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‘Shoot the man who gave that gameplan’ — Pakistan bowled out for 114, Bangladesh win by 8 wickets in 15 overs | Cricket News

‘Shoot the man who gave that gameplan’ — Pakistan bowled out for 114, Bangladesh win by 8 wickets in 15 overs | Cricket News

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3 min readMar 12, 2026 12:03 PM IST Bangladesh beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the first ODI, bowling out the visitors for 114 in 30.4 overs before chasing the target in just 15 overs. Basit Ali did not spare the team management. “First, shoot the man who told them to score a minimum of 60 runs in the ten powerplay overs,” he said. “He never played cricket on a ground. He just hands over a piece of paper. Did he not see what conditions are like here? Did he not know that even India have lost in Bangladesh?” Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal said he was left embarrassed by the performance. “It felt like one team was international and the other was a club side playing a practice match before a World Cup,” he said. “I called Basit and couldn’t find words to describe what kind of cricket we were playing.” He did not stop there. “I swear to God, batting like this doesn’t even happen in club cricket. Club cricketers don’t play this …

Bangladesh coach Simmons shifts focus to standards over ODI World Cup qualification worry

Bangladesh coach Simmons shifts focus to standards over ODI World Cup qualification worry

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3 min readMar 10, 2026 03:22 PM IST As Bangladesh gear up for the three-match ODI series against Pakistan, head coach Phil Simmons’ focus is on improving the team’s overall standard in limited-overs cricket, rather than worrying too much about direct qualification for the forthcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027. “The ultimate aim is to improve our standard in ODI cricket rather than getting too caught up in qualification mathematics,” Simmons was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. Bangladesh have lost four of their last five ODI series and will take on Pakistan in the first of three ODIs in Dhaka on Wednesday. “The team may not currently have the same level of experience that was present when Bangladesh once reached the top of the ODI rankings, but our focus is on ensuring that the present group plays to the best of its ability,” Simmons told reporters ahead of their series opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday. “The work we are doing now is aimed at helping the team climb up the …

ICC Rankings: Daryl Mitchell dethrones Virat Kohli from top spot in ODIs | Cricket News

ICC Rankings: Daryl Mitchell dethrones Virat Kohli from top spot in ODIs | Cricket News

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Following his stupendous show against India in the ODI series, New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell displaced Indian superstar Virat Kohli in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batters on Wednesday. Mitchell was on a roll in the series against India scoring 352 runs in the three-game series with two hundreds and a fifty. His series total was the most ever by a New Zealander in a three-match ODI series and the third-most of all time, behind only Pakistan’s Babar Azam (360 against the West Indies in 2016) and India’s Shubman Gill (360 against New Zealand in 2023). Mitchell’s super show meant that New Zealand won the series 1-2 to end a 37-year-wait and recorded their first-ever series win in the ODI format on the Indian soil. “With 845 ranking points, he aptly replaces Kohli (795 points) who drops to No.2 on the list in the latest rankings release. The pair sit well clear of a chasing pack that includes Ibrahim Zadran, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Babar Azam,” the ICC said in a statement. It …

Virat Kohli reclaims ICC ODI No. 1 ranking for first time in 5 years, dethrones Rohit Sharma | Cricket News

Virat Kohli reclaims ICC ODI No. 1 ranking for first time in 5 years, dethrones Rohit Sharma | Cricket News

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Virat Kohli’s return to his very best has coincided with a surge back to the top of the ICC ODI batting rankings for the first time in nearly five years on Wednesday. Kohli’s ascent to the top of the ODI batting rankings was confirmed by the latest rankings update unveiled by the ICC shortly before India’s second match of the ongoing series against New Zealand at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. FOLLOW: IND vs NZ 2nd ODI LIVE SCORE The 37-year-old Kohli displaced his compatriot Rohit Sharma to take the top spot for the first time since losing his No. 1 ranking in the format on April 2, 2021. Kohli gained 12 rating points to move up to 785 rating points, while Rohit ceded six to move down from 781 to 775. New Zealand all-rounder Daryll Mitchell vaulted to second place, his career-best ranking having him within a point from Kohli at 784. After a spell of four consecutive years at the top of the batting rankings in the 50-over format, starting with the …

Smriti Mandhana climbs to world No 2 in ODI rankings; Jemimah Rodrigues reaches career high

Smriti Mandhana climbs to world No 2 in ODI rankings; Jemimah Rodrigues reaches career high

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Smriti Mandhana has climbed back to world No 2 in the latest ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings released on Tuesday. This development comes after the left-handed Mandhana hit her 11th ODI century, scoring 116 in the final of the 2025 Women’s ODI Tri Nation Series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo against hosts Sri Lanka. Mandhana’s century, which included 15 boundaries and 2 sixes off 101 deliveries, helped India win the final by 97 runs. She was the highest run scorer for India in the series, hitting 264 runs in five innings. Elsewhere, the young Jemimah Rodrigues shot up to a career best world No 15. Rodrigues was India’s second highest run scorer in the Tri series, scoring 245 runs in just four innings at an average of 61.25. What stood out, however, was her blistering strike rate of 117.79, often bailing India out of trouble. Rodrigues also hit a century in the series, the second of her international career, when she notched up a 101-ball 123 in India’s 23-run win over South Africa …

