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T20 World Cup: Monank Patel ruled out of India clash due to shoulder injury; Aaron Jones replaces him as USA skipper | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: The United States team got a major blow on Wednesday as their regular skipper Monank Patel has been ruled out due to shoulder injury just before the start of the crucial T20 World Cup clash against India in New York.Star batter Aaron Jones replaced Patel as captain for this game. The severity of the injury is not known yet and one can hope that Patel might recover for USA’s last Group game against Ireland on Friday.However, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl against the USA as India remain unchanged, while the tournament’s co-host made two changes to their playing eleven with Shayan Jahangir replacing Patel and Shadley van Schalkwyk is in for left-arm spinner Nosthush Kenjige. “We will bowl first. It has played better in the last two games, but you need to assess the conditions quickly and then let the game take over. It’s all about constantly getting better and keeping the momentum going. It’s important to do the right things. That was a great game to play, we didn’t have enough runs on the board, but the bowlers came to the party and won the game for us. We’re playing the same team,” Rohit said at the toss.USA’s stand-in skipper Jones said they were looking to play some good cricket and the camp is very positive.“We would have bowled first as well, there’s some help for the bowlers early. He’s having a niggle and should be back quickly. It should be a good game and we’re looking to play well. The camp is very positive, just looking to play some good cricket. Shayan Jahangir replaces Monank and Shadley is in for Nosthush,” Jones said.

T20 World Cup: Impending ‘epic’ India vs USA match spins hilarious memes

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India and USA will be going head to head after both teams emerged undefeated across all its Group A matches at the currently ongoing men’s cricket T20 World Cup. The American cricket team found itself in the spotlight following its edge-of-the-seat thrilling victory against the seasoned Pakistani cricket team in Dallas, on June 6. Indian-origin cricketer Saurabh Netrvalkar bowled over cricket fans with his super over which led team USA to victory. With India having its own charged and torrid cricket history with Pakistan, fans will now soon be glued to their screen of choice to see who emerges victorious. The India vs USA match will go live at 8 pm on June 12 Memes galore ahead of USA vs India match The India vs USA match is set to take place at New York City’s Nassau County International Cricket Stadium at 8PM IST. While Monank Patel is captaining the American team, Rohit Sharma is leading the charge for team India. The much anticipated showdown will determine which of the two teams moves ahead in the keynote tournament. Additionally, if India wins the match, they will secure a place for themselves in the Super 8 owing to their enviable net run rate. Even before the match commences memes have flooded the internet, many of which are anticipating a win for India against USA. Now catch your favourite game on Crickit. Anytime Anywhere. Find out how A few of the memes are also forecasting team USA feeling the heat as it gears up to go ahead against India, considering the latter’s mammoth international cricket cred. All eyes appear to be on batter Suryakumar Yadav, affably called SKY, who is expected to supercharge India to its forecasted victory against the States. Though there are many who are already convinced with regards to India’s victory over the USA in the match, there are still a few meme-appeals for the former to go a little easy on the latter so as to not shake their net run rate. Almost half the American cricket team is actually Indian Right off the bat, pun intended, the USA team is led by Indian cricketer Monank Patel. As a matter of fact, 7 of the 15 men on the team are of Indian origin, with 2 having Pakistani roots. This team build-up has a meme base of its own. The India vs USA T20 World Cup group stage match will be streaming live on Star Sports and DD Sports. Get World Cup ready with Crick-it! From live scores to match stats, catch all the action here. Explore now! See more News / HTCity / T20 World Cup: Impending ‘epic’ India vs USA match spins hilarious memes

How many Heads in Australia? Ashwin daughter’s ‘too complicated’ query during Australia vs England game | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin might not be with the Indian team in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the Americas but the premier spinner has been enjoying the matches in his off-time and spending quality time with family.Along with supporting Team India, the 37-year-old has been busy on social media, sharing interesting insights and occasionally teasing other teams playing the World Cup.And when Ashwin was enjoying the game between arch-rivals Australia and England, he had an interesting query from her daughter.Sharing the incident on social media, Ashwin played out the entire sequence of events with daughters in which one of them asked — “How many Heads are there in the Australian team?”, referring to Australian opener Travis Head. Ashwin and his family are currently holidaying in Europe.The Indian team will be playing their third group game against co-hosts USA on Wednesday.Rohit Sharma and Co. currently sit at the top in Group A with two wins in two games (4 points). USA (4 points) are second on the table while Pakistan (2 points) are third followed by Canada and Ireland.

