‘As a team we have disappointed our fans’ Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto after being eliminated from the T20 World Cup
Bangladesh is out of T20 World Cup after losing by 8 runs against Afghanistan Najmul Hossain Shanto (Image Credit- Twitter X) The last match of the Super 8 round of the ongoing T20 World Cup was played today on 25 June between Afghanistan and Bangladesh (AFG vs BAN). Let us tell you that in this match played at Arnos Vale Ground Kingstown St. Vincent, the Afghan team won by 8 runs. After this historic win against Bangladesh, Afghanistan entered the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the first time, while to reach the semi-finals, Bangladesh had to achieve the target given by the Afghan team in 12.1 overs. Also, the way Liton Das (54*) was batting during Bangladesh’s batting, it seemed that Bangladesh had made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. However, the Afghan team made a comeback with excellent bowling and continued to take wickets of Bangladesh at regular intervals. Defending the small target of 116 runs, Afghanistan bowled out Bangladesh for 105 runs in 17.5 overs and won the match. On the other hand, after such a defeat in the match and being eliminated from the tournament, a big statement has come from Bangladeshi captain Najmul Hossain Shanto. Shanto says that as a team they have disappointed the fans. Najmul Hossain Shanto gave a big statement After the match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh ended, Nazmul said during the post-match – Talking about our overall performance in the T20 World Cup, we have disappointed cricket fans as a team. We have disappointed the fans who watch our matches. So, I apologize on behalf of my team. As a batting unit we were not able to perform well. We are sorry about this and will try to get out of it in the coming times.
Rohit, Hardik, Surya will not go to Zimbabwe, this young player will be the captain of Team India on this tour
Indian Cricket Team (Image Credit- Twitter) Team India’s young player Shubman Gill got out of the T20 World Cup 2024 early. He was traveling with the Indian team as a reserve player for this tournament. Meanwhile, once again a big update related to Gill has come to the fore. If some media reports are to be believed, Shubman Gill can be appointed as the captain of Team India for the Zimbabwe tour to be held immediately after the World Cup. India has to play a 5 T20 match series against Zimbabwe. It has been learned that the main players of the team involved in the T20 World Cup will be given a break. These main players include Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma. The senior selection committee also asked Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav if they want to travel to Zimbabwe, but both have refused. Senior players will get rest on Zimbabwe tour According to the Indian Express report, the senior selection committee has selected a 20-member team for the upcoming series, but they are waiting for a response from Hardik and Suryakumar. Shubman Gill, who went to the USA with the Indian team as a reserve player, has returned to India with fast bowler Avesh Khan, as the team management wanted to rest him. Let us tell you that in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma and Rajasthan Royals’ Riyan Parag may get a chance on the Zimbabwe tour. This is the first time that 23-year-old Abhishek Sharma will be selected for the Indian team. This batsman had scored 484 runs and along with Travis Head had given a great start to SRH in the IPL. Rajasthan Royals’ Riyan Parag also performed brilliantly in IPL 2024, scoring 573 runs. Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rinku Singh, who were sitting on the bench during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, will also be part of Team India for Zimbabwe. Apart from these, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tushar Deshpande and Harshit Rana will also go on the Zimbabwe tour.
Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus appeals to BCCI to play warm-up matches against them before South Africa tour
Erasmus is confident that if the Board of Control for Cricket in India agrees to his appeal, it will significantly raise the level of cricket in the country. Gerhard Erasmus and Jay Shah (Picture Source-X) Recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket South Africa announced that India will tour South Africa. This series will start in November this year. Currently both the teams are participating in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. All cricket fans are very happy that once again a fierce cricket clash will be seen between India and South Africa. However, regarding this tour, recently Namibia’s captain Gerhard Erasmus has appealed to the Indian board on social media to play warm-up matches against them in their capital city Windhoek. Erasmus is confident that if the Board of Control for Cricket in India agrees to his appeal, then the level of cricket in the country will also increase significantly. The Proteas man confirmed the tour on his official social media account, on which the Namibia captain wrote, ‘Hey @BCCI, warm-up match in Windhoek?’ Here is the tweet: Hey @BCCI warm-up in Windhoek? — Gerhard Erasmus (@gerharderasmus) June 21, 2024 Talking about Namibia, the team was eliminated from the group stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The team has many good players who have made their mark in international cricket. Let us tell you, in the upcoming tour, a four-match T20 series will be played between India and South Africa. The first match will be played in Durban on November 8. The remaining three T20s will be held in Gqeberha, Centurion and Johannesburg. This series will end by November 15. Before this series, the Indian team will play a match against New Zealand at home which will conclude by November 5. It seems very difficult for the Indian team to play a warm-up match against Namibia. Now it remains to be seen whether the Board of Control for Cricket in India agrees to this appeal of Gerhard Erasmus or not. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Rohit Sharma is struggling with poor form in T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian captain could not play a big innings even against Afghanistan
