Team India's World Cup winning squad finally reached New Delhi today in morning around 6 AM IST following a 16-hour long flight. Thousands of fans reached Delhi Airport to greet the victorious Indian squad even as they soon left for Hotel ITC Maurya.
Team India won the T20 World Cup after a gap of nearly 17 years beating South Africa in the final by seven runs. But the players and the officials have been stuck in Barbados since then due to landfall of Hurricane Beryl. Nevertheless, PM Modi had already spoken to players after victory last week.
It was Hardik Pandya who turned the game on its head in the final of T20 World Cup 2024 on Saturday (June 29) against South Africa. He dismissed Heinrich Klaasen on the first ball of the 17th over and that was enough for India to make a comeback and lift the trophy.
India cricketer Virat Kohli announced his retirement from T20Is soon after winning the T20 World Cup beating South Africa in the final by seven runs. He made his last game in the format memorable with a match-winning 76-run knock opening the innings.
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Team India players and the media contingent was stuck in Barbados due to the landfall of Hurricane Beryl soon after the T20 World Cup final. Even the airport in Barbados was shut for a couple of days with players confined to their hotel rooms. But now, the team is set to depart in a few hours.
Namibia is all set to host Punjab cricket team for a five-match One-Day series starting from July 3. The matches are set to take place at the Wanderers sports club in Windhoek. This series is part of Namibia's preparation for their upcoming tour of Scotland.
India won the T20 World Cup on June 29 beating South Africa in the final and within a week, they are scheduled to play five-match series against Zimbabwe. Only three players from the main World Cup squad are in this team while Shubman Gll has been named captain.
Cricket Namibia is playing against a state association of India for the second time. The earlier collaboration was with Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) last year in June. This series is organised to prepare for upcoming tour of Scotland.
Bangladesh made it to the Super 8 round of T20 World Cup 2024 but couldn't win a single game losing to India, Australia and Afghanistan. In fact, despite losing their first two matches in Super 8, they had a chance to qualify for semis, but they failed to chase down 116 runs vs Afghanistan.
India's only representative in Men's Singles at Wimbledon 2024, Sumit Nagal is ranked 72nd but lost to world no.53 from Serbia Miomir Kecmanović in four sets. He will now feature in men's doubles event as well as he will pair up with Dusan Lajović.
Pakistan got knocked out from the T20 World Cup 2024 in group stage itself as they lost to the USA and India in their first two matches itself. Amidst massive criticism, their players are now set to feature in T20 leagues with no international matches scheduled in July.
Team India's World Cup winning squad is stuck in Barbados with the landfall of Hurricane Beryl and will only reach India on July 3 in evening. The first two matches of the Zimbabwe series are scheduled to take place on July 6 and 7.
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The five-match series between India and Zimbabwe is set to take place from July 6 in Harare. The hosts have announced a new-look squad for the series with Sikandar Raza continuing to be captain of the team. Notably, senior players have been dropped from the team.
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