Gill becomes the first Indian player to score a century in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
The whole Bangladesh team was in shock after the dropped catch, but Indian skipper Rohit Sharma seemed in a jolly mood, realising the importance of the wicket
Ravindra Jadeja tops the list among players who are part of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy
Friday's match between South Africa and Afghanistan will be their sixth encounter at an ICC event
Afghanistan's rise in international cricket has been fueled by a world-class spin attack, with Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, and Noor Ahmad set to make their mark in Karachi.
The ICC Champions Trophy is the only ICC event in which South Africa have been former champions
Towhid took 114 balls to complete his maiden ODI century
Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah is surprised that he has been picked for the Champions Trophy despite dishing out ordinary performances, saying he himself doesn't know "how I got into the team". Khushdil, a middle-order left-hand batter, scored a stroke-filled 69 off 49 deliveries but his efforts went in vain as Pakistan lost the Champions Trophy opener to New Zealand by 60 runs. Ever since Khushdil made his ODI debut in November 2020 against Zimbabwe, the 30-year-old has played only 14 50-over games, while he has not played a T20I since October 2023. He disappointed with the bat and ball during the recently-concluded tri-series in Pakistan, also involving New Zealand and South Africa, but was in the Playing XI for the Champions Trophy opener where he emerged the highest scorer for his side. Expressing surprise over his inclusion in the opening game of the marquee event, Khushdil said, "I myself didn't know how I got into the team because I have been out of favour with the ...
Skipper Rohit Sharma showered praise on his deputy Shubman Gill and veteran pacer Mohammed Shami for coming up with game-changing performances against Bangladesh in India's Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh here on Thursday. Gill made an unbeaten hundred and Shami walked away with a five-wicket haul as India registered a six-wicket win over Bangladesh at the DICS. We've been in that situation many times before and like I said many times (in the past), there's a lot of experience in that dressing room to handle that composure where it's needed and KL (Rahul) and (Shubman) Gill at the end were quite composed, Rohit said during the post-match presentation. Rohit heaped praise on player of the match Gill. Gill, we know the class that he has, he's been batting brilliantly of late and today what he showed us with the bat shouldn't surprise anyone, he said. What was good to see that he was there till the end to make sure that he sees off the game, Rohit added. Rohit also lauded
The Pakistan team was on Thursday fined five percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during their match against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy opener at the National Stadium in Karachi. The tournament hosts and defending champions lost to the Kiwis by 60 runs on Wednesday. Pakistan were found one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration, the ICC said. While on-field umpires Richard Kettleborough and Sharfuddoula, third umpire Joel Wilson and fourth umpire Alex Wharf levelled the charge, match referee Andy Pycroft imposed the sanction, deducting five percent of match fee. Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan pleaded guilty to the offence with no formal hearing required thereafter. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of their match fee for every over if their side fails to bowl in the ..
Cricket icons have their say on India vs Pakistan cricketing rivalry as both nations meet again on February 23 in the Champions Trophy 2025.
The tickets for the India vs Pakistan encounter were officially sold out-no surprise, given the magnitude of this iconic rivalry.
Bavuma was asked to rate their opponents Afghanistan who will be making their debut in the Champions Trophy this year.
The fifer also saw him go past 200 wickets for India in ODIs and become the fastest player to do so as well (5126), surpassing Mitchell Starc (5240 balls).
Rohit is the fourth Indian batter after Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly to reach this milestone
Afghanistan outshone former champions West Indies and Sri Lanka to earn their spot in the eight-team tournament
With India looking right on track to restrict Bangladesh to a low total on day, fortunes took a shift in their opponent's favour and saw two dolly catches being dropped one after the other.
Shahidi was also asked about how the team feels about England not boycotting the match against them in the Champions Trophy and whether it affects the team in any way.
Shami is the eighth Indian player to reach this historic milestone in ODI cricket
Australia lost to England in the group stage in both the 2013 and 2017 Champions Trophy to end their campaign with zero wins