T20 World Cup 2021

After Tabraiz Shamsi and Dwaine Pretorius took identical figures of 3/17 to bowl out Sri Lanka for 142 all out, South Africa were in trouble at 112/6 as Wanindu Hasaranga's hat-trick turned the game in Sri Lanka's favour. But Miller and Rabada chased down 25 runs in the last two overs to give South Africa their second successive win of the tournament.

"We obviously will come up against some quality bowlers all around the world in this competition. Hence, the intensity at which this tournament operates at is very different. We have played against these individuals for a long time. It is not something out of the ordinary that's gonna come our way. It all depends on how we take the field mentally and how we counter that. If Trent says he wants to replicate what Shaheen did against us, then he is motivated to do so.

South Africa struck at regular intervals, which made run-scoring a difficult task for Sri Lanka on a used pitch. Apart from Pathum Nissanka's 72 off 58 balls, no other batter could play a knock of significance. After electing to bowl first, Anrich Nortje started things off by disturbing Kusal Perera's stumps in power-play. Nissanka soldiered on to hit boundaries and paced his knock with perfection despite losing partners from other end.

Pandya was seen practicing bowling in the nets on Friday morning in a short video posted by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The video showed India's nets session where Pandya while not bowling at full tilt,  could be spotted rolling his arm over and sending down at least half-a-dozen deliveries.

After winning the toss, Bavuma said that Quinton de Kock comes in for Heinrich Klaasen in the playing eleven. "The team is feeling much better, de Kock is in a much better state. The first 5 overs will be key for us. We are expecting the pitch to be different here in Sharjah. We are expecting it to be a slow and low wicket." Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka said that they are playing with an unchanged eleven. "We have played a couple of games, so the ball might keep low

Currently placed fifth in a group of six teams, India now needs to win the rest of their matches starting from the one against New Zealand, a task which is easier said than done. Across all matches in the men's T20 World Cups, India and New Zealand have met twice with the Blackcaps winning both times, in 2007 and 2016.

Though more than 16,000 tickets were issued for the night game between Pakistan and Afghanistan, thousands of ticketless fans travelled to the venue and then attempted to force their entry into the stadium, the ICC said in a statement late on Friday.

India lost the opening ICC T20 World Cup 'Super 12' game to arch-rivals Pakistan by 10 wickets and Murali said that India, barring Bumrah, not having a genuine fast bowler like Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi or Haris Rauf, was a cause for concern. "One thing that has been clear at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 is that the best teams have strong bowling attacks. Pakistan have been dangerous because of the pace of Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi

With this, Pakistan completed hat-trick of wins in the ongoing T20 World Cup and they are at the top of the points table in Group 2. Imad Wasim was Pakistan's standout bowler with two wickets for 25 runs while Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, and Shadab Khan bagged a wicket each.

England skipper Eoin Morgan said on Friday that Australia, their opponents for Saturday's match in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, are a very strong side. He also believes that Australia are the joint second-favourites to win the tournament. Both England and Australia sit at first and second place in Group 1 with back-to-back wins, making the clash in Dubai an important one.