya Shetty, wishing her on her birthday with a sweet caption.

As things stand, the situation in the movie is indicative of Australia and India's position in the ICC T20 World Cup. Both teams have the 'noose' around their necks as they wait anxiously for favourable results in the games between England-South Africa on Saturday and New Zealand-Afghanistan on Sunday in order to make the last-four grade.

KL Rahul (50), and Rohit Sharma (30) and treated the Scotland with utter disdain to add 70 runs in five overs.

Jadeja made double strikes in the seventh over, taking out Richie Berrington and Matthew Cross in four balls. While Berrington missed one turning away and crashing to his middle stump, Cross was trapped plumb lbw on backfoot. Michael Leask swept Chakravarthy for a four before hooking and slapping Shami for a six and four respectively in the next over.

New Zealand know their future in the tournament is in their own hands, with three victories being enough to guarantee a semifinal spot.

Babar completed his third successive half-century of the tournament as he struck 70 off 49 deliveries, hitting seven well-timed boundaries in the process.

Earlier, batting first, Bangladesh were off to a terrible start as Kagiso Rabada took three wickets across five balls in the powerplay to rip through the Bangladesh batting line-up.

The Indians lost that game by eight wickets to stand on the verge of a group stage exit, days after their 10-wicket drubbing at the hands of Pakistan.

It remains unclear whether he will be returning to be in contention for a place in the Indian team or in T20 leagues.