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Champions Trophy 2025 Semi-Final Line-Up Confirmed: Full Schedule, Match Timings, Venues

The Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final line-up is out! It's India vs Australia in the first Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final in Dubai on Tuesday while New Zealand will face South Africa in the second semi-final in Lahore on Wednesday. Varun Chakravarthy led India's charge with a superb 5-42, the best figures by a bowler in the ongoing tournament, as India beat New Zealand by 44 runs in the final Group A match at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The win means India finish as Group A toppers and will now face Australia in the first semi-final in Dubai on Tuesday, in what is a re-match of the 2023 ODI World Cup final. New Zealand, meanwhile, will take on South Africa in the second semi-final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday.

India Team Manager Leaves In The Middle Of Champions Trophy 2025. Report Reveals Reason

Indian cricket team manager R Devraj left the side in the middle of Champions Trophy 2025 after his mother died on Sunday, according to a report by Cricbuzz. The report stated that Devraj left for Hyderabad immediately after receiving the news. Devraj, who is currently the secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), was in Dubai with the Indian cricket team but it remains unclear if he will resume his managerial duties. India will play in the first semi-final match on Tuesday and if the Rohit Sharma-led side is able to reach the final, the summit clash will take place on Sunday.

Pakistan's Rs 561 Crore Stadium Renovation In Tatters? Fan Shares Harrowing Experience In Champions Trophy 2025

Ahead Of the Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan Cricket Board spent big on renovating three stadiums in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi. However, the cost shot by over five billion rupees (approx USD 20.4 million). The original estimated budget for the renovation of PCB venues in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi was 12.3 billion Pakistani rupees (approx. Rs 383 crore), which went up to 18 billion Pakistan rupees (approx. Rs 561 crore). However, rain in two venues - Rawalpindi and Lahore - have seen match washouts.

Local hero Dylan Naidoo wins rain-hit South African Open

Local favourite Dylan Naidoo won the rain-hit South African Open at the Durban Country Club on the first playoff hole against England's Laurie Canter on Sunday.

Ryan Peake earns British Open spot with New Zealand victory - ESPN

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — Ryan Peake, an Australian former motorcycle gang member who turned his life around through golf, earned a place at The Open Championship on Sunday when he won the 104th New Zealand Open by one stroke.

South Africa's Kapp wants more women's test matches

There should be more women's test cricket in order to improve standards in the game, South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp has said.

Third-time lucky for Tsitsipas as he overcomes Auger-Aliassime to take Dubai title

DUBAI: Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas made it third time lucky at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday night, defeating Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 to claim his maiden ATP 500 title in front of a jubilant Centre Court under the lights at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.

Australia or South Africa will return to Pakistan from Dubai for semifinal

DUBAI: Australia and South Africa have been forced to travel to Dubai from Pakistan, the International Cricket Council confirmed Sunday, due to a tangled schedule at the Champions Trophy. India and New Zealand play the final group match on Sunday in Dubai and the result of the game will decide the semifinal line-up. Australia are in Dubai and will train in the afternoon, when South Africa are expected to fly in from Karachi where they hammered England to get top spot in Group B. The winners of the India-New Zealand clash will play Australia, who finished second to South Africa in their group. But irrespective of the placing and opponent, India will play the first semifinal in Dubai on March 4 after they refused to travel to hosts Pakistan for political reasons. That will leave New Zealand and either Australia or South Africa, hours after landing in Dubai, to head back to Pakistan for the second semifinal scheduled on March 5 in Lahore. Pundits and ex-cricketers had called out the one-venue “farce” at the 50-over tournament after India were allowed to play all their matches at the Dubai International Stadium. The rest of the seven teams in the eight-nation competition had to shuttle between three Pakistan venues — Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore — and the United Arab Emirates. New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips said his team were not thinking about India staying at one venue for the course of the tournament. “No, for us there’s no focus on anything like that,” he said on Saturday. “We have a ‘no-excuses’ mindset.” The final on March 9 will be in Dubai if India go the distance. Lahore’s Qaddafi Stadium will be the venue if India miss out.

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Champions Trophy 2025 Semi-Final Line-Up Confirmed: Full Schedule, Match Timings, Venues

India Team Manager Leaves In The Middle Of Champions Trophy 2025. Report Reveals Reason

Pakistan's Rs 561 Crore Stadium Renovation In Tatters? Fan Shares Harrowing Experience In Champions Trophy 2025

Local hero Dylan Naidoo wins rain-hit South African Open

Ryan Peake earns British Open spot with New Zealand victory - ESPN

South Africa's Kapp wants more women's test matches

Third-time lucky for Tsitsipas as he overcomes Auger-Aliassime to take Dubai title

Australia or South Africa will return to Pakistan from Dubai for semifinal