OMA vs SCO Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Weather Forecast, Head to Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - MATCH 20

Author: Shubham
09 Jun 2024 13:06:08
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Oman vs Scotland - 20th Match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Weather Forecast
Partly Cloudy - 31°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario 

OMA - 2 - 0w/2l (5th - Group B)
SCO - 2 - 1w/0l/1nr (2nd - Group B)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis (including Warm-Ups)

Oman (OMA)

1. Kashyap Prajapati 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8), 7(16)

2. Pratik Athavale 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)

3. Aqib Ilyas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(18)&0w

4. Zeeshan Maqsood 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(20)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(42)&1w, 1(7)&0w

5. Khalid Kail
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(26), 8(12)

6. Ayaan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(21)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8)&0w, 35(30)

7. Mehran Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(8)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(4)*&1w, 27(16)&2w

8. Shakeel Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 11(10)&0w

9. Rafiullah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)

10. Fayyaz Butt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Bilal Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

12. Naseem Khushi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(7)

13. Shoaib Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7), 0(4)

14. Mohammad Nadeem 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(11)*

15. Kaleemullah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 6(4)*&1w


Scotland (SCO)

1. Matthew Cross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 3(5)

2. George Munsey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(31)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(5)*, 28(18), 7(15)

3. Charlie Tear
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(10)

4. Oli Hairs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(7)*

5. Michael Jones
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(30)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(20)

6. Richie Berrington (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(7), 47(35)*

7. Brandon McMullen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 7(5)&0w, 19(17)

8. Michael Leask
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 6(13), 35(17)&1w

9. Chris Greaves
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 10(18)&1w, 4(3)*&1w

10. Mark Watt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 34(25)&1w, 0w

11. Safyaan Sharif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

12. Chris Sole
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(13)&3w, 1w

13. Bradley Wheal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(6)*&1w, 3w

14. Bradley Currie 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w

15. Jack Jarvis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w


(iii) POWERPLAY ANALYSIS -  BATTING

OMA

1st Innings - 3w
2nd Innings - 3w

SCO

1st Innings - 0w
2nd Innings - 1w


(iv) POWERPLAY ANALYSIS - BOWLING

OMA

1st Innings - 1w
2nd Innings - 1w

SCO

1st Innings - 3w
2nd Innings - 


(v) NEW BALL BOWLERS (RECENT to LAST) - Last 5 Matches  

OMA

1st Over - Bilal, Bilal 

2nd Over - Kaleemullah, Shakil 

3rd Over - Bilal, Bilal

4th Over - Shakeel, Kaleemullah 

5th Over - Kaleemullah, Shakeel

6th Over - Shakeel, Kaleemullah 


SCO

1st Over - Wheal, ###

2nd Over - Curie, ###

3rd Over - Wheal, ###

4th Over - Curie, ###

5th Over - Sole, ###

6th Over - Watt, ###


(vi) DEATH OVERS BOWLERS (RECENT to LAST) - Last 5 Matches 

OMA

16th Over - Shakeel, Shakeel

17th Over - Bilal, Bilal 

18th Over - Shakeel, Mehran 

19th Over - Kaleemullah, Bilal

20th Over - Bilal, Mehran 


SCO

16th Over - Greaves,‌ ###

17th Over - Watt, ###

18th Over - Wheal, ###

19th Over - Curie, ###

20th Over - Wheal, ###


2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 45

Avg 1st Innings - 135
Avg 2nd Innings - 107

Highest total - 211/3 (Trinidad & Tobago vs Leeward Islands - 12th January'2012)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

OMA - Not Played Yet!
SCO - Not Played Yet!

(iii) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Argentina vs Canada - 13th November'2021
109/10 vs 115/1 (CAN won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+0w=7w
Spinners - 3w+1w=3w

2) Belize vs Bermuda - 13th November'2021
85/10 vs 89/3 (BER won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 8w+0w=8w

3) Argentina vs United States of America - 11th November'2021
90/7 vs 94/2 (USA won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

4) Bahamas vs Belize - 11th November'2021
150/8 vs 139/6 (BHM won by 11 runs)

Pacers - 4w+0w=4w
Spinners - 3w+4w=7w

5) Argentina vs Panama - 10th November'2021
156/6 vs 111/9 (ARG won by 45 runs)

