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Former Australia Player Adam Gilchrist Lauds Rishabh Pant's Match-Winning Ability Cricket
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Former Australia Player Adam Gilchrist Lauds Rishabh Pant's Match-Winning Ability

After helping India to a historic test series win against Australia in Australia a month ago, Rishabh Pant once again came to rescue the Indian side against England at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahemdabad on Friday (March 5). He came when India was 80 for 4 and changed the game with a sublime maiden hundred on the Indian soil and 3rd overall. ## With each passing day, Pant is showing maturity and becoming a real match-winner for his side. Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman and one of the greats of the game, Adam Gilchrist has also lauded the match-winning ability of Pant and looking forward to watching more such knocks. ## "It's not just about how many you get, but also when you get them. If you can somehow sync the first with the second, when the team needs it most, you're a true match-winner. Looking at you @RishabhPant17", Gilchrist tweeted. ## It’s not just about how many you get, but also when you get them. If you can somehow sync the first with the second, when the team needs it most, you’re a true match winner. Looking at you @RishabhPant17 👏— Adam Gilchrist (@gilly381) March 5, 2021 ## Rishabh Pant's knock of 101 runs off just 118 balls has put India in a commanding position in the 4th and final Test with 89 runs of lead and 3-wickets still in hand. This match is important for India to qualify for the final of the ICC World Test Championship. If India either win or draw this match, they will qualify for final. In case of losing this match, Australia will make it through to the final which is set to be played against New Zealand at Lords in July this year. ## Stay tuned...

India-England ODI Series To Be Played Behind Closed Doors Cricket
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India-England ODI Series To Be Played Behind Closed Doors

The latest spike in the covid-19 cases in Maharasthra state has forced the three-match ODI series between India and England to go ahead without spectators. The three ODIs, scheduled to be played in Pune on March 23, 26, and 28, get a green single from the state government but will be played behind closed doors. ## The decision was taken following a meeting of the Maharashtra Cricket Association President Vikas Kakatkar with the Mumbai Cricket Association's Governing Council chairman Milind Narvekar, Maharashtra's Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, and the Tourism and Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray. (according to cricbuzz)## "Keeping the seriousness of the current spike in Covid cases in Maharashtra, after inputs from the Honourable Chief Minister, it was decided that permission will be granted for these matches without spectators", the Maharashtra Cricket Association stated in a release on Saturday (February 27).## "The Chief Minister requested the president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association to take all necessary precautions regarding players and other officials. With these, the uncertainty of holding the three One-Day Internationals has ended and the association can start preparatory works like obtaining various. permissions for smooth conduction of the matches".## Stay tuned...

Team India and England Players Are Impressed Of World's Largest Cricket Stadium In Ahmedabad Cricket
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Team India and England Players Are Impressed Of World's Largest Cricket Stadium In Ahmedabad

Team India and England players have reached Ahmedabad where the third of 4 match Test series will be played. Both the teams have begun training at the refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera which is the largest cricket stadium in the world with a seating capacity of 1,10,000 people at a time. ## The stadium was closed in 2015 for reconstruction and next week's Test between India and England, the third of the ongoing series, will be the first international to be played at the ground since November, 2014. While both the teams are gearing up to the challenge, some of the players of both teams are impressed to see the new Motera stadium and tweeting pictures and videos of the ground. ## England's pacer Stuart Broad was one of the first to acknowledge the beauty of Motera stadium and posted a video of the ground heading for his training session. "1st look at Cricket’s Cricket bat and ball largest stadium 🏟 110,000 capacity pretty impressive", the video captioned. ## 1st look at Cricket’s 🏏 largest stadium 🏟 110,000 capacity pretty impressive 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/TvkPmti8y5— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) February 19, 2021 ## England all-rounder Ben Stokes quote-tweeted a video by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) which showed England pacers doing sprints. "Some stadium this is… and a bit of local music to help get through to the end", wrote Stokes on his Twitter account as the PA system played Vande Mataram.## Some stadium this is......and a bit of local music to help get through to the end 🎵 🎵 🎵 https://t.co/FTrS8sTWHJ— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) February 19, 2021 ## Indian players too weren't behind to admire the stadium and gym facility established at the Motera stadium. Wicketkeeper-batsman tweeted a picture of his with skipper Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, and local lad Axar Patel in the gym, "Great to have our first gym training session with the team at the new Motera stadium".## "Fantastic to be at the new facility in Motera, great to see such world-class facilities for cricket in Ahmedabad. Looking forward to taking the field here on 24th", added Pant.## Great to have our first gym training session with the team at the new Motera stadium @BCCI #Motera #RP17 #17 pic.twitter.com/3c4cEkrVxn— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) February 19, 2021 ## Kuldeep Yadav also catches the beauty of the stadium and Tweeted a picture of him with Rohit Sharma, batting coach Vikram Rathor, K Gowtham along with the stadium. "What a brilliant stadium @GCAMotera Great work done by everyone associated with building this facility. It will be an amazing experience to play here. @JayShah @mpparimal @GCAMotera". ## What a brilliant stadium @GCAMotera Great work done by everyone associated with building this facility. It will be an amazing experience to play here. 🏟️👌🏻 @JayShah @mpparimal @GCAMotera pic.twitter.com/RAk2D75KrR— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18) February 20, 2021 ## Talking about the 3rd Test, it will be a day-night Test with both team level at 1-1 after the first two matches. It will be a must-win game for England to keep their hopes alive to qualify for the final of the ICC World Test Championship. India, on the other hand, has to make sure that England doesn't win either of the next two tests and they win at least one match to qualify for the final, to be played against New Zealand. ## Stay tuned...

