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Dhaka: Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 11 runs in the third and final ODI to win their second consecutive series in the format against them. Both teams played superbly as the crowd at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka witnessed a thriller with Pakistan coming back from the dumps and almost chasing down the target of 291 runs. Salman Ali Agha was the reason for that as he scored a century. But the hosts prevailed in the thriller in the end, even as Pakistan skipper Shaheen Afridi's efforts also went in vain. With this loss, Pakistan continue to wait to register…

New Delhi: India opener Sanju Samson has predicted that the Indian cricket team will win more ICC trophies in the upcoming years. He was part of India's T20 World Cup triumph earlier this month and also won the player of the tournament award, for scoring 321 runs with three fifties that came in back-to-back matches against the West Indies, England and New Zealand.  Moreover, apart from the Men's ODI World Cup and Women's T20 World Cup, India hold all the recent trophies across different categories. India are the reigning champion of the U19 Women's World Cup, U19 Men's World Cup,…

New Delhi: The 2026 edition of the Finalissima between Spain and Argentina has been cancelled due to the ongoing Middle East conflict. The clash was scheduled to be played in Qatar on March 27 but the current political situation in the region led to the cancellation of the encounter. Spain were the UEFA Euro 2024 winners while Argentina had won the Copa America the same year. They were set to face off for the trophy in Doha later this month in a match that would've pitted Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi for the first time. But the US-Israel strikes on…

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), today, felicitated India's five World Cup-winning teams at the Naman Awards in New Delhi. India won the inaugural U19 Women's World Cup, Champions Trophy, U19 Men's World Cup, Women's World Cup, and the T20 World Cup over the last couple of years, and the players received the mementos for their grand success from the BCCI. For the unversed, India's U19 Women's team defeated South Africa in the final of the 2025 World Cup under Niki Prasad's captaincy, while the Men's U19 team won the World Cup earlier this year…

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is celebrating excellence across the Indian cricketing spectrum today at the prestigious Naman Awards 2026 in New Delhi. It is the annual ceremony that recognises exceptional performances and contributions across international, domestic and age-group cricket in India.  At this year's ceremony, Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj will be bestowed with the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the BCCI’s highest honour, recognising outstanding service to Indian cricket. India's current Test and ODI captain, Shubman Gill, has won the best international cricketer award for the 2024-25 season while…

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: New Zealand and South Africa locked horns for the first time since the T20 World Cup concluded. The Kiwis hosted the Proteas for the five-match T20I series and the runners-up of the World Cup surrendered meekly in the series opener, as they got bowled out for only 91 runs in the match played at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. The hosts had rested several of their players from the World Cup and their top five for the first T20I looked completely different. None of their top four batters- Devon Conway, Tom Latham, Tim Robinson and Nick Kelly…