Journalist Paul Gorst has shared an injury boost regarding Liverpool midfielder Fabio Carvalho before they play Napoli in the Champions League in midweek.
The Lowdown: Limped off
The 20-year-old limped off in the 0-0 draw away to Everton on Saturday and was replaced by Roberto Firmino at half-time.
It was a shame for the youngster, in whom Jurgen Klopp put plenty of faith by playing him in the Merseyside derby from the start, and now all eyes will be on whether he will be able to play a part in Naples on Wednesday night.
The Latest: Positive Carvalho update
Taking to Twitter, Gorst shared some comments from Klopp after the game regarding Carvalho, with the Liverpool manager claiming that the youngster ‘should be ok’ despite a ‘dead leg’ which was ‘painful’.
The German said of the 20-year-old: “He got a dead leg, and it was painful, but he should be ok.”
The Verdict: Boost for Liverpool
It is certainly a boost for Liverpool and their supporters to hear that Carvalho should be fine after what looked at first to be a serious injury, having been forced off at half-time.
The 20-year-old has made a bright start to his Reds career, scoring two goals in his opening six matches in the Premier League (injuries piling up in the middle of the park, he has suddenly become an important squad player.
Nonetheless, the Reds will be hoping that Carvalho can now play some part in their Champions League opener away to Napoli in midweek.
Mais novo reforço do Flamengo, Léo Ortiz chega com moral ao Rio de Janeiro e pode bater recorde que pertence a Gamarra, fora dos gramados. Considerando o valor fixo já pago ao Red Bull Bragantino e as metas bônus estipuladas no acordo, a contratação tem chance de se tornar o zagueiro mais caro da história do clube.
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Os 7 milhões de euros (R$ 37,6 milhões na cotação atual) pagos pelos para adquirir Léo Ortiz já fazem dele o terceiro da lista dos defensores mais caros do Flamengo. No entanto, caso o zagueiro conquiste títulos pelo Rubro-Negro, o clube tem de gastar mais 1 milhão de euros (R$ 5,3 milhões) como bônus ao Bragantino. Desta forma, o valor total da transferência chegaria aos R$ 43 milhões, superando as cifras corrigidas de Léo Pereira e Gamarra.
Líder da lista, Gamarra foi contratado pelo Flamengo em 2000, junto ao Atlético de Madrid. O Rubro-Negro pagou 5,6 milhões de dólares (R$ 10,1 milhões) para contar com o zagueiro paraguaio. Esse valor seria de R$ 42,5 milhões nos dias de hoje, com a correção pelo IPCA, índice oficial para calcular a inflação no Brasil.
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Segundo colocado no ranking, Léo Pereira foi adquirido do Athletico R$ 30,4 milhões, em janeiro de 2020. Em valores corrigidos, a negociação custaria R$ 38,8 milhões ao Flamengo em 2024.
Confira os 10 zagueiros mais caros da historia do Flamengo, segundo levantamento do site “ge”:
Gamarra: R$ 42,5 milhões (R$ 10,1 milhões em 2000)Léo Pereira: R$ 38,8 milhões (R$ 30,4 milhões em 2020)Léo Ortiz: R$ 37,6 milhões em 2024Rodrigo Caio:R$ 28,3 milhões (R$ 21,2 milhões em 2019)Pablo: R$ 18,9 milhões (R$ 17,3 milhões em 2022)Fabrício Bruno: R$ 16,6 milhões (R$ 15,1 milhões em 2022)Erazo: R$ 12,4 milhões (R$ 7 milhões em 2014)Alex Silva: R$ 11,2 milhões (R$ 5,5 milhões em 2011)Rhodolfo: R$ 9,4 milhões (R$ 6,7 milhões em 2017)Donatti: R$ 8,4 milhões (R$ 5,8 milhões em 2016)
تشهد كواليس تتويج النادي الأهلي بلقب دوري المرتبط لكرة السلة تطورات جديدة، بعدما أصبحت ترتيبات مراسم تسليم الجوائز محل نقاش داخل اتحاد اللعبة، خاصة بعد الأحداث الساخنة التي رافقت مواجهة النهائي أمام الاتحاد السكندري.
وعلم بطولات من مصدر داخل الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة أن مراسم تسليم درع دوري المرتبط والميداليات للنادي الأهلي تم تأجيلها رسميًا، بعد أن كان مقرراً تنظيمها اليوم، على أن يُحدَّد موعد جديد لاحقًا بالتنسيق بين مجلس إدارة الاتحاد ومسؤولي الأهلي، لضمان خروج الاحتفالية بالشكل المناسب.
