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Former New Zealand captain Ross Taylor compared India’s Virat Kohli with football icons Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, saying he is up there with those two. Ronaldo and Messi are widely considered two of the greatest players of all time due to the unmatched success they achieved on the field during their illustrious careers. Meanwhile, Kohli has been reaching new heights since making his debut with India in cricket. Aside from their on-field achievement, Ronaldo and Messi have been vanquishing the social world as well as the Portuguese is the most followed person on Instagram with 630 million supporters while the Argentine is positioned second with 503 million adherents. Kohli has 269 million devotees on Instagram, the fifteenth generally on the planet in front of any semblance of Neymar Junior, LeBron James, Kylian Mbappe and other prestigious competitors. Taylor, who addressed the Dark Covers in 450 global matches, accepted that Kohli was on similar level as Ronaldo and M

Pakistan will lock horns with England in the fourth and final T20I of the series on Thursday at the Kennington Oval in London. According to Pakistan Standard Time, the match will begin at 10:30pm (which is 5:30pm GMT). However, the weather forecast isn’t ideal ahead of the fourth T20I since there is a 71 percent chance of rain tomorrow in Kennington. The third T20I between Pakistan and England at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, was also called off due to the rain yesterday. England lead the series 1-0 after triumphing in the second T20I on Saturday by 23 runs. The first match in Leeds was also washed out on May 22 without a ball being bowled. This is the last series for both sides before the T20 World Cup 2024, which will begin in the United States and West Indies from June 1. England are the defending T20 World Cup champions after beating Pakistan in the final in 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Meanwhile, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has provided t

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh, and Nepal are placed in Group D By Web Desk May 28, 2024 Excitement builds as Group D gears up for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, with teams from South Africa, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh, and Nepal ready to compete for cricket glory. The tournament, scheduled to commence on June 1, will witness thrilling encounters exclusively held in the United States of America (USA), alongside co-hosts the West Indies. Sri Lanka and South Africa will feature in the first Group D match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on June 3. Here’s a look at the complete squads for each team in Group D: South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs. Sri Lanka: Wanindu Ha

Indian Head Association last, Chennai Sunrisers Hyderabad 113 full scale (18.3 overs): Cummins 24 (19); Russell 3-19, Starc 2-14 Kolkata Knight Riders 114-2 (10.3 overs): Venkatesh 52* (26), Gurbaz 39 (32) Kolkata Knight Riders win by eight wickets Scorecard Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Head Association after a pounding eight-wicket prevail upon Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last. Mitchell Starc set the vibe for a splendid KKR execution when he bowled Sunrisers opener Abhishek Sharma with a delight in the first finished. Sunrisers never recuperated and were bowled out for 113, the most reduced all out in an IPL last. Each KKR bowler took a wicket with Andre Russell guaranteeing 3-19 and Starc and Harshit Rana getting two each. Venkatesh Iyer then blitzed an unbeaten 52 from 26 balls in a stand of 91 with Rahmanullah Gurbaz as Shreyas Iyer's side hustled to their objective in 10.3 overs. Having completed top of the gathering, triumph in Chennai gets a third IPL

Bunch A Canada Saad Container Zafar (commander), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Unforgiving Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva. Holds: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar. India Rohit Sharma (commander), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Gasp, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj. Holds: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan. Gasp to make India return at T20 World Cup Ireland Paul Stirling (commander), Imprint Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Close to nothing, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Exhaust, Ben White, Craig Youthful. Adair named