Nepal vs United States Match Prediction, Betting Tips & Odds

Nepal vs United States Match Prediction, Betting Tips & Odds

Get to Know Who will win NEP vs USA, T20 World Cup Warm Up match and toss Prediction with Head to Head stats, CBTFJSK Tips, Pitch Report Prediction, Betting Rates, Live score & winning percentage. 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 : Nepal vs United States 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 : May 30, 2024𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 : 21:00 IST / 15:30 GMT𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 : Grand Prairie Stadium – Dallas, United States 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 :  T20 World Cup 2024 Nepal vs United States Betting Tips The top batter for Nepal will be Kushal Malla as he looked in good form in the first match. Among the bowlers, the top player will be Karan KC as the pitch is on the slower side and medium pace will be beneficial with the slower ones.For the USA, the top batter will be Steven Taylor with his powerful career strike rate of 142. He has scored 742 runs in 24 T20Is. The top bowler will be Ali Khan who has taken 9 wickets in 8 matches.Ali Khan has ample experience of T20 cricket and he has picked 73 wickets in 68 T20Is. We back him to pick more than 2.5 wickets in this match. Nepal vs United States TV channels: The fans can watch the match live on Hotstar Live Streaming: Live streaming of the match will be available on the FAFA191 Cricket Exchange India and website. Nepal vs United States Match Prediction & Betting Tips, T20 World Cup Warm Up 2024Nepal and USA will face each other in the 8th warm up match of the T20 World Cup 2024. The match is scheduled to take place at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, US. Nepal lost their first warm up game against Canada and will be looking forward to getting back some momentum. USA’s first warm up match against Bangladesh was abandoned due to the outcome of bad weather conditions in the region. Despite some decent performances from the top-order, Nepal could not chase the target in the first match but will surely take some positives from the game. Take a look as we provide detailed predictions for the 8th warm up match between Nepal and the United States. Nepal vs United StatesSA, Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Pitch ReportThe pitch at Grand Prairie Stadium offers a good batting track as we saw Canada putting 180+ on the board. Medium paced bowlers were able to pick more wickets in the last match and we can expect similar pitch behaviour in this match. The average innings score will be around 165. Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Nepal vs USA, T20 World Cup Warm Up Match 2024

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T20 World Cup 2024: Final chance for Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli to give India an ICC Trophy after 13 years

T20 World Cup 2024: Final chance for Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli to give India an ICC Trophy after 13 years

