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South Africa defeated India by five wickets in the Super 12 stage in Perth on Sunday, October 30. Pakistan’s chances to reach the semi-final went in vain as India lost to South Africa in the super 12 stages.   Winning the toss skipper Rohit Sharma decided to bat first. They got off to a horrible start losing half of their side in just 49 runs in 8.3 overs . Their top orders went early without scoring many runs. The South African pacer Lungi Ngidi was the main wicket-taker who destroyed the Indian top-order taking 4 big wickets during an important spell of four overs bowling on a pacy track. The Proteas dominated the game from the very beginning. When India kept losing their wickets on a regular basis Suryakumar Yadav , stood alone at one side keeping his mind calm. With a positive attitude and patience, he made 68 off 40 balls . He almost single-handedly got India to 133/9. South Africa rattled early chasing the target. They lost the hero of the previous match Railee Rossouw an...

After losing to South Africa by a huge margin, Bangladesh takes on Zimbabwe at the Gabba in Brisbane. So far, team Bangladesh we're not seen up to the mark in this World Cup, in their previous match they got badly trashed by South Africa by a big margin of 104-runs. Winning the toss Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan elected to bat first. A brilliant 71 runs off 55 balls by the opener Najmul Hossain Shanto helped the tigers put in a competitive total of 150 runs losing 7 wickets . Chasing a decent target of 151 runs Zimbabwe got off to a bad start losing their top orders early in the powerplay. Their star all-rounder Sikander Raza also failed to open his account and went back for a duck. The veteran Zimbabwe batter Williams fought till the last with Ryan Burl but unfortunately, he got run out by Shakib Al Hasan.   A brilliant game of cricket has been displayed by both teams. Bangladesh hold their nerves till the last moment of the game and won the match by 3 runs in the fina...

Pakistan and their never-ending drama continue as they get a massive blow from Zimbabwe heading into the race of semi-finals on the ongoing t20 World Cup at Perth on   October 27, They endured a shocking defeat from  Zimbabwe by one run in the super 12 encounters and now are in the danger of an early exit from the t20 World   Cup 2022.  Winning the toss Zimbabwe  decided to bat first. Their opener Wesley Madhevere and Craig Ervine gave them a good start. They scored a quick 42 runs in 4 overs. After then they lost Ervine to Haris Rauf and in the very next over Madhevere got out. However, they managed to put in a low total of 130 losing 8 wickets. Pakistan starts the run chase in a poor way losing their skipper early. Babar Azam's struggle continued as he went cheaply scoring 4 runs. After his dismissal, Muzarbani comes into action, and he takes the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan on 14 . Two huge Powerplay wickets gave Zimbabwe the confidence to pu...

 After beating Pakistan in a thrilling match on Sunday, October 23. India takes on the Netherlands today.  Winning the toss Indian skipper Rohit Sharma elected to bat against the Netherlands in their T20 World Cup match at the SCG . India lost KL Rahul in the third over of the innings, then Kohli comes in and joins the skipper from the other side. Rohit anchored the innings from there and he scored a quick fifty . Joining the party Kohli scored his second consecutive half century of this tournament. He remained unbeaten on 62* of 44 balls with Surya Kumar Yadav.   Yadav ended the innings with a huge six off the last ball to get to his own half century . Surya was seen smashing the Netherlands  bowlers all over the park. With the brilliant batting display India scored 179 losing 2 wickets . With the three top orders crucial knock India puts the Netherlands under a tough fight. For the Orange Caps Fred Klaseen and Paul Van Meekeren took one wicket each. Th...

South Africa won by 104 runs against Bangladesh in their second Group 2 match in the Super 12, in Sydney on October 27 . The South Africans were very unlucky in their last match against Zimbabwe when the left-hand opener Quinton de cock played a fiery inning to put South Africa almost on the edge of victory but, suddenly the rain interrupts and spoils their victory that results in saving the Zimbabwean team from defeat.  Meanwhile,  Having  a win under their belt against the Netherlands in the previous match team Bangladesh is now all set for today's match. It is a big match for both teams to keep themselves alive in the game. Winning the toss South Africa opted to bat first keeping the weather conditions in mind. Their skipper Temba Bavuma got out early and after then it was all the 33-year-old Rossouw's show.  Riley Rossouw today showcased his all-batting skills with a powerful knock of 109 in 59 balls . While de-cock made 63 in 38 balls.  They p...

