Trent Boult led an inspired bowling attack as New Zealand thrashed Twenty20 World Cup favourites India by eight wickets on Sunday to leave Virat Kohli's men facing a desperate struggle to reach the semi-finals.

Afghanistan gained their second victory of the T20 World Cup group stage on Sunday as they thrashed Namibia by 62 runs in Abu Dhabi.

Premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the ongoing T20 World Cup due to a hamstring injury, confirmed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) through a press release today.

Former Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan said he will retire after Sunday's game with Namibia despite the T20 World Cup only having reached the midway point.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam's mother was on a ventilator when he played the T20 World Cup match against arch-rivals India, his father revealed on Saturday.

Quinton de Kock took the knee along with his South Africa teammates ahead of their Twenty20 World Cup clash against Sri Lanka on Saturday after the wicketkeeper-batsman returned to the side.

David Miller struck two consecutive sixes in the final over to help South Africa edge Sri Lanka by four wickets in a thrilling but low-scoring Twenty20 World Cup match in Sharjah on Saturday.

With two games remaining in the Super 12 stage, Bangladesh team face a few injury concerns. Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was seen struggling with a hamstring injury throughout the game against West Indies on Friday, could be in doubt for the next game against South Africa on November 2.

Afghanistan would look to shrug off the defeat against Pakistan and return to winning ways when they take on debutants Namibia, who will be eager to continue their dream run in the T20 World Cup, today.

Bangladesh suffered a shock defeat against associate members Scotland which led to the Tigers qualifying from their first-round group of lightweights as runners-up and then saw Sri Lanka snatch victory from the

India captain Virat Kohli will be facing the most defining test of his captaincy career as he expects his men to be the proverbial “phoenix rising from the ashes” when they take on a street-smart New Zealand in a ‘do-or-die’ ICC T20 World Cup Super-12 game today.

England stood on the brink of the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup after Jos Buttler’s batting pyrotechnics secured their comprehensive eight-wicket victory against Australia in a Group I match on Saturday.

Bangladesh’s dreams of reaching the semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup were virtually dashed following their heart-breaking three-run defeat to West Indies on Friday, which was their third consecutive defeat in the mega-event.

Opening batsman Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 71 as England hammered Australia by eight wickets to register their third successive win in the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday.

David Miller and Kagiso Rabada played aggressive unbeaten late cameos as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in a tense Twenty20 World Cup clash on Saturday.

After an abdominal injury had sidelined the wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan Sohan in Bangladesh’s latest Super 12 encounter, The Tigers may suffer another injury blow one as premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, after having struggled with his hamstring throughout the game against the West Indies, could be in doubt for the next game against South Africa on November 2.

India captain Virat Kohli lashed out on Saturday at the "spineless people" who abused bowler Mohammed Shami online after his side's defeat in their Twenty20 World Cup opener against Pakistan last weekend.

‘Remember the name’. These words from Ian Bishop from the commentary box are almost as iconic as the moment he described -- West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite hitting England’s Ben Stokes for four successive sixes to help the Windies win the final of the T20 World Cup in 2016 in Kolkata to become the only team with two T20 World Cup titles. 

It came down to the wire as Bangladesh needed four to win off the last ball of the game with skipper Mahmudullah Riyad on strike. But Andre Russell kept his composure and fired in a yorker which Mahmudullah couldn’t connect, ending the Tigers’ dream of reaching the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Title favourites England are expected to be tested for the first time in the ongoing T20 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Australia in a battle for supremacy in the Super 12 Group today.