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t20 worlD cup

a ‘priceless’ experience for

Scotland, ashwin’s return and

rashid’s confidence

As the action goes on in the Gulf, we bring you the best of glimpses from the field and off it

right direction, the fans have
Our Bureau
been behind us throughout, we
Dubai/Abu Dhabi are thankful for them, everyone

kipper Virat Kohli, Ro- here and around the world. He
is a gem (on Wanindu Hasaran-
hit Sharma, Jasprit Bum- ga), a superstar in the making.
Srah and Ravichandran It’s still the start of his career.
Ashwin were among the Indi- He needs to be protected as he’s
an players who interacted with
Scotland cricketers after the a real prospect in world cricket,”
team’s thumping in ICC men’s he added.
Sri Lanka finished an en-
T20 World Cup here at Dubai couraging tournament with 5
International Cricket Stadium wins after the 8 matches. While
on Friday. West Indies will hope to end
Mohammed Shami and
Ravindra Jadeja starred with their title defence with victory
the ball before KL Rahul and over Australia on Saturday.
Rohit’s firing knocks helped
India defeat Scotland by eight Indian fans during the match between India and Scotland at Dubai Interna- it’s heart-breaking, says
wickets. After India’s win, Ro- tional Cricket Ground on Friday. (ANI) pollard as wi exit
hit, Kohli, Bumrah and Ash- ieron Pollard declared
win were seen interacting in a because if you lose wickets, then The pair put on 91 for the sec-
“priceless” chat with Scotland an extra 20 balls could cost. We ond wicket, with Asalanka mak- himself ‘heartbroken’
players in their dressing room. thought that if they play natural- ing 68 and Nissanka 51, as their Kbut ‘determined’ to fight
Rahul also on Friday inter- ly, runs will come quickly,” said side soared to 189 for three to on in the international game as
West Indies’s Super 12 fate was
acted with Scotland players. Kohli after the win. set a challenging target. confirmed with defeat to Sri
Moments after hitting a 19-ball Kieron Pollard’s men were Lanka on Thursday.
50 to take India home against Hasaranga is a superstar never equal to the task and the The Windies saw their ICC
Scotland, Rahul spent time in the making: shanaka late heroics of Shimron Hetmy-
speaking to some of the Scot- er, to the tune of 81 not out, were Men’s T20 World Cup title de-
land players as he shared his ri Lanka captain Dasun in vain as they ended on 169 for fence flounder further as they
went down by 20 runs in Abu
experience of playing at the top Shanaka said that Wan- eight from their 20 overs. Dhabi, making the top two an
level against some of the best in Sindu Hasaranga is a su- “A very good victory, the unreachable target. Pollard’s
the business. perstar in the making after the youngsters have worked hard side were second best with bat
team thrashed West Indies by to get this win and I’m happy
“Huge respect to @im- 20 runs, ending their ICC Men’s for them. The bowlers were on and ball with the skipper point-
ing his finger at the former as
Vkohli and co. for taking T20 World Cup 2021 on a high the spot, as they have been for central to their struggles. “I
on Thursday.
major parts of the tournament.
the time. priceless,” scot- Hasaranga scalped the im- I knew they had potential (on think it’s heart-breaking,” said
the skipper after the match.
land cricket captioned the portant wickets of Dwayne Bra- Nissanka and Asalanka), they “A lot of different things
vo and Kieron Pollard while have worked hard, they have a
post in a series of tweets. giving away only 19 runs in his long career, and a lot of crick- might have gone wrong from
entire spell. Charith Asalanka et to come. They’ll have a place the start of the tournament,
“We spoke about the 8-10 and Pathum Nissanka’s inspired in every team,” Shanaka said in during the tournament. The
over bracket before the start, batting helped propel Sri Lanka the post-match presentation. batting has struggled through-
didn’t want to really go too hard to a victory over the West Indies. “The team is moving in the Continued on next page... >>

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