In last eight matches in T20 World Cup matches 6 fifties have been scored for India all have come from Virat Kohli’s bat. In 2021 he has scored 288 runs and has been dismissed three times, twice he has been dismissed by Leg spinner Adil Rashid, the other instance was Shaheen in the first match. Adam Milne goes short and wide to Rahul first up and the batter slaps the ball through point off the backfoot for 4.
New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi, who picked two wickets against India, said the wicket was slower than the England-Australia game and the ball turned when you try to bowl a touch slow. New Zealand starred with the ball as India was restricted to 110/7 in the Group 2 match of Super 12 stage of the ongoing ICC men’s T20 World Cup. In 2009, angry Indian fans burnt effigies of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the team failed to defend the title in the T20 World Cup in England. And when India lost the T20 final in 2014 against Sri Lanka, disappointed fans pelted stones at all-rounder Yuvraj Singh’s house. Do not forget to tune in to SportsKeeda for T20 World Cup live score.
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In what was a rare coincidence involving three Mumbai Indians players, Rohit nearly fell off the first ball at No. 3, hooking a Trent Boult short ball to Adam Milne at fine leg, the fielder dropping a lollipop. It may be argued that Rohit and Kohli are vastly experienced and can bat anywhere. But that doesn’t mean they can be batting in places other than their fixed slots where they have made a majority of their runs. Rohit may have scored half-centuries in his two other T20 innings batting at No. 3, though nine years apart, but Rohit at any position other than as an opener is not the right option.
After their 10-wicket defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the first Super 12 game, India have lost by eight wickets to New Zealand in their second game. Daryl Mitchell’s knock of 49 runs and skipper Kane Williamson’s unbeaten 33-run innings guided New Zealand to an easy victory over Men in Blue. Rahul holed out to deep square leg off the penultimate ball of the powerplay, and Sharma was gone two overs later, slicing a shot to long-on. New Zealand thrashed India by eight wickets in Dubai in both teams’ second match of the Super 12 stage, leaving Virat Kohli’s side still searching for their first victory of the tournament. Mitchell and skipper Kane Williamson, 33 not out, put on 72 runs for the second wicket as New Zealand romped home in 14.3 overs and hand India their second loss of the tournament in as many games.
Zagallo won in 1958 and 1962 as a player and in 1970 as head coach. Beckenbauer won in 1974 as captain and in 1990 as head coach, and Deschamps repeated the feat in 2018, after having won in 1998 as captain. Italy’s Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to ever win two World Cups . All World Cup-winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached to victory.
Just by sending Rahul to open alongside Kishan, you are disturbing your set top-order with Kohli pushed to No. 4. Not just the batting order, the shot selection by the Indian batsmen also was poor. You may blame it on the slowness of the pitch, but the Indian batsmen have spent enough time and played enough cricket, especially in Dubai in the recent past, to judge the pitch early and play accordingly.
We will back tomorrow with the live coverage of another Super 12 game. He says that this is the first time they have set their foot in Dubai. Tells that the wicket was different than the one in Sharjah. Adds that the big part of the game is to use spinners well in the middle.