South Africa pipped Afghanistan in the semifinal to their historic journey in the tournament while India outplayed defending champions England in the semifinal to eye their first World Cup title since 2011.
26-year-old Sukhjit Singh Sukha, resident of Jawandpur village of Mianwind under Tarn Taran district, has been selected in the Indian hockey team participating in the Olympic Games to be held in Paris in July.
India will host South Africa for a one-off women's Test match, starting on Friday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The one-off Test is part of South Africa's all-format tour of India, which began with a three-match ODI series that ended 3-0 in Favour of the hosts.
Team India will face England in the semi-final of T-20 World Cup today at Providence Stadium in Guyana. Rain has stopped in Guyana now. It is 6 am there.
South Africa defeated Afghanistan and made it to the T20 World Cup final. South Africa has reached the World Cup final for the first time. The team's stigma of being a choker has also been removed. South Africa has been eliminated from the semi-finals of ODIs 5 times and T20 World Cups 2 times.
Proteas, on the other hand, have overcome a seven-game winless streak in the semifinals of any ICC Cricket World Cup and are set to play either India or England in a historic final.
Citing personal reasons, Chris Silverwood has resigned from the post of head coach of Sri Lanka cricket team, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced on Thursday.
The second semi-final of the T20 World Cup is to be played between India and England in Guyana on 27 June. This match will be held at Providence Stadium in Guyana on 27 June at 8 pm according to Indian time.
