Toss: Sri Lanka opt to bowl vs Pakistan Sri Lanka won the toss for the third time in the Super Fours, and opted to bowl, having won their three last matches chasing. Dubai has also strongly favoured chasing sides over the past two years, with dew also potentially complicating the …
Read More »Kohli record 122*, Bhuvneshwar 5 for 4 flatten Afghanistan
India 212 for 2 (Kohli 122*, Rahul 62, Fareed 2-57) beat Afghanistan 111 for 8 (Ibrahim 64*, Bhuvneshwar 5-4) by 101 runs Even Virat Kohli was shocked it came in this format. One-thousand-twenty days and 83 international innings since he last scored a hundred, Kohli got his elusive No. 71 …
Read More »Unchanged Pakistan field, Afghanistan bring in Omarzai and Fareed Ahmad
Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs Afghanistan An unchanged Pakistan won the toss and, unsurprisingly, opted to bowl first against Afghanistan in Sharjah in their Asia Cup game, the result of which will have ramifications for all the teams in the Super 4s. If Pakistan beat Afghanistan, they will qualify …
Read More »Sri Lanka bowl; India bring in Ashwin for Bishnoi
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka won the toss in their second Super 4 match and asked India to bat first. It was an important match for India: they needed to win it to keep their progression to the final in their own hands. With one …
Read More »Rizwan, Nawaz star as Pakistan clinch a classic
Pakistan 182 for 5 (Rizwan 71, Nawaz 42) beat India 181 for 7 (Kohli 60, Rahul 28, Rohit 28, Shadab 2-31) by five wickets Mohammad Nawaz stunned India with the bat after helping restrict them with the ball after a rampant start to give Pakistan a thrilling win in their …
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