Month: June 2024

India and South Africa have history of knock-out heartbreak, but short turnaround prevents introspection

South Africa have the weight of history to deal with, India’s brightest stars have resolutely reinvented their games because they really wanted to be here. Winning will mean so much…

Who have these teams beaten on their way to Barbados, when was the last time they won a global title, and, most importantly, what’s the weather forecast for the final?…

In the past five years, there has been a sharp increase in the proportion who consider the T20 World Cup to be the most important ICC event

On a tricky pitch in a stop-start game, he stepped up with both ball and bat to KO defending champions England

England suffer a 68-run loss in Guyana as India avenge 2022 defeat, also at the semi-final stage

He also lauded the spinners who applied the brakes on England, as India made their third consecutive ICC final across formats

India’s batters scored an above-par total on a tough pitch, and then their spinners ran through England in Providence

Nick Knight also felt that “it didn’t seem right or fair” that India knew where they were playing

“We are getting used to home conditions… even though they are home conditions, we don’t have much experience here,” says Harmanpreet of playing at Chepauk