Watch: Calling Babar Azam ‘king’ is like a click-bait YouTube thumbnail, says former Pakistan captain Salman Butt | Cricket News

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Captain Babar Azam and the Pakistan team continue to draw flak for their lackluster show in the ongoing T20 World Cup, where the team’s hopes of progressing to the ‘Super 8’ stage are not anymore in their hands alone. The 2009 champions faced a shocking defeat to USA in their opening match, which they lost in ‘Super Over’ tiebreaker. It followed a defeat against traditional rivals India after being in the winning position for 32 of the 40 overs in the match. T20 WORLD CUP: Schedule | Points Table The team came back to beat Canada in their next match, but with two points from three matches and just a game against Ireland left to play, Pakistan now also require other results to be in their favour to finish second in the group and advance to the next round. This has led to Pakistan’s former players lambasting captain Babar and his team. In another such video on social media, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt could be seen taking Babar & Co to task.“There is self proclamation that our captain is the king and the other is world’s best fast bowler,” said Butt, with his fingers perhaps pointing towards seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi. “Sometimes we compare this guy with (Jasprit) Bumrah and him (Babar) with (Virat) Kohli…Okay, you touched ICC (top) ranking at one point, but also touch reality sometime. Are you able to win a match on your own? Is there a standing of our team?“It’s similar to those YouTube thumbnails that you are enticed to click and open once.”WATCH VIDEO Butt added that some of the decisions taken in Pakistan cricket are influenced by social media campaigns. “Besides its good things, one bad thing about social media is that you can get anything done by paid campaigns…your decisions are based on paid campaigns,” Butt said. “We should bring these self-proclaimed greats back on earth and (tell them to) stay who they are. First win a match, a big tournament, fight it out to win against a big team, finish a match single-handedly, then think what you want to proclaim,” a visibly angry Butt added. He said that there is no comparison with India at the moment, who have grown with the game and are mentally a much tougher unit now. “India is very different from us…Their mental superiority is winning them matches…Because of being consistent, because of playing tougher teams, playing better cricket and giving better results, mentally they are accustomed now. They don’t feel the pressure now like they used to earlier,” said Butt. “But we haven’t grown. There are changes in cricket every year, but we are not growing with that, so we are getting weaker. The other teams are growing, mentally as well.”

Watch: In New York, Rohit Sharma mobbed by fans for autograph | Cricket News

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It’s impossible for India’s star cricketers to roam freely on the streets in India without being mobbed. On overseas tours, though, the players do get such opportunities. But in the USA, where a large number of Indian population has settled, there’s every chance of getting surrounded by fans requesting for autographs and selfies. India skipper Rohit Sharma came across exactly that.In a video doing the rounds on social media, Rohit could be seen boarding a car with his family, when a group of fans came running to have a glimpse of their favourite player and possibly get his autograph. T20 WORLD CUP: Points Table | Schedule While the security official was trying to keep the crowd at a distance, Rohit did turn back to oblige his fans. WATCH VIDEO “Yesterday’s game was awesome,” a fan could be heard saying, perhaps referring to India’s thrilling six-run win over Pakistan. “Thank you, guys, thank you,” Rohit responded.India have won both their matches so far in the tournament, against Ireland and Pakistan, and are on top of Group A. They need just one more win to progress to the ‘Super 8s’ stage. Rohit’s ‘Men in Blue’ will next take on co-hosts USA in New York on June 12.

