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     T he Pakistani team vanquished the arch-rivals India by a mammoth 180 run difference to clinch the ICC Champions Trophy title for the first time. They were just relentless in their run to the trophy after their first match. With that they are in the elite of teams who have won all three major ICC events.     The Indian skipper Virat Kohli was full of praise for the Pakistani side in the post match presentations. He said- "credit to Pakistan, they outplayed us. The way they turned things around speaks volumes of talent they have in their side. They can upset anyone on their day".     The skipper speaks about the aggression the Pakistani bowlers showed- "They were more intense and more passionate, even with the ball they were more aggressive".     Despite the anticlimatic loss Kohli praised his team and said contesting the final is also an achievement- "disappointing to lose but I am very proud of the boys". He said his decision to bowl after

  T hey were underrated by cricket pundits and were priced lower by the betters. They came with quite unknown side and had nothing to lose. They could hardly qualified for the tournament and were ranked eighth in ICC ODI rankings. They were even demolished in their very first encounter.    But this has been a story of past; they are at zenith now.    The Pakistani side came all guns blazing after their first game and stopped only after getting what every team came for. They beat the defending champions and favourites Indian side to clinch their first ICC Champions Trophy title. After losing the first game they came strong against the power-packed Proteas and stunned them. After that they vanquished Lankans with much ease to enter semis.    Then came the strongest contestant- the hosts. It was just miracle as the green-shirts totally outplayed them in all departments. It was just unpredictable as the in-form Englishmen were said to be the strongest side in the tournament.  

  N ot all that long ago they were One. Even today One can find no principal uncommon between the now-so-called arch-rivals . Be it food and language, religion and culture or sport and administration they are One in more than one way.    These two neighbours have always been good in several sports but they meet on ground occasionally- during international events of ICC or FIH ( International Hockey Federation ) . Perhaps they like to meet in International Organisations like UN and ICJ ( International Court of Justice ) more.    Regardless of the domain they get involve, inevitably it is a contest for them. The reason behind is the involvement of collective emotions of their townspeople as they react to every pernickety.    They are called arch-rivals as their rivalry exists in several disciplines be it sports, trade, terrorism, boundaries including sea or even the internal affairs of either nation. They always be in news, trying to evince one another the crook in the court

   T he Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the team for upcoming Caribbean tour later this month where India will play five ODIs and one T20I. The first ODI will be payed on June 23 in Trinidad.      The MSK Prasad led selection committee announced the fifteen member squad for the limited overs series. The panel has included Delhi wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav from UP in the squad.      Both Pant and Yadav has been rewarded their good run in domestic as well as in IPL during last one and half year.      The committee told that opener Rohit Sharma and pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested precautionarily. Rohit has come out of injury and Bumrah is playing consistent cricket since last sixteen months.      The team announced is- Virat Kohli(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Md. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep

 T he Pakistani cricket team is ranked sixth in Tests, eighth in ODIs and second in T20Is by the International Cricket Council. They are featuring with a strange side in the ongoing Champions Trophy, especially the lower-order. They were underrated by the cricket experts and were rated lower by the betters.      Many a time their cricket gets overshadowed by unparalleled political reasons. The green-shirts often concealed by the terrorism and sometimes the acquisitiveness leading to unethical practices in the form of match-fixing.     They are again in news but this time for some good cause. The Sarfaraz-led young Pakistani side is showcasing some good cricket in the ongoing Champions Trophy. They overplayed the favourites Proteas by good bowling show and then vanquished The Lions by their all-round show to enter  the semis.     Pakistan have always been a strong side in terms of bowling but now the batsman are doing equally well. The team containing Azahar Ali, young Fakhar

  T wo ICC Cricket World Cup titles, Two ICC World Twenty20 titles, One ICC Champions Trophy title - What more needs a team to be called as Champions? From mid 1970s to the early 1990s cricket without West Indies was just a loaf of bread without butter. Still the names Sir Garfield Sobers, Gordon Greenidge, Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd, Malcolm Marshall, Sir Andy Robert, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh and Sir Viv Richards act as synonyms to cricket.    But gone are those days, now bread alone is equally delicious as with butter.    They recently won ICC World Twenty20 (2016) but are just above Afganistan in ICC ODI rankings at 9th. They still have the players-to-beat in the form of Gayle, Bravo, Narine, Pollard, Samueles, Badri or Holder but not a team. They are not able to make a team, sometimes it is pay-dispute or other relates to players' discipline and behaviour or even the bureucracy and racialism in some cases.    Among the 8 tea

H ere we are providing with the list of all the Teams along with their Squads    qualified for ICC  Champions Trophy 2017: INDIA Virat Kohli (c), R Ashwin, Jasprit  Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, MS  Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar  Kumar, Rohit Sharma,  Dinesh Karthik, Hardik  Pandya, Ajinkya  Rahane,  Umesh Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Shami AUSTRALIA Steven Smith (c), David Warner,  Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch,  John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques,  Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell,  James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk),  Adam Zampa BANGLADESH Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Tamim  Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes,  Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al  Hasan, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman,  Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan,  Sunzamul Islam,  Mustafizur  Rahman,  Taskin Ahmed, Rubel  Hossain,  Shafiul Islam SOUTH AFRICA AB de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla,  Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis,  JP Duminy, Davi

H ere is the list of all the matches to be played in the mini-world cup with date, time and respective venues.