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Captain Faf du Plessis was quite clear in his assessment that South Africa fell at least 10 runs short of a defendable total against West Indies at Nagpur

Winning a close-run, low-scoring game against South Africa on a difficult Nagpur pitch has shown West Indies that they can handle pressure, Marlon Samuels has said

Legspinner Ish Sodhi has credited his partnership with left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner in domestic cricket, with Northern Districts, for their success in the World T20

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has rubbished all talks of rift in his side, and has urged everybody to not let these notions take away from the fact that Pakistan have not been playing good cricket

ESPNcricinfo previews the Group 1 encounter between England and Sri Lanka

With a semi-final spot on the line, West Indies captain Darren Sammy opted to bowl against South Africa in Nagpur, a decision he took because he did not know what to expect from the Nagpur surface

On the eve of a critical contest that will make or break England's hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the World T20, Joe Root has said that the side are yet to play their best cricket in the tournament

Sri Lanka's batting has been brittle, and they're missing their finisher with the ball, but T20 wits, they hope, will be enough to put them into the semi-final as they face off against England

Bangladesh, coming off a heart-breaking loss, will look to claim their first win in the Super 10s against New Zealand, the form side of the tournament

Australia have arrived as a force at the World Twenty20, just in time to wave goodbye to Pakistan, as they completed a 21-run win in Mohali

Paul Farbrace, England's assistant coach, has admitted the team had put in a disappointing batting display against Afghanistan but praised the application that allowed them to emerge with a 15-run win in Delhi

Two days before Nagpur was set to host a World T20 match between South Africa and West Indies, the pitch for the game was switched

Watson's IPL and PSL experience makes him the key against Pakistan and India, and if Australia are dreaming of giving him a fairytale ending, Watson himself will have a big part to play

The forced absence of Chris Gayle from the batting crease against Sri Lanka has given West Indies a batting-order puzzle to solve ahead of Friday's clash against South Africa in Nagpur

If West Indies win in Nagpur, they're through to the last four of the World T20 and South Africa's journey there becomes that much harder

Shane Watson has announced his retirement from international cricket, 14 years to the day after he first played for Australia

Net run-rate could be just as important as the result when Australia meet Pakistan in Mohali

India captain MS Dhoni says his side's ability to stay calm under intense pressure was a key factor in escaping with a one-run win over Bangladesh

Mashrafe Mortaza has rallied around the batsmen who took Bangladesh close, but lost their wickets as a win against India was within their grasp

India's captain MS Dhoni has said that the plan for the last ball was to hit a back of a length, instead of bowling a yorker, in the hosts' one-run win against Bangladesh