It’s tough to find two cricketers who are so different from each other yet so closely intertwined by the same thread of fate as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Rohit’s initiation into top-flight cricket came at the idyllic Belfast in 2007 and Kohli’s a year later at the more conventional Dambulla. Another intriguing chapter of this journey together will potentially come to an end next month in the stunning Caribbean Isles. The next T20 World Cup is in 2026, to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka, but Rohit would be touching 40 then and Kohli would be 38. The 50-over version is a further one year away. It’s hard to see them playing in any of those, considering the increasingly strike-rate oriented nature of the game. So, both Rohit and Kohli will want to leave the stage with the winner’s medal around their neck next month. Should they achieve that, it would be their second each after the 2007 T20 World Cup (Rohit) and the 2011 50-over showpiece (Kohli). And it will be a perfect send off for two players who have had an immeasurable impact on India’s white-ball fortunes in the last 17 years. However, the Kohli-Rohit story is not one of bromance. It’s based more on mutual respect and the awareness that they should not step into each other’s space. Kohli has talked about the admiration he has had for Rohit since the very beginning of their careers. “I was filled with curiosity about a player. People kept on saying – ‘This is one player who is rising rapidly’. I used to wonder that even though I am a young player, no one talks about me, then who is this player. “But when he (Rohit) stepped out to bat, I was all quiet. It was amazing to watch him play. In fact, I haven’t seen a player time the ball better than him,” Kohli had said in ‘Breakfast With Champions’. Contrasting in nature, their batting has been high art for the masses to which they added a dash of modernity later. Of the two, Kohli is the more all-format batter, who has adapted more fluently with the changing face of the game. He has scored in every corner of the cricketing world in a show of consistency that was rarely witnessed after the halcyon days of Sachin Tendulkar. While Rohit built his own edifices in white-ball formats, the Mumbai-man remained a reluctant visitor in Test cricket’s elite corridors for the better part of his career. A move up to the opener’s role helped Rohit unshackle himself a bit in Tests in the later part of his career. But for now, Kohli and Rohit will have to lean on their vast experience in T20 cricket to fuel India’s run in the World Cup. Rohit will certainly open and if his approach in last year’s World Cup and in the just-concluded IPL can be taken as a sign, the skipper will continue his selfless, aggressive approach. Herein, Rohit has an inherent advantage. His natural big-hitting abilities will help him pursue his batsmanship without many improvisations. That one-legged pull of his is a cosy meeting point between elegance and malevolence. But Kohli’s game is slightly different. He can pull off those occasional big hits — a swat-flick six or a flat-bat smash over bowler’s head. A quick rewind to his pick-up shot off Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf during the 2022 T20 World Cup will vouch for that. Still, there is a sore point. Kohli has often struggled to score off spin, especially against the left-arm variety. His career strike-rate against slow bowlers hovers around mid-120s in T20s. Several times, it has impeded his progress in the middle innings but during this year’s IPL, he seemed to have found a solution. He brought out the slog-sweep against spinners, and it had a healthy influence on his strike-rate as Kohli made 260 runs from 188 balls and struck 15 sixes against them. His strike-rate against spin touched 139, a marked improvement from his overall IPL strike-rate of 124. “It was me mentally putting myself in that situation. I did not practice that at all,” he explained. “I know I can hit it because I have played that shot a lot in the past. So, I just felt like I needed to take a bit more risk,” Kohli said of his new approach against spin. This might come in handy for him in the T20 World Cup where the pitches are expected to become progressively slow, increasingly bringing spinners into the game. Beyond the realm of cricket, the two veterans’ final charge at an ICC trophy — personally and for the team — would be a captivating sight. For the fans, this World Cup would be about drinking it in as much as they can because once this duo leaves the stage, there will be an immense emptiness.

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England vs Pakistan 4th T20 Match Prediction, Betting Tips & Odds

England vs Pakistan 4th T20 Match Prediction, Betting Tips & Odds

Get to Know Who will win ENG vs PAK 4th T20 match and toss Prediction with Head to Head stats, Playing 11, CBTFJSK Tips, Betting Rates, Live score & winning percentage. 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 : England vs Pakistan𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 : May 30, 2024𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 : 23:00 IST / 17:30 GMT𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 : Kennington Oval – London, England   𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 :  4th T20 2024 England vs Pakistan Betting Tips Will Jacks has developed over the last few years in this format and caught the eye for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in this year’s Indian Premier League. He is our pick for England’s highest run scorer at The Oval. Sam Curran will be playing at his home ground and we are backing the left-arm medium fast all-rounder to be England’s top wicket taker on Thursday.Babar Azam has hit over 10700 T20 runs and averages 41.10 in T20Is. The captain is our tip for Pakistan’s highest run scorer in the fourth match. Shaheen Shah Afridi took three wickets from the 15th over onwards on Saturday and he is a strong choice for Pakistan’s top wicket taker in this game.Phil Salt is a powerful opening batter for England who looks to hit every ball over the boundary. We recommend selecting him to hit the most boundaries in this game. England vs Pakistan TV channels: The fans can watch the match live on Hotstar Live Streaming: Live streaming of the match will be available on the FAFA191 Cricket Exchange India and website. ENG vs PAK 4th T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips A series which has been dominated by poor weather comes to a close on Thursday evening as England take on Pakistan in the fourth and final T20I. Both the first and third games have not seen a toss with England winning the only match at Edgbaston on Saturday. Read on as we preview this game. The fixture begins at The Oval, London at 18:30 local time on May 30th. With England’s first match at the 2024 T20 World Cup scheduled for Tuesday, we expect to see changes for this T20I so that all of the squad has had game-time ahead of the tournament. However, they should still have enough quality to win at The Oval. Pakistan will be desperate to put in a strong performance in this game on Thursday as their first game at the World Cup is on Wednesday. There were some positive moments in the defeat at Edgbaston and we expect them to be competitive again in this clash. ENG vs PAK Match Toss PredictionOnly one of the last five completed T20Is at The Oval have been won by the team fielding first. Therefore, we predict that the captains will want to bat first in this match. ENG vs PAK Pitch ReportThe pace bowlers should have more success on this pitch than the spinners, particularly with the overhead conditions also likely to be favourable. There will be some good pace in the pitch though and whoever bats first will be targeting 200. London Weather ReportThe forecast for most of the week is for dry weather in South London but Thursday does have rain in the early afternoon. The temperature should get up to 16 degrees in the early evening and we expect to see a full match. Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for England vs Pakistan 4th T20 2024

