T20 Tri-Series: Pakistan Defeat New Zealand By 5 Wickets To Send World Cup Message

All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz helped Pakistan to a five-wicket victory over New Zealand on Friday to win the tri-series Twenty20 final in Christchurch with three balls to spare.

For India, the tournament came as a perfect opportunity to test their bench strength and give their less-experienced players "enough game time" ahead of the next year's T20 World Cup in South Africa.

India's T20 bowlers need to lift their game in the final overs, head coach Rahul Dravid has said, after pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah's injury ruled him out of this month's World Cup.

The ICC released the schedule and the groups for the 10-team tournament on Monday. India have been grouped along with arch rivals Pakistan, West Indies, England and Ireland in Group B.

After the T20I series against Australia, India play their final T20I series, ahead of the T20 World Cup, against South Africa starting Wednesday

India will be looking to round off their T20 World Cup preparation with a marked improvement in their death bowling besides providing crucial game time to its untested players in the three-match series against South Africa, beginning here on Wednesday.

MS Dhoni had turned to Joginder Sharma, a relatively unknown quantity at the time, to bowl the all-important final over in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup

India had defeated Pakistan in a bowl-out in the group stage of T20 World Cup before defeating the same team in the final of the tournament.

Finn Allen and Michael Bracewell have been named for their first senior World Cups and are the only new faces from the side that made the final of last year's event in the UAE.

Pakistan coach Saqlain Mushtaq defended his team's Twenty20 playing style after losing Sunday's Asia Cup final, saying they were on the right track for next month's T20 World Cup.

T20 World Cup 2022: कुछ दिन पहले ऑस्ट्रेलिया के पूर्व कप्तान रिकी पोंटिंग ने टी-20 वर्ल्ड कप 2022 (T20 World Cup 2022 Final) के फाइनलिस्ट को लेकर अपनी भविष्यवाणी की थी और कहा था कि भारत और ऑस्ट्रेलिया की टीम इस साल होने वाले टी-20 वर्ल्ड कप के फाइनल में एक दूसरे के खिलाफ खेलेगी

With less than three months left for the T20 World Cup, skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid will get around 16 games (5 vs WI, 5 in Asia Cup (if India play final), 3 vs Australia, 3 vs South Africa) to firm up their core team that will then play unchanged going into mega event

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has predicted that India and Australia will be the two teams making the finals of the upcoming T20 World Cup

Zimbabwe has won the ICC Mens T20 World Cup Qualifier B, securing the final spot in Group B in the First Round at Australia 2022 alongside Ireland, Scotland and West Indies.

Beating the Dutch confirmed Zimbabwe as the dominant team in southern city Bulawayo as they won all five matches, including three in Group A and a semi-final, under new coach Dave Houghton.

Virat Kohli played the final two T20Is against England and could only return scores of 1 and 11.

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup: Ashleigh Gardner took the final catch as Australia defeated England in the final to win the title on Sunday.

This is the second World Cup semi-final on the trot Perry will miss, having sat out the 2020 T20 World Cup semi-final and the final on home soil through a hamstring injury sustained in eventual champions Australia's last league fixture.

A mural depicting Australia's famous Women's T20 World Cup final win against India two years ago in front of a record audience has become the first artwork featuring a women's sporting team to be on permanent display at the iconic MCG.

Misbah-ul-Haq, having almost single-handedly kept Pakistan alive in the final in the later stages of the match, tried to scoop a Joginder Sharma delivery over fine leg with six runs needed, only to be caught by S Sreesanth.

On top of the T20 World Cup final, Marais Erasmus also oversaw 20 international fixtures across the three formats in 2021

India vs New Zealand: Speaking to New Zealand Cricket, Trent Boult spoke about their recent T20 World Cup final defeat and also about the upcoming series against India.

New Zealand stand-in T20I skipper Tim Southee wants the Kiwis to shift focus towards the white-ball series against India following the heartbreaking defeat in the T20 World Cup final on Sunday.

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels the advantage that the teams have had while batting second in the UAE is a topic which the International Cricket Council (ICC) should look into going forward.