Colombo, Feb 15 (IANS) The tension was unmistakable even before a ball was bowled. India captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha skipped the customary handshake at the toss, setting a fiery tone for their blockbuster Group A showdown in the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Minutes later, Agha won the toss and chose to bowl first on a surface that appeared slightly tacky and likely to aid seamers in the early overs — a …
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New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan admitted that narrow losses such as the recent double Super Over defeat to South Africa in the Men’s T20 World Cup never go out of the mind and recalled the heartbreak suffered in the 2023 ODI World Cup when Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 201 took Australia to victory in Mumbai.“To be honest, it’s pretty hard. It’s very, very hard to lose that game where we had it in our hand a couple of times and then it just slips off your hand and it di…
London, Feb 15 (IANS) England’s Test captain Ben Stokes has vowed to always wear a helmet while playing or even doing batting practice after getting hit on the face badly by the ball at the start of the month. Stokes also questioned the tactics of the batters to not wear a helmet while facing spinners in the match.”I never understood the no helmet when spin is bowling, I used to have throwdowns with no helmet,” Stokes wrote in a post on X. “After my accident last week and getting seriously lucky…
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) Team India will vanquish the Pakistani rivals easily and decisively, bringing joy to billions of Indians on the occasion of Maha Shivratri, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar said on Sunday, ahead of the summit T20 World Cup clash between arch-rivals – India and Pakistan. Madhur Bhandarkar told this to scribes during a visit to the city’s iconic Babulnath Temple, where he paid obeisance to Lord Shiva on Maha Shivratri. Bowing down before the deity at Babulnath Temple, also kno…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The much-anticipated India-Pakistan T20 World Cup encounter scheduled for Sunday evening has once again ignited sharp political reactions across party lines. While leaders from the BJP and its allies voiced confidence that India would secure a decisive victory, the Congress questioned the very staging of the match in light of cross-border terrorism allegedly backed by Pakistan.India and Pakistan are set to face off in Colombo later in the day. The atmosphere in the host …
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) In sports, the manner of defeat can sometimes hurt more than the defeat itself. Afghanistan discovered this cruel truth in Ahmedabad last week when what appeared to be a comfortable chase of 188 against South Africa disintegrated in the space of a few deliveries, and they lost the game they had in their grasp via a double Super Over. Now, after thorough introspection in a four-day break, Afghanistan need a comprehensive victory in their Group D encounter against the UAE …
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) National Spokesperson Vinod Bansal has drawn a striking analogy between India’s T20 World Cup encounter against Pakistan and the Ram-Ravan battle, highlighting the match’s symbolic significance on Mahashivratri.Bansal posted on X (loosely translated from Hindi), “Pakistan has once again faced defeat…!! All its hemming and hawing, threats, protests, and jihadi resistance before the ICC have gone to waste. Mian Sharif played the bully an…
Kanpur, Feb 15 (IANS) India spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s childhood coach Kapil Dev Pandey lauded his ward’s bowling prowess and stated that the left-arm wrist spinner doesn’t need any special advice for the much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash in the T20 World Cup, as he has enough experience under his belt. India are thinking of bringing in Kuldeep to take advantage of Pakistan’s past vulnerability. The left-arm wrist spinner had a scintillating outing for India in the Asia Cup, dismantling Pakista…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Ahead of the high-voltage T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan, special prayers and rituals were performed at temples across the country on the occasion of Mahashivratri, with devotees seeking divine blessings for India’s victory.In Lucknow, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad conducted a havan and pooja ahead of the much-anticipated encounter.A havan was also conducted in Patna.Speaking to IANS, BJP leader Anil Sahni said: “A havan was performed at Kulharia Complex, P…
Colombo, Feb 14 (IANS) India skipper Suryakumar Yadav on Saturday confirmed that opener Abhishek Sharma, who missed the second match of the T20 World Cup 2026 against Namibia, is “fit to play” and will feature against the arch-rivals Pakistan in the crucial Group A clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium.Abhishek was admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi on Monday due to a stomach infection, which he picked up during the clash against the USA at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In Abhishek’s …