Five top batting knocks at the 2022 T20 World Cup

Cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup is in full swing, with teams battling for a place in the semi-finals in two groups of the Super 12 stage.

A look at the five best innings of the AFP Sport tournament so far:

Kohli Masterclass
He came, he saw, he conquered. Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 82 to guide India to a memorable win over arch-rivals Pakistan at the MCG with over 90,000 fans.

Chasing 160 in their opening match, “King Kohli” guided the team into a dramatic final over with the final ball lifting India 31-4.

His two sixes off Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf at the end of the 19th over and a 113-run partnership with Hardik Pandya were the keys to the win, and the innings has already been dubbed one for the ages.

Stoinis Blitz

Holders Australia were stunned by New Zealand in the first match of the tournament and stumbled in their chase against Sri Lanka. Marcus Stoinis then played an unbeaten 59 off 18 balls in his hometown of Perth.

The big-hitter demolished the opposition attack with four fours and five sixes and scored the fastest T20 fifty by an Australian in 17 balls as the hosts won with 21 balls to spare.

Captain Aaron Finch had the best seat at home at the non-striker end as he stood with Stoinis in an unbeaten stand of 69, calling it a “special innings”.

Balbirni Special
Giant-killers Ireland knocked out two-time champions West Indies out of the tournament in the first round and captain Andy Balbirnie ensured they beat another big gun in England.

Balbirnie smashed 62 off 47 balls to bowl his team out for 157 as he smashed Chris Woakes for two fours and a six in the same over.

The knock inspired Ireland’s bowlers, who maintained England at 105-5 when the rain stopped. Ireland won by DLS method.

Former England captain Michael Atherton on Sky Sports said “the game was won” when Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker put on an 82-run stand for the second wicket.

rosau eruption
Riley Rousseau was a man on a mission after scoring his first century of the tournament, scoring 109 off 56 balls, after South Africa chose to bat against Bangladesh.

South Africa were forced to share points with Zimbabwe in their opening game, which was washed out by rain, and Rossouw made sure the team left nothing to chance in their second.

He hit seven fours and eight sixes to destroy Bangladesh’s attack as South Africa posted 205-5 and won by 104 runs.

It was Rossouw’s second consecutive century, but he said that he “never thought of[getting a century]in a million years”.

Philips Power

Glenn Phillips came out to bat with New Zealand at 11-2 against Sri Lanka, but scored his second century of this edition in 61 balls to register a big win.

His innings so far reflected New Zealand’s dominance in the Super 12, as he hit 10 fours and four sixes in his innings of 104. The Black Caps firmly maintained their top spot in the tough Group 1.

Phillips single-handedly took the team’s total to 167–7, an uncertain 15–3. He called the innings “absolutely indescribable”.

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new zealand: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs

Glenn Phillips scored his second century of the tournament as New Zealand thrashed Sri Lanka by 65 runs in a T20 World Cup match here on Saturday.

Phillips (104 off 64) took New Zealand off a poor start to put up a challenging 167 for 7 in the chase.

Along with Daryl Mitchell (22), he revived his innings by scoring 84 for the fourth wicket after batting.

Kasun Rajita (2/23) took two wickets, while Vanindu Hasaranga (1/22), Dhananjay de Silva (1/14), Mahesh Thekshana (1/35) and Lahiru Kumara (1/37) took one wicket each. took.

Later, Trent Boult (4/13), Mitchell Santner (2/21) and Ish Sodhi (2/21) shone with the ball as New Zealand bowled out Sri Lanka for 102.

Brief Scores:

New Zealand: 167 for 7 in 20 overs (Glenn Phillips 104; Kasun Rajita 2/23).

Sri Lanka: (Dasun Shanaka 35, Bhanuka Rajapakse 34; Trent Boult 4/13).

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Satwik-Chirag duo enters French Open final

Commonwealth Games champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty registered a straight game win over Korean pair of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho to enter the men’s doubles final of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris on Saturday. The world number eight Indian pair played an aggressive game by defeating the Korean pair 21-18, 21-14 in the semi-final that lasted 45 minutes. Thus, the Indian pair reached their second final of the BWF World Tour event in 2022, having won the India Open Super 500 tournament in January this year.

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ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Difficult for Pakistan to make it to semis now, says BCCI chief Roger Binny – The Economic Times Video

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Roger Binny on October 28 expressed happiness over the victory of Zimbabwe and Ireland, saying that now the road to the semi-finals has become difficult for Pakistan. “It’s good that junior teams are coming. Zimbabwe and Ireland have proved it in this T20 World Cup. You can’t take smaller teams lightly anymore. They can beat you easily. I think Now it will be difficult for Pakistan. Make it (semifinals),” he said.

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T20 World Cup: K.L. Rahul to open for India against South Africa, says batting coach Vikram Rathour

Ahead of India’s third Super 12 match against South Africa in the Men’s T20 World Cup in Perth, batting coach Vikram Rathor confirmed that KL Rahul will open the batting in Sunday’s match in Perth, with Rishabh Pant opening his place. suggestions were rejected.

In India’s victories over Pakistan and Netherlands, Rahul hasn’t got off to a good start, scoring just 13 runs from both the matches so far.

“No. We’re not really thinking that. Two games aren’t enough sample size anyway. He’s batting really well and batting well in practice games as well. So, we’re not going to do anything like that at the moment. Not watching, Rathore said in a pre-match press conference.

