After losing their tournament opener to Group II leaders Pakistan, New Zealand restricted India’s lauded batting line-up to 110 for seven before rattling off their victory target with more than five overs to spare. The Ludhiana-born Sodhi, who took the prized wickets of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, said Santner’s spell in the middle overs also helped the other bowlers. India have lost their two games with big margins and hence, are also down on the Net Run Rate, which may prove to be a factor if India manage to win all of their remainder of the Group games. And welcome to the live coverage of the blockbuster clash between India and New Zealand being played at the Dubai International Stadium in the UAE.
Brazil was the only South American team to compete in both. The 1942 and 1946 competitions, which Germany and Brazil sought to host, were cancelled due to World War II and its aftermath. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition. Planned by The Football Association , England’s football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition.
He fell short of his fifty by only a run but the damage had already been done. Kane Williamson, coming in at number 3, just knocked it ’round the corner and ensured that there aren’t anymore hiccups. All in all, they made a mockery of India’s total and got those crucial two points.
Short from Southee, Rahul pulls but it is poorly timed and he is caught at deep square leg by Darly Mitchell. Rahul looked to pull a ball that wasn’t short enough and hence, the ball runs past the stumps, off the inside edge for 4. This is the first time it has happened in the tournament. NZ are 89/1 after 11 overs, need 22 runs from 54 balls.
This paved the way for the world’s first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt and 13 European teams, and won by Belgium. Uruguay won the next two Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928. Those were also the first two open world championships, as 1924 was the start of FIFA’s professional era. With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909. The Lipton tournament was a championship between individual clubs from different nations, each one of which represented an entire nation.
World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot. World Cups feature official match balls specially designed for each tournament. After Slazenger produced the ball for the 1966 World Cup Adidas became the official supplier to FIFA. Each World Cup also has an official song, which have been performed by artists ranging from Shakira to Will Smith.
Further says that Southee getting that late wicket in the Powerplay helped them. Informs that they had a tough loss against Pakistan. Ends by saying that they wanted to do their best in this game. Daryl Mitchell misses his maiden T20I fifty as he hits it straight to KL Rahul at long-on. Brilliant knock from Mitchell though, 49 off 35 balls with the help of three sixes and 4 fours, as he takes the game away from India. India’s superstar cricketers were pummelled on a second-straight Sunday as a disciplined New Zealand firmly pushed them towards the exit door with an easy eight-wicket victory in the ICC T20 World Cup.
Adam Milne gave away 15 runs in the first over, but conceded 15 from the next 3 and also picked up a wicket. Short and wide, Williamson rocks back, opens the face of the bat and guides it past short third. Mitchell backs away a little, clears the front leg and hammers the ball past a wide mid-off. Too short this time as Kane Williamson sways away from it. Kane Williamson shimmies down the track and lofts it towards long off for a boundary.
Daryl Mitchell is now toying with this Indian bowling attack. He’s slammed two short deliveries from Shardul Thakur for a six and four, then hit a over-pitched ball for another boundary. New Zealand need just 28 runs and have 10 overs to do so, with nine wickets in hand. Just as I was typing this, Mitchell decided to swat the short ball over deep square leg for 6.