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USA's Saiteja Mukkamalla celebrates after scoring a half-century during the 2026 ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup group stage match between Netherlands and USA.
Mukkamalla's 51-ball knock formed the cornerstone of USA's competitive total of 196 for 6 while left-arm spinner Harmeet took 4/21 as the Netherlands were bowled out for 103.
Finally, ISL begins from Saturday
Mohun Bagan Super Giant are set to play Kerala Blasters in the opening match
Nithya Mani celebrates a point on Friday
Snehit saves six match points to down better-ranked players, while Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manush Shah advance
The three winners of the centre fire pistol on Friday
Indian shooters swept the podium in 25m center fire pistol and 25m pistol junior events on Friday
Igor Tudor (Photo: X/Juventus)
At Juventus, Tudor inherited a team that sat outside the Champions League places late in the 2024-25 campaign, but guided them to a fourth place finish after losing just one of his first 11 games in c ...
UAE's Aryansh Sharma celebrates after scoring a half-century (50 runs) during the 2026 ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup group stage match between Canada and United Arab Emirates at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
Aryansh struck an unbeaten 74 off 53 balls laced with six fours and three sixes, while Sohaib Khan also played a useful knock of 51 off just 29 balls to guide UAE over the line with two balls to spare ...
Zimbabwe's captain Sikandar Raza plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Australia and Zimbabwe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
Raza scored an unbeaten 25 off 13 balls and opened the bowling, but a severe leg cramp forced him off the field in agony, leaving him to watch from the dressing room as his young side scraped home for ...
Cristina Romagnoli, a volunteer, poses at the venue that hosts the short track speedskating at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.
Two of them volunteered for the 2006 Turin Games — Italy's second time hosting the Winter Olympics — and the third worked for its local organizing committee.
Zimbabwe's Bradley Evans, right, celebrates the wicket of Australia's Ben Dwarshuis, left, during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Australia and Zimbabwe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
This was only the second time that the African nation defeated the traditional heavyweights in the format, having last beaten them back in the 2007 edition of the showpiece.
Sunil Gavaskar
Gavaskar said Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav appeared to juggle his bowling options with the Pakistan game in mind.
India were made to work hard against Erasmus’ unorthodox variations, highlighting areas to address before facing another off spinner who relies heavily on unusual methods.
Despite India piling up 209 for nine on their way to an emphatic win, the Namibia captain returned impressive figures of four for 20 from four overs.
New Zealand openers Finn Allen and Time Seifert (R) during the match against UAE in Chennai on Tuesday
South Africa also hold the advantage of familiarity with conditions, having played both their matches at the same venue, one a day game and the other a day night contest.
Ireland will look for inspiration from skipper Paul Stirling when they take on Oman in a T20 World Cup.
Both teams have lost their opening two matches and will be desperate to register their first victory of the tournament.
Chakaravarthy also said he has worked on his follow-through, which has helped him extract more zip off the surface.
In the past, Chakaravarthy has spoken about how switching to over spin from side spin contributed significantly to his success.
Zimbabwe batsman Brendan Taylor (Photo | PTI)
The 40-year-old Taylor had limped off the ground after retiring hurt in the match against Oman, which they had won by eight wickets here on February 9.
Ishan Kishan seemed to have found more consistency in his execution of the big shots.
Kishan has not looked back since his India comeback last month and, by sheer weight of performances, has cemented his place in the side as the first choice wicket-keeper batter ahead of Sanju Samson.
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