IND-C vs AUS-C WCL 2024: Four Indian legends scored brilliant fifties to post a huge total of 254 while batting first and then bowlers shone to restrict Australia to a 168 total to enter the final. India will take on Pakistan in the final match in Birmingham on Sunday.
The inaugural edition of the World Championship of Legends is closing in on its climax with semifinals set to be played today. Pakistan will face West Indies in the first semifinal while the India and Australia will lock horns in the second semifinals. Here's the pitch report of County Ground.
India Champions are coming off a colossal loss against Pakistan Champions but still are in comfortable position to make it to the semi-finals but their Monday opponents might ruin that journey. Australia too lost their only game against Pakistan Champions but have won two games in a row since then.
Pat Cummins dismissed Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan and Towhid Hridoy to claim his maiden T20 World Cup hat-trick. The right-arm speedster is the seventh player to claim a hat-trick in the marquee T20 event.
It will be a busy summer in the United States of America as far as cricket is concerned with the T20 World Cup, the second edition of the Major Cricket League and now the newest legends league - the Intercontinental T20 League scheduled to be held in successive months from June to August.
Delhi-born Nikhil Chaudhary has added the much-needed Indian flavour in the ongoing Big Bash League season in Australia. Nikhil, who has impressed with his batting, bowling as well as style, was impressed by Brett Lee's Hindi during the game between the Hurricanes and the Renegades.
Besides the hectic schedule, bubble life amid the COVID-19 pandemic has also taken a toll on cricketers, forcing them to switch off from the game.
Former pacer Brett Lee believes with David Warner in prime form, "underdogs" Australia are well poised to clinch their maiden ICC T20 World Cup title this time.
Australia have four points from three outings and are under the pump to win their remaining fixtures as South Africa are ahead of them with six points from four games and also have a better net run rate.
The former Australia pace bowler, who picked 310 Test wickets and 380 ODI wickets said Tendulkar had great technique but he could guess the direction of his shots.
Kohli will be in action as India take on New Zealand in the much-awaited World Test Championship final from June 18th. Following the summit clash, the Indian team will take on hosts England for a five-Test series which starts in August.
An interesting sub-plot of the clash will be the different styles of captaincy that Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson will bring to the table. Lee said it would be an interesting battle.
Earlier on Monday, Kolkata Knight Riders' Australian pacer Cummins announced a USD 50,000 donation towards PM CARES Fund for oxygen supplies in India's COVID-19 ravaged hospitals
The debutant off-spinner removed Warner two runs short of his fifty as India picked four wickets in quick succession to exert pressure on Australia; Brett Lee blames the third umpire for making a poor call.
No Indian bowler makes it into the Australian bowling great's favourite five.
Watson had a rough start to IPL this season in UAE, having registered scores of 4, 33, 14 and 1 in first four games but Dhoni and the CSK management backed him.
Brett Lee shared a video with Dean Jones as he shared a video with the Australian cricket legend, who passed away earlier this week.
The former Australian pacer feels Kolkata Knight Riders made a mistake by allowing MI skipper the time to settle down
The 13th IPL, which was shifted to UAE due to rising COVID-19 cases in India, will get underway in Abu Dhabi on Saturday with a clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.
The former Australian pacer feels Bumrah's ability to make impact with both new and old balls makes him perfect fit to fill the void left by Malinga
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