Aryansh Sharma stands up to hero Tim Southee as UAE battle New Zealand’s IPL stars

18.08.2023 - 07:21 thenationalnews.com

When Aryansh Sharma was preparing to leave home ahead of his T20 international debut on Thursday, he might have been minded to pack his autograph book alongside his bat, pads and wicketkeeping gloves.

The opposition were, after all, packed with the players he has grown up watching in the Indian Premier League. That included Tim Southee, one of his idols from his favourite team, the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Aryansh was born in Ghaziabad near Delhi but grew up supporting KKR. He loved Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood star who owns the Kolkata franchise, when he was small so plumped for them.

Southee, New Zealand’s captain, showed why he has been so well regarded in the IPL as he took five wickets to quell the challenge of UAE in the opening T20I in Dubai.

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New Zealand outplayed England as they won the third Twenty20 international at Edgbaston on Sunday by a commanding 74 runs to maintain their hopes of a shared series. Finn Allen made 83 and Glenn Phillips 69 in New Zealand's 202-5. Recalled paceman Kyle Jamieson (3-23) and spinner Ish Sodhi (3-33) then did the bulk of the damage, with New Zealand captain Tim Southee (2-30) also in the wickets, as England collapsed to 128 all out inside 19 overs. There were only four double-figure scores in the T20 world champions' innings, England captain Jos Buttler top-scoring with 40 and Moeen Ali making 26.

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