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LONDON: Ben Stokes struck the highest score by an England batsman in a one-day international on Wednesday (Sep 13), smashing a blistering 182 as the hosts piled up 368 against New Zealand at The Oval.
With two wins in two days, against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, respectively, the Indian cricket team qualified for the final of the ongoing Asia Cup on Tuesday. After mauling Pakistan by 228 runs in their first match of the Super 4 stage on Monday, India needed a win to secure their passage. Despite putting just 213 runs on the board, India registered a 41-run win after bowling Sri Lanka out on 172. While a defeat wouldn't have put them out of the contest, a win now allows them to test their bench strength against Bangladesh, who are already out of the final race, on Friday.
As the contest between the bat and the ball gets fierce with every passing game, it's sad for fans to see rain becoming the third factor in deciding the fate of matches in the Asia Cup 2023. Having already seen multiple matches being affected due to poor weather conditions, the Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Super 4 match in the tournament could also see the rain gods interrupting proceedings in Colombo on Thursday. Pakistan, who have to beat Sri Lanka to qualify for the final, however, will be keeping their fingers crossed.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka square off in a virtual semi-final, with the winner set to join India in Sunday's Asia Cup 2023 final. Naseem Shah has been ruled out of the team's final Super Four match -- effective semi-final -- against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday. Pakistan Super League star Zaman Khan came in as replacement and walks directly into the team, which was announced on the eve of the key match. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, will look to take inspiration from their spirited performance against India as both teams face a must win situation on Thursday.
Indian women doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open Super 500 tournament on Wednesday. Tanisha and Ashwini beat Chinese Taipei's Lee Chia Hsin and Teng Chun Hsun 21-19 21-19 to set up a clash with top seeded Japanese duo of Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara. Asian Games bound Lakshya Sen, however, withdrew from the tournament due to slight strain in his back. "He has almost recovered but with the Asian Games round the corner, we didn't want to risk playing today without being 100 per cent. He will be fine in a few days," coach Anup Sridhar told PTI.
Former India batter Aakash Chopra feels Ishan Kishan's inability to rotate strike could against him as a middle-order batter, going into the World Cup. Kishan, who scored 82 during the group stage match against Pakistan, did not get the chance to bat in India's first Super 4 match. Against Sri Lanka, Kishan was promoted from no. 5 to no. 4, scoring 33 runs off 61 deliveries as India posted a 213-run total. While analysing the match, Chopra pointed out Kishan's tendency to play too many dot balls, which was earlier called out by former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan.
The Indian team really did Pakistan a favour by defeating Sri Lanka in their second Super 4 match of the Asia Cup. A win, which looked possible for a fair amount of time in the match, for the Lankans would've severely dented Pakistan's hopes of reaching the final of the tournament. But now, Babar Azam's men only have to defeat Sri Lanka in their final Super 4 match to make it to the title-decider. Ahead of the final, Pakistan great Ramiz Raja has a blunt message for the team, which is to avoid social media and television.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen withdrew from the Hong Kong Open 2023 badminton tournament before his match on Wednesday, handing his opponent, Chinese Taipei's Su Li Yang, a walkover. Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya, seeded eighth in men's singles, was India's biggest bet at the Hong Kong Open 2023, which is being held at Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon. Other top Indian badminton players like PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth skipped the Hong Kong meet, as per Olympics.com.