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The Nigerian women’s U-17 national team, Flamingos, who went through the group stage of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a 100 per cent win record, are braced for a crunchy tie with world powers, the United States in the quarterfinals of the competition.
South Africa have climbed to fourth spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test on Thursday. The Proteas improved their point-percentage to 47.62 with the victory, which helped them jump over New Zealand and England and take fourth place on the standings. Bangladesh's loss sees their point-percentage drop to 30.56 and they continue to languish in seventh place with India and Australia still remaining in the top two spots on the standings.
Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma had to pay the price of ignoring Virat Kohli's advice regarding a DRS review on Day 1 of the second Test match against New Zealand in Pune on Thursday. Rohit and Virat had contrasting views regarding a DRS decision involving New Zealand batter Devon Conway and it resulted in India losing a review. During the 25th over of the New Zealand innings, a delivery from Ravindra Jadeja crashed into Conway's pads and the Indian fielders went for a loud appeal. The umpire did not rule in their favour and although almost everyone seemed convinced that Rohit should go for a DRS, Kohli walked up to Rohit and insisted that the ball was going to miss the leg stump. However, Rohit eventually did go for the review and replays showed that Virat was correct in his assessment.
All-rounder Washington Sundar justified his selection with a career-best 7/59 to help India bowl out New Zealand for 259, but the hosts lost skipper Rohit Sharma early in their first innings when stumps were drawn on day of the second Test, here on Thursday. India crawled to 16 for one in 11 overs with Yashasvi Jaiswal (6 not out) and Shubman Gill (10 not out) at the crease, trailing by another 243 runs in the first innings. Tim Southee cleaned up Rohit for a nine-ball duck, forcing the hosts to be extra cautious with the debacle of first innings in the Bengaluru Test still fresh in the mind.
The India-Pakistan clash in the women's T20 World Cup here on October 6 set a new record for the highest attendance at a group stage match in the history of the showpiece, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday. The match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, which India won by six wickets, was watched by 15,935 spectators. "The India versus Pakistan match at the Dubai International Stadium on 6 October set a new record for the highest attendance at a group stage match in Women's T20 World Cup history," the ICC said in a statement.
A delay in arrival of packaged water bottles caused a melee at the MCA stadium during the second India-New Zealand Test in Pune with some fans raising slogans against the host association, which later apologised for the lapse. The Test that got underway this morning had a turnout of around 18,000. With a large part of the stands in the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium without roofs, fans, who sat under the sun, rushed to water stations after the end of the first session's play only to find water not being available at the booths.
When Washington Sundar was picked over Kuldeep Yadav for India's second Test against New Zealand in Pune, a lot of experts were unhappy over the choice. By the end of the New Zealand innings, however, there were no doubts that the move was perfect. Off-spinner Washington Sundar took seven wickets as India dismissed New Zealand for 259 on day one of the second Test in Pune on Thursday. Washington repaid the faith shown in him by the team management with career-best figures in his fifth Test. New Zealand's last seven wickets fell for 62 runs.
The crowd at the MCA Stadium in Pune urged Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma to make Virat Kohli bowl on Day 1 of the second Test match against New Zealand on Thursday. It was a good show from the Indian bowlers to mount a comeback just before tea but there was a period of time when they struggled against Devon Conway and then against Rachin Ravindra. During the 46th over, the crowd was heard chanting "Kohli ko bowling do (Give the bowling to Kohli)". It was a day filled with chants from the crowd as at one point, "RCB RCB" chants were also heard when Virat was fielding at the boundary.