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AHMEDABAD: India captain Rohit Sharma heaped praise on his bowling unit after the team’s comprehensive seven-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in a mouthwatering World Cup clash on Saturday. At 155-2 in the 30th over, and with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan looking set in the middle, Pakistan appeared to be heading towards a 300-plus total at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The wheels, …

IT was the inexplicable batting collapse that undid Pakistan’s bid for a first World Cup victory against India; their hopes and expectations — as well as those of their 240m countrymen — being burned down by their arch-rivals in the Ahmedabad cauldron. Everything was going against the 11 men in green. A crowd of 120,000 had turned the Narendra Modi Stadium into …

KARACHI: “I came here to watch fine cricket and that is exactly what I am doing,” said Gibran Akbar, a cricket enthusiast, watching the ICC World Cup 2023 match between Pakistan and India live from Ahmedabad on a big electronic screen put up at the Com3 Towers parking lot at Bilawal Chowrangi here on Saturday. By this time, Pakistan had already played …

PAKISTAN crumbled in Ahme­dabad in the face of a high quality all-round performance from India, who confirmed their status as tournament favourites. Rohit Sharma scored 86 runs in quick time to render Pakistan’s total meaningless. A remarkable colla­pse, eight wickets for 36 runs, when Pakis­tan seemed well set, tur­ned the game into a no contest. In a Pakistan-India match, to fail to …

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee Chairman Zaka Ashraf met the Pakistan Cricket team and conveyed best wishes to the Men in Green ahead of their high-voltage clash against India on Saturday (tomorrow). In the meeting, Ashraf motivated the national side and conveyed the nation’s wishes for the team ahead of tomorrow’s match. The two arch-rivals will take on …

Kylian Mbappe spearheaded France to an early qualification for Euro 2024 with a scintillating double against an injury-plagued Netherlands side, securing a 2-1 away win on Friday. The World Cup runners-up, alongside Portugal and Belgium, became the first three teams to book their spots in the tournament, maintaining a perfect record in Group B with six consecutive victories. Portugal replicated …

The high-voltage Pakistan vs India match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is set to take place today (Sunday) with reports suggesting weather conditions are favourable for the much-anticipated clash between the arch-rivals. There were some media reports suggesting chances of light rain in the city located near the banks of the Sabarmati River, 25km from the capital of …

HOTELS are full in Ahmedabad, so full that people are booking private hospital beds for a two-day stay. Betting markets, the satta bazaars, are creaking with demand. Sports channels and social media platforms are exploding with a crescendo of hyperbole. The world’s largest stadium is readying itself to welcome 132,000 fans to witness the biggest match in international cricket. At …

Pakistan will go head to head with India in a high voltage encounter of World Cup 2023 today in what promises to be a battle for the ages. No Pakistan fan needs to be reminded of their beloved team’s horrendous record against the Men in Blue in world cups. Having said that, there’s also no need to reiterate what Pakistan …

Cricket’s greatest rivalry is all set to ignite the excitement of the cricket fans to the zenith as fierce rivals Pakistan and India come face to face for the third time this year at the ICC World Cup 2023. The heated rivalry attracts millions of cricket fans across the globe but only a small portion get to witness the high-octane …