Pakistan legend Shahid Afridi is excited that the American public will witness cricket’s equivalent of the Super Bowl in New York on Sunday when Pakistan take on archrivals India in a blockbuster T20 World Cup encounter.

Shakib Al Hasan is the beneficiary of an unusually disappointing outing for Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga against South Africa on Monday, with the Bangladesh all-rounder leapfrogging Hasaranga into the top spot in the latest ICC all-rounder rankings.

Sequoia Consultants, Inc., a leading civil engineering consulting firm based in Los Angeles, California, has come forward to take over the future of the LPL team, Dambulla.

Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan was over the moon on Tuesday after his elder brother Yusuf took an unassailable lead in the West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Baharampur constituency for the Trinamool Congress.

Even though the left-hander is the designated anchor in the Bangladesh top-order, his career strike rate of 109.64 is not up to par in T20Is.

"I think we certainly gave ourselves a chance there," Berrington said, on the prospect of an upset.

Jason Holder is one of a number of useful pace-bowling options in the travelling party, with vice-captain Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales and the breakout star Shamar Joseph also included.

"Such a big role model for all of us," Rohit said. "Growing up we watched him play and we know what he's achieved personally as a player and what he's done for the team over the years."

Sceptics call them 'old wine in new bottle' but a clutch of superstar Indian cricketers would leave no stone unturned to break away from their archaic template when they take on a plucky Ireland in their opening game of the T20 World Cup in New York on Wednesday.

“Comparing the way associate teams like the USA, Canada, Papua New Guinea have played, I feel that Bangladesh have regressed in T20s,” Ashraful told The Daily Star.

Australian Test and one-day captain Pat Cummins has signed a four-year deal with Major League Cricket's San Francisco Unicorns, the team announced on Tuesday.

Max O'Dowd hit an unbeaten 54 to guide the Netherlands to a six-wicket victory over Nepal in their T20 World Cup Group D clash on Tuesday.

Scotland openers George Munsey and Michael Jones gave England a fright in their T20 World Cup opener in Barbados on Tuesday before rain spared the defending champions a potentially tough chase.

It has been another instance of injury troubles for Bangladesh’s pace battery in a major event.

The last time the West Indies hosted a T20 World Cup, England had emerged champions.

Afghanistan's statement win in their opening group match against Uganda showed they have the goods to make a deep impact in the ninth edition of the showpiece event. 

"Pretty special moment for us, hearing our national anthem and seeing our flag at the World Cup," Masaba said.

"That's the beauty of what I've been exposed to in the last few years," Green told reporters in Barbados in the lead-up to Australia's opener against Oman.

“Not sure this is the best introduction to cricket in a new land,” Bhogle wrote on X.

Sri Lanka started their World Cup campaign on Monday with a six-wicket defeat to South Africa in New York and were in a rush after the game to get to Dallas, where they will face Bangladesh on June 8.