SRINAGAR — New Zealand have suffered a major blow on the eve of their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign with key pacer Lockie Ferguson ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Ferguson will miss the eight-team tournament due to an injury to his right foot, with the right-armer replaced in New Zealand’s squad by […]
DUBAI — Intrigue, uncertainty, backstage drama. The ICC Champions Trophy has seen it all even before the curtains go up on the tournament and it would only get more stirring over the next three weeks, starting with the opening clash between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi. Eight teams will vie for a trophy, often […]
SRINAGAR — Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy due to a lower back injury. The Men’s Selection Committee has named Harshit Rana as Bumrah’s replacement. Team India have also named Varun Chakaravarthy in the squad. The spinner will replace Yashasvi Jaiswal who was initially named in the […]
KARACHI — Pakistan have decided to stick with their already chosen Champions Trophy squad after the selectors reviewed it following widespread criticism about the inclusion of certain players. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi and the selectors reviewed the 15-member squad after the selection of batter Khushdil Shah and allrounder Faheem Ashraf invited […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday unveiled the national cricket team’s official jersey for the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 during the opening ceremony of newly-renovated Gaddafi Stadium. The kit was revealed by Pakistan’s 15-member squad for the eight-team tournament during the star-studded ceremony. The board also released a minute-long promo to unveil […]
ISLAMABAD — Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi revealed on Friday that the selection committee is reviewing the squad for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. “The selection committee has the right to make changes or not, in the Champions Trophy squad,” he added. The chairman also addressed the inclusion of Khushdil […]
KARACHI — Pakistan opening batter Saim Ayub has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 after being prescribed a rehabilitation period of at least 10 weeks to recover from an ankle injury. Pakistan opener Saim Ayub is progressing well in his recovery from a right ankle fracture and will continue his rehabilitation in […]
GALLE — Australia on Thursday dealt more blows with captain Pat Cummins and senior pacer Josh Hazlewood being ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy owing to injuries. Cummins has not recovered from the ankle niggle that plagued him towards the end of the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series against India, while Hazlewood is still […]
DUBAI — Tickets for the highly-anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 match between arch-rivals Pakistan and India have been sold out in less than an hour after the tickets for the mega tournament went on sale. Cricket enthusiasts rushed to the tickets’ sales website with more than 140,000 fans queuing up online to get their […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Friday confirmed that newly renovated Gaddafi Stadium Lahore and National Stadium Karachi would be inaugurated on February 7 and February 11, respectively ahead of the highly-anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. “Lahore stadium is going to be inaugurated on February 7, God willing,” Naqvi told […]