This ongoing t20 World Cup is giving us all the twists and turns. Once again rain played the role of a villain for England and gave Ireland a win through the DLS method on Wednesday, October 26.  England fell 5 runs short of the Irish total in terms of the D/L method which gave Ireland a stunning win over England in their cricket history.  Restricting the Ireland team to a total of 157 runs in 19.2 overs after the firing start. England chasing the score of 158 runs  was on 105 for 5 in 14.3 overs. They were hardly seen getting any kind of momentum going on their way during the run chase. They kept losing their wickets on a regular basis. None of the England batsmen were seen comfortable playing the Irish bowling attack. The Irish bowlers showed some brilliant skills with the new ball in hand, moving it in both ways in their second innings. England was 29/3 at one stage. However, at one point it looked like Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone would save the day for them,...

Australia wins over by 7 wickets against the Asia Cup winners with 21 balls remaining. The hosts take on The Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka in Perth today. After suffering a humiliating 89- run defeat against the Kiwis  the hosts today takes on the Lankans lions . The Sri Lankan pacers have supported their spinners so well throughout their campaign which gave high confidence to their team in producing some good results. Though their batting was not that good when they suffered a shocking loss to Namibia in their opening match of the tournament after then they backed themselves very soon and delivered some excellent all-round performances to qualify for the Super12 stage. Aussie skipper Aron Finch chose to bowl first after winning the toss. It is a must-win game for them.  The Lankan opener Kushal Mendis got out early by Pat Cummins for 5 runs. Australia manages to keep the Srilankan batsman quiet without giving away too many runs in the power play. The pressure created by...

Rain a bandoned the t20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 match between South Africa and Zimbabwe at Blundstone Arena in Bellerive, on Monday. Finally, the start and stop nature of the game comes to an end as the match gets canceled due to rain. Both teams shared one point each.  After rain delayed the start of the match between South Africa and Zimbabwe , the overs were reduced to nine for each team. Zimbabwe put in a total of 79 runs losing 5 wickets in 9 overs. Wesley Madhevere smashed 35* runs in 18 balls. Chasing a target of 80 runs, The left-hander South African opener Quinton de Kock put his team firmly in control with 23 runs from the very first over before the rain played spoilsport again. After a few minutes, the rain interrupted again. South Africa reached 51 in just 3 overs without losing any wickets. They were seen on the top of the game from the very first beginning of the run chase inching towards the victory but unfortunately, the Rain comes again and spoils the ...

The Tigers start the super 12 campaign with a thrilling win against the Orange Caps by 9 Runs. Winning the toss Netherland skipper put Bangladesh to bat first due to the overcast conditions, in the Group 2 clash at the Bellerive Oval on Monday, October 24. The Netherlands is one most promising teams who have made their way from stage 1 to super 12. The Dutch made two changes, the veteran spinner Roelof van der Merwe gets out of injury. He was replaced by Shariz Ahmad and Logan van Beek comes in place of Timm Van der Gugten . The opers provided a good start to Bangladesh scoring quick 40 runs in 4 overs. After then they lost their first wicket in the form of Soumya Sarkar . The important dismissal of Soumya Sarkar boost the level of confidence for the Dutch bowlers from where they picked another wicket. The Dutch discipline bowling attack restricted the Tigers to a fighting total of 144. Afif Hossain was the top scorer for Bangladesh scoring 38 valuable runs in 27 balls accompanie...

Virat's brilliant knock of unbeaten 82 gives a big Diwali gift to India. Well, all the wait gets over. Finally, the match day has arrived. The fear of Rain went away and the fans who have waited long for this clash have brought their own ray of light to the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia on Sunday. After the Asia Cup, all the cricketing fans across the globe wanted to witness again a high-voltage match between India and Pakistan.  Winning the toss, skipper Rohit Sharma chose to bowl first keeping the overcast condition in the mind at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Pakistani openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan went out early to the Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh in the powerplay. It was an excellent opening spell by India's bowlers. Babar went without scoring and Mohammad Rizwan scored 4 in 12 balls. Swinging deliveries from both ends were creating trouble for the Pakistani batters in the middle.  After then Iftikhar Ahmed came to the middle taking the responsibility on h...

