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? 

Spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan shared nine wickets between them as Afghanistan thrashed Scotland by 130 runs in their opening Super 12s match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday.

Former India players rallied around pace bowler Mohammed Shami on Monday, after the 31-year-old was targeted online following his team's 10-wicket defeat by arch-rivals Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup a day earlier.

Bangladesh opener Liton Das was fined fifteen percent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for his role in breaching ICC code of conduct during a confrontation with Sri Lanka pacer Lahiru Kumara.

Pakistan finally got the monkey off their back with a 10-wicket thumping of arch-rivals India but skipper Babar Azam refused to get carried away and reminded his jubilant team mates to stay focused on the task ahead at the Twenty20 World Cup.

A "brave" question in the news conference brought some moments of amusement for India captain Virat Kohli in an otherwise chastening night for his team, who were thrashed by arch-rivals Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.

India captain Virat Kohli denied his team underestimated Pakistan in Sunday's high-profile Twenty20 World Cup contest and said they know what went wrong in their 10-wicket thumping by the arch-rivals.

Charith Asalanka’s unbeaten 80 alongside two dropped catches by Liton Das crushed Bangladesh’s hopes of a winning start to the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup, with the Tigers suffering a five-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan smashed unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets on Sunday to register their first win over their arch-rivals in a Twenty20 World Cup.

Fans of India and Pakistan called for “peace” and more cricket between the two Asian giants ahead of the blockbuster clash at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.

Afghanistan’s Twenty20 World Cup preparation has been far from ideal in the aftermath of the country’s Taliban takeover in August but captain Mohammad Nabi hopes his team’s performance can bring about some joy back home.

The stability that Mushfiqur Rahim brings to the top-order has been synonymous with Bangladesh’s success stories in any given format.

When Bangladesh posted an impressive 171 for four against Sri Lanka in their opening Super 12 game of the ICC T20 World Cup in Sharjah, not many thought they were going to lose the game so badly.

Unbeaten fifties from skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan helped Pakistan thrash India by 10 wickets in their high-voltage Super 12 clash in Dubai today. 

Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi took three wickets, including skipper Virat Kohli for 57, but India managed 151 for seven in their high-voltage Twenty20 World Cup clash on Sunday.

It was expected that Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would enjoy similar support from the crowd at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today for their first Super 12 game in the ICC T20 World.

Many may have been glued to their TV sets to witness the much-awaited clash between the two archrivals India and Pakistan on their opening game of the ICC T20 World Cup yesterday but the day’s earlier game had featured two sides -- Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – who have developed a heated rivalry over the years.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in a much-anticipated Super 12 clash of the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.

Shakib Al Hasan reached a new milestone today in Bangladesh's first Super 12 stage game against Sri Lanka as the premier all-rounder now leads the wicket takers’ list in T20 World Cups. Shakib now has scalped 41 wickets in 29 T20 World Cup matches, most by any player ever in the marquee event. 

Two crucial dropped catches by Liton Das and two explosive fifties from Sri Lanka batters Charith Asalanka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa helped the Lankans take the game away from the Tigers' grasp and win by five wickets in the two sides' first Super 12 stage game of the ongoing T20 World Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today.