Tag: T20i

The duo's remarkable effort in the middle gave the pace attack some respite and newcomer Harshal Patel, who made his T20I debut four days shy of his 31st birthday, returned with impressive figures of 2 for 25.

Cuttack: The cricket lovers of the Millennium City are eagerly waiting for the T20 International Cricket game between India and Sri Lanka to be played at Barabati Stadium on December 20. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has declared the 15-member Indian squad without regular skipper Virat Kohli for the three match […]

Cuttack: Cricket fans were seen disappointed and created uproar outside Barabati Stadium after they were told all tickets were sold out for the upcoming India-Sri Lanka T20 International here. The frustrated spectators who had gathered in large numbers to buy tickets at the counters outside the stadium broke barricades and pelted stones. Later, police deployed […]

Mumbai: The BCCI’s selection panel inducted Hyderabad pacer Mohammed Siraj and Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer in the India squad for the three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) against New Zealand. Veteran Ashish Nehra has been selected only for the first T20I in New Delhi. “Iyer has been prolific across formats — in first-class, one-dayers, T20 — he’s been […]

Sydney: Skipper Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 61-run match-winning knock helped India draw the three-match rubber 1-1 as the visitors hammered Australia by six wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on Sunday. Kohli’s knock, which came off just 41 deliveries, was laced with four boundaries and a couple […]

Kolkata: Sans the towering presence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma will lead an Indian team brimming with confidence against the West Indies in the first of the three T20 Internationals here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. Dhoni has been left out of India’s T20 squad for the home series against West Indies and, […]

Dublin: Powered by half centuries from Lokesh Rahul and Suresh Raina and a collective bowling effort, India registered their biggest T20I win after convincingly thrashing minnows Ireland by 143 runs in the second and final T20 International, to pocket the two-match series 2-0 here on Friday. India’s spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal (3/21) and Kuldeep Yadav […]

Dublin: India rode on an all-round effort to kick off their English summer with a 76-run thrashing of minnows Ireland in the first of the two-match T20I series here on Wednesday. Put into bat, the visitors posted a commanding 208/5, thanks to brilliant half centuries from seasoned openers Rohit Sharma (97 off 61 balls; 4×8, […]

Dublin: Refreshed and rejuvenated after a much deserved break, India will look to start the English summer on a high when they take the field in the first of the two-match T20I series against Ireland here on Wednesday. The T20Is against Ireland are only a precursor to the sterner tests in England, where the Virat […]

Mumbai: England completed a record chase to thrash India by seven wickets in a Women’s T20I Tri-Series match here on Sunday. Chasing a formidable target of 199 runs, England pulled off the feat in 18.4 overs. Opener Danielle Wyatt played a starring role for the visitors, smashing England’s highest ever Twenty20 individual score as she […]

Kolkata: The one-off Twenty 20 International during the West Indies’ tour of India will be held on November 4 at the Eden Gardens, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly said on Saturday. There will be a full West Indies tour between October and November featuring three Tests, five One-Day […]

Mumbai: Veteran all-rounder Rumeli Dhar made her comeback into the Indian women’s cricket team after six years as she was on Saturday named as replacement for injured veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami for the remaining three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) against South Africa away. Jhulan had suffered an injury to her heel ahead of the first T20I. […]

Indore: A good all-round performance helped India beat Sri Lanka by 88 runs in the second Twenty-20 International (T20I) match at the Holkar Cricket Stadium here on Friday. Skipper Rohit Sharma, who blasted a 35-ball century, piloted India to a mammoth 260, the joint-second highest T20I total. In reply Sri Lankan batsmen struggled and were […]

Rajkot: New Zealand dominated with both bat and ball to defeat India by 40 runs in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Sunday. The Kiwis, who had lost the first match by 53 run in New Delhi, have now levelled the three-match series at 1-1. Opting to bat […]

Lahore: World XI rode on a superb late charge by Hashim Amla and Thisara Perera to defeat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) at the Gadaffi Stadium here on Wednesday. In a nail biting finish, World XI overhauled the target of 175 runs with just one ball to spare. The three-match […]