T20 World Cup 2022
T20 World Cup: England beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets to qualify for semifinals, knock Australia out of the fray
With this win, England also knocked out defending champions Australia from the tournament. On the other hand, Sri Lanka were already out of the semifinals race before the game.
Allow Virat Kohli to play at his No.3 spot; let him feel comfortable there: Ricky Ponting
Virat Kohli has scored most of his centuries and made his maximum contributions coming in at his favourite No.3 slot, though he scored his maiden T20I century -- 122 not out vs Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup in the UAE -- opening the innings.
T20 World Cup: New Zealand are first team to qualify for semis, Australia's future lies in England, Sri Lanka's hands
After New Zealand beat Ireland by 35 runs in their final Super 12 group, defending champions Australia needed to win by 185 runs against Afghanistan to overtake the Net Run-Rate of their Trans-Tasman rivals. However, the hosts could only score 168 for 8 in 20 overs after being invited to bat first by Afghanistan, allowing New Zealand to qualify for the knockout stage.
T20 World Cup: Australia survive Rashid Khan cameo to win by four runs, keep semifinal hope alive
After Glenn Maxwell made an unbeaten 54 off 32 balls to carry Australia to a competitive 168/6, Gulbadin Naib and Ibrahim Zadran were leading Afghanistan to a famous win with their 59-run stand-off 46 balls for the third wicket. But Australia made a comeback, triggering an Afghanistan collapse from 99/2 to 103/6.
T20 World Cup: Glenn Maxwell's 54 not out carries Australia to 168/6 against Afghanistan
In a batting line-up where captain Aaron Finch and finisher Tim David were missing due to hamstring injuries, Maxwell hit six fours and two sixes at a strike-rate of 168.75 and found some support from Mitchell Marsh (45 off 30 balls) to give something to defend for their bowlers.
T20 World Cup: Green signal to express himself fearlessly behind Suryakumar's ascent to top of T20I rankings
Suryakumar Yadav capped off a tremendous period of dominance on Wednesday when he overtook Pakistan wicketkeeper-opener Mohammad Rizwan to become just the second India player to hold the No.1 spot in Men's Player Rankings for T20I batters.
CLOSE-IN: Indian cricket team looks mentally confident and strong
The only glitch at present in the Indian armoury is the batting form of their captain, Rohit Sharma. The class player that he is, it is only time when he too will flourish. India have three of their four top-order batters amongst runs and that is a huge confidence-builder for them.
Indian fans right behind their team; Australian followers not really backing Aaron Finch and his boys, opines Healy
Finch's side is in a precarious situation with just one Super 12 game -- against Afghanistan later on Friday at the Adelaide Oval -- to be played. The defending champions need either England or New Zealand to be on the wrong end of surprise loss or crush Afghanistan to receive a huge net run rate (NRR) boost.
Form is temporary but class is permanent, Jayawardene praises Kohli after his historic milestone
Virat Kohli reached the milestone when he crossed 16 runs in the seventh over of India's innings, going Jayawardene's record tally of 1016 runs. After his match-winning knock (64 not out off 44) versus Bangladesh, the Indian batter now has 1065 runs with an average of 88.75 and a strike rate of more than 132.46 in T20 World Cups.
T20 World Cup: My focus was always on consistency, says Arshdeep Singh
But after rain changed Bangladesh's target to 151 in 16 overs, Arshdeep landed the killer blow on the side's chances of making an upset win. In the 12th over, he took out Afif Hossain and Shakib Al Hasan by having them caught in the deep in a bid to go for the big shots.
T20 World Cup: Shadab, Iftikhar, Shaheen keep Pakistan's slim semifinal hopes alive with 33-run win over South Africa
The victory for Pakistan, who made 185/9 in 20 overs and restricted South Africa to 108/9 in 14 overs as per the adjustments by the DLS method, in Super 12s also meant that they maintained their perfect record over the Proteas in the history of Men's T20 World Cups with their fourth victory in as many meetings.
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