India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Monday said he is not averse to leading the national team if an opportunity comes knocking at his door in the near future
Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan lavished praise on India's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, saying the 28-year-old pacer is the best in the world at the moment across all formats
Bumrah (23.3-8-42-5) was at the heart of India's swift and brutal counter-attack
Mohammed Shami bowled a magical over to get two wickets in three balls as India forced South Africa to press the panic button going into tea at 176 for 7
KL Rahul has made a huge gain of 18 slots to reach 31st position among batters in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings
Kohli is missing out on the match owing to an upper back spasm
The 28-year old Bumrah twisted his right ankle on his follow-through during the 11th over of South Africa's first innings and immediately went down on the ground
South Africa captain Dean Elgar feels the Indian pace attack has improved immensely, especially in overseas, and Jasprit Bumrah is best placed to exploit the 'spicy' conditions in the rainbow nation
The pacer on Friday became India's leading wicket taker in the shortest format
Skipper Babar Azam stroked his way to 68 while his opening partner, Mohammad Rizwan, smashed 79 as the Indian bowlers struggled to contain the two batters
In terms of numbers, India have an all-win record against their arch-rivals in the T20 World Cup since its inception in 2007
Captaining the side with Kohli only taking the field to bowl, Rohit showed sublime touch alongside opening partner Rahul as India chased down Australia's 152 for five in 17.5 overs
At the toss, captain Kohli said that KL Rahul will open for India in this World Cup, and the right-hander displayed his class at the top with scintillating 24-ball 54 and provided India fiery start
MI has made two changes in its playing 11, bringing in Krunal Pandya and Piyush Chawla for Saurabh Tiwary and Jayant Yadav. Check SRH vs MI live toss and playing 11 updates here
Mumbai might bring some changes in its bowling department given Sharjah's wicket is low and slow. Check Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians playing 11 and live toss updates here
Mumbai Indians has also made one change, Jayant Yadav comes in for Rahul Chahar. Check Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals playing 11 and toss result here
Iyer (53 off 30), playing his second IPL game, displayed the wide range of his strokes alongside Rahul Tripathi (74 not out off 42) to enable KKR to chase MI's modest total of 155 for six
Chasing 157, Mumbai Indians could manage only 136 for 8 in their chase. Check MI vs CSK full scorecard and highlights here
Rohit Sharma is going through a fitness test ahead of toss. Check CSK vs MI live toss and playing 11 updates here
With 8 points, Mumbai Indians is currently in fourth place on the IPL 2021 points table. The defending champions have won three and lost four of their seven matches so far