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'PCB wants us to fail at the World Cup': Senior player of Pakistan cricket team
While many are criticising the Pakistan team and its captain Babar Azam; a senior player has revealed how political maneuvering by the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board), leaking closed doors and dressing room discussions and making them part of the media debate, is being done to ensure that the team fails at the world cup.
Premier League: Guardiola hails 'incredible' Bernardo after City's derby win over United
Bernardo exhibited brilliant form throughout the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Sunday and provided the assist for Erling Haaland and the club's second goal and was voted man of the match, despite team-mate Haaland scoring twice and assisting another.
Tennis: Auger-Aliassime downs Hurkacz to defend Swiss Indoors Basel title
The 23-year-old, who has struggled with injury, grew in confidence throughout an impressive week in Switzerland, where he lost only one set en route to the trophy. The Canadian lost the first eight ATP Tour finals of his career, but he has now won five of his past six championship clashes, ATP Tour reports.
F1: Max Verstappen charges to record 16th win of the season at Mexico City Grand Prix
For Red Bull Racing, this was a dark race, as Sergio Pérez retired on the first lap, after attempting a double pass in the first corner. The Mexican attacked Ferrari's Charles Leclerc from the outside and collided with the Monegasque. Checo's car left the track and although he was able to return to the pits, he had enough damage to not continue.
Men's ODI WC: 'I believe it will be Australia vs India', Nathan Lyon shares his prediction for final
“I honestly believe it will be an Australia v India final. India is the number one (favourite) for me (and) it’s been exciting to watch," Lyon said on SEN 1170 Breakfast. “That being said, I think South Africa are still a dangerous team with a powerful batting lineup. You just have to look at their number three in Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and then David Miller," he added.
Men’s ODI WC: Matthew Mott denies Eoin Morgan’s suggestion over rift in England squad
Ahead of their match against India at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Morgan had said to Sky Sports that "something else (is) going on … there has to be," pointing towards the unrest in the England dressing room being one of the main causes of their listless performance in the competition.
Men’s ODI WC: Both balls were same; there were no changes, says Kuldeep on comparison over balls to dismiss Azam, Buttler
On the first ball of the 16th over, Kuldeep pitched one outside the off-stump with a flatter trajectory and got the ball to turn sharply by nearly a mile to sneak through the gate of Jos Buttler and rattled the stumps with precision. The manner of taking out Buttler sparked immediate comparisons with Kuldeep taking out Babar Azam in a similar fashion at Manchester in 2019.
ISL 2023-24: Shields scores brace as Chennaiyin thrash Punjab 5-1
Leading from the front, Ryan Edwards opened the scoring for Chennaiyin in the 24th minute while Connor Shields contributed a brace to their tally in the 27th and 56th minutes. Rafael Crivellaro (45+1th P) and substitute Vincy Barretto (84th) also got their names on the scoresheet to ensure the second win in a row for the Marina Machans that helped them move into the Top-6 in the points table.
Men's ODI WC: Happy that all experienced players came good on a challenging pitch, says Rohit as India defend 229
Having won their first five matches so far by chasing the total, India were in trouble after losing three wickets for 40 runs before Rohit Sharma struck a 101-ball 87 and Suryakumar Yadav scored a 47-ball 49 to guide them to a below-par 229/9 in 50 overs. The bowlers then came good as Mohammad Shami (4-22), Jasprit Bumrah (3-32) and Kuldeep Yadav (2-24) helped skittle out England for 129 in 34.5 overs.
Men's ODI WC: Batters failed to back up bowlers' good work, says Buttler as England fail to chase 230 against India
Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) England captain Jos Buttler said he was very disappointed by his team's failure to chase a modest target of 230 runs and said the batting unit let them down in the 100-run defeat to India in the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 here on Sunday.
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