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T20 World Cup: ‘Gonna be fun,’ says Ravindra Jadeja on playing cricket in New York for first time

T20 World Cup: ‘Gonna be fun,’ says Ravindra Jadeja on playing cricket in New York for first time

India coach Rahul Dravid with captain Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja before leaving for New York to participate in the T20 World Cup 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Following Team India’s first training session ahead of their ICC T20 World Cup opening clash, star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja said it will be fun playing cricket in New York. The ICC T20 World Cup will be played in the West Indies and the USA from June 1 to 29. Men in Blue will also play Bangladesh in their only warm-up game on June 1 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to their official social media handle and shared and shared a glimpse of their first training session in the US. In the video, Jadeja sounded hopeful before the start of the mega tournament. “First time we gonna play cricket in New York, it’s gonna be fun,” Jadeja said in the video.The strength and conditioning coach of Team India Soham Desai said the players have eased their routines after reaching New York. “We came in the day before yesterday and we just eased into our routines here, the players are just getting used to the time zone. Today we are having our first ground session…,” Soham said. 📍 New York Bright weather ☀️, good vibes 🤗 and some foot volley ⚽️ Soham Desai, Strength & Conditioning Coach gives a glimpse of #TeamIndia‘s light running session 👌👌#T20WorldCuppic.twitter.com/QXWldwL3qu — BCCI (@BCCI) May 29, 2024 Meanwhile, India pacer Jasprit Bumrah said, “we have not yet played cricket, came here for a team activity today. Hopefully, it will be good. The weather is really good, so we are looking forward to it.” The Men in Blue vice-captain and allrounder Hardik Pandya said, “very exciting to be here in New York, has a good vibe, bright sun out.” “I heard the cricket is growing here in the U.S., so we are really excited and the first day here was amazing, so very excited for the few days coming up,” Suryakumar Yadav further added. India will start their T20 World Cup campaign on June 5 against Ireland at the newly constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Meanwhile, the most-awaited blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan will take place on June 9. They will later play tournament co-hosts USA (June 12) and Canada (June 15) to wrap up their Group A matches. In the tournament, India will be aiming to end their ICC trophy drought, having last won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. Since then, India has reached the 50-over World Cup final in 2023, semifinal in 2015 and 2019, the title clash of the ICC World Test Championship in 2021 and 2023, T20 WC final in 2014, semifinals in 2016 and 2022 but failed to secure a big ICC trophy. India squad for T20 World Cup: 15-member squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.

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T20 World Cup: Selector, head coach take field for nine-man Australia in warm-up match against Namibia

T20 World Cup: Selector, head coach take field for nine-man Australia in warm-up match against Namibia

Australian head coach Andrew McDonald as among the support staff members who took field for Australia in their warm-up fixture against Namibia. | Photo Credit: AP Short of players, a nine-man Australia needed as many as four support staff members on the field, including chief selector and head coach, in their T20 World Cup warm-up against Namibia but that did not change the expected outcome of the game. Australia won the game by seven wickets with impressive performances from David Warner (54 not out off 21 balls), fit again Josh Hazlewood (2/5) and leg-spinner Adam Zampa (3/25). They chased down Namibia’s 119 with 10 overs to spare. With the likes of Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell given extra time at home following the two-month long IPL, chief selector and former captain George Bailey and head coach Andrew McDonald were among the support staff who were forced to take the field. 46-year-old fielding coach Andre Borovec also took the field alongside Bailey when skipper Mitchell Marsh opted to bowl against Namibia. When Marsh and Hazlewood went back to the dressing room, McDonald and 49-year-old batting coach Brad Hodge had to step on the field. Hazlewood, playing hist first game in three months, looked in good rhythm. “Obviously, we didn’t have a full quota of players but the guys who played, probably a few of us needed to coming off a big layoff,” Hazlewood told cricket.com.au after the game on Tuesday. “I know a number of the bowlers were coming off a long break which is pretty unusual in our system, but it’s good to get out there, playing is always different to training. “The wicket looked a little bit tough early, a little bit slow, which is probably what we’re going to encounter here in the West Indies. “So a nice hit out, got the result and we move onto the West Indies in a few days.” Australia Test and ODI skipper Cummins, Head and Starc were part of the IPL final played in Chennai on Sunday.

