India vs Pakistan
The Indian team had to face a crushing defeat in the second T20 match against South Africa. The batsmen performed very poorly for Team India. Hardik Pandya scored the maximum 39 runs for India. Varun Chakraborty took five wickets, but he could not lead the team to victory. On the other hand, ICC has sent a mail to Pakistan Cricket Board, in which it has been told about the Indian team not going to Pakistan.
South Africa defeated India by 7 wickets
Batting first, Team India scored 124 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs, which saw an unbeaten inning of 39 runs from the bat of Hardik Pandya. Chasing the target of 125 runs, the South African team lost 7 wickets till the score was 86, after which Tristan Stubbs took charge of the innings from one end and played an unbeaten inning of 47 runs in 41 balls. Played an important role in getting a thrilling victory in this match.
Sanju Samson out for a duck for the fourth time in T20I this year
Sanju Samson was out for a duck in the second T20 match against South Africa. This year he has been out for a duck for the fourth time in T20I cricket. In this way, he has become the Indian batsman to get out for a duck the most number of times in T20I cricket, 4 times within a year. Earlier, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had the record of getting out for duck 3-3 times in a year.
Sanju Samson out on duck after century
When Sanju Samson, who scored a century in the first T20I match against South Africa, was out for a duck in the second match, he joined a unique club. Sanju has become the 13th batsman in the world to be out for a duck after scoring a century in two consecutive innings in T20I cricket. He is only the second Indian to be included in this list. Before this, only Yashasvi Jaiswal had done this feat from India’s side.
Varun Chakraborty made a shameful record
In the second T20 match against South Africa, Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets and gave only 17 runs. With this a very shameful record has been registered in his name. In fact, this bowling performance of Varun is the best T20I performance by a bowler from a Full Member Nation, in which his team has lost. Earlier this shameful record was in the name of Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Rahman took 5 wickets for 22 runs against New Zealand in Kolkata in 2016.
Pakistan won ODI series in Australia after 22 years
In this third ODI match played in Perth, the host Australia team, batting first, got bundled out for just 140 runs in 31.5 overs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah took 3 wickets each, while Haris Rauf, who took the wicket in the last match, took 2 wickets. After this, Pakistan achieved the target of 141 runs by losing 2 wickets and with this won the series. Pakistan has won an ODI series against Australia on its soil since 2002.
ICC sent mail to PCB
The PCB said in a statement that the board has received an e-mail from the ICC stating that the BCCI has informed them that their team will not travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. PCB spokesperson said that PCB has sent that e-mail to the Government of Pakistan for consultation and guidance. PCB did not comment further on the ICC e-mail but it has become clear that the Indian team is not ready to go to Pakistan under any conditions.
Surya praised Varun Chakraborty even after the defeat
Suryakumar Yadav said after Team India’s defeat in the second T20 match against South Africa that you should try to defend whatever score you get but you never want a score of 125 or 140 on the board. Despite this, I am very happy with the performance of our bowlers who made this match very exciting. At the same time, Surya also praised Varun Chakraborty, about whom he said that taking 5 wickets in a T20 match is a big thing and in such circumstances. Varun has improved his game a lot and we are all seeing the results of his hard work now.
I am captain only for toss and presentation: Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan said after winning the ODI series against Australia that this is one of the very special moments for me. All the fans in the country will be very happy. In the last few years, we were not successful in performing as per expectations. I am the captain only at the time of toss and presentation. Everyone keeps giving me suggestions regarding fielding, batting and bowling.
Lockie Ferguson achieved a hat-trick
Lockie Ferguson has created a stir by taking a hat-trick, hunting 3 Sri Lankan batsmen in 3 consecutive balls. Ferguson dismissed Kusal Perera on the last ball of the sixth over of Sri Lanka’s innings. And then he achieved the feat of taking a hat-trick by sending Kusal Mendis to the pavilion on the first ball of the eighth over and captain Charith Asalanka on the second ball to the pavilion for a duck. In this way he became the 5th New Zealand bowler to take a hat-trick in T20I cricket.
Not a single Australian batsman could score a half-century in the ODI series
Batting first, in the third ODI match of the series played in Perth, the Kangaroo team was limited to a score of 140, whereas the Pakistani team achieved this target in just 26.5 overs. Not a single Australian batsman was successful in touching the 50-run mark in the entire series. This is also the first ODI series in the history of Australian cricket when no batsman could even succeed in crossing the 50-run mark.
