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Austin 3:!6

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The Champions Trophy is being revived after eight years with holders and hosts Pakistan playing New Zealand in the opening game of the ninth edition on Wednesday.
The one-day international (ODI) competition was initially scrapped by cricket's global governing body, the ICC, who wanted only one major tournament in each of the sport's three international formats, and prioritised the 50-over ODI World Cup.
 
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CHAMPIONS TROPHY GROUPS

Group A: Pakistan (hosts), India, New Zealand, Bangladesh
Group B: Australia, England, South Africa, Afghanistan
 
CHAMPIONS TROPHY SQUADS
 
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi
 
Coach: Aaqib Javed (interim)
 
Best performance: Champions (2017)
 
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy
 
Coach: Gautam Gambhir
 
Best performance: Champions (2002, 2013)
 
Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana
 
Coach: Phil Simmons
 
Best performance: Semi-finals (2017)
 
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Jacob Duffy, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young
 
Coach: Gary Stead
 
Best performance: Champions (2000)
 
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran
 
Coach: Jonathan Trott
 
Best performance: Debutants (2025)
 
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood
 
Coach: Brendon McCullum
 
Best performance: Runners-up (2004, 2013)
 
Australia: Steve Smith (captain), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa
 
Coach: Andrew McDonald
 
Best performance: Champions (2006, 2009)
 
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch
 
Coach: Rob Walter
 
Best performance: Champions (1998)
 
CHAMPIONS TROPHY SCHEDULE
February 19 - Pakistan v New Zealand (Karachi, Pakistan)
February 20 - Bangladesh v India (Dubai, UAE)
February 21 - Afghanistan v South Africa (Karachi)
February 22 - Australia v England (Lahore, Pakistan)
February 23 - Pakistan v India (Dubai)
February 24 - Bangladesh v New Zealand (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
February 25 - Australia v South Africa (Rawalpindi)
February 26 - Afghanistan v England (Lahore)
February 27 - Pakistan v Bangladesh (Rawalpindi)
February 28 - Afghanistan v Australia (Lahore)
March 1 - South Africa v England (Karachi)
March 2 - New Zealand v India (Dubai)
March 4 - Semi-final 1 (Dubai)
March 5 - Semi-final 2 (Lahore)
March 9 - Final (Lahore / Dubai)
 
raki05 Grand Master

raki05

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21 minutes ago, mesky11 said:

How does he averag 49 then? Did well in the Asia cup and 23 world cup.

lol he avg somewhere around 45 in t20 shall we open with him again. He is the biggest fraud played for india, we cant have more fattu player than him, this avg fraudgiri he did in t20 as well and played back to back 3 t20 wc we all know what has happened. 50 over final was main even where even flop kohli was playing around 85-90 sr but this fraud played with 60 sr and screwed India. 

cowboysfan Grand Master

cowboysfan

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4 hours ago, raki05 said:

G&du Gambhir has gone complete nutts how can he prefer kela over Pant considering all the shits kela delivered so far..

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/gautam-gambhir-ajit-agarkar-india-heated-selection-meeting-shreyas-iyer-second-wicketkeeper-spot-rishabh-pant-kl-rahul-101739678934937.html

Pant is not a great LOI batsman but i do agree we need to find someone better than KL who inspires no confidence and his morose attitude is a bummer too.

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Semifinalists 

 

India 

New Zealand 

Australia 

England 

 

My Current ranking of the teams in CT

 

1-India :                    Most balanced side , full of genuine all rounders ,  playing all games at the same ground , huge advantage .

2-New Zealand :     Make best use of their limited resources and talent . 

3-Australia  :           They always perform better in big games . 

4-Engalnd :             Even after loss to India, they will perform better . 

5-South Africa :     Good team but not for big games . 

6-Pakistan :           Due to home advantage , will not be at bottom . Worst team selection out of all the teams in CT. 

7-Afghanistan :     Couple of good spinners and an opener will not take them far , overrated . 

8-BD  :                   Might surprise Pakistan . 

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Suhaan

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2 hours ago, raki05 said:

lol he avg somewhere around 45 in t20 shall we open with him again. He is the biggest fraud played for india, we cant have more fattu player than him, this avg fraudgiri he did in t20 as well and played back to back 3 t20 wc we all know what has happened. 50 over final was main even where even flop kohli was playing around 85-90 sr but this fraud played with 60 sr and screwed India. 

By this time Pantatunga should have cemented his place in the odi side to keep sheeps like Kela away

But ,alas,the timing of his accident was very bad for him as was just finding his feet in the odi side

He was sure shot selection in the WC23 squad,i was quite sure he was going to be our gun batsman that WC if he wasn't badly injured

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tapandrun

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39 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

By this time Pantatunga should have cemented his place in the odi side to keep sheeps like Kela away

But ,alas,the timing of his accident was very bad for him as was just finding his feet in the odi side

He was sure shot selection in the WC23 squad,i was quite sure he was going to be our gun batsman that WC if he wasn't badly injured

Pant was dropped from Ind odi team just before that accident, he has only 1 good innings and his place was debatable before that too.