وكان من المفترض أن يتسلم الأهلي الجوائز اليوم في صالة الجزيرة، بالتزامن مع بطولة إفريقيا للأندية للسيدات، قبل أن يقرر الاتحاد تعديل الترتيبات بسبب ظروف إدارية ترتبط بالحدث الأساسي.
جاء ذلك في الوقت الذي لا تزال فيه تبعات انسحاب الاتحاد السكندري من مباراة الإياب تلقي بظلالها على المشهد؛ إذ رفض الفريق السكندري خوض اللقاء المقرر إقامته بصالة الشباب والرياضة بمدينة 6 أكتوبر، اعتراضًا على قرار إخلاء المدرجات عقب الاشتباكات التي شهدتها مباراة المرتبط تحت 18 عامًا.
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وتعود تفاصيل الأزمة إلى اشتباكات اندلعت بعد نهاية مباراة الشباب، حين ألقى أحد لاعبي الاتحاد الكرة تجاه لاعبي الأهلي، ما أشعل مشادة قوية دفعت مسؤولي الاتحاد السكندري إلى الانسحاب من الصالة، بينما ظل الأهلي في الملعب حتى أُعلن انتهاء اللقاء بعد الانتظار 20 دقيقة وفق اللوائح.
وبناءً على انسحاب الاتحاد، أعلن اتحاد السلة فوز الأهلي باللقب بنتيجة 2-1 في مجموع المواجهات، بعدما حسم فريق المرتبط تحت 18 عامًا مباراتي الذهاب والإياب، في حين فاز الفريق الأول للاتحاد بمباراة الكبار.
وينتظر الأهلي الآن الموعد الجديد لمراسم التتويج الرسمية، وسط اهتمام جماهيري وإعلامي كبير بمعرفة ما ستسفر عنه الساعات المقبلة في ظل حالة الترقب التي تحيط بالبطولة منذ أحداث النهائي.
يثير جوليان ألفاريز مهاجم أتلتيكو مدريد والمنتخب الأرجنتيني الجدل حول مستقبله، حيث لم يجدد عقده ولكنه ليس هناك أي تسرع في إنهاء المفاوضات التمديد معه.
ويرتبط جوليان ألفاريز بعقد مع أتلتيكو مدريد حتى عام 2030، وكان قد أنضم لصفوف الروخي بلانكوس مقابل 75 مليون يورو من مانشستر يونايتد.
وسجل ألفاريز 29 هدفا وصنع 8 تمريرات حاسمة خلال 57 مباراة مع أتلتيكو مدريد، وأحرز هذا الموسم 9 أهداف وصنع 4 تمريرات حاسمة خلال 14 مباراة.
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ويعلم نادي أتلتيكو مدريد أن برشلونة وباريس سان جيرمان مهتمين بالحصول على خدما ألفاريز صاحب الـ25 عاماً، وتعزز أنباء عدم تمديد عقده من زيادة الشائعات حول مستقبله.
وعلق وكيل ألفاريز في تصريحات نشرتها “Frenchfootballweekly” حول هذه التكهنات :”لا شئ مما كتب صحيح، إنها مجرد تكهنات خيالية”.
وكسر الأرجنتيني صمته ليرد على اهتمام باريس سان جيرمان وبرشلونة: “بصراحة لا أعرف، أرى ما يقال في الشبكات الإخبارية، في إسبانيا هناك الكثير من الحديث عني وعن برشلونة”.
وأضاف :”عندما وقعت لاتلتيكو العام الماضي كان هناك حديث كبير عن باريس، صحيح أن مفاوضات جرت بين مسؤولي باريس ووكيلي، وأبدى الجميع اهتمامهم بي لكن لا شئ تم، حالياً أركز على أتلتيكو مدريد وسنقيم الوضع بنهاية الموسم”.
