Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.
MUMBAI : Sri Lanka's decision to field in sweltering conditions in Mumbai during their World Cup match on Thursday surprised many and India batsman Shreyas Iyer felt that the hosts got lucky.
In a repeat of the Asia Cup final, Mohammed Siraj's sensational spell was shadowed by Mohammed Shami who took the onus to send India to the semi-finals of the World Cup after a thumping 302-runs victory at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Since Shami's arrival in India's playing XI, the pace trio has been unstoppable and once again the batters succumbed in front of their prowess. Bumrah on the very first ball sent Pathum Nissanka back for a golden duck with a delivery that swung away sharply found an edge on its way and hit the pads right in front of the stumps.
The Indian cricket team sealed their qualification for the Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinals with a massive win over Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. India posted a mammoth total of 357/8 thanks to brilliant knocks from Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer. In reply, Sri Lanka were bundled out for just 55 with Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj emerging as the top performers. With their seventh win on the trot, India remained the only unbeaten side in the competition and they have 14 points. South Africa are second with 12 points but they boast of the best Net Run Rate (+2.290) in the competition. Australia and New Zealand are third and fourth in the table respectively.
India qualified for the 2023 World Cup semi-finals with their most dominant display of the tournament, decimating Sri Lanka by 302 runs in Mumbai on Thursday.
With his vulnerability against the short ball coming to the fore once again, India number four Shreyas Iyer trained with the aim of overcoming his longstanding struggles ahead of the Cricket World Cup 2023 game against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Thursday. None of the top-order guns — captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill — were in attendance for the optional session. Iyer versus the short ball was the focal point. The team's famed bowling attack, which delivered a fabulous 100-run victory over England last Sunday, also opted for rest.
Suryakumar Yadav is an antithesis to what proverbial Mumbai school of batsmanship is all about -- dollops of doggedness in a fine mixture of style and class. Style and class has never been a problem with 'SKY'. He has given ample display of that in T20 cricket, a format he has bossed with remarkable ease. However some of his low scores in ODIs did raise questions if he is unable to blend a bit of serenity in his all or nothing approach, which is perfectly in sync with T20s but not the 50-over format.
The 'best fielder' trend continues in the Indian team in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. After Rohit Sharma's men secured their 5th consecutive win of the campaign, beating New Zealand by 4 wickets in Dharamsala, a new 'best fielder' winner emerged. India's fielding coach T Dilip hailed the likes of Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and Shreyas Iyer in the dressing room for their brilliant fielding display on the field. But, when the time came to announce the name of the medal winner, he took the entire team outside on the ground.
Virat Kohli hit 95 to lead India to a four-wicket victory over New Zealand and a fifth win in five matches at the World Cup on Sunday although the superstar batsman just missed equalling Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 one-day international centuries. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami returned figures of 5-54 to help bowl out New Zealand for 273, a total India overhauled with 12 balls to spare in Dharamsala. The Kiwis, who rode on Daryl Mitchell's 130 to post 273, suffered their first loss in five matches and are second behind leaders India in the 10-team table.