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India put on a clinical performance as they clinched a comfortable eight-wicket win over Scotland in the T20 World Cup group stage fixture.

It took just 6.3 overs for India to reach the 86-run target thanks to a blistering 70-run opening partnership by Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.

KL Rahul made 50 from 19 balls with six fours and three sixes to his name. Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, scored 30 from 16 deliveries after hitting five boundaries and a maximum.

Mark Watt and Brad Wheal bagged a wicket each.

Scotland, after being invited to take guard, put on a feeble performance with the bat and were sent packing in 17.4 overs. Opener George Munsey was the top scorer for Kyle Coetzer’s side with 24 runs from 19 deliveries with the help of four boundaries and a six.

Michael Leask scored 12-ball 21 with two fours and a maximum to his name.

Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each while Jasprit Bumrah dismissed two batters.

SQUAD

India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (capt), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravathy

Scotland: George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (capt), Calum MacLeod, Richie Berrington, Michael Leask, Matthew Cross (wk), Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Alasdair Evans,  Brad Wheal

SHARJAH: New Zealand beat Namibia by 52 runs to make their case stronger for T20 World Cup 2021’s semi-finals qualification. 

After setting Namibia to chase 164 runs in 20 overs, New Zealand suffered a bit of pressure as Namibia’s openers scored 47 runs in eight overs. But, the slow run-scoring pace boosted Black Caps’ confidence as they restricted opponents to 111-7 in the end.

Later on, New Zealand’s bowlers started taking wickets and Namibia’s kept on losing wickets after regular intervals. Stephan Baard (21), Michael van Lingen (25), and Zane Green (23) resisted a bit but failed to gain the rhythm.

Tim Southee and Trent Boult bagged two wickets each while Mitchell Santner, James Neesham, and Ish Sodhi managed a wicket each.

Earlier, Glenn Phillips and James Neesham partnered strongly to score 76 runs as New Zealand managed to score 163-4 against Namibia in a crucial match of Group 2.

Sent into bat first, New Zealand were off to a steady opening start of 30 runs but a couple of blows made them nervous. Martin Guptill fell after scoring 18 followed by his opening partner Daryl Mitchell getting out for 19 including two boundaries.

Skipper Kane Williamson played a calculated knock of 28 runs with the help of two boundaries and a six but didn’t manage to convert it into a big total. Phillips and Neesham joined hands to rescue their team collectively.

They scored an unbeaten 76-run partnership to set a composing total for the Black Caps. Phillips scored 39 off 21 balls laced with a boundary and three sixes followed by Neesham being not out for 35 off 23 with a boundary and two maximums.

Bernard Scholtz, David Wiese, and Gerhard Erasmus bagged a wicket each for Namibia.

TOSS

Namibia have won the toss and decided to bowl first against New Zealand

SQUADS

Namibia: SJ Baard, M van Lingen, CG Williams, MG Erasmus*, D Wiese, JJ Smit, JN Loftie-Eaton, ZE Green†, K Birkenstock, R Trumpelmann, BM Scholtz

New Zealand: MJ Guptill, DJ Mitchell, KS Williamson*, DP Conway†, GD Phillips, JDS Neesham, MJ Santner, AF Milne, TG Southee, IS Sodhi, TA Boult

Sri Lanka clinched a 20-run victory over West Indies in their T20 World Cup group stage fixture in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Kieron Pollard’s side, chasing a 190-run target, were restricted to 168-8 in their 20 overs.

Shimron Hetmyer top-scored with his unbeaten knock of 81 from 54 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries and four sixes. However, it was not enough for the side to get over the line.

Wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran hit six boundaries and a six on his way to 34-ball 46.

Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka had scored half-centuries as Sri Lanka made 189-3.

Asalanka top-scored with 68 from 41 deliveries with the help of eight fours and a six while Nissanka made hit five boundaries on his way to 41-ball 51.

Andre Russell took two wickets for his side while Dwayne Bravo dismissed a batter as well.

SQUADS

SRI LANKA: Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando

WEST INDIES: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard (capt), Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul

DUBAI: Aaron Finch and David Warner scored 58 runs together to lead Australia to a comfortable 74-run chase with eight wickets in hand against Bangladesh. 

Set to chase 74, Finch and Warner provided a solid start to their team with their opening partnership. Finch scored 40 runs off 20 balls laced with two boundaries and four sixes whereas Warner contributed 18 including three boundaries.

Mitchell Marsh scored 16 with the help of two boundaries and a six.

Taskeen Ahmed and Shoriful Islam bagged a wicket each for Bangladesh.

Earlier, Adam Zampa bagged five-wicket haul as Australia bowled out Bangladesh for 73 runs . 

Sent into bat first, Bangladeshi batters were rattled completely in front of Aussies. Mohammad Naim scored 17 runs off 16 balls with the help of three boundaries. Shamim Hossain made 19 runs off 18 balls including a boundary and a six.

