Yuvraj Singh is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He was an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He has won 7 Player of the Series awards in One Day International (ODI) cricket,which is a joint 3rd highest by an Indian cricketer,shared with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. He is the son of former Indian fast bowler and actor Yograj Singh.
The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Nicknamed the Black Caps,they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch,becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956,more than 26 years,for its first Test victory,against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand are the inaugural champions of WTC which they won in 2021 and they have also won ICC CT in 2000. They have played in the CWC final twice and the T20 WC final once.
Jacques Henry Kallis OIS is a South African cricket coach and former professional cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and as one of the greatest all-rounders ever to play the game,he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. As of 2024,Kallis is the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 10,000 runs and take over 250 wickets in both ODI and Test match cricket. He has also taken 131 ODI catches. He scored 13,289 runs in his Test match career,took 292 wickets,and 200 catches. Kallis scored 45 Test match centuries and is the third highest test match run scorer in history. Kallis won 23 Man-of-the-Match awards,the most by any player in Test history.
The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997,it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club since 1903. England,as a founding nation,is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test,One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Until the 1990s,Scottish and Irish players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right.
The Pakistan national cricket team has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 1952. It is controlled by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB),the governing body for cricket in Pakistan,which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan compete in cricket tours and tournaments sanctioned by the PCB and other regional or international cricket bodies in Test,One Day International (ODI),and Twenty20 International (T20) formats. Pakistan are current ICC Champions Trophy holders.
The Bangladesh men's national cricket team,commonly known as The Tigers,is the national cricket team of Bangladesh,administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). They are a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test,One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.
The ICC Champions Trophy,originally named the ICC KnockOut Trophy,is a quadrennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is played in ODI format.
The Kenya men's national cricket team represents the Republic of Kenya in international cricket. Kenya is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted T20I status to all its members.
Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer,who played all formats of the game. A right-handed batsman who played as an opener in One Day Internationals (ODI),while batting in the middle order in Test matches. In a career that spanned 12 years,Astle played 81 Tests and 223 ODIs accumulating 4,702 and 7,090 runs respectively. As of 2022,he is New Zealand's fourth-most prolific run scorer. Astle collected 154 wickets with his medium-paced bowling at the international level. He holds two records –scoring the fastest double century in Test cricket and the second highest individual score in the fourth innings of a Test match. Both the records were achieved when he made 222 against England in Christchurch in 2002. Astle was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy. His innings of 145 not out is the highest individual score by a batsman in the ICC Champions Trophy,which he scored in the 2004 tournament.
The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. It was the fifth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. The tournament venue was not confirmed until mid-2005 when the Indian government agreed that tournament revenues would be free from tax. Australia won the tournament,their first Champions Trophy victory. They were the only team to get one loss in the tournament,as all other teams lost at least two matches. West Indies,their final opponents,beat Australia in the group stage but were bowled out for 138 in the final and lost by eight wickets on the Duckworth–Lewis method. West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle was named Player of the Tournament.
The Indian cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1932 and has since advanced to be among the top four test teams in the in each of 2005 to 2008. The team won the ODI Cricket World Cup in 1983 and 2011. In other major International victories,Team India won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007 and ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 and 2013.
Timothy Grant Southee,is a New Zealand international cricketer who has captained New Zealand cricket team in all formats of the game. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. The third New Zealand bowler to take 300 Test wickets,he was one of the country's youngest cricketers,debuting at the age of 19 in February 2008. On his Test debut against England he took 5 wickets and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings. He plays for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield,Ford Trophy and Super Smash as well as Northland in the Hawke Cup. He was named as New Zealand's captain for the first T20I against West Indies in place of Kane Williamson,who was rested for that game. The Blackcaps won that match by 47 runs. Southee was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. Southee currently has the highest (international) test batting strike rate among the batsmen with a minimum of 2000 test runs. His (batting) career strike rate is 83.12. He was also a part of the New Zealand squads to finish as runners-up in two Cricket World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019.
Shikhar Dhawan is an Indian former cricketer. A left-handed opening batter,he was considered among one of the greatest ODI batsmen for Indian cricket team for a decade and Delhi in domestic cricket. His batting average in ICC World Cups and Champion Trophies is 65.15,which is the highest among batters scoring at least 1000 runs in those tournaments. He was awarded the 'Player of the Tournament' in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and was the leading run scorer for India at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Sarfaraz Ahmed is a Pakistani cricketer who played for the Pakistani national cricket team between 2007 and 2023. He captained the Pakistan side in all formats from 2016 to 2019 and under his captaincy,Pakistan won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy,defeating India in the final. Previously,during his under-19 cricket career,he also led the Pakistan team to win the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup,where they had also beat India in the final.
John Michael Arthur is a South African-Australian cricket coach,commentator and former cricketer,who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club since November 2021.
The Pakistan cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1952 and has since become one of the most successful teams in modern cricket. The team reached the semi-finals of the 1979,1983,1987 and 2011 World Cups,and finals in 1992 and 1999,and won the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup by defeating England in the final with the captaincy of Imran Khan They are one of the most successful T20 sides but faced a big failure in T20 2016 having won the T20 World Cup in 2009 and been runner-up in 2007. And after that they have defeated India by big margin of 180 in the Final of Champions Trophy 2017 at The Oval. Pakistan has also been ranked as the Number 1 Test Team twice (summers of and Number 1 across all formats at various points.
Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer who represented India from 1999 to 2013. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive openers and one of the greatest batsmen of his era,he played for Delhi Capitals in IPL and Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He batted right-handed and played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test side in 2001. In April 2009,Sehwag became the first Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008,subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009. He worked as stand-in captain occasionally during absence of main captain of India,also worked as Vice-Captain for Indian squad. He is former captain of Delhi Daredevils and Delhi Ranji Team. During his time with India,Sehwag was a member of the team that was one of the joint winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy,the winners of the 2007 T20 World Cup,and the winners of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. During the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy,Sehwag was the highest run scorer with 271 runs. In 2023,he was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
The Pakistan national cricket team represents Pakistan in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. Pakistan first competed in international cricket in 1952,when they played against India in a four-day Test match;India won the match by an innings and 70 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground,Delhi. In the same series,Pakistan recorded their first Test win,the second match by an innings and 43 runs at the University Ground,Lucknow. As of September 2024,Pakistan have played 458 Test matches;they have won 148 matches,lost 144 matches,and 166 matches have ended in a draw. They have also won the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship,defeating Sri Lanka in the final by an innings and 175 runs. Pakistan played their first ODI match against New Zealand in February 1973 at the Lancaster Park,Christchurch,but registered their first win against England at Trent Bridge,Nottingham,in August 1974. As of November 2023,Pakistan have played 970 ODI matches,winning 512 matches and losing 428;they also tied 9 matches,whilst 21 had no result. They also won the 1992 Cricket World Cup,the 2000 and 2012 Asia Cups,and the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Pakistan played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) match at the County Cricket Ground,Bristol,on 28 August 2006,against England,winning the match by five wickets. In 2009,they won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20,defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets. As of June 2024,Pakistan have played 245 T20I matches and won 142 of them;92 were lost and 4 were tied whilst 7 ended in no result.
Fakhar Zaman is a Pakistani international cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He scored his first ODI century against India in 2017 Champions Trophy Final.
The final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy took place on 15 October 2000 at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi,Kenya. It was played between India and New Zealand. New Zealand won the final by four wickets to win their first ICC KnockOut Trophy and thus also winning a major ICC event. Chris Cairns was named the man of the match for scoring 102 runs.