MacGregor stars again with the ball in tight victory over Bears at Chelmsford
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Sterre Kalis resisted for Bears but couldn’t overcome Essex•ECB via Getty Images
Essex’s batters came to the party as they overcame the weather and a late Sterre Kalis blitz to beat Warwickshire by 19 runs under the Duckworth Lewis Stern method at Chelmsford in the Vitality Blast women’s competition.Issy Macleod (44), Grace Scrivens (36) and an explosive 27 from Maddie Penna lifted the hosts to 154 for 4 in a game reduced to 14 overs-a-side by rain.Kalis plundered 52 in 23 balls in reply, but her pyrotechnics came too late as Esmae MacGregor (3 for 32) and Sophia Smale (2 for 13) helped restrict the visitors to 139 for 8.Scrivens survived a huge lbw shout first ball from Issy Wong, replays suggesting the England Lions’ captain from last winter was lucky to escape the dreaded umpire’s finger.The Essex skipper made good use of the reprieve, driving and sweeping forcefully to clock up eight boundaries in quick time, At the other end Lauren Winfield-Hill’s sumptuous straight drive helped raise the 50-partnerhip in 31 balls.Charis Pavely ended the fun, luring Scrivens down the pitch to be stumped by Abi Freeborn. The batter hadn’t reached the pavilion before a cloudburst drove the players from the field.When play resumed 80 minutes later, Winfield-Hill perished caught at square leg off Millie Taylor, but Penna caught the mood launching the night’s first six over the mid-wicket stand and adding four fours in a brutal 12-ball effort.Even when she fell to Katie George’s boundary catch, Macleod smote five fours as 57 came off the last four overs.Davina Perrin, fresh from her 87 against Durham on Sunday, set the tone for the chase, pulling the first ball for four, and plundering three more boundaries from the next over bowled by Scriven.One shot too many saw her hole out at mid-on off Kate Coppack, but Essex missed out on a second scalp in the powerplay when Wong, promoted up the order was reprieved on 11, a skier dropped at mid-off by Scrivens. The drop didn’t prove expensive with the England all-rounder caught soon afterwards from the bowling of the in-form MacGregor who scattered the stumps of the dangerous Laura Harris later in the same over.Sterre Kalis played the knock of the night, twice clearing the ropes as she raced to 50 with five fours and two sixes, but by the time she became one of two late wickets for Sophia Smale from the game’s penultimate ball, the cause was lost.
تحدث الدولي البرازيلي روبرتو فيرمينو، لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي السد القطري الحالي وليفربول السابق عن فينيسيوس جونيور وأهمية كارلو أنشيلوتي لمنتخب البرازيل وأفضلية محمد صلاح عن لاعب ريال مدريد.
ومن المقرر أن يواجه ليفربول نظيره ريال مدريد مساء اليوم، الثلاثاء، في إطار مافسات الجولة الثالثة من مرحلة الدوري لبطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا.
ويستضيف ملعب آنفيلد مباراة ليفربول وريال مدريد مساء اليوم في تمام الساعة العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة الحادية عشر بتوقيت مكة المكرمة.
وأجرت صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية حوارًا مع الدولي البرازيلي روبرتو فيرمينو على خلفية قمة هذه الجولة متحدثًا عن النهائيين السابقيين بين الفريقين والذي فشل ليفربول في الفوز بهما (للمزيد من التفاصيل اضغط هنا).
وحينما سُئل فيرمينو عن الأفضلية بين كيليان مبابي وألكسندر إيزاك اختار الأول، وعند المقارنة بين بيلينجهام ومحمد صلاح اختار قائد منتخب مصر.
وقال فيرمينو، عن الأفضلية بين فينيسيوس جونيور ولويس دياز: “من الصعب جدًا الاختيار بهذه البساطة والسهولة بينهما لكن سأختار فيني”.
وعن رأيه في فينيسيوس جونيور: “فينيسيوس لاعب رائع، أتيحت لي فرصة اللعب معه في المنتخب الوطني ولعبت ضده أمام ريال مدريد، شخصيًا هو لاعب رائع حقًا”.
وأكمل: “أعتقد أنه من الطبيعي أن يضغط عليه جمهور الفرق المنافسة لكن ما لا يعجبني هو حديثهم عن العنصرية، لو كنت مكانه لحاولت ألا أستمع كثيرًا لما يُقال خارج الملعب وسأركز على كرة القدم بغض النظر عما يقوله الناس، أتمنى له كل التوفيق له، أنا من مشجعي فينيسيوس وأحبه كلاعب كرة قدم”.
وعن رأيه في قيادة كارلو أنشيلوتي منتخب البرازيل وقدرته على حل المشاكل: ” نعم أعتقد أن منتخبنا الوطني كان بحاجة لمدرب مثله، بخبرته الأوروبية، إنه مدرب ممتاز وقد أثبت ذلك خلال فترة تدريبه لريال مدريد، أعتقد أنه سيحل المشاكل”.
