Ahead of the marquee clash, the commercial ads trolling each other, have taken the centre stage now.
The 17th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played between Australia and Pakistan at the County Ground Taunton in Taunton on Wednesday, 12 June.
Match 17, Australia vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2019 will start at 03:00 PM IST on Wednesday, 12 June at the County Ground Taunton in Taunton.
He holds the last spot in the list of top-100 athletes, headed by Barcelona and Argentina football superstar Lionel Messi. Last year, the Indian skipper was ranked 83rd in the list.
The Black Caps have been absolutely ruthless in the three games they have played so far in the tournament.
Pakistan currently stand at the eighth spot in the points table with three points in three games.
Soon after Yuvraj’s announcement, Bollywood celebs like Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor amongst others, took to social media and wished the cricketer for his future.
A senior BCCI official rued the planning process and said that this was the first thing the organisers should have done.
“Shikhar out the World Cup. Get Pant on the plane ASAP. KL Rahul to open and Pant at number 4…” Pietersen tweeted.
Australia fell to their first defeat of the tournament in their previous match against India on Sunday.
Steve Waugh felt Hardik Pandya has the ability to dominate the current edition of the World Cup.
Malinga has taken three wickets in the three matches that Sri Lanka has played so far. One of matches was washed out without a ball being bowled.
A Pakistan TV channel has aired a promotional advertisement wherein a character mimicking Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been shown.
The 16th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Bristol County Ground, Bristol on Tuesday, 11 June.
Shikhjar Dhawan played through pain after being hit on the thumb by a rising delivery from pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile.
Match 16, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, ICC World Cup 2019 will start at 03:00 PM IST on Tuesday, 11 June at the Bristol County Ground, Bristol.
“Congratulations on a fantastic career Yuvraj Singh. You were an amazing batsman and a brilliant fielder with big match temperament,” says Afridi.
“I wish him best of luck for the future. He is a TV product and I know he will do a lot of work on the small screen,” said Shoaib Akhtar.
Starting off in 2000 in the ICC KnockOut Trophy, he last played a Test for India in 2012 and last featured in a limited-over series in 2017.
the renowned Indian cricketer and India’s 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh called quits to his international cricketing career
Yuvraj Singh donned the India colours for the last time in 2017 as an indifferent form and injury issues forced him out of national reckoning.
It was Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif who with their electrifying catches and fielding efforts changed the course of many matches in the early 2000s.
In his tweet, Mohammed Kaif called Yuvraj Singh “One of the greatest match-winners in the history of the game”.
Match 15, South Africa vs West Indies, ICC World Cup 2019 will start at 03:00 PM IST on June 10 at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.
In all, Yuvraj played 40 Tests, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is for India in which he scored 1900, 8701 and 1177 runs respectively.