Ayub replaces Pandya as Abhishek breaks ICC ranking record
|| ICC || India's Abhishek Sharma has increased his T20I batting rankings lead, while Pakistan's Saim Ayub has ended Hardik Pandya T20I all-rounder reign.
|| ICC || India's Abhishek Sharma has increased his T20I batting rankings lead, while Pakistan's Saim Ayub has ended Hardik Pandya T20I all-rounder reign.
Shubman Gill's India will be heavy favourites when they play a home two-Test series starting Thursday against a West Indies side struggling with injuries and a pale shadow of the team that once dominated cricket.
Pakistan captain Salman Agha said India had "disrespected cricket" while Indian counterpart Suryakumar Yadav complained his side were denied the trophy after winning a fraught Asia Cup overshadowed by ill feeling on both sides.
In a dramatic post-match twist at the Asia Cup 2025 T20 final in Dubai, Team India declined to receive the championship trophy directly from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President and PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi.
Tilak Varma hit an unbeaten 69 as India defeated Pakistan by five wickets for a record-extending ninth Asia Cup title with no handshakes between the sides again on Sunday.
Former domestic player and administrator Mithun Manhas was unanimously elected on Sunday as president of India's cricket board, the sport's most powerful national body.
Pakistan captain Salman Agha condemned India's refusal to shake hands with their arch-rivals, calling it "not good for cricket" before Sunday's high-stakes Asia Cup final in Dubai.
The traditional pre-final trophy shoot will not take place ahead of the much-anticipated Asia Cup 2025 final between Pakistan and India, sources confirmed on Saturday.
A pulsating contest at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium ended in high drama as India defeated Sri Lanka in a Super Over after their last Asia Cup Super Fours clash finished tied on 202 runs apiece.
The ICC has reprimanded Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf and opener Sahibzada Farhan for breaching the Code of Conduct during the September 21 India-Pakistan Super Four match in Dubai.
Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson called on his players to focus on cricket when they face India in the Asia Cup final on Sunday, after the previous two meetings between the sides caused tensions to run high.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially lodged a complaint with the ICC against Pakistan players Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for their on-field gestures during the Asia Cup Super Fours clash in Dubai last Sunday.