Rohit Sharma has so far scored 76 runs in four innings of this important tournament. Rohit Sharma (Pic Source-X) In the important match of ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma failed to score big against Afghanistan and returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs. Rohit Sharma’s performance in the match against Afghanistan was quite disappointing. Let us tell you, Rohit Sharma played a match winning innings of 52 runs in 37 balls against Ireland in the group stage. However, after this match, Rohit Sharma looked completely out of form. Against Pakistan, the Indian captain scored just 13 runs, while against America, Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring three runs. Many fans were expecting that Rohit Sharma would definitely score big against Afghanistan but he lost his wicket on a brilliant ball from Fazalhaq Farooqi. Rohit Sharma has so far scored 76 runs in four innings of this important tournament. The match against Canada was cancelled due to rain. Not only Rohit Sharma, experienced batsman Virat Kohli has also not been able to leave his mark in this tournament. So far, both these players have failed to give a good start to the Indian team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. At present, if we talk about the match played against Afghanistan, apart from Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant also flopped completely and got out after scoring 20 runs. Rohit Sharma will have to get back to his best form once again India will now play its next match against Bangladesh on June 22 while the team will play against Australia on June 24. When this tournament started, the Indian captain was seen batting brilliantly but in the last three innings, he has batted disappointingly. The bowlers of the Indian team have made their mark in this tournament so far but the performance of the batsmen has been quite poor. However, Rohit Sharma and the rest of the batsmen of the team would definitely want to make their mark in the remaining matches of this tournament. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Kane Williamson resigns, an era ends…! No player from FAB 4 is a captain now
An era has come to an end after Kane Williamson’s decision to step down from captaincy. None of the four Fab-4 players are captains now. Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli and Joe Root (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The 9th edition of the T20 World Cup is currently being played under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. The first round of the tournament is over. The Super-8 round is starting today (19 June), after which the semi-finals will be played on 27 June and the final on 29 June. For the first time in the history of the T20 World Cup, the New Zealand team has been eliminated from the tournament after the group stage round. With this, the team’s dream of winning the World Cup has been shattered once again. Meanwhile, Kane Williamson has announced to leave the captaincy of white ball cricket. He has also rejected the central contract offered by the board. The entire cricket world is surprised by this decision of Kane Williamson. An era has come to an end today after this decision of Kane Williamson. None of the four players of Fab-4 is a captain now. The Fab-4 players include Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson and Joe Root. These four players have waved their flag in every format while representing their respective countries. Kane Williamson became the all-format captain of New Zealand in 2016 After the retirement of Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson was appointed captain of all three formats of New Zealand in March 2016. Under the captaincy of Williamson, the team won its first ICC title in 2021 by defeating India in the World Test Championship. After which Kane Williamson left the captaincy of the Test format in December 2022 and has also left the captaincy of white ball cricket after the team was out of the T20 World Cup 2024. Steve Smith became Australia’s all-format captain in 2015 after Michael Clarke. But then he had to step down from the captaincy after the ball-tampering scandal in 2018. England player Joe Root became the full-time Test format captain in 2017. But then he resigned in 2022 due to England’s poor performance. Virat Kohli has captained India in all formats from 2014 to 2022. Kohli had announced to leave the captaincy of the T20 format after the T20 World Cup 2021. The board did not want two different captains in T20 and ODI formats. Due to which Kohli was removed from the ODI captaincy in December 2021 and Rohit Sharma was appointed captain. Virat Kohli then also left the captaincy of the Test format in January 2022. Take a look at the captaincy records of FAB-4- Player Tenure Match Victory Garland Tie Draw Win/Lose Ratio Winning Percentage Losing percentage Virat Kohli 2013-2022 213 135 60 3 11 2.25 63.38 28.16 Kane Williamson 2012-2024 206 107 84 2 8 1.27 51.94 40.77 Joe Root 2017-2022 64 27 26 0 11 1.03 42.18 40.62 steve smith 2014-2024 104 55 39 0 7 1.41 52.88 37.5
‘He is our most important player’: Captain Mitchell Marsh on Adam Zampa’s brilliant bowling against Namibia
Jampa bowled brilliantly against Namibia and took 4 wickets. Australia (Image Credit- Twitter X) The 24th match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Australia and Namibia at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium North Sound in Antigua. Let us tell you that in this match, Australia won by 9 wickets. If we give you information about the match, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl, and Namibia, batting first, was all out for just 72 runs in 17 overs in front of Australia’s brilliant bowling. Spinner Adam Zampa played an important role in getting Namibia all out in the match, he took 4 wickets giving away just 12 runs in his quota of four overs. Apart from this, Josh Hazlewood and Marcus Stoinis got 2-2 wickets, while Pat Cummins and Nathan Ellis got 1-1 wickets. On the other hand, after the match, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh was seen praising the performance of spinner Adam Zampa. Marsh said that Zampa is probably one of the most important players in the team. Mitchell Marsh made a big statement about Adam Zampa Let us tell you that after the end of the Australia vs Namibia match, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh said during the post-match – If you look at his (Adam Jampa) career of the last 4-5 years, he is probably our most important player. He likes to bowl under pressure and he is bowling well at the moment. We are lucky that we have him. Marsh further said- Our bowling performed brilliantly in the match. It was a beautiful wicket for bowling, the ball was getting some swing here. The team’s professional performance as a group, qualifying for the Super 8 is great. It is worth noting that after winning against Namibia, Australia has become the first team to qualify for the Super 8 from Group B. On the other hand, Namibia has been eliminated from the Super 8 race of the tournament after this defeat.