Pakistan are already in the semis of the T20 World Cup and England already have a foot there. Both teams have been consistent and executed their plans well in UAE.
In the T20 World Cup match against New Zealand, Ishan Kishan was sent as an opener in order to have a left-hander at the top rather than having too many right-handers in the middle-order.
India suffered two humiliating defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand in the T20 World Cup at Dubai.
The victory over India helped New Zealand to not only open their account but jump to the third position in Group 2.
India have now lost two successive T20 World Cup 2021 matches. The team sits in the fifth position with a -1.609 net run rate.
Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur and Varun Chakravarthy are likely to get a game vs Australia before India open their ICC Men's T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan on October 24.
Livingstone is unlikely to play in England's second warm-up game vs New Zealand on Wednesday. He is also in doubt for their ICC Men's T20 World Cup opener vs West Indies.
The Men in Blue will next play against Australia in another warm-up fixture before starting off their campaign vs Pakistan on October 24.
Despite a rather silent IPL 2021, Mumbai Indians' Ishan Kishan returned to form with 84 off 32 balls and 50 not out off 25 balls in final two games.
Mumbai Indians won their final IPL 2021 league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad but that was not enough for the defending champions.
Mumbai Indians have been champions in the previous two editions of the tournament. The last time MI finished out of top four was in 2018 when they finished fifth.
After amassing 235 for nine, MI needed to limit SRH to 65 or less to qualify for the play-offs ahead of KKR but expectedly that did not happen.
Both KKR and MI are locked at 12 points from 13 games. However, KKR (+0.294), with a better net run are ahead of MI who have -0.048.
Asked to bat first, Rajasthan Royals managed just 90/9 in 20 overs which Mumbai Indians chased down in just 8.2 overs. This was also the lowest total batting first in Sharjah.
After restricting Rajasthan Royals to a meagre 90/9, Mumbai Indians knocked off the target in just 8.2 overs to register an eight-wicket win in their IPL 2021 match.
Ishan Kishan, who was one of the pillars of MI's triumph last season, is struggling for runs this season as the defending champions suffered their third straight defeat in UAE.
Ishan Kishan, who celebrated his 23rd birthday with a smashing 42-ball-59, said he had a fair idea about the surface
India mauled the hosts by seven wickets with plenty of overs to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.