The New Zealand cricket team has entered the finals of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup by defeating England by 5 wickets in the tournament’s first semi-final which was played yesterday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. In the finals, the Kiwis will face the winner of the second semi-final which will be on Thursday between Australia and Pakistan.
As far as the match is concerned, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. England had a steady start as its openers scored 37 runs in partnership before Jonny Bairstow (13) got out in the sixth over and useful knocks of Dawid Malan (41) and Moeen Ali (51) helped their team in posting a decent score of 166/4 on the scoreboard.
In response, the Kiwis lost Martin Guptill (4) and skipper Kane Williamson (5) quite early but Daryl Mitchell stayed on the crease till end and produced a sparkling knock of 72 runs in 47 balls (4 fours & 4 sixes). Devon Conway also contributed well in his team’s win by scoring 46 runs of 38 deliveries and his innings included 5 fours and 1 six. The all-rounder James Neesham also played an important role in his team’s victory by scoring quick 27 runs for which he faced 11 balls (1 four & 3 sixes). The Black Caps achieved the target with 6 balls remaining and also took the revenge of the 2019 World Cup final in which they lost to England.
As the winning run was scored by the New Zealand batter, all the Kiwi players present in the dug-out stood up and started celebrating but Jimmy Neesham behaved indifferently as he kept on sitting and gave no reaction. Soon the image of James Neesham sitting with no expression on his face after victory went viral and people started giving their opinion as some felt that James Neesham is still hurt with the loss of 2019 WC final.
Later on, Jimmy Neesham also reacted on it as he retweeted a tweet made by a sports channel and wrote, “Job finished? I don’t think so.”
Well, Jimmy Neesham appears to be correct in his opinion that job is not finished until his team wins the trophy but still a little bit of smiling won’t hurt. What do you say?
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Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the new skipper of the Indian cricket team for the T20I cricket as Virat Kohli has made an announcement regarding quitting captaincy after the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
Though Rohit Sharma is the best person to lead the Indian team at the moment, especially in the shortest format, considering the fact that the IPL team Mumbai Indians has won the league 5 times under his leadership yet we cannot ignore that age is not on his side as he is already 34 yrs old. Rohit will be able to lead India in the 2023 World Cup but the Indian team management needs to look beyond that and for this purpose, they need to nurture and groom a youngster who can lead India for a long time after Hitman bids goodbye to the international cricket.
Recently, the former English cricketer Graeme Swann has suggested the name of a youngster who he feels will be the best choice for captaincy after Rohit Sharma quits. In an interview, Graeme Swann says that Rohit Sharma is a brilliant skipper and he has done a great job for MI but he would have chosen Rishabh Pant for the job as he will be there for more than 10 years. Swann feels that Pant is a mix of both MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli as he is level-headed like Dhoni and is also high-spirited like Kohli. Swann also adds that he likes the manner in which Rishabh Pant laughs and makes comments while keeping the wickets.
One more point that Graeme Swann has given in favor of Rishabh Pant is that he has led Delhi Capitals pretty well during the IPL 2021. Though DC failed in winning its first IPL title, the team played in the play-offs and Rishabh Pant contributed well with the bat in the tournament.
According to Graeme Swann, the only thing because of which he is not choosing Rohit Sharma is his age and he has already played a lot of cricket but he will like to make a decision considering the long term and for this, Rishabh Pant is the first choice.
Do you agree with Graeme Swann?
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The Indian cricket team’s journey may have ended in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 but we are going to see good amount of competitive cricket in the near future as New Zealand will be visiting India for playing white ball cricket. India and NZ will be playing three match T20I series starting from November 17 at Jaipur and recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Indian squad for the series.
As it was being said, Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the skipper for this series and KL Rahul has been appointed as the vice-captain of team India. Virat Kohli has been rested along with Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja while the youngsters – Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar who were kept as reserves in the T20 World Cup have been included in the main squad.
The Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also made a comeback in the national team along with Mohammed Siraj but one player was again not included in the squad despite the fact that he performed well continuously both in domestic circuits and IPL.
