Cricket

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021

Men in blue will wear new jersey for the T20 World Cup which which kick-start from 17 October. They will begin their campaign against Pakistan on October 24.

icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-17-oct-2021

BCCI announces Team India's new jersey for T20 World Cup

2007 World Cup winning member Piyush Chawla in an exclusive interview with Sports Tak said that the upcoming India-Pakistan clash in the T20 World Cup should go ahead despite the prevailing political tensions between the two countries as the match falls under the ICC commitment.

India-Pakistan match should go on, says Piyush Chawla 

Amazon driver, Chris Greaves becomes a world cup star in T20 World Cup 2021.

Amazon driver becomes a world cup star

Watch how legends of India and Pakistan unite off-field

India vs Pakistan: Watch how legends unite off-field

Michael Vaughan gives bold statement on Dhoni ahead of the T20 World Cup in UAE.

Michael Vaughan gives bold statement on Dhoni

World Champions Harbhajan Singh, Sunil Gavaskar and Wasim Akram give their analysis, share X-factors and predict playing XIs for high-voltage India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 clash

IND vs PAK T20 World Cup 2021: Harbhajan, Gavaskar, Akram predict their playing XI

Indian fast bowlers will shine, believe Shoaib and Harbhajan

Whoever keeps their calm will win the Ind-Pak clash

Aaqib Javed's special advice to Pak team to dismiss Virat-Rohit ahead of T20 World Cup clash in UAE.

Aaqib Javed's special advice to Pak team to dismiss Virat-Rohit

Sunrisers Hyderabad speedster Umran Malik to join team India as a net bowler after his good performance in IPL 2021 in UAE.

Sunrisers Hyderabad speedster Umran Malik to join team India as a net bowler

Shoaib Malik is included in Pakistan team for T20 World Cup in place of Sohaib Maqsood who is recovering from a Back Injury.

Shoaib Malik included in Pakistan team for T20 World Cup

Afghanistan Cricket Board Chairman Azizullah Fazli has revealed the team's departure plan for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE. Afghanistan will leave on Wednesday as per Fazli and the players will join Rashid Khan and Mohammed Nabi, who are already playing in the IPL 2021 in the UAE. 

ACB's chairman reveals Afghanistan's plan to reach the T20 World Cup

With just ten-days remaining for the ICC T20 World Cup, which begins from October 17, ICC has put out a post on Twitter in which West Indies T20 captain Kieron Pollard has picked his five T20 players whom he would pick in a World T20 Cup XI. The list names just one Indian, MS Dhoni. 

Pollard names his Top-5 players in T20 cricket, Dhoni the only Indian 

India’s head coach Ravi Shastri has reached Dubai ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup, which begins from October 17 in the UAE. 

 Shastri reaches UAE for the T20 World Cup 

Former Australian Test cricketer Michael Slater has been arrested in Sydney on Wednesday for domestic violence allegations. 
According to reports, the 51-year-old has been arrested in connection with an alleged incident that occurred last week. 

Former Australian cricketer Michael Slater arrested 

Star off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and former pacer-turn ICC match referee Javagal Srinath have been awarded life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), joining 16 other cricketers who received the top honour this year. 


Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath awarded MCC life membership

Piyush Chawla reveals the Formula to win the T2O World Cup 

Piyush Chawla reveals the Formula to win the T20 World Cup

Hardy Sandhu sings 'Chak de India' ahead of Pakistan clash.

Hardy Sandhu sings 'Chak de India' ahead of Pakistan clash

Afghanistan's head coach Lance Klusener has praised Taliban, saying they have been “extremely supportive” of the Afghan national cricket team and wish to promote cricket in the country. “The Taliban are all for promoting and supporting cricket by all accounts they’re very happy for us to continue and have been extremely supportive. It’s a huge, huge change for the country, for the people. It’s going to take a little bit of time for everyone to find their feet,” Klusener told AFP. Apart from that, the former South African all-rounder shared his plans with the Afghanistan team, revealing that his troops are preparing to leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as soon as possible. Furthermore, he believes they are fortunate that their players have played in numerous leagues across the world. The 50-year-old also believes that Afghanistan has the strongest spin attack in the world and that they will pose a significant challenge to opponents, particularly if the spinners get some help from the track. “We were planning at least a month’s camp (in the UAE) but we are still waiting for visas, so that’s not going to happen. We will try to get there as soon as we can,” Klusener said “We’re lucky that quite a few of our guys play in T20 leagues in various places. I think we’ve got the best spin attack in the world. We will be asking questions of any team we play, especially if there is a little bit of turn available,” he added. Along with India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the other two qualifying teams, Afghanistan are in the second group of T20 World Cup 2021. They will begin their campaign against one of the qualifying teams on October 25.

