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Runs are as hard to come by as rain in Dubai for both the West Indies and South Africa at the current ICC World T20 tournament. The two countries having suffered defeats in their respective first games will now meet each other looking to rebound quickly. The West Indies will all the power batters in the world, made an embarrassing 55 all out against England, while South Africa mustered only 118/9 against Australia in Abu Dhabi. The West Indian batsmen showed that they had no time to settle and build…

By VINODE MAMCHAN (DUBAI, UAE) Sunday evening around 3pm security forces had already gathered at the home of Indian captain Virat Kohli in Gurgaon, Mumbai because the war was about to start with Pakistan 931 miles away in the Gulf State of Dubai. However, three and half hours later Pakistanis were shouting Ya Salam! Ya Salam! As Pakistan romped to victory in their opening match of the ICC World T20 at the Dubai International Stadium at Dubai Sports City. It had to end and Pakistan finally won a World Cup…

By VINODE MAMCHAN (DUBAI, UAE) Dubai is a place with many millionaires and the West Indies batsmen took it literally as they played millionaire shots that saw them fall for an embarrassing 55 runs and in the process losing to England for the first time in a T20 World Cup match. England then made a meal of the target but got home at 56/4 wickets in 8.2 overs to claim the valuable points. After being sent in the West Indies batsmen all played like they had hot dates and wanted…

VINODE MAMCHAN (Dubai, UAE) An aging West Indies team will open their defence against a limping England when the Super12 stage of the 2021 ICC World T20 begins today at the Dubai International Stadium at 6pm local time. The last time both teams met at a T20 World Cup was in the finals in 2016 when the West Indies on the back of an amazing onslaught by Carlos Brathwaite took their second title, to become the first team to do it. Brathwaite with 82,000 cheering Indian fans at Eden Gardens…