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Enthusiasm has been high among people in the run up to the match, with all tickets being all sold out for the first international cricket game since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pankaj Advani and defending champion Laxman Rawat were among the six Indians to qualify for the knockout stage of the World 6-Red Snooker Championship. Besides Advani and Laxman, Dhvaj Haria, Kamal Chawla and S Shrikrishna have also made it to the last 32. Advani won all the four group stage matches with a scoreline 4-0, 4-1, 4-1, 4-2 and secured top position in his group.
Pooja Vastrakar had an unfortunate outing with the bat on Saturday as the player was adjudged run-out by the third umpire in what was a tight call. It happened on the penultimate ball of the Indian innings during their Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka. Pooja drove the ball on the off-side and decided to run a double. When she was returning back for the second run, wicketkeeper Anushka Sanjeewani attempted to catch her short of the crease, thanks to the throw of Kavisha Dilhari. The leg umpire referred the decision upstairs and to everyone's surprise, the third umpire felt that Vastrakar was out.
Rodrigues put up a boundary-hitting exhibition as she whacked 11 fours and a maximum in her counter-attacking 53-ball innings to help India post 150 for six on a wicket where batters struggled due to low bounce. The Indian bowlers then struck at regular intervals to bowl Sri Lanka out for 109 in 18.2 overs. The Indians were better than their Sri Lankan counterparts in all three departments.
India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs in their opening match of the women's T20 Asia Cup in Sylhet on Saturday. Invited to bat, India posted 150 for six, riding on Jemmiah Rodrigues' 53-ball 76. In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 109 in 18.2 overs with Dayalan Hemalatha (3/15), Pooja Vastrakar (2/12), Deepti Sharma (2/15) and Radha Yadav (1/15) taking wickets.
The 2022 T20 World Cup is just around the corner as the tournament gets underway on October 16 in Australia. Rohit Sharma-led Team India would open their campaign on October 23 against arch-rivals Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The management right now is sweating over the fitness of lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah and if reports are to be believed by, it does not look promising in terms of his availability for the marquee event.
Bangladesh): Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and elected to bowl against India in their opening women's Asia Cup T20 match here on Saturday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the prize money for the men’s T20 World Cup 2022 that begins in Australia on October 16.