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Hardik Pandya joins Team India in New York, starts training on ‘national duty’ for T20 World Cup

Hardik Pandya joins Team India in New York, starts training on ‘national duty’ for T20 World Cup

Flamboyant India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has reached the USA and he straightaway started training with the Indian team. Hardik, who had a tough IPL season, didn’t travel with the first batch of players but he has reached the New York and posted photos of the first training session on social media. Hardik Pandya has started training with other Indian players ahead of T20 World Cup.(X-Image/@hardikpandya7) Team India has started the preparations for the mega ICC event and focused on bringing the trophy back home. India won the inaugural T20 WC title in 2007 under MS Dhoni’s leadership but have been eluded from the title since then. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Pandya, who has been going through a lean patch, will be Rohit Sharma’s deputy in the T20 WC. He posted a few photos on social media. “On national duty,” the Indian all-rounder captioned the post. The 30-year-old had a forgettable IPL campaign with Mumbai Indians. He was traded by the five-time champions ahead of the season and was also named captain of the franchise which irked the fans as they were not happy with Rohit Sharma’s sacking from the captaincy duties. Pandya was booed by the fans on several venues and faced heat on social media too. Nothing went as planned for him on his homecoming to MI after two years as they finished at the bottom of the points table. He also struggled with the bat and scored just 216 runs in 14 matches but managed to regain his bowling form in the second half and claimed 11 wickets in IPL 2024. There was speculation throughout the season that MI’s dressing room was a divided house due to the change of guard. Rohit will now captain the national side with Pandya as his deputy in the mega ICC event. Meanwhile, Rohit had a decent IPL 2024 season with the bat, scoring 417 runs at an average of 32.07 and a strike rate of 150. He scored a century and fifty, with the best score of 105*. India will start their T20 World Cup campaign on June 5 against Ireland at the newly constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Meanwhile, the most-awaited blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan will take place on June 9. They will later play tournament co-hosts USA (June 12) and Canada (June 15) to wrap up their Group A matches. Catch every big hit, every wicket with Crick-it, a one stop destination for Live Scores, Match Stats, Quizzes, Polls & much more.Explore now !. Stay updated with the latest cricket news, T20 World Cup 2024 updates, and match highlights. Explore the World Cup Schedule 2024, track the World Cup Points Table, follow Virat Kohli’s performance, and stay ahead with the stats on World Cup Most Wickets and World Cup Most Runs on the Hindustan Times website and app. News / Cricket News / Hardik Pandya joins Team India in New York, starts training on ‘national duty’ for T20 World Cup

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Aryna Sabalenka Eases At Rain-swept French Open, Alize Cornet's Career Ends

