LAH vs PES - Match 17

Author: Shreyas
10 Jun 2021 18:27:26
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Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi -  of the Pakistan Super League'2021, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Weather Forecast
Clear - 33°C

Points Table Scenario

LAH - 5-4w/1l (1st)
PES - 5-3w/2l (3rd)

Series Performers till now
(This is from the 1st half of the PSL'2021 which was held in Karachi)

LAH

Fakhar Zaman - 4th highest run scorer (189), Avg (63) - 4M/4I
Mohammad Hafeez - 6th highest run scorer (181), Avg (90.50) - 4M/4I

Shaheen Shah Afridi - 2nd highest wicket taker (9), Avg (12.56), SR (10.67) - 4M/4I
Haris Rauf - 10th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (27.75) - 3M/3I

PES

Sherfane Rutherford - 11th highest run scorer (129), Avg (43) - 5M/5I
Haider Ali - 13th highest run scorer (119), Avg (29.75) - 5M/5I

Wahab Riaz - 4th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (19), SR (12) - 4M/4I

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 123

Avg 1st Innings - 158
Avg 2nd Innings - 142

Highest total - 225/7 (Ireland vs Afghanistan - 30th November'2013)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

LAH - 5-4w/1l (80%)
PES - 2-1w/1l (50%)

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

LAH

Sohail Akhtar - 26th highest run scorer (204), Avg (51) - 4M/4I
Mohammad Hafeez - 45th highest run scorer (163), Avg (23.29) - 8M/8I

Rashid Khan - 4th highest wicket taker (16), Avg (14.06), SR (14.25) - 10M/10I
Shaheen Afridi - 19th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (16.40), SR (13.20) - 6M/6I

PES

Shoaib Malik - 71st highest run scorer (130), Avg (43.33) - 7M/6I

Amad Butt - Wickets (3), Avg (13.33), SR (8) - 1M/1I

(iv) Recent T20 Matches on this venue

1) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 9th June'2021
143/9 vs 144/5 (LAH won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 8w+3w=11w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

2) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 20th March'2021
183/7 vs 136/5 (AFG won by 47 runs)

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

3) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 19th March'2021
193/5 vs 148/10 (AFG won by 45 runs)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

4) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 17th March'2021
198/5 vs 150/7 (AFG won by 48 runs)

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

5) Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 9th November'2020
189/3 vs 172/8 (DC won by 17 runs)

Pacers - 2w+7w=9w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

6) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 7th November'2020
131/7 vs 132/4 (SRH won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

7) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals - 3rd November'2020
152/7 vs 154/4 (DC won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

8) Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings - 1st November'2020
153/6 vs 154/1 (CSK won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

9) Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - 31st October'2020
185/4 vs 186/3 (RR won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

10) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians - 29th October'2020
164/6 vs 166/5 (MI won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

11) Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals - 26th October'2020
195/5 vs 196/2 (RR won by 8 wkts)

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

SUMMARY OF WICKETS

Pacers
1st Innings - 49w
2nd Innings - 33w

Spinners
1st Innings - 13w
2nd Innings - 20w

Overall
82w:33w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Lahore Qalandars (LAH)

1. Sohail Akhtar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(43), 56(47), 11(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 100(56)*, 40(30)

2. Ahmed Danyal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

3. Ben Dunk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(18)

4. Callum Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Dilbar Hussain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(12), 11(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(10), 11(10), 9(15)

7. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

8. James Faulkner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

9. Maaz Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Mohammad Faizan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 58(44), 32(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(9), 9(12)

11. Mohammad Hafeez
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(30), 45(36)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(23)*&2w, 14(19)&0w, 29(25)

12. Salman Ali Agha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(21), 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Seekkuge Prasanna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Shaheen Shah Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

15. Sultan Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Tim David
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(15)*

17. Zaid Alam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Zeeshan Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 7(3)&3w, 9(5)*&3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 11(7)&1w, 15(5)*&1w

Peshawar Zalmi (PES)

1. Wahab Riaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

2. Abrar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Amad Butt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

