June 27, Evening Brief: Today's top news and headlines from the cricketing world

1. Virender Sehwag urges team India to win T20 World Cup in honour of Rahul Dravid

 Dravid joined coaching and achieved enormous success as the head coach of the U19 Indian team but the same didn’t transpire when he joined the senior squad (Read More)

2. T20 World Cup 2024: Jonathan Trott analyses Afghanistan’s campaign, hopes to learn from semi-final loss

The former England cricketer want more consistency from the batters in the future and that is one area he promised to work on (Read More)

3. ‘We've got a squad to cover it’ - Matthew Mott analyses England’s preparation ahead of India clash

England will feel that they will have a point to prove in the semis as they had a horrid campaign in the ODI World Cup 2023, where they were eliminated in the group stages (Read More)

4. 'I feel Moeen Ali is a player who can trouble us' - Aakash Chopra thinks all-rounder might be potential threat to India in semi-final

Chopra believed that Ali's crafty off-spin could be particularly effective against the Indian batting lineup, comprising a total of six left-handers (Read More)

5. England could actually go with four spinners against India in semi-final: Paul Collingwood

Collingwood feels that Adil Rashid has been absolutely valuable for them in the tournament so far and with the spinner being a sure shot in the XI (Read More)

6. We enjoyed this tournament, we will accept playing semi-final and losing to a top side like South Africa: Rashid Khan

Getting bundled out for just 56 runs, Afghanistan failed to defend the meagre total as they lost the game by nine wickets, and South Africa made it to the summit clash (Read More)

7. 'Pretty happy that we're not playing here again' - Markram glad to skip Trinidad pitch for final

Markram expressed relief that the final will be played at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, as the Trinidad pitch posed significant challenges due to its uneven bounce (Read More)

8. Avoid soccer model, prioritise international cricket over franchise leagues: Ross Taylor

Taylor, who has played more than 100 matches for New Zealand in every format, feels the international cricket is suffering because of the leagues (Read More)

9. 'Bowlers have been incredible for us throughout this competition' - Aiden Markram after South Africa's T20 WC final qualification

In the first semi-final against Afghanistan, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, and Anrich Nortje reduced their opponents to 28 for 6 in 6.3 overs, with Tabraiz Shamsi taking three wickets to ensure an easy run chase for his side (Read More)

10. 'Not the pitch that you want to have World Cup semi-final on' - Jonathan Trott on Trinidad surface as Afghanistan crash out of T20 WC

The South African bowlers capitalized on the pitch's uneven bounce and lateral seam movement, making it difficult for Afghan batters to settle in (Read More)