Trinbago Knight Riders announced their pre-draft squad for the upcoming Women's Caribbean Premier League 2024 on Sunday. Australian duo Meg Lanning and Jess Jonassen joined Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey in the overseas players list for TKR.
IND vs ZIM, 2nd T20I: Young opener Abhishek Sharma smashed 100 runs off 47 balls and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 77 off 47 balls to help India post the biggest-ever T20I total of 234 against Zimbabwe in Harare.
Jeswin Aldrin and Ankita Dhyani were added to India's athletics squad for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. The World Athletics announced the updated list of qualified athletes for the Summer Olympics, boosting India's roster to 30 on Sunday.
Indian youngster Abhishek Sharma scored a duck on his debut in the first T20I game against South Africa on Saturday but made a stunning comeback by smashing a sensational hundred in the second match on Sunday to announce his arrival to international cricket.
IND vs ZIM playing XIs, 2nd T20I: Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. The young batter Sai Sudharsan replaced a fast bowler in India's playing eleven after a shock defeat in the first game.
Defender Nahitan Nandez was shown a red card in the 74th minute but Uruguay held off the Brazilian attack to take the game to extra 30 minutes and then to penalties. Real Madrid defender Eder Miliato and star midfielder Douglas Luiz missed penalties for Brazil.
The world no.1 and title favourite Iga Swiatek suffered a shock 6-3, 1-6, 2-6 loss against unseeded Yulia Putintseva in the third round of the women's singles. The top-ten-ranked Ons Jabeur also suffered an upset against the world no.21 Elena Svitolina.
Mumbai Indians' star spinner Saika Ishaque finds herself among reserves after making a successful international debut last year. Sajana Sajeevan and Asha Sobhana beat Ishaque to find a place in the Indian team for the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2024.
Sachin Tendulkar received a rousing reception as the sports legends Roger Federer, Joe Root, and Pep Guardiola attended the world no.4 Jannik Sinner's men's singles third-round game against English star Cameron Norrie at centre court.
"To be honest, right now the main feeling is that the tournament is over, because we all had a big goal that we wanted to achieve together. And this dream we all had has been simply shattered now," Toni Kroos said.
IND vs ZIM, 1st T20I: The new T20 world champions are set to begin a new chapter in Indian cricket history with Shubman Gill leading a new-look side in the five-match T20I series against Sikandar Raza's Zimbabwe in Harare.
"I think Rohit Bhai was an opener and Virat Bhai also opened in this World Cup. I have also opened in T20s. So, I think I will want to open in T20Is," Shubman Gill said in the pre-match press conference ahead of 1st match on Saturday.
The experienced opener Tazmin Brits registered her career-best highest score of 81 and the star all-rounder Marizanne Kapp scored 57 to help South Africa women post a huge total of 189 while batting first in the first T20I.
Indian star pacer Mohammed Siraj failed to feature in the playing eleven that beat South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024 but contributed to India's success with two fielding medals in his three innings in the group stages.
"Modiji, we cricketers, don't get the opportunity to participate in the Olympics. But, now cricket is going to be part of the Olympics. It's going to be big for the cricketers, the nation and the cricket board," Rahul Dravid said.
IND vs ZIM Dream11 Prediction: Shubman Gill will be leading the Indian cricket team in their first T20I assignment after T20 World Cup 2024 glory last month. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube will miss out first two matches due to their involvement in the recent T20 World Cup.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to congratulate and host the Indian cricket team on their return from the T20 World Cup 2024 success. PM Modi met each Indian cricketer at PM House and asked players about their journey to T20 World Cup glory.
Mumbai cricketers Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube and Suryakumar Yadav played crucial roles in team India's T20 World Cup 2024 success and were felicitated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai on Friday.
Top News
Latest News
