India enter final of Emerging T20
New Delhi: Defending champions India cruised into the final of the Twenty20 leg of the Emerging Players Tournament, defeating Australian Institute of Sports and South Africa in their first two matches in Brisbane, reports our correspondent.
While in their first game, India eked out a narrow two-run victory over AIS, the Parthiv Patel-led side defeated South Africa by a comfortable 102-run margin in the next match.
Against AIS, India rode on Shikhar Dhawan’s 37-ball 58 to post a competitive 168/4 in their alloted 20 overs after winning the toss and deciding to bat.
With a defendable total on board, pacer Jaydev Unadkat (3/33) then impressed with the new ball to restrict the Australian side to 166/5.
‘Inzy to blame for Pak batting woes’
Karachi: Pakistan’s former Test captain, Aamir Sohail feels the country’s most capped player Inzamam-ul Haq is responsible for the dearth of quality batsmen in the national team.
Sohail said by the time Inzamam retired he had disturbed the national team and left them facing numerous problems. “When Imran Khan retired, he left behind a pack of quality bowlers, when Javed Miandad retired he left behind a legacy of good batsmen but when Inzamam retired he left nothing,” Sohail said.
Sohail said during Inzamam’s tenure as captain, no batsman was allowed to settle down or groomed to take over when the big guns retired. “Good players like Yasir Hameed, Asim Kamal, Faisal Iqbal, Taufiq Umar or Hasan Reza who had done well in the chances given to them were never allowed to settle in the team and establish themselves.”
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