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ICC T20 WC: Bangladesh through to Super 12 with 84-run win over PNG

Bangladesh recovered from their opening game loss to Scotland as they thrashed Paua New Guinea by 84 runs to enter the Super 12s of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Thursday.

Leadership will be key in Indo-Pak clash in T20 World Cup: Hayden

Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden says leadership will be key in the much anticipated India-Pakistan T20 World Cup clash in "dogfight conditions" in Dubai on Sunday

Big shame that we don't have Stokes, Archer for World Cup: Roy

Swashbuckling England opener Jason Roy on Thursday said missing the superstar duo of Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer for the T20 World Cup is a "big shame"

T20 World Cup: Inzamam picks India as best suited to win in Gulf conditions

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has picked India as the favourite to win the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Oman and United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 70 runs in T20 World Cup, qualify for Super 12s

Sri Lanka registered a massive 70-run win over Ireland in a Group A match to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Sent in to bat, Wanindu Hasaranga (71) and Pathum Nissanka (61) hit scintillating half-centuries as Sri Lanka recovered from a top-order collapse to post a competitive 171 for 7. The former champions then dished out a clinical bowling display, led by Maheesh Theekshana (3/17), to dismiss Ireland for 101 in 18.3 overs to claim their second successive win of the tournament and top the group with four points. Ireland couldn't get any momentum during their chase and lost wickets in regular intervals to eventually fall way short of the target. Andrew Balbirnie's men will now have to beat Namibia to make the Super 12s. Earlier, left-arm medium-pacer Josh Little (4/23) returned with his best figures but the other bowlers couldn't sustain the pressure on Sri Lanka batters. Brief scores: Sri Lanka: 171 for 7 in 20 overs (Wanindu Hasaranga

IND vs AUS warm-up match highlights: India beats Australia by 9 wickets

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

Sri Lanka want to win all three group games to be in a 'good state of mind'

Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka has said the aim of the former World T20 champions will be to win all three First Round Group games to ensure they are in a "good state of mind"

Win T20 World Cup & Ashes, or face major shake-up: Gilchrist warns Aussies

Adam Gilchrist feels these are uncertain times for his side, and that there could be a major "shake-up" if the Aaron Finch-led side fails in ICC T20 World Cup -- currently underway in UAE and Oman

Namibia stun Netherlands by 6 wickets in T20 World Cup first round match

Debutants Namibia stunned higher-ranked Netherlands by six wickets to notch up their maiden win in a T20 World Cup first round match here on Wednesday. Experienced David Wiese, who has earlier played 24 T20Is for South Africa, top-scored with a 40-ball 66 not out as Namibia chased done the target of 165 with one over to spare. Captain Gerhard Erasmus contributed a useful 22-ball 32. Earlier, opener Max O'Dowd (70) struck his second consecutive half-century and shared a 82-run stand with Colin Ackermann (35) as the Netherlands posted a competitive 164 for 4 in the Group A match. O'Dowd, who had hit 51 against Ireland in the previous match, expressed himself freely, going after the bowlers. At times he played uppish shots, not exactly in control but still kept finding the gaps to keep the scoreboard going. His 57-ball knock had six fours and a six. Brief Scores: Netherlands: 164 for 4 in 20 overs (M O'Dowd 70, C Ackermann 35; J Frylinck 2/36). Namibia: 166 for 4 in 19 overs (Davi

India gear up for T20 WC with 9-wicket win over Aus in final warm-up game

India defeated Australia by nine wickets in their second and final T20 World Cup warm-up match here on Wednesday. Opting to bat, Australia recovered from a top-order collapse to post 152 for five, riding on Steven Smith's 48-ball 57 and a 25-ball 41 not out from Marcus Stoinis. Rohit Sharma then slammed a 41-ball 60 as India chased down the target with 13 balls to spare. Brief Scores: Australia: 152 for 5 in 20 overs (Steven Smith 57; R Ashwin 2/8). India: 153 for 1 in 17.5 overs (Rohit Sharma 60; Ashton Agar 1/14).

Pakistan, India need a cricketing bond: PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja

Pakistan-India matches are actively anticipated with temperatures running high among fans from both sides of the border.

Hardik expected to bowl when Indian T20 WC campaign begins: Rohit

Rohit, who is leading the side in the warm-up game against Australia as Virat Kohli has been rested, said the team needs a sixth bowler during the showpiece.

Delhi HC restrains broadcast of ICC T20 World Cup by rogue websites

The Delhi High Court has restrained rogue websites from streaming the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 in violation of the exclusive broadcasting rights held by Star Channels and Disney+ Hotstar. While hearing a plea by Star India Pvt Ltd, Justice Sanjeev Narula said if an ex-parte interim injunction is not granted at this stage against rogue websites, an irreparable loss will be inflicted upon the exclusive broadcaster which has a prima facie case in its favour. Till the next date of hearing before this court, the interim injunction is granted in favour of the Plaintiffs, the judge said and issued summons on the suit and listed it for further hearing on February 22. Defendants Nos. 1 to 7 (rogue websites) (and such other websites and entities which are discovered during the course of the proceedings ) are restrained from, in any manner, communicating to the public, hosting, reproducing, streaming, broadcasting, re-broadcasting, re-transmitting, exhibiting, and/ or making available for

IND vs ENG warm-up match highlights: India beats England by 7 wickets

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

ICC T20 World Cup warm-up matches full schedule, timings, streaming details

India will play its second and last practice match against Australia on October 20 at ICC Cricket Academy ground and the match will start at (3:30 pm IST)

Need to improve in lot of area but will take the win: Mahmudullah

Bangladesh eked out a scrappy win over Oman here on Tuesday

It's always an option: Morgan on dropping himself from playing eleven

England skipper Eoin Morgan is open to dropping himself during the T20 World Cup

Scrappy Bangladesh stay alive in T20 World Cup with 26-run win over Oman

Bangladesh kept their hopes of advancing to Super 12s stage alive with a nervy 26-run win over co-hosts Oman in their Group B match of the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday

T20 WC: Doubting David Warner is an 'absolute no-no', says Maxwell

Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has backed teammate David Warner after the opener's first-ball duck in the World Cup warm-up game against New Zealand on Monday night

T20 WC: Agarkar picks Shardul ahead of Bhuvneshwar in India's playing XI

Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar reckons that Virat Kohli can look at Ravindra Jadeja as one of the top-order batters in the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup