T20 Cricket

Cricket’s T20 World Cup starts Saturday under a bitter‑sour build-up marred by political turmoil, Bangladesh flung out and Pakistan refusing to play arch-rivals and co-hosts India. Ultimately, Pakistan will play the first ball of the tournament with a very disorderly lead-in when they take on Netherlands in Colombo in the opener. Holders and pre-tournament favourites India will open the tournament in the night match on day one against the United States in Mumbai with a nation of more than a billion cricket followers looking to them

Sunday night at a packed Dubai International Stadium, the Desert Vipers won their first DP World ILT20 trophy, defeating MI Emirates by 46 runs. Oasis Vipers clinched USD 700,000 and the Black Belt while MI Emirates picked USD 300,000. Curran clobbered an unbeaten 74 from 51 balls, with eight boundaries and two sixes, to help take his team to the formidable score of 182/4. He was ably assisted by Max Holden (41 off 32) and Dan Lawrence’s (23 off 15) late surge. Naseem Shah (3/18), Usman Tariq

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders remained in the running for the DP World ILT20 Season 4 title when it outplayed Dubai Capitals by 50 runs in the Eliminator at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday. Sparks had flown from both bat and ball right since the start of this maiden game at The Boland Park, and although Michael Pepper (0) contributed somewhat to his own downfall - caught off a leading edge two balls in to get Pretorius off the mark in T20 cricket

Rajasthan Royals' Indian batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi on Monday became the youngest to score a senior T20 century at 14 years and 32 days with his match-winning innings against Gujarat Titans in the IPL. Left-hand batsman Suryavanshi, who on 19 April at Indore became the youngest debutant in the IPL, slammed 100 from 35 balls to rape the opposition attack with seven in fours and 11 in sixes at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Suryavanshi erased the previous mark of 18 years and 118 days which

In a historic moment, spinner Sunil Narine received cricket's first-ever red card during the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), igniting a debate on the impact of penalties for slow over-rates. CPL organizers introduced the red card rule to expedite gameplay, requiring teams falling behind the over-rate to lose a player and field with six inside the restriction circle. Kieron Pollard, captain of the Trinbago Knight Riders, expressed his disbelief at the rule, showcasing the sport's evolving approach to balancing tradition and modern expectations. The

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma reached a major landmark on Tuesday as he became the first Indian batsman to hit 400 sixes inT20 cricket. Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma added yet another feat to his name on Tuesday as he became the first Indian batsman to hit 400 sixes in T20 cricket. The 34-year-old achieved the milestone against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 51 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Sharjah on Tuesday. Apart from Rohit, no other Indian batsman has

Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid has backed T20 cricket to become an Olympic sport saying that he is all for the expansion of the game. Manoj Badale, lead owner of the IPL franchise Rajasthan in association with Simon Hughes on Friday announced the launch of their new book, 'A New Innings'. The book was launched through a virtual seminar and Dravid also took part in the seminar. 'Get into the Olympics': Rahul Dravid "I think it will be great if the T20 format

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Gautam Gambhir, the former India batsman, believes it will be a "shame" and "Indian cricket's misfortune" if Rohit Sharma isn't considered for the full-time white-ball captaincy going forward. Gambhir was speaking on ESPNcricinfo's T20 Time Out soon after Sharma led Mumbai Indians to their fifth IPL crown, by beating the Delhi Capitals by five wickets in Dubai. Apart from leaving his mark as a captain on the field, Sharma killed off the chase by scoring a quickfire 68 to set up an easy win. "If Rohit