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Who will win Champions Trophy 2025

 The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is being co-hosted by Pakistan and UAE. UAE came into the picture after India refused to play in Pakistan. Pakistan could not let the tournament go away, since it was hosting the first major ICC tournament since the last 28 years. The tournament's first match is to be played between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi on February 19,2025. The tournament has 15 ODI matches including the finals. India's first match is against Bangladesh on February 20th at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Now let's discuss about the chances of each team in the tournament. These are based on observations and result may vary. Here we discuss about the top 6 favorites of the tournament. Group A: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh Group B: Afghanistan, Australia, England, South Africa   1. India India start as one of the top favorites in the tournament. The fact that tournament is being held in Asia provides an extra edge for them. They have the ...

Cricketer Vinod Kambli

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 Two friends who grew up playing cricket at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, caught the attention of cricket lovers when they made a record breaking partnership of 664 runs in Harris Shield Tournament. The duo played for Shardashram Vidya Mandir and St. Xaviers were their opponents in the match. The two players were Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli. As we know, both went on to play for India. Sachin Tendulkar really made it big and reached great heights, while Vinod Kambli after his initial success, ruined his chances and gradually faded away from the limelight.  Sachin Tendulkar owing to his performances in domestic cricket made an early debut in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar made is Test debut in 1989 against Pakistan. He made his ODI debut against the Pakistan in the same year. Sachin went on to play 200 Test matches and 463 ODIs for India. At the same time Vinod Kambli made his ODI debut in 1991 against Pakistan and Test debut in 1993 against England. Interestingl...

Bangladesh Cricket |Test Victories of Bangladesh

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Bangladesh played its first Test match in 2000/01 against India. It was a one-match series, with the lone match being played in Dhaka. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat. Bangladesh put up a spirited show in the first innings and went on to make 400 runs on the board, with the help of 145 from Aminul Islam. In reply, India made 429 in their first innings. But Bangladesh lost their way in the second innings, as they were bundled out for 91. India chased down the target with the loss of just 1 wicket. Since then Bangladesh has managed to win 22 test matches in their test history. Bangladesh Cricket team's most test victories came against Zimbabwe. They have won 8 out of 18 matches against Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, they managed to win 5 out of 22 test matches against West Indies. They are yet to win a test match against India and South Africa. In this article, we discuss some of the Bangladesh Test Victories. Zimbabwe Vs Bangladesh (2005):   The first test victory for Bangladesh ...

AUS VS INDIA | India tour of Australia, 2024-25

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  After the dismal performance in the recently concluded home series against New Zealand, India badly wanted to have a redemption plan against the strong Australian lineup in their backyard. India started in great style when they thrashed Australia and won comprehensively for a margin of 295 runs in the first test match of the Border-Gavaskar trophy at Perth. But after the first match of the series India lost their path and Australia on the other hand managed to rectify their mistakes and bounce back strongly. Australia won the series 3-1 and regained the Border-Gavaskar trophy after 10 years. Jasprith Bumrah took most of the responsibility in the bowling department. He got minimal support from the other end. For his great efforts, he was adjudged as the Player of the Series. The Indian batsmen lacked the application required in those demanding batting conditions. Australian Team with Border-Gavaskar Trophy First Test, Perth: In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah led t...