Afghanistan dismissed England for 215 to create one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history.
Had Rawat taken the catch and dismissed Smith, there is every possibility that RCB could have defended its total in the final overs of the game.
'The team is always bigger than the individual and you've got to fit into a role which the team needs you.'
Punjab are seventh on the points table with 12 points. The Capitals also have a dozen points and are fifth
Kohli's poor show, however, hasn't affected the team much as it is playing extremely well in the white-ball games.
However, Curran continued to bamboozle Afghans with his pace, line and length, dismissing Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman for ducks. Curran had got a three-wicket haul, reducing Afghanistan to 109/7.
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Gujarat are clearly the team to beat in the competition having won eight out of nine games.
Images from the second T20 International between England and India at the Rose Bowl in Birmingham on Saturday.
It was a brilliant performance by the Sunrisers bowlers at the end, with Punjab managing just 29 runs from the last five overs.
Punjab Kings would be keen to put brakes on Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul's rollicking batting form during their IPL 2022 match on Friday.
Delhi Capitals showed remarkable resilience to overcome the COVID-19 crisis in their camp and hand Punjab Kings a nine-wicket thrashing in the Indian Premier League match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
SRH and PBKS will go all out to snap the two crucial points to nose ahead in the race for play-offs.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after the league stage.
Former captain and coach Anil Kumble believes having totally different squads in limited overs and Test format is the way forward for India in international cricket.
Skipper Sanju Samson will look for support from his batsmen as Rajasthan Royals aim to return to winning ways against laggards Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai on Monday and keep their play-offs hopes alive.
With the T20 World Cup looming later this year in Australia, Pandya bowling at full throttle is music to the ears of the team management.
Hardik took a career-best 4/24 to help India bowl out England for 259
The management was keen on Agarwal as the leader even before the auction.
'Archer is returning to the UK for further management and investigation of his right elbow injury'
Suryakumar Yadav smashed a magnificent century but England held their nerve in a high-scoring thriller to win the third and final T20I by 17 runs and avoid the series sweep, in Nottingham, in Sunday.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between India and England in Lucknow on Sunday.
'At the end of the day, we also had to look at players who will figure in the playing XI.'
Punjab Kings were unable to bounce back after losing a few early wickets which proved vital in their seven-wicket defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2022 match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
Haddin backed Prabhsimran Singh to come good in the upcoming games, saying his place is safe in the playing XI.
England will keep chasing the 500-run mark in One-Day Internationals after narrowly missing out on the milestone in a record-breaking win over Netherlands, says Jos Buttler.
The Punjab bowlers led by Kagiso Rabada have fared well. But the likes of Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh along with Rahul Chahar, who has nine wickets, would need to be on the money.
Smarting from back-to-back defeats, Sunrisers Hyderabad will have a lot to ponder, especially addressing their batting frailties, when they take on high-flying Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Sri Lanka will have to produce something special to halt England's juggernaut at Sharjah.
Shamsi's wrist spin accounted for Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran and David Willey, who was bowled first ball to set up a hat-trick chance that Chris Jordan denied him.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match played between England and West Indies in Dubai on Saturday.
DC lost Salt, Marsh, Rossouw, Warner, Axar and Manish off five successive overs.
If the teams they represent reach the business end of the T20 league, they either have to miss the finale or skip the national duty.
James Anderson nearly got Abdullah caught behind on 64 but replays confirmed the ball had touched the ground before nestling in the glove of a diving Ollie Pope.
Ben Stokes brings his own special magic on his return to the shortest format, while Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Buttler and Moeen Ali ensure that England bat deep and powerfully.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
The IPL loan window started on Monday and will end with the conclusion of the league stage.
Hardik Pandya reigned supreme with a magnificent all-round performance as India thrashed England by 50 runs in the first T20 International in Southampton on Thursday.
Power hitting will rule T20 cricket going forward and the Indian team needs to play a brand of cricket where big-hitting batters contribute with the ball for the balance of the side, former coach Anil Kumble suggested.
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