T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma & Co. seeking to end 11-year drought

IANS | June 29, 2024 10:28 AM

Bridgetown (Barbados), June 29 (IANS) Team India, in its third ICC final in the last 12 months, are seeking to end their 11-year drought of a big title and aim to win the Men’s T20 World Cup they last won in the inaugural edition in 2007, where current skipper Rohit Sharma played under MS Dhoni’s leadership.

T20 World Cup: Rain threat looms large in Barbados

IANS | June 29, 2024 10:11 AM

Barbados, June 29 (IANS) India and South Africa are set to face each other in the final of the T20 World Cup, here on Saturday. However, bad news coming in for the cricket fans as there are 49% chances that rain could play a spoilsport during the match, as per the local weather department.

T20 World Cup: South Africa’s road to final -- A show of gritty character and close wins

IANS | June 28, 2024 7:27 PM

Bridgetown (Barbados), June 28 (IANS) In the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, the Aiden Markram-led South Africa were hugely tested in the majority of their games, but they showed gritty character to still find a way and come out on top eight consecutive times, which has now taken them to the title clash against India at the Kensington Oval on Saturday.

Shafali Varma, Smriti Mandhana power India-W to record-breaking score vs South Africa on Day 1

IANS | June 28, 2024 6:08 PM

Chennai, June 28 (IANS) It has been a historic day for the Women’s test as Team India-W have started with a dominant performance on Day 1 of the one-off Test against South Africa-W at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The team ended the day with 525 runs scored at the loss of just four wickets on the back of an amazing batting performance by Shafali Varma and Smriti Mandhana.