وأتم عن لاعبه الإسباني المفضل: “أعتقد أندريس إنييستا، أو تشافي، أعجبني ديفيد فيا، بيكيه، كاسياس من ذلك الجيل، هناك الكثير من اللاعبين المميزين في هذه الحقبة الحقيقة”.
Antes do duelo na semifinal da Copa Sul-Americana, Fortaleza e Corinthians se enfrentam nesta quinta-feira (14), às 19h, na Arena Castelão, em duelo válido pela 23ª rodada do Brasileirão.
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O Leão do Pici quer se recuperar após a derrota contra o Fluminense e conta com o bom momento na temporada para se aproximar do G6. A equipe de Vojvoda venceu cinco dos últimos seis jogos. A grande novidade no lado da equipe cearense é o retorno do atacante Marinho, que cumpriu suspensão na última rodada.
Já o Timão quer se distanciar do Z4 e melhorar o aproveitamento como visitante, já que o clube alvinegro não vence fora há quase dois meses. Para o confronto, Vanderlei Luxemburgo não poderá contar com Maycon, suspenso, além de Fagner, Fábio Santos, Fausto Vera, Renato Augusto e Rojas, poupados. O Corinthians é o 13° colocado, com 26 pontos na tabela.
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FORTALEZA X CORINTHIANS-BRASILEIRÃO – 23ª RODADA
Local:Arena Castelão, Fortaleza (CE) Data e hora:quinta-feira, 14 de setembro de 2023, às 19h (horário de Brasília) Árbitro:Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima (PE) Assistentes:Luanderson Lima dos Santos (FIFA-BA) e Michael Stanislau (RS) Árbitro de vídeo:Igor Junio Benevenuto de Oliveira (VAR-MG) Onde assistir:Premiere e no tempo real noLance!
FORTALEZA João Ricardo; Tinga, Britez, Titi, Bruno Pacheco; Zé Welison, Caio Alexandre, Marinho, Tomás Pochettino e Guilherme; Lucero.Técnico:Juan Pablo Vojvoda
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Desfalques:Hércules e Pedro Rocha (lesionados) Pendurados:João Ricardo, Benevenuto, Ceballos, Gonzalo Escobar, Bruno Pacheco, Zé Welison, Calebe, Lucas Sasha, Yago Pikachu, Silvio Romero e Lucero
CORINTHIANS Cássio; Bruno Méndez, Lucas Veríssimo, Gil e Fábio Santos; Gabriel Moscardo, Ruan Oliveira e Giuliano; Pedro, Yuri Alberto e Wesley.. Técnico: Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Desfalques:Maycon (suspenso) Rojas (problemas de logística) e Paulinho (ligamento joelho) Pendurados:Cássio, Gil, Caetano, Veríssimo, Fagner, Bruno Méndez, Matheus Bidu, Roni, Moscardo, Fausto Vera, Ruan Oliveira, Biro e Yuri Alberto
Manchester United are looking to plan for the long-term under Ruben Amorim and Fabrizio Romano has now delivered a key update on the future of one of their stars.
Matheus Cunha excited for what's to come at Man Utd
Admittedly, the Red Devils have had a mixed start to the season, and it will take time to get things right as they aim to climb the Premier League table, albeit Matheus Cunha has been impressive since his summer transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Opening up on his settling in period, the Brazil international has laid out his plans to continue improving at Old Trafford, claiming that he is enjoying the challenge of helping Manchester United to get back to their best.
He said via the People’s Person: “What I was searching for as a person more than anything else, I’m slowly finding. You constantly want to improve; that’s innate in human nature, but I can’t help but stop and enjoy this moment.
“Feeling privileged to wear the jersey of the greatest national team in the world, one of the greatest clubs in the world… It’s a spectacular personal moment. I have an incredible family, another little girl now, everyone is doing well and healthy. I’m enjoying all of this in a positive way.”
While the Red Devils look to rectify results on the field, club officials are ready to push for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton despite Real Madrid also holding an interest in the England international.
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However, bringing new talent into the building isn’t their only priority, with an update now emerging on the future of one of their key stars whose next steps have now become clearer.
Fabrizio Romano delivers Harry Maguire contract update
According to Romano in his GIVEMESPORT column, Manchester United star Harry Maguire is in talks over a contract extension, but he won’t be set for a pay rise if he does end up putting pen to paper at Old Trafford.
