New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner emphasized the importance of players' "recovery", considering the quick turnaround of games in a jam-packed cricket schedule.
Santner's men will take on South Africa at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore in the second semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy. After succumbing to Indian spin during their last league stage match at Dubai, Proteas will be challenged by a solid Proteas spin attack, featuring Keshav Maharaj, Ta
Premier batter Babar Azam and captain Mohammad Rizwan have been dropped from Pakistan's squad for the T20I series in New Zealand. With the skipper out of the fray, Salman Ali Agha has been named Pakistan's T20I captain, with Shadab Khan acting as his deputy.
New Zealand have returned from their trip to Dubai ready to overcome whatever the Champions Trophy throws at them. Like plenty of other teams, they have been made to not only travel, but adapt to varying pitches and conditions. The slow and low deck in Dubai helped bring them unstuck last st
After registering a win over New Zealand in the last group stage match of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Dubai on Sunday, star India all-rounder Axar Patel reflected that his batting performance in 2023-24 Border-Gavaskar Trophy has helped him improve in the batting.
After registering a win over New Zealand in the last group stage match of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Dubai on Sunday, star India all-rounder Axar Patel heaped praise on mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy for his five-wicket haul on his Champions Trophy debut.
After three wicketless and nightmarish fixtures during T20 World Cup 2021, Varun's Dubai story met its redemption arc as he took a five-wicket haul in only his second ODI to guide India to a fighting win over New Zealand and help them end the league stage with three wins in three games. He w
Chakravarthy's Dubai horror stories of 2021 T20 World Cup finally met their redemption as he ripped through the Kiwi middle order to help India script a well-fought 44-run win, turning the match on its head from a position of 151/4 while defending 250 runs, bundling them out for 205 runs.
India booked their semifinal clash with rivals Australia on March 4 following a 44-run win over NZ in their ICC Champions Trophy match, ending the group stage on a high with three wins in three matches.
Williamson made this upward movement in the charts during his side's final group stage ICC Champions Trophy match against India at Dubai on Sunday. During his knock, Williamson struck seven boundaries, scoring 81 in 120 balls at a strike rate of just over 67.
Despite Kane Williamson's fighting knock, Kiwis fell into a brilliant, well-planned spin choke unleashed by trio of Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja as India beat NZ by 44 runs to finish their group stage with three wins in three games. India will face Australia in the semi