New Zealand Cruise To Huge Win; Indias World Cup Future Hanging In The Balance

Earlier India endured a disappointing evening with the bat, limping to 110/7 off their 20 overs after being put in to bat first. The situation, he says, isn’t “black-or-white” where all the people, disappointed by India’s loss, will be hurling abuse and invective at Shami or even the team. “Even television was pointlessly aggressive when it came to the Indian team losing. But that mindset has now translated into scapegoating culture on social media.” Hyper nationalism and jingoism during a cricket match in India are not uncommon. But as the anger moves online, experts say it is becoming “more aggressive and entrenched”.

The T20 World Cup 2021 will commence on October 17 with the Final scheduled to be held on 14 November in Dubai. A total of 16 teams will be involved in deciding the champion over a period of 29 days. The Men’s T20 World Cup is a biennial event disturbed majorly by the COVID-19 outbreak across the world.

He did not bowl in the warm-up games and the first game. He was then taken to scans after being hit while batting. India are missing the 6th bowler and Pandya has been playing as a finisher.

In late May, the US Department of Justice announced a 47-count indictment with charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy against 14 people. Arrests of over a dozen FIFA officials were made since that time, particularly on 29 May and 3 December. By the end of May 2015, a total of nine FIFA officials and five executives of sports and broadcasting markets had already been charged on corruption. At the time, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced he would relinquish his position in February 2016. The issues facing the early World Cup tournaments were the difficulties of intercontinental travel, and war. Few South American teams were willing to travel to Europe for the 1934 World Cup and all North and South American nations except Brazil and Cuba boycotted the 1938 tournament.

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The fourth-placed goalscorer, France’s Just Fontaine, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup; all his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament. Other nations have also been successful when hosting the tournament. Switzerland (quarter-finals 1954), Sweden (runners-up in 1958), Chile , South Korea , and Mexico (quarter-finals in 1970 and 1986) all have their best results when serving as hosts.

India now have their task cut out as they have to win their remaining three games comprehensively and also hope that few of the results go their way in order to stay in the race for semi-final. Check today’s T20 match live score, scorecard, ball by ball commentary and highlights of match between India and New Zealand. The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious soccer competition in the world. Played every four years, the World Cup hosts the top 32 national teams in a month long tournament.