4. Bismillah Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Fabian Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Fidel Edwards
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Haider Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Imam Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(4)

10. Kamran Akmal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 72(50)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6)

11. Mohammad Amir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Mohammad Irfan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Mohammad Imran Randhawa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Waqar Salamkheil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Shoaib Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(7), 26(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(34)*&0w, 42(31)*, 9(20)

19. Umaid Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
 

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
12 - 8w/4l (In favour of PES)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of LAH)

(iii) On this Venue
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of PES)

(iv) Recent head to head matches

1) Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars - 21st February'2021
140/6 vs 143/6 (LAH won by 4 wkts)

Sherfane Rutherford - 26(27)
Shoaib Malik - 26(24)
Amad Butt - 23(11)* & 1w
Wahab Riaz - 2w
Mohammad Hafeez - 33(26)*
Rashid Khan - 27(15)* & 0w
Ben Dunk - 22(14)
Agha Salman - 21(16)
Fakhar Zaman - 15(15)
Sohail Akhtar - 14(14)
Shaheen Shah Afridi - 3w

Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

2) Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars - 15th November'2020
170/9 vs 171/5 (LAH won by 5 wkts)

Shoaib Malim - 39(24)
Imam Ul Haq - 24(19)
Mohammad Imran - 1w
Mohammad Hafeez - 74(46)*
Ben Dunk - 20(19)
Dilbar Hussain - 3w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Shaheen Shah Afridi - 2w

Pacers - 9w+5w=14w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

3) Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars - 11th March'2020
187/7 vs 189/5 (LAH won by 5 wkts)

Haider Ali - 69(43)
Shoaib Malik - 62(43)
Kamran Akmal - 12(8)
Wahab Riaz - 1w
Fakhar Zaman - 63(46)
Sohail Akhtar - 21(19)
Shaheen Shah Afridi - 3w
Dilbar Hussain - 1w

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

4) Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars - 29th February'2020
132/7 vs 116/6 (PES won by 16 runs - DLS)

Haider Ali - 34(12)
Kamran Akmal - 14(9)
Wahab Riaz - 13(10)* & 1w
Mohammad Amir Khan - 1w
Fakhar Zaman - 22(19)
Sohail Akhtar - 12(5)
Dilbar Hussain - 4w
Shaheen Shah Afridi - 1w

Pacers - 7w+6w=13w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

5) Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi - 5th March'2019
124/7 vs 125/6 (PES won by 4 wkts)

Fakhar Zaman - 11(7)
Sohail Akhtar - 11(13)
Shaheen Shah Afridi - 3w
Wahab Riaz - 1w

Pacers - 6w+6w=12w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

(v) Top Performers when these two sides meet

LAH

Fakhar Zaman - 2nd highest run scorer (177), Avg (19.67) - 9M/9I
Mohammad Hafeez - 3rd highest run scorer (174), Avg (24.86) - 9M/8I
(Used to play for PES earlier)
Sohail Akhtar - 8th highest run scorer (99), Avg (16.50) - 7M/7I

Shaheen Shah Afridi - 3rd highest wicket taker (10), Avg (14.40), SR (13.20) - 6M/6I
Dilbar Hussain - 4th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (11.88), SR (8.25) - 3M/3I

PES

Kamran Akmal - Highest run scorer (272), Avg (38.86) - 10M/9I
Haider Ali - 6th highest run scorer (103), Avg (20.75) - 4M/4I
Shoaib Malik - 7th highest run scorer (127), Avg (42.33) - 3M/3I

Wahab Riaz - 2nd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (24.25), SR (19.58) - 11M/11I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis - Head to Head

Lahore Qalandars (LAH)

1. Sohail Akhtar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13), 30(16)*, 6(9), 11(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(5), 21(19), 7(8), 14(14)

2. Ahmed Danyal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

3. Ben Dunk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(5), 20(19), 22(14)

4. Callum Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Dilbar Hussain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 1w, 3w

6. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(19), 30(17)&0w, 6(11), 6(8), 11(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 22(19), 63(46), 6(7), 15(15)

7. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w

8. James Faulkner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Maaz Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

10. Mohammad Faizan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Mohammad Hafeez
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(18)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(37), 9(7), 3(11)&1w, 27(25), 1(3), 4(4), 74(47)*, 33(26)*

12. Salman Ali Agha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(12), 28(25), 13(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(16)

13. Seekkuge Prasanna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Shaheen Shah Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w, 2w, 3w

15. Sultan Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Tim David
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Zaid Alam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Zeeshan Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(15)*&0w

Peshawar Zalmi (PES)

1. Wahab Riaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 13(10)*&1w, 1w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 14(11)&0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w

2. Abrar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Amad Butt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(11)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Bismillah Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Fabian Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Fidel Edwards
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Haider Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(12), 69(43), 0(1), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Imam Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(19), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2), 4(4)

10. Kamran Akmal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 58(40), 14(9), 12(8), 5(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(20), 3(13), 57(47)*, 107(61)*, 0(2), 3(6)

11. Mohammad Amir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Mohammad Irfan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(4)&1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Mohammad Imran Randhawa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Waqar Salamkheil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Shoaib Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 62(43), 39(24), 26(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Umaid Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) LAHORE QALANDARS (LAH):

Probable XI

1) Fakhar Zaman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 9, 0, 2, 13, 60, 8*, 27, 101, 193, 8

2) Sohail Akhtar (C) - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 40, 0, 7, 21, 14, 17, 17, 14, 49*, 20

3) Mohammad Hafeez - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 29, 11r 1w, 17r 2w, 6r 1w, 29r 0w, 19r 0w, 17r 3w, 8r 0w, 25r 0w, 14r 0w

4) Tim David - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 23*, 14, 7, 27, 7*, 31*, 2, 2, 8*, 36

5) Muhammad Faizan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 9, 0, 0*, 0w, 6r 1w, 2w, 0*, 2w

6) Ben Dunk (Wk) - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 17, 57*, 1, 22, 13, 0, 1, 31, 26*, 0*

7) James Faulkner - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 3w, 26r 0w, 1w, 0r 2w, 12r 3w, 6r 2w, 5r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

8) Ahmed Danyal - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w

9) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w

10) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 15r 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w

11) Shaheen Shah Afridi - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 5w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w

BENCH

12) Zeeshan Ashraf - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 9, 0, 28, 25, 22, 9, 14, 12, 21, 12, 15, 2, 24

13) Zaid Alam - RHB
Last 10 - 13, 9, 0, 11, 0, 0, 6, 31, 0, 19,2 2, 24, 112, 0, 0, 0

14) Salman Ali Agha - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 21, 14, 1w, 1, 106*, 45, 79r 1w, 45r 1w, 6, 50r 0w, 15

15) Dilbar Hussain - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w

16) Seekkuge Prasanna - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 8r 0e, 6r 1w, 50r 1w, 24r 2w

17) Maaz Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w

18) Callum Ferguson - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 19, 26, 14, 27, 25, 46*, 22, 42, 23, 3

19) Sultan Ahmed -
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Mohammad Hafeez, Rashid Khan

B) PESHAWAR ZALMI (PES):

Probable XI

1) Kamran Akmal (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 1, 6, 21, 3, 3, 37, 5, 8, 22, 5, 49, 24, 4

2) Imam Ul Haq - LHB
Last 10 - 57, 5, 70, 0, 41, 48, 0, 24, 4, 49

3) Haider Ali - RHB
Last 10 - 5, 3, 12, 14, 9, 36, 50, 24*, 0

4) Shoaib Malik - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1, 29*, 34, 11*, 26, 1, 15*, 23r 1w, 46r 2w

5) David Miller - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 7*, 7*, 24*, 0, 2, 62, 50*, 50, 2, 49*

6) Sherfane Rutherford - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 46, 6*, 36*, 15, 26, 4, 29, 14*, 28*

7) Wahab Riaz (C) - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 28r 2w, 4w, 20r 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w

