Anshul Gupta

It has been a rainy series in England with two games being washed out among the three and the collective hopes and prayers will be there for the match to take place in London on Thursday, May 30. England might be without Jos Buttler yet again but despite his absence, they have enough to win.

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has suggested a rather innovative batting order for the T20 World Cup for the Men in Blue. Jaffer reckoned that India might be able to fit all three of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma with the skipper demoting himself to the middle order.

Sanju Samson, who got a nod ahead of the likes of KL Rahul and Jitesh Sharma as India's second wicketkeeping option for the T20 World Cup, admitted that he was far from being considered and had to put in a season to remember in the IPL, which he did as he achieved first-ever season fo 500 runs.

Oman, Canada and Namibia began their campaigns in the T20 World Cup with respective wins albeit in the warm-up matches. However, as they say, confidence is a big thing in big tournaments and all of them will be keen to take this momentum in their next warm-up games and then the T20 World Cup.

Major League Cricket (MLC) ahead of its second edition has officially received the List-A status. The success of the inaugural season in Texas and Morrisville and the involvement of some of the biggest T20 stars kept the tournament in good stead and now the official T20 status is cherry on the top.

Rafael Nadal suffered a first-round exit at the French Open after losing to Alexander Zverev while the former England captain Eoin Morgan has picked India as favourites for the T20 World Cup saying that they have the strongest squad. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on May 28.

Joe Burns, the 34-year-old Australian batter is set to make a move to Italy for the latter part of his career after confirming his brother's death which happened earlier this year. Burns, who represented Australia in 29 matches across two formats, last played for his country in 2020 against India.

Cricket Australia on Tuesday (May 28) confirmed that Australia A will be hosting India A for a couple of red-ball games including one at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of the five-match Border-Gavaskat Trophy. India have won the last four Test series against Australia, two at home and two away.

Former England captain Eoin Morgan picked India as favourites for the T20 World Cup 2024 considering the squad's strength and depth. India despite having the biggest T20 competition, IPL, haven't won the T20 World Cup since the league's inception and would want to end the 17-year drought next month.

England will take on Pakistan in the third T20I of the four-match series as the visitors look to stay alive. England will be without their regular skipper Jos Buttler and hence an opportunity for Pakistan to level the series and take it to the decider at the Oval on Thursday.

Australian superstar Mitchell Starc hoped that he would get retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of next year's mega auction. Starc after a rough start, came smashing back with two Player of the Match performances in the qualifier and then the final taking KKR to their third IPL title.

Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title beating the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final rather comfortably by 8 wickets while the first batch of the Indian team landed in New York ahead of the T20 World Cup on Sunday, May 26. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on May 27.

West Indies swept the three-match T20 series against South Africa with yet another dominant win in the finale by 8 wickets as the visitors without a full-strength side struggled throughout the assignment. Obed McCoy starred with the ball with three wickets as West Indies restricted SA to 163/7.