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Bubble fatigue: Bumrah lends perspective to India's poor T20 WC

India's pace-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah said bubble fatigue is a tough reality of the current times as he tried to explain the team's shambolic campaign in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the UAE. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3nEPfnG via IFTTT

'Tentative' India blasted after T20 WC loss to New Zealand

Former India cricketers lined up to slate Virat Kohli's side after Sunday's crushing eight-wicket defeat against New Zealand left them on the brink of elimination from the T20 World Cup. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3myVt9u via IFTTT

T20 World Cup: Confident England eye semis spot, Sri Lanka look for survival

​They are at two ends of the spectrum. England have been one of the stand-out teams of the T20 World Cup so far and a win against Sri Lanka on Monday will all but book them a spot in the semis. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3myLcty via IFTTT

NZ coach Gary Stead hails 'really special' win over India

New Zealand coach Gary Stead said his bowlers produced one of their best ever T20 performances in Sunday's eight-wicket victory over India, which put the 'Black Caps' firmly back on track for a place in the T20 World Cup semifinals. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3mx51BO via IFTTT

T20 World Cup: We weren't brave enough, says Virat Kohli

"We need to be brutal here. I don't think we were brave enough with the bat or ball. Didn't have much to defend but we weren't brave when we walked out to the field. New Zealand had more intensity," a curt Virat Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2ZEBOvu via IFTTT

Attacking intent for extra runs didn't come off, says Bumrah

India's pace-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday said that the batters tried to play "an attacking game" in a bid to give extra 20-30 runs to the bowlers on a dew-laden surface as that was the communication from the team management for the match against New Zealand. India were handed an eight-wicket defeat in the end. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3jSMTR3 via IFTTT

NZ have almost ensured India don't make the semis, says Sehwag

India suffered an eight-wicket loss against New Zealand in a 'Super 12' game of the ongoing tournament on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium, which have now seriously hurt the chances of Virat Kohli & Co reaching the semifinals of the T20 World Cup. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3GAJGiK via IFTTT

A complete performance: Williamson lauds NZ for India win

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said the Dubai wicket wasn't an easy one to bat but the Kiwi openers made things easy for the side against India in their T20 World Cup game on Sunday. New Zealand went on to register a comprehensive eight-wicket win to revive their campaign. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3GI5jOm via IFTTT

T20 World Cup: Team India's dreams virtually over after another drubbing

As New Zealand, without any scoreboard pressure chasing 111, cantered along merrily, with Darryl Mitchell (49 off 35; 4x4, 3x6) at times toying with the much-vaunted attack, India's shoulders drooped, the faces went grim and their pre-tournament billing appeared manufactured. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3jTgGcu via IFTTT

On this day in 1987: Chetan Sharma picked first-ever World Cup hat-trick

This day, 34 years ago, India's Chetan Sharma scripted history by becoming the first bowler to take a World Cup hat-trick. This was also the first instance of an Indian taking a hat-trick in any format of the game. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3bomead via IFTTT

Former Australia all-rounder Philpott dies aged 86

Former Australia all-rounder Peter Philpott has died at the age of 86 following a long battle with illness, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3bycxWt via IFTTT

CSK felicitates Neeraj Chopra, presents him Rs 1 crore

Three-time Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings on Sunday honoured Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra by presenting him Rs One crore in recognition of his historic feat at the Tokyo Games. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2Y4Ursi via IFTTT

T20 World Cup India vs New Zealand: What Kohli said ahead of the big match

Virat Kohli will be stepping down as the captain of the Indian T20I team after the ongoing T20 World Cup. The match against New Zealand today will be a very crucial one in that context, not just for Team India, but also for Virat the T20I captain. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2ZG0zr6 via IFTTT

T20 WC Live: Namibia hope to continue dream run vs Afghans

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You need experience of Ashwin for NZ game: Sanjay Bangar

India and New Zealand will lock horns against in the 'Super 12' stage of the T20 World Cup on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Both sides will enter the contest after suffering a loss against Pakistan. Bangar said that Ashwin should come into the playing XI in place of Varun Chakravarthy. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3Cy6ihk via IFTTT

Shardul would give depth to India's batting line-up: Laxman

Former India batsman VVS Laxman said that Team India requires Shardul Thakur to get the balance in the eleven right for an all-important game against New Zealand in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3GBl0qk via IFTTT

Final will be either between India-Pakistan or Australia-England: Warne

Former Australia spinner Shane Warne has predicted that either India-Pakistan or England-Australia will square off in the finals of the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3w1dBf8 via IFTTT

