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Dubai: India beat New Zealand by 44 runs in Dubai Sunday to top Group A in the Champions Trophy. Shreyas Iyer top-scored for India with 79 off 98 balls while Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel chipped in with 45 and 42 respectively. Kane Williamson kept...

Dubai: Invited to bat, India scored 249 for 9 against New Zealand in their last Group A match of the Champions Trophy here Sunday. Shreyas Iyer top-scored for India with 79 off 98 balls while Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel chipped in with 45 and...

Dubai: New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in the final Group A match of 2025 Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Stadium Sunday. The match has also made Virat Kohli the 22nd player overall and...

Karachi: Rassie van der Dussen and Heinrich Klaasen hit fifties each while sharing a stand of 127 runs off 122 balls as South Africa beat England by seven wickets to end as Group B toppers in the 2025 Champions Trophy match at the National Stadium...

Karachi:  Wicketkeeper Heinrich Klassen will captain South Africa in the remainder of their 2025 Champions Trophy Group B match against England here Saturday as Aiden Markram won’t be on the field for the rest of the game due to a right hamstring issue. Broadcast visuals...

Karachi: South Africa bowlers produced a unified bowling show to bundle out England for 179 in 38.2 overs in their Champions Trophy Group B fixture here Saturday. Marco Jansen (3/39) took three wickets upfront to reduce England to 37 for three inside seven overs and...

Mumbai: Rohan Gauns Dessai, the secretary of the Goa Cricket Association (GCA), has been unanimously elected as the new joint secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The BCCI had convened a Special General Meeting (SGM) to elect the new joint...

New Delhi: India's reigning world champion D Gukesh climbed to a career-high number three ranking, while compatriot R Praggnanandhaa broke back into the top 10 in the latest FIDE classical ratings released Saturday. The 18-year-old Gukesh, who has been in sublime form ever since he...

Karachi: England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in their final Champions Trophy group B match here Saturday. This marks Buttler's final appearance as England's white-ball captain after he stepped down following their early exit from the tournament....

Lahore: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in a crucial Group B Champions Trophy match here Friday. Both Afghanistan and Australia are unchanged for this contest, the winner of which will qualify for the semifinals. Australia were forced...