Sports, Cricket, 25th Jun 2019, News & Stories from India

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England, who are fourth in the standings, play second-placed Australia at Lord’s later on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: 'England are a 1D batting unit, they don't have plan B or C': Boycott

It was England’s second loss after their 14-run defeat against Pakistan at Nottingham.

25 Jun 2019 12:21 PM

$Virat Kohli rohit sharma (Photo: File)The trio has reduced to a duo with Dhawan being ruled out with a thumb fracture. (Photo: AP)$

ICC CWC'19: Afghanistan expose key flaw in India’s batting tactics

India has been switching the batting order far too frequently in recent years. Shankar was the 12th batsman in two years to bat fourth.

25 Jun 2019 12:20 PM

Sarfaraz Ahmed and his men will now not only have to win the remaining three matches, starting with New Zealand, but also hope that the results in other matches favour them to salvage any hopes of a semifinal berth. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Resurrected Pakistan faces stiff task against rampant New Zealand

With just two wins and three losses, Pakistan are at the seventh spot with five points in six games.

25 Jun 2019 12:06 PM

Shakib made 51 in Monday’s 62-run victory over Afghanistan to reclaim his position as the tournament’s leading run scorer (476 runs) and also logged the best bowling figures of 5-29 to take his tally to 10 wickets. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Sunil Joshi calls Shakib as 'Mr consistent'

Bangladesh have a break until they play India next Tuesday.

25 Jun 2019 11:31 AM

The West Indies had a blistering start, but suffered a top-order collapse and only a rearguard maiden century from all-rounder Carlos Braithwaite meant they got close to New Zealand’s 291 for eight. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: 'WI aren't putting clinical finishing touch needed to win games': Lloyd

West Indies are 8th in the standings after 6 matches having won just 1 game — a 7-wicket demolition of Pakistan in their opening match.

25 Jun 2019 11:18 AM

The majority of Munro’s 113 runs also came in the 10-wicket victory over Dimuth Karunaratne’s side when he scored 58 not out in Cardiff as he and Guptill chased down the 137 needed for victory in 16.1 overs. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: 'Guptill and Munro will come good sooner or later': Gary Stead

Guptill and Munro, in full flight, provide New Zealand with an explosive start but the pair have struggled in England.

25 Jun 2019 11:03 AM

Those blunders were worth an extra 35 runs according to the disgruntled Naib, who defended his decision to bowl first after winning the toss. (Photo:AP/PTI)

ICC CWC'19: 'We missed a couple of catches and gave some extra runs': Gulbadin Naib

Naib's men were guilty of a series of errors- - dropping catches and committing careless misfields -- as Bangladesh scored 262-7.

25 Jun 2019 10:44 AM

It is only the second time South Africa have failed to make the World Cup knockout stages and the post-mortem has already begun. Proteas paceman Rabada hopes the squad can emerge wiser as a result of their chastening run in England and Wales. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: 'There are plenty of learnings': Kagiso Rabada

Faf du Plessis's side were eliminated from the tournament with two games to play after losing to Pakistan at Lord's on Sunday.

25 Jun 2019 10:12 AM

Captain Aaron Finch and David Warner have combined for 447 runs in six innings, building on Australia’s average of 53.81 for the first wicket in one-dayers since 2015, the highest in the world. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Openers remain high as seamers remain low at this World Cup

The lack of ball movement is comparable to the 2011 World Cup, which produced an average of 0.637 degrees.

25 Jun 2019 9:11 AM

Shakib Al Hasan has been the architect of each of Bangladesh’s three victories at the World Cup but the all-rounder denies they are a one-man army. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: 'Bangladesh isn't a one man army': Shakib Al Hasan

Shakib became only the second player, after India’s Yuvraj Singh, to score a fifty and take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup match.

25 Jun 2019 8:54 AM

Experienced Mushfiqur joined Shakib and the duo mixed caution with aggression. Both the batsmen eased nerves in the Bangladesh dressing room as they put up a 61-run stand, which saw Shakib bringing up his fifty. This was Shakib's fifth fifty-plus score in this World Cup and as a result, he became the leading run-scorer in the ongoing World Cup with 476 runs. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC’19: Shakib steers Bangladesh to 62 run win versus Afghanistan

The confident pair of Hashmatullah Shahidi and Gulbadin Naib inched closer to take Afghanistan to 100 runs.

25 Jun 2019 8:28 AM

Jasprit Bumrah holds key to India’s chances: Michael Clarke

Virat Kohli or for that matter no captain could have asked for a better ‘Go To’ option than Bumrah, according to Clarke.

25 Jun 2019 3:42 AM

A yawning gap between India and Pakistan

This is the Sunday that just about everyone and his grandmother are awaiting with bated breath.

25 Jun 2019 12:48 AM

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