We are talking about Kerala cricketer Sanju Samson who led Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2021 and though RR was not able to enter the play-offs yet Sanju Samson was quite phenomenal as a batter. He scored 484 runs in the league with an average of 40.33 and his strike rate was 136.72. Sanju scored a century (119) against KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings in this season along with a couple of half-centuries. If we take a look at the IPL career of Sanju Samson, he made his debut in 2013 for RR and since then, he has made 3068 runs including three centuries. While playing for Kerala in domestic level, Sanju Samson has scored 4725 runs in 193 T20 matches which include 3 centuries and 29 fifties.
Sanju Samson who is a wicketkeeper-batsman was not included in the Indian squad for the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2021 as the BCCI selected Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan as two wicket-keeping options. After not getting selected in the Indian squad for the NZ series, he made a cryptic tweet in which he did not write any caption but posted a collage of three photos as if he wants to imply that he is a good fielder as well if he is not considered as a wicketkeeper.
See the pic:
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Sanju Samson should’ve got a chance or not according to you? Let us know your opinion.
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The Indian cricket team will be coming back to India soon as it has failed in securing a place in the semi-finals and now the Board of Control for Cricket in India will appoint a new skipper for the Indian T20 team in view of the fact that Virat Kohli has already made an announcement regarding leaving the T20 captaincy after the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
If some reports are to be believed, the BCCI will remove Virat Kohli from the ODI captaincy as well and appoint a skipper for both ODIs and T20Is. However, the former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag feels that Virat Kohli should remain the skipper of the Indian team in other two formats. While speaking on the latest episode of Virugiri Dot Com, Nawab of Najafgarh answered a question asked by a fan who wanted that Virat Kohli should leave the captaincy of other two formats as well.
Virender Sehwag says that it will be Virat’s personal decision whether he wants to leave captaincy of other two formats or not but he feels that team India has been performing well under him and has won many bilateral series. Sehwag further adds that he wants Virat Kohli to keep leading the Indian team in other two formats because his records as the skipper are pretty great, he is a good player and a good captain as well.
However, the former Indian cricketer who was known for his destructive batting during his playing days also spoke about the need of introspection in the Indian squad as it has not won any ICC trophy for a long time now despite being one of the strongest teams of the cricket world.
He adds that we should lend our support to our team in the bad times too but it is also true that we haven’t won any ICC tournament in past many years and winning bilateral series is good but a skipper is remembered only if the team wins the ICC tournaments on a regular basis under his captaincy.
Do you agree that Virat Kohli should continue leading India in ODIs and test matches or do you feel the need of a change? Let us know your views.
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The journey of the Indian cricket team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 ended yesterday with a win against Namibia in its last league match of the tournament. Though India registered three successive wins in the last three matches, its overall campaign was quite disappointing and it was not even able to secure a place in the semi-finals. Fans are pretty upset as they never expected such poor performance from the Indian team which was considered as the favorites to win the trophy in the beginning of the tournament. India’s start in the ICC T20 World Cup was disastrous as it lost its first league match to Pakistan and then the second one to New Zealand.
Team India will be making a new beginning now as Virat Kohli has already announced that he will quit the T20 captaincy after the T20 World Cup whereas the tenure of head coach Ravi Shastri has also come to an end with the tournament. While Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian team, there has been no official announcement regarding the new T20 skipper but as per reports, Rohit Sharma may be the one who will lead the Indian team from now onwards.
While speaking in a press conference, Ravi Shastri expressed his opinion on various issues. Talking about Rohit Sharma being the new skipper, he says that he feels Rohit Sharma is quite capable of leading the team considering the fact that he has won IPL multiple times and also because he has the experience of playing as vice-captain for the national side.
Rohit Sharma is the most successful skipper of the IPL as under his leadership, Mumbai Indians has won 5 titles while the tournament’s second most successful captain is MS Dhoni as CSK has won the title 4 times. On the other hand, Virat Kohli has been playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore since 2008 and has been leading it since 2013 but RCB hasn’t been able to win even a single title. Virat Kohli has also given up the captaincy of RCB as mega auction is scheduled to take place next year.