Aryna Sabalenka Eases At Rain-swept French Open, Alize Cornet’s Career Ends

Aryna Sabalenka eased into the French Open second round at a rainswept Roland Garros on Tuesday as Novak Djokovic prepared to begin his title defence, confident his Grand Slam pedigree will help turn around his lacklustre season. Australian Open champion Sabalenka, a semi-finalist in Paris in 2023, over-powered Russian teenager Erika Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 in just 68 minutes under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier. World number two Sabalenka fired 27 winners past the 100th-ranked Andreeva and broke serve five times in a dominant display. “I’m trying to do well on clay, it is tough conditions here but I enjoy playing here and I’m just trying to bring my best tennis every time — whatever the surface,” said Sabalenka. The Belarusian has made at least the last four at her past six Grand Slams and is expected to be Iga Swiatek’s toughest rival in the Pole’s bid for a fourth French Open title. Heavy rain caused play on the outside, uncovered courts to be delayed by five hours and by 6 pm local time only nine of the scheduled 40 matches had been completed. World number one Djokovic, seeking a fourth Roland Garros title and record-extending 25th major, is enduring his worst run since 2018. Djokovic, 37, has not won a title in 2024 and has yet to make a final with semi-final spots at the Australian Open and Monte Carlo Masters his best performances. He also suffered the indignity of being accidentally hit on the head by a metal water bottle in Rome which caused nausea and dizziness. In Geneva last week, where he was knocked out by Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic, Djokovic said he had been suffering from a stomach problem. “They are rather bumps on the road,” said Djokovic, who watched his long-time rival and 14-time champion Rafael Nadal bow out of the tournament against Alexander Zverev on Monday. When asked to elaborate further on his difficulties so far this season, Djokovic opted for discretion. “Various things have been happening in the last couple of months, but I don’t want to get into it. I don’t want to open Pandora’s Box.” On Tuesday, Djokovic will take on French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the world number 142 who hasn’t won a match on the main tour this year. Two-time runner-up Casper Ruud, who won clay-court titles in Barcelona and Geneva in the build-up to Roland Garros, cruised to a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Brazilian qualifier Felipe Meligeni Alves. “It’s great to be back here at Roland Garros,” he said. “Hopefully I can make it another good year here.” Ruud was beaten in straight sets by Novak Djokovic in last year’s final following a one-sided loss to Rafael Nadal in the 2022 showpiece. He also lost the 2022 US Open final to Carlos Alcaraz. Frenchwoman Alize Cornet’s career ended with a straight-sets defeat by Zheng Qinwen in her record-extending 69th consecutive Grand Slam appearance. Cornet was no match for China’s Australian Open runner-up Zheng, losing 6-2, 6-1. She made her debut at Roland Garros as a 15-year-old in 2005 and has not missed a Grand Slam tournament since the 2006 US Open. ‘Cried watching Rafa’ Cornet reached a career-high ranking of 11th in 2009 and enjoyed a surprise run to the 2022 Australian Open quarter-finals. “I already cried yesterday watching Rafa,” said a tearful Cornet after seeing Nadal lose what was likely his last match at the French Open on Monday. Over on Court Suzanne Lenglen, former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina powered into the second round with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Belgian Greet Minnen. Kazakh world number four Rybakina is the only player to defeat Swiatek on clay this season, in the Stuttgart semi-finals in April. Also due on court in the men’s singles is Argentine qualifier Roman Andres Burruchaga who has sporting success in the blood. His father Jorge famously scored the winning goal for Diego Maradona’s Argentina in the 1986 World Cup final against West Germany. Ranked at 144, the 22-year-old is making his Grand Slam debut and takes on Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff. Topics mentioned in this article

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T20 World Cup 2024: Attracting America — long night’s journey into day

