Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup in 2022 and also reached the final of 50-over Asia Cup in the next year during his tenure. However, their performance in the ICC events (T20 and ODI World Cups) didn't improve at all. In the latest tournament, they were knocked out of group stage.
Jayawardene had signed a one-year extension contract with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in January 2024. But with Cricket consultant Sanath Jayasuriya's role having some overlaps with his role, Mahela has stepped down from his role writing a letter to SLC.
Afghanistan got knocked out of the T20 World Cup with South Africa thrashing them in the first semi-final by nine wickets. But that didn't stop Fazalhaq Farooqi from creating an all-time record in the T20 World Cup history as the left-arm shined for Afghanistan right through the tournament.
First time since their readmission to international cricket, South Africa's men's team has made it to the final of the ICC World Cup (ODI and T20 both). They had made it to the knockouts of the T20 World Cup for the first time since 2014 and just brushed aside Afghanistan in the semifinal.
South Africa ran riot in the first semi-final of T20 World Cup 2024 after losing the toss as their pacers didn't let Afghanistan batters settle at all. Afghanistan, from the highs of making it to the knockouts for the first time, touched the lows as they couldn't come to the terms.
Team India is one of the only two unbeaten teams in the T20 World Cup at the moment. But their real test was against Australia whom they faced in their last Super 8 encounter. India ended up beating them rather comfortably and eventually Australia got knocked out.
Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott believes pressure will be on South Africa in the semifinal given the fact that the Proteas have never gone past this stage in the World Cup tournaments. On the other hand, Afghanistan have qualified for the semis for the first time.
Five players in the squad will be playing for the first time in the Olympics. Ace drag-flicker and defender Harmanpreet Singh will continue to be the captain of the team and will also play in his third Olympics. Hardik Singh has been appointed his deputy.
India's best T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav has lost his top spot in the latest ICC rankings. With the T20 World Cup in progress, there have been a lot of changes in the rankings this month especially in the top 10 slots. Yashasvi Jaiswal is the only other Indian batter in top 10.
Paris Olympics are set to take place from July 26 to August 12 and Indian Olympics Association (IOA) has decided to hike monetary awards for the gold, silver ands bronze medal winners at the event. IOA has also earmarked 50$ as pocket allowance for each member of contingent.
The ninth edition of the T20 World Cup has reached its climax with semifinals set to happen now. South Africa will face Afghanistan in the first semifinal and the match will be played at the Brian Lara cricket stadium, Tarouba in Trinidad. How will be the pitch at the venue?
India Women defeated South Africa by 3-0 in the ODI series and Smriti Mandhana won the player of the series award for her exploits with the bat. She scored two centuries and a fifty in the series but even then slipped in the ICC ODI rankings. Here are all the details...
Super 8 round of T20 World Cup 2024 ended today and the four teams to qualify for semifinals are India, England, Afghanistan and South Africa. The first semifinal is set to take place on June 26 between South Africa and Afghanistan while India will face England in the second. But what if it rains?
After losing to India, Australia had to wait for the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh clash to end to know if they will be making it to the semifinal of T20 World Cup 2024. With this dependency, Warner couldn't get a proper farewell on the field after he got out while chasing 206 against India.
India TV Sports Wrap on June 25: From all the football action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on June 25.
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