(Reuters) – Six players from finalists India and two from champions Australia were selected in the World Cup team of the tournament announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday. Leading run scorer Virat Kohli — who was named player of the tournament — captain Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and …
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By Amlan Chakraborty AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India played the tournament’s best cricket for nearly six weeks but it was the familiar sight of Australia celebrating with the trophy as fireworks exploded overhead when the 13th edition of the World Cup came to a close on Sunday. Barely five months after beating India in the …
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By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – India dominate the business side of global cricket by virtually every metric but Australia showed commercial clout counts for little when teams battle on the game’s biggest stage. With a pitch offering little comfort for pace bowlers and terraces packed with blue-clad fans, Sunday’s World Cup final could not …
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By Amlan Chakraborty AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Australia once again showed their ability to produce their best on the grandest of occasions on Sunday when they toppled India to win the 50-overs World Cup title and cement their status as the most successful team in the tournament’s history. Australia opener Travis Head smashed a magnificent century …
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By Shrivathsa Sridhar AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India coach Rahul Dravid described captain Rohit Sharma as an exceptional leader despite the team’s six-wicket defeat by Australia in the World Cup final that ended their 10-match winning streak in the tournament. Batting more aggressively than ever before, Rohit played a crucial role during the World Cup …
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By SAURABH SHARMA SILKYARA, India (Reuters) – Indian authorities were exploring five new plans to rescue workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas after a week of failed attempts. Forty-one men, stuck in the highway tunnel in Uttarakhand state since Nov. 12, are safe and being fed through a pipe, the authorities …
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By Shrivathsa Sridhar AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Rohit Sharma’s explosive batting has unsettled opponents during India’s 10-match winning streak at the World Cup, but the skipper said on Saturday he would rein himself in if the team need a different approach in the final against Australia. Rohit has scored 550 runs in the tournament – …
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By Saurabh Sharma SILKYARA, India (Reuters) -Rescuers trying to reach workers trapped for nearly a week in a collapsed highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas began working on an alternate plan on Saturday, after the operation hit a snag the day before. The men have been stuck in the hillside tunnel in since Sunday morning …
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By Amlan Chakraborty AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Virat Kohli has long been on the cusp of batting greatness and at 35 years old he is making a solid case to be considered the greatest 50-overs player of all time after a run-laden World Cup campaign on home soil. Sachin Tendulkar was the game’s premier batsman …
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By Amlan Chakraborty AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – It was not known if Pat Cummins was searching ‘How to silence a big, partisan crowd’ as the Australia captain entered the press conference room fiddling with his phone but he conceded that was pretty much the plan for the World Cup final against India. As if India’s …
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