Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and opted to bowl first in the group D match against New Zealand at Pallekele stadium on Friday.

Bangladesh included both left-armers Abdur Razzak and

Luke Wright smashed an unbeaten 99 off 55 balls as defending champions England overcame a bad start to post 196-5 against Afghanistan in the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Friday.

Wright plundered eigh

South African captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bowl first in their Group C clash against Zimbabwe at Hambantota on Thursday.

South Africa were boosted by the inclusion of Albie Mork

Ireland skipper William Porterfield won the toss and elected to bat in the second match of the World Twenty20 at the R Premadasa Stadium, here on Wednesday.

Teams:

Australia: David Warner, Shane Wat

The high-profile ICC World Twenty20 gets underway here on Tuesday with no clear favourites but inaugural champions India will fancy their chances on the slow familiar tracks of the island nation where

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma struck quickfire half-centuries to power India to 185 for three against arch-rivals Pakistan in their second warm-up game ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 here on Monday.

This T20 World Cup looks wide open with India slight favourites in terms or odds and sentiment. But you could throw a blanket of even terms over the next seven teams with New Zealand and Bangladesh be

Their tails up after an easy outing against hosts Sri Lanka, India would like to keep the winning momentum going when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their second warm-up game here on Monday ahea

Jos Buttler headed to Sri Lanka with reigning champions England's World Twenty20 squad having at last convinced himself he can succeed as an international batsman.

The 22-year-old Somerset batsman ha

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday conceded that switching from Test cricket to Twenty20 format was difficult but his team has the experience of making the adjustment for the T20 World C