ICC ODI Rankings: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli swap positions but Shubman Gill stays at the top | Cricket News

ICC ODI Rankings: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli swap positions but Shubman Gill stays at the top | Cricket News

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ICC ODI Men’s Cricket Rankings: Indian opener Shubman Gill retained the number one sport in the latest ICC ranking. Rohit Sharma on the other hand has overtaken Virat Kohli in the rankings. The former is now in the third position after a Man Of The Match batting effort in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025 against New Zealand where he scored 76 runs. Virat Kohli on the other hand who himself took over the third position after his heroics against Australia in the semifinal fell back to fifth. On the other hand with his spell in the final Kuldeep Yadav has retained his spot in the top three and Ravindra Jadeja has risen three spots to 10th after his miserly spells throughout the tournament. Rohit Sharma confirms he’s not going anywhere At the end of a 20-minute press conference where Rohit Sharma addressed the questions with the trophy by his side, he paused and made a final statement: “One more thing… I’m not going to retire from the format, just to make sure that …

Virat Kohli rises to No 4 spot, Rohit Sharma drops two spots after Champions Trophy semi-final

Virat Kohli rises to No 4 spot, Rohit Sharma drops two spots after Champions Trophy semi-final

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Indian cricketer Virat Kohli rose to number 4 spot in the ICC ODI rankings for batters after his match-winning knock against Australia in the semi-final of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday. Thanks to Kohli’s knock, India defeated Australia by four wickets to enter the final of the event where they will await the winner of the second semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand. While Kohli rose one rank in the ODI batting charts, India captain Rohit Sharma fell two spots to No 5. Sharma has focussed on giving India blistering starts in the Champions Trophy. Kohli has scored 217 runs in four matches at the Champions Trophy is is also No 4 in the top run-scorers at the tournament. Sharma is 25th in the top run-scorers list with 104 runs in four games. His highest score at the event is 41. VENKATA KRISHNA B WRITES FROM DUBAI: In Champions Trophy semis, Chase General Virat Kohli conquers Australia, leads India’s march to final Story continues below this ad Meanwhile, India vice-captain …

‘He is a brilliant player’: Hashim Amla lauds Shubman Gill | Cricket News

‘He is a brilliant player’: Hashim Amla lauds Shubman Gill | Cricket News

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Former South Africa player Hashim Amla lauded Shubman Gill along with Rishabh Pant and Ryan Rickelton as the next best thing in international cricket. Gill has been on fire in the ODI format, having scored a century in the Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh and a brisk 46 against Pakistan. “For India, you have got Shubham Gill; Rishabh Pant has been around for a while. For South Africa, we have Ryan Rickelton who has done really well off late,” Amla told PTI Videos in an exclusive interaction. “Every country has about 2-3 cricketers who are going to come through and I think that’s pretty normal, that you see that every five years some youngster poke in the head through international cricket, and possibly be the next best, big thing,” he added. Story continues below this ad The South African batting stalwart also termed Gill a brilliant player, saying his start in ODIs has been exceptional. “He is a brilliant player, the way he started in one-day cricket, he has been exceptional. He has been a …

Sanjay Bangar says Shubman Gill will lead India’s batting in years to come | Cricket News

Sanjay Bangar says Shubman Gill will lead India’s batting in years to come | Cricket News

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Former India player Sanjay Bangar heaped praises on India ODI vice-captain Shubman Gill and said that the Punjab player will lead the Indian team’s batting in the years to come. The 25-year-old continued his stellar performances in the ODI format when he made a classy 46 against Pakistan on Sunday. “Clearly, he’s the guy who is going to shoulder the responsibility of the Indian team going forward in years to come,” Bangar said on JioHotstar. “(His) foundations are really, really strong and add to that the confidence of nearly two-and-a-half years of performing in one-day cricket. In one-day cricket, he’s been phenomenal. Now look, the straight drive, the on-drive are the shots wherein you cannot actually hit the ball really hard. But here, he was hitting the ball so hard that despite the mid-off and the mid-on fielder being on that 30-yard circle, the ball was going and hitting them. That’s the kind of timing he possesses,” he added. Story continues below this ad Before his steady innings against Pakistan, Gill had scored a century …

Babar Azam dethroned from top spot by India star in ICC ODI rankings

Babar Azam dethroned from top spot by India star in ICC ODI rankings

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Pakistan talisman Babar Azam was dethroned from the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings by India vice-captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana found himself on top of the Men’s ODI bowling rankings, surpassing Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan. This is not the first time that Shubman finds himself on top of the ICC standings: he had also left Babar Azam behind midway through the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2023. Champions Trophy 2025, PAK vs NZ LIVE Cricket Score: Watch Here Shubman’s rise to the top of the standings comes right before India’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh in Dubai and India’s much-anticipated clash with arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday. He has been in fine form recently, scoring two fifties and a century in the recent three-match ODI series against England at home which India won 3-0. Story continues below this ad “It’s a major shake-up at the top of the rankings just prior to the start of the Champions Trophy and leaves an interesting sub-plot to what will transpire over …