The 2021 edition of the tournament was supposed to have taken place in India after the 2020 edition in Australia. However, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases around the months of September and October 2020 ensured that the tournament was pushed back a couple of years. It’s time to “rise and shine” for the sailor athletes who qualified to compete in Saturday’s Medal Races. Early start times across seven classes have been scheduled in order to capture the morning breeze. In both the World T20 matches between India and New Zealand, NZ spinners have played major role in their victory. • Overall, in T20Is Rohit has scored 338 runs which is 3rd most runs by a batsman vs NZ, 4 fifties by Rohit are also joint-most fifty-plus scores by a batsman along with Dawid Malan vs NZ.
So far, South Africa has been the only host nation to fail to advance beyond the first round. In the group stage, teams compete within eight groups of four teams each. Eight teams are seeded, including the hosts, with the other seeded teams selected using a formula based on the FIFA World Rankings and/or performances in recent World Cups, and drawn to separate groups. The other teams are assigned to different “pots”, usually based on geographical criteria, and teams in each pot are drawn at random to the eight groups. Since 1998, constraints have been applied to the draw to ensure that no group contains more than two European teams or more than one team from any other confederation.
L. Rahul succumbing to Afridi’s artistry, captain Kohli was forced to grind his way to a fifty. Come Sunday, all three of them will have to come out all guns blazing. If they can get off to a flier, the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant and Hardik can take the game away from the Black Caps in the latter half. Besides, it will also give more leeway for India’s bowlers to come into play. India’s fortunes took a further blow when captain Kohli was caught on the boundary off the very first ball after the drinks break, leaving India 48/4 after 10.1 overs.
It’s a crucial match for both India and NZ as Pakistan are on the verge of qualifying for the semis with three wins in three. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav have a lot of responsibility on their shoulders and they need to make sure that the entire burden is not on Kohli. India have their man, but it’s already too late with the Kiwis within sniffing distance of victory. What a measured innings Mitchell has played, starting brashly, but then ensuring that New Zealand breezed their way to the target.
Adam Milne gave away 15 runs in the first over, but conceded 15 from the next 3 and also picked up a wicket. Short and wide, Williamson rocks back, opens the face of the bat and guides it past short third. Mitchell backs away a little, clears the front leg and hammers the ball past a wide mid-off. Too short this time as Kane Williamson sways away from it. Kane Williamson shimmies down the track and lofts it towards long off for a boundary.