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Playing one game at Lord's is an ultimate dream for a cricketer. Scoring a hundred or taking a five-for is a different high but bidding adieu to the game following an illustrious career at the 'Mecca of Cricket' is only reserved for a few chosen ones. Sunil Gavaskar (although he played his last first-class game there) didn't get that opportunity.
Pakistan levelled the ongoing seven-match series on Thursday after chasing down 200 with ten wickets in hand. Now, the hosts will look to take a 2-1 lead when they take the field on Friday evening in the third T20I. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan put on an unbeaten stand of 203 runs, and England's bowlers had no answers to stop the onslaught. England might have posted 199 runs on the board, but the bowlers completely looked out of sorts. Moeen Ali will hope that his bowlers are able to bounce back strongly on Friday. Both teams will look to win the third T20I to gain an advantage in the ongoing series.
Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant are capable enough batters to select themselves in the same playing XI during the upcoming T20 World Cup, feels former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. In his latest ICC review, Ponting did his five face-offs for the marquee event and one of them was the heated debate as to who should be in the playing XI?Should it be a potential destroyer of bowling attack Pant or the "designated finisher"Karthik?
Pakistan claimed a remarkable 10-wicket victory over England in the second T20 international in Karachi on Thursday. Azam hammered 110 not out for his second T20I hundred while Rizwan scored an undefeated 88 as the pair completed a chase of 200 in 19.3 overs at a packed National Stadium. With 1,929 runs together, the Azam-Rizwan partnership has become the most prolific in T20Is, beating Indian stars Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma's record of 1,743 in 51 matches. Azam and Rizwan have achieved the record in just 36 games. The win levelled the seven-match series at 1-1 after England won the first game by six wickets, also in Karachi on Tuesday.
One eye on skies as Rohit's side looks to level series; Bumrah likely to playNAGPUR: Fresh from shocking defeats in Asia Cup, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had nonchalantly said he has found '90-95 percent' core of his team for the World Cup. Cut to a couple of weeks later, lively talks on India's death bowling are still afloat. India's derailment in the death overs twice in this month means the auditions for death over specialists are well and truly on.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is currently leading the India Legends in the ongoing Road Safety World Series and the right-handed batter is showing no signs of rustiness with the bat. The maestro had retired from international cricket in 2013 but when you see him batting, it does not look like that Sachin has called time on his career. On Thursday, the 49-year-old smashed 40 runs off just 20 balls against England Legends, including three massive sixes.
Babar Azam was at his very best on Thursday night as the Pakistan skipper scored 110 not out off only 66 balls to guide his side to a 10-wicket win against England in the second T20I of the 7-match series. The match at the National Stadium, Karachi saw Babar hitting 11 fours and 5 sixes during his knock. Meanwhile, the innings also helped Babar become only the first Pakistan batter to register two T20I centuries. Pakistan romped England by 10 wickets to level the T20I series 1-1 with five more matches to go.
India had a disappointing night after they lost against Australia in the first T20I of the three-match series on Tuesday. Despite putting up a great show with the bat and posting a target of 209, the bowling department completely failed to live up to the expectations as Australia chased down the huge target with four wickets and four balls in hand. In the second T20I, which will be played in Nagpur on Friday, Team India will look to strengthen their bowling, especially the pace attack, as in the last clash, the pacers conceded 150 runs in just 12 overs. Another thing that came as an utter shock for the fans was the absence of pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who was supposed to make his comeback in the match. It will be interesting to see whether Bumrah makes his comeback or not, and if he makes it, then who he will be replacing in the Playing XI.