‘The problem with Virat Kohli is…’: How Sanjay Manjrekar wants star India batter to play in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar advised Virat Kohli to play a in slightly conservative approach on hard wickets in New York ahead of India’s ICC T20 World Cup match against the USA.At the Nassau County International Stadium on Wednesday, the third Group A match of the T20 World Cup between India and the USA will take place. India had won a low-scoring thriller over Pakistan by six runs in their previous encounter.T20 WORLD CUP: SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLEThe United States of America defeated Pakistan in the Super Over. With four points from two wins in two games, India lead the group. With the identical win-loss record, the USA is in second position, though their net run rate is inferior.With scores of just one and four runs against Ireland and Pakistan, Virat – the greatest run scorer in the history of the competition – hasn’t had the finest start to the competition. He was dismissed both times while playing aggressively.Virat enters the competition following an incredible Indian Premier League (2024) season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), where he amassed 741 runs at 61.75 and a strike rate of 154.69 in 15 innings, including five hundreds and a century. Virat had the best strike rate of his IPL career and was quite effective against spinners, using a more aggressive strategy against them.Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar stated that although Virat has adjusted his style in response to criticism regarding his supposedly low strikeout rate, the “old Virat” would have performed better on New York’s hard pitches, where it has been difficult to score runs and batters have played cautiously.“The problem with Virat Kohli is that there has been a lot of talk about his strike rate over the last two years, and he completely changed that during this IPL season. His strike rate had reached 150, although others had almost 200, but that is a different topic. He probably must have come to the T20 World Cup with that same mindset, but given the pitches, the old Virat Kohli would have been much better,” said Manjrekar.“So, I feel someone should tell him to bring back that earlier version of himself and then change again when the pitches become flat,” he added. (With ANI inputs)

T20 World Cup: Nepal, Sri Lanka stare at exit after washout; South Africa make Super 8

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A spectator in the stands as covers are drawn over the wet field for the T20 World Cup cricket match between Sri Lanka and Nepal at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida, on June 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Heavy rain washed out Sri Lanka and Nepal’s crucial Group D fixture in the T20 World Cup that ended up assuring a Super 8 spot for South Africa. The match was abandoned without a ball being bowled as both teams settled for a point each and are now staring at an early exit from the tournament. ALSO READ: Taking cricket to America involves a difficult culture transfer South Africa secured the Super 8 berth by topping Group D with three wins from three matches. Second placed Bangladesh, who are ahead of the Netherlands on net run-rate, are also vying for the second spot. Nepal next face South Africa (Saturday), and Bangladesh (Monday) in Kingstown, St. Vincent. Sri Lanka’s chances of qualifying are the slimmest as they have only one match left in the group — against the Netherlands in St. Lucia on Monday.

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Cricket-Sri Lanka staring at early T20 World Cup exit after Florida washout

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June 11 – Former champions Sri Lanka are on the brink of an early exit from the T20 World Cup after heavy rain washed out their Group D match against Nepal in Lauderhill, Florida on Tuesday. Cricket-Sri Lanka staring at early T20 World Cup exit after Florida washout The 2014 champions badly needed a win to keep their tournament hopes alive after defeats by South Africa and Bangladesh in their first two matches. Date mein Crickit, late mein Crickit! Catch the game anytime, anywhere on Crickit. Find out how Wanindu Hasaranga’s team are bottom of the group with just one point and look certain to crash out unless other results go their way. “It’s not going to be easy for us and it would be a miracle actually,” Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana said of their chances of advancing. They will conclude their group campaign against the Netherlands on Sunday and Theekshana acknowledged nothing had clicked for them in the 20-team tournament. “We didn’t bat well, we didn’t assess the conditions really well and our plans, everything went wrong,” the off-spinner said. Nepal are also winless after two matches and on Friday they face unbeaten group leaders South Africa, who sealed their place in the Super Eight after three straight victories. “Obviously we want the sun to shine and have a proper game,” Nepal coach Monty Desai told reporters. “We know that we are walking into the unknowns. We have never played South Africa before. “But at the same time, the morale in the camp …” Rain and thunderstorms are predicted for the remainder of the week during which India, Pakistan, Ireland and Canada have fixtures scheduled in Florida. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