He said: “No [he won’t be receiving a pay rise]. It would have to be a different salary structure for Maguire in order to make it happen, talks are taking place.”
Harry Maguire at Manchester United
Appearances
253
Goals
16
Assists
9
Trophies
EFL Cup x1, FA Cup x1
Reported to be earning £190,000 per week at Old Trafford, the England international is famously one of Manchester United’s most expensive ever signings following his £80 million move to the club in 2019 from Leicester City.
Throughout highs and lows, Maguire’s leadership qualities and consistent level of performance have always shone through, and he is worthy of an extended stay at Old Trafford while Amorim tries to navigate a transitional period for the club.
Of course, he is likely to garner interest in the transfer market. However, Manchester United fans will hope a new contract can be sorted out for one of their most dependable assets.
Tottenham Hotspur may end up waving goodbye to another fan-favourite star before the summer transfer window slams shut at the start of September.
At the start of June, The Telegraph reported that club captain Heung-min Son could move on from London after leading the team to the Europa League trophy this season.
Tottenham Hotspur'sSonHeung-minreacts
The outlet claimed that the South Korea international could be sold by Spurs in order to generate funds to bolster the squad ahead of their return to the Champions League, amid interest from teams in the Saudi Pro League.
Son has racked up an eye-catching haul of 173 goals and 101 assists in 454 appearances in all competitions for the club since signing from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2015.
The experienced forward’s departure this summer would mean that all three of Mauricio Pochettino’s iconic attacking line-up will have moved on, following Dele Alli and Harry Kane’s exits from the club in recent years.
All three stars were key players for the former Spurs head coach at the top end of the pitch, and Alli’s contributions should not be overlooked.
Why Dele Alli was a star for Spurs
The London-based club reportedly splashed out a fee of £5m to sign the attacking midfielder from League One outfit MK Dons in 2015, and Pochettino brought him into the first-team squad for the 2015/16 campaign.
Alli hit the ground running in the Premier League, bypassing the Championship, with a return of ten goals and eight assists in 33 top-flight games in his first season with Spurs.
The England international went on to plunder 67 goals and 59 assists in 269 appearances in all competitions for Tottenham before his move away from the club in 2022.
These statistics show that the former MK Dons talent provided plenty of quality as both a scorer and a creator of goals for Spurs during his time in London, whilst he also offered Pochettino a lot of flexibility in the way that he could be deployed within the starting line-up.
Dele Alli’s positional flexibility for Spurs
Position
Appearances
Goals
Assists
Attacking midfield
158
42
40
Central midfield
48
9
5
Left midfield
36
14
8
Centre-forward
8
2
1
Defensive midfield
2
0
2
Stats via Transfermarkt
As you can see in the table above, Alli was deployed in several different positions for Tottenham, mainly playing as a central or attacking midfielder, or off the left flank.
The 29-year-old midfielder, who now plays for Como in Italy, was a star for Spurs due to both the quality he provided at the top end of the pitch and the versatility he offered the manager.
Spurs may now be about to unearth their next version of Alli, who was a key member of the attack that included Son and Kane under Pochettino, as they are expected to sign a Premier League star.
Spurs expected to sign Premier League midfielder
West Ham United outlet HammersNews reports that the Premier League side expect Aston Villa attacking midfielder Jacob Ramsey to sign for Tottenham this summer.
The Hammers are interested in a deal to sign the former England U21 international to bolster their own squad this summer, but the club believe that the 24-year-old talent is on his way to another team in London.
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Speaking to HammersNews, the ‘top spokesman’ for the West Ham owners said: “I think the player (Ramsey) is going to Spurs.”
Spurs were recently linked with an interest in the Villans starlet, who could be on his way out of Villa Park this summer, and this latest update suggests that they are set to win the race for his signature.
Aston Villa's Jacob Ramsey
Earlier this year, The Boot Room reported that Manchester City are also interested in the attacking midfielder, who is valued at a fee of around £50m by Aston Villa.
However, it remains to be seen exactly how much Spurs will end up paying for the English talent if they do end up signing him, as West Ham expect.
Why Spurs should sign Jacob Ramsey
The Lilywhites should push ahead with a deal to sign the 24-year-old star in the coming weeks because he could arrive at the club as Thomas Frank’s own version of Dele Alli.
Ramsey may not seem like an obvious signing for Spurs, given that he has only scored two Premier League goals since the start of the 2023/24 campaign, but his form in the past for Villa suggests that there is a quality player who could be unearthed.