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Allows Spectators For Second Test In Chennai Between India And England Cricket
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Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Allows Spectators For Second Test In Chennai Between India And England

The second Test match between India and England is all set to be played in the presence of spectators at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. On Tuesday (February 2), the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association announced that it will allow 50% spectators for the 2nd Test to be held between 13th and 17th February 2021.## However, the stadium in Chepauk will be shut for the crowd for the first Test of the four-match series. "In view of the Government announcement that 50% occupancy would be allowed in stadia, #TNCA will allow 50% spectators for the second Test between India and England. The first Test will be played behind closed doors without spectators", a tweet from the official Twitter handle of TNCA stated. ## UPDATE: In view of the Government announcement that 50% occupancy would be allowed in stadia, #TNCA will allow 50% spectators for the second Test between India and England.The first Test will be played behind closed doors without spectators.More➡️ https://t.co/KjGnw8yRMz pic.twitter.com/xXmu56GJ8u— TNCA (@TNCACricket) February 2, 2021 ## The upcoming series against England will be India's first international assignment at home since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series will be important for both the teams that are eyeing the final of the ICC World Test Championship set to be played at Lord's in July. ## After Australia's tour of South Africa canceled, India would need to beat England by a margin of 4-0, 3-0, 3-1, 2-0, or 2-1 to book a place in the final of WTC, for which, New Zealand has automatically qualify after Australia and South Africa series canceled. For England to qualify, they would need to win at least three Tests out of the four in India.## Stay tuned...

It is Up To Players Like Kohli and Teams Like India, England, and Australia To Keep Test Cricket Alive: Allan Border Cricket
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It is Up To Players Like Kohli and Teams Like India, England, and Australia To Keep Test Cricket Alive: Allan Border

Former Australian captain and one of the greats of cricket, Allan Border banks on the players like Virat Kohli to keep the Test cricket. In the growing threat of frenchise cricket around the world, Border belives that teams like India, England, and Australia are much needed for the survival of the oldest format of the game. ## "It is up to players like (Virat) Kohli and teams like India, England, and Australia to keep Test cricket alive from the growing threat of franchise cricket", said Border. ## Talking about the forthcoming Test series between Australia and India, Border said that Kohli's absence after the first test will "favour" Australia and boost their chances as he thinks that the result of the 4-match Test series will be 2-1 to Australia. ## Virat Kohli, who is expecting his first child with Anushka Sharma will return to India after the first test in Adeliede. Border thinks that the return of Kohli is a big 'out' for India who is the current holder of the Border-Gavasker trophy. ## "Very confident of Australia's chances, especially when playing in Australia. The one thing that is in Australia's favour is Virat Kohli playing only the first Test. I think that is a big 'out' for India. He is irreplaceable at the moment as a batsman and a leader. Should be 2-1 to Australia", he added. ## Stay tuned...

We Will Try To Make England Series Happen On Indian Grounds: Sourav Ganguly Cricket
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We Will Try To Make England Series Happen On Indian Grounds: Sourav Ganguly