Pacers - 6w+8w=14w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

6) Argentina vs Belize - 10th November'2021
171/4 vs 112/10 (ARG won by 59 runs)

Pacers - 2w+4w=6w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

7) United States of America vs Bermuda - 6th November'2021
172/10 vs 149/8 (USA won by 23 runs)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 6w+3w=9w

8) Bahamas vs Argentina - 8th November'2021
121/10 vs 109/5 (BHM won by 12 runs)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 5w+3w=8w

SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 34w
2nd Innings - 23w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 27w
2nd Innings - 17w

Overall
57w:44w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) POWERPLAY ANALYSIS 

Last 10 T20s

1st Innings - 1w, 2w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w (9 Out of 10 - 90%)

2nd Innings - 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 7w, 6w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w (9 Out of 10 - 90%)


IN T20 World Cup 2024

1st Innings - 

2nd Innings - 

3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
6 - 6w/0l (In Favour of SCO)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5w/0l (In Favour of SCO)

(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet 

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches 

1) Oman vs Scotland - 21st October'2021
122/10 vs 123/2 (SCO won by 8 wkts)

Aqib Ilyas - 37(35)
Zeeshan Maqsood - 34(31)
Mohammad Nadeem - 25(21)
Fayyaz Butt - 1w
Richie Berrington - 31(21)*
Matthew Cross - 26(35)*
George Munsey - 20(19)
Safyaan Sharif - 2w
Michael Leask - 2w
Mark Watt - 1w

2) Oman vs Scotland - 31st October'2019
167/7 vs 168/5 (SCO won by 5 wkts)

Mehran Khan - 29(23)
Zeeshan Maqsood - 19(11)
Bilal Khan - 2w
Aqib Ilyas - 1w
Mohammad Nadeem - 1w
Matthew Cross - 61(45)*
Michael Leask - 38(21)
Mark Watt - 1w

3) Oman vs Scotland - February'2019
111/10 vs 115/3 (SCO won by 7 wkts)

Mohammad Nadeem - 29(38)&2w
Bilal Khan - 1w
Richie Berrington - 47(29)*
Mark Watt - 3w

4) Oman vs Scotland - 18th January'2017
133/10 vs 134/3 (SCO won by 7 wkts)

Aqib Ilyas - 19(21)
Zeeshan Maqsood - 17(22)&1w
Bilal Khan - 1w
Matthew Cross - 47(40)
Safyaan Sharif - 3w
Mark Watt - 2w
Michael Leask - 1w

(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Oman (OMA)

1. Kashyap Prajapati 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Pratik Athavale 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Aqib Ilyas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(21), 23(24)&1w, 37(35)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Zeeshan Maqsood 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(22)&1w, 19(11), 34(30)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8)&3w

5. Khalid Kail
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Ayaan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Mehran Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(5), 29(23)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)&0w

8. Shakeel Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Rafiullah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Fayyaz Butt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 7(6)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Bilal Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Naseem Khushi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(6), 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Shoaib Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Mohammad Nadeem 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 29(38)&2w, 1w, 25(21)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(2)*&1w

15. Kaleemullah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Scotland (SCO)

1. Matthew Cross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 47(40), 10(13), 61(45)*, 26(35)*

2. George Munsey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(19), 16(9), 17(15), 20(19)

3. Charlie Tear
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Oli Hairs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Michael Jones
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Richie Berrington (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(28)&1w, 26(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 47(29)*&0w, 14(11)&0w, 31(21)*

7. Brandon McMullen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Michael Leask
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 38(21), 2w

9. Chris Greaves
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

10. Mark Watt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w

11. Safyaan Sharif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 2w

12. Chris Sole
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

13. Bradley Wheal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Bradley Currie 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Jack Jarvis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


4. PLAYER BATTLES - T20s

(i) OMA BATTING vs SCO BOWLING 

1.  Naseem Khushi 
vs Wheal - 
vs Carrie - 
vs Watt - 
vs Sharif - 
vs Sole - 
vs Leask - 1r, 3b, 1w
vs Greaves - 
vs Berrington - 

2. Kashyap Prajapati 
vs Wheal - 0r, 1v, 0w
vs Carrie - 
vs Watt - 
vs Sharif - 
vs Sole - 
vs Leask - 
vs Greaves - 
vs Berrington - 

