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NEW DELHI : The Cricket World Cup will begin on Oct. 5 with England facing New Zealand in Ahmedabad with the same venue hosting the final on Nov. 19, organisers said on Tuesday, with the schedule for the showpiece event in India also confirming Pakistan's participation.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), announced the schedule for the ODI World Cup 2023 in an event in Mumbai on Tuesday. As per the schedule, the tournament will begin on October 05 in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. The India vs Pakistan battle, arguably the biggest match in the contest, has been scheduled to be held on October 15 in Ahmedabad too. The Indian cricket team will begin its campaign against Australia on October 08 in Chennai. The final of the tournament will be held in Ahmedabad on November 19.
New Zealand centre Anton Lienert-Brown is set to miss at least the first two games of The Rugby Championship next month after being hit with a three-week ban on Tuesday.
SYDNEY : If Eddie Jones was looking for winners when he started thinking about his Wallabies squad for the World Cup, the call to leviathan lock Will Skelton would have been one of the first he made.
Italy coach Milena Bertolini said her decision to leave captain Sara Gama out of her Women's World Cup squad was not taken lightly and that the 34-year-old centre back had been omitted for "technical-tactical and physical" reasons.
India batter Shreyas Iyer is one of the most prolific players of the current time. Making his international debut in 2017, the 28-year-old has played 42 ODIs, 49 T20Is, and 10 Tests and scored 3,340 runs for Team India, so far. Currently, Iyer has been out of action since March due to injury. Apart from shining with the bat, Iyer has also got another talent that was left undiscovered till now. IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants have showcased the singing talent of Iyer and also issued an apology.
While there is intense competition between India and Pakistan on the cricket field, there is often huge adulation shared between cricketers of both the sides. The same is the case with Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir. Ex-India captain Virat Kohli has often lauded the fast bowler and the Pakistani has also admitted his respect for Kohli, the batter. In a recent video, Amir mentioned that he considers Virat Kohli and Babar Azam among his top-three favourite batters. Surprisingly, for his third choice he picked up the young Shubman Gill.
SAO PAOLO: Marta has won the world player of the year award six times but has never won the Women’s World Cup in five previous attempts with Brazil.