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(Reuters) - England all-rounder Ben Stokes has slammed the "stupid" size of boundary marking sponges at stadiums after seamer Reece Topley was ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup having suffered a leg injury by stepping on one during a fielding drill.
Zimbabwe's defeat of Scotland in the T20 World Cup means they edge out Ireland to top Group B, with Andy Balbirnie's side advancing to face Sri Lanka, England, Afghanistan, Australia and New Zealand in the Super 12s.
The Proteas will play Zimbabwe in the first match of their T20 World Cup campaign in Hobart on Monday.
Pakistan batsman Shan Masood was taken for scans on Friday after being hit on the head during a practice session ahead of the team's first match at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
The BCCI can't take a call on its own on whether the Indian team will travel to Pakistan for the 2023 Asia Cup or not as it relies on the government to make such decisions, new Board president Rogery Binny said on Thursday. Speaking at an event organised by Karnataka State Cricket Association in Bengaluru, Binny said the BCCI has not approached the government yet on travelling to Pakistan next year but eventually the central government will only decide on the matter.
Though fans are hyped up for this match and are waiting for this anxiously, rain gods could play spoilsport in fans' enjoyment of what will be the campaign opener for these two Asian giants. From Friday onwards, there is heavy likelihood of showers till October 25 onwards. For October 23, the day of this match, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has predicted the weather to be, "Cloudy.
Team India is all geared up for their upcoming Super 12 clash of the ongoing T20 World Cup against arch-rivals Pakistan. The Rohit Sharma-led side will be consisting of some big names like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav among others. The team will also the see the return of pacer Mohammed Shami to the T20I side, after a hiatus of a year. Apart from all this, one thing which Team India will be missing in the T20 World Cup will be the services of their star all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja, who was ruled out due to an injury.
Shane Watson, while tagging Hardik Pandya as a 'match winner' has said that India's star all-rounder, thanks to his rich vein of form, can take India to their second T20 World Cup title win. India won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, under MS Dhoni's captaincy. The 8th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup is currently being played in Australia and the Indian team, led by Rohit Sharma, will kick off their campaign on October 23 against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Super 12 stage. In the 7 completed editions of the tournament so far there have been as many as 6 different champions, with only the West Indies managing to clinch two titles - in 2012 and 2016. India have gone into the tournament without the services of two star players - pacer Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. In Bumrah's absence, the experienced Mohammed Shami will spearhead the Indian bowling attack. Apart from Shami, young Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Pandya are the weapons India will have in their pace armoury.