And his selection back in to t20i wc was nt based on his performance in IPL and that showed in th wc.

 

In Odis he can only play at 4 and need time to build innings at 5 when teams is need of quick runs he has same limitations as he has in t20is. 

Non existence off-side game and not that strong legside game as well, his only reliable shot is trying to flick to  square leg (falling/ tumbling).

he avg. 33-34 in odis, ppl are confusing his success in test with white-ball. And that avg of 33 is inflated because of his avf of 78 agnst eng, other than sa agnst whom he has avg of 33 rest of his avg are under 30.

 

both Kl and pant should not be in the team due to various reasons

 

 

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2 hours ago, tapandrun said:

Pant was dropped from Ind odi team just before that accident, he has only 1 good innings and his place was debatable before that too.

And his selection back in to t20i wc was nt based on his performance in IPL and that showed in th wc.

 

In Odis he can only play at 4 and need time to build innings at 5 when teams is need of quick runs he has same limitations as he has in t20is. 

Non existence off-side game and not that strong legside game as well, his only reliable shot is trying to flick to  square leg (falling/ tumbling).

he avg. 33-34 in odis, ppl are confusing his success in test with white-ball. And that avg of 33 is inflated because of his avf of 78 agnst eng, other than sa agnst whom he has avg of 33 rest of his avg are under 30.

 

both Kl and pant should not be in the team due to various reasons

 

 

Dhruv Jurel has been robbed in the longer formats several times now. He has a high ceiling.

tapandrun Grand Master

tapandrun

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2 minutes ago, Chamsi said:

Dhruv Jurel has been robbed in the longer formats several times now. He has a high ceiling.

not sure what tm/selectors are doing. Looks like they are trying to spread out player in various formats just to give them place without looking into their utility in those formats.

 

Jurel was picked in t20i series, when he does not have power or the field manipulation game for that his game is more suited to test cricket right now, sundar in white-ball does not make any sense.

 

kl is still in the team after freezing in 2 most important matches ind played. per s.iyer's statement he was not in the plan for odis vs eng, yes he has weakness against short bowling but who are your other options at no.4, he has been consistent at that number. 

Still till #5 ind does not have a batter who could bowl . 

 

tapandrun Grand Master

tapandrun

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3 hours ago, First class said:

Semifinalists 

 

India 

New Zealand 

Australia 

England 

 

My Current ranking of the teams in CT

 

1-India :                    Most balanced side , full of genuine all rounders ,  playing all games at the same ground , huge advantage .

2-New Zealand :     Make best use of their limited resources and talent . 

3-Australia  :           They always perform better in big games . 

4-Engalnd :             Even after loss to India, they will perform better . 

5-South Africa :     Good team but not for big games . 

6-Pakistan :           Due to home advantage , will not be at bottom . Worst team selection out of all the teams in CT. 

7-Afghanistan :     Couple of good spinners and an opener will not take them far , overrated . 

8-BD  :                   Might surprise Pakistan . 

Its astonishing how sc teams are not deemed favourites for a tournament played in sc. 

they already lacks the skills to play in sena but now they are losing the edge in sc too.

 

yes aus has always been good anywhere but teams like nz/eng/sa has come a long way. they can play spin better now, nz has multiple proper allrounders who can bowl spin not just roll the arms.

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4 hours ago, tapandrun said:

Its astonishing how sc teams are not deemed favourites for a tournament played in sc. 

they already lacks the skills to play in sena but now they are losing the edge in sc too.

 

yes aus has always been good anywhere but teams like nz/eng/sa has come a long way. they can play spin better now, nz has multiple proper allrounders who can bowl spin not just roll the arms.

IPL gave them the exposure and now they're good on SC wickets . 

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17 hours ago, raki05 said:

G&du Gambhir has gone complete nutts how can he prefer kela over Pant considering all the shits kela delivered so far..

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/gautam-gambhir-ajit-agarkar-india-heated-selection-meeting-shreyas-iyer-second-wicketkeeper-spot-rishabh-pant-kl-rahul-101739678934937.html

This is the best chance to win another trophy as Aus is down and out, but our squad selection has been horrible, specially lack of pacers, Kl Rahul's selection and dropping Jaiswal.

 

I don't see a single strong ODI lineup in this trophy, all the teams have some big holes, hopefully we get lucky and somehow capitalise on this.

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Afghanistan lost both of their warm up matches at Lahore. Against Pakistan Shaheen C  ( one of three teams made of domestic cricketer ) by 144 runs and against New Zealand by two wickets . 

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