ICC Champions Trophy 2017: Sarfraz Ahmed escapes ban after Pakistan's win over Sri Lanka
Cricket | June 13, 2017 13:10 ISTPakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed was fined along with his team for maintaining a slow over-rate in the game against Sri Lanka.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed was fined along with his team for maintaining a slow over-rate in the game against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan fielders dropped Sarfraz Ahmed twice off Lasith Malinga's overs as the Pakistan skipper cracked a match-winning 61 to take his team to the semi-finals.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said his team will look to play with positive intent against a strong England side in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday.
Sarfraz Ahmed (61) cracked a gritty unbeaten fifty as Pakistan survived some tense moments before notching up a thrilling three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their must-win Group B match to enter the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan: Pakistan fast bowlers put up a stellar show to dismiss Sri Lanka for 236 after asking them to bat in a must-win game in Cardiff.
Sent into bat by Kohli, South Africa were bowled out for 191 in 44.3 overs. In reply, India chased down the target with 12 overs to spare, reaching 193 for two in 38 overs, to set up a last-four clash with Bangladesh.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan took just 16 innings to reach the 1000-run mark, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, who took 18 innings to complete the milestone.
India vs South Africa: Defending champions India defeated South Africa by 8 wickets to storm into the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
Star all-rounder Yuvraj Singh will be playing in his 299th ODI game when he comes out against South Africa at The Oval.
England advanced as the group winner after three straight wins and will be joined in the last four by tournament outsider Bangladesh, who finished in second place on three points.
India captain Virat Kohli urged his players to keep their composure against South Africa in a do-or-die match on Sunday.
India's unexpected loss to Sri Lanka has turned the remaining Group B matches into virtual quarterfinals: India vs top-ranked South Africa on Sunday, followed by Sri Lanka vs Pakistan on Monday.
India captain Virat Kohli credited the Sri Lankan batsmen for keeping their composure in a tough chase.
Pedestrian bowling performance from defending champions India saw them slump to an unexpected seven-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in a high-scoring ICC Champions Trophy Group B match on Thursday.
In an attempt to add more context to the games, the Chief Executive Committee (CEC) of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has mooted restructuring of Test and One-Day cricket and conduct it in a league format.
Indian captain Virat Kohli today slipped a rung to third in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen but his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni gained a spot to be 13th in the latest list issued here.
Kohli completed 7,500 ODI runs in just 167 innings, becoming the quickest to reach the milestone.
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