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Hi everyone, I’m back after a couple weeks away — partly because of the holidays, partly because the trailer selection just wasn’t very good. (I’m sorry, I couldn’t post another Cats trailer). I got to watch a few things during the break though, with the biggest being Joker.
There’s something incredible about indie filmmaking styles now being so mainstream that a major comic book movie is able to emulate them. All of Joker feels this way to an extent, but the clearest moments are the occasional sequences that have the camera floating close beside a silent, emotional Joaquin Phoenix, in the oddest of homages to Terrence Malick. I love how the filmmakers are trying to apply that vibe here, but it’s just way too hard to make that kind of...
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This is the third international fixture at the state-of-the-art Greenfield Stadium and has been a lucky venue for India as they have won both the matches they have played.
Only Aima Aishath managed to get off the mark for Maldives with the extras outscoring everyone. Aima scored 1 and the extras totalled 7.
After a convincing win against West Indies in the first T20I, India's attentions turns to the second T20I in Trivandrum. Kohli from the looks of it is pretty sure about his playing XI as they build up to the World Cup.
Bairstow, who has played 69 Tests, was left out of the recent Test tour of New Zealand but was named in the 17-man squad.
After a convincing victory in Hyderabad by six wickets, India would like to continue the winning run in the second T20I on Sunday too, and pocket the series too. West Indies have a lot at stake and a loss here could dent the confidence of no.10 ranked team even further.
In the 16th over, Sundar dropped Shimron Hetmyer on 44, who then went on to score his maiden half-century in T20Is. In the same over, Rohit dropped West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard on 24, who went on to hit 37 off 19 balls.
Fawad has been in great form in recent times. In the ongoing first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he has so far scored four centuries playing for Sindh.
Kohli said that he doesn't wish to change his batting much, even though he did make it clear that he doesn't wish for youngsters to copy how he went over the top in trying to get the scoreboard moving in the first half of his innings.
India captain Virat Kohli bettered his personal best in the shortest format of the game to lead his team to a memorable six-wicket win over the West Indies in the first T20I of the series.
With the IPL auction coming up, the likes of Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran will no doubt look to continue their big hitting, as will Brandon King, the highest scorer of CPL 2019.
England off-spinner Moeen Ali, who was dropped from the team one match into the Ashes series earlier this year due to an extended period of bad form in the longest format is set to be excluded from the squad for the upcoming South Africa Test series as well.
The 29-year-old was instrumental in the club's maiden T20 title win back in 2015, finishing as the joint-leading wicket-taker in the competition, alongside team mate Stephen Parry.
On this day in 2015, India were made to toil hard on the field for victory, courtesy of defiant efforts from Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers.
Play was suspended indefinitely Saturday during a domestic game due to a dangerous pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, just weeks before it is due to host the traditional Boxing Day Test.
Cricket Australia (CA) is set to request the BCCI to agree for more than one Day/Night Test during India's 2021 tour Down Under but Indian Board chief Sourav Ganguly on Friday said such a proposal would be a "bit too much".
Pakistan's Test skipper Azhar Ali has said that the loss to Australia has hurt the pride of the team and there was no excuse to offer for the way that the hosts demolished them.
On Friday evening, Rahul scored 62 off 40 deliveries at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium and became the joint third fastest to score 1,000 T20I runs -- reaching the milestone in 29 innings.
Indian captain Virat Kohli was involved in some banter-filled exchanges with West Indies' Kesrick Williams during the first T20I between the teams at Hyderabad on Friday, when he imitated the latter's famous 'notebook' celebration.
The first T20I between India and West Indies at Hyderabad on Friday marked the start of front-foot no-balls being monitored by the third umpire instead of the on-field umpire. The International Cricket Council (ICC) made the announcement on Thursday.