Srilanka defeated Ireland by 9 wickets  After thrashing the Windies Ireland takes on Srilanka in their first Super 12  in Hobart on October 23 (Sunday). Getting confidence from the previous match defeating the Windies, The Irish captain Andrew Balbirnie elected to bat first after winning the toss. However, they could not get the kind of start they had wanted. Skipper Balbirnie went out early in the second over. The Irish players were seen in deep trouble facing the Srilankan bowling attack. The previous match hero Paul Starling also failed to score runs freely as the Lankan bowlers were giving them less room, not allowing them to score runs easily. None of the Irish batters was able to resist the Lankan Bowling. Lauren Tector was seen fighting alone from one end scoring 45 of 42 deliveries, while the opener Paul Starling Scored 34 of 35 balls. The Irish kept on losing wickets at regular intervals which help Srilankan in restricting Ireland to a low score of 128/8 in 2...

Hobart: By far one of the biggest upsets took place in the ICC t20 World Cup on Friday as the All round Two times champion West Indies team got badly trashed by the Ireland team. Earlier the Windies lost their game against Scotland and now they lost to Ireland which has thrown them out of the t20 World Cup 2022. After winning the toss West Indies opted to bat first. They scored 1 46 losing 5 wickets in 20 overs with Brandon King smashing 62runs off 48 balls along with Johnson Charles making 24 in 18 balls followed by the all-rounder Odean Smith scoring quick 19 runs in 12 balls. The Irish bowler Simi Singh and Barry McCarthy put their team an advantage by removing both the openers in the powerplay.  They restricted the Windies to a comfortable total of 146 runs. While coming down to chase the experienced Irish veteran opener Paul Stirling slammed an unbeaten 66 . Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie scored 37 off 23 balls before he was dismissed by the left-arm spinn...

As per the news coming from the Australian metrological department, there is a very high chance of rain, and it may spoil the highly-anticipated India Vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match in Melbourne on  23 October . Bad weather has already been a topic of discussion in the starting stage of the tournament. As earlier, we have seen in the warm-up match which was to be played between Newzealand and India rain totally washout the practice match. Emotions get high for every cricket lover across the globe in an India Vs Pakistan match because these two nations don't play any bilateral series due to security concerns from the political tensions over their border. These two teams face each other only in an ICC tournamen t, so every single encounter between these two teams always brings everyone to the edge of their seats. But this time around, according to the current weather updates, rain could disrupt the high-voltage match. There is a 90% chance of heavy rain coming in the evenin...

T20 World Cup: The All-around West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by a margin of 31 runs  in a group match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022 to stay alive for the Super 12 After getting a shocking defeat by Scotland in their opening match on Monday, the Windies hardly had any margin for error to make. It was a must-win game for the Skipper Nicholas Puran to stay in the hunt for the Super 12 stage . After winning the toss the West Indies decided to bat first at the Bellerive Oval . They put up a total of 153 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Both the openers gave a cracking start where Johnson Charles made 45 of just 3 6 balls and he was backed by the middle order batsman Rovman Powell (21-ball 28) and the tail-ender Akeal Hosein who made ( 18- ball 23 ). Charles came into the squad as a replacement for Brandon King, who is unwell. He was the top scorer for the West Indies. However, the total was proved enough for the Windies as they packed off the whole Zimbabwe team for just 122 r...

Injury is playing a major role in this ongoing t20 World Cup. . It is seen that every next day a new player is getting injured. Now Injuries are becoming a big concern for every team. Like earlier, we have seen India's best all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja ruled out due to his knee injury and after then we saw India's best death overs specialist Jasprit Bumrah ruled out, for having a stress fracture in the lower back. Now, the Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of the rest of the t20 World Cup. The right-arm Speed star has been ruled out by calf injury. The injury took place while playing the qualifier match against the U.A.E in Geelong on Tuesday . The Star bowler Chameera played a very crucial role in Sri Lanka's win over U.A.E with a margin of 79 runs . The 30-year-old bowler took 3 crucial wickets at the start of the innings, which gave the Lankan power in giving a very tough start by not letting the U.A.E players settle down easily to score...