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Virat Kohli struck an unbeaten 55 off only 37 balls to lead India to an 11th victory over Pakistan in a World Cup match

England's victory over South Africa in Mumbai not only revived their prospects of reaching the World T20 semi-finals, but served up incontrovertible proof of the squad's commitment to fearless, no-consequences cricket

The rematch of the 2012 final is likely to devolve into West Indies' batsmen v Sri Lanka's bowlers and if that is the case, Angelo Mathews and his team would sorely miss the injured Lasith Malinga

Arafat Sunny and Taskin Ahmed have been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after an independent assessment found their bowling actions to be illegal

After letting England chase down a target of 230, South Africa will be desperate to get back to winning ways in the World T20 and keep qualification to the knockouts in their own hands

Sri Lanka have named legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay as Lasith Malinga's replacement, after a knee injury ruled the fast bowler out of the tournament on Friday

New Zealand quick Mitchell McClenaghan said after their eight-run win against Australia that they knew what lenghts to ball on, as early as two-three overs into the match

Australia captain Steven Smith has pulled up his batsmen as the cause for the team's eight-run defeat to New Zealand

Having been spun out in their opening match, India are under pressure to hit back and immediately lift their World T20 campaign when they face Pakistan in Kolkata on Saturday

England completed the second-highest successful chase in T20 internationals and the highest in World T20 history to keep their campaign alive

Lasith Malinga's knee injury has forced his return home from the World T20, a release from Sri Lanka Cricket said

New Zealand's Midas touch at this World Twenty20 continued in Dharamsala, where they took their tournament record to two wins from two matches with an eight-run victory over Australia

ESPNcricinfo previews the World T20 Group 1 match between England and South Africa

South Africa's T20I captain Faf du Plessis believes his team is in a good space heading into the World T20, thanks mainly to the form of AB de Villiers, and the familiarity of the conditions at the Wankhede Stadium

A calmly compiled 56-ball 83 from Tillakaratne Dilshan steered Sri Lanka to a heart-rate-steadying six-wicket win in their opening match of the World T20, but not before Afghanistan reminded them and the rest of Group 1 that they belonged in the Super 10s

Crouching behind the stumps at the Wankhede on Wednesday, Jos Buttler had a bat's eye view of Chris Gayle at his brazen best

Having survived a spitting cobra in Nagpur, New Zealand will be asked to do more thinking and acting on their feet when they meet "big brothers" Australia in Dharamsala

Tim Southee won New Zealand a thriller the last time they met Australia in a T20I six years ago, but now, the stakes are almost as high as the altitude as they face off in a crucial encounter in Dharamsala

The word most often heard leading into Australia's World T20 campaign is "flexibility", and Steven Smith is sticking to that sort of game plan on the eve of their first game

West Indies coach Phil Simmons likened Chris Gayle's destructive batting to that of Viv Richards and said Gayle was "up there with Sir Vivian" in tearing apart bowling attacks