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The wait for a first-ever Cricket World Cup trophy continues for South Africa, but Proteas women's captain, Sune Luus, says she is immensely proud of what her charges achieved at their home T20 showpiece.
Australia won the Women's T20 World Cup for the sixth time when they beat South Africa by 19 runs in the final at Newlands on Sunday. Opening batter Beth Mooney anchored the Australian innings, scoring an unbeaten 74 in a total of 156 for six. South Africa were never up with the required run rate and were restricted to 137 for six despite opener Laura Wolvaardt hitting 61 off 48 balls.
Bangladesh one-day international captain Tamim Iqbal denied on Sunday there was a schism in the team and insisted his relationship with leading all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was "very normal". "Our team environment has been good for a number of years. A happy dressing room allows one to achieve the type of results that you are seeing," Tamim told reporters at a news conference in Dhaka. "I think everything is very normal."
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhter backed spinner Shahab Khan to replace Babar Azam as the captain of the national side in the future. Akhtar lauded the young cricketer for his motivation to keep improving himself and said that besides his game, he has also worked on his language as well as communication skills. In the past, the former pacer has urged Babar to work more on his oratory skills and even lamented the fact that the star batsman was unable to become a major ‘brand' in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) witnessed a bizarre incident as CCTV cameras worth millions of rupees (PKR) were reportedly stolen. Not just that, it has also been reported that batteries of generators installed for lighting at Gaddafi Stadium have also gone missing. The fiber cables for closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, as well as a few other things that have been stolen, have been reported to be worth more than 10 lakh (Pakistani Rupees). The situation prompted the authorities to lodge a complaint at the Gulberg police station, as per ARY news.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday visited the M Chinnaswamy cricket stadium here and interacted with men and women players of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team. Scholz spoke to the officials of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), RCB men and women team members for about 15 minutes. The Chancellor understands that cricket is India's number one passion when it comes to sports, a German Embassy official said. "In Germany, cricket is not as popular. Although more than 200,000 Indians in Germany are popularising the sport there," he said. So, Scholz wanted to acclimatise himself about the sport and what cricket means to India, the official added.
It has not been a good couple of months for KL Rahul who has been struggling for form. In the first two Test matches against Australia, the right-handed batsman failed to score big and since then, several ex-cricketers and experts have been asking for Shubman Gill to replace him as the opening partner of skipper Rohit Sharma. In the three innings that Rahul has played till now, he has not gone past the 25 run-mark even once. On Sunday, he visited Ujjain's well-known Mahakaleshwar Temple along with his wife Athiya Shetty. In a video which was released on social media, the two of them could be seen offering prayers in the temple along with other devotees in the temple who is quite famous in India.