Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.
:South Africa held their collective nerve to edge West Indies by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-disrupted shootout for a semi-final spot at the Twenty20 World Cup in Antigua on Sunday.
As the T20 World Cup 2024 prepares for the giant contest between India and Australia, there's a lot more than just the bat and the ball that could decide the fate of these two teams. With India all but through to the semi-finals, Australia's campaign is hanging in the balance, courtesy of their shock defeat against Afghanistan in the previous contest. On Monday, as Australia gear up for a survival battle, the weather gods could pour cold water on their plans and pave the way for their elimination from the tournament.
Afghanistan pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of cricket, beating Australia by 21 runs in the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup. This was their first win of over Australia in any format, having narrowly lost out to them in the ODI World Cup last year in India. The win also keeps Afghanistan afloat in the race to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament. Afghanistan have pulled off some huge results over the years, but after wins over New Zealand and Australia in the ongoing T20 World Cup, it is safe to say that they are knocking on the door to become a cricketing powerhouse.
Gautam Gambhir has been heavily linked with the job to become the next head coach of the Indian men's cricket team. With current boss Rahul Dravid's contract set to expire after the ongoing T20 World Cup, Gambhir was the only candidate to apply for the job, as per multiple reports. The former India opener was interviewed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) last week, where Gambhir presented some of his demands to the board.
USA pacer Ali Khan has suggested that their win over Pakistan in the group stage of the T20 World Cup wasn't a fluke. The Pakistan-born Ali revealed that between India and Pakistan, the USA always fancied beating the latter due to their history. USA defeated Pakistan in the group stage with the result being deemed as the shock of the tournament as the T20 World Cup co-hosts managed to qualify for the Super 8 stage on the back of that result. It took the USA a Super Over to register a famous win over Pakistan, with Ali labelling the game as an emotional one for obvious reasons.
Despite missing the entire group stage, as India opted to go with three frontline seamers in the USA, Kuldeep Yadav has hit the ground running in the Super 8 stage of the 2024 T20 World Cup. Brought back into the Playing XI as India's venues shifted to the West Indies, the left-arm chinaman has picked up five wickets in the two Super 8 games so far. After scalping three wickets against Bangladesh, Kuldeep laid a comparison between the pressure of playing in the IPL and the pressure of a World Cup.
Gautam Gambhir is the favourite to become the new head coach of Team India, and India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has reminisced a heartwarming story about Gambhir. Speaking at a launch event for his book 'I Have the Streets - A Kutti Cricket Story', Ashwin mentioned that Gambhir is a "very misunderstood person". Having won IPL 2024 as mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders, Gambhir is the favourite to succeed Rahul Dravid and take over charge of the Indian team after the 2024 T20 World Cup. Ashwin recalled how Gambhir had supported him during his early days in the Indian team.
No longer the 'minnows', Afghanistan pulled off an upset of epic proportions as they shocked Australia by 21 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024. Thanks to Gulbadin Naib's four-wicket haul, Afghanistan nullified Australia skipper Pat Cummins' hat-trick, producing one of most memorable days in Afghan cricket. As fans and cricket experts took to social media to share reactions on the big upset in T20 World Cup, Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq shared a cryptic post,targeting the critics of his team, as well as the lack of support.