‘Taliban is thoroughly supporting us’: Lance Klusener

The Sri Lankan cricket team has added five more players to their T20 World Cup squad. The Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) made this announcement today i.e., September 30, 2021. Pathum Nissanka, Minod Bhanuka, Ashen Bandara, Lakshan Sandakan, and Ramesh Mendis are the five players who have been added to the original squad of the Lankan team. Lahiru Madusanka who was previously included in the team has been omitted from the squad as he is recovering from an injury. The team will begin their T20 World Cup campaign against Namibia in the first round of World Cup.&nbsp;Few omissions Dasun Shanka has been named as the captain of the Sri Lankan side. There are not many changes that have been made in the squad. Three players Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka, and Niroshan Dickwella have been left out from the squad as they were banned for breaching the COVID-19 protocols in England earlier this July. Bhanuka, who was keeping wickets in absence of Kusal Perera couldn’t make it into the main World Cup squad. They have also named four reserves who will travel with the squad as injury cover – Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, and Pulina Tharanga. Sri Lanka World Cup squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Dhananjaya De Silva, Kusal Janith Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Pathum Nissanka, Minod Bhanuka, Ashen Bandara, Lakshan Sandakan, and Ramesh Mendis.

Sri Lanka add 5 more players to their T20 World Cup squad

Get the latest ICC Men's T20 World Cup live score, ICC Men's T20 World Cup schedule and ICC Men's T20 World Cup latest news only on thesportstak

Get the Latest News on ICC Men's T20 World Cup - thesportstak

IND vs NZ 2nd T20I

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I

Dynamic Banner

Duleep Trophy, 2026

Pakistan tour of England, 2026

Women's Asia Cup T20, 2026

India tour of Afghanistan, 2026

Asian Games Men’s T20I, 2026

Asian Games Women's Cricket Competition, 2026

South Africa and Zimbabwe tour of Namibia, 2026

ACC Men's Premier Cup, 2026

Australia tour of Zimbabwe, 2026

Ireland tour of Namibia, 2026

Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh tour of UAE, 2026

India tour of Japan, 2026

Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan, 2026

England and Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan, 2026

South Africa tour of Namibia, 2026

Ranji Trophy, 2026/27

India tour of New Zealand, 2026

Zimbabwe Women tour of India, 2026

West Indies tour of India, 2026

Australia tour of South Africa, 2026

Sri Lanka tour of England, 2026

Featured League

IND vs NZ 1st T20I

Insights

Editor's Choice

India tour of New Zealand 2026

IND vs NZ: Despite being in the extremely early stages of his international career, young Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already experienced the full spectrum of top-flight cricket, ranging from prolonged stints on the bench to sudden, high-pressure batting slumps

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell for just 4 runs off 8 balls in the second T20I against New Zealand

For a change, he had to bat at no.3, but it didn't turn out well for sure

India's explosive batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in this frame. (Getty)

Why Sooryavanshi has failed to translate his IPL heroics to International cricket?

IPL 2026

Mumbai Indians' have appointed Kieron Pollard as head coach after the departure of Mahela Jayawardene ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027

Kieron Pollard has become Mumbai Indians' new head coach ahead of IPL 2027

Pollard's appointment came after the departure of Mahela Jayawardene

Mumbai Indians' head coach Keiron Pollard in this frame. (Getty)

Kieron Pollard replaces Mahela Jayawardene as Mumbai Indians' head coach, bowlin

India rode on Tilak Varma's lightning 26-ball 51 to eke out a riveting four-wicket victory against New Zealand in the second T20I to take 2-0 lead in the series

India got the better of New Zealand by four wickets in the second T20I

With this India took a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series

India's Tilak Varma (R) and Nitish Kumar Reddy celebrate after help India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets in 2nd T20I. (Getty)

Tilak turns match on its head as India pull off 4-wkt win over NZ in 2nd T20I

India's star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the third T20I against New Zealand as well due to a low grade right adductor strain

After missing the 2nd T20I, Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the 3rd T20I vs New Zealand as well

Ishan Kishan suffered a low grade right adductor strain during first T20I against New Zealand

India's star wickekeeper-batter Ishan Kishan in this frame. (Getty)

Trouble mounts for India, Ishan Kishan ruled out of 3rd T20I vs New Zealand too

Kumar Kushagran has been added to India's squad as Ishan Kishan's cover for the second T20I against New Zealand, which is slated to be played on October 24 

Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the second T20I against New Zealand due to injury

Kumar Kushagra has been announced as Ishan Kishan's injury cover for the second T20I

India's star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan in this frame. (Getty)