India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana believes the team has valuable lessons to take from its T20I series defeat against England and insisted the players must quickly regroup ahead of the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup, starting June 12.
Ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup in England, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said the team now wants to “make winning a habit” after lifting their maiden ICC 50-over World Cup title in 2025.
Bangladesh Sports Minister Aminul Haque has said that any decision regarding the future of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will be taken only after consultations with the International Cricket Council (ICC), while also confirming plans to launch a separate probe into the team’s absence from this year’s ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
However, Samson has since delivered back-to-back Player-of-the-Match performances to help India reach the final against New Zealand.
Allen was in sensational touch, smashing the fastest century in the history of the T20 World Cup. The right-hander reached his hundred in just 33 balls, eclipsing the previous record of 47 deliveries set by Chris Gayle of the West Indies.
India’s premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya believes he has regained his fan base through his performances, pointing at the key role he played in India’s T20 World Cup triumph in the Americas last year.
India finished the ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup in just the same style they had demonstrated all the way along - with confidence and brilliance as they took South Africa apart in the final and won by nine wickets to retain the title, they won two years ago.
As a concession, the ICC, BCCI and PCB have also agreed that the Pakistan men's team won't travel to India for their league game against the hosts in the T20 World Cup 2026 and will instead play the match in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sikandar Raza blasted 133 not out off just 43 balls with 15 sixes as Zimbabwe racked up a record total in T20Is in an ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier B game against Gambia at the Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, here on Wednesday.
New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine said though they did not want to get ahead of themselves before the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final but did admit to having dreamt about holding the trophy the night before
