After two stunning wins, debutant Namibia will look to continue its fairytale run when it takes on Scotland in the ICC T20 World Cup on Wednesday.

Buoyed by the emphatic win over defending champions West Indies, England will look to continue their winning momentum when they face Bangladesh in a tricky Super 12 clash of the T20 World Cup at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi today.

There was a hint that the restlessness and discomfort arising from the scathing criticism that Bangladesh received following their defeat to Scotland in the first round of the T20 World Cup still lingered in the Bangladesh camp as bowling coach Ottis Gibson arrived for the pre-match press conference yesterday on the eve of the Tigers’ second Super 12 encounter against England.

After opening their Super 12 journey of the ICC T20 World Cup with a defeat to Sri Lanka, things are expected to get even tougher for Bangladesh when they take on high-flying England in their second Group I game in Abu Dhabi today.

Bangladesh have been forced into a personnel change in their squad, the ICC Event Technical Committee has confirmed.

Pakistan underlined their credentials as early Twenty20 World Cup favourites when they held their nerve to beat New Zealand by five wickets in Sharjah on Tuesday and secure a second straight victory in the tournament.

With the aim of regrouping following the five-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in the first Super 12 encounter, Mahmudullah Riyad and Co will be looking to bounce back when they take on a strong England side in their T20 World Cup fixture at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi today.

Pakistan underlined their credentials as early Twenty20 World Cup favourites when they held their nerve to beat New Zealand by five wickets in Sharjah on Tuesday and secure a second straight victory in the tournament.

Wicket keeper batsman Nurul Hasan Sohan’s participation in the Tigers’ second Super 12 stage game against England is under doubt after the cricketer suffered an injury while batting in the nets during a training session at ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai today.

South Africa stumper-batsman Quinton de Kock skipped Tuesday's Twenty20 World Cup match against West Indies citing "personal reasons" after the team were directed to take a knee in their remaining matches in the tournament.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has dubbed current team management of Bangladesh as a ‘rehab centre’, saying that ‘this rehab centre is the resort for all South African coaches looking for employment’.

Taliban officials took to social media on Monday to congratulate the Afghan national cricket team for winning a match in the Twenty20 World Cup, but there was a muted response on the streets of Kabul where such wins were celebrated enthusiastically in the past.

South Africa appreciate that they did not have an ideal day with the bat in their opening World Cup loss against Australia but the team did not dwell too much on it, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada said on Monday.

Standing at an imposing 6ft 6ins (1.98m), Shaheen Shah Afridi, the first-strike destroyer of India at the T20 World Cup, is the latest high-end product of Pakistan’s fast bowling factory -- left-arm division.

The atmosphere at the Crown Plaza hotel in Dubai on Sunday night after Bangladesh’s five-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka was in stark contrast to the one of Pakistan’s, who registered a historic ten-wicket win over their archrivals India on the same night.

Newly appointed interim head coach Mario Lemos revealed a 24-member preliminary squad of Bangladesh football team for next month’s Four Nations invitational tournament in Sri Lanka yesterday.

Smarting from opening game losses, a good batting display will be high on the agenda for South Africa and defending champions West Indies when the two teams lock horns in a Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup in Dubai today.

Pakistan will have ‘revenge’ on their mind for a recent off-field snub when they take on New Zealand in the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday, looking to build on the historic high of beating arch-rivals India in their tournament-opener.

From Chandika Hathurusingha to Steve Rhodes and now Russell Domingo, all the coaches in charge of Bangladesh team over the past five to six years seemed to have taken the conservative approach of sticking to the left and right-hand combination, regardless of the condition and game situation.

Fingers are being pointed towards the two dropped catches by Liton Das and Mahmudullah Riyad’s captaincy as prime causes for Bangladesh’s five-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in their first Super 12 clash in Sharjah on Sunday. Experts, fans, media and critics are spot on in pointing out these factors playing major roles in the defeat, but were those the only reasons? Was not the lack of killer-instinct responsible for the defeat as well?