As Team India clinched their third ICC Champions Trophy title with a thrilling four-wicket win over New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday, celebrations erupted across the country. Among those rejoicing was the family of Indian all-rounder Axar Patel, who marked the occasion by distributing sweets a
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's run as a captain just got more glorious as the Hitman played a captain's knock to guide India to their second-successive ICC trophy after last year's T20 World Cup and their third ICC Champions Trophy title, after sharing the 2002 title with Sri Lanka and win
It was a memorable night for KL. Trolled endlessly for his 66-run knock in the World Cup 2023 final against Australia that lasted over 100 balls, KL emerged as India's 'ice-man' this time around, finishing matches with his calm, composed knocks. In five matches and four innings, KL scored 14
The Indian spin quartet, comprising Varun Chakravarthy (2/45), Kuldeep Yadav (2/40), Axar Patel (0/29), and Ravindra Jadeja (1/30), combined to take five wickets, conceding just 144 runs in 38 overs at an economy rate of 3.79. Their impressive performance left New Zealand struggling to gain
Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav unleashed a brilliant spin choke with two wickets while Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja played a great supporting role, restricting Kiwis to 251/7 at the end of 50 overs in the CT final, despite half-centuries from Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell.<
As India gears up for the highly anticipated ICC Champions Trophy final against New Zealand, Team India captain Rohit Sharma's former coach, Dinesh Lad, has expressed unwavering confidence in India's victory.
Ahead of the Champions Trophy final between India and New Zealand at Dubai, Indian cricketer Arshdeep Singh's coach, Jaswant Rai, felt India had the upper hand in today's match as the pitch at the venue will support the bowlers.
The Indian middle order is at its best since the days of deadly trio of Yuvraj Singh, skipper MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. With a balanced and proactive Shreyas Iyer at number four, a clutch, counter-attacking Axar Patel at number five, an adaptive and versatile KL Rahul at six and Hardik 'har
As India gears up to face New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy final in Dubai on Sunday, former cricketer Deep Dasgupta believes the contest will be India's toughest challenge yet. While backing Rohit Sharma and his team to have the upper hand, Dasgupta acknowledged New Zealand's strength
Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final against New Zealand, Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir outlined the reason behind shuffling the batting order and revealed that Axar's number five role allows him to express himself and exhibit his talent to the world.
Since becoming a full-time number 5 in ODIs, KL Rahul has expanded his range as a middle-order batter. Since 2020, he has averaged 61.52 in that position--higher than anyone else with a minimum of 20 innings, including Heinrich Klaasen, whose average is nearly seven points lower. However, le
Head coach Gautam Gambir didn't mince his words while reacting to the criticism he has faced over the selection of certain players and the batting order lineup after India breezed past Australia to confirm their seat in the final of the ongoing Champions Trophy.