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NEP vs SCO: Dipendra Singh Airee’s Brilliance Takes Nepal Home 

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Nepal_defeated_Scotland (PC: ICC/X) Nepal defeated Scotland by seven wickets in the 33rd match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. After being forced to bat first, Scotland made a fantastic start as their openers, George Munsey and Michael Jones, added 80 runs off 60 balls for the first wicket. After Munsey’s departure, Jones stitched together another important partnership of 52 runs off 32 balls with Brandon McMullen. These two partnerships were instrumental in taking Scotland to 170/7 in their 20 overs. Jones was the highest scorer with 71 runs off 45 balls, including eight fours and three sixes, at a strike rate of 157.78. Munsey scored 27, while McMullen contributed 25. For Nepal, Sompal Kami took three wickets, conceding only 25 runs in his four overs. In reply, Nepal got off to a good start as Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh put on 74 runs off 55 balls for the first wicket. However, the star of the run chase was Dipendra Singh Airee, who stitched together an unbeate...
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Shaheen Shah Afridi likely to be dropped for Namibia game

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Pakistan train at SSC ( PC- Revsportz) Shaheen Shah Afridi is likely to be dropped for Pakistan’s next game against Namibia on Wednesday, it is learnt. The senior left-arm fast bowler, along with Babar Azam, has been copping flak after Pakistan’s humiliating 61-run defeat to India on Sunday. Without much back-up options in batting, Babar might be persisted with. But Pakistan have two quality fast bowlers warming the bench in Naseem Shah and Salman Mirza. Shaheen bowled two overs against India, giving away 31 runs for the wicket of Axar Patel, which came at the death, in the final ball of the innings. In three matches at the ongoing T20 World Cup so far, the 25-year-old has bowled nine overs, accounting for 101 runs and taking three wickets at an economy rate of 11.22. Shaheen is still pretty young, but he seems to have lost pace. The tearaway quick of yore mostly bowls fast-medium these days, around 85 mph. Even his father-in-law, Shahid Afridi, didn’t hold back after the game aga...
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The unsung journey of Axar Patel

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Axar Patel after taking crucial wickets against Pakistan (PC- Debasis Sen) What are Axar Patel’s best performances in limited-overs cricket? A cricket nerd may end up remembering some of his heroics, but a large section of the cricket-loving public would struggle to recall them. Yet, he has taken 92 wickets in T20Is at an average of 21.15, more significantly at an eye-popping economy rate of 7.29. In an era where defensive bowling and economy rates have taken precedence in the shortest format, Axar has turned out to be Mr. Reliable for the Indian team. Somewhere, it sets up the narrative that Axar’s performances go under the radar in the shorter formats of the game. Just excavate more information from India’s victorious 2024 World Cup campaign and you will observe Axar’s importance. In the Super Eights game against Australia, Travis Head, India’s bugbear, was going great guns. Axar, however, stepped up by finishing with economical figures of 1 for 21 from three overs. In the subse...
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Nissanka Hundred Leaves Australia on the Brink of Elimination

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Image: ICC Australia were under immense pressure heading into this game against Sri Lanka. It became evident in the collapse, which saw them slump from 110/2 to 181 all out. Sri Lanka fought back in the last 10 overs and carried the momentum when they batted to chase down the total in 18 overs. Pathum Nissanka was the architect of the eight-wicket win, their highest run chase at home. His unbeaten 100 lit up the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and ensured Sri Lanka qualified for the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup. Australia’s chances of qualification are hanging by a thread. The 2021 winners will be eliminated if Zimbabwe beat Ireland on Tuesday (Feb 17). Marcus Stoinis ignited Aussie hopes with the early wicket of Kusal Perera, but what followed was a match-defining 97-run partnership between Nissanka and Kusal Mendis. As a senior player, Mendis took responsibility and never allowed the pressure to build on Nissanka. He contributed 51. Once Mendis was dismissed, a well-...
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Is the weight of Naqvi too heavy on Pakistan cricket?

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    Mohsin Naqvi at R Premadasa(left) PC-X. Team Pakistan during Ind vs Pak(right) PC- Debasis Sen, Revsportz The night before the second Asia Cup encounter between India and Pakistan, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi visited the national team’s practice. And the scene was one to behold. The moment he stepped in, it was clear that he was a show-stopper in the literal sense. The practice stopped and each one started trying to please the interior affairs minister. The end result was Pakistan took a pasting and India was all over them. While no Pakistan player will want to speak out, the truth is Naqvi is a distraction. He wants the limelight and the optics. He wants the glory and the glamour, but when his team is in crisis, he isn’t anywhere to be seen. The same happened in Colombo. He was at the Pakistan team hotel the night before the match and the moment he arrived, he became the cynosure. Everyone was standing in attention and journalists were making a beeline to meet him. T...
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IND vs PAK: “I was just keeping it simple” – Ishan Kishan after Colombo heroics 

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Ishan_Kishan (PC: ICC/X) Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan produced a sensational knock of 77 to guide India to a commanding 61-run victory over Pakistan in the 27th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Kishan was adjudged Player of the Match for his match-winning effort. Speaking at the post-match presentation, he said: “I think the wicket was not that easy in the beginning, but sometimes you just have to believe what you want to play, what shots are on, and you have to just focus on your strength. So I was just keeping it simple and watching the ball and playing with the field, maybe trying to make them run as much as they can, but yeah, I think it worked pretty well on my side.” “I think I did work a lot on my offside game and it will give me the balls where I want them to bowl if I play good shots on offside. So I was just trying to hit the gaps because it’s a big boundary and when it’s a big ground you get a bigger gap,” he added. Pakistan drew first blood by dismissing...
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Amir’s verdict on Abhishek Sharma’s batting – Is India’s star opener just a slogger?

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  Images :X A few days ago, Mohammad Amir caused a stir with his comment on Abhishek Sharma, India’s swashbuckling opener. “From what little I have seen, if you ask me honestly, I feel he is just a slogger,” he said on the show Haarna Mana Hai . “He has to go hard at every ball. On the day he gets going, it’s fine; otherwise, uske failure ke chances zyaada hain (the chances of his failure are high). He scores once in eight innings. Otherwise, his scores are 10, 15, 0 and 20. I don’t think he is technically sound.” The Pakistan pacer continued, “He just stands there and wants all balls to be bowled in a particular area. This is my honest opinion. I am also saying that on the day he gets going, he will score big. He can hurt the other team. But he has a high-risk game. I will consider him a proper batter only when I see that the ball is swinging even slightly and he tackles it well and still smashes it with the same velocity.” On expected lines, within a few hours of his remar...
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