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Rohit Sharma says the Indian team has endured cricket's vicissitudes in the last nine months but it waged a collective battle to achieve success and every member of the side that competed in the last three ICC tournaments deserves «respect». In their last three ICC limited-overs tournaments, India have lost only one out of 24 matches, with the defeat coming against Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad. The India team recently won the ICC Champions Trophy and the T20 World Cup in Barbados last year. In between India lost a rare home Test series against New Zealand and away in Australia. Reflecting on his remarkable tenure as India captain, Rohit said: «Look at what this team has achieved in this big three tournaments. After playing the tournament like that and getting defeated only once and that too in a final (2023 ODI World Cup).»

India's run from the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup, which ended with a heartbreaking loss to Australia in the final after an unprecedented 10-match win streak, till the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 has been one of the finest runs by a team in white-ball cricket, 23 wins in 24 matches, one loss and two trophies won, reported ESPNCricinfo. India won both the last year's T20 World Cup at Barbados and the Champions Trophy in Dubai undefeated. Had they won the 2023 World Cup, they would have had all the ICC titles in white-ball cricket at the same time, that too undefeated, which no team has ever managed to do.

Indian cricketers, led by Rohit Sharma, have made a quiet return home following their triumph in the Champions Trophy in Dubai. After leading India to their second ICC title in nine months, skipper Rohit landed back in Mumbai on Monday night. The squad members have got a week off before they join their respective IPL teams ahead of the tournament beginning March 22. «All the players with families left from Dubai on Monday. There are some players who have stayed back for a couple of days,» a BCCI source told PTI.

Chad and Bangladesh were the world's most polluted countries in 2024, with average smog levels more than 15 times higher than WHO guidelines, according to figures compiled by Swiss air quality monitoring firm IQAir. Only Australia, New Zealand, the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Estonia and Iceland made the grade, IQAir said.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title with a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the final at Dubai International Stadium on March 9. New Zealand, batting first, posted a total of 251 runs. In response, Rohit Sharma led with 76 runs, while contributions from KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja ensured India’s victory.

Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Thursday. Every team plays only three group-stage matches and one loss could mean a knockout.

Champions Trophy this year, said sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Also, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is being discussed as India's next captain, added the sources. Rohit's captaincy has been a mix of memorable highs and some extremely disappointing lows. Be it a 10-match winning streak during the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup at home, which concluded with a loss to Australia in the final or India's redemption with an ICC T20 World Cup title win in 2024 at Barbados, Rohit's captaincy has given fans plenty of positives. Under him, team also made it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship 2023, where they lost to Australia.

The Bahamas says it will refinance $300 million of its external debt to free up more than $120 million for marine conservation projects and climate change mitigation

The UK officially launched the Global Clean Power Alliance at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, fuelling hopes that a growing coalition of countries are willing to push for an ambitious new climate agreement at the COP29 Summit in Baku. Brazil, Australia, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Tanzania, and the African Union have committed to supporting the new alliance's first 'Mission', while the US and EU have been named as partners of the initiative.  COP29: Keir Starmer confirms UK will aim to cut emissions 81% by 2035 Prime Minister Kei...

Guyana as President Irfan Ali broke the protocol to receive PM Modi at the airport. Both Guyana and Barbados, another small Caribbean country, will confer their highest national awards on Modi. People of Indian origin, the biggest ethnic group in Guyana, make up 43.5% of the population. There are around 3,20,000 people of Indian origin in Guyana, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), which described it as «one of the oldest Indian diasporas, which migrated more than 185 years ago». «Prime Minister received a rousing and colorful welcome from the Indian community and the Indo-Guyanese diaspora in the presence of several Cabinet Ministers of Guyana,» the MEA said in a statement. However, the presence of a large Indian-origin community is not the only reason PM Modi is visiting Guyana. It may be a tiny country but it is assuming great global significance due to its huge oil reserves. Forging economic relations with smaller countries is part of Modi's agenda to bring together the Global South.

Salt reached this accomplishment during the first T20I against West Indies at Barbados. During the match, England was assigned a task to chase down 183 runs. Salt almost single-handedly did it by himself, scoring 103* in just 54 balls. His innings was laced with nine fours and six sixes. His strike rate was 190.74. This is Salt's third T20I hundred, tying him with Pakistan star Babar, who also has three T20I tons. Only Indian stars Suryakumar Yadav (4 centuries) and Rohit Sharma (5 centuries) and Australian hitter Glenn Maxwell (5 centuries) are above Salt.

Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados West Indies squad - Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Keacy Carty, Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Jewel Andrew, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Hayden Walsh, Jayden Seales, Matthew Forde, Shamar Joseph England squad - Dan Mousley, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Michael Pepper, Phil Salt, Adil Rashid, Jafer Chohan, Jofra Archer, John Turner, Reece Topley, Rehan Ahmed, Saqib Mahmood West Indies vs England Live Score: England (Playing XI) - Phil Salt(WK), Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone(C), Sam Curran, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley. West Indies vs England Live Score: West Indies (Playing XI) - Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope(C)(WK), Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Matthew Forde, Alzarri Joseph.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st T20I: New India T20 captain Surykumar Yadav will take charge of the 3 match T20 series against Sri Lanka starting today. Notably, Surya has big shoes to fill in leading the world champions and taking over the charge of team after retirement of skipper Rohit Sharma.

Hardik Pandya bowled the final ball in ICC T20 World Cup 2024, the celebrations of India's victory have not ceased. Rohit Sharma & Co met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4, soon after landing in Delhi from Barbados. The PM hosted the World Cup champions for breakfast at his residence and also interacted with the entire team and learning about their experiences throughout the marquee tournament. BCCI secretary Jay Shah and President Roger Binny were also present at 7 LKM and gifted Modi an Indian jersey.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: T20 World Champions to meet PM Modi soon; Rohit, Risabh, Suryakumar Yadav dance to dholIndian cricket team having arrived back in India on Thursday morning, is scheduled to participate in an open bus road show. Subsequently, they will be honored at a felicitation ceremony to be held at the Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai, as reported by PTI.The victory procession will be held between 5 and 7 pm from Nariman Point to the Wankhede Stadium, the official said on Wednesday.Also Read: Why Team India was flown cancelling a scheduled regular flight? DGCA rebukes Air India, seeks report“As a large number of people are expected to gather for the event, police are taking utmost precaution to avoid any untoward incident," he said.“Adequate security is being deployed at the Marine Drive between Nariman Point and Wankhede Stadium," the official said.The T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team arrived in New Delhi from Barbados on Thursday aboard a specially-arranged charter flight with scores of fans lining up outside the airport in the national capital to welcome the players despite a steady drizzle and heavy security deployment that kept them at a distance from their heroes.

worldcup winning team.A cake has been prepared in the colours of Team India jersey and topped with the T20 trophy recreated in chocolate.Executive chef at ITC Maurya, Chef Shivneet Pahoja, told news agency ANI its a tribute to the World Cup winning team“The cake is in the colour of the Team's jersey. Its highlight is this trophy, it may look like an actual trophy but this is made out of chocolate...This is our welcome to the winning team...We have arranged the breakfast in the special venue and we will offer them a special breakfast.." he said.

Indian cricket team members received a grand felicitation on their return from Barbados as they first met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday in New Delhi and then joined a victory parade in Mumbai where large street-side crowds cheered for the T20 World Cup winners as they passed atop an open bus in a procession. The welcome was fitting, given that this title win is only the second for India and ended a 17-year drought in this format of the game, one that has lasted since India’s win in the inaugural edition of the championship in 2007.

winning the World Cup title in Barbados.Hundreds of fans, holding placards congratulating their favourite players and waving the national flag, gathered outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport to welcome the victorious players.Meanwhile, taking to X, BCCI wrote, “It's home #TeamIndia." And netizens were quick to react to congratulate the team One said, Aa gayi ji aa gayi jiska barso se intejaar tha wo trophy ghar aa gayi. Another fan wrote,"A warm welcome to our country's heroes on their return to India after winning the World Cup!" “Welcome home team India finally after 17 years India is back with Trophy.....Grt moment......," said another fan.The squad is expected to leave for Mumbai on Thursday evening.

Air India cancelled a scheduled flight from the US to India and used the Boeing 777 plane for running a charter to ferry the Indian cricket team back home from Barbados, prompting the civil aviation regulator to seek a response from the Tata Group-owned airline, according to people with knowledge of the matter. A special Air India flight, chartered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is carrying the T20 World Cup-winning Indian team and support staff from Barbados in the Caribbean to Delhi. The flight took off from Grantley Adams International airport in Bridgetown on Wednesday and was scheduled to land in New Delhi on Thursday at around 6 AM.

Shubman Gill and Riyan Parag who termed it as an «inspiration» while vowing to bring more glory to the nation in future. The new line of Indian players is here to play a five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe, which is starting from Saturday at the Harare Sports Club. Gill, who is leading the contingent here, was a travelling reserve with Rohit Sharma's men before returning to India after the group stage of the T20 WC which was held in the USA. The 24-year-old rated the victory as a «feather in the cap».