Bangladeshi cricket authorities have sacked the national team captain, an official said, 10 days after returning home to fans angry at an early exit from the World Twenty20 tournament.
“Mohammad Ashraful has been removed from the captaincy because of poor batting,” an official, who declined to be named, told AFP via telephone.
The 24-year-old middle order batsman [...]

Pakistan won their first major title in 17 years when they stunned Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 final at a sell-out
Pakistan Lord’s on Sunday.
Seamer Abdur Razzaq claimed three wickets as Pakistan bowled and fielded aggressively to restrict Sri Lanka to 138-6, then coasted home easily with eight deliveries to spare.
Shahid Afridi [...]

Shahid Afridi is desperate not to end up on the losing side for the third time in a row when he turns out for Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final at Lord’s on Sunday.
Afridi still remembers the the hurt he felt as a teenager 10 years ago when his team was mauled by Steve Waugh’s [...]

NEW DELHI: Just after Team India coach Gary Kirsten raised hands at the Indian Premier league (IPL) for the team’s early exit from the T20 World Cup, Indian Board came out with sharp criticism of the coach.
Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BBCI) media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla said players have the [...]

LONDON: MS Dhoni almost let the cat out of the bag after India’s agonising exit from the World T20. Having earlier contradicted TOI’s reports of
a rift between him and Virender Sehwag and paraded the entire team in a show of unity, the captain was again asked on Sunday if any dressing-room ‘turbulence’ prompted the early [...]

Record-breaking Pakistan seamer Umar Gul dedicated his five-wicket Twenty20 haul to legendary spearheads Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram on Saturday.
Gul became the first bowler to claim five wickets in a T20 international as Pakistan roared back into contention in the world championships with a six-wicket win over New Zealand.
His figues of 5-6 in three overs [...]

Team India is at the crossroads again. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys crossed it the last time, bouncing back after losing their first game in the Super Eights to win the Twenty20 World Cup. Now, it remains to be seen whether they can repeat the feat.
On Friday, at the ICC World Twenty20, they came [...]