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Gill retains top batting spot in ODIs; Kohli, Axar, Shami gain

India’s star batter Shubman Gill retained the top spot in the latest update of the ICC rankings for men’s ODI batters. In addition, Afghanistan’s rising all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai rose to the top of the all-rounder’s rankings after his phenomenal display at the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

I was not feeling desperate: Kohli on his gritty knock against Australia

Star batter Virat Kohli once again displayed why he is rated so highly in white-ball cricket, more so in big-ticket tournaments, and as the master of run-chases, with his gritty half century helping India beat Australia by four wickets in the high-pressure semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on Tuesday.

Foreign service

So two intra-squad practice matches in Durham had been spoken of before vague assurances of a game with a combined XI of county players came to be made.

Final flip

Kohli, who had been the reason why Kumble had had to relinquish his role as India’s chief coach, was only leading his team in a final.