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Throughout the match, he stayed laser-focused, reacting passionately to every boundary and wicket, but post-match, he turned into a bit of a poet! During a lively interaction with former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu on Star Sports, Gambhir decided to sprinkle some shayari into the celebration.

Virat Kohli has always liked the format of Champions Trophy as it demands the eight participating teams to be at their best from the get go. The Champions Trophy is taking place for the first time since 2017 when India lost the final to Pakistan.

Jio Star is aiming to generate ad revenue of up to ₹6,000 crore from both TV and digital platforms during the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy and Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, according to sources familiar with the matter. The broadcaster expects to secure ad revenue of up to ₹1,500 crore from the Champions Trophy and up to ₹4,500 crore from the IPL, the sources added. Rate cards for the ICC Champions Trophy have already been released, with a detailed ad rate card for IPL expected to follow shortly. Jio Star's ad sales team is actively negotiating with advertisers for both events, prioritising the sale of Champions Trophy inventory first. The tournament is set to run from February 19 to March 9. IPL 2025 will be played from March 23 to May 25. For the Champions Trophy on Star Sports, the broadcaster is seeking ₹55 crore for co-presenting sponsorship, ₹44 crore for associate sponsorship and ₹28 crore from partner sponsors. The TV spot rate for India matches is ₹28 lakh per 10-second spot. On digital platforms, Jio Star is seeking ₹55 crore from co-presenting sponsors, ₹45 crore from powered-by sponsors and ₹25 crore from associate sponsors. CPM rates for the full tournament are ₹250 per 10-second spot and ₹500 for India matches. For Connected TV (CTV), the spot rate is ₹7 lakh for the entire tournament and ₹15 lakh for India and play-off matches.

Virat Kohli for neither playing domestic cricket nor working hard to iron out the technical flaws in his game, former pacer Irfan Pathan on Sunday questioned star batter's place in the side and called for an end to the superstar culture in the Indian team. Kohli and Rohit Sharma were woefully out of form during the just-concluded Test series against Australia. The 1-3 defeat resulted in team losing out on qualifying for the World Test Championship final.

Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday urged Indian batters to play in the Ranji Trophy without offering any excuses to iron out technical deficiencies that led to their peril in two successive series against New Zealand and Australia. Gavaskar said it was worrying to see the Indian batters churning out underwhelming efforts against New Zealand at home and in the just-concluded series against Australia Down Under.

PBKS IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Preity Zinta's Punjab Kings have decided to rejig their team after releasing all their star power and only retaining two uncapped players, Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh, for ₹5.5 crores and ₹4 crores, respectively. After leaving out key players like Kagiso Rabada, Shikhar Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh and Jitesh Sharma, PBKS have the highest amount of remaining purse at ₹110.5 crore along with 4 Right to Match slots, meaning they have an opportunity to rebuild a new side to finally win the coveted IPL trophy next year.The high purse amount means that PBKS can target some of the most coveted players at this year's auction including Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and even Shreyas Iyer. The first priority for the Kings would be to find a captain that they can build a side around, followed by some crucial big hitters and some quality pacers to replace the outgoing batch.PBKS IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Speaking about bidding for Pant, Ponting said, "Oh look, we've spoken about lots of players in the auction.

KL Rahul was seen engaging in heated conversation with Lucknow Super Giants' owner, uncertainty loomed over his future as the team's captain. With announcement of his release during annual retention activity, KL Rahul now remains on hotlist of several franchises as demand for skippers and wicketkeepers persists. A versatile batter for India across all formats. the Bengaluru boy can open, bat in middle-order, anchor and accelerate. A highly-capable wicketkeeper-batter as well. He is India's fourth-highest run-getter in T20Is, scoring 2,265 runs in 72 matches at an average of 37.75, striking at almost 140 with two centuries and 22 fifties to his name.

Nathan Lyon feels there is no room for error when bowling to Rishabh Pant, adding that the young India wicketkeeper-batter has a superabundance of talent to tame the best attack in the world. Pant will be an integral part of the Indian batting lineup during the upcoming five-Test Border-Gavaskar series beginning in Perth on November 22. The 26-year-old Pant recently returned to Test cricket after nearly 21 months following a near-fatal car crash in December 2022, and smashed a century against Bangladesh in the first Test at Chennai. «You're bowling against someone like Rishabh Pant, who is electric. He's got all the skills in the world,» Lyon, who has snared 530 Test scalps and will be expected to play a key role in the series against India, told Star Sports.

When the Indian stars ended their T20 journey by lifting the T20 World Cup, it was the first time that they were part of a winning Indian team. Virat Kohli was not a part of the Indian team which lifted the T20 World Cup trophy in 2007 held in South Africa. And Rohit Sharma was left out of the team in the 2011 Cup co-hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

HT quoted Hussain as saying on Star Sports.Often referred to a player for backing his teammates, Rohit has been lauded for creating a healthy atmosphere in the Indian dressing room. However, he hasn't shied away from giving them a mouthful on the cricket field.Hussain noted that Rohit's bonding with the junior cricketers proves how good an atmosphere he has created in the changing room.