Bangladeshi skipper Mahmudullah made 16 runs off 18 balls but couldn’t finish it with a good score for his team.

Zampa bagged five followed by Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood taking two wickets each and Glenn Maxwell managing one.

TOSS

Australia have won the toss and decided to field first against Bangladesh

SQUADS

Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch (capt), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (capt), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

India secured a much needed 66-run victory against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup Group 2 match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Mohammad Nabi’s side, chasing a huge target of 211, managed 144-7 on the scoreboard in their 20 overs.

Karim Janat played an unbeaten knock of 42 from 22 deliveries with the help of three boundaries and two sixes whereas the skipper hit two fours and a six on his way to 32-ball 35.

Pacer Mohammad Shami was the pick of the bowlers with his three-wicket haul whereas Ravichandran Ashwin got two wickets.

Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja both got a wicket as well.

India, being asked to bat first, finished at 210-2 thanks to superb half-centuries by openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. They put on an opening partnership of 140 runs.

Sharma, who was judged player of the match, top-scored with 74 from 47 deliveries with eight fours and three sixes to his name.

Rahul made 48-ball 69 after hitting six boundaries and two maximums.

Gulbadin Naib and Karim Janat bagged a wicket each.

SQUADS

India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Rishabh Pant, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 R Ashwin, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Afghanistan: 1 Hazratullah Zazai, 2 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 3 Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 4 Najibullah Zadran, 5 Mohammad Nabi (capt.), 6 Sharafuddin Ashraf, 7 Gulbadin Naib, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Karim Janat, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Hamid Hass

DUBAI: Michael Leask fought really hard to hand Scotland first victory in the T20 World Cup but New Zealand managed to restrict them to 156-5 and win the match by 16 runs. 

Leask went on to score handy 42 runs for Scotland but it weren’t enough to win the match for his team. During his stay, he smoked three boundaries and as many sixes. Another prominent scorer was Matthew Cross who made 27 runs off 29 balls laced with five boundaries.

Trent Boult and Ish Sodhi bagged two wickets each followed by Tim Southee with one wicket. Scotland managed to get 156-5 in 20 overs.

Earlier, Martin Guptill scored unbeaten 93 runs to lead New Zealand to 172-5 in 20 overs.

Put to bat first, New Zealand were marred by a couple of early blows in the form of Daryl Mitchell (13), Kane Williamson (0), and Devon Conway (1).

But, Guptill stood firm and steady on the other end to launch fire power. The right-handed batter brought the Black Caps back in the game by smashing six boundaries and seven sixes to score 92 off 56.

Glenn Phillips supported him well and scored 33 off 37 including only a boundary. He and Guptill together made 105 runs for the fourth wicket.

For Scotland, Brad Wheal and Safyaan Sharif bagged two wickets each while Mark Watt bagged a wicket.

TOSS

Scotland won the toss and decided to field first against New Zealand

SQUADS

Scotland XI: 1 Kyle Coetzer (capt.), 2 George Munsey, 3 Matthew Cross (wk), 4 Richie Berrington, 5 Calum MacLeod, 6 Michael Leask, 7 Chris Greaves, 8 Mark Watt, 9 Safyaan Sharif, 10 Alasdair Evans, 11 Brad Wheal.

New Zealand XI: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Daryl Mitchell, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Devon Conway (wk), 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Jimmy Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Adam Milne, 9 Tim Southee, 10, Trent Boult, 11 Ish Sodhi.

Pakistan won the match by 45 runs. They booked semi-final berth in the T20 World Cup 2021

NAM 144/5 (20 overs)

Shaheen bowls last over for Pakistan

NAM 128-5 (19 overs)

Haris to bowl his last over

NAM 116-5 (18 overs)

Hasan to bowl from other end

NAM 111-5 (17 overs)

Haris comes back

NAM 107-4 (16 overs)

Shaheen bowls back

NAM 101/4 (15 overs)

Hasan comes back

NAM 93/4 (14 overs)

Shadab bowls his last over

NAM 84-3 (13 overs)

Imad is back to bowl

NAM 78-2 (12 overs)

Shadab to bowl his third over

NAM 71-2 (11 overs)

Haris comes again

NAM 70-2 (10 overs)

Shadab continues

NAM 56-2 (9 overs)

Hafeez to bowl his first over

NAM 45-1 (8 overs)

Shadab joins in

NAM 40-1 (7 overs)

Imad continues

NAM 34-1 (6 overs)

Haris joins the bowling attack

NAM 24-1 (5 overs)

Imad comes to bowl

NAM 23-1 (4 overs)

Hasan bowls

NAM 15-1 (3 overs)

Shaheen continues

NAM 8-1 (2 overs)

Hasan comes to bowl

NAM 7-0 (1 over)

Shaheen to start bowling for Pakistan. Stephan Baard, Michael van Lingen open for Namibia

Namibia need 190 runs to win 

Rizwan (79*)

Hafeez (32*)

PAK 189-2 (20 overs)

