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The most awaited Champions Trophy tournament is just less than 2 days away with top 8 teams in the world taking on each other starting from 1 st June with Bangladesh facing the hosts England at Oval, London. England, India, South Africa, Australia looks the strong contenders while New Zealand should give a tough fight. Here we look at the top 5 contenders who could win the Champions Trophy 2017 tournament. 1.        England England has been playing brilliant cricket after their group stage exit in the 2015 World Cup. From 2016-2017, the Eoin Morgan-led side showed their progress in limited overs format by playing 27 matches winning 18 and losing 7 matches. In Champions Trophy history they have played a total of 21 matches winning 11 and losing 10 with a win percentage of 52.38. In the previous edition, England lost in the finals by 5 runs. The new look England side have posted the highest score in One-day international format of 444 for 3 against...

After 2011, the Indian badminton team reached the knockout stages of the prestigious Sudirman Cup 2017 held in Gold Coast, Australia. India played 2 matches losing to Denmark 1-4 and then outplaying Indonesia in the second match by the same margin. Despite Indonesia winning their match against Denmark by 3-2, the number of points mattered as the Indian team as they have 5 matches won and 5 lost. Denmark has occupied the first spot with 6 wins and 4 losses. The Indian produced brilliant performances in the first match despite losing to Denmark 1-4. The mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Satwik Reddy almost gave a scare to the Olympic medalist in Rio.  PV Sindhu has been in good form beating both opponents with ease while Ajay Jayaram lost his match and K Srikanth dominated the Indonesian opponent. In women's doubles, Ashwini Ponappa and Sikki Reddy almost gave a scare to the silver medalist at Rio Olympics of Christina Pedersen and Juhl in three sets. Then they defeat...

The Champions Trophy was called the ICC Knockout tournament in 1998 and 2000. There have been 7 editions of this prestigious tournament. South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand have won the Champions Trophy title once while Australia have won it twice in 2006 and 2009. India shared the title with Sri Lanka in 2002 and then won it in 2013. After a hectic Indian Premier League tournament, the Indian Cricket team will be leaving for England today night to defend their Champions Trophy title that they won in 2013 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Four years later, Virat Kohli will be leading the Men in Blue for the first time in major ICC tournament. Going into the tournament, the biggest problem for India could be that they have played only three one-day International matches against England which was played in January. In 2017 edition of Champions Trophy, Team India has been clubbed with arch-rivals Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Before the blockbuster tie against ...

Deepti Sharma was in an imperious mood today against Ireland in the Quadrangular match at Potchefstroom. She became the second highest individual scorer in women's ODI history smashing the Irish bowlers to all parts of the ground with 188 runs off 160 balls with 27 boundaries and 2 sixes.    The left-handed batswomen shared a record a 320 runs partnership for the first wicket with Poonam Raut who was retired hurt on 109 in 116 balls with 11 fours. It is the highest partnership for any wicket in women's cricket breaking the record of Sarah Taylor and CMG Atkins for the 1st wicket of 268 against South Africa on 8th August 2008.    The 19-year-old girl made the life tough for Irish scoring 50 off 82 balls. After completing 50, Deepti Sharma played aggressive strokes and scored her first 100 in ODI cricket. She was dismissed in the 46th over. Before today's   match   she played 18 ODI matches and scored 478 runs with the best score of 89. With the bowl, D...

Pakistan   have   been clubbed with India, Sri   Lanka   and South Africa. They have to play well in this tournament to qualify directly for World Cup 2019. Despite winning the ODI series against West Indies 2-1, the Men in Green are struggling in the ODI format. The team will be led by   Sarfarz   Ahmed who will be captaining Pakistan in such tournament for the first time. Here are 5 Pakistani players which might decide the fate of the team. 5.  Mohammed Hafeez  Mohammed Hafeez is a veteran Pakistan player who has lots of experience of playing international cricket. He has played a total of 185 One day internationals with the top score of 140*. In the ODI series against West Indies, he performed well with the bat and also made good contributions with the ball also. If Pakistan needs to do well in this prestigious tournament, Hafeez needs to deliver with the all-around contributions.       4. Shoaib Malik Shoaib Malik another e...

With less than one month to go, India's 15 man squad has been announced for the prestigious Champions Trophy 2017 to be held in England from 1st June to 18th June. The Indian team   are   the defending Champions of this tournament that they won in 2013 under the captain of MS Dhoni. The selectors have gone with experience for this big tournament. Here we look at the 5 players which could decide the fate of the Indian team. 5.    Hardik Pandya Hardik Pandya could prove a good all-around option for team India in conditions which might help seamers.  In the previous ODI series against England this year at home, he did a decent job with the bat as well ball. Depending upon the pitch conditions, Hardik Pandya could play as the third seam option who has the ability to bowl all 10 overs and makes the opposition batsmen tough. Also, he is good lower order batsmen who could give vital runs and provide a big difference to the team. 4. Jasprit Bumrah  Since the e...

The BCCI have announced a 15 men squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy to be held in England from June 1st. Rohit Sharma who played its last One-day international in October last year against New Zealand makes a comeback while Shikhar Dhawan joins him as the second opener. Rahane who has done well in England will be the third backup opener. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have done well in the 10th edition of IPL so far.  The middle order looks very strong with the likes of Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya completes the list. Virat Kohli has been in poor form during IPL 10. With this batting order, it can destroy any bowling attack on its day.    Ravichandran Ashwin will make a comeback into the team after being rested for IPL 2017 while Ravindra Jadeja has been included in the team. Bhvuneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah has a strong pace attack. Mohammed Shami also makes a comeback into the ODI squad after...

Since the inception of IPL in 2008, it has been a great platform for young Indian players like Axar Patel, Sandeep Sharma to showcase their talent to the world and have represented the Indian national team. With the group stages coming to a close in the 10th edition of IPL, there are some young talents who have done well for their respective franchises. Here we look at such 5 young talents of IPL 10 so far. 5. Mohammed Siraj  Mohammed Siraj a young tall fast bowler from Hyderabad has been decent so far in the IPL 10. He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 2.6 Crores and made his IPL debut against Delhi Daredevils on 19th April 2017. At the present moment, SRH are 3rd in the points table with 13 points. Siraj has impressed with bowling yorkers, variations and surprising the batsmen with bouncers. In the 4 matches, he has played so far, the young Indian bowler has taken 6 wickets with an economy of 9.25 runs per over. His best figures were 2/26. 4. Basil Thampi  Ba...