T20 WC, India vs NZ: Martin Guptill fit for India game

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill, who had suffered a toe injury, has regained fitness and available for selection for the T20 World Cup match against India here. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/31hBd3T via IFTTT

WT20, India vs New Zealand: When and where to watch

The format of the ongoing T20 World Cup is such that the Super 12 stage is extremely competitive and very tough. Out of the 12 teams playing in it, as many as 8 teams will be knocked out and only 4 teams will make it through to the next round - the semi-finals. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3GEnpAI via IFTTT

Asif Ali has rare gift of hitting hard at the death: Matthew Hayden

There's a new finisher in town. Or maybe not. The cricket world is waking up to Asif Ali a little late. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3w0q0zW via IFTTT

T20 WC: England hand Australia a thrashing, close in on semis spot

England are still unbeaten in this event while the Aussies have never found the right rhythm for T20 International cricket thanks to a lot of their players opting out of international assignments prior to the World Cup, much to the displeasure of their skipper Aaron Finch. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3pTIMIm via IFTTT

'Attacking one over religion pathetic': Kohli backs Shami

Furious at the trolling of pacer Mohammed Shami on religious lines following India's defeat to Pakistan last week, Kohli said, "Attacking someone over religion is the most pathetic thing a human being can do… it is the lowest level of human potential one can operate at. We stand by Shami fully. We are backing him 200%. All those who have attacked him can come with more force if they want to (but) our brotherhood, our friendship within the team… nothing can be shaken". from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3bnMcdX via IFTTT

T20 World Cup: 'Killer' Miller clinches a thriller for South Africa

If two shots could ever decide the fate of a match, then this game was a classic example of it. Capitalising on two misfired length balls by Lahiru Kumara, David Miller, that old pro, blasted two massive sixes over the cow corner in the final over, to take South Africa to a nerve-wracking, four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a T20 World Cup Group I match in Sharjah on Saturday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3EyhPxI via IFTTT

Afghanistan's Asghar Afghan to retire from all formats after Namibia match

Senior Afghanistan batter Asghar Afghan will retire from all formats of the game after his side's T20 World Cup Super 12 match against Namibia here on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3BuQ7jF via IFTTT

Manchester United ease pressure on Solskjaer with 3-0 win at Spurs

Manchester United thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford in the Premier League on Saturday to ease the pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3nMRUvu via IFTTT

Relentless with our lengths, bowlers came up trumps: Morgan

England captain Eoin Morgan on Saturday heaped praise on his bowlers for their "relentless" discipline, saying they have come up "trumps" on different wickets to help the side inch closer to a T20 World Cup semifinal spot with three successive wins. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3vZhBNh via IFTTT

Australia face must-win matches against Bangladesh and WI: Finch

After suffering a defeat against England in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Australia skipper Aaron Finch admitted that his side now has to win its remaining two matches against Bangladesh and West Indies. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3ExxVrC via IFTTT

Buttler played hell of an innings and put pressure on us: Finch

Australia skipper Aaron Finch lavished praise on England team following the defeat of his side on Saturday in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Chris Jordan scalped three before Jos Buttler fired a stylish fifty to help England defeat Australia by eight wickets. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3q7uSCD via IFTTT

Barcelona held by Alaves in first game since Koeman sacking

Barcelona's miserable LaLiga campaign continued as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by lowly Alaves on Saturday in their first match since the sacking of coach Ronald Koeman. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3Evpzk7 via IFTTT

Sergio Aguero taken to a hospital after suffering chest pain

Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero has been taken to hospital after he suffered chest pain and complained about feeling dizzy during his side's 1-1 LaLiga draw with Alaves on Saturday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3pTEl0c via IFTTT

T20 World Cup: Can Team India break the New Zealand jinx?

