“I am confident going into the match against them”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed is backing his side to put up a better performance when they take on South Africa in their second Champions Trophy group stage match on Wednesday.
“They should express their talent and play a really positive brand of cricket”
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Kumar Sangakkara has admitted that Sri Lanka have to play with “arrogance” if they want to have a chance of beating India in their Champions Trophy match on Thursday.
“We have to beat England and I think then we’re through”
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Australia captain Steve Smith admitted that his side face two situations when they go up against England in the Champions Trophy on Saturday. Either they win and keep their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive or they lose and be eliminated from the tournament.
Riaz will play no further part in the Champions Trophy
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Pakistan will be without left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz for the rest of the Champions Trophy due to an ankle injury.
“My opinion does not matter and should not matter”
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India captain Virat Kohli has said that his “opinion does not matter” when it comes to playing Pakistan in bilateral series.
“The way Yuvi batted, it was the game-changing innings, to be honest”
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India captain Virat Kohli heaped praise on all-rounder Yuvraj Singh for his blistering knock of 53 off 32 balls in their Champions Trophy opener against Pakistan at Edgbaston on Sunday.
“We’ll go back to the drawing board and we’ll hopefully come back a lot stronger”
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Despite expressing concerns after Pakistan were thrashed by 124 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in their clash with arch-rivals India, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has backed his side to rebound in their next two group stage matches.
Yuvraj’s 52nd half-century was a highly entertaining one and earned him the Man of the Match award
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India batsmen Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, captain Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh all clubbed half-centuries to lead their side to a 124-run win over Pakistan via the Duckworth-Lewis method at Edgbaston.
Williams was named Man of the Match for his figures of 3-11 off 2.3 overs
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The West Indies took a 2-0 lead in the three-match series after cruising to a 29-run win over Afghanistan via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the second Twenty20 International in St Kitts.
Coulter-Nile finished with figures of 3-20 off his four overs
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The Sunrisers Hyderabad won’t retain their Indian Premier League (IPL) title after they lost to the Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis method.
