Patty Jenkins
T20 World Cup: Kohli's India have only pride to play for against Namibia
New Zealand's victory over Afghanistan earlier in the day ended India's faint hopes of making the semi-finals. India's league-stage exit is their poorest performance in an ICC event since 2012 and their last outing marks Kohli's final game as T20I captain. The game against Namibia will also see Ravi Shastri wear the head coach's hat for one final time.
T20 World Cup: Unbeaten Pakistan beat Scotland by 72 runs, finish as Group 2 toppers
The win was set-up by a clinical batting performance by Pakistan, registering 189/4 in their 20 overs. It was started by a classy 66 off 47 balls by captain Babar Azam and ended with an unbeaten 18-ball 54 blitzkrieg by Shoaib Malik. In between, Mohammad Hafeez chipped in with an important cameo of 31 off 19 balls.
T20 World Cup: Rashid Khan becomes quickest bowler to take 400 T20 wicket
With this, Rashid joined an elite list of cricketers, who have scalped 400 wickets in T20 cricket. He is the 4th bowler after Dwayne Bravo (553), Sunil Narine (425), and Imran Tahir (420) to achieve the milestone. The 23-year-old spinner achieved the feat in his 289th T20 match and New Zealand opening batsman Martin Guptill became his 400th victim in T20.
T20 World Cup: New Zealand beat Afghanistan by 8 wickets to qualify for semis; India knocked out
With this win, New Zealand not only made it to the semi-finals but also knocked out both Afghanistan and India from the tournament. This is the third time that New Zealand have made it to the semi-finals in T20 World Cups following 2007 and 2016. Riding on a fighting fifty by Najibullah Zadran (73 off 48), Afghanistan posted a respectable 124/8 in 20 overs.
T20 World Cup: Automatic Super 12 qualifiers confirmed for 2022 edition
From the 12 automatic qualifiers for next year's tournament -- the 12 teams that made the Super 12 this year -- eight will go straight through to the Super 12. Those eight teams are hosts Australia, England, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
Taliban wanted ICC to replace Afghan flag, make changes to national anthem
The ICC - the global governing body for cricket - does not recognise the Taliban as a legitimate ruling force in Afghanistan. A source in Afghanistan's cricket board told TRT World that because the ICC had drafted the match fixtures for the T20 World Cup before the Taliban took over Kabul on August 15, it could not disqualify the team at the last minute.
T20 World Cup: Dwayne Bravo represents West Indies for last time, Gayle also hints same
After his last innings for West Indies, the star all-rounder walked off to applause from the audience, hugs from his teammates, and respect from the opposition. In bowling, Bravo remained wicketless and conceded 36 runs in his quota of four overs. Following his side's loss to Sri Lanka on Thursday, Bravo had confirmed he would be hanging up his boots.
Net Run Rate zooms after Scotland win, but India still in a desperate situation
Following two big defeats -- to Pakistan by 10 wickets and New Zealand by eight wickets -- in the Group 2 'Super 12' stage, India were down to fifth on the points table with an abysmal Net Run Rate (NRR). But emphatic victories over Afghanistan and Scotland have seen them do one part right -- drastically improve the NRR.
T20 World Cup: India thrash Scotland by 8 wickets, give net run rate a big push
As expected, India came out all guns blazing. Rohit Sharma began with a slice over point. In the next over, Rahul cracked three boundaries through leg-side off Bradley Wheal. Rahul, in the mood to finish things quickly, slammed back-to-back boundaries off Alasdair Evans followed by Sharma creaming a loft over extra cover.
T20 World Cup: New Zealand hammer Namibia, move closer to semis
With this win, New Zealand climbed to the second spot in the Group 2 points table of the mega-event. Chasing a challenging target, Namibia were unable to take advantage of the fielding restrictions as the New Zealand bowlers gave away just two boundaries in the first five overs and kept a leash on the scoring. Michael van Lingen struck a six and a four in the sixth over to make a better reading of the scoreboard at the end of the Power-play.
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