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India vs South Africa 4th T20I Preview: India Need Captain Rishabh Pant To Fire In Yet Another Must-Win Encounter

Under pressure India skipper Rishabh Pant will be hoping to tide over his struggles with the bat and help the hosts improve their middle overs play when they take on South Africa in the fourth T20 International here on Friday. Save Pant's problems, India were able to plug the gaps in Vizag to open their account in the series with a comprehensive win. They will need another near perfect game to take the five-match series into the decider. Such has been the brilliance of Pant that every time he has been written off across formats, he has found a way to bounce back. The stage is set for him in another must-win game for India.

Sameer Verma, Ashwini-Sikki Crash Out Of Indonesia Open Badminton

Indian shuttler Sameer Verma ended his campaign at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament with a straight-game loss to world number five Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the second round here on Thursday. The 27-year-old, a former world no. 11, went down 10-21 13-21 to sixth seeded Lee in a 43-minute men's singles match. This was Sameer's fifth loss to Lee in seven meetings.

On this day in 2019: Rohit Sharma smashed 140 against Pakistan in World Cup

Rohit Sharma played a match-winning knock of 140 runs against Pakistan during ICC World Cup 2019. Rohit smashed 140 runs in 113 balls and helped India post a humungous target of 337 in 50 overs. "'He's done it on the big stage once again!' On this day in 2019, Rohit Sharma scored a match-winning 140 against Pakistan in the @cricketworldcup," tweeted the International Cricket Council (ICC). Apart from this, the batter also smashed four more tons in the same tournament and became the first batsman to score five centuries in a single edition of the World Cup.

ICC retains Nitin Menon in Elite Panel, set for maiden neutral umpire appearance in Sri Lanka

Nitin Menon has retained his place in the ICC Elite Panel and is set to make his maiden appearance as a neutral umpire in Sri Lanka later this month. A BCCI official told PTI that Menon has got a one-year extension from the International Cricket Council. The 38-year-old from Indore remains the only Indian in the 11-member Elite Panel of Umpires.

England’s dramatic win over New Zealand proves Test match cricket can still hold its own against shorter formats

Rumors of the death of Test cricket abound, but it is alive and well after the exhilarating match between England and New Zealand at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, which ended in coruscating fashion on Tuesday. Under a new coach and captain, the first a former captain of New Zealand and the second born there, England’s approach has become fearless, adventurous and positive, even bordering on reckless. It certainly felt that way at times over the five days, all of which I was able to watch live in person.

"If Rohit Sharma Not Available...": Wasim Jaffer's Big Statement On Hardik Pandya

For star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, 2022 has been a transformative year. Shedding doubts about his fitness, ability to bowl and whether he still deserved a spot in the Indian lineup, he led Gujarat Titans to the Indian Premier League season in their debut campaign and what was indeed his maiden campaign as a captain. And now, he is all set to captain India in the two-match T20 International series against Ireland later this month. And former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer feels that the selectors made the right choice in picking him as the captain and said that the all-rounder would be his first preference to lead India in Rohit Sharma's absence.

BCCI Shares Pics Of England Bound Test Squad, Fans Ask "Where's Rohit Sharma?"

Members of the Indian Test squad on Thursday left for England to begin preparations for the rescheduled fifth Test in July. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared snaps ahead of the contingent's departure. "England bound. Snapshots as #TeamIndia takes off for England," the BCCI captioned the post. Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj, Cheteshwar Pujara and Jasprit Bumrah are among the players who can be spotted in the picture, and notably, Ravindra Jadeja as well, who suffered an injury during the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season.

India vs South Africa, 4th T20I: India in need of Rishabh Pant's pyrotechnics in another must-win game

Rishabh Pant will be hoping to tide over his struggles with the bat and help the hosts improve their middle overs play when they take on South Africa in the fourth T20 International here on Friday. Save Pant's problems, India were able to plug the gaps in Vizag to open their account in the series with a comprehensive win. They will need another near perfect game to take the five-match series into the decider. Such has been the brilliance of Pant that every time he has been written off across formats, he has found a way to bounce back. The stage is set for him in another must-win game for India. The southpaw has been caught in the deep multiple times in the series trying to reach for the ball when it is not there in his hitting zone. Pant prefers to hit in the cow corner region but the South African bowlers have not allowed him to do that by bowling a wide line.

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India vs South Africa 4th T20I Preview: India Need Captain Rishabh Pant To Fire In Yet Another Must-Win Encounter

Sameer Verma, Ashwini-Sikki Crash Out Of Indonesia Open Badminton

On this day in 2019: Rohit Sharma smashed 140 against Pakistan in World Cup

ICC retains Nitin Menon in Elite Panel, set for maiden neutral umpire appearance in Sri Lanka

England’s dramatic win over New Zealand proves Test match cricket can still hold its own against shorter formats

"If Rohit Sharma Not Available...": Wasim Jaffer's Big Statement On Hardik Pandya

BCCI Shares Pics Of England Bound Test Squad, Fans Ask "Where's Rohit Sharma?"

India vs South Africa, 4th T20I: India in need of Rishabh Pant's pyrotechnics in another must-win game