Smit to bowl last over for Namibia

PAK 165-2 (19 overs)

Wiese bowls

PAK 155-2 (18 overs)

Trumpelmann bowls his last over

PAK 138-2 (17 overs)

Smit to bowl his third over

PAK 127-2 (16 overs)

Frylinck bowl his last over

PAK 118/1 (15 overs)

Wiese to bowl his third

PAK 109-0 (14 overs)

Frylinck comes again

PAK 101-0 (13 overs)

Eaton comes in

PAK 89/0 (12 overs)

Trumpelmann bowls

PAK 71/0 (11 overs)

Shikongo comes back

PAK 59/0 (10 overs)

Loftie-Eaton comes to bowl

PAK 50/0 (9 overs)

Smit comes again

PAK 45/0 (8 overs)

Frylinck continues

PAK 36-0 (7 overs)

Shikongo has been given bowling

PAK 29-0 (6 overs)

Frylinck given bowling

PAK 23-0 (5 overs)

Smit comes to bowl

PAK 13-0 (4 overs)

Wiese continues

PAK 6-0 (3 overs)

Trumpelmann continues

PAK 4-0 (2 overs)

David Wiese comes to bowl

PAK 0-0 (1 over)

Babar, Rizwan open Pakistan’s batting. Ruben Trumpelmann bowls for Namibia

Pakistan vs Namibia (1st innings)

ABU DHABI: Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam has won the toss and decided to bat first against Namibia in their second last match of the T20 World Cup 2021. 

SQUADS

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi

NAMIBIA: Stephan Baard, Michael van Lingen, Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus (capt), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Zane Green (wk), Jan Frylinck, Ruben Trumpelmann, Ben Shikongo

ABU DHABI: Temba Bavuma rescued South Africa in a low-scoring match followed by their six-wicket win over Bangladesh in T20 World Cup 2021. 

Bavuma kept his nerves calm when South Africa lost a couple of quick wickets. Bangladeshi bowlers tried hard with the ball but a paltry target of 85 couldn’t make it their day.

Sent into bat first, Bangladesh lost their control after their first opener Mohammad Naim fell off Kagiso Rabada.

A couple of dismissals followed the line and South African bowlers completely dominated. Liton Das (24) and Mahedi Hasan (27) tried to save the Bangladeshi batting line but the day belonged to South African bowlers. Das struck a boundary whereas Hasan smashed two boundaries and a six.

Rabada and Anrich Nortje bagged three wickets each, Tabraiz Shamsi took two while Dwaine Preterious managed to take a scalp.

In reply, South Africa lost Reeza Hendricks earlier followed by Quinton De Kock (14) and Aiden Markram (0). But, Rassie van der Dussen (22) and Bavuma (31*) scored 47 runs together to set the tone for a low-score chase.

For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed took two wickets while Hasan and Nasum Ahmed shared a wicket apiece.

England clinched a 26-run victory over England to remain unbeaten in the ICC T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Monday.

The victory has virtually confirmed England’s place in the semi-final.

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.

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— ICC (@ICC) November 1, 2021

England finished at 163-4 in their 20 overs with Jos Buttler scoring an unbeaten century. His 101-run knock from 67 deliveries included six boundaries and as many sixes.

He put on a 112-run partnership with Eoin Morgan, who scored 36-ball 40 with the help of a boundary and three maximums.

Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva bagged three wickets from his four overs.

In reply, Sri Lanka was dismissed for 134 with an over to spare. Hasaranga made 34 from 21 deliveries with the help of three fours and six. Skipper Dasun Shanaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 26 runs each.

Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan all took two wickets.

DUBAI: Daryl Mitchell and Kane Williamson partnered strongly to drive New Zealand to eight-wickets win against India in T20 World Cup here at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. 

Set to chase 111 runs, New Zealand’s skipper Williamson and Mitchell carried their team to a comfortable chase in the end. The two batters scored 72 runs for New Zealand as they notched their first victory in the event.

Mitchell fell just a run short to his fifty off 35 balls including four boundaries and three sixes. Williamson remained not out for 33 laced with three boundaries.

Jasprit Bumrah was the only wicket-taker for India as he finished with 2-19.

While bowling first, Trent Boult bagged three followed by Ish Sodhi’s two wickets helped the Black Caps restrict India to 110-7 in 20 overs.

Sent into bat first, the Indian batting line was completely speechless against the confident bowling attack of New Zealand.

Boult started the proceedings by removing Ishan Kishan in third over. Thereafter, India kept losing wickets after regular intervals. KL Rahul scored 18 runs whereas Rohit Sharma made 14.

Rishabh Pant made 12 followed by Ravindra Jadeja scoring fighting 26 laced with two boundaries and a six. Pandya also contributed 23.

For New Zealand, Boult and Sodhi were followed by Tim Southee and Adam Milne taking a wicket each.

Toss

New Zealand have won the toss and decided to bowl first against India

SQUADS

India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (capt), Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Kane Williamson (capt), Devon Conway (wk), Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult