GER vs ITA Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Match 19

Author: Shreyas
28 Jul 2023 02:02:35
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Germany vs Italy - 19th Match of the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup European Qualifiers 2023, at Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh

Weather Forecast
Scattered Showers - 17°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario 

GER - 5 - 2w/2l/1nr (3rd)
ITA - 5 - 2w/2l/1nr (4th)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis 

Germany (GER)

1. Joshua Van Heerden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(18), 47(31)*, 42(33), 19(20)&2w

2. Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Faisal Mubashir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 21(21)*, 57(50)*

4. Dylan Blingaut
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(7)*&1w, 12(13)*, 1(2)&0w

5. Harmanjot Singh 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(13)

6. Sachin Mandy Gangareddy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(5)

7. Michael Richardson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8), 26(24)*, 27(20), 5(9)

8. Dieter Klein
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w

9. Sahir Naqash
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(8)&2w, 2w, 20(9)&1w, 0(1)&3w

10. Abdul Shakoor Rahimzei 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Venkatraman Ganesan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(16), 8(7), 2(5), 11(10)

12. Ghulan Rasul Ahmadi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w

13. Vishnu Elam Bharathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 0w

14. Muslim Yar Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w, 14(11)&0w

15. Zahid Zadran 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w


Italy (ITA)

1. Gareth Berg 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(17)&3w, 0(1)&0w

2. Gian-Piero Meade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 7(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(23), 4(7)

3. Grant Stewart 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)&3w, 2(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(21)&1w

4. Marcus Campopiano
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(22), 18(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(13), 9(6)

5. Wayne Madsen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 52(30), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)

6. Crishan Kalugamage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(5)*&0w, 4(7)*&0w

7. Stefano De Bartolomeo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(2)*&0w

8. Ben Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(16)&1w, 21(16)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3)&0w, 1(2)&0w

9. Harry Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)&2w, 51(35)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(16)&3w, 4(2)&1w

10. Anthony Mosca
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(12), 29(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(18), 8(9)

11. Justin Mosca
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 49(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5), 6(10)

12. Sukhwinder Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Syed Naqvi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)

14. Jaspreet Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(1)*&1w, 11(9)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(16)&1w, 7(8)&0w

15. Manpreet Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(1)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 25

Avg 1st Innings - 182
Avg 2nd Innings - 147

Highest total - 254/5 (New Zealand vs Scotland - 29th July'2022)


(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

GER - 2 - 1w/1l
ITA - 2 - 1w/1l

(iii) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Scotland vs Denmark - 27th July'2023
159/7 vs 126/7 (SCO won by 33 runs)

Pacers - 1w+5w=6w
Spinners - 6w+2w=8w

2) Jersey vs Germany - 25th July'2023
190/5 vs 139/8 (JER won by 51 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

3) Italy vs Denmark - 25th July'2023
150/8 vs 124/10 (ITA won by 26 runs)

Pacers - 3w+9w=12w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w

4) Scotland vs Italy - 24th July'2023
245/2 vs 90/10 (SCO won by 155 runs)

Pacers - 2w+9w=11w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

5) Denmark vs Germany - 23rd July'2023
124/9 vs 126/4 (GER won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 6w+3w=9w

6) Ireland vs Austria - 23rd July'2023
226/4 vs 98/10 (IRE wom by 128 runs)

Pacers - 3w+9w=12w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

7) Scotland vs Jersey - 21st July'2023
149/6 vs 135/9 (SCO won by 14 runs)

Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 4w+4w=8w

8) Denmark vs Ireland - 21st July'2023
122/9 vs 123/1 (IRE won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

9) Austria vs Jersey - 20th July'2023
104/9 vs 106/2 (JER won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

10) New Zealand vs Scotland - 29th July'2022
254/5 vs 152/9 (NZ won by 102 runs)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 3w+5w=8w


SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 33w
2nd Innings - 41w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 36w
2nd Innings - 18w

Overall
74w:54w (Pacers:Spinners)


(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Germany (GER)

1. Joshua Van Heerden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(33)

2. Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Faisal Mubashir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(21)*

4. Dylan Blingaut
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(13)*

5. Harmanjot Singh 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Sachin Mandy Gangareddy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Michael Richardson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(20)

8. Dieter Klein
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

9. Sahir Naqash
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(9)&1w

10. Abdul Shakoor Rahimzei
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Venkatraman Ganesan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5)

12. Ghulan Rasul Ahmadi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

13. Vishnu Elam Bharathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

14. Muslim Yar Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

15. Zahid Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Italy (ITA)

1. Gareth Berg 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)&0w

2. Gian-Piero Meade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7)

3. Grant Stewart 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(21)&1w

4. Marcus Campopiano
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(6)

5. Wayne Madsen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)

6. Crishan Kalugamage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7)*&0w

7. Stefano De Bartolomeo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Ben Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)&0w

9. Harry Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(2)&1w

10. Anthony Mosca
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(9)

11. Justin Mosca
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(10)

12. Sukhwinder Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Syed Naqvi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Jaspreet Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(8)&0w

15. Manpreet Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
7 - 4w/3l (In favour of ITA)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of GER)

(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet 

(iv) Recent Head To Head Matches

1) Italy vs Germany - 4th November'2022
146/6 vs 149/2 (GER won by 8 wkts)

Grant Stewart - 76(33) 
Marcus Campopiano - 42(52)* 
Joshua Van Heerden - 42(37)* 
Michael Richardson - 15(12)* 
Vishnu Elam Bharathi - 2w
Dieter Klein - 2w
Muslim Yar Ashraf - 1w

2) Italy vs Germany - 4th November'2022
107/10 vs 109/0 (GER won by 10 wkts)

Grant Stewart - 54(40) 
Marcus Campopiano - 18(25) 
Muslim Yar Ashraf - 3w
Ghulan Rasul Ahmadi - 2w

3) Italy vs Germany - 21st October'2021
117/10 vs 116/6 (ITA won by 1 run)

Grant Stewart - 35(22) & 1w
Gian-Piero Meade - 1w
Dieter Klein - 28(18)* & 2w
Sahir Naqash - 21(15)* 
Dylan Blingaut - 4w
Vishnu Elam Bharathi - 3w
Muslim Yar Ashraf - 1w

4) Italy vs Germany - 17th October'2021
103/5 vs 104/6 (GER won by 4 wkts)

Grant Stewart - 27(25) & 1w
Jaspreet Singh - 1w
Gian-Piero Meade - 1w
Dylan Blingaut - 36(48)* 
Venkatraman Ganesan - 23(26) 
Muslim Yar Ashraf - 3w
Sahir Naqash - 1w
Dieter Klein - 1w


(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams meet

GER

Sahir Naqash - 6th highest run scorer (72), Avg (72) - 6M/4I
Harmanjot Singh - 7th highest run scorer (66), Avg (33) - 3M/3I

Muslim Yar Ashraf - Highest wicket taker (8), SR (15.75) - 7M/6I
Vishnu Elam Bharathi - 2nd highest wicket taker (5), SR (12) - 3M/3I
Dieter Klein - 2nd highest wicket taker (5), SR (19.20) - 4M/4I
Dylan Blingaut - 9th highest wicket taker (4), SR (10.50) - 4M/4I


ITA

Grant Stewart - Highest run scorer (192), Avg (48) - 4M/4I
Marcus Campopiano - 8th highest run scorer (60), Avg (60) - 2M/2I


(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Germany (GER)

1. Joshua Van Heerden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(37)*

2. Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(9), 21(24), 12(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(27)

3. Faisal Mubashir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7), 1(6)

4. Dylan Blingaut
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 36(48)*&0w, 9(20)&4w, 0w, 0w

5. Harmanjot Singh 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(35)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8), 11(8)

6. Sachin Mandy Gangareddy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Michael Richardson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(10), 2(11), 15(12)*

8. Dieter Klein
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)&1w, 28(18)*&2w, 0w, 2w

9. Sahir Naqash
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(7), 38(17)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(9)*&1w, 21(15)*

10. Abdul Shakoor Rahimzei
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(8)&0w, 15(8)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Venkatraman Ganesan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(26)&0w, 11(16)&0w

12. Ghulan Rasul Ahmadi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w

13. Vishnu Elam Bharathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w, 2w

14. Muslim Yar Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 3w, 1w

15. Zahid Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Italy (ITA)

1. Gareth Berg 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(14), 5(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Gian-Piero Meade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(9)&1w, 0(2)&1w, 0(3)&0w, 10(12)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(13), 5(4)

3. Grant Stewart 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(25)&1w, 35(22)&1w, 54(40), 76(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Marcus Campopiano
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(25), 42(52)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Wayne Madsen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Crishan Kalugamage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Stefano De Bartolomeo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Ben Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Harry Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Anthony Mosca
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Justin Mosca
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Sukhwinder Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Syed Naqvi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Jaspreet Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Manpreet Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(6), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7), 36(29)


4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) GERMANY (GER) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Venkatraman Ganesan - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 11, 2, 8, 13, 24r 2w, 24r 0w, 61r 0w, 18r 2w, 1r 1w, 52, 5r 0w

2) Joshua Van Heerden - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 19r 2w, 42, 47*, 17, 53*, 2, 1, 47*, 99, 8, 9, 32*

3) Michael Richardson - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 5, 27, 26*, 8, 32, 33, 19, 15*, 59*, 35

4) Faisal Mubashir - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 57*, 21*, 0, 6*, 37*, 15, 45*, 23, 0, 1

5) Sahir Naqash - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0r 3w, 20r 1w, 2w, 10r 2w, 1w, 15r 2w, 3w, 28r 2w, 51r 3w

6) Dylan Blingaut - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 12*, 6r 1w, 23*, 27r 1w, 24, 0w, 0w, 4r 2w, 7r 1w

7) Harmanjot Singh - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 15, 2, 34, 4, 11, 0, 7, 11, 14* 

8) Ghulam Rasul Ahmadi - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 5w, 1w, 0w, 2w

9) Vishnu Elam Bharathi - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w

10) Dieter Klein - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 8r 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 5r 3w

11) Muslim Yar Ashraf - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 14r 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 23r 2w, 7r 0w


BENCH

12) Sachin Mandy Gangareddy - RHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 4, 9, 13*, 23, 34, 12, 0

13) Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah - RHB
Last 10 - 7, 16, 41, 17, 26, 2, 17, 50, 19, 2

14) Abdul Shakoor Rahimzei - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 12*, 11, 24, 1, 7, 30*, 31r 0w

15) Zahid Zadran - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w

Safe C/VC Choices
Joshua Van Heerden, Sahir Naqash 


B) ITALY (ITA) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Justin Mosca - LHB
Last 10 - 6, 49, 2, 26, 1, 0, 11, 41, 29, 1

2) Ben Manenti - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 21r 0w, 1r 0w, 22r 1w, 0r 0w, 10r 0w, 21r 2w, 9r 2w, 88r 2w, 1w, 4r 1w, 82r 1w, 61r 0w

3) Marcus Campopiano - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 18, 9, 44, 16, 87r 1w, 19r 1w, 42r 0w, 18, 17, 8

4) Wayne Madsen - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 0, 1, 52, 51, 48, 63, 15, 143, 16, 35, 0, 20

5) Anthony Mosca - RHB
Last 10 - 29, 8, 12, 19, 105r 1w, 12, 36, 20, 104

6) Harry Manenti - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 51r 3w, 4r 1w, 1r 2w, 17r 3w, 19r 0w, 106r 3w, 4r 3w, 36r 1w, 17r 2w, 3w

7) Grant Stewart - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 41r 1w, 0r 3w, 50r 0w, 40, 18r 4w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w

8) Gareth Berg - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 4w, 0r 0w, 3w, 26r 3w, 34r 2w, 16r 0w, 33r 1w, 23r 0w, 4, 10r 2w, 14, 3r 0w, 1w, 21r 1w

9) Gian-Piero Meade - RHB, RFM, WK
Last 10 - 7, 4, 0, 26, 27r 1w, 10r 0w, 0r 0w, 16, 30r 0w, 22r 0w

10) Stefano De Bartolomeo - RHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 1w, 2r 0w, 5, 4r 0w, 7, 0w, 37r 0w, 21r 1w, 11r 1w

11) Jaspreet Singh - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 11r 1w, 7r 0w, 1w, 21r 1w, 0w, 2w, 56r 0w, 1w, 8r 2w, 2w


BENCH

12) Crishan Kalugamage - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4r 0w, 0w, 5r 0w, 0w, 1w, 6, 0w, 3w, 3w, 31r 0w, 2w

13) Syed Naqvi - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1

14) Sukhwinder Singh - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w

15) Manpreet Singh - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8*, 5*, 17*, 1, 4, 26, 9

Safe C/VC Choices 
Gareth Berg, Harry Manenti


Differential GL C/VC choices 

GER - Dieter Klein, Muslim Yar Ashraf, Vishnu Elam Bharathi

ITA - Ben Manenti, Wayne Madsen, Grant Stewart

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He is often twinned with Rajinder Goel for the misfortune of being great left-arm spinners in the time of Bishan Bedi
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:50:01 GMT
India have marched ahead of Australia since the World Cup final in 2023, but the gap matters less with a spot in the final on the line
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:47:19 GMT
The India captain also feels that the pitches in Dubai have been challenging for batters, while the bowlers have also had to adjust
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:23:26 GMT
Apart from Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell, no other Australian batter in the top seven has faced Varun before
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:55:02 GMT
Australia had arrived in Dubai not knowing whether they would be staying in Dubai, or heading to Lahore for the second semi-final
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:15:56 GMT
Kumble says Australia will find it difficult if India play four spinners in their semi-final in Dubai
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:23:23 GMT
"In T20, my sequencing of balls - as in how I construct an over - is totally different compared to the 50-over format," he says
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:16:04 GMT
Williamson's 81 in vain as New Zealand crumble against spin chasing 250
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 16:55:03 GMT
South Africa, who had also shifted to Dubai ahead of the knockouts, will now fly back to Lahore for the second semi-final
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:10:42 GMT
Both are exceptional ODI outfits, coming in with a string of wins to their name. Both will also already have one eye on their respective semi-finals, which quickly follow Sunday's game
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:31:49 GMT
One of the teams will travel back to Pakistan to play New Zealand in the second semi-final
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:16:15 GMT
India assistant coach says they also want to carry momentum into the semi-final by beating New Zealand, so it might come down to bowlers not bowling their full quotas on Sunday
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:08:11 GMT
India's keeper-batter admits keeping someone like Pant out of the XI comes with its own pressures, and also heaps praise on Shami
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:11:46 GMT
This is the former England captain's first foray into coaching in the IPL
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:55:07 GMT
Ponting also reckoned that Kohli, who is now third on the highest run-scorers list in ODIs, will want to finish at the top
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:53:55 GMT
Defending champions yet to name their captain with season starting on March 22
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:03:09 GMT
New Zealand's five-wicket win over Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday confirmed this; that means Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan are out of contention
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:26:10 GMT
Iyer points to the sluggishness of the pitch and Abrar's tight spell as reasons for India not being able to bat more aggressively
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:52 GMT
Former India allrounder comes in with plenty of coaching experience in international and franchise cricket
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:03:05 GMT
Kohli set up India for a semi-final spot and all but crossed out Pakistan from the 2025 Champions Trophy
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:46:36 GMT
India batter gets to the milestone in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:34:14 GMT
A PCB official said that as this is an ICC tournament, the anthem playlist has been produced and distributed by the ICC
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:13:15 GMT
Aaqib Javed gives his vote of confidence to Pakistan's quicks, but Urooj Mumtaz and Anil Kumble feel the team, on the whole, lack firepower
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:55:32 GMT
They have opened together only 28 times in ODIs, but their numbers are staggering
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:02:25 GMT
After the defeat to New Zealand in Karachi, Pakistan must travel to Dubai to play India, a team they have struggled to beat for several years
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:22:38 GMT
"The difference between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill is that Gill will take you right till the end," Sanjay Manjrekar says
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:21:13 GMT
Manjrekar feels Kohli is down on confidence, and that has affected his ability to take bowlers on
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:42 GMT
Despite a quick 69-run opening stand, India were tested by the 229 target
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:39 GMT
Axar finished with 2 for 43, and Jaker Ali, the beneficiary of the drop, went on to score 68
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
Former India spinner says head coach Gautam Gambhir has tough decisions irrespective of Champions Trophy result
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:24 GMT
Yash Rathod's century set Mumbai a target of 406, before Vidarbha ended the day with three key wickets
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:26:25 GMT
Shami opens up about his struggles and recovery after injuries and a surgery sidelined him from international cricket for over a year
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:34:23 GMT
The former Mumbai captain represented the state in first-class cricket for over a decade in the 1960s and 70s but is best remembered as a Mumbai selector and administrator
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT
The venue last hosted a 50-over match in March 2024 while India and Bangladesh last played an ODI there in 2018
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:32 GMT
India captain says their three allrounders gives them a lot of options
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
This is the second time Gill is at the summit; the last time was during the 2023 ODI World Cup
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:38:32 GMT
India international set for first taste of county cricket after agreeing deal for first red-ball block
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad, and Qualifier 2 in Kolkata
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
Chennai Super Kings are expected to host Mumbai Indians on March 23
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
The total prize pot has gone up by 53% to $6.9 million
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
Parunika Sisodia and Nuzhat Parween will replace them at MI and RCB respectively
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
In two of India's chases against England, they promoted Axar Patel, and that left KL Rahul with little to do
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
He is expected to take a month to recover after the surgery
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
Their run-scoring methods haven't worked on this tour and part of that is due to the variety in the Indian bowling attack
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
Bumrah has not played any cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in early January
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
Hamstring injury leaves England looking at potential replacements ahead of Australia opener
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
"I bowled almost 30 overs in that match [against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy]. So I never lost my rhythm"
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
"He makes things much easier than what it is," Shubman Gill says about Rohit Sharma's century in the Cuttack ODI
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
There is an opportunity for both teams to use this series as a kind of laboratory ahead of the Champions Trophy
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
India batter had missed the series opener in Nagpur due to a knee injury
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
Your ready reckoner for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, to be played in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata and Rajkot from Saturday
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
Iyer, who scored a match-winning half-century, was originally meant to sit out the first ODI
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
We answer all your questions about the upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the UAE
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
Abhishek's crisp shots and high-intent game in Mumbai left England without any answer and set up India's colossal victory
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
England captain says team won't veer from aggressive style despite chastening defeat at Wankhede
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
Coach says India "don't want to fear losing a game of cricket" after batters go all out to finish off 4-1 series result against England
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:10:08 GMT
He scored 38 more runs than England's collective total to complete India's 4-1 series win
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:29:28 GMT
The defending champions steamrolled past South Africa, with their spinners ruling the roost
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT
With the series already wrapped up, India's captain will be keen on marking his Mumbai homecoming with a big performance
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:15:28 GMT
Defending champions India will look to extend their dominance as SA set sights on the team to bring home a first women's title
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