T20 World Cup 2024: Attracting America — long night’s journey into day

And so to America, where the deer and the antelope play, and soon so too will India and Pakistan and 18 other countries in the T20 World Cup. Sixteen of the 55 matches will be played in the US, the idea being as much to take cricket to that nation as to mobilise dollars from there. The US recently beat Bangladesh in a T20 series — the first time they have beaten a Test nation. They are led by wicket-keeper Monank Patel who played Under-19 cricket for Gujarat which should cause some excitement here. In the inaugural match, US play Canada; symbolic, because these countries played the first-ever international back in 1844. Cricket was an American game then, but lost out to baseball following the Civil War a couple of decades later. Why did this happen? Tom Melville, in his history of cricket in America (The Tented Field) quotes the scholar Melvin Adelman as saying that baseball, with its shorter, rapid transition structure and alternating periods of excitement and dramatic pauses provided Americans with a cultural expression that cricket, with its traditional structural limitations couldn’t duplicate. Melville himself sums it up more succinctly: “Cricket failed in America because it never established an American character.” The International Cricket Council sees the US (and China, possibly) as the final frontier, and have been trying to attract an American audience to the sport. To get youngsters interested in a team sport beyond American football, baseball and basketball might be a tall order. Yet, unlike in the past, the vehicle being used this time is T20, shorter, quicker, more focused, without drawn games, and involving baseball-style hitting. Perhaps there’s hope. Obvious choice Cricket returns to the Olympics at Los Angeles in 2028, and the T20 format will be the obvious choice to attract Americans. There are some five million Indians in the US. But to depend on the expatriate community alone to popularise the sport might be wishful thinking — it will merely remain a niche sport identified with a particular people. Rather like snowkiting or underwater hockey. Yet, as Joseph O’Neill pointed out in Netherland, his novel about (among other things) cricket in America, “the communal phenomenon of New York cricket is underwritten by the same agglomeration of unspeakable individual longings that underwrites cricket played anywhere — longings concerned with horizons and potentials lost long ago, tantalisms that touch on the undoing of losses too private and reprehensible to be acknowledged to oneself. (Is) what we see, when we see men in white take to a cricket field, men imagining an environment of justice?” Nostalgia a spur Nostalgia is a spur. After all, it was nostalgia that caused Englishmen to play the game in their colonies, introducing it to the locals. But the conditions that existed then causing a section to imitate the conquerors, or work their way into their good books no longer obtain. Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella who played some cricket in his youth and now owns a team in the Major League Cricket (introduced last year, with four teams from the IPL) says, however, “Cricket was a big sport in the US. I hope it comes back.” The motivations now are less complicated. In any case, cricket cannot be too fussed about the ethnicity of its sponsors; the Indian’s dollar is just as powerful. The ICC cannot be unaware of a bonus should American money enter the sport — it will mean a diminishing of India’s domination. India’s money, television, audience and passion have ensured a uni-polar world in cricket. They call the tune now, and the cricketing world has been dancing to it. This is not unusual — when England and Australia ruled, they called the shots. The enormity of cricket’s task can be gauged from the US response to soccer. The country hosted the World Cup in 1994 (and will co-host in 2026). Since then they have been in every World Cup except in 2018. The women’s game has been popular, but the progress of the men’s, after its rebirth (Major League Soccer was established in 1993), has been slow. Only 5% named soccer as their favourite sport, up from three in the 1990s. Cricket has adapted itself to America. But will America adapt itself to cricket?

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Twenty20 World Cup countdown: South Africa has the firepower to pass the Group D test

Twenty20 World Cup countdown: South Africa has the firepower to pass the Group D test

In The Hindu’s countdown to the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup which commences in the West Indies and USA on June 2, we take a look at the teams in Group D. South Africa: A second-string South African side was swept 0-3 in the T20I series against West Indies a few days ago. The arrival of powerful reinforcements — Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Tristan Stubbs, to name a few — gives the T20 World Cup squad far greater depth. Quinton de Kock, who has retired from ODI and Test cricket, is a familiar face at the top of the order. The poor form of de Kock and lead pacer Anrich Nortje, however, is cause for concern. Tristan Stubbs. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Key player: Tristan Stubbs: With a strike rate of 190.90 and an average of 54 for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024, Stubbs excelled as a specialist finisher. The squad: Aiden Markram (Capt.), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Tristan Stubbs. Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka has won all three of its T20I series held this year, albeit against weaker teams (Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Zimbabwe). The team is led by experienced all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, who missed the IPL due to an injury. In Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana, the Lankans have two quality spinners primed to exploit slow pitches in the West Indies. Sri Lanka will hope that death-over bowling specialist Matheesha Pathirana recovers quickly from a hamstring strain. Kusal Mendis. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Key player: Kusal Mendis: The 29-year-old opener will be entrusted with giving SL a flying start. His role is especially crucial given that the batting line-up lacks big hitters. The squad: Wanindu Hasaranga (Capt.), Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara, and Dilshan Madushanka. Bangladesh: The Tigers had a major slip in the build up to the T20 World Cup, losing 1-2 to World No. 19 United States of America in a T20I series last week. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and coach Chandika Hathurusinghe rely on the same set of players to come good in this mega event. The unit’s lack of power-hitters is out of sync with modern T20 best practices. A warm-up match against India on June 1 serves as the last chance to get the house in order. Mustafizur Rahman | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Key player: Mustafizur Rahman: A career-best six for 10 against USA proved that the left-arm seamer remains a valuable T20 asset. Mustafizur’s ability to deliver yorkers is particularly useful in the death overs. The squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Capt.), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, and Tanzim Hasan Sakib. Netherlands: Known to consistently punch above its weight, Netherlands earned its spot in this tournament by virtue of finishing in the top-eight of the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. That campaign included a 13-run win over South Africa in the Super 12 phase, which effectively knocked the Proteas out of the competition. Netherlands will miss the services of former SA international Roelof van der Merwe and batter Colin Ackermann, both of whom have chosen English county commitments over National duty. Netherlands batsman Max O’Dowd | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Key player: Max O’Dowd: The Auckland-born opener is the standout batter. In the recent Tri-Nation T20I series involving Ireland, Netherlands, and Scotland, O’Dowd finished as the highest run-scorer. The squad: Scott Edwards (Capt.), Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfiqar, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikramjit Singh, Viv Kingma, and Wesley Barresi. Nepal: Nepal qualified for the 2024 T20 WC by entering the final of the ICC’s Asia region qualifiers in November last year. Nepal had previously appeared in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Apart from the recent five-match T20 leg against West Indies A, Nepal has not got the chance to test its mettle against quality oppositions. Nepal captain Rohit Paudel | Photo Credit: AFP Key player: Rohit Paudel: Facing a West Indies A attack which included Obed McCoy, Oshane Thomas, and Roston Chase, captain Paudel showed his class with scores of 112, 71 n.o. and 82. The squad: Rohit Paudel (Capt.), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, K.C. Karan, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, G.C. Pratis, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, and Kamal Singh Airee.

