Nine months after reversing his decision to make himself available for the ICC T20 World Cup in June 2024, Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket.
Following reports of security threats to the June 9 match, Kathy Hochul, the Governor of New York State, assured public safety will be her priority.
Team India enters the year 2023 with hopes of putting the disappointments of the 2022 Asia Cup and ICC T20 World Cup behind and offering the fans what the pair of skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid had shown promise of.
With this win, India is at the top spot in the points table with four points in two wins in two matches. The Netherlands is at the bottom and has yet to score a point after two losses.
Opener Kusal Mendis smashed an unbeaten 68, his second consecutive fifty on the trot, as Sri Lanka secured a clinical nine-wicket win over Ireland in their Super 12 match of the Men's T20 World Cup at the Bellerive Oval on Sunday.
The defining moment at the T20 World Cup came when he hit an unbeaten 20-ball 26 against New Zealand, guiding Pakistan to a narrow win which laid the platform for their dominance in Group 2 of the 'Super 12' stage. Malik also struck an unbeaten 54 against Scotland in their last 'Super 12' engagement, indicating he is in good form for the semifinal clash.
Langer came under intense scrutiny after returning from Australia's 4-1 T20I series losses to West Indies and Bangladesh. There were reports of discontent between him and the players apart from an alleged heated argument with a Cricket Australia (CA) staffer in Dhaka.
Namibia has had successful performances at the T20 World Cup despite being underdogs, and the Black Caps would not want to take any chances with the side by underestimating their potential, especially when the Kane Williamson-led side is in the semifinals.
India reshuffled its batting order at the top after an eight-wicket loss to New Zealand on Sunday, with Ishan Kishan opening with KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma sliding to number three. India's strategy backfired, as they were only able to score 110/7 in 20 overs, which New Zealand easily chased down in 14.3 overs.
Buttler's complete dominance of the Australian bowling, in which he smashed five towering sixes and an equal number of boundaries at a mind-boggling strike rate of 222, showed that he had done his homework on the Australian bowlers, as England crushed their arch-rivals by eight wickets, chasing down the total in 11.4 overs.
