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Afghanistan's remarkable 69-run win over defending champions England at the World Cup will give them the belief they can go toe-to-toe with cricket's leading nations for years to come, coach Jonathan Trott said.
The India vs Pakistan ODI Cricket World Cup match turned out to be quite a celebratory affair for the Indian cricket team fans. In the Cricket World Cup group stage match in Ahmedabad on Saturday, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team dominated all aspects of the game to register a seven-wicket win and go on top of the Cricket World Cup points table. Indian bowlers kept a tight leash on the Pakistan batters, who went from 155/2 to 191 all out, after Rohit Sharma had opted to bowl first.
New Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis vowed Sunday to conquer the "personal weakness" which saw him hospitalised at the Cricket World Cup. Mendis is his country's marathon man, making 76 and 122 in the two defeats to South Africa and Pakistan. The 28-year-old is also the team's wicketkeeper and now is the captain after injury sidelined Dusan Shanaka for the rest of the tournament. Mendis' exertions have taken their toll, needing hospital treatment after cramping during his lengthy stint at the crease before Pakistan chased down 344 to beat them in Hyderabad last week.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar stated he believes that India are on the right path to repeat the heroics of 2011 as they are strong contenders for lifting the ODI World Cup 2023. Akhtar's comments came after Team India thrashed Pakistan by seven wickets in their World Cup match on Saturday in Ahmedabad. Put to bat first, Pakistan were bundled out for just 191 with Babar Azam scoring a half-century. Later, the hosts chased down the target in 30.3 overs after Rohit Sharma played a knock of 86 runs.
India dominated their arch-rivals Pakistan in what was supposed to be war minus the shooting, blowing the Babar Azam-led side by seven wickets in an ODI World Cup face-off at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. In what is seen as the pinnacle of cricket by fans in the subcontinent, Indian captain Rohit Sharma emerged as the undisputed star of the match, scoring a 63-ball 86 to power his team to the modest target of 192 with as many as 19.3 overs to spare.
Pakistan's team director Mickey Arthur, under fire over his team's embarrassing show against India in the Cricket World Cup 2023 match on Saturday, left a few scratching their heads with his comments in the press conference after the match. Arthur's remark suggesting that the India vs Pakistan clash in Ahmedabad seemed like a BCCI event over ICC as he didn't hear 'Dil Dil Pakistan' enough in the stadium didn't go down well with fans and a few former cricketers. Wasim Akram, a legend of the game, took a swipe at Arthur, suggesting he should be talking more about what Pakistan's plans for the match were than diverting attention with such comments.
MUMBAI: Countries that exclude athletes from competing for political reasons risk harming their plans to host an Olympic Games, the IOC said Sunday.
ALGIERS: Algeria on Sunday stepped in to host matches involving the Palestinian football team due to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Algeria has agreed to stage “all official and non-official matches involving the Palestinian team’s preparation for qualification to the 2026 World Cup and 2027 Asian Cup and to assume all associated costs,” an Algerian football federation statement announced. The move came after a request to the Algerian authorities by Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian football federation. The first of these games comes next month when Palestine will ‘host’ Australia in Algeria on November 21 in a 2026 World Cup qualifier. Palestine are in World Cup Asian preliminary qualifying Group I with the Australians and Lebanon. The 2023 Asian Cup starts in January with Palestine set to face the UAE, Iran and Hong Kong in Qatar. At least 2,670 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip in a blistering air assault launched by Israel last week after Hamas carried out a bloody attack on Israel that left more than 1,400 people dead.