Champions West Indies believe they can bounce back from their two consecutive Super 12 defeats when they clash against Bangladesh in their must-win Twenty20 World Cup match in Sharjah, batsman Nicholas Pooran said on Thursday.

After falling to defeats in their first two Super 12 matches, Bangladesh’s third game against the West Indies today is perhaps their biggest opportunity to regroup and make a comeback in the ICC T20 World Cup.

Opener David Warner struck form with an attacking 65 to help Australia to their second successive victory in the Twenty20 World Cup with a seven-wicket thrashing of Sri Lanka on Thursday.

South African star Quinton de Kock has apologised for refusing to take the knee in his team's Twenty20 World Cup match and said he would be "happy" to do it.

West Indies fast bowler Obed McCoy has been ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup with a right shin injury, the country's cricket board (CWI) said on Wednesday.

England raced to a second successive victory at the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket drubbing of Bangladesh yesterday in the two nations’ first ever meeting in the format.

Quinton de Kock’s refusal to take the knee at the T20 World Cup, despite the potential cost to his career, divided opinion in South Africa on Wednesday and highlighted persistent concerns about racism in sport.

Two consecutive boundaries from Liton Das to Moeen Ali in the first over of the Bangladesh innings provided hope to fans in the Tigers’ second Super 12 game against England at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

On a day when Bangladesh were totally outplayed and had their limitations in terms of skill and execution completely exposed by a quality England side, the captain or coach of the losing party would have been expected to face the media.

Bangladesh’s six-run defeat against Scotland in the opening game of the qualifying stage came as a shock while the defeat to Sri Lanka in first the Super 12 game was perhaps a result of lack of execution and poor fielding.

A stunning opening burst from seamer Ruben Trumpelmann and an unbeaten 32 by JJ Smit down the order helped Namibia secure a nervy four-wicket win over Scotland in their Group I encounter in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s skilful all-round display against New Zealand on Tuesday, their 14th consecutive win at UAE, was no coincidence for the cricketing fraternity who are aware of what Pakistan historically brings to the game.

Former champions Sri Lanka will look to exploit Australia’s top-order woes when they clash in a group 1 Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup on Thursday.

As both India and New Zealand were comprehensively beaten by Pakistan in their T20 World Cup openers on October 24 and October 26, respectively, the upcoming encounter between the two sides thus becomes a potential do-or-die affair in order to stay in contention for a place in the semifinals.

JJ Smit stood unbeaten on 32 as Namibia beat Scotland by four wickets in their first ever Super 12 match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.

England's red-hot form in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup is further evidence of how far their white-ball cricket has grown in the recent years, captain Eoin Morgan said after their eight-wicket romp against Bangladesh on Wednesday.

A fifty from opener Jason Roy and an overall dominant batting display helped England romp to an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their second Super 12 stage encounter in Abu Dhabi today. 

Rashid Khan remains Afghanistan’s original spin king, but Mujeeb Ur Rahman has emerged from his shadow as a rising star to make an instant impact at the Twenty20 World Cup.

South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen takes the knee before their match against West Indies show solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement.

South Africa hammered holders West Indies by eight wickets in a game overshadowed by Proteas star Quinton de Kock’s refusal to take the knee prior to Tuesday’s Twenty20 World Cup clash.