Despite the worsening coronavirus situation in India with the rapid rise in cases, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is hopeful that the England series to be played in India early next year as per the originally scheduled.## The England team is scheduled to travel to India for five Tests, three ODIs, and three T20Is, to be played between January and March. However, there have been some reports of the England series being played in the UAE where the ongoing season of the IPL is happening due to the covid-19 situation in India. ## However, BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly has reiterated the board's priority to host England early next year in India. ## "The priority is to make this (series against England) happen in India. We will try to make this happen on Indian grounds. The advantage in the UAE is they have three stadiums (Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai)", Sourav Ganguly said as stated by Cricbuzz. ## The intensify situation of covid-19 has already forced the Indian domestic season to postpone which should have been started by now. However, Ganguly said that the board continues to work on trying to 'make it happen as much as we can'.## "We are monitoring it (covid-19 situation). We want to have our domestic season. We have all the combinations, situations ready in our minds. We will try and make it happen as much as we can".## "Everything is fluid. It's been hard for the last six months to keep everything in order. You want your cricket to happen. You want lives to get back to normal, there are players involved. But you also want to have a close look at the Covid situation", he added.## Meanwhile, India is at the second number in terms of the coronavirus cases in the world, only behind the USA. As per the official numbers, over 60 lakh positive cases and over 95,000 deaths due to the virus have been recorded. ## Stay tuned...

World Cup 2019: Stats And Records Cricket
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World Cup 2019: Stats And Records

World Cup 2019 has been one of the finest in the history of the tournament. England's team who was playing their 4th final finally got their hands on the cup. It was the heartbreak for New Zealand who lost the second consecutive final after losing to Australia in 2015.## A round-up of World Cup 2019 -## 1 - It is the maiden World Cup title for England in 50-overs cricket in 4 attempts.## England in the final of the World Cups YEAROPPOSITIONRESULTMARGIN 1979 West Indies Lost 92-runs 1987 Australia Lost 7-runs 1992 Pakistan Lost 22-runs 2019 New Zealand Won Won in super over ## Top 5 run-getter of the World Cup 2019 SNBatsmanINNRUNSAVG10050SR 1. Rohit Sharma (IND) 9 648 81.00 5 1 98.33 2. David Warner (AUS) 10 647 71.89 3 3 89.36 3. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 8 606 86.57 2 5 96.04 4. Kane Williamson (NZ) 9 578 82.57 2 2 74.97 5. Joe Root (ENG) 11 556 61.78 2 3 89.53 ## - India's opener and vice-captain Rohit Sharma is now on the 3rd in the list of the highest run-getter in a World Cup series. Top 5 run scorer in a World Cup series SNBatsmanINNRUNSAVG10050SRYEAR 1. Sachin Tendulkar (IND) 11 673 61.18 1 7 89.25 2003 2. Matthew Hayden (AUS) 10 659 73.22 3 1 101.07 2007 3. Rohit Sharma (IND) 9 648 81.00 5 1 98.33 2019 4. David Warner (AUS) 10 647 71.89 3 3 89.36 2019 5. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 8 606 86.57 2 5 96.04 2019 ## 7 - In this World Cup, there were 7 instances batsmen scoring 500+ runs. In the previous 11 edition, only 8 batsmen had scored 500+ runs.## 5 - Rohit Sharma now holds the record for the most number of centuries in a single World Cup series. He surpassed Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara's 4 centuries in 2015.## 6 - Rohit Sharma has now the joint most 100s in World Cup history along with the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit took just 17 innings to reach there while Tendulkar took 44 innings.## 556 - Joe Root is now the highest run-getter for England in a single World Cup edition. He went past Graham Gooch's 471 runs in 1987.## 11 - England put 11 hundred plus runs partnerships in this World Cup, which are the most by a team in an edition of the World Cup.## 6 - England scored (6) 300+ totals, which is a record in a World Cup. Previous best was 5 by Australia in 2007.## - Bangladesh's all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored 606 runs and took 11 wickets. He is the only player to achieve the rare double of 500+ runs and 10+ wickets in single World Cup series.## - New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson is now the highest run-getter in a World Cup series as a captain.## Top 5 run scorer in a World Cup series as captain SNBatsmanINNRUNSAVG10050SRYEAR 1. Kane Williamson (NZ) 9 578 82.57 2 2 74.97 2019 2. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) 11 548 60.88 1 4 85.09 2007 3. Ricky Ponting (AUS) 9 539 67.37 1 4 95.39 2007 4. Aaron Finch (AUS) 10 507 50.70 2 3 102.01 2019 5. AB de Villiers (SA) 7 482 96.40 1 3 144.31 2015 ## Top 5 wicket-taker of the World Cup 2019 SNBOWLERMATCHWICKETSAVGBBIECO5-WKTS 1. Mitchell Starc (AUS) 10 27 18.59 5/26 5.43 2 2. Lockie Ferguson (NZ) 9 21 19.47 4/37 4.88 0 3. Jofra Archer (ENG) 11 20 23.05 3/27 4.57 0 4. Mustafizur Rahman (BAN) 8 20 24.20 5/59 6.70 2 5. Jasprit Bumrah (IND) 9 18 20.61 4/55 4.41 0 ## - Australian pacer Mitchell Starc is now the highest wicket-taker in a World Cup series. He went past Glenn McGrath. Top 5 wicket-taker in a World Cup series SNBOWLERMATCHWICKETSAVGBBIECO5-WKTSYEAR 1. Mitchell Starc (AUS) 10 27 18.59 5/26 5.43 2 2019 2. Glenn McGrath (AUS) 11 26 13.73 3/14 4.41 0 2007 3. Chaminda Vaas (SL) 10 23 14.39 6/25 3.76 1 2007 4. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 10 23 15.26 4/19 4.14 0 2007 5. Shaun Tait (AUS) 11 23 20.30 4/39 5.52 0 2007 ## 1 - Australia had played 7 World Cup semi-finals before this year and they won all of them. This was the first time when they lost in the semi-final.## - This was the only third time when neither of the top two teams (India and Australia) in points table of the league stage couldn't qualify for the finals. Previously this happened in 2011 when Pakistan and South Africa couldn't make it to the finals.## 20 - Jofra Archer has now the highest wickets for England in a World Cup series. In fact, the top 3 of 5 came in this World Cup for England. Mark Wood (18), and Chris Woakes (2016).## 1 - It was the first instance in World Cup and third in ODIs when the final gets Tied. First time in 38 tied ODIs, the winner decided in super over. ## Follow for more...

