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KOLKATA : England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in what is the final group match for both sides at the 50-overs World Cup at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Team India is having a dreamy run at the ongoing ODI World Cup as the hosts have clearly dominated the tournament by being unbeatable in all their eight games, so far. The Rohit Sharma-led side has clicked in both batting and bowling departments and registered massive wins against many big teams. One factor which has definitely left a mark for India is their fiery pace attack, which consists of Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah. This trio has proven to be really deadly as it shares a whopping total of 41 wickets among itself.
Pakistan will be needing a miracle to make it to the semi-finals of Cricket World Cup 2023 when they face a charged-up England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday. New Zealand's net run-rate boosting five wicket-win over Sri Lanka on Thursday has virtually shattered Pakistan's semifinal hopes. The 1992 champions now have to beat England by an improbable margin to make it to the knockout round. New Zealand's NRR is +0.743 while Pakistan's is +0.036, and for the Babar Azam-led side to eclipse the former to qualify as the fourth side, it has to win by around 287 runs batting first. While chasing, Pakistan need to win with 284 balls to spare. That is an impractical task.
Erik ten Hag has already made it clear he has a few favourites at Manchester United. The comments he made at his press conference only emphasised that. While the Dutch manager was keen to instil a healthy competition for places in his first-team squad, it is also clear that certain players have been deemed integral to his plans going forward.
Brighton took control of their Europa League destiny with a commanding 2-0 win against Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena to complete back-to-back victories over the Dutch giants.
Liam Lindsay scored a 90th-minute winner to give Preston a dramatic derby victory at Blackburn, in a game that featured two Republic of Ireland-eligible scorers.
Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi said the future was bright for Afghanistan cricket after a competitive defeat to South Africa on Friday completed a World Cup campaign in which they have exceeded all expectations.
Virat Kohli's net sessions are often an intense, well-calculated drill, a compressed version of his real-game batting. India's optional nets in Bengaluru on Friday was an encore as Kohli meticulously went about polishing his skills against short-pitched bowling and left-arm spin that he will need to negate potentially against New Zealand in the World Cup semifinals. The Kiwis are primed for a last four match against India at Mumbai on November 15 on the back of 10 points and a superior run-rate than their closest contender Pakistan. The immediate goal in front of Kohli might be disposing of Netherlands, but with due respect the Dutch are not yet in the New Zealand class.