India vs South Africa Live Score Updates: Rohit Sharma-led India will face off against David Miller's South Africa at the Kensington Oval stadium in Barbados from 8 p.m. today. Notably, South Africa and India are the only two teams in the tournament to stay unbeaten so far.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's inconsistent form in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 has been under criticism.Despite India being unbeaten in all six matches played in the tournament, Kohli and Rohit have failed to show their batting prowess.In the last Super Eight match – played with Bangladesh on Saturday – Kohli scored 37 off 28 balls, while Rohit scored a quickfire 11-ball 23.During the post-match chat, legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar compared Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's dismissals.

Star Sports, former Aussie captain said, “I loved what Rohit said it’s about having an impact on the game. It’s not about having 50s or 100s, it’s about changing the game and putting Bangladesh on the backfoot from the second over itself. It’s a change of mindset for youngsters who’re told to get hundreds, get fifties, get two hundreds whereas the modern game and you see the youngsters who’re 18,19 and 20 coming into the game now.

T20 World Cup 2024 after USA vs Ireland match got washed out in rain. Pakistan was vouching for Ireland to win that game, which would have kept their hopes alive in the tournament. Babar Azam-led Pakistan faced a major upset in their opening game, where they faced a defeat against the USA in the Super Over.

T20 World Cup 2024. In the three matches played, Pakistan lost the first two matches played against United States and India. Though they won the Canada, however, lost the chance to enter the Super 8.

Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team created history on 9 June at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York's Westbury when they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by six runs.Despite losing the toss and scoring just 119 in 19 overs after losing all the wickets, India managed to stop the Pakistan run chase to 113/7 in 20 overs.ALSO READ: IND Vs PAK T20 World Cup 2024: India beats Pakistan by 6 runs in New York in low-scoring nail-biterFollowing the match, former Pakistan skipper and legendary pacer Wasim Akram lambasted the Pakistan senior cricketers for not having 'game awareness'.“They have been playing cricket for 10 years, and I can’t teach them. Rizwan has no game awareness," Indian Express quoted Akram as saying on Star Sports after the match.Chasing 120 runs, Pakistan were once at 80/3 after 14 overs, but India's Jasprit Bumrah bowled out set batter Mohammad Rizwan for 31.ALSO READ: India’s victory against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2024 sparks meme fest on social media“He should have known that Bumrah was given the ball to take wickets and that the wise thing would have been to play his deliveries cautiously.

Virat Kohli.India and Pakistan will play their second group match of the tournament at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.ALSO READ: India Vs Pakistan: ICC's 'world-class grounds team' working hard to fix ‘dangerous’ New York pitchIt's not only a battle of supremacy but also a matter of pride and prestige. Knowing Kohli's prowess at thriving under pressure, Pakistan will try to get him out soon.According to stats, in 10 T20I against Pakistan, the Indian batting maestro has slammed 488 runs at an astonishing average of 81.33, that includes five half-centuries.However, reports have arrived that concerns have been raised over the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium pitch in New York, labelled 'dangerous'.ALSO READ: ICC clears air on New York pitch ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024 clash: ‘Working hard to remedy…’Earlier, the pitch faced heavy criticism after uneven bounce that led to Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's injury while playing against Ireland in the group match.Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif have suggested Virat Kohli to change his approach a bit against Pakistan this time.

ALSO READ: T20 World Cup: MS Dhoni doppelganger goes viral at Pak vs USA match, netizens say, ‘Dhoni on incognito mode'For the first time, the USA is co-hosting an ICC event. The hosts defeated Pakistan on 6 June by five runs in a super interesting Super over while playing in Dallas.Conversely, India defeated Ireland on 5 June by eight wickets while playing their group match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.Hardik Pandya – the Indian all-rounder – while speaking with Star Sports said, "Standing in big games is very exciting for me.

Star Sports. “Eventually, I believe, you have to stay in the battle. Sometimes life puts you in situations where things are tough, but I believe that if you leave the game or the field, the battle that is, you won't get what you want from your sport, or the results you are looking for," Pandya said.He added, "So, yeah, it has been difficult, but at the same time, I have been process-driven; I have tried to follow the same routines I used to follow earlier. At the same time, these things happen; there are good times and bad times, and these are phases that come and go.

Cricket World Cup 2023 were surrogate promotion of smokeless tobacco brands, according to a study that has called for a complete ban on promoting tobacco products in all sports. According to the study conducted by a group of experts from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Vital Strategies, of the total 41.3 per cent surrogate advertisements of smokeless tobacco (SLT) brands, 39.9 per cent were telecast during India's matches and 37.8 per cent during matches featuring one or both teams from South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). Cardamom was the main product promoted through such advertisements. «Two SLT brands, Vimal and Kamla Pasand, contributed to the surrogate SLT advertisements. While the promotion of the Vimal brand was entirely led by prominent Bollywood celebrities, former cricketers led the surrogate advertisements for Kamla Pasand,» the study that was published in the British Medical Journal in May said.