T20 World Cup: ‘Sometimes you don’t get…’: Bowling coach Paras Mhambrey praises Hardik Pandya’s ability ahead of USA vs India | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: The Indian team management, including bowling coach Paras Mhambrey, expressed confidence in Hardik Pandya‘s ability to deliver for the team in the T20 World Cup, despite his underwhelming performance in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Pandya has been a vital contributor to the Indian bowling attack, claiming five wickets at an economy rate of 6.37 in the first two matches of the tournament. ALSO SEE: T20 WORLD CUP 2024 Schedule | Points Table While his batting performance has yet to make a significant impact, Mhambrey emphasized that the team was not concerned about Pandya’s form.Mhambrey stated that Pandya’s confidence in his abilities was never in doubt, and the team was aware that he would eventually regain his form. “Hardik’s confidence in his ability was never in doubt. Sometimes you don’t get into the rhythm, no matter what you do. You’re bowling consistently, but you just cannot get into a rhythm. His work ethic was the same. We knew he was going to come good,” Mhambrey said in the pre-match press conference. The team management expects him to continue making a significant impact as the tournament progresses, with the next match against the co-hosts, USA, scheduled for Wednesday in New York.During the IPL, Pandya led the Mumbai Indians franchise for the first time in his career. In 14 matches, he conceded 387 runs and took 11 wickets. Despite facing criticism from fans early in the tournament, Mhambrey highlighted that if Pandya’s work ethic had been a concern, he would not have been able to perform well in the T20 World Cup.“If it was worrisome, he would not have done anything in that phase. If he did not work on that, then it was a little worrisome. But one thing was, for sure, I knew that I also followed that, that his work ethic was going on the same as before. So, if that is going on with him then after one or two matches, the rhythm of the bowler comes. After he got into that rhythm, you can see the difference between the IPL and this tournament,” he added.Pandya’s contribution was crucial in India’s victory over Pakistan, where he claimed the important wickets of Fakhar Zaman and Shadab Khan.(Inputs from ANI)

‘You play fire with fire…’: Pakistan born-Ali Khan on playing against Virat Kohli in India-USA T20 World Cup match | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: With India set to take on co-hosts USA in their T20 World Cup match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, interesting match-ups are on the cards.Ahead of the match on Wednesday, the host broadcaster shared a video of US cricketers Saurabh Netravalkar, captain Monank Patel, Harmeet Singh, Ali Khan and Corey Anderson talking about taking on India.T20 WORLD CUP: SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLEWelcoming Team India to the USA, Saurabh Netravalkar says, “If we play our best game, we can sort of compete against top cricketers. We will try to take one game at a time and not get overwhelmed by the star-studded players and will try to bowl against a batsman and bat against a bowler. Try to keep it simple.”US captain Monank Patel remarks, “You dream about these kinds of things. Suddenly you see yourself with Rohit Sharma on the toss time. It’s unreal. It will be a high-pressure game, we don’t want to focus too much on them right now. We want to play the brand of cricket we want to play against all the teams.”Harmeet Singh adds, “Growing up I used to look up to Rohit Sharma. Rohit comes from my school. I’ll take things as they come. With Sanju (Samson), Kuldeep (Yadav) I have played U-19 for India. Axar (Patel) I have played with him. It’ll be fun catching up with them and playing against them.”US pacer Ali Khan, who was born in Pakistan, added fuel to the rivalry by saying, “Virat Kohli has always been one of the favourites and coming up against him and playing against him, it will be really really good. He is very passionate on the field but so am I. On the field if things get heated up then they get heated up. I mean you play fire with fire. He’s right up there. They call him King Kohli for a reason.”Corey Anderson, who has played international cricket for New Zealand concludes, “That’s the beauty of playing against India. You know that you’re going to have millions and millions of eyes on you and you know they are against you. There are familiar foes that I have faced and played against. You have done this before and there is evidence to suggest that you can do it again.” With two victories in as many games, the USA squad has been dominating the T20 World Cup. The Indian team, which the US team has never played in any format, is packed with IPL superstars.Among the USA team, five were Indian natives. The team’s India-born players include Ronak Patel, Nisarg Patel, Saurabh Netravalkar, Harmeet Singh, and Milind Kumar. In the one and only IPL match he took part in, Harmeet Singh dismissed Ross Taylor for Rajasthan Royals, that was then led by the present India head coach Rahul Dravid.