These are two teams driven to similar states of desperation by defeat to the same opponent, Pakistan. Two teams with no lack of mutual respect, hoping to somehow claw and scratch their way past each other in Sunday's big-billing, winner-takes-all World Cup contest in Dubai. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3Exg1Fj via IFTTT

Boxing Worlds: Sumit beats Abdumalik to enter pre-quarters

Indian boxer Sumit (75kg) sailed into the pre-quarterfinals of the AIBA Men's World Championships on Saturday after notching up a comprehensive victory over Tajikistan's Abdumalik Boltaev. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3vYUVfT via IFTTT

T20 WC Live: England face Australia in high-voltage clash

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Kohli slams 'spineless people' for abusing Shami

Indian captain Virat Kohli on Saturday hit out at the "bunch of spineless people", reacting strongly to the torrent of social media abuse that was aimed at his pacer Mohammed Shami over his religion, following the team's loss to arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2Zuuv9L via IFTTT

T20 World Cup: On return, Quinton de Kock takes the knee

South African opener Quinton de Kock on Saturday took the knee before his team's T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka here, having pulled out of the side's last game after refusing to perform the gesture. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3GyhCMV via IFTTT

PV Sindhu loses in French Open semifinals

India's double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu failed to reach the women's singles summit clash after going down fighting to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in three games at the French Open badminton tournament on Saturday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3jOHbzw via IFTTT

Trent Boult hopes to swing it like Shaheen Shah Afridi

New Zealand's lead pacer Trent Boult is hoping to exploit India's frailties against left-arm fast bowling, taking up from where Shaheen Shah Afridi left off, in their vital Super 12 T20 World Cup match here on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3GAqS3b via IFTTT

Babar Azam breaks Virat Kohli's record

Pakistan captain Babar Azam is in the form of his life. Cricket fanatics are in awe with his stunning show in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, as he looks unstoppable! from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3ms2MQ3 via IFTTT

T20 World Cup Live Score: South Africa vs Sri Lanka

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T20 World Cup Live: South Africa face sluggish Sri Lanka

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Scaffolding to Sachin's desert storm: Sharjah's 40-year love of cricket

Sharjah's love affair with cricket extends into the Twenty20 World Cup as memories of Javed Miandad's last-ball six and Sachin Tendulkar's "desert storm" linger at the famed venue.​ from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3BuKe67 via IFTTT

Kashmiri girl wins world kickboxing gold

Tajamul Islam,13, is the first Kashmiri girl to have represented India and won the gold medal — in the under-14 age category — in World Kickboxing Championship held at Cairo in Egypt on October 22 . She was born in Tarkpora, a remote village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, 56km from Srinagar. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3nELQp2 via IFTTT

Criticism never bothered me, focused on my batting: Asif Ali

Pakistan batting sensation Asif Ali, who has grabbed headlines with his six-hitting prowess in last two T20 World Cup matches, insisted that he has never paid heed to criticism about his selection in the national squad. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3EuonO1 via IFTTT

WT20: De Kock likely to return as SA take on SL

As a buoyant, impressive-looking South Africa take on a patchy, unpredictable Sri Lanka in their Super 12 game at the T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Saturday afternoon, TOI takes a look at key things to look forward to in the clash. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3blrXgW via IFTTT

England still looking for the 'right' gesture against racism

Before the T20 World Cup began, the England team had plans to protest racism and any form of discrimination by wearing T-shirts with messages. However, when they arrived in the UAE, they were told by the International Cricket Council (ICC) that they would not be able to wear those T-shirts. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3w08DPN via IFTTT

WT20: England face Australia in high-voltage clash

The Ashes is the holy grail for any England or Australian cricketer. But that’s six weeks away. What’s more, much of the England squad who will face Australia in the T20 World Cup on Saturday in a Super 12 Group 1 clash do not play red-ball cricket. Only five of them (Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood) will be on the plane to Australia. Yet, both teams would like to score some brownie points in the blockbuster clash. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3bnOmKi via IFTTT

T20 WC: Southee wants NZ bowlers to adapt quickly to Dubai track

New Zealand will need to adjust quickly to the pace of the Dubai wicket if they want to defeat India when the teams meet in their crucial Twenty20 World Cup clash on Sunday, bowler Tim Southee said. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3jQCKUW via IFTTT

Behind Rishabh Pant's one-handed sixes, a sound technique

‘Unconventional’, ‘freak’ and 'ridiculous' are just a few words that are casually used to describe Rishabh Pant’s game. His audacious approach towards his batting has often bordered on recklessness. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3w0Ba80 via IFTTT

We knew Asif Ali will deliver when needed, says Babar Azam

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam had no doubt that Asif Ali will deliver when required as the dashing batter went on a six-hitting spree to seal a five-wicket win against Afghanistan in a T20 World Cup game in Dubai. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3jPJPVN via IFTTT

Afghanistan make plea to fans after crowd chaos during Pak game

Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi pleaded for T20 World Cup calm on Friday after thousands of ticketless fans tried to storm the Dubai Stadium for the high-profile clash against neighbours Pakistan. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3jOVqEH via IFTTT