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India have released their new kit ahead of the upcoming Asian Games scheduled to be held from 28 September to 8 October in China.
The team will be captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad. This is the second time the men’s cricket team will be featuring in this competition.
The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh and Gaikwad were seen posing with this kit. Continue reading “New India Cricket Asian Games Jersey 2023 | Indian T20 Kit for Asian Games”
New Zealand have unveiled their 15 man squad for the upcoming World Cup 2023 scheduled to be held in India in October- November.
Continue reading “New Zealand Squad ODI World Cup 2023 | 15 Man Black Caps Roster ODI WC 2023”
A healthy official crowd of 10,843 was in attendance for the second ODI between South Africa and Australia at the Mangaung Oval. The game was played on a weekend, but the SA fans had to go home disappointed as Australia prevailed by 123 runs to go 2-0 up in the series.
Australia made a massive 392/8 batting first on the back of fine centuries from David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne. In their chase, four Proteas batsmen (Bavuma, De Kock, Klaasen and Miller) all made 40’s, but unlike the Australian duo, they couldn’t quite kick on further. Continue reading “South Africa vs Australia Cricket Bloemfontein 2023 Attendance 10,843 2nd ODI Mangaung Oval”
Netherlands have announced their 15 member squad for the upcoming World Cup scheduled to be held in India later next month.
Continue reading “Netherlands Squad ODI World Cup 2023 | 15 Man Netherlands Roster ODI WC 2023”
Harris Rauf claimed figures of 4/19 as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the first game of the Super 4 at Lahore on Wednesday.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Bangladesh got off to a poor start by losing Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Naseem Shah for a golden duck.
The pair of Mohammad Naim and Litton Das added 30 runs for the second wicket stand before the latter edged a delivery from Shaheen Shah Afridi behind the stumps for 16.
Rauf then got into the act by claiming both Mohammad Naim (20) and Towhid Hridoy (2) in quick succession leaving them in a spot of bother at 47/4.
Skipper Shakib Al Hasan along with Mushfiqur Rahim resurrected the innings with a valuable 100 run stand for the fifth wicket before the former was caught in the boundary line by Fakhar Zaman off Faheem Ashraf for 53.
Rauf in his second spell returned by dismissing the dangerous Mushfiqur Rahim (64) caught behind the stumps and then dismissing Taskin Ahmed for a first ball duck.
Naseem then wrapped up the innings by dismissing Afif Hossain (12) and Shoriful Islam (1) as Bangladesh were bundled out for 193 in 38.4 overs.
Chasing 194, openers Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq got Pakistan off to a steady start. The pair added 35 runs for the opening wicket before the former was trapped leg before wicket by Shoriful Islam for 20.
Skipper Babar Azam then dragged a delivery from Taskin Ahmed back on to his stumps for 17.
Imam along with Mohammad Rizwan put on 85 runs for the third wicket stand before the former fell to Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 78.
Rizwan and Agha Salman put on an unbeaten 35 runs for the third wicket stand to take Pakistan to a comfortable seven wicket win.
Pakistan 194 for 3 (Imam 78, Rizwan 63*, Shoriful 1-24) beat Bangladesh 193 (Mushfiqur 64, Shakib 53, Rauf 4-19, Naseem 3-34) by seven wickets
The opening match of the Super 4 gets underway with Pakistan taking on Bangladesh at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on September 6.
The teams that have qualified are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively.
There will be total of six matches that will be played in the Super 4, followed by the final on on September 17 at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Continue reading “List of Super 4 Fixtures at 2023 Asia Cup- Super 4 matches at Asia Cup 2023”