World Cup 2019: Teams' Squad And Schedule Cricket
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World Cup 2019: Teams' Squad And Schedule

With the World Cup, 2019 is just one and a half months away from taking place in England and Wales, all the teams are looking for the best combination for the mega event. After West Indies announced their squad on Wednesday (April 24), all ten teams have named their squad for the mega event. The deadline for submitting the team squad was 30th April. A few days ago New Zealand became the first to announce their team for the 12th edition of ICC's biggest tournament.## This time, the tournament will be played as Round-robin league where all ten teams will play against each other at least once. The top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals which are scheduled to play on 9th and 11th of July whereas final will be played on 14th July.## Here Is The Complete Schedule Of The World Cup 2019 Match No.Date & TimeTeamsVenue 1st May 30, Thu, 3:00 PM England vs South Africa Kennington Oval, London 2nd May 31, Fri, 3:00 PM Windies vs Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham 3rd Jun 01, Sat, 3:00 PM New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 4th Jun 01, Sat, 6:00 PM Afghanistan vs Australia County Ground, Bristol 5th Jun 02, Sun, 3:00 PM South Africa vs Bangladesh Kennington Oval, London 6th Jun 03, Mon, 3:00 PM England vs Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham 7th Jun 04, Tue, 3:00 PM Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 8th Jun 05, Wed, 3:00 PM South Africa vs India The Rose Bowl, Southampton 9th Jun 05, Wed, 6:00 PM Bangladesh vs New Zealand Kennington Oval, London 10th Jun 06, Thu, 3:00 PM Australia vs Windies Trent Bridge, Nottingham 11th Jun 07, Fri, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs Sri Lanka County Ground, Bristol 12th Jun 08, Sat, 3:00 PM England vs Bangladesh Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 13th Jun 08, Sat, 6:00 PM Afghanistan vs New Zealand The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton 14th Jun 09, Sun, 3:00 PM India vs Australia Kennington Oval, London 15th Jun 10, Mon, 3:00 PM South Africa vs Windies The Rose Bowl, Southampton 16th Jun 11, Tue, 3:00 PM Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka County Ground, Bristol 17th Jun 12, Wed, 3:00 PM Australia vs Pakistan The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton 18th Jun 13, Thu, 3:00 PM India vs New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham 19th Jun 14, Fri, 3:00 PM England vs Windies The Rose Bowl, Southampton 20th Jun 15, Sat, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs Australia Kennington Oval, London 21st Jun 15, Sat, 6:00 PM South Africa vs Afghanistan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 22nd Jun 16, Sun, 3:00 PM India vs Pakistan Old Trafford, Manchester 23rd Jun 17, Mon, 3:00 PM Windies vs Bangladesh The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton 24th Jun 18, Tue, 3:00 PM England vs Afghanistan Old Trafford, Manchester 25th Jun 19, Wed, 3:00 PM New Zealand vs South Africa Edgbaston, Birmingham 26th Jun 20, Thu, 3:00 PM Australia vs Bangladesh Trent Bridge, Nottingham 27th Jun 21, Fri, 3:00 PM England vs Sri Lanka Headingley, Leeds 28th Jun 22, Sat, 3:00 PM India vs Afghanistan The Rose Bowl, Southampton 29th Jun 22, Sat, 6:00 PM Windies vs New Zealand Old Trafford, Manchester 30th Jun 23, Sun, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs South Africa Lord's, London 31st Jun 24, Mon, 3:00 PM Bangladesh vs Afghanistan The Rose Bowl, Southampton 32nd Jun 25, Tue, 3:00 PM England vs Australia Lord's, London 33rd Jun 26, Wed, 3:00 PM New Zealand vs Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham 34th Jun 27, Thu, 3:00 PM Windies vs India Old Trafford, Manchester 35th Jun 28, Fri, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs South Africa Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 36th Jun 29, Sat, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs Afghanistan Headingley, Leeds 37th Jun 29, Sat, 6:00 PM New Zealand vs Australia Lord's, London 38th Jun 30, Sun, 3:00 PM England vs India Edgbaston, Birmingham 39th Jul 1, Mon, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs Windies Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 40th Jul 2, Tue, 3:00 PM Bangladesh vs India Edgbaston, Birmingham 41st Jul 3, Wed, 3:00 PM England vs New Zealand Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 42nd Jul 4, Thu, 3:00 PM Afghanistan vs Windies Headingley, Leeds 43rd Jul 5, Fri, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs Bangladesh Lord's, London 44th Jul 6, Sat, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs India Headingley, Leeds 45th Jul 6, Sat, 6:00 PM Australia vs South Africa Old Trafford, Manchester 1st Semi-Final Jul 09, Tue, 3:00 PM TBC vs TBC (1 v 4) Old Trafford, Manchester 2nd Semi-Final Jul 11, Thu, 3:00 PM TBC vs TBC (2 v 3) Edgbaston, Birmingham Final Jul 14, Sun, 3:00 PM TBC vs TBC Lord's, London ## Here Are The Teams' Squad For The World Cup:## New Zealand squad - Kane Williamson (C), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (WK), Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor## Australia squad - Aaron Finch (C), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (WK), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa## India squad - Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami## Bangladesh squad - Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Shakib Al Hasan (VC), Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Abu Jayed## England squad - Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, James Vince, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood## Sri Lanka squad - Dimuth Karunaratne (C), Avishka Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera (wk), Kusal Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Malinda Siriwardana, Angelo Mathews, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nuwan Pradeep## South Africa squad -Faf du Plessis (C), JP Duminy, David Miller, Dale Steyn, Andile Phehlukwayo, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Dwaine Pretorius, Quinton de Kock, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Hashim Amla, Tabraiz Shamsi.## Pakistan Squad - Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hasnain## Afghansistan Squad - Gulbadin Naib (C), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman## West Indies Squad - Jason Holder (c), Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Nicholas Pooran, Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer## Follow for more...

