After losing their tournament opener to Group II leaders Pakistan, New Zealand restricted India’s lauded batting line-up to 110 for seven before rattling off their victory target with more than five overs to spare. The Ludhiana-born Sodhi, who took the prized wickets of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, said Santner’s spell in the middle overs also helped the other bowlers. India have lost their two games with big margins and hence, are also down on the Net Run Rate, which may prove to be a factor if India manage to win all of their remainder of the Group games. And welcome to the live coverage of the blockbuster clash between India and New Zealand being played at the Dubai International Stadium in the UAE.
Hardik Pandya’s four through backward point off the last delivery of the 17th over was India’s first boundary in 71 balls. But it was the big-hitting all-rounder’s only boundary of the day, with Trent Boult having him caught in the deep for 23 off 24. Set a modest target of 111 to win the Group 2 fixture, Kiwi opener Daryl Mitchell top-scored in a comfortable chase, hitting a quickfire 49 as his side chased it down with 33 balls to spare. After the torrid start, India collected 11 runs in the last over as they reached 110 in 20 overs.
While the first three venues will also be active during the IPL 2021 tournament preceding the T20 World Cup, the final venue is in Oman. Oman, who have qualified for Round 1 of the tournament, have graciously joined in as 2021 T20 World Cup host alongside UAE. With the second wave of COVID-19 in India being much more disruptive than the first, the T20 World Cup had to be moved away from the country.
The final IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup of the season wrapped up at the Sender One Climbing Gym in Los Angeles, California, USA, where 57 climbers, representing 4 countries gathered for the conclusive event of the 2021 IFSC season. With both teams looking to go all out in pursuit of a crucial win, we can expect a cracker. New Zealand had their own batting problems as they could post just 134/8 against Pakistan in their opening clash. The highest score was 27 — made by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. A much better bowling effort is the need of the hour.
Hardik Pandya to Devon Conway, Short ball, on middle. New Zealand’s openers came out with intent and the other bowlers had no answers to it. The World Cup all-time top scorer as of 2018 is Miroslav Klose of the German national football team. He scored a total of 16 goals across four World Cup tournaments.
Kishan and Shardul Thakur replaced Suryakumar Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the starting XI. Suryakumar had to be left out of the team due to a back spasm. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is France, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia. We weren’t brace enough when we entered the field, but NZ sustained that pressure. It’s most often a result of hesitation of whether you should go for a shot or not.
Cricket players have been able to use social media for commercial reasons – they earn followers and become influencers, she says. Experts say a lot of this fanaticism has abated with time. Mr Memon says this could be because the Indian team has done exceptionally well in the past 10 years.
With continental qualification pathways leading to an exciting finals event, it brings fans together around the passion and love for the game. The final leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 will be held in Kazan. Important documents related to the event can be found here. Put in to bat, India’s rejigged top order wilted in no time and the 2007 champions crawled to in 20 overs.