The Villans maestro’s performances in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 campaigns suggest that he has the potential to develop into a top performer for Tottenham if Frank can get the best out of him.
Ramsey, who was once dubbed “sensational” by Seb Stafford-Bloor, plundered 12 goals and eight assists in those two seasons, and was particularly impressive in front of goal in the 2022/23 campaign, with six goals and seven assists to his name that term.
22/23 Premier League
Jacob Ramsey per 90
Percentile rank vs midfielders
Non-penalty xG
0.20
Top 16%
Non-penalty xG
0.17
Top 14%
xAG
0.17
Top 14%
Assists
0.24
Top 6%
Shot-creating actions
2.77
Top 40%
Progressive carries
3.21
Top 9%
Stats via FBref
As you can see in the table above, the English star caught the eye as both a scorer and a creator of goals for the Villans, ranking highly among midfielders in the Premier League in several key attacking metrics.
Like Alli, Ramsey’s top three most played positions are central midfield, attacking midfield, and left midfield, which means that he can offer Frank the same positional flexibility that the former Spurs star did for Pochettino, as a playmaker who can play centrally or come in off the left.
Jacob Ramsey in Premier League action for Aston Villa.
His form in the 2022/23 season also suggests that he has the potential to provide an impressive threat as both a scorer and a creator of goals from those three positions, which is exactly what Alli did throughout his time in North London.
Therefore, Frank could unearth his own version of the former England international by securing a deal for Ramsey, before helping him to get back to the kind of form he displayed at the start of his Villa career.
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The India quick says the bowlers had to be smart to prevent “the wind to come into play” in St Lucia
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Arshdeep: We are now used to windy conditions
If Rohit Sharma, the Player of the Match for his 41-ball 92 in India’s 24-run win over Australia in T20 World Cup 2024, had to “open up all sides of the field” to counter the breeze in Gros Islet, Arshdeep Singh said the bowlers had to prevent “the wind to come into play” to not let the Australia batters take advantage of it. Arshdeep finished with 3 for 37, removing David Warner in the first over and then getting the wickets of big-hitters Tim David and Matthew Wade in the death overs.”As a player and as a team, our motto is to adapt as well as we can to the conditions,” Arshdeep said after the match. “As for the wind factor, when we bowled from the end opposite to the pavilion, we got a lot of swing. From the other end, bowling against the wind… the batters were going to use the wind since the ball was travelling. So we had to look for defensive options there and not allow the wind to come into play.”Josh Hazlewood, the most economical bowler of the day with 1 for 14 from four overs, said that 180 or thereabouts would have been a par score in those conditions; India ended with 25 more than that. Rohit was the main reason for that, but Suryakumar Yadav (31 off 16 balls) and later Hardik Pandya (27* off 17) contributed to the cause too.Related
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“From one end, it was very hard for the bowlers to even pitch the ball, and the ball was flying to the boundary,” Arshdeep said. “So having the cushion of extra 15-20 runs always helps, gives you the extra freedom of going for wickets.”With his three wickets, Arshdeep reached the top of the pile for the tournament, joint with Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi. But he was quick to accept that a lot of his success was down to Jasprit Bumrah being Jasprit Bumrah at the other end, who dismissed Head in the 17th over to put India ahead.”I guess a lot of credit goes to Jassi because he puts a lot of pressure on the batters – he gives, what, three or four runs in an over – so batters are coming hard against me, and I just have to try and bowl my best ball and there are a lot of chances of getting wickets there,” Arshdeep said. “On the other end they see the runs are not coming and the asking rate is going high, so they take more risks against me. [There’s a] chance always of getting a wicket there. So a lot of credit for my wickets goes to Jassi .”Head took the lead in Australia’a chase by slamming 76 in 43 balls, with a spot in the semi-finals at stake. At the start of the 14th over, when Australia were 128 for 2, Kuldeep Yadav got rid of Glenn Maxwell, and Axar Patel removed Marcus Stoinis in the next over, and Australia were suddenly 135 for 4 with 71 to get in just under six overs.”The thought [process] was clear. Our batters also batted on the same wicket, and early on it was easy to score runs, the ball was coming on nicely. But afterwards, it became tough to hit boundaries,” Arshdeep said. “We knew if we took a couple of wickets, it will be tough for the new batters coming in to hit boundaries at will. That was the plan. A couple of nice overs from the spinners in the middle overs helped us.”