3. Aqib Ilyas 
vs Wheal - 10r, 9b, 0w
vs Carrie - 
vs Watt - 20r, 21b, 1w
vs Sharif - 
vs Sole - 2r, 4b, 0w
vs Leask - 2r, 5b, 1w
vs Greaves - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Berrington - 5r, 5b, 0w

4.  Zeeshan Maqsood 
vs Wheal - 5r, 2b, 0w
vs Carrie - 
vs Watt - 13r, 12b, 1w
vs Sharif - 
vs Sole - 1r, 5b, 0w
vs Leask - 14r, 14b, 0w
vs Greaves - 1r, 3b, 0w
vs Berrington - 

5. Mohammad Nadeem 
vs Wheal - 9r, 5b, 0w
vs Carrie - 
vs Watt - 22r, 21b, 2w
vs Sharif - 
vs Sole - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Leask - 3r, 3b, 0w
vs Greaves - 2r, 4b, 0w
vs Berrington - 6r, 8b, 0w

(ii) SCO BATTING vs OMA BOWLING 

1. Matthew Cross
vs Bilal - 31r, 19b, 2w
vs Ilyas - 6r, 10b, 0w
vs Maqsood - 13r, 18b, 0w
vs Kaleemullah - 2r, 5b, 0w
vs Nadeem - 37r, 28b, 0w
vs Butt - 11r, 11b, 0w
vs Mehran - 6r, 6b, 0w

2. George Munsey 
vs Bilal - 35r, 26b, 0w
vs Ilyas - 8r, 7b, 1w
vs Maqsood - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Kaleemullah - 4r, 5b, 0w
vs Nadeem - 1r, 2b, 1w
vs Butt - 16r, 13b, 1w
vs Mehran - 

3. Richie Berrington 
vs Bilal - 6r, 8b, 0w
vs Ilyas - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Maqsood - 3r, 6b, 0w
vs Kaleemullah - 
vs Nadeem - 23r, 11b, 1w
vs Butt - 4r, 1b, 0w
vs Mehran - 

5. Michael Leask
vs Bilal - 0r, 1b, 1w
vs Ilyas - 
vs Maqsood - 
vs Kaleemullah - 
vs Nadeem - 12r, 5b, 0w
vs Butt - 
vs Mehran - 6r, 6b, 0w

5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) OMAN (OMA) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Kashyap Prajapati - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 7, 8, 1, 0, 5, 53*, 8, 38, 2, 20, 33

2) Pratik Athavale - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 49, 11, 15, 38, 15, 1

3) Aqib Ilyas - RHB, RAO, Legbreak Googly 
Last 10 - 18r 0w, 3w, 7r 0w, 62r 3w, 34r 3w, 10r 4w, 62r 2w, 51r 2w, 24r 1w, 26r 2w, 23r 0w

4) Zeeshan Maqsood - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 45r 1w, 14r 1w, 15r 1w, 35r 4w, 0w, 7r 1w, 45r 0w, 5r 0w, 7r 1w, 9r 0w

5) Khalid Kail - RHB
Last 10 - 8,.27, 30, 16*, 15, 50*, 19*, 4, 5

6) Ayaan Khan - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 36, 11r 0w, 0r 0w, 12r 0w, 45r 0w, 16r 0w, 3r 0w, 13r 1w, 2r 0w, 22*

7) Mehran Khan - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 27r 2w, 6r 1w, 0w, 2w, 10r 1w, 0r 3w, 4r 2w, 19r 1w, 2r 1w, 10r 0w

8) Shakeel Ahmed - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 11r 0w, 0w, 6r 1w, 1w, 2w, 6r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 22r 2w

9) Rafiullah - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1, 11r 0w, 23*, 0w, 23, 9r 0w, 0w, 4r 0w, 0w

10) Kaleemullah - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 6r 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w

11) Bilal Khan - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w


BENCH 

12) Naseem Khushi - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 5, 0, 10, 13, 39, 69, 18, 49, 34, 66

13) Shoaib Khan - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0, 4, 1*, 59, 38, 0, 1*, 4, 13, 1, 2

14) Fayyaz Butt - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 23r 0w, 1w, 5r 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w

