"My body can’t take the training load as before but I’m technically very strong. Once the competition series starts, I don’t care who’s ahead of me, who’s behind me, I visualise my routine and give it 100 percent. I’m not scared," Dipa Karmakar said.
Tournament hosts Germany will kick off the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship in the curtain raiser clash against Scotland on June 14 while the defending champions Italy will kick off their campaign against Albania on June 15.
The former Australian cricket team captain picked Jasprit Bumrah as the leading wicket-taker at the T20 World Cup 2024 but snubbed Indian batting icons Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for the leading run-scorer prediction.
PV Sindhu's poor form ahead of the Paris Olympics continued as she has been knocked out of Singapore Open in second round. She lost to her nemesis Carolina Marin of Spain in the round of 16 who has won against Sindhu six consecutive times now since 2018.
India's star batter Virat Kohli holds the record for most runs, most fifty plus scores and most runs in single edition of the T20 World Cup. Bangladesh's former skipper Shakib Al Hasan dominates the record for most wickets with no competition.
Australia will start T20 World Cup campaign with a game against Oman on June 5 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown in Barbados. Discussions are in progress over the look of their bowling attack but it looks very much certain that Hazlewood, Starc and Cummins will start.
Pakistan leg-spinner Shadab Khan is part of the T20 World Cup squad but didn't have a good day at the office in the second T20I against England. Pakistan lost the game by 23 runs as they couldn't chase the 183-run target.
ICC has released the team rankings for the final time before the T20 World Cup and India are on top of the pile. They were at the numero uno position when the ODI World Cup got underway last year as well and played like one throughout the tournament before stumbling in the final.
Kuldeep Yadav was the leading wicket-taker in ODI cricket in 2023. The left-arm wrist spinner bagged 49 wickets in 30 ODI matches for India in the calendar year and was included in the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2023.
England are leading the four-match series 1-0 and with rain washing out two matches already, they cannot lose the series now. On the other hand, Pakistan will be itching to get on the field and level the series and also gain some confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup.
England and Pakistan Women faced each other in the third and final ODI on Wednesday (May 29). The hosts won the series 2-0 with a massive 178-run victory in the final match played at County Ground in Chelmsford. Ecclestone was the best bowler for England picking up 3/15 in just 4.1 overs.
Iga Świątek toiled hard on the red clay to fend off a determined Naomi Osaka and ruined her chances of making a fairytale return to the Roland Garros. Świątek is now ahead of Osaka in their head-to-head record by 2-1.
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.
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Rishabh Pant is making his return to Team India after a hiatus of 528 days. He last played for the national team against Bangladesh in a Test match at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Usama Mir had a season to cherish when he represented Worcestershire Rapids in the previous season of the T20 Blast. The wily leg-spinner had finished the season as the second-leading wicket-taker for the side.
Grand Master Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu's win over the current world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen is also special because he has defeated him in his home tournament in Norway. Praggnanandhaa is leading the charts by virtue of his incredible triumph.
India have had the wood over Pakistan in ICC Men's T20 World Cup matches. The Men in Blue have won six out of the seven matches that they have played against their arch-rivals in the marquee ICC tournament.
"Whether it's the next tour, whether it's a tour in six months, whether it's a tour in one year. I don't really put my thought behind when I should play. That is the selector's job, that is other people's job," Riyan Parag said.
Vincent Kompany was named the Manager of the Season for guiding Burnley to English Premier League promotion in 2023 but his team suffered a quick relegation in the 2024 season with just five wins in 38 matches.
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