T20 World Cup | Mohammad Shami on a roll as India pick team hat-trick, bundle out Scotland for 85

Indian fast bowler Mohammad Shami was on a roll today as he dismissed two players with two yorkers on the first and third ball of his third over, while yet another batter was run out after the ball hit his pads and he tried to scamper a single on the second ball of the same over. This meant that the Indian team picked a team hattrick and brought Scotland from 81-6 to 81-9.

The Scots eventually got all-out on 85 as Jasprit Bumrah took out Mark Watt with a perfect yorker in the 18th over. With just 86 to get, the Indian team would look to chase down the total in less than or equal to 43 balls to get their net run rate above Afghanistan and New Zealand.

Earlier in the evening, Virat Kohli won the toss for the first time in this series and decided to bowl first. Scotland were cautious initially but Bumrah broke through in the third over and got the Scot skipper Kyle Coetzer. Post that wicket kept falling regularly and they were reduced to 29-4.

Michael Leask and Calum MacLeod tried to build a partnership but Ravindra Jadeja was too good for them to counter. Eventually, with the help of Jadeja’s 3-15, Shami’s 3-15, Bumrah’s 2-10 and Ravichandran Ashwin’s 1-29 India managed to get the opposition all out. George Munsey top-scored with 24 for the men in purple.

Courtesy of the two wickets, Bumrah has now become the leading wicket-taker in T20Is for India. He overtook Yuzvendara Chahal, who has 63 wickets n 38 innings. Bumrah now has 64 wickets in 52 innings.

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T20 World Cup | NZ vs NAM: Late surge with bat, clinical bowling puts Kiwis closer to semi-final spot

A clinical bowling performance from New Zealand against Namibia helped them attain the second spot in the Group 2 points table after they defended a target of 164 runs on Friday in Sharjah. Namibia were off to a decent start after openers Stephan Baard Michael van Lingen had put 47 runs on the board in less than eight overs but Jimmy Neesham provided the Blackcaps with a much-needed breakthrough as he cleaned up van Lingen for 25 off 25 deliveries. Lingen’s departure saw Namibia losing wickets at regular intervals and they were left tottering at 102/5 in the 18th over only to end up getting restricted to 111/7 eventually. For the Kiwis, it was their bowlers who took the onus on themselves and didn’t let the Namibian batsmen cut loose. While Boult returned with figures of 2/20 in 4 overs, Southee also scalped a couple of wickets as well for 15 runs in his allotted 4 overs. Apart from these two, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham and Ish Sodi picked up one wicket each. The spinners prevented the batters from taking any advantage in the middle overs and the required rate kept rising for Namibia. Earlier, in the day, New Zealand rode on a brisk partnership between Glenn Phillips and Neesham to put 163/4 in 20 overs on the board. The Kane Williamson-led side were reduced to 87/4 in 14 overs before Phillips and Neesham joined hands and provided them with resistance. The two batsmen put up an unbeaten stand of 76 runs for the fifth wicket. While Phillips scored 39* off 21, Neesham remained not out on a 23-ball 35 to help New Zealand post a good total. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said that the track in Sharjah was a challenging one. “I think we all know what we have to expect here (Sharjah), it's a real scrap. We tried to maximise that short side, it was a challenging surface. The guys played well to get us to 160. You need to build those partnerships and try to maximise towards the end. An over or two can crack the game, that was our focus today,” he said in the post-match presentation. New Zealand will now play Afghanistan on Sunday in Abu Dhabi while Namibia will lock horns with India on Monday in Dubai.

West Indies name 15 member squad for Test tour of Sri Lanka, uncapped Jeremy Solozano included

Cricket West Indies announced a 15 member strong squad for the tour of Sri Lanka where they will play two Tests as part of the World Test Championship cycle of 2021-23. The team has kept the nucleus which has been playing test cricket for the Caribbean outfit for quite some time and included a fresh entrant in form of an uncapped opening batter Jeremy Solozano. Solozano, a Trinidadian cricketer who has played 40 First-Class games was picked up on the basis of his showing in the Best vs Best where he scored 74 in the second three-day game at Coolidge. Speaking about the selection of the 26-year-old, West Indies’ Lead Selector Roger Harper said, “Jeremy played for the West Indies ‘A’ Team in 2019 (against India ‘A’) with success and in the Best v Best matches he displayed a sense of application, patience, and composure while looking very comfortable against both pace and spin which encouraged the panel to invest in him at this point.” Harper went in to add about the squad, “The squad is well balanced, with good depth in all departments. The composition is very similar to the squad that brought us success in our last away tour to Bangladesh, with a few changes in personnel. There are a number of players who are familiar with Sri Lankan conditions and most of the others have good experience in the Indian sub-continent, so they know what to expect and are gearing themselves for it.” The Maroon brigade will plate a four-day warm-up match in Colombo from November 14 to 17 before moving for the two Tests which will be played from November 21 to 25 and November 29 to December 3 respectively at Galle International Stadium. West Indies squad Kraigg Brathwaite (Captain), Jermaine Blackwood (Vice-Captain), Nkrumah Bonner, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da Silva, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Veerasammy Permaul, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Jeremy Solozano, Jomel Warrican

T20 World Cup: West Indies fined 20 per cent of match fees for slow over-rate

West Indies have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Sri Lanka during their Super 12 fixture in Abu Dhabi. The sanction was imposed by David Boon of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. "In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time," a statement from ICC read. There was no need for a formal hearing as West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard accepted the proposed sanction after pleading guilty to the offence. The Caribbean side was eliminated from the tournament after losing to the Lankan lions by 20 runs. Chasing 190 in 20 overs, West Indies were restricted to 169/8 after the batting unit, barring Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer failed to fire. Earlier, in the day, Sri Lanka rode on some fine piece of batsmanship from Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka to post 189/3 on the board. Both the batsmen notched up individual fifties during the course. West Indies will now play Australia on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

It's up to BCB to decide: Mahmudullah on captaincy future

Bangladesh had a dismal run in the T20 World Cup, losing all five of their Super 12 matches. They had even lost to Scotland in Round 1. The Bangla Tigers were coming into the tournament on the back of some fine performances in the format at home but couldn’t replicate that at the big tournament. Now, captain Mahmudullah has opened up about his future as the leader of the side and added that it's in the hands of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), whether he would continue as the skipper or not. "It is not in my hands and it is up to BCB to decide (regarding captaincy)," Mahmudullah said after Bangladesh's against Australia. "From my side, I tried my best probably there was (something) lacking in my captaincy and could not bring the best from my teammates,” he added. The right-handed batsman also cleared the air that he wasn’t thinking of hanging his boost from the T20Is. "No, no, I am not thinking of quitting," he further said. "Personally I am searching for the answer that what is missing and what we need to do and we all discussed regarding the matter to find out what we lack,” Mahmudullah added.