He scored 1,016 runs in 31 innings, with his highest score being 100. Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi holds the T20 World Cup record for the most wickets in the tournament’s history. The leg-spin all-rounder took 39 wickets in 34 matches. The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in the 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final. The 2026 FIFA World Cup was chosen to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, marking the first time a World Cup has been shared by three host nations. The 2026 tournament will be the biggest World Cup ever held, with 48 teams playing 80 matches.
An equivalent tournament for women’s football, the FIFA Women’s World Cup, was first held in 1991 in China. The women’s tournament is smaller in scale and profile than the men’s, but is growing; the number of entrants for the 2007 tournament was 120, more than double that of 1991. On 4 June 2015 Chuck Blazer while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities admitted that he and the other members of FIFA’s then-executive committee were bribed in order to promote the 1998 and 2010 World Cups. On 10 June 2015, Swiss authorities seized computer data from the offices of Sepp Blatter. The same day, FIFA postponed the bidding process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in light of the allegations surrounding bribery in the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
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.
It was very different to what we played in Sharjah. A big part of our game is using the spin bowlers in the middle. Tim Southee getting that wicket late in the powerplay was massive for us and allowed us to do our job through the middle. The World Cup in football is a quadrennial tournament of 32 national teams that is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association . It is likely the most popular sporting event in the world, drawing billions of television viewers every tournament.
The 2021 edition of the tournament was supposed to have taken place in India after the 2020 edition in Australia. However, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases around the months of September and October 2020 ensured that the tournament was pushed back a couple of years. It’s time to “rise and shine” for the sailor athletes who qualified to compete in Saturday’s Medal Races. Early start times across seven classes have been scheduled in order to capture the morning breeze. In both the World T20 matches between India and New Zealand, NZ spinners have played major role in their victory. • Overall, in T20Is Rohit has scored 338 runs which is 3rd most runs by a batsman vs NZ, 4 fifties by Rohit are also joint-most fifty-plus scores by a batsman along with Dawid Malan vs NZ.
The match featured two teams who were beaten by group leaders Pakistan in their respective openers and needed a victory to put their campaigns back on track. The final stage of the 2021 International Federation of Sport Climbing World Championships commenced in Moscow, Russia, today, where 167 athletes took to the walls to compete in Lead qualifications. The IFSC Climbing World Championships Moscow 2021 came to a spectacular end tonight, at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Palace, where the men’s and women’s Lead finals closed the six-day competition. Paraclimbers from all over the world took the stage at the Sender One Climbing Gym in Los Angeles, California, USA, where the final IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup of the season kicked off today. Each of the seven Paraclimbing classes had to face two qualification routes, with the number of athletes advancing to the final depending on the total number of athletes being in the class. The final IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup of the season wrapped up at the Sender One Climbing Gym in Los Angeles, California, USA, where 57 climbers, representing 14 countries gathered for the conclusive event of the 2021 IFSC season.
This practice has been installed since the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. In all, 79 nations have played in at least one World Cup.
Martin Guptill top edges the ball to Shardul Thakur right after he smashed a boundary off Bumrah. Guptill was looking threatening so far, hitting three boundaries, but he’s perished for 20 runs. Pandya comes into the attack and starts with a dot ball. The rest of the balls are all worked away for a run apiece. India still have three more matches left in the tournament, against Namibia, Afghanistan and Scotland. But their chances of making it to the semis are now slim.
L. Rahul succumbing to Afridi’s artistry, captain Kohli was forced to grind his way to a fifty. Come Sunday, all three of them will have to come out all guns blazing. If they can get off to a flier, the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant and Hardik can take the game away from the Black Caps in the latter half. Besides, it will also give more leeway for India’s bowlers to come into play. India’s fortunes took a further blow when captain Kohli was caught on the boundary off the very first ball after the drinks break, leaving India 48/4 after 10.1 overs.