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Champion’s trophy has reached its business end and each team has their own players to watch out for. We present to you the players which we think will play a big part in their teams hopes of winning the cup. Mohammad Amir(Pakistan) Mohammad Amir’s comeback from his ban has been magical. He has been spitting venom to batsmen with his pace and swing. Early in the game he does not let batsmen settle and this has benefitted Team Pakistan. In the last game of the league stage he showed he can bat too and against England in Cardiff he can use the pitch to trouble the English batsmen. If Pakistan is to win the match against England his bowling exploits will be the key.   Jasprit Bumrah (India) The Indian sensation has been on a spree since his international debut last year. Within one year he rose to no. 1 bowler in T20 cricket which shows the calibre of his talent. He learnt to bowl deadly Yorkers from the master himself, Lasith Malinga. Even though he has picked up jus...

We are seeing many matches being washed out and using a method to revise targets. The method used to revise the target is called Duckworth-Lewis Method or DL method. What is Duckworth- Lewis method?? Duckworth-Lewis method is a formula used in limited over’s matches which are affected by rain or are temporarily stopped because of any other reason. It uses the over’s reaming and wickets in hand to estimate the total of a team. The traditional method used up to 1997 to revise targets when weather interfered with limited-overs cricket was based on average run-rate. The only advantage of such a system was that it was easy to understand and calculate for all concerned - players, officials and spectators - but it almost always gave a hugely unfair advantage to the team batting second, with the result that captains winning the toss when rain was around almost always chose to field first. From 1997, the ECB adopted the Duckworth/Lewis method as a fairer system, since then ...

We are at that part of the year that will bring us the excitement of lot of Cricket… This year the 8 th edition of Champions trophy is being held in England between 1 st June and 18 th June, 2017. The top 8 teams qualify for the Champions trophy. The 8 teams are divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the semi finals. Group A consist of Australia, England, Bangladesh and New Zealand. Matches to look out for will be the ashes rivalry between England and Australia and the trans Tasmanian rivalry of Australia and New Zealand. Bangladesh would also give tough completion to the other teams and could create upsets in the group. Group B consist of defending Champions India, Pakistan, Srilanka and South Africa. Matches to watch out for will the infamous rivalry between India and Pakistan and the match between India and South Africa. India are favorites to top the group due to the recent form of the team under Captain Kohli is terrific and...