15) Mohammad Nadeem - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 22*, 0w, 2, 30r 0w, 2w, 2r 1w, 13r 0w, 24*, 2r 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Zeeshan Maqsood, Aqib Ilyas 


B) SCOTLAND (SCO) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) George Munsey - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 7, 41*, 28, 6*, 12, 72, 21, 26, 75, 36, 37

2) Michael Jones - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 26, 45*, 23, 1, 194, 39*, 5, 17*, 16*, 6, 24, 26, 0

3) Brandon McMullen - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 19, 7r 0w, 0w, 9, 1, 1, 33, 39, 19, 68r 0w, 10r 0w

4) Richie Berrington - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 47*, 1, 13, 0, 39, 1, 7, 30, 2*, 2, 54

5) Matthew Cross - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 3, 1, 35, 14, 49, 35, 9*, 17, 30, 30*

6) Michael Leask - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 35r 1w, 6, 0w, 34r 0w, 9r 1w, 3r 1w, 11r 0w, 5r 1w, 19r 0w, 2r 0w, 0w

7) Chris Greaves - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 4r 1w, 10r 1w, 0w, 9r 1w, 5r 2w, 2r 0w, 2r 1w, 0r 1w, 1w, 4r 1w, 6r 1w

8) Mark Watt - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 34r 1w, 0w, 1r 0w, 19r 4w, 7r 1w, 13r 3w, 0r 0w, 9r 0w, 1w, 21r 1w

9) Chris Sole - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 12r 3w, 6r 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w

10) Brad Currie - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 5r 1w, 8r 3w, 1w, 8r 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 3w

11) Brad Wheal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 0w, 12, 9r 2w, 1w, 24r 2w, 0w, 6r 4w, 5w, 8r 1w, 0w


BENCH

12) Ollie Hairs - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 20*, 9, 15, 4, 0, 0, 4, 17, 23, 127*

13) Safyaan Sharif - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w

14) Jack Jarvis - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 4r 3w, 20r 3w, 21r 1w, 0r 0w, 2r 0w, 26r 0w, 5r 3w, 26r 0w, 37r 1w

15) Charlie Tear - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 5, 9, 6, 0, 69, 0, 80, 22*, 16, 16, 18, 54*