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T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav relives last-ball six, half-century celebration with Virat Kohli against the Netherlands

When Suryakumar Yadav ended India’s innings with a six over deep backward square leg off Logan van Beek and completed his half-century in 25 balls, as India scored 20 against the Netherlands in a Men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 match Made a challenging score of 179/2 in the overs. His friendship with Virat Kohli at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 27 October was worth watching.

Both, Kohli and Suryakumar, unbeaten on 62 and 51 respectively, walked back into the field, raising their arms, with a laugh and reminding people of the warm bond between the two best friends.

On Friday, Suryakumar Yadav posted a video on his Instagram celebrating his last-ball six and half-century with Kohli against the Netherlands.

In one of the videos, captioned – Review, reflect and repeat, Suryakumar can be seen looking at the six that completed his half-century off the last ball of the innings. Virat Kohli celebrated after his shot.

In T20Is this year, Virat and Suryakumar have added 463 runs in just eight matches at an average of over 70. The duo has also added two hundred plus stands and two fifty plus stands, adding another chapter to the wonderful partnership. Match against Netherlands in Sydney.

“I think we respect each other’s game when we’re batting together. For example, when I’m getting some boundaries from one end, he just tries and strikes. Rotates, intends to see good shots.”

“When we’re both batting together it’s just the respect we have for each other. We just enjoy batting with each other, and what shots they play. We play as much as possible. Run so hard. It’s a great thing and really looking forward. To have more partnerships with him,” said Suryakumar, adding that his combination with Kohli is what clicks.

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South Africa vs India: T20 World Cup: Stern Proteas test awaits India’s top-order in Perth

Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Nortje are expected to come under fire on a track that will offer a sharp bounce as India head to their toughest test in adversity against a top South African side in the T20 World Cup on Sunday .

In all likelihood, this match will decide the Group 2 topper and India’s probable semi-final venue.

WACA has been a traditional venue for many decades but now the newly constructed concrete jungle called Optus Stadium hosts international games.

While it looks like any other modern cricket stadium which is devoid of the old world charm of WACA, what both the grounds have in common is the spicy nature of its track and the good bounce on offer which can make life difficult for the batsmen. Is.

Against this backdrop, Rabada and Nortje, two of the most feared speed merchants in the world, are expected to pose some tough questions for Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav.

While Rabada will bowl full and get the ball into the seam and swing at 145 clicks, Nortje is expected to mix it at 150-plus pace with either back off length or hard length.

Both Rohit and Virat are excellent horizontal bat players and the powerplay overs will depend on how well the top-order’s hand-eye coordination works.

The extra pace off the track will split the batsmen into less time to react and it will be interesting to see what the Indian batsmen’s approach will be.

Will they start attacking with the word ‘go’ or as has been a trend in this T20 World Cup, play the first 10 overs carefully and take the attack back to the opposition during the back-10.

While left-hander Rishabh Pant with his audacious stroke-play would have been a good foil for Rohit at the top of the order, it is understood that head coach Rahul Dravid does not want to look beyond the out-off at the moment – Rahul’s form

Another option to include Pant is to drop Dinesh Karthik, who has been level-keeping in two matches.

The Netherlands game is not enough to tell how well the Indian team is prepared for the Proteas Test.

The last series between the two sides was played on the low bounce Indian belt, on which, hitting through the line and hitting the front foot was meat and drink for the batsmen.

As far as South Africa’s bowling combination is concerned, it would not be surprising if they drop left-arm wrist-spinner Tabrez Shamsi and include an extra seamer in either Marco Jensen or Lungi Ngidi.

The Indian team has played Shamsi comfortably in the past and two spinners in Optus can be a luxury unless they want to accelerate the over-rate.

It’s not fair to tinker with the winning combination, but with three in-form left-handers in South Africa’s top six, Quinton de Kock, Riley Rossouw and David Miller, Axar Patel’s recent match-ups are definitely the team combination. When discussing, we will focus on ,

Axar’s economy rate, bowling to the left-handed batsmen, is close to 9 runs per over and with Ravichandran Ashwin in the playing XI, it will be a cover for the left-arm spinner from Gujarat.

Also Hardik Pandya can bowl his full quota in that case unless India thinks of playing Yuzvendra Chahal instead of Axar.

But in such a situation, he will have to somehow bring left-handed Pant in the team instead of Rahul.

Also, being the only left-handed batsman in the side (besides Pant) is also an advantage for Axar.

The only problem with South Africa’s top order is its captain Temba Bavuma, whose game is not suited to the requirements of T20 cricket and looks completely out of place.

Although with two of the most exciting players in Tristan Stubbs and Rossouw, South Africa will have an impact on the Indian bowling attack, where only Mohammed Shami has the ability to bowl north at 140kmph.

Rossouw will go into the match back to back with the rarest T20 century (only France’s Gustave McConne is) and will be the biggest threat to the Indian bowlers.

Adelaide will be India’s semi-final destination if they beat South Africa on Sunday and then beat Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the next two matches.

The group topper will play in Adelaide on November 10.

However, India could end up traveling to Sydney even after topping Group 2 if Australia finish as runners-up in Group 1 and advance to the semi-finals. Their definitive semi-final venue is due to a pre-tournament arrangement.

Squad:

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Deepak Hooda

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Riley Rossouw, Tristan Stubbs, Kagiso Rabada, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Tabrez Shamsi, Marco Janssen, Enrique Nortje, Reeza Hendrix, Henrik Klaasen, Lungi Ngidi

Match starts: 4:30 PM IST.

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