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Joe Root named India's stalwart batter Virat Kohli as the «greatest chaser of all time» ahead of their upcoming clash in the World Cup on Sunday at Lucknow's Ekana stadium. England have failed to live up to their pre-tournament billing in the ongoing World Cup as they currently sit at the bottom of the table with two points. However, with their backs against the wall and faced with a do-or-die battle, the Three Lions will go all out to pull off a victory against the hosts. The defending champions hold a 4-3 lead over the Men in Blue in head-to-head encounters in ODI World Cups. However, on current form, India appear to hold the upper hand going into Sunday's clash. Virat has been influential in India's unbeaten run in the World Cup so far, playing match-winning hands in all the team's chases.

In the end, the tenth edition of the Rugby World Cup wasn’t decided by a high-risk selection strategy, a bold use of the bench or a freakish drop-goal with seconds to play. Instead, it was the oldest truism in rugby that won the day – keep your discipline.

World Cup 2023. These two teams are at the polar ends in terms of performance. The Men in Blue are yet to lose a match.

India and England could not be further apart as they take to the pitch on Sunday. The Brits, defending champions, and — for all intents and purposes — out of contention for this year's trophy. On the other hand are the Men in Blue; raring to go, having won five out of five of their matches in the competition.

Paris | Defending champion South Africa kicked its way to a record fourth Rugby World Cup title by beating New Zealand 12-11 on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) after All Blacks captain Sam Cane was the first player to be red-carded in a final.

World Cup matches so far. Australia won 8 of those and the Black Caps 3. In the 2019 World Cup encounter, Australia won by 86 runs.

New Zealand (NZ): Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c & wk), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult Australia (AUS): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne/Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa The HPCA ground at Dharamsala may provide an excellent amount of support to the batters. Opting to bowl first and chasing the target could be a wise decision.

Australia vs New Zealand, ICC World Cup 2023: The stage is set for an intense World Cup clash between two in-form teams Australia and New Zealand which will go against each other on Saturday. Tom Latham-led New Zealand has been great during the tournament and stands at number 3 on the points table. Pat Cummins led Australia to a shaky start in the ICC World Cup 2023, but the team made a strong comeback and maintained its position in the top 4.

Australia vs New Zealand Live Score Updates, World Cup 2023: Australia is set to go against New Zealand at the beautiful Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium, Dharamshala on Saturday. Pat Cummins-led Australia had a shaky start to the ICC World Cup 2023, but have convincingly won its last three matches, while New Zealand have been great in the tournament so far except against India in their last match.Currently, New Zealand stands at number 3 on the points table, while Australia is at number 4.

Harvey Norman, Australia’s largest white goods and home retailer, says pre-tax profits have halved in the first three months of the new financial year as sales momentum deteriorates faster than the market expected.

The first time Rich Gelfond visited Sydney, it was in 1996 for the opening of the IMAX cinema in Darling Harbour.

Australia and New Zealand o n S a t u r d ay i n a Himalayan setting for their trans-Tasman clash — the final game of the tournament at Dharamsala. Both teams have played five games — New Zealand are placed third with 8 points from four wins and trail second-place South Africa on net run-rate. Australia have won three out of five games and is placed fourth with 6 points.

New Zealand and South Africa will emerge as historical top dog with a record fourth triumph. As South African fans are never slow to remind everybody, the World Cup's statistics are slightly skewed by the absence of the Springboks from the first two, due to their sporting isolation because of Apartheid. That means that should they triumph on Saturday they will have an incredible 50% success rate — four finals from eight tournaments. New Zealand won the inaugural event in 1987 then became the first to win back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2015 — an achievement defending champions South Africa are also desperate to emulate. Their previous final meeting was in 1995, the first World Cup South Africa were allowed into.

Cricket World Cup has clocked. As per BARC data provided by Disney Star on Friday, the live broadcast for the first 18 tournament matches has clocked up 123.8 billion viewing minutes. This is a 43 per cent growth compared to the previous edition in England and Wales in 2019, the company said. Further, the marquee tournament which began on October 5, recorded 364.2 million viewers tuning in to the live broadcast of the first 18 matches.

India's stylish opener, Subhman Gill attended the optional training section on Friday at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow ahead of Team India's clash against England on Sunday. During the training session, Gill called a member of the staff with special stuff, like a badminton racket and tennis ball, reported news agency ANI. Following this, he practiced a short ball as he was dismissed in a short ball against New Zealand, and this time he didn't want to repeat the mistake. Coming to India's previous game against New Zealand, which Rohit Sharma's side won easily, Sharma's side put New Zealand to bat first. 'Men in Blue' were off to a good start, reducing Kiwis to 19/2 in powerplay.

There’s no doubt it’s been a difficult year for investment bankers around the country as deal activity continues to crawl along.

Bain’s Australian office has delayed the start dates of its roughly two dozen new joiners until as late as October next year and will not confirm when they commence until “early 2024”, a sign the strategy consulting firm remains uncertain about its future workload.

Washington has decided to withdraw its proposal on digital trade at the global trade body to retain the policy space to regulate Big Tech firms. The changed position is crucial ahead of a key ministerial meeting of the WTO next year for which digital trade has been identified as one of the «solid deliverables» by senior trade officials of 164-member countries on Tuesday. The WTO e-commerce negotiations, through a Joint Statement Initiative (JSI), began in 2019 with 90 members trying to reach a consensus on data flows, data localisation, and protection of source code by MC13. India has opposed the plurilateral initiative and has kept away from the talks. New Delhi backs flexibility in digital policy and has concerns about the potential dominance of a handful of e-commerce players. India has also expressed apprehensions over the proposed rules favouring foreign companies, especially the Big Tech. «The new US stand on digital trade validates India's approach on the subject.

World Cup 2023 points table: This edition of the ICC World Cup is going phenomenal as new records are created almost every other day. It is probably the first time that the fastest century record was broken twice in the same World Cup season. Australia's Glenn Maxwell smashed a ton in just 40 balls against Netherlands on Wednesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi.

Some key statistics for England and Sri Lanka in ICC World Cup 2023England and Sri Lanka have each won just one of their four tournament matches. They are trailing the top four teams by four points.Interestingly, Sri Lanka, the last World Cup defending champions to lose their opening match, faced a similar fate as England this year when they were defeated by New Zealand.England will be missing their key fast bowler Reece Topley, while Sri Lanka's Matheesha Pathirana is out for the tournament, with Angelo Matthews taking his place.Jos Buttler wins the toss, England will bat firstIn the previous World Cup tournaments, England and Sri Lanka met for the 11 times.

By Ankur Banerjee