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Sri Lanka scrape past Afghanistan by 4 wickets

Chasing 233 for a win at the University Oval, Sri Lanka were reduced to 51 for four

India win toss, elect to bat versus South Africa

India have retained their playing XI that won them their opener against Pakistan

Russell stars as West Indies thrash Pakistan

Pakistan suffer second loss, get all out for 160

Australia look to go for kill against Bangladesh

Australia kicked off their campaign with an easy 111-run win over England; Bangladesh had a few hiccups before defeating Afghanistan

Southee, McCullum crush England

Southee picked a career best of 7/33 and McCullum hit a stunning 25-ball 77

Anand loses to Nakamura at last hurdle, finishes 2nd in Zurich

Sudden change in rules at final stages of rapid competition paves way for a final game though it was not stipulated in initial regulations

DD can share feed of World Cup matches with private cable operators: SC

Star India earlier filed a plea with the Delhi HC, asking Prasar Bharati not to share the live feed of the matches with private cable operators

Sporting a mohawk, Kohli feasts on spinners at nets

Kohli and Rahane were bracketed in a group and treated spinners Axar Patel and Suresh Raina with disdain

New Zealand's Brendon McCullum breaks World Cup record for fastest 50 in 18 balls

Earlier, Tim Southee's record 7/33 bowled out England for a paltry 123

ICC World Cup starts 2015 stint with 101 mn viewers

The bulk of the opening day viewership came from the Aus-Eng match

Proteas taking tips from Hussey ahead of high voltage clash against India

Gary Kirsten is also assisting the South African team during the tournament

England face rampaging New Zealand in World Cup

Lot will depend on how skipper Eoin Morgan and his men recover from morale-shattering loss against Australia

Can't start new channel to show World Cup matches: Prasar Bharti

Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the national broadcaster's plea

Zimbabwe beat UAE by four wickets

Sean Williams picked up 2 wickets and hit an unbeaten innings of 76 in 65 balls to chase down the target

Beating Aussies not impossible, says Bangla star Mushfiqur

Says Ireland beat Windies even with a big chase and did it with 40 balls remaining, so anyone can win in this game

Prasar Bharati asked to consider separate channel to broadcast matches

South Africa draw from Kirsten's India experience

Former India coach is team's consultant for World Cup along with ex-Aussie batsman Michael Hussey and pace legend Allan Donald

Bangladesh beat debutants Afghanistan by 105 runs

Three Afghan wickets fell for just three runs and they failed to recover from those early blows

Akram offers to help Pakistan cricket team in World Cup

Also expresses unhappiness that fingers were pointed at him for helping out players from other countries, notably India

Pakistan fielding coach quits over players' attitude

Grant Luden tendered his resignation after some cricketers expressed dissatisfaction over his working ways