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SA20: Table toppers MI Cape Town thrash Pretoria Capitals by 95 runs

MI Cape Town underlined their status as the SA20 table-toppers with a comprehensive bonus-point victory over the Pretoria Capitals to complete a perfect record at the Newlands. Robin Peterson's team followed in the Paarl Royals' footsteps by becoming the second side to preserve an unbeaten home record with five victories here. MI Cape Town finished on 35 points - a record points tally after the league phase. The home team dominated the contest from the outset, putting up 201/5 before bundling out the Capitals for 106 to register a 95-run win. The new opening pair of Sediqullah Atal and Connor Esterhuizen displayed MI Cape Town's formidable depth with a stunning 133-run stand for the first wicket. Left-hander Sediqullah royally entertained the Newlands crowd with a dashing 46-ball 77 (4x6, 6x6), while Esterhuizen also pummelled 69 off 43 balls (6x4, 3x6). Delano Potgieter added the extras with a 15-ball 26 to power MI to the highest total at Newlands this season. The momentum flo

IND vs ENG: Gambhir defends India's high-risk, high-reward approach in T20s

India head coach Gautam Gambhir said the team is ready to push the barriers in T20 Internationals with the adoption of a fresh "high-risk, high-reward" approach, and the target is now "to get 250-260 regularly in the format. That shift in mindset was evident in India's 4-1 mauling of England in the just-concluded five-match series. In the fourth T20I at Pune, India kept attacking England despite losing wickets to eventually set a match-winning 181 for 9, and at Mumbai on Sunday, the hosts raced to 247 for 9, their fourth highest total in this format. "That's the kind of T20 cricket we want to play. We don't want to fear losing a game of cricket. We want to play high-risk, high-reward cricket. And these guys have adopted that ideology really well, Gambhir told the host broadcaster after the match on Sunday. Gambhir said they are looking to post tall totals in the vicinity of 250 in every game, and he doesn't mind getting out for a low score in some matches while attempting to achiev

IND vs ENG: Abhishek opens up about Yuvraj effect in his batting approach

Abhishek Sharma lit up Mumbai's sky during the 5th T20 against England with his 135-run innings

IND vs ENG: Abhishek powers India to highest powerplay score in T20s

Abhishek Sharma also scored the second-fastest 50 by an Indian batter in T20Is in Mumbai

IND vs ENG: India register biggest T20I win over England in Mumbai

England's loss against India in Mumbai is also their biggest defeat in T20I cricket

IND vs ENG Highlights, 5th T20: Abhishek's all-round show help India thrash England in Mumbai

India vs England 5th T20 highlights: Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant 135 runs innings with the bat before taking two wickets with the ball to hand India an easy win

IND vs ENG: Abhishek Sharma hits second fastest century for India in T20s

Abhishek also scored highest individual T20I score by an Indian batter

IND vs ENG HIGHLIGHTS, 4th T20: Harshit Rana stars in debut as India seal series in Pune

India vs England 4th T20 highlights: Hardik Pandya (53) and Shivam Dube (53) led India's fightback in batting after being reduced to 79 for 5

IND vs ENG 5th T20: Pitch report and key stats of Wankhede stadium

Now, with the series decided in India's favour, England's focus will be on securing a victory in the final match.

IML 2025: Full schedule, format, teams and live streaming details

The live streaming of International Masters League 2025 matches will be available on the Disney Plus Hotstar app and website in India

How has Gautam Gambhir fared as Indian cricket team's head coach so far?

Gambhir started his head coach tenure for the Indian team with the T20 series against Sri Lanka, which India won with ease by 3-0

IND vs ENG: Suryakumar admits not finishing ENG as reason for Rajkot loss

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav admitted his team failed to mop up the England tail after having the visitors on the mat and credited "world-class" spinner Adil Rashid for making life difficult for his batters during their 26-run loss in the third T20I here on Tuesday. India had reduced England to 127/8 in 16 overs but allowed the visitors to post 171/9 in 20 overs. In their chase of 172, the hosts managed just 145/9, falling short by 26 runs. "I felt there would be a little dew later in the day. I feel we had the game in our hands when Hardik and Axar were batting. Credit goes to Adil Rashid, he bowled really well. That's why he is a world-class bowler. He didn't allow us to rotate the strike," Suryakumar said during the post-match presentation. "I feel you always learn something from a T20 game. I felt when we were bowling around 127/8 to 170, I think that was too much at the end. We've got to learn from the batting point of view. Got to go back to the drawing board and learn from

SA20: Capitals sink Joburg to keep themselves alive in race to playoffs

A rejuvenated Pretoria Capitals registered a six-wicket bonus point victory over Joburg Super Kings to remain in the race for the SA20 playoff berth here. The Capitals restricted the Super Kings to a paltry 99 for 9 and then eased past the target losing just four wickets for a crucial win. With this win, the Capitals moved up to 14 points - just one point behind the fourth-placed Super Kings on 15. The captain's armband was also passed to Kyle Verreynne after Rilee Rossouw withdrew due to the birth of his child. Knowing that only a victory would keep their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs alive, the Capitals produced their most clinical performance of the season thus far. Will Jacks set the tone with the ball, conceding just two runs from his two overs in the Powerplay, which was just the confidence booster the Capitals required. Super Kings, on the other hand, were unable to set any form of a platform, especially after the in-form Devon Conway was forced to leave the field i

Best cricketer to umpire: All you need to know about the 2024 ICC Awards

India's Jasprit Bumrah was named men's cricketer and men's Test cricketer of the year, while his countryman Arshdeep Singh was named ICC men's T20I cricketer of the year

IND vs ENG HIGHLIGHTS, 3rd T20: Duckett, Livingstone stars as England thrash India in Rajkot

India vs England 3rd T20 highlights: Varun Chakravarthy was India's star in the bowling with his five wickets haul in Rajkot

IND vs ENG 3rd T20: Pitch report and key stats of Rajkot cricket stadium

Rajkot's Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium will be hosting its first T20 international match since 2023 on Tuesday

IND vs ENG 3rd T20 Playing 11: England unchanged for do-or-die game

England are trailing 0-2 in the five-match T20 series against India and need to win all three remaining games to win the series

IND vs ENG: Mark Wood says English team is not worried about leaking runs

England have failed to defend their total twice in the first two T20s against India in the ongoing series

Pacers run riot as Joburg Super Kings secure bonus-point win vs Sunrisers

Pacers Lutho Sipamla and Hardus Vijoen ripped through the Sunrises Eastern Cape to drive Joburg Super Kings to a comprehensive nine-wicket bonus point victory in their SA20 match here. After all the rain the Highveld has experienced the past weeks, the Super Kings fans streamed through the turnstiles at the Wanderers to take in the perfect summer's day to support their team. The yellow whistles bristling around the Bullring had an immediate effect with Sipamla (3/13) gaining the ultimate redemption. After the young fast bowler over-stepped at St George's Park on Friday evening when he clean bowled Zak Crawley with the first ball of the innings, Sipamla followed it up on Sunday by having the England Test batter caught at slip this time. It was the perfect start for both Sipamla and the Super Kings. With his confidence restored, the fast bowler charged in and claimed a second wicket when Tom Abell chopped on to his stumps to leave the Sunrisers reeling at 0/2 after the first over. F

India vs England HIGHLIGHTS, 2nd T20: Tilak Varma's masterclass help India sink England in Chennai

India vs England 2nd T20 highlights: Tilak Varma scored fighting 72 not-out off 55 balls to help India go 2-0 up in the 5 match series