A Sri Lankan cricket official says the sport's national governing body has formally asked Pakistan to reconsider its planned boycott of a Twenty20 World Cup game with India next week.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued a stunning start to his career by smashing 175 against England in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup final; the 14-year-old made his runs off just 80 balls as India batted first in Harare;

By Ariba Shahid and Muhammad Waseem KARACHI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan's decision to boycott its Twenty20 World Cup match against India has drawn widespread support from fans and administrators who hailed the move as a long-overdue stand in a rivalry in which sport and geopolitics have collided.

Some of India’s greatest cricketers have been left gobsmacked by the latest feat of prodigious 14-year-old batting talent Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who produced the most audaciously unthinkable innings in a final to power India to a sixth Under 19 World Cup.

Four years after England invented Twenty20 cricket, the first T20 World Cup (then World Twenty20) blasted off in the opening match where Chris Gayle scored the first international T20 century, 117 off 57 balls (10 sixes) and Zimbabwe upset Australia the next day.

COLOMBO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Salman Agha defended off-spinner Usman Tariq's unorthodox bowling action on Friday and called him the side's "X factor" on the eve of their Twenty20 World Cup opener against the Netherlands in Colombo.