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(Reuters) - The Netherlands cricket board said former India and South Africa coach Gary Kirsten and Australia batter Dan Christian are joining the Dutch team's coaching staff for the Twenty20 World Cup as consultants.
One of the least fancied sides in the tournament, hosts India will kick off their FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup campaign on Tuesday as they face heavyweights USA at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. India had booked an automatic berth in the age-group showpiece as hosts and they are one of the three debutants in the tournament along with fellow Group A side Morocco, as well as Tanzania. India head coach Thomas Dennerby said that taking a point from the formidable USA at the Kalinga Stadium on Tuesday can be a big achievement for India.
The Fifa World Cup is undoubtedly the biggest sporting event on the planet. Nations from all continents fight tooth and nail to just gain the right to participate in the quadrennial event.
India are under pressure to win their first global title since 2013 at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia but they must do so without injured pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
India's World Cup-winning former coach Gary Kirtsten and Australia's Dan Christian have joined the Netherlands cricket team as consultants for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Having qualified for the T20 World Cup in July, the Dutch will take on the United Arab Emirates, Namibia and Sri Lanka in the Group stage matches on October 16, 18 and 20 respectively. Top two teams from the Group stage will qualify for the Super 12s.
India's premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels the bigger boundaries in the Australia will give the bowlers liberty to attack unlike smaller Indian grounds where one is forced to employ defensive tactics. India will be based in Perth for a week before they move to Brisbane for the ICC warm-up games ahead of the World Cup opener against Pakistan in Melbourne on October 23. Ashwin, who did not bowl in India's first warm up game against Western Australia on Monday, had also seen the England-Australia game here on Sunday alongside some of this teammates.
Liverpool forward Luis Diaz is set to be sidelined until after the World Cup due to a knee injury, according to reports on Monday. Diaz suffered the injury during the first half of Liverpool's 3-2 defeat at Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday. The 25-year-old Colombian left the Emirates Stadium on crutches with his knee in a brace.
History beckons Indian girlsBHUBANESWAR: "Yes, we'll try to get enough rest tonight (Monday) so that we can give our best tomorrow (Tuesday)," said India captain Astam Oraon when asked if she would be able to sleep on Monday as the U-17 women's team stood on the cusp of history. On Tuesday, the hosts will script a new chapter in Indian women's football when they take on the US in their first match of the twice-postponed FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup here at Kalinga Stadium.