This news gives a brief description of the events that made headlines in the cricket world today
1. T20 World Cup 2024: Fazalhaq Farooqui creates history, becomes the first bowler to achieve this feat
Fazalhaq Farooqui has become the bowler to take the most wickets in a season in the history of T20 World Cup. Earlier this record was in the name of Sri Lanka’s brilliant spinner Wanindu Hasaranga who took 16 wickets in the 2021 season. Fazalhaq Farooqui has overtaken Hasaranga in the 2024 season.
2. IND vs ENG: Captain Cool 2.0 will be seen in the semi-finals..! Rohit Sharma will lead India to the finals by captaining like Dhoni
Team India is playing brilliantly under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, so far the team is unbeaten with 6 wins in the tournament. Rohit Sharma is seen doing smart captaincy. Hitman is the captain of the bowlers. Bringing Akshar Patel in the death overs, getting Bumrah to bowl in the middle overs. All the strategies of Rohit have been amazing.
3. Captain Rashid Khan took an oath after Afghanistan was eliminated from the semi-finals, read what it is?
After the semi-final defeat, captain Rashid Khan posted a post on social media and praised the efforts of him and his teammates. The Afghan captain said that the team will always remember the T20 World Cup and thanked his teammates for their fight. Along with this, Rashid Khan promised the fans that he will continue his performance in the upcoming tournaments to be played in the future.
4. ‘Moeen Ali is a player who can trouble us’: Former India players ahead of IND vs ENG 2nd T20 World Cup semi-final
Before the semi-final match between India and England, Aakash Chopra says that Moeen Ali can prove to be a threat to Team India in this match.
5. England is afraid of being out of the semi-finals, Michael Waugh gave an open challenge to ICC in the name of India
All the matches of India were broadcasted at 8:00 pm Indian time, which has also given a huge increase in viewership to the ICC. Michael Waugh wrote on his official social media account that, ‘This semi-final should have been held in Guyana but because the entire event has gone to India, it is not fair to the other teams.’
6. Semi-Final Prize Money: How much money will Afghanistan get despite being out of the semi-finals?
After losing the semi-final against South Africa, Afghanistan’s dream of playing in the final was shattered, but they will be very proud of their team’s performance throughout the tournament. Let us tell you that Afghanistan will get Rs 6.55 crore despite losing the semi-final of the T20 World Cup. Afghanistan won five matches till the semi-final and due to this they will get Rs 129.5 lakh for this as well. In this way, the team will get a total of Rs 7.84 crore as prize money.
7. “This is not the pitch you want to play a World Cup semi-final on” Head coach blames pitch for AFG’s defeat
Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott has criticised the pitch used in Trinidad for the South Africa vs Afghanistan match. He has said that this pitch was not suitable to host the T20 World Cup semi-final.
8. Ambati Rayudu is after Team India, now he questions Captain Rohit Sharma as a reporter
During the IPL, former Team India player Ambati Rayudu was in the news a lot, due to his statements against RCB and Virat Kohli. Now Rayudu is doing commentary in the T20 World Cup, meanwhile he has done something that is making a lot of headlines and this time the matter is related to captain Rohit.
9. IND vs ENG: England can play this many spin bowlers against India, former legend made a big revelation
Before the match between India and England starts, there is a continuous discussion among the former players about the planning of both the teams. And now in this episode, a big statement has come from the former all-rounder of England cricket team Paul Collingwood. Collingwood says that England can play 4 spin bowlers against India in this match.