Safe C/VC Choices 
George Munsey, Brad Currie


Differential GL C/VC choices 

OMA - Ayaan Khan, Bilal Khan 

SCO - Chris Sole, Michael Jones, Mark Watt

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A weakened Australia put up a good fight, but India's experienced hands helped seal a chase of 265 with 11 balls remaining
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:19:24 GMT
"When, as a batsman, you start taking pride in hitting those singles into the gaps, that's when you know you're playing good cricket"
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:38:32 GMT
"Whatever Rohit has told me, I feel like I've done that to the best of my ability, and I know that Rohit feels the same"
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:15:59 GMT
India's head coach dismisses talk of his team having an "undue advantage" in the Champions Trophy
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:57:49 GMT
The Australian opener played nine balls and missed six in a row before edging behind for a duck
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:36:00 GMT
He is often twinned with Rajinder Goel for the misfortune of being great left-arm spinners in the time of Bishan Bedi
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:50:01 GMT
India have marched ahead of Australia since the World Cup final in 2023, but the gap matters less with a spot in the final on the line
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:47:19 GMT
The India captain also feels that the pitches in Dubai have been challenging for batters, while the bowlers have also had to adjust
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:23:26 GMT
Apart from Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell, no other Australian batter in the top seven has faced Varun before
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:55:02 GMT
Australia had arrived in Dubai not knowing whether they would be staying in Dubai, or heading to Lahore for the second semi-final
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:15:56 GMT
Kumble says Australia will find it difficult if India play four spinners in their semi-final in Dubai
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:23:23 GMT
"In T20, my sequencing of balls - as in how I construct an over - is totally different compared to the 50-over format," he says
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:16:04 GMT
Williamson's 81 in vain as New Zealand crumble against spin chasing 250
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 16:55:03 GMT
South Africa, who had also shifted to Dubai ahead of the knockouts, will now fly back to Lahore for the second semi-final
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:10:42 GMT
Both are exceptional ODI outfits, coming in with a string of wins to their name. Both will also already have one eye on their respective semi-finals, which quickly follow Sunday's game
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:31:49 GMT
One of the teams will travel back to Pakistan to play New Zealand in the second semi-final
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:16:15 GMT
India assistant coach says they also want to carry momentum into the semi-final by beating New Zealand, so it might come down to bowlers not bowling their full quotas on Sunday
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:08:11 GMT
India's keeper-batter admits keeping someone like Pant out of the XI comes with its own pressures, and also heaps praise on Shami
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:11:46 GMT
This is the former England captain's first foray into coaching in the IPL
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:55:07 GMT
Ponting also reckoned that Kohli, who is now third on the highest run-scorers list in ODIs, will want to finish at the top
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:53:55 GMT
Defending champions yet to name their captain with season starting on March 22
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:03:09 GMT
New Zealand's five-wicket win over Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday confirmed this; that means Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan are out of contention
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:26:10 GMT
Iyer points to the sluggishness of the pitch and Abrar's tight spell as reasons for India not being able to bat more aggressively
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:52 GMT
Former India allrounder comes in with plenty of coaching experience in international and franchise cricket
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:03:05 GMT
Kohli set up India for a semi-final spot and all but crossed out Pakistan from the 2025 Champions Trophy
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:46:36 GMT
India batter gets to the milestone in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:34:14 GMT
A PCB official said that as this is an ICC tournament, the anthem playlist has been produced and distributed by the ICC
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:13:15 GMT
Aaqib Javed gives his vote of confidence to Pakistan's quicks, but Urooj Mumtaz and Anil Kumble feel the team, on the whole, lack firepower
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:55:32 GMT
They have opened together only 28 times in ODIs, but their numbers are staggering
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:02:25 GMT
After the defeat to New Zealand in Karachi, Pakistan must travel to Dubai to play India, a team they have struggled to beat for several years
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:22:38 GMT
"The difference between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill is that Gill will take you right till the end," Sanjay Manjrekar says
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:21:13 GMT
Manjrekar feels Kohli is down on confidence, and that has affected his ability to take bowlers on
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:42 GMT
Despite a quick 69-run opening stand, India were tested by the 229 target
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:39 GMT
Axar finished with 2 for 43, and Jaker Ali, the beneficiary of the drop, went on to score 68
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
Former India spinner says head coach Gautam Gambhir has tough decisions irrespective of Champions Trophy result
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:24 GMT
Yash Rathod's century set Mumbai a target of 406, before Vidarbha ended the day with three key wickets
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:26:25 GMT
Shami opens up about his struggles and recovery after injuries and a surgery sidelined him from international cricket for over a year
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:34:23 GMT
The former Mumbai captain represented the state in first-class cricket for over a decade in the 1960s and 70s but is best remembered as a Mumbai selector and administrator
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT
The venue last hosted a 50-over match in March 2024 while India and Bangladesh last played an ODI there in 2018
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:32 GMT
India captain says their three allrounders gives them a lot of options
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
This is the second time Gill is at the summit; the last time was during the 2023 ODI World Cup
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:38:32 GMT
India international set for first taste of county cricket after agreeing deal for first red-ball block
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad, and Qualifier 2 in Kolkata
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
Chennai Super Kings are expected to host Mumbai Indians on March 23
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
The total prize pot has gone up by 53% to $6.9 million
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
Parunika Sisodia and Nuzhat Parween will replace them at MI and RCB respectively
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
In two of India's chases against England, they promoted Axar Patel, and that left KL Rahul with little to do
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
He is expected to take a month to recover after the surgery
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
Their run-scoring methods haven't worked on this tour and part of that is due to the variety in the Indian bowling attack
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
Bumrah has not played any cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in early January
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
Hamstring injury leaves England looking at potential replacements ahead of Australia opener
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
"I bowled almost 30 overs in that match [against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy]. So I never lost my rhythm"
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
"He makes things much easier than what it is," Shubman Gill says about Rohit Sharma's century in the Cuttack ODI
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
There is an opportunity for both teams to use this series as a kind of laboratory ahead of the Champions Trophy
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
India batter had missed the series opener in Nagpur due to a knee injury
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
Your ready reckoner for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, to be played in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata and Rajkot from Saturday
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
Iyer, who scored a match-winning half-century, was originally meant to sit out the first ODI
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
We answer all your questions about the upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the UAE
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
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