(L-R) Rashid Khan, Ibrahim Zadran and Noor Ahmad of Afghanistan (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Afghanistan enter the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy aiming to continue their trend of upsetting top-tier teams – a skill they’ve honed in recent years. In the 2023 ODI World Cup, they stunned England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, while…
Australian cricket team (AP Photo) Australia, South Africa, England form the Group of Death as Afghanistan eye more upsets. TOI analyses Group BAUSTRALIAStrengths: No other team has a better record in global events — six 50-over World Cups, one T20 World Cup and two Champions Trophies make them the most fearsome white ball unit. An…
MI Cape Town players celebrate after winning the SA20 title. (SA20 Photo) MI Cape Town stormed to their first-ever SA20 title with a dominant performance at a packed Wanderers Stadium on Saturday, spearheaded by a sensational bowling display from Kagiso Rabada. The fast bowler ripped through the Sunrisers Eastern Cape batting lineup, finishing with figures…
Rashid Khan (Image credit SA20) NEW DELHI: Rashid Khan has etched his name in history as the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket, surpassing all others following MI Cape Town’s victory over Paarl Royals in the SA20 semi-final.The Afghan spinner’s figures of 2-33 propelled his total to 633 wickets, overtaking former West Indies star Dwayne Bravo’s…
MI Cape Town players celebrate after the match. (Pic credit: MI Cape Town) MI Cape Town delighted a packed Newlands crowd with a dominant 33-run victory over neighbours Paarl Royals in the first Cape Derby of the SA20 Season 3 on Monday. Against the stunning backdrop of a sunset over Table Mountain, the home side…
A protest by Afghan girls, in Kabul (2022 photo) South Africa’s Sports Minister, Gayton McKenzie, has publicly advocated for the South African men’s cricket team to boycott their upcoming Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan. The tournament is scheduled for next month in Pakistan. McKenzie’s call for a boycott stems from his desire to show solidarity…
Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant NEW DELHI: Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has solidified his position at the summit of the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings, maintaining his career-best rating of 908. Despite being sidelined from bowling in the second innings of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy finale due to a back spasm, Bumrah’s earlier efforts were enough…
Sufiyan Muqeem (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistani bowler Sufiyan Muqeem achieved a remarkable feat in the second T20I against Zimbabwe on Tuesday in Bulawayo. His exceptional bowling performance earned him a place in an exclusive club of bowlers from Full Member nations who have taken a five-wicket haul in T20Is while conceding fewer than five…
Allah Ghazanfar (X Photo) NEW DELHI: It’s just over a month since India A had to suffer a crushing defeat in the semi-final of the ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 at the hands of Afghanistan A, the eventual winner of the tournament.The match saw Tilak Varma’s team get knocked out of the…
L-R: Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant Three Indian superstars head to the auction after not being retained; Klaasen is most expensive retention at Rs 23 crore; MI’s core of Hardik, SKY, Rohit, Bumrah intactMUMBAI: As the 10 IPL franchises prepare to gather in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the mega auction on Nov 24…
