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Originally Published 2 months ago — by BBC
England's Phil Salt and Harry Brook led a dominant 65-run victory over New Zealand in the second T20 match, with Salt scoring 85 and Brook 78, setting a new high score at Christchurch's Hagley Oval and giving England a 1-0 series lead.
Originally Published 4 months ago — by BBC
India started their Asia Cup 2025 title defense with a dominant nine-wicket victory over UAE, bowling them out for just 57 and chasing the target in 4.3 overs. Kuldeep Yadav was the standout bowler with 4-7, and Abhishek Sharma led the chase with a quick 30 off 16 balls. India will face Pakistan in their next match.
Originally Published 4 months ago — by BBC
Jacob Bethell, at 21 years old, will become England's youngest men's cricket captain during the Ireland T20 series, taking leadership due to the absence of regular players. The series offers Bethell a chance to develop his leadership skills on the international stage, amidst a summer of limited play and team adjustments. The full-strength England team will also face South Africa in upcoming ODIs and T20s, with notable absences including Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by ESPNcricinfo
Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by four wickets in the IPL 2024 Eliminator, setting up a knockout match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Despite RCB's recent winning streak and RR's winless run, RR's bowlers restricted RCB to 172 runs, and their batsmen chased down the target with an over to spare. Key performances from Trent Boult, R Ashwin, and Avesh Khan helped RR secure the win, while RCB captain Faf du Plessis admitted they were about 20 runs short of a competitive total.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ESPNcricinfo
Virat Kohli feels he is playing his "best T20 cricket again", having scored back-to-back hundreds at the end of the league stage of IPL 2023, and helped Royal Challengers Bangalore to 197 for 5 in their must-win game against Gujarat Titans. However, Shubman Gill's unbeaten 104 off 52 made sure that was not the case, knocking RCB out of the tournament as Titans chased down their target in 19.1 overs.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ESPNcricinfo
Virat Kohli, the Indian cricket team captain, says he doesn't try to play fancy shots in T20 cricket because he has to juggle the demands of cricket's three formats as an all-year-round player. Kohli acknowledges that trying to play in a T20-specific way during a T20 competition could affect a batter's ability to handle the demands of Test cricket. Kohli scored a match-winning 100 off 63 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday night.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NDTV Sports
Despite Virat Kohli's fifth half-century of the IPL 2023 season, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday. However, Kohli achieved a milestone by becoming the first batter to score 3,000 or more runs at a single venue in T20s. He has scored 3,015 runs in 92 innings at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Kohli was critical of RCB's performance, saying they "deserve to lose."
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ESPNcricinfo
Royal Challengers Bangalore's captain Virat Kohli admitted that his team deserved to lose against Kolkata Knight Riders after their lapses in the field cost them the match. Kohli said that they handed KKR a victory by not being professional enough in the field and giving away too many chances. KKR's Nitish Rana got two lives and went on to smash 48 off just 21 balls, helping KKR get to 200. RCB lost three wickets inside the powerplay in their chase and despite Kohli's fifth half-century this season, they fell short by 21 runs.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ESPNcricinfo
Venkatesh Iyer's century highlights the importance of attacking intent in T20 cricket, as he scored 104 runs off 60 balls against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023. Despite his efforts, Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match by five wickets. Iyer's innings was a reminder of his ability and his return to form after a difficult year. He is currently the tournament's leading run-scorer.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ESPNcricinfo
Venkatesh Iyer's century highlights the importance of attacking intent in T20 cricket, as he scored 104 runs off 60 balls against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023. Despite his efforts, Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match by five wickets. Venkatesh's innings was a reminder of his ability after a difficult year, which saw him suffer second-season syndrome in IPL 2022, lose his India place and suffer a broken ankle that threatened to rule him out of this tournament altogether.