Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Defending champions India will face West Indies in a virtual quarterfinal at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. The semifinal equation is quite simple for both teams; the winner of the encounter will reach the next round along with South Africa from Group A. However, things can get complicated if the match gets washed out or abandoned.Unlike actual quarterfinals, the reserve day is not available for the match. So if rain or any other calamity affects the match, then the teams wil…
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Ahmedabad, Feb 26 (IANS) Skipper Aiden Markram led from the front with an unbeaten 82 as South Africa chased down a challenging target of 177 runs in just 16.1 overs for the loss of only one wicket and secured a nine-wicket win over the West Indies in their second match in Super 8s stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.With this win, the Proteas remain unbeaten in the ongoing tournament and have inched closer to officially confirming the…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The tickets for the semi-finals and final of the T20 World Cup 2026 will go live at 7 pm IST on Tuesday, as announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in a release.Cricket fans can book seats for the first semi-final on March 4, the second semi-final on March 5 and the highly anticipated final on March 8 through the official booking sites.However, the venue for Semi-final 1 remains subject to a floating arrangement. The match will be held either at the R Premad…
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) The T20 format’s most unpredictable exponent, West Indies, will take on Zimbabwe, the Cinderella team of this edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, pitting the Caribbean flair against the African fire in a mouth-watering clash in the Super 8s stage of the 2026 edition here at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. Two-time T20 World Cup winners West Indies are on a resurgence as they topped their preliminary league group ahead of England and advanced to the tournament’s second s…
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) Zimbabwe will play their first match in the Super 8s round of the T20 World Cup 2026 against the two-time champions, West Indies, at the iconic Wankhede Stadium on Monday. The upcoming encounter will be the West Indies and Zimbabwe fifth meeting in T20I cricket history. In the four matches played so far between the teams, West Indies has a clear advantage and dominance over Zimbabwe. The Caribbean team has won three matches out of the five played between them, while Zimba…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s road to the semifinals became tricky after rain had the final say in the opening match of the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8s, forcing the abandonment of their clash against New Zealand at the R Premadasa Stadium on Saturday. The washout leaves both teams with one point each in Group 2, a scenario that could complicate their path to the semifinals. With England and Sri Lanka also in the group, a shared point is better than a defeat for Pakistan, but it may prove c…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri feels that the defending champions have got their best playing XI and there will be unlikely any change in the team sheet when India face South Africa in their first match of the Super 8s in the T20 World Cup 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.India made two changes to the team when they played against the Netherlands in their last group stage match. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav went out for Arshdeep Singh, while Axar Patel…
Pallekele, Feb 21 (IANS) England skipper Harry Brook has admitted that the team took some of the opposition sides in the Group stage lightly and also promised to perform well in the Super 8s round, where they will play their first match against the co-hosts, Sri Lanka, at the Pallekele International Stadium on Sunday.England’s campaign so far in the tournament has been far from convincing, as they nearly escaped defeat in their first match against Nepal by just four runs. Brook’s side got hammer…
Pallekele, Feb 21 (IANS) Two-time champions, England, will play their first match in the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8s against the co-hosts, Sri Lanka, at the Pallekele International Stadium on Sunday.England and Sri Lanka have been placed in group B in the Super 8s with 2009 champions Pakistan and New Zealand. Out of four teams, only two will proceed to the semi-final stage.This will be only the 18th time England will face Sri Lanka in T20Is. Harry Brook’s team have an upper hand against Sri Lank…
Ahmedabad, Feb 21 (IANS) India will start their campaign of the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8s round against South Africa. The clash between the two finalists of the 2024 World Cup will happen at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.India and South Africa are placed in a tough Group A of the Super 8s with two-time champions West Indies and Zimbabwe. All four teams are coming to the contest after being table toppers of their respective groups in the first round.This will be the 36th time India would …