8) Fabian Allen - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 6r 1w, 0w, 15r 0w, 1w, 21r 1w, 12r 0w, 0r 1w, 3r 1w, 23r 2w

9) Amad Butt - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 27r 0w, 23r 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 26r 0w, 0w, 0w

10) Fidel Edwards - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

11) Mohammad Irfan - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w

BENCH

12) Umaid Asif - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w

13) Waqar Salamkheil - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w

14) Mohammad Imran - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w

15) Mohammad Imran Randhawa - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 13r 1w, 2w, 46r 2w, 6r 2w, 0w, 0w, 100r 1w, 8r 2w

16) Bismillah Khan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 42, 7, 73, 38, 16, 8, 0, 92, 48, 38

17) Abrar Ahmed - LHB, Legbreak  (He has only played First Class Cricket till now)
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 9w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 5w, 6w, 3w, 5w, 5w, 2w, 4w 5w

18) Rovman Powell - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 7, 16, 19, 29r 1w, 2r 3w, 32, 43, 16*, 1, 49

19) Mohammad Amir Khan - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 5w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik

Differential C/VC choices

LAH

Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi
Hit or Miss: Sohail Akhtar

PES

Wahab Riaz, Haider Ali
Hit or Miss: Amad Butt, David Miller

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The opener made 81, while Rodrigues chipped in with a 15-ball unbeaten 28 to help India out-bat Nepal
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:31:48 GMT
On Rohit and Kohli: "Obviously any team would want to have both of them for as long as possible"
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:14:25 GMT
India's chief selector said the move will also help them manage Hardik Pandya's workload better
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:09:35 GMT
"It is important to give players freedom - that's what I believe in - and not have a relationship of a head coach and a player"
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 05:02:50 GMT
We go behind the scenes to bring you all the answers to your questions about India's selections for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka
Sun, 21 Jul 2024 13:22:22 GMT
Fifties from Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh powered India to 201, and UAE barely got going in the chase
Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:11:52 GMT
Shreyanka has fractured the fourth finger on her left hand
Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:14:01 GMT
ESPNcricinfo has learnt that Morne Morkel is the leading candidate to become India's new bowling coach
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:08:35 GMT
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana smacked 85 in 9.3 overs in reply, making short work of the target of 109
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:05:50 GMT
Hardik doesn't even have the consolation of vice-captaincy for the Sri Lanka T20Is, where he will be led by his IPL team-mate Suryakumar
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:44:05 GMT
Hardik and Natasa got married in May 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, and had a larger celebration in February 2023
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:39:34 GMT
Says Gambhir, whom he'll continue to work with in Sri Lanka after his maiden India call-up, boosted his confidence to help him handle pressure better when at KKR
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:45:01 GMT
Shubman Gill takes over as vice-captain in both white-ball formats
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:04:05 GMT
He was preferred by the selectors over Hardik Pandya, who was the vice-captain of the 2024 T20 World Cup winning squad
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:05:45 GMT
When is it on, who are the stars to watch, which team has the edge, and much more
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:31:14 GMT
Hardik Pandya's issues with fitness appear to have tilted the scales against him
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:57:20 GMT
Rathour talks up Rinku Singh: "If given an opportunity, he can develop into a Test cricketer"
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:04:30 GMT
He says he feels amazing leading 'such phenomenal talented players'
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 06:01:27 GMT
India completed a splendid turnaround after losing the series opener
Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:53:09 GMT
The decision came after Kapil Dev and Sandeep Patil urged the board to help Gaekwad
Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:57:02 GMT
The bowlers shared the wickets around and kept Zimbabwe to 152 for 7, before the opening pair made light work of the target
Sat, 13 Jul 2024 03:42:39 GMT
TKR recently signed India's Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey for this year
Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:55:09 GMT
Shubman Gill's men also have the chance to seal the series on Saturday
Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:23:02 GMT
Pallekele and Colombo will host the T20Is and ODIs respectively
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:52:19 GMT
