T20 World Cup 2021

While the Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson said that the "Evolution of the England white-ball side has been significant over a number of years", his opposite number Morgan said, "We know how consistent they've been over the last number of World Cups", highlighting their mutual respect for each other.

With Virat Kohli relinquishing the T20I captaincy, the Chetan Sharma-led National Selection Committee appointed Rohit as the captain of the squad while KL Rahul is the designated vice-captain. This will also be the first assignment for the new head coach Rahul Dravid, who takes over the reins from Ravi Shastri.

He further added that India doesn't have to think long-term when it comes to appointing a new T20I skipper, saying that the next T20 World Cup will be played in Australia next year. Kohli's tenure as India's T20I captain came to an end on Monday as the Men in Blue suffered an early exit from ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE.

After Ravindra Jadeja (3/16), Ravichandran Ashwin (3/20) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/19) excelled in restricting Namibia to 132/8, clinical half-centuries from Rohit Sharma (56 off 37 balls) and KL Rahul (54 not out off 36 balls) propelled India as they chased down the total, making 136/1 with 28 balls remaining.

On Sunday, India's bowling coach Bharat Arun had said that the workload could have had a toll on the players. To this, Kapil Dev said that Indian players should have had a break after the second leg of IPL 2021 before they headed to the T20 World Cup. Kapil further added that the Indian cricket board should start planning to groom players for the upcoming major events.

He also said that though Chris Gayle was an "absolute legend" of the game, he didn't have the type of tournament that the fans would have hoped for. The two-time World T20 champions bowed out after managing only one win in their 'Super 12' Group 1 and finished fifth among six teams. Among the reasons being cited for the Kieron Pollard-led side's debacle is the fact that several key players were over the hill

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.

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.

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.

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.