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Waqar Younis apologises 'with folded hands' after controversial remark
Younis, who is also the Pakistan cricket team's former bowling coach and resigned just a month before the start of the ICC T20 World Cup, was slammed by former India cricketers and commentators for his controversial statement that opener Mohammad Rizwan offering namaz "in front of Hindus (during the match) was very special to him".
England in 'uncharted territory' as they take on Bangladesh
England, who are the No.1 ranked T20I side, thus come into their match against Bangladesh with some wariness, careful not to underestimate the challenge of a side that has beaten the likes of Australia and New Zealand on home soil recently. The teams have had contrasting runs so far in the tournament. While England crushed West Indies, reducing the defending champions to 55 in their opening match, Bangladesh were rattled by Scotland before they made it to the 'Super 12', where they lost their first match to Sri Lanka despite posting a strong total. Another loss will make their hopes of progressing to the next round difficult.
T20 World Cup: Asif-Malik late blitz, Rauf's four-fer help Pakistan beat Kiwis
The victory sends Pakistan back above Afghanistan to the top of Group 2 with two wins from two matches in the tournament. A sensational bowling performance by Haris Rauf, (4/22) helped Pakistan restrict New Zealand to 134/8 in 20 overs. Apart from Rauf, fellow pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, Imad Wasim, and Hafeez picked up a wicket each on the sluggish pitch at Sharjah.
Shiva Thapa, Deepak Bhoria, Sumit advance at Men's World Boxing
Seasoned boxer Shiva Thapa, Deepak Bhoria, and Sumit won their respective bouts on Tuesday to advance in the competition. The bronze medal winner of the 2015 edition and reigning national champion, Thapa looked in good touch against Kenya's Victor Nyadera in the 63.5kg round-of-64 match. With technical supremacy, the boxer from Assam kept control over his opponent throughout the bout before recording a victory by a unanimous margin.
Feels great to win, we'll look to carry forward confidence, says Pak skipper Babar
Haris Rauf's superb bowling followed by Asif Ali and Shoaib Malik's late blitz helped Pakistan beat New Zealand by five wickets in a Super 12 match of the Men's T20 World Cup 2021 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The victory sends Pakistan back above Afghanistan to the top of Group 2 with two wins from two matches in the tournament. Babar also praised Malik and Asif Ali for their match-winning partnership.
From La Liga to Six Nations, Ahmedabad IPL franchise owner has seen sports portfolio spiral
This past August, when the Luxembourg-based firm, which picked up the Ahmedabad IPL franchise for a little over Rs 5,600 crore on Monday, invested 2.7 billion euros in the Spanish football league, La Liga, the deal was not ratified by three top clubs – Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.
Virat an absolutely amazing talent, says Gavaskar
Following the dismissal of openers KL Rahul (3) and Rohit Sharma (0) early in Powerplays, the India skipper played with a "great sense of responsibility", scoring 57 off 49 deliveries to at least give his side a fighting total of 151/7. However, Pakistan, riding on a superb bowling performance from paceman Shaheen Afridi (3/31) and an unbeaten opening partnership of 152 runs between Mohammad Rizwan (79 not out) and Babar Azam (68 not out), scored a 10-wicket win over India.
T20 World Cup: New Zealand, an unpleasant opposition for Team India at ICC events
Time and again, New Zealand have proved that they are one of the toughest opponents for India in the ICC tournaments with the latest being the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June. India have outclassed every challenging opposition team at the ICC events in the last one decade or so, but they have failed to solve the mystery of Black Caps.
Will anger and revenge be on Pakistan's mind when they take on New Zealand?
The animosity created by the Black Caps' last-minute cancellation of the limited-overs series in Pakistan in September has been too hard to digest for Babar Azam's players, and even the new Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja, besides several former cricketers, including Shoaib Akhtar among others, have asked the team to go all out and take "revenge".
West Indies' 'famed' hard hitters hoping to fire up campaign vs SA
While defending champions West Indies were hammered by England in what was perhaps the worst show by the Kieron Pollard-led side in T20 World Cups, getting bundled out for just 55 runs, Australia, riding on the heroics of Marcus Stoinis, defeated the Proteas with just two balls remaining. Having both endured opening-match losses at the tournament, the two sides meet in Dubai later on Tuesday, with the loser staring down the prospects of falling too far behind in the semifinal race.
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