Talking about split captaincy, Ravi Shastri states that it is not a bad idea especially in the present times when players have to live in the bio-bubble due to COVID-19. He adds that players have to be rotated as they should be able to meet and spend some time with their family members. Shastri is of the opinion that if a cricketer is living in the bio-bubble for a long time, he may have his family with him on the tour but still he is not able to meet his parents and other family members.
Though India failed to win the World Cup, Ravi Shastri feels that India will always have a strong T20 team as the IPL showcases the talent of many players and increases their chances of playing for the country.
Team India has performed well under Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri as it won many bilateral series but they both failed in making the team win an ICC trophy.
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The poor manner in which the Indian cricket team performed in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2021 was not expected even by their critics and now India is officially out of the race of semi-finals as well as from the tournament. The Indian squad’s hope of entering semi-finals nose-dived after it lost its first two matches against Pakistan and New Zealand but still there were some bleak hopes left which also got quashed after New Zealand defeated Afghanistan yesterday in a league match.
While many online users are slamming and making fun of the skipper Virat Kohli and team India, the true Indian cricket fans are still standing in support of their team, however it is also true that they are highly disappointed with such performances. The Indian side entered the tournament as the favorites to win the World Cup but two bad games spoiled everything for them.
Netizens also didn’t leave the chance of having some fun even at such a sad time and many of them showed their creativity by means of hilarious memes and jokes in regard to India’s ouster from the T20 World Cup.
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The Indian cricket team will play its last league match today against Namibia at Dubai International Stadium and after that, the Indian players will pack their bags and return to India. This will be the last match of Virat Kohli as the skipper and of Ravi Shastri as the head coach in view of the fact that Virat Kohli has earlier announced about quitting captaincy of the T20 cricket post the T20 World Cup while Shastri’s tenure has also come to an end now.
Meanwhile, there are also reports that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is planning to remove Virat Kohli from the captaincy of ODIs and appoint one skipper for ODIs and T20Is. Rahul Dravid, the former Indian cricketer who is referred to as The Wall by his fans, has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian cricket team.
Hopefully we will win an ICC trophy soon under the captaincy of the new captain of team India.
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The Indian cricket team will be playing its last league match in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 today (8th November) against Namibia which will be played at Dubai International Stadium. Though the Indians will like to win this match, its result will not have any effect on their prospects in the tournament as they are already out of the tournament. The bleak hopes of team India entering the semi-finals got thrashed yesterday after New Zealand defeated Afghanistan by 8 wickets in a league match which was played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
India’s campaign in the T20 WC started on a very bad note as it lost its first match against the arch-rival Pakistan and it was a humiliating defeat for India as Pakistan won it by 10 wickets. What’s more, it was the first time that India got defeated by Pakistan in the World Cup tournament. The Indian team was supposed to make a strong comeback in its second match against New Zealand but it failed, in fact the Indian team management also made some poor decisions in this match for which it was slammed not just by cricket lovers but also by many former Indian cricketers.
Other than Pakistan and New Zealand, the remaining three teams which are in Group 2 with India are Scotland, Afghanistan and Namibia. It was necessary for India to win all the remaining matches with good margin in order to have a better run rate and they also needed Afghanistan to defeat New Zealand which didn’t happen so now the Indian cricketers will have to pack their bags and return home.
Amid this all, an old tweet of the Indian skipper Virat Kohli is doing the rounds in which he has written, “Going home tomorrow. Not a good feeling”.
The tweet was made by Virat in the year 2012 after the Indian squad got ousted from the Asia Cup 2012 but it fits perfectly in the present scenario as well.
Virat Kohli has already announced that he will be leaving the captaincy of India’s T20 team after the T20 WC2021 but there are also reports that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will appoint a new skipper for the ODIs as well.
Who will be the new captain of the Indian cricket team? Any guesses?
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