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Afghanistan vs Oman Match Prediction, Betting Tips & Odds

Afghanistan vs Oman Match Prediction, Betting Tips & Odds

Get to Know Who will win AFG vs OMAN, T20 World Cup Warm Up match and toss Prediction with Head to Head stats, CBTFJSK Tips, Pitch Report Prediction, Betting Rates, Live score & winning percentage. 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 : Afghanistan vs Oman𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 : May 29, 2024𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 : 22:30 IST / 17:00 GMT𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 : Queens Park Oval – Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago  𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 :  T20 World Cup Warm Up 2024 Afghanistan vs Oman Betting Tips The top batsman for Afghanistan will be Ibrahim Zadran as he has been a reliable batter for Afghanistan in the white-ball cricket. He played brilliantly in the ODI World Cup and we back him for another good run in this T20 World Cup. In bowling, the top player will be Rashid Khan who has more than 138 wickets at an average of 14.28.Oman’s top batter will be Zeeshan Maqsood as he played a knock of 45 in the first match. In bowling, we back skipper Aqib Ilyas Sulehri to be the top bowler. He looked in confident form in the first match where he took 3 wickets.Rashid Khan has a strike rate of 14.1 in 85 T20I matches. We expect him to pick wickets in this match. Rashid Khan will take more than 2.5 wickets in this match. Afghanistan vs Oman TV channels: The fans can watch the match live on Hotstar Live Streaming: Live streaming of the match will be available on the FAFA191 Cricket Exchange India and website. Afghanistan vs Oman Match Prediction & Betting Tips, T20 World Cup Warm Up 2024The 7th warm up match of the T20 World Cup 2024 will take place between Afghanistan and Oman. The match is set to take place at Queen’s Park Oval at Port of Spain in Trinidad on 29th May, starting at 10:30 PM IST. Afghanistan will be playing their first warm up match while Oman won their first warm up match against Papua New Guinea on 27th May. Star spin bowler Rashid Khan will lead Afghanistan in this T20 World Cup while Oman is led by Aqib Ilyas Sulehri. Both the sides look in good form and it will be an exciting warm up game. Take a look as we give detailed predictions for the 7th warm up match between AFG and OMA. Afghanistan vs Oman, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad Pitch ReportQueen’s Park Oval has a balanced pitch with help for both batters and bowlers. Batsmen can go for big shots after settling well on the crease while pacers get good seam movement as well. Spinners get their chance when the pitch gets slow. The average innings score is around 165. Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Afghanistan vs Oman, T20 World Cup Warm Up Match 2024

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