Opening batsman Rohit Sharma hit a blistering 74 to set up India’s first win at the Twenty20 World Cup with a 66-run drubbing of Afghanistan on Wednesday as Virat Kohli’s team avoided a shock early exit.

Bangladesh created history when they clinched their first-ever series win over Australia last August at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Opening batsman Rohit Sharma hit a blistering 74 to set up India’s first win at the Twenty20 World Cup with a 66-run drubbing of Afghanistan on Wednesday as Virat Kohli’s team avoided a shock early exit.

Rohit Sharma smashed 74 and Ravichandran Ashwin returned figures of 2-14 as India hammered Afghanistan by 66 runs to stay alive at the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul hammered half-centuries to guide India to a towering 210 for two in a must-win Twenty20 World Cup match against Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Martin Guptill hit 93 and became only the second man to pass 3,000 Twenty20 International runs as New Zealand defeated Scotland by 16 runs at the World Cup on Wednesday.

Australia were a different side when they crashed to their first T20 series loss to Bangladesh in August and are not expecting a repeat of their troubles when they face the south Asians in the World Cup, spinner Ashton Agar said.

A ruthless New Zealand will be eyeing to strengthen their semifinal chances with a solid knockout punch on an already struggling Scotland in a Group 2 Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup in Dubai today.

There was no fighting instinct or glimpse of self-confidence as a sorry-looking Bangladesh team continued their poor run in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup with a fourth consecutive defeat in the super 12 stage

India are in dire straits heading into their third match of the T20 World Cup against a feisty Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi today.

Bangladesh’s poor performances in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup have raised many questions about the methods that the team management employed to improve in the shortest format of the game.

Pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada stood out with figures of 3-20 to help South Africa boost their semi-final hopes at the Twenty20 World Cup with a six-wicket win over Bangladesh yesterday.

The result was familiar and so was the post-match press conference as a sorry looking Taskin Ahmed walked in with a tense face to address the media after the Tigers crashed to their fourth consecutive defeat in the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

A seemingly landslide turnover by the Bangladeshi supporters in the Tigers’ first three games of the Super 12 stage saw a significant dip when it came to the fourth and penultimate game against South Africa at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

From 22 for no loss to getting bundled out for a meagre 84 in 18.2 overs -- the entire scenario brought back memories of the regular batting woes of Bangladesh in the early 2000s. This happened in Abu Dhabi yesterday in a game that the Tigers lost to South Africa by six wickets, officially ending Bangladesh’s bid for their maiden T20 World Cup semifinal quest with still a game remaining.

Pakistan became the first team to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals after beating Namibia by 45 runs, with brilliant half centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Babar Azam in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Pakistan became the first team to qualify for the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final with a comfortable 45-run win over Namibia in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

After yet another frustrating performance from Bangladesh in the ongoing T20 World Cup, this time against South Africa, a defeat which saw them succumb to their fourth successive loss in the Super 12 stage, captain Mahmudullah Riyad felt that their World Cup story could have been different if they had clinched the two close matches against Sri Lanka and West Indies respectively.

Bangladesh’s hopes of making it to their maiden semifinal of a T20 World Cup ended after Mahmudullah Riyad’s men suffered a six-wicket defeat against South Africa in their fourth Super 12 stage game of the marquee event in Abu Dhabi today. 

Bangladesh in spiralling further into trouble with Mahmudullah Riyad having departed after scoring three of nine balls as the bouncer from Anrich Nortje brought the Tiger’s skipper’s downfall.