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LUCKNOW, India : Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis will not change his aggressive batting approach after taking over the captaincy two games into the World Cup when team mate Dasun Shanaka was ruled out of the tournament with injury.
Following their convincing victory over traditional rival Pakistan, the Indian men's cricket team on Sunday arrived in Pune ahead of their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 clash against Bangladesh. After registering back-to-back three victories in their World Cup campaign, the Rohit Sharma-led side will face Bangladesh on Thursday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. As the members of Men in Blue walked out of the terminal, many fans, who had gathered outside the airport, chanted 'India, India.'
India dominated their arch-rivals Pakistan in what was supposed to be war minus the shooting, blowing the Babar Azam-led side by seven wickets in an ODI World Cup face-off at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. In what is seen as the pinnacle of cricket by fans in the subcontinent, Indian captain Rohit Sharma emerged as the undisputed star of the match, scoring a 63-ball 86 to power his team to the modest target of 192 with as many as 19.3 overs to spare.
Team India maintained their dominance over arch-rivals Pakistan in the ODI World Cup as they defeated the Babar Azam-led side by seven wickets on Saturday. Opting to bowl, the hosts bundled out Pakistan for 191 with the entire bowling unit contributing equally. Later, skipper Rohit Sharma-led from the front and played a brilliant knock of 86 runs as India chased down the target in 30.3 overs, with seven wickets in hand. With this win, Team India has taken the top spot in the points table with three wins in as many matches.
Al-Shabab kicked off their Saudi Women’s Premier League campaign with a 1-0 victory against Al-Ahli in Jeddah on Saturday.
Famous YouTuber Speed is in India to witness the ongoing ODI World Cup. His arrival grabbed a lot of limelight as he was seen doing hilarious antics on the streets of Mumbai, followed by his visit to rapper MC Stan and singer Daler Mehndi. On Saturday, Speed had a fanboy moment of his life as he travelled to Ahmedabad to witness the high-voltage World Cup 2023 match between the arch-rivals India and Pakistan, where the hosts emerged as the winners by seven wickets.
Following India's thrilling win against Pakistan at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday, Indianpacer Jasprit Bumrah said that the team is now focusing on recovery after playing back-to-back matches in the initial stage of the tournament. While speaking to ICC, Bumrah talked about the atmosphere at Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday and said that the team expected the atmosphere to be big but it was as big as it gets.
Legendary Indian cricket team batter Virender Sehwag described Rohit Sharma and Co's victory over Pakistan in Cricket World Cup 2023 as a "total demolition" and insisted that it looked like "big boys were playing against school kids". Pakistan looked in control of the match with Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam at the crease but from 155 for the loss of two wickets, they completely lost the ploy and were ultimately bundled out for 191. The bowling was even more disappointing as Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer played brilliant knocks to blow Pakistan out of the water completely. Sehwag took to X (formerly Twitter) after the match and his analysis has gone viral among his followers.