Tendulkar Backs India To Win The World Cup 2019 Cricket
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Tendulkar Backs India To Win The World Cup 2019

What needs to be the favorite to win the biggest tournament? a perfectly balanced side that can compete in every condition in every part of the world, well, India is certainly that side and master blaster and legendary Sachin Tendulkar thinks the same as well.## After demolishing New Zealand by 4-1 in their own backyard, the batting maestro did not hesitate calling India as favorites to win the tournament for the third time in England and Wales this year.## "I have gone on record saying that we have a perfect balance in the team where we will be competitive in any part of the world or on any surface. As far as our chances are concerned, I will not hesitate in saying that we are the favorites," Tendulkar told PTI.## India's overseas form in last one year especially in limited overs cricket has been quite phenomenal. They beat South Africa in both ODIs and T20Is, beat England in T20Is, beat Australia in all three formats, and now the outplayed New Zealand in recently concluded 5-match series.## Just like New Zealand was outplayed in their own conditions, England too faced one of their biggest defeats in the Test series against a number 8 side (West Indies) in West Indies. However, despite England's poor showing, the master blaster certainly believes that England will be the toughest competition while New Zealand will be the dark horses.## "It’s all about getting the early momentum. My judgment on the toughest contenders would be England, while New Zealand would be the dark horse," he said. "I know New Zealand have struggled in this series but it’s a good unit, one needs to be on their toes."## Sachin Tendulkar also thinks that the inclusion of Steve Smith and David Warner will make Australia a formidable side. "I think Australia at full strength will be a formidable side. With Smith and David Warner back in the team and their other bowlers coming back into the ODI squad, it will be a competitive side," Tendulkar said.## The World Cup 2019 will kick start from May 30 with the host England and South Africa fixture at The Oval, London. The final of the tournament will be played on 14 July at the iconic Lord's cricket ground, London.## Follow for more...