Madande and Myers script a fightback for Zimbabwe, but a top-order collapse had left them with too much to do
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 01:43:55 GMT
The new coach will be in charge for three and a half years and in all formats
Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:40:54 GMT
South Africa were bowled out for 84 and conceded the contest by 10 wickets
Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:26:35 GMT
Rohit penned a heartfelt letter to the outgoing head coach days after India's T20 World Cup win
Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:28:17 GMT
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube will all join the squad for the third T20I, with the series locked 1-1
Sat, 13 Jul 2024 03:29:30 GMT
The pair of India internationals will play for Trinbago Knight Riders in the third season of the competition
Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:04:21 GMT
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rinku Singh played support roles as India drew level 1-1 in the T20I series, with three games still to play
Sat, 06 Jul 2024 18:04:45 GMT
India were unable to chase 116 against Zimbabwe in a T20I in Harare
Sat, 06 Jul 2024 17:36:58 GMT
Hosts defend 115 to take 1-0 lead in five-match T20I series in Harare
Sat, 06 Jul 2024 16:42:02 GMT
Fifteen of the 17 members in the squad were part of the T20I series against South Africa
Sat, 06 Jul 2024 04:15:38 GMT
Neither player was able to take a full part in the first T20I between India and South Africa in Chennai on Friday
Fri, 05 Jul 2024 18:17:13 GMT
The hosts fell 12 runs short in Chennai and now trail the three-match T20I series 1-0
Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:34:43 GMT
Abhishek Sharma is set to open with Gill; India likely to hand a number of debuts in this series
Fri, 05 Jul 2024 03:31:48 GMT
"What we saw on the streets tonight is something I'm never going to forget in my life," says Kohli after open-top bus parade in Mumbai
Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:01:46 GMT
Parade delayed by two hours after team arrived late from Delhi and rain came down in Mumbai
Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:00:37 GMT
Jasprit Bumrah, the Player of the Series in the T20 World Cup, rose 12 places to No. 12 among bowlers
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:52:12 GMT
The chartered flight "AIC24WC" (Air India Champions 24 World Cup) has been organised by the BCCI
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:27:16 GMT
He said that he decided to go all out for the catch the moment he saw that Rohit Sharma, at long-on, wasn't going to get to the ball
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:11:23 GMT
They replace Jaiswal, Dube and Samson, who will return to India with the rest of the T20 World Cup-winning squad before flying out to Zimbabwe for the last three games
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:11:55 GMT
The team has been stranded in Barbados for the last two days due to Hurricane Beryl
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:53:56 GMT
Dravid says that he had no plans to continue as India head coach after the ODI World Cup final defeat, but a call from his captain changed his mind
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:27:56 GMT
The airport has been shut down indefinitely with the hurricane expected to pass by Barbados on Sunday night local time
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:24:27 GMT
It was a ten-wicket victory but it went down to the final session of the final day in Chennai
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:11:10 GMT
The wicketkeeper-batter had retired from all forms of representative cricket at the end of the IPL 2024 season
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 02:20:07 GMT
The tour includes three T20s, three one-day games and a four-day match on the Gold Coast
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 16:13:24 GMT
The ICC had already announced a cash prize of USD 2.45 million for the winners of this T20 World Cup
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:38:11 GMT
He became the third member of India's squad, behind Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, to bow out of the format after the Barbados final
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 13:28:57 GMT
India enforced the follow-on after Rana's eight-wicket haul gave them a first-innings lead of 337
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:28:02 GMT
The India head coach lauds the players for fighting back from tricky situations, and plays down talks of this being a redemption for him
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 06:39:26 GMT
The India captain was thrilled to be able to give departing coach Rahul Dravid a major trophy: 'You saw how proud he was and how excited he was'
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 06:06:41 GMT
India captain signs off as the highest run-scorer in the format
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 05:27:48 GMT
India captain hails team management after winning the T20 World Cup in Barbados
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 05:15:34 GMT
Here's how the players from the India team reacted after beating South Africa in the final
Sun, 30 Jun 2024 05:05:53 GMT
He made the announcement after being named the Player of the Match in the T20 World Cup final
Sat, 29 Jun 2024 20:11:19 GMT
South Africa needed 30 off 30 balls with six wickets in hand, to win their maiden World Cup title, and then India fought back
Sat, 29 Jun 2024 09:41:36 GMT
Who have these teams beaten on their way to Barbados, when was the last time they won a global title, and, most importantly, what's the weather forecast for the final? This and more in ESPNcricinfo's FAQs
Sat, 29 Jun 2024 06:03:09 GMT
South Africa have the weight of history to deal with, India's brightest stars have resolutely reinvented their games because they really wanted to be here. Winning will mean so much to either side
Sat, 29 Jun 2024 03:32:31 GMT
India and South Africa have history of knock-out heartbreak, but short turnaround prevents introspection
Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:34:21 GMT
In the past five years, there has been a sharp increase in the proportion of players who consider the T20 World Cup to be the most important ICC event
Fri, 28 Jun 2024 06:26:00 GMT
On a tricky pitch in a stop-start game, he stepped up with both ball and bat to KO defending champions England
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:18:21 GMT
He also lauded the spinners who applied the brakes on England, as India made their third consecutive ICC final across formats
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:36:48 GMT
England suffer a 68-run loss in Guyana as India avenge 2022 defeat, also at the semi-final stage
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:57:31 GMT
India's batters scored an above-par total on a tough pitch, and then their spinners ran through England in Providence
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:07:30 GMT
Nick Knight also felt that "it didn't seem right or fair" that India knew where they were playing
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:34:18 GMT
"We are getting used to home conditions... even though they are home conditions, we don't have much experience here," says Harmanpreet of playing at Chepauk
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:28:06 GMT
India batter had signed for county in 2023 only to win recall for World Test Championship final
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:55:30 GMT
India are unbeaten in the T20 World Cup 2024, while England have got to the semi-final with some hiccups
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:00:45 GMT
The India captain stressed on keeping a calm team environment and trusting his experienced players to perform their roles in the semi-final
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:34:01 GMT
Nitish Kumar Reddy had received his maiden India call-up before being sidelined due to a hernia
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:54:02 GMT
"The players are ready and raring to go in the multi-day format; to adjust to that is a different story," India head coach says
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:13:43 GMT
Moeen Ali says England will be up against it as they venture into unknown in Guyana
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:40:11 GMT
The move came after he had said he would never play for Andhra again and was in talks with Madhya Pradesh to play for them
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:46:12 GMT
The India quick says the bowlers had to be smart to prevent "the wind to come into play" in St Lucia
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 05:45:29 GMT
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh in the last game of the Super Eight stage to knock Australia out of the T20 World Cup
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 21:26:47 GMT
India will play England in the second semi-final in Guyana after winning all three of their Super Eight games
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:33:00 GMT
Rohit smashed 92 off just 41 balls, as India confirmed their spot in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:18:35 GMT
The squad will be led by Shubman Gill and will play five matches in Zimbabwe from July 6
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:16:24 GMT
It was the most expensive over Starc has ever bowled in T20Is
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:21:22 GMT
A washout would suit India just fine, sealing their semi-finals spot, but not so for Australia
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:13:04 GMT
Arundhati and Co induced a collapse in the first innings, from which South Africa couldn't recover
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 06:43:11 GMT
Afghanistan's win over Australia means both teams stand an equal chance of making it to the final four
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 03:12:28 GMT
India spinner pleased with return to starting XI in Super Eight after sitting out first round
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 21:21:20 GMT
Tamim questions team selection and calls for better batting surfaces to be produced back home
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:07:21 GMT
"You need to show intent and take the bowlers on, so it was pleasing from a batting perspective," Anil Kumble said
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 18:41:16 GMT
Bangladesh are on the brink of elimination after losing by 50 runs in Antigua
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:35:38 GMT
While Bangladesh have assembled an attack of enviable depth and variety, their batters have rarely given them any sort of cushion
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:08:12 